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DTSTAMP:20260630T094434Z
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SUMMARY:Sex
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LOCATION:London\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:<p>The Spontaneity of Freedom (SPONT)\, a European Research Council/UKRI-funded project based at University College London\, explores forms of human agency and freedom that are not easily captured by models of rational planning or control. SPONT hosts an annual workshop: this year\, the theme of the workshop will be &ldquo\;sex\,&rdquo\; the first in a planned three-year conference series exploring &nbsp\;&ldquo\;sex\, drugs\, and rock-and-roll.&rdquo\;</p>\n<p><em><strong>Preliminary Schedule&nbsp\;</strong></em></p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday\, 8 July</strong></p>\n<p>9.45 Breakfast</p>\n<p>10.00&nbsp\;Andreja Novakovic&nbsp\;(University of California\, Berkeley)&ndash\; Frock Consciousness in&nbsp\;<em>The Second Sex</em></p>\n<p>11.45 Ry Smith&nbsp\;(Columbia University) &ndash\; Who Cares about the Rules Anyway? Rendering BDSM Philosophically Legible</p>\n<p>13.15 Lunch</p>\n<p>14.30 Nick Clanchy&nbsp\;(University of Oxford) &ndash\; &lsquo\;Dreaming of a World Exempt from Meaning&rsquo\;: Roland Barthes on Love</p>\n<p>16.00 Coffee break</p>\n<p>16.15&nbsp\;Tim Dean&nbsp\;(University of Illinois) &ndash\; Libidinal Economies of Fascism</p>\n<p>19.00 Dinner &ndash\; The Lady Ottoline\, 11A Northington St\, London WC1N 2JF</p>\n<p><strong>Thursday\, 9 July</strong></p>\n<p>9.45 Breakfast</p>\n<p>10.00&nbsp\;Francey Russell&nbsp\;(Barnard College and Columbia University) &ndash\; Opacity and Intimacy: Kant on Sex and Friendship</p>\n<p>11:45&nbsp\;Elena Comay del Junco&nbsp\;(University of Connecticut) &ndash\; Why Desire Is Better than Sex: Some History</p>\n<p>13.15 Lunch</p>\n<p>14.30&nbsp\;Lizzy Holt&nbsp\;(University College London) &ndash\; On Lesbian &lsquo\;Sex&rsquo\;</p>\n<p>16.00 Coffee break</p>\n<p>16.15 Keynote:&nbsp\;Avgi Saketopoulou&nbsp\;(Private Practice / NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis) &ndash\; Race Play\, Refracted: Trauma and Sexuality in Stalag Fiction</p>\n<p>19.00 Dinner &ndash\; Boulevard Brasserie\, 40 Wellington St\, London WC2E 7BD</p>\n<p><strong>Commentators</strong></p>\n<p>Ellie Anderson&nbsp\;(Pomona College)</p>\n<p>Ayesha Chakravarti (University College London)</p>\n<p>Jeremey David Fix&nbsp\;(University of Oxford)</p>\n<p>Jonathan Gingerich&nbsp\;(University College London and Rutgers University)</p>\n<p>Federica Gregoratto (University of Lucerne) &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Kirstine La Cour&nbsp\;(University of Oxford)</p>\n<p>Ann Pellegrini&nbsp\;(New York University)</p>\n<p>Simon Shogry&nbsp\;(University of Oxford)</p>\n<p>Due to space and budgetary constraints\, attendance at this workshop is by invitation. If you would like to attend\, please write to philosophy.spont@ucl.ac.uk and we will accommodate you if possible.</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonathan Gingerich;CN=Francey Russell;CN=Daniela Dover;CN=David Chandler:
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