From Philosophy of m/Madness to m/Mad Philosophy

EVENT DESCRIPTION (please note the conference is in person only)

The conference will explore what it means to think m/Madness philosophically. The title reflects our interest in 'madness'  as both a speculative (lower case 'm') and a practical/political (upper case 'M') term. Furthermore, it reflects our interest in the different ways in which m/Madness might be approached - either as an object of philosphical attention (with 'of' conceived as the objective genitive) or as a place from which philosophy might be done (with 'of' conceived as the subjective genitive).

REGISTRATION
Attendance is free, but registration (via email to: [email protected]) is required.

TALKS 

Weds 25 Sept

 9.30-10.00 Coffee and welcome

10.00-11.15
Sofia Jeppsson (Umeå University)
Madness, transcendental arguments, and alternate realities

11.15-11.30 Break

11.30-12.45
Alastair Morgan (University of Manchester)
What might it mean to affirm madness?

12.45-2.15 Lunch break

2.15-3.30
Zsuzsanna Chappell (King’s College, London)
Madness as political identity

3.30-3.45 Break

3.45-5.00
Justin Garson (CUNY – Hunter College)
The madness of delusions: Is it time to drop the D-word?

5.00-5.15 Break

5.15-6.30
Lorna Collins (Independent Researcher)
‘A Creative Transformation’: Reflections on creativity, madness, finitude and community

7.30 Dinner at Mansfield College for speakers

Thurs 26 Sept

9.15-10.30
Tasia Scrutton (University of Leeds)
Can scrupulosity be spiritually innocent?

10.30-10.45 Break

10.45-12.00
Sabina Wantoch (Independent Researcher)
Integrating madness through mad philosophy: new kinds of intersubjectivity

12.00-1.15 Lunch break

1.15-2.30
Mohammed Rashed (King’s College, London)
Understanding madness: Personal, cultural, and philosophical accounts 

2.30-2.45 Break

2.45-4.00
Shay Welch (Spelman College)
Borderline Personality Disorder and the Phenomenology of Existential Boredom