CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

"Decolonizing Epistemology" is scheduled to be held from the evening of November 20th through the evening of November 22nd, 2008, with a student session on November 23rd. The conference will take place at Drew University's Madison, NJ campus.        

Click here for a map of campus, indicating Seminary Hall and Mead Hall.                                                                                                    

Thursday, November 20, 2008
4:00 pm	Registration. Mead Hall, Lobby
5:00 pm	Dinner for Presenters & TTC invited guests. Mead Hall, Founders Room
6:30 pm	1st Colloquium Panel. Seminary Hall, Craig Chapel.
	Welcome -- Dr. Anne Yardley, Associate Academic Dean, Drew Theological School
	Introduction to Colloquium -- Dr. Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz
1st Panel
Facilitator	Dr. Stephen Moore
Presenters	Dr. Nelson Maldonado-Torres; Dr. Fernando F. Segovia
7:15 pm	Discussion
8:15 pm	Adjourn
Friday, November 21, 2008
8:45am	Gathering.  Seminary Hall, Craig Chapel
	Welcome -- Dr. Catherine Keller
9:00 am	2nd Colloquium Panel
Facilitator	Dr. Otto Maduro
Presenters	Dr. Michelle Gonzalez-Maldonado Dr. Eduardo Mendieta
9:45am	Discussion
10:45am	Coffee Break
11:15am	3rd Colloquium Panel
Facilitator	Dr. Althea Spencer Miller
Presenters	Dr. Linda Martin Alcoff Dr. Otto Maduro
11:45am	Discussion
1:00 pm	Lunch for all participants.  Seminary Hall, Atrium
2:00 pm	4th Colloquium
Welcome	Dr. Robert Weisbuch, President of Drew University
Facilitator	Dr. Kenneth Ngwa
Presenters	Dr. Hjamil Martinez Dr. Paula Moya
2:30 pm	Discussion
3:40 pm	Coffee Break
4:00 pm	Discussion: How to make our voices heard in the academy & in socio-political institutions & organiztions
Facilitator	Dr. Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz
5pm	Reception and Supper for Presenters and TTC Invited Guests. Mead Hall, Founders Room
Saturday, November 22, 2008
8:45 am	Gathering at Seminary Hall, Craig Chapel
Welcome	Dr. Otto Maduro
9:00 am	5th Colloquium
Facilitator	Dr. Virginia Burrus
Presenters	Dr. Walter Mignolo Dr. Mayra Rivera
9:30 am	Discussion
10:45 am	Coffee Break
11:15 am	6th Colloquium Panel
Facilitator	Dr. Hyo-Dong Lee
Presenters	Dr. Emma Perez Dr. Rudy Busto
11:45 am	Discussion
1:00 pm	Lunch for all participants.  Seminary Hall, Atrium
2:30pm	7th Colloquium Panel
Facilitator	Dr. Catherine Peyroux
Presenters	Dr. Maria Lugones Dr. Chris Tirres
2:50 pm	Discussion
3:10 pm	Coffee Break
4:10 pm	Closing of the Colloquium
	Dr. Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz
5:00 pm	Reception & Supper for Presenters and TTC Invited Guest. Mead Hall
Sunday, November 23, 2008: Student Session
8:45 am	Gathering at Seminary Hall, Room 109
Welcome	Dr. Otto Maduro
9:00 am	1st Colloquium
Facilitator	Elaine Padilla, Drew University
Presenters	An Youn Tae, Drew University: "Decolonizing Home: Rhizomatic Multiplicity and the Politics of Home-making"
	Jennifer Harford Vargas, Stanford University: "Counter-Dictatorial Zafas: The Decolonial Politics of Narrative Form in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"
10:00 am	Discussion
10:45 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am	2nd Colloquium
Facilitator	Matilde Moros, Drew University
Presenters	Neddy Astudillo, Drew University: "The Rainbow (Gen 9:13) Did Not Die On The Cross Either: In Search of a Latin@ Ecological Christology"
	Elias Ortega-Aponte, Princeton Theological Seminary: "Afro-Latino Radicalism: Towards a Religious Humanism of Resistance "
12:00 pm	Discussion
12:45 pm	Closing Remarks
	Dr. Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz
1:00 pm	Lunch for all participants.Seminary Hall, Atrium