agenda

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5^TH

I. Private/Public: The Evolution of the Distinction
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The emergence of private, domestic spaces fosters the distinctions between inside and outside, family and stranger, women (inside) and men (outside), which are mirrored in the history of art, literature and film in this culture and in others.

Moderator: David Bromwich, Housum Professor of English, Yale University

The Language of Privacy
    John Hollander, Sterling Professor of English, Yale University
The Household and Public Life: Private Spaces - Public Places; Men - Women
    Joseph Rykwert, Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
Representations of the Private in Art, Film and Literature
    Frederick Wiseman, Independent documentary film maker and General Manager, Zipporah Films, Inc.
 

II. Privacy and the Law: The Legal Construction of Privacy
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The concept of privacy has a legal history, which is influenced by ongoing political discourse and technological change.

Moderator: Frederick Schauer, Academic Dean and Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

The History
    David J. Garrow, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law
Private Property: Material, Intellectual, Virtual; Is My Body My Property?
    David A.J. Richards, Edwin D. Webb Professor of Law and Director, Program for Study of Law, Philosophy    and Social Theory, New York University School of Law
The Internet and the Protection of Privacy:  Developing Legislation, National and International
    Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)

III. Keynote Address: Threats to Privacy
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
    Charles Nesson, William F. Weld Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and Director, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society
 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6^TH

IV. Privacy and The Self : The Rise and Fall of Privacy
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The development of the concept of self parallels the development of the concept of privacy, which is now threatened by the ebbing of the desire for intimacy and by the increased ease of access to personal information.

Moderator: Louis Menand, Professor of English, Graduate Center of CUNY

Sexuality, Shame, and Intimacy
    Ruth Bernard Yeazell, Chace Family Professor of English, Yale University
How Publicity Makes People Real
    David Bromwich, Housum Professor of English, Yale University
Confessional Literature: Disclosures of Self
    Nancy K. Miller, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Graduate Center of CUNY
 

V. Invasions of Privacy: Violations of Boundaries
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Technological changes increase ease of access to information, which influences where boundaries are.  As these boundaries change, what constitutes their transgression also changes.

Moderator: George Kateb, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics and Director, Program in Political Philosophy, Princeton University

Securing Privacy in an Electronic Age
    Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Privacy and Public Life
   Jeffrey Rosen, Associate Professor, The George Washington University Law School
Privacy and the Freedom of Expression
    Frederick Schauer, Academic Dean and Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7^TH

VI. Privacy and the State
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The valorization of private life is central to democracy, while its destruction lies at the core of totalitarianism. With the erosion of privacy by mass culture, loneliness replaces solitude.

Moderator: Jean Cohen, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University

Totalitarianism
    Fatos Lubonja, Writer and Editor-in-Chief, Perpjekja (Endeavor)
Privacy in a Decent Society
    Avishai Margalit, Professor of Philosophy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Politics of Privacy
    George Kateb, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics and Director, Program in Political Philosophy, Princeton University
 

VII. Is Privacy Now Possible? A Round Table Discussion
2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Moderator: Kenneth Prewitt, Director, United States Census Bureau

Panelists:  Anita L. Allen Casttellito, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Jerry Berman, Executive Director, Center for Democracy & Technology
Jean Cohen, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law, Stanford University
Theresa McGovern, Columbia University School of Public Policy
Philip R. Reitinger, Deputy Director, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), Department of Justice
Jeffrey Rosen, Associate Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Maggie Scarf, Journalist and Author, Yale University

Contact the Social Research Conference Office
Social Research - Privacy
New School University
65 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 229-2488    Fax: (212) 229-5476
E-mail:socres@newschool.edu
 

The conference is organized by Arien Mack, Editor of Social Research and Marrow Professor of Psychology at the Graduate Faculty of New School University.
 

The conference will be held at John L. Tishman Auditorium, New School University, 66 West 12th Street, New York City.

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Admission $100 if tickets purchased before September 1, 2000, and $125 after September 1.  There will be a reception for conference attendees on Friday, October 6, 2000.  Admission to individual sessions is $20.  Full-time students with valid IDs are admitted free.

You may register by fax, e-mail, or mail.  We accept MC and VISA, as well as checks made payable to New School University.
 

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