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 \;&ldquo\;sex\, drugs\, and rock-and-roll.&rdquo\;
\nTentative Schedule \;
\n8 July
\n9.00 Breakfast
\n9.30 Andreja Novakovic: \;Frock Consciousness in The Second Sex
\n11.15 Nick Clanchy: 'Dreaming of a World Exempt from Meaning': Roland Barthes on Love
\n13.00 Lunch
\n14.30 Ry Smith
\n16.15 Tim Dean \;
\n19.00 Dinner
\n9 July
\n9.00 Breakfast
\n9.30 Francey Russell
\n11:15 Elena Comay del Junco
\n13.00 Lunch
\n14.30 Elizabeth Holt
\n16.15 Keynote: Avgi Saketopoulou: \;Race Play\, Refracted: Trauma and Sexuality in Stalag Fiction
\n19.00 Dinner
\nCommentators
\nEllie Anderson
\nAyesha Chakravarti \;
\nAlexandra Cole
\nJeremey Fix
\nKirstine La Cour
\nAnn Pellegrini
\nDue 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.
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