North American Nietzsche Society Conference

The North American Nietzsche Society announces its inaugural international conference to be held in New York City, October 15-16, 2016.

Schedule:

Friday, October 14

Paper (11:00-12:30)

Johannes Steizinger, “A Relativistic Concept of Truth? Nietzsche’s Perspectivism Reconsidered”

Commentator: Rex Welshon

Papers (1:30-4:30)

Patrick Hassan, “Does Rarity Confer Value? Nietzsche on the Exceptional Individual”

Commentator: Peter Groff

Akshay Ganesh “Nietzsche on Honor and Empathy”

Commentator: Joe Swenson

KEYNOTE (5-6:30)

Bernard Reginster  Title TBA

Saturday, October 15

Papers (9-12)

Daniel I. Harris, “Nietzsche and Aristotle on Friendship and Self-Knowledge”

Commentator: Michael McNeal

Rebecca Bamford,  “Nietzsche and Thought Experiments”

Commentator: Nicolas Delon

Papers (1:30-4:30 pm)

Matt Dill “On Parasitism and Overflow in Nietzsche’s Doctrine of Will to Power”

Commentator: Christine Lopes

Rachel Cristy, “Nietzsche on the Good of Cultural Change”

Commentator: Jordan Rodgers

KEYNOTE (5-6:30)

Christopher Janaway, “On the very idea of justifying suffering”

Celebration with Tribute to Richard Schacht (7-??)

Remarks by:

Alexander Nehamas

Kathleen Marie Higgins

Sunday, October 16

Invited Session (9:30-11:00)

Chair: R. Lanier Anderson

“Nietzsche’s Conception of Philosophy and of the Philosopher”

Paul S. Loeb, Puget Sound

Jacqueline Scott, Loyola

Martha K. Woodruff, Middlebury

Daniel C. Conway, Texas A&M

KEYNOTE 3 (11:30-1)

Chair: Paul Kirkland

Beatrix Himmelman, “The Role of Honor and Dignity in Nietzsche's Ethics of Power”

Business Meeting With Farewell Lunch