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D.C. Women's Luncheon: Dickinson Dialogues
Dickinson Dialogues: Connecting Alumni through conversation
Join Emily Kelahan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, at this year’s annual Women’s Luncheon in Washington, D.C. Professor Kelahan is excited to share her experiences developing courses and programming with the support of Dickinson’s new Burgess Institute for the Global Economy. She will be sharing some of the highlights from her Philosophy of Work course, including:
- What is the difference between work, labor, and action? Does it matter?
- Alternatives to “So, what do you do?”
- Understanding moral harms in the workplace and how to prevent them
- What messages did your communities of origin send you about work and its place in life? Do you think you should continue to accept them?
- What is work ethic and what is its relationship to achievement? How has your perception changed over time?
This session will be interactive, so please be prepared to write, think, discuss, and share!
Thursday, February 26
Doors open: 11:30 a.m.
Buffet opens: 11:50 a.m.
Program: Noon-1p.m.
The Henri
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004
Cost:
• $35 per person
• $30 per person (2021-2025)
Space is limited. Please register by Friday, Feb 20th by 3pm.
Assistant Professor Emily Kelahan’s research and teaching interests lie in roughly two areas: the history of early modern philosophy (1550-1800) and the philosophy of work (what is work? how is it different from play, leisure, labor, and other related concepts? what is the place of it in a flourishing human life?). What both of these areas have in common is that they allow her to engage in a variety of sub-disciplines at once. She likes to pose and attempt to answer tough questions that lie at the intersection of epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and social philosophy. She loves philosophy, period, and she tends to pursue projects and teach classes that are interdisciplinary and connected to the lived human experience both in and outside the classroom. Indeed, she regards herself as a field philosopher, which means that she believes philosophy has something valuable to offer people in the daily conduct of their professional and personal lives and she likes to be the one to help them see it. You can do philosophy with Emily in several courses at Dickinson (17th & 18th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Work, Philosophy of Data, Practical Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion to name a few) and in a variety of professional contexts across disciplines and industries.