The Gendered Mimesis project in collaboration with the ERC-funded Homo Mimeticus Project (Institute of Philosophy / Faculty of Arts\, KU Leuven\; http://www.homomimeticus.eu/) is pleased to announce a two-day international conference on the subject of &ldquo\;Mimetic Inclinations&rdquo\; in the work of the Italian feminist philosopher and political theorist Adriana Cavarero.
\nCavarero is one of the most influential voices in contemporary feminist philosophy today. \;Her protean work in political theory\, continental philosophy\, literary theory\, ethics\, aesthetics\, and feminism does not restrict mimesis to a representational/ bad copy model. Cavarero troubles the autonomous subject\, placing into crises the commitment that philosophy has to a vertical metaphysics. \;In doing so\, she urges new generations of feminist theorists\, critics\, and artists to explore the theoretical and creative potential of what we call &ldquo\;mimetic inclinations\,&rdquo\; including imitation\, mimicry\, identification\, simulation\, empathy\, and affective contagion\, among other manifestations of what the ancients called\, enigmatically\, mimēsis. Our wager is that thus reframed\, mimesis is internal to a relational conception of subjectivity inclined toward alterity that informs the entirety of Cavarero&rsquo\;s thought and has remained largely unexplored so far. The aim of this conference is to bring a plurality of mimetic inclinations \;into dialogue with Cavarero\, who will be participating in this symposium.
\nFurthering a mimetic turn (or re-turn) of attention to an embodied\, intersubjective\, and affective conception of mimesis internal to the Homo Mimeticus project\, and now supplemented from a specifically gendered perspective\, we welcome proposals that explore subjects\, disciplines\, and perspectives as diverse as:
\nØ\; \; Mimetic inclinations\, Cavarero\, and gendered insubordination (de Beauvoir\, Irigaray\, Butler\, Ahmed&hellip\;.)
\nØ\; \; Mimetic inclinations\, Cavarero\, and political theory (Plato\, Hobbes\, Arendt\, Honig&hellip\;)
\nØ\; \; Mimetic inclinations in spite of the history of philosophy (Plato\, Aristotle\, Kant&hellip\;)
\nØ\; \; Gendered mimesis\, intersubjectivity\, and homo mimeticus
\nØ\; \; Democratic inclinations and the emotion of being plural
\nØ\; \; Mimetic inclinations\, literary studies/theory and relating narratives
\nØ\; \; Mimetic inclinations and critical phenomenology\, phenomenological perspectives
\nØ\; \; The pluralities of mimetic voices and bodies
\nØ\; \; Inclinations and the aesthetics of mimesis
\nØ\; \; Mimetic inclinations and the ethics of sexual difference
\nØ\; \; Gendered mimesis\, racial mimicry\, and decolonial perspectives
\nØ\; \; Mimetic theory\, queer theory\, gendered mimesis
\nØ\; \; Queering mimesis with LGBT
\nØ\; \; (New)fascist inclinations / democratic aspirations
\nØ\; \; Mimesis\, mass\, power
\nØ\; \; Mimetic inclinations during Covid-19
\nØ\; \; Mimesis\, natality\, the newborn&hellip\;
\nSubmission guidelines: Send an abstract of around 250 words and a short bio by August 31\, 2021\, to mimetic.inclinations@kuleuven.be.
\nFor more information on the &ldquo\;mimetic turn\,&rdquo\; see www.homomimeticus.eu
\nDue to COvid-19 uncertainties\, the conference will adopt a hybrid format (both online &\; in-person). Further queries can be directed to: nidesh.lawtoo@kuleuven.be and willow.verkerk@ubc.ca
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