The annual Viola F. Cordova Symposium will be held Monday, Nov. 19, 1-6 p.m., in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. The editors of “How It Is: The Native American Philosophy of V.F. Cordova” will give a lecture at 1 p.m. followed by a book signing at 4 p.m. in the UNM Student Union Building Acoma room.
Viola Cordova was the first Native American woman to receive a Ph.D. in philosophy. Even as she became an expert on canonical works of traditional Western philosophy, she devoted herself to defining a Native American philosophy. Although she died of a brain aneurysm before she could complete her life’s work, some of her colleagues have organized her pioneering contributions into this provocative book.
The speakers include Kathleen Dean Moore, distinguished professor of philosophy at Oregon State University; Kurt Peters, associate professor of ethnic studies and director of the Native American Collaborative Institute at Oregon State University; Ted Jojola, UNM regents’ professor of community and regional planning; and Amber Lacy, graduate student in the Department of Philosophy at Oregon State University.
The event, sponsored by the Department of Native American Studies, is free and open to the public. For more information contact NAS at 277-3917 or nasinfo@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593; e-mail: michal@unm.edu