BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260430T045215Z
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240919T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240919T113000
SUMMARY:Michel Serres\, Porous Becomings\, and the Social Contract Tradition
UID:20260502T050937Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq
TZID:Europe/London
DESCRIPTION:<p>10am UTC\, 8pm Melbourne time</p>\n<p>What new perspectives&nbsp\;does the work of Michel Serres bring to today's most pressing social questions? What work can the idea of a natural contrat do in today's ecological debates? How is knowledge constructed today\, and what is at stake in its modes of production? Join Andreas&nbsp\;Bandak\, Daniel M. Knight (co-authors of&nbsp\;<em>Porous Becomings: Anthropological Engagements with Michel Serres</em>) and Christopher Watkin (author of&nbsp\;<em>Michel Serres: Figures of Thought</em>) for a roundtable discussion of the importance of Michel Serres today. The session will include plenty of time for audience contributions\, discussion\, and questions.</p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Andreas Bandak</strong> is Assistant Professor in the Department for Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on Christian minorities in Syria and the themes of prayer\, the power of examples\, and the stakes of co-existence. His work has been published in a number of prominent journals including Current Anthropology\, The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\, Ethnos\, and Religion and Society. He has also co-edited the volumes Politics of Worship in the Contemporary Middle East (with Mikkel Bille\, 2013) and Qualitative Analysis in the Making (with Daniella Kuzmanovic\, 2014).</p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Daniel M. Knight </strong>is a Reader in Social Anthropology and Director of the Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies at the University of St Andrews. He holds a PhD in Anthropology from Durham University and a BA from the University of Wales\, Lampeter. His research in Thessaly\, Greece\, focuses on economic crisis\, time\, temporality\, neoliberalism\, neocolonialism\, and renewable energy. His books include <em>History\, Time\, and Economic Crisis in Central Greece</em> (2015)\, <em>The Anthropology of the Future</em> (2019)\, and <em>Vertiginous Life</em> (2021). He is co-editor with Andreas Bandak of <em>Porous Becomings: Anthropological Engagements with Michel Serres </em>(2024).</p>\n<p><strong>A/Prof Christopher Watkin</strong> is an ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Monash University. His publications include <em>Difficult Atheism</em> (2011)\, <em>French Philosophy Today</em> (2016)\, and <em>Michel Serres: Figures of Thought</em> (2020).</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Christopher Watkin:
METHOD:PUBLISH
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR