BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231027T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240524T170000 SUMMARY:Monthly Phenomenology\, New Season (2023–2024) UID:20240319T122903Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:
We are very pleased to announce the new season (2023&ndash\;2024) of:  \;  \;
MONTHLY PHENOMENOLOGY
An online forum of discussion on recent work in phenomenology  \;
Description: This series of talks gathers together scholars interested in phenomenology and its relation to contemporary issues in philosophy\, especially in the philosophy of mind. It establishes a forum of discussion where people can meet on a regular basis and present their work-in-progress or recent publications. The topics addressed will stretch from the history of early phenomenology to the systematic application of phenomenological insights in recent debates in analytic philosophy.  \;
Schedule: The talks will take place once a month on a Friday from October to May. Time: 10:15am ET\, 3:15pm GMT/GMT+1\, 4:15pm CET. (Exceptions are the talks of February and March\, which will take place at 7:15am ET\, 12:15pm GMT\, 1:15pm CET.) Talks last 90 minutes\, including a 45 minutes Q&\;A.  \;
Participation: Talks are held on \;zoom. To participate\, please send an email to \;hamid.taieb@hu-berlin.de \;with the heading "Registration Monthly Phenomenology". A zoom link will be sent to you the day preceding each talk.  \;  \;
Programme:  \;
Robin Muller (California State University\, Northridge)
Critical Phenomenology and Phenomenological Critique: Ambiguities in the Legacy of Merleau-Ponty
27 October 2023
Bruno Langlet (University of Bordeaux)
On the Controversial Status of Meinongian Assumptions
24 \;November 2023  \;
Moritz von Kalckreuth (University of Wuppertal)
Connecting Value\, Culture and History &ndash\; The Approach of Nicolai Hartmann
15 \;December \;2023  \;
W. Clark Wolf (Marquette University)
In Defense of Pure Concepts
19 January 2024  \;
Takuya Niikawa (Kobe University)
Atmosphere and Mood
23 \;February 2024  \;
Kengo Miyazono (Hokkaido University)
Dissociations between Sensory and Presentational Phenomenology
8 \;March 2024  \;
Marie Guillot (University of Essex)
Phenomenal Concepts of Time\, Space and Self
5 \;April 2024  \;
Elisa Magrì\; (Boston College)
TBA \;
24 \;May 2024
Convenors:
Guillaume Fré\;chette (University of Geneva)
Marta Jorba (Pompeu Fabra \;University)
Alessandro Salice (University College Cork)
Hamid Taieb (Humboldt University Berlin)
Í\;ngrid Vendrell-Ferran (Philipps University Marburg)  \;
Organized on behalf of the \;Network for Phenomenological Research
Call
\nfor Abstracts
\nKEYWORDS:
\nFoucault\, archeology\, posthumanism\, human-machine interaction\, more-than-human.
\nWORKSHOP:  \;
\n&ldquo\;Like a Face Drawn in Sand at the Edge of the Sea.&rdquo\; Vicissitudes of the Posthuman Forty Years After Foucault&rsquo\;s Death.
\n \;
\nDoes man really exist? To imagine\, for an instant\, what the world and thought and truth might be if man did not exist\, is considered to be merely indulging in paradox. This is because we are so blinded by the recent manifestation of man that we can no longer remember a time &ndash\; and it is not so long ago &ndash\; when the world\, its order\, and human beings existed\, but man did not. \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;
\nM. Foucault\, The Order of Things
\n \;
\nForty years after Foucault's death and sixty after the publication of An Archaeology of the Human Sciences\, we would like to invite you to interrogate the posthuman as an open problem and process on the historical and epistemic level. In particular\, we would like to discuss whether and how historiographical and methodological issues pertaining to the archeological project have been transformed\, scaled down\, transposed or partially resolved today.
\nThe Order of Things wished to show the emergence and disappearance of the configurations of knowledge in their empirical arising. Among them\, we see man taking his ambivalent place as both mysterious object and sovereign subject of western knowledge\, only to soon disappear along the lines of the image we captured in the title. But\, however deferred\, historiographical and epistemological problems return incessantly\, questioning the status of discontinuities in the archaeological project: what backdrop would be able to account for both the emerging and the fading away of orders of identities and differences? To what logic do their mutations respond? What explanation is offered?
\nAccording to the archaeological instance\, posthuman is then manifestly not a condition of existence but an open process: the uncertain outcome of the mutations of these conditions of possibility\, of their precipitation.
\nWhat does it mean to question this diagnostic today? What mutations have taken place or struggle to do so? What are the stakes? Would it be legitimate to say that today we speak from the space of knowledge left vacant by the disappearance of the figure of western knowledge that gave rise to the humanities?
\nThe workshop's aim would be to draw a map\, though bound to be partial\, fragmentary and mobile\, of a range of practices both in research and in applied fields related to the tools forged in the debate pertaining to posthumanism. This could be done\, on the one hand\, by exploring the current functioning of the toolbox elaborated by the thinker in the 1960s and early 1970s\, and on the other hand\, by interrogating the way in which these tools have been brought into contact and fruitful interaction with different theoretical inputs and epistemic and political instances (feminist\, anti-racist\, queer\, post-colonial\, ecological\, a.o.).
\nWe look forward to your contribution!
\nPlease submit the title and abstract (no more than 500 words) of your contribution by March 24th\, 2024\, to https://emorob.fss.muni.cz/conferences/2024-foucault40 or by email to: Foucault40Brno@muni.cz
\nDEADLINE: \; March 24th
\nVENUE: May 30-31\, 2024\, Masaryk University\, Room M117 &ndash\; Jo&scaron\;tova 10\, \; Brno\, Czech Republic.
\nThe workshop is supported by the project EMOROB (2023-2027) Robots\, Computing the Human and Autism/ Cultural Imaginations of Autism Diagnosis and Emotion AI (EXPRO GAČR_ 2023/23/GX23-05692X)\, FSS MU
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Ilaria Fornacciari: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20240328T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20240328T234500 SUMMARY:International Colloquium on Bonaventure and Aquinas UID:20240319T122905Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:FLUL Alameda da Universidade\, Lisbon\, Portugal\, 1600-214 DESCRIPTION:International Colloquium \;
\non Bonaventure and Aquinas
\n \;
\nStudia Bonaventurae de Balneoregio
\net Thomae Aquinati oblata
\n \;
\nSEHI Meeting III
\n \;
\nPresentation:
\n2024 marks the 750th anniversary of the death of both Bonaventure of Bagnoregio and Thomas Aquinas. To commemorate the occasion\, the Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon (CFUL)\, in partnership with the Center for Classical Studies of the same University (CEC)\, the Society for the European History of Ideas (SEHI)\, the Red Latinoamericana de Filosofí\;a Medieval (RLFM)\, and the Societá\; Italiana per lo Studio del Pensiero Medievale (SISPM) is organizing a colloquium\, which will take place between 9th and the 11th \;of October\, \;2024. The aim of the colloquium is to contribute to the renewal of the studies on these two prominent philosophers of the 13th century. \;
\nTo this end\, the organizers invite the submission of conference abstracts and panel proposals on one of the following topics: \;
\n1. \; \; \;The philosophy of Bonaventure
\n2. \; \; \;The philosophy of Thomas Aquinas
\n3. \; \; \;Comparative studies between Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas
\n4. \; \; \;The influences of and on Bonaventure and/or Thomas Aquinas
\n5. \; \; \;Bonaventure and/or Thomas Aquinas and the universities of the 13th century
\n6. \; \; \;The presence of Bonaventure and/or Thomas Aquinas in present-day philosophy
\nThe abstracts submitted\, as well as the panel proposals submitted\, must demonstrate the innovative nature of the research to be presented.
\nPresentations:
\nAll talks will have a maximum duration of 30 minutes\, followed by a 15-minute discussion.
\nVenue: \;
\nSchool of Arts and Humanities\, University of Lisbon\, Portugal
\n9th-11th \;October 2024
\nKeynote speakers
\n1. \; \; \; \; \;Fran O&rsquo\;Rourke (University College Dublin)
\n2. \; \; \; \; \;Franziska van Buren (KU Leuven)
\n3. \; \; \; \; \;Fabrizio Amerini (Università\; degli studi di Parma)
\n4. \; \; \; \; \;Armando Norte (Universidade de Lisboa)
\nOrganizing Committee:
\nFilipa Afonso
\nMaria Leonor Xavier
\nLidia Lanza
\nTomá\;s N. Castro
\nMadalena Sobral
\n \;
\nScientific Committee:
\nAdriano Oliva
\nAndreas Speer
\nCelina Lé\;rtora Mendoza
\nChristopher Cullen
\nFilipa Afonso \;
\nGyula Klima
\nJoã\;o Maria André\; \;
\nJoaquim Cerqueira Gonç\;alves
\nJosé\; Francisco Meirinhos
\nJosé\; Rosa
\nLidia Lanza
\nMaria Leonor Xavier
\nMaria Manuela de Brito Martins
\nMá\;rio Santiago de Carvalho
\nPasquale Porro
\nPartnerships:
\nCEC: Centro de Estudos Clá\;ssicos da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
\nSEHI: Society for the European History of Ideas
\nRLFM: Red Latinoamericana de Filosofí\;a Medieval \;
\nSISPM: Societá\; per lo Studio del Pensiero Medievale
\nSubmission of individual abstracts:
\nAll those who are interested in giving a paper are warmly invited to submit a proposal by March 28\, 2023. Submissions should contain the title of the presentation\, an abstract of no more than 500 words\, as well as the author&rsquo\;s name\, affiliation\, and email. In order to submit your proposal\, please fill in \;this form: \;https://forms.gle/UeirCYRs99dLZWqDA. \;
\n \;
\nSubmission of panels: \;
\nAll those interested in organizing a panel at the conference should send a brief description of the panel of no more than 500 words\, along with its title and the name(s) and email address(es) of the contact person(s)\, through \;this form: https://forms.gle/rHDwQsDAR4yFNSHTA. Also\, panel organizers must request all speakers within the panel to submit their abstract\, through \;this form \;(https://forms.gle/pJrE9gt3R6JGXyrB6) \;\, indicating the title of the panel. Panel proposals\, and their respective individual abstracts\, are due by April 26\, 2024. \;
\nLanguages and Publications:
\nThe languages of the conference will be English\, Portuguese\, Italian\, Spanish\, and French. Papers written based on presentations in English will be considered for publication in the next volume of the Proceedings of SEHI\, in the series \;Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature\, Mind and Action \;published by Springer (https://www.springer.com/series/11934). Papers based on presentations in the other languages will be considered for publication in \;Philosophica: International Journal for the History of Philosophy(https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/journal?openform&\;journal=pdc_philosophica). Papers submitted for publication will undergo the regular peer-review procedures.
\nRegistration fees \;(due until June 28\, 2024):
\nStudent registration: 85&euro\;
\nStandard registration: 150&euro\;
\nContact:
\n750bt@letras.ulisboa.pt
\nWebsite:
\nhttps://cful.letras.ulisboa.pt/events/750bt
ORGANIZER;CN="Tomás N. Castro";CN=Filipa Afonso;CN=Maria Leonor Xavier: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240407T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240407T234500 SUMMARY:Forma e interpretazione. Prospettive estetiche ed ermeneutiche UID:20240319T122906Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Via Sant'Ottavio 20\, Torino\, Italy\, 10123 DESCRIPTION:[English Below]
\nCentro Studi Filosofico-religiosi &ldquo\;Luigi Pareyson&rdquo\;
\nSeminario annuale - Edizione 2023/2024
\n\n\nProspettive estetiche ed ermeneutiche
\n\nUniversità\; di Torino\, 4-5 giugno 2024
\n\nIl problema della forma è\; al centro degli interessi della filosofia sin dalle sue origini. La nozione di forma si sviluppa a partire da una serie di contrapposizioni - forma e materia\, forma e contenuto\, forma e sostanza - e intreccia la sua storia con numerosi altri vocaboli fondamentali del lessico filosofico: la forma è\; a seconda dei casi «\;essenza»\;\, «\;schema»\;\, «\;categoria»\;\, «\;figura»\;\, e assume la funzione di ciò\; che unifica il molteplice\, dello sfondo universale che costituisce il terreno comune per accomunare gli elementi particolari\, ma anche della struttura permanente che sopravvive alle modificazioni della materia.
\nV'è\; una prima nozione di forma\, e di formale\, sviluppata in particolare da Kant\, che indica la dimensione che precede ogni esperienza e ogni contenuto particolare\, ed è\; quindi propriamente universale\; è\; solo su questo terreno che può\; svolgersi la matematica\, con la sua pretesa di validità\; universale. L&rsquo\;universale formale ha anche una struttura relazionale: esso nasce con una presa di distanza originaria dall&rsquo\;esperienza in generale\, e si attua di volta in volta nelle prese di distanza concrete che realizziamo. Questa presa di distanza non annulla la concretezza: la sospende nella sua immediatezza\, nella sua pressione vitale\, e così\; le permette di trasporsi su questo nuovo piano in cui può\; coesistere con altri. Così\; l&rsquo\;universale formale sia nel suo originarsi che nel suo attuarsi resta in relazione con la concretezza. La riflessione su questa dimensione universale è\; resa particolarmente opportuna dalla condizione di pluralismo culturale che caratterizza il mondo di oggi.
\nGià\; nel pensiero antico il concetto di forma ha uno statuto molto complesso e variegato. La forma non è\; solo un'astrazione\, ma è\; ciò\; che anima il vivente\, ciò\; che vi è\; di più\; proprio al cuore di ogni cosa. La forma dell'oggetto è\; il suo destino\, il suo fine\, ciò\; che gli dà\; senso e che definisce le condizioni della sua possibilità\;\, del suo nascere e del suo perire.
\nTra il XVIII e il XIX secolo il pensiero moderno - in particolare tedesco - raccoglie con grande sensibilità\; questa ricchezza della nozione di forma\, in quel momento cruciale che segna la nascita dell'estetica come noi la intendiamo ancora oggi\, e dunque dell'idea moderna di arte\, ma anche delle scienze naturali come la biologia\, la botanica\, la zoologia e l'antropologia. Il concetto di forma diventa la nozione che permette di tenere insieme natura e cultura\, vita e tecnica\, nascita e creazione.
\nIn questo contesto la nozione di forma si fa plastica\, dinamica: pensare il mondo significa pensare la vita delle forme\, il loro mutare\, svilupparsi\, interagire nei meravigliosi quanto misteriosi processi della natura\, come anche nelle idee degli artisti e degli artigiani. Le forme - naturali\, artificiali\, simboliche - hanno una storia: per questo esse vanno ricostruite\, interpretate\, mostrate nel contesto della loro genesi e del loro sviluppo. D'altra parte\, l'interpretazione stessa si vincola alle forme su cui si applica: le forme strutturano i nostri modi di intendere\, comprendere e agire\, offrendosi come nello stesso tempo come condizione e posta in gioco dell'interpretazione. Mettendo in relazione forma e interpretazione\, inoltre\, quest'ultima si emancipa dal terreno linguistico e testuale alla quale in genere è\; ricondotta\, aprendosi ad altri fondamentali ambiti della vita\, quali la dimensione dell'immagine\, della materia\, della natura e della tecnica.
\nIl mondo contemporaneo è\; un dilagare di forme che si sovrappongono\, si scontrano\, entrano in relazione e si trasformano: in questo contesto così\; caotico\, l'ermeneutica possiede gli strumenti per mostrare la pregnanza della dimensione formale\, e produrre un'analisi critica che riguarda non solo i discorsi\, ma anche gli oggetti\, le pratiche\, i saperi\, le configurazioni simboliche della nostra epoca.
\nL&rsquo\;edizione 2023/2024 del seminario internazionale del Centro Studi Filosofico-religiosi &ldquo\;Luigi Pareyson&rdquo\; sarà\; dedicato dunque al rapporto tra forma e interpretazione. Al centro del dibattito\, ovviamente\, verrà\; posta la nozione di &ldquo\;formatività\;&rdquo\;\, concetto centrale nel pensiero di Luigi Pareyson e dell&rsquo\;estetica del &lsquo\;900.
\nModalità\; di partecipazione
\nSono gradite proposte d&rsquo\;intervento relative ai seguenti temi (o altri correlati):
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Il problema della forma\, in termini storici o teoretici.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Il rapporto tra estetica ed ermeneutica.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Il tema della formatività\; in Luigi Pareyson e nella tradizione a lui legata.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Il rapporto tra estetica e filosofia pratica.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Il problema della forma in relazione ai media e alle tecnologie contemporanee.
\nPer le/i candidate/i selezionate/i saranno coperte le spese di viaggio e di alloggio.
\nLe candidature devono essere inviate via mail all'indirizzo pareyson@unito.it entro il 7 aprile 2024. Nella mail devono essere inseriti in forma di allegato:
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Un CV accademico.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Un abstract (max. 500 parole) comprensivo di titolo.
\nSono accettati contributi in Italiano e in Inglese.
\n\n
Centro Studi Filosofico-religiosi &ldquo\;Luigi Pareyson&rdquo\;
\nAnnual Seminar - 2023/2024
\n \;
\n\nAesthetic and Hermeneutic Perspectives
\n\nUniversity of Turin\, 4-5 June 2024
\n\nThe problem of form has been central to the interests of philosophy since its origins. The notion of form developed from a series of oppositions - form and matter\, form and content\, form and substance - and intertwined its history with numerous other fundamental words in the philosophical lexicon: form is\, depending on the case\, "essence"\, "scheme"\, "category"\, "figure"\, and assumes the function of that which unifies the multiple\, of the universal background that constitutes the common ground for uniting particular elements\, but also of the permanent structure that survives the modifications of matter.
\n\nThere is a first notion of form\, and of formal\, developed in particular by Kant\, which indicates the dimension that precedes all experience and all particular content\, and is therefore properly universal\; it is only in this domain that mathematics\, with its claim to universal validity\, can take place. The formal universal also has a relational structure: it is born with an original taking of distance from experience in general\, and is realised from time to time in the concrete taking of distance that we realise. This taking of distance does not erase concreteness: it suspends it in its immediacy\, in its vital pressure\, and thus allows it to transpose itself onto this new plane in which it can coexist with others. Thus the formal universal both in its origin and in its realisation remains in relation to concreteness. Reflection on this universal dimension is made particularly opportune by the condition of cultural pluralism that characterises today's world.
\n\nAlready in ancient thought\, the concept of form has a complex and varied status. Form is not just an abstraction\, but is what animates the living\, what is at the very heart of everything. The form of the object is its destiny\, its end\, what gives it meaning and defines the conditions of its possibility\, its birth and its perishing.
\n\nBetween the 18th and 19th centuries\, modern thought - particularly German - took up this richness of the notion of form with great sensitivity\, at that crucial moment that marked the birth of aesthetics as we still understand it today\, and thus of the modern idea of art\, but also of the natural sciences such as biology\, botany\, zoology and anthropology. The notion of form becomes the notion that holds nature and culture\, life and technology\, birth and creation together.
\n\nIn this context\, the notion of form becomes plastic\, dynamic: thinking the world means thinking the life of forms\, their changing\, developing\, interacting in the marvellous and mysterious processes of nature\, as well as in the ideas of artists and craftsmen. Forms - natural\, artificial\, symbolic - have a history: that is why they must be reconstructed\, interpreted\, shown in the context of their genesis and development. On the other hand\, interpretation itself is bound to the forms on which it is applied: forms structure our ways of understanding\, comprehending and acting\, offering themselves as both the condition and the stake of interpretation. By linking form and interpretation\, moreover\, the latter emancipates itself from the linguistic and textual domain to which it is generally led\, opening up to other fundamental spheres of life\, such as the dimension of image\, matter\, nature and technology.
\n\nThe contemporary world is a deluge of forms that overlap\, collide\, relate and transform: in this chaotic context\, hermeneutics possesses the tools to show the poignancy of the formal dimension\, and to produce a critical analysis that concerns not only discourses\, but also the objects\, practices\, knowledge\, and symbolic configurations of our era.
\n\nThe 2023/2024 edition of the international seminar of the "Luigi Pareyson" Centre for Philosophical-Religious Studies will therefore be dedicated to the relationship between form and interpretation. At the centre of the debate\, of course\, will be the notion of "formativity"\, a central concept in the thought of Luigi Pareyson and 20th century aesthetics.
\n\nHow to participate
\n\nWe welcome proposals concerning the following themes (or other related ones):
\n\n● \; \; \; \; \; The problem of form\, in historical or theoretical terms.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; The relationship between aesthetics and hermeneutics.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; The theme of formativity in Luigi Pareyson and in the tradition linked to him.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; The relationship between aesthetics and practical philosophy.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; The problem of form in relation to contemporary media and technologies.
\n\nTravel and accommodation expenses will be covered for the candidates.
\n\nApplications must be sent by email to pareyson@unito.it by April 7th 2024. The email must include as an attachment:
\n\n● \; \; \; \; \; An academic CV.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; An abstract (max. 500 words) including title.
\n\nContributions in Italian and English are accepted.
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Alessandro De Cesaris;CN=Graziano Lingua;CN=Maurizio Pagano;CN=Alice Iacobone;CN=Paolo Furia: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20240414T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20240414T234500 SUMMARY:Imperatives of Alterity and Law in Levinas and Kant UID:20240319T122907Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Vilnius LOCATION:Universiteto str. 3\, Vilnius\, Lithuania\, 03108 DESCRIPTION:Topic Description:
Contrary to philosophy&rsquo\;s normal epistemological predilection\, both Kant and Levinas argue for &ldquo\;the primacy of practical reason\,&rdquo\; for &ldquo\;ethics as first philosophy\,&rdquo\; finding morality at the root of all intelligibility. \; Yet for Levinas moral imperative arises as responsible response to the other person&rsquo\;s alterity while for Kant it arises as dutiful respect for law in the other and oneself.
Through explication of texts and discussion\, this seminar aims to clarify the grounds and some of the moral and political consequences of their agreement and disagreement.
 \;To apply:
\nTen scholars of philosophy and/or political philosophy &ndash\; professors and graduate students &ndash\; will be accepted to participate in this round-table seminar.
\nTo apply send: (1) A detailed ré\;sumé\;\, curriculum vitae\, or brief biography with contact information for two professional references\; (2) An application essay which should address your interest\, both academic and personal\, in the subject to be studied\; qualifications and experiences that equip you to do the work of the seminar and to make a contribution to a learning community.
\nApplications are reviewed on a rolling basis from the present time until deadline\, until all ten places are filled. A limited number of auditors will also be accepted. Please indicate if you are applying as an auditor.
\nApplication deadline: April 14\, 2024. \;
\nAll applicants will be notified no later than April 21\, 2024.
\nThere is no registration fee. \; The LPSS provides no financial support.
ORGANIZER;CN="Jolanta Saldukaitytė": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240419T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240420T170000 SUMMARY:Reapproaching Walter Benjamin: The Task of Theory Today UID:20240319T122908Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:1151 Richmond Street\, London\, Canada\, N6A 3K7 DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the in-person 2024 Annual Theory Conference\, hosted by The Centre for the Study of Theory &\; Criticism at Western University from Friday\, 19 April &ndash\; Saturday\, 20 April 2024. \;
\nThe historian capable of fanning the spark of hope\, for Walter Benjamin\, is a historical materialist. Distinguishing between Materialist historiography and historicism\, Benjamin praises the former\, as it ruptures the continuity of history and dares to redeem both past and future. If historicism is in the service of the victor\, the task of the historical materialist is to uncover forgotten traditions of the oppressed. However\, this work is not simply remembering the past\; it is critically reconstructing and arranging the given in the "Jetztzeit\," thus creating and producing meanings and\, finally\, newly experiencing. In this context\, Benjamin unfolds his theory from the position of a historian\, a philosopher\, a critic\, a creator\, or none of the above. With these thoughts in mind and many more\, this graduate conference re-visits Benjamin\, re-approaching his legacy through the vexed questions of contemporary theory. Namely\, what is the task of theorists today? How has theory changed under late capitalism since Benjamin's own critiques? Do Benjamin's writings (or those inspired by him) offer ways to overcome the atomization and alienation of the neoliberal subject? In a nutshell\, what is the applicability of Benjamin for a new generation of theory?
\nBenjamin offers a historically situated form of critique that produces experience as a &ldquo\;multiplicity of knowledges&rdquo\; to critically address our present. In keeping with the task to engage our present moment from a multiplicity of knowledges\, we invite papers and presentations\, regardless of discipline\, that engage Benjamin and contemporary theory.
\nThe Annual Theory Conference endeavours to cultivate a forum for diverse engagement from graduate students and scholars with a broad range of backgrounds and approaches. This year we are seeking work that contributes to Benjamin's heritage and participates in critical debate across philosophy\, politics\, media\, arts\, literature and all other relevant disciplines. \;
\n\nSubmission Instructions: \;
\n\nSubmissions will undergo anonymous review. Please submit proposals as a .docx or .pdf file to \; \;
\n\ncstc-conference@uwo.ca. Accepted candidates will be notified by email. \;Please submit:
\n\n\n\n1. \; \; \; \; A cover page that includes: the title of your proposed presentation\, your name\, affiliation(s)\, email address\, a brief (150-200 word) bio\, and 3-5 keywords for your presentation \;
\n\n2. \; \; \; \; A separate document that includes: the title of your presentation and an abstract of 150-200 words describing the intentions of your presentation. \;
\n\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240426T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240427T170000 SUMMARY:Critical Genealogies Workshop: Practicing Philosophical Critique following Michel Foucault UID:20240319T122909Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Hall of Languages\, Syracuse\, United States\, 13244 DESCRIPTION:The Critical Genealogies Workshop provides a space of collaboration and experimentation for scholars who deploy genealogy in order to investigate problematizations\, possibilizations\, and assemblies of the contemporary. The purpose of the event is to present in-progress genealogical work so as to thematize and reflect on larger questions of research design\, strategy\, and structure and practical questions about conducting genealogical research.
ORGANIZER;CN=Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson;CN=Colin Koopman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240430T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240430T234500 SUMMARY:Special Issue: Critical Phenomenology of the We UID:20240319T122910Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS
\nPuncta. Journal of Critical Phenomenology
\nSpecial Issue: &ldquo\;Critical Phenomenology of the We&rdquo\;
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\nTheme
\nPhenomenology offers not only incisive analyses of intentionality\, experience\, selfhood\, empathy and interpersonal understanding\, but also quite sophisticated investigations of collective intentionality\, affective sharing\, social participation\, communal experience\, and group-identity. Indeed\, while starting out with an interest in the individual mind\, phenomenologists began exploring dyadic forms of interpersonal relations shortly before the start of World War I\, and were deeply engaged in extensive analyses of communal forms of intentionality during the interwar period &ndash\; at a time when nationalism was on the rise. Today\, the "We" has not lost its place in philosophical\, political\, or popular discourse. Within the last decade\, phenomenologists have shown how phenomenology can contribute to the &ldquo\;discovery of the We&rdquo\; (Szanto &\; Moran 2016). These explorations have rediscovered lesser known early phenomenological writings on sociality by Gerda Walther\, Edith Stein\, Max Scheler or Aaron Gurwitsch and highlighted their relevance for contemporary problems in social cognition theory and analytic social ontology. Phenomenological approaches to sociality\, we-experiences\, and community\, however\, too-often concern themselves with ideal social ontological entities rather than the non-ideal social reality we find ourselves in.
\nA critical phenomenology of the We explores new lines of questioning at the intersection of phenomenology of sociality and critical phenomenology\, putting pressure on the allegedly neutral and unpolitical nature of the recent phenomenological discovery of the We. This special issue serves the purpose of demonstrating how critical perspectives both on and within phenomenological analyses can be enriching for philosophical discussions of the We and sociality more broadly. Taking critical phenomenology as the guiding methodology\, we foreground the constitutive significance that lived experiences of marginalisation\, exclusion\, social identity\, conflict\, ambiguity\, and asymmetry have on experiencing ourselves as part of a We. How does the recent critical turn in phenomenology support\, extend\, qualify\, or challenge phenomenological analyses of sociality? How can phenomenological descriptions of social phenomena point out pathways for social and political transformation and change? A critical phenomenology of the We investigates the question of &ldquo\;who are we?&rdquo\; as socially situated\, historically contextualised\, and culturally specific subjects.
\nWe encourage original submissions on the theme Critical Phenomenology of the We which critically engage with themes found within both classical and contemporary phenomenological discussions of the We. We particularly encourage submissions that speak to one (or more) of the following lines of inquiry:
\n(1) For one\, we are looking for contributions that take a clear starting point in lived experiences and real-life cases. Possible themes for such inquiries are\, but not limited to\, the ways in which group identity informs\, obscures\, and motivates acts of discrimination\, normalisation\, and oppression\; how feelings of belonging and community are manufactured for exploitative ends\, the role of collective memory and collective imagination for marginalised and historically oppressed groups\; how narratives are collectively constructed to both hide and bring to light past and present injustices and their complex temporality.
\n(2) We also welcome papers that critically engage with classical and contemporary debates on the 'we'. How might we challenge and contest the valuing of community over society we find in Husserl\, Walther\, and Stein? How has the paradigm of European culture shaped the debate and how might we look beyond it? Do phenomenological analyses of second person engagement overlook the constitutive significance of the third person?
\n(3) Finally\, we are interested in contributions that show the relevance of analyses from early 20th century phenomenology for contemporary debates within the philosophy of sociality. Besides the likes of Merleau-Ponty\, Fanon\, Beauvoir\, and Sartre\, how can the likes of Edith Stein\, Gerda Walther\, Max Scheler\, and Aron Gurwitsch enrich recent more political engagements with the phenomenological method? In what sense can the \; homeworld/alienworld distinction in Husserl&rsquo\;s generative phenomenology help us make sense of concrete intergroup dynamics?
\nWith these themes in mind\, a (non-exhaustive) list of possible topics to be examined under a phenomenological lens is:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The We of political movements\, protest\, and resistance
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Group\, collective and social identities
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Group antagonisms and modes of domination
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Inter- and intragroup relations of solidarity and care
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The role of the 'Them' or the 'Third in the constitution of the 'We'
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Asymmetrical reciprocity\, empathy\, and language breakdowns
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Critiques of the relation between familiarity and strangeness
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Feelings of (non-)belonging
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Collective imagination and memory
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Shared narratives of political\, cultural\, and transgenerational communities
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; National and transnational identities in classical and contemporary phenomenology
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Questioning the We of philosophy and academia
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\nGuest editors
\nTris Hedges (Center for Subjectivity Research\, University of Copenhagen)
\nJulia Zaenker (Center for Subjectivity Research\, University of Copenhagen)
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\nSubmission Guidelines
\nWe invite any original paper which engages with the critical turn in phenomenology in relation to the We. Submissions must be prepared for double anonymous review and manuscripts should be between 6000-8000 words.
\nIn addition\, submissions must include an abstract of not more than 150 words along with 4-6 keywords.
\nAll manuscripts must be in American English and prepared following the Chicago Manual of Style (seventeenth edition). Authors are expected to use inclusive language. For further information as to submission guidelines\, see here.
\nAuthors should submit anonymised manuscripts by emailing them to we.puncta@gmail.com.
\nFor information about Puncta. and to explore previous issues\, see https://puncta.journals.villanova.edu/.
\nFor further information or informal enquiries about the special issue please also contact we.puncta@gmail.com\,
\nAll inquiries about manuscript submission should be directed to punctasubmissions@gmail.com \;after consulting the submission guidelines.
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\nImportant dates:
\nDeadline for submissions: 30 April 2024
\nExpected publication: Spring 2025
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240510T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240511T170000 SUMMARY:A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis with Dr. Bruce Fink UID:20240319T122911Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:Paris\, France DESCRIPTION:A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis with Dr. Bruce Fink
\nJoin us for an exciting event\, A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis with renowned psychoanalyst\, Dr. Bruce Fink. This in-person event will take place on \;Fri May 10\, 2024 \;at \;10:00 AM \;in \;Central European Summer Time.
\nDuring this engaging session\, Dr. Bruce Fink will provide a comprehensive overview of Lacanian Psychoanalysis\, a unique approach to understanding the human mind and its complexities. With his extensive knowledge and expertise\, Dr. Fink will delve into the core concepts of Lacanian theory\, exploring its practical applications in clinical practice.
\nWhether you are a seasoned professional or simply curious about psychoanalysis\, this event offers a valuable opportunity to expand your understanding of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. Don't miss the chance to learn from one of the leading experts in the field!
\nThe event will take place in person in Paris\, but you can also join online\, live\, on Zoom.
ORGANIZER;CN=Viktoria Szilvasi;CN=Creston Davis: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240517T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240519T170000 SUMMARY:Music and Ethics UID:20240319T122912Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Atlanta\, United States\, 30030 DESCRIPTION:Music and ethics each draw on capacities (e.g.\, intentionality\, empathy\, agency) which are older and deeper than the theoretical frameworks which account for them\, older even than language itself.
\nCan parallels be drawn between music and ethics? Do music and ethics have a common root? Or are they atleast intertwined in some way?
\nThis workshop aims to draw connections between music and ethics\, especially in terms of pre- linguistic cognition. Topics which might include:
\nInterdisciplinary contributions are welcome\, including perspectives from philosophy\, cognitive science\,musicology\, psychology\, anthropology\, archaeology\, neurology\, and other related fields.
ORGANIZER;CN=Robert Kirkman;CN=Rachel Elliott: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240520T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T170000 SUMMARY:2024 Meeting of The Husserl Circle UID:20240319T122913Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:602 N 20th St.\, Omaha\, United States\, 68178 DESCRIPTION:The 53rd Meeting of the Husserl Circle\, will be held at Creighton University in Omaha\, Nebraska\, \;USA on May 20-23\, 2024.
 \;
We are working under the assumption that the conference will take place in person and only in \;person. \;
 \;
Creighton University is located in downtown Omaha\, Nebraska\, in the center of the United States\, \;about equidistant between Chicago and Denver\, and is easily reached by air (OMA Eppley Airfield) \;or car\, and (less easily) by train or bus. There are numerous hotels within a 10&ndash\;20-minute walk of \;campus\, including several in the historic Old Market area\, which has many restaurants\, bars\, and \;shops\, \;as \;well as \;a beautiful riverside \;park.
 \;
We \;look \;forward to welcoming you \;in \;Omaha!
 \;
Anne \;Ozar \;and Jacob \;Rump
Co-convenors \;of \;the \;2024 \;meeting
&ldquo\;Like a Face Drawn in Sand at the Edge of the Sea.&rdquo\; Vicissitudes of the Posthuman Forty Years After Foucault&rsquo\;s Death. \;
\nKEYWORDS: \;Foucault\, archeology\, posthumanism\, human-machine interaction\, more-than-human. \;
\nThe Order of Things wished to show the emergence and disappearance of the configurations of knowledge in their empirical arising. Among them\, we see man taking his ambivalent place as both mysterious object and sovereign subject of western knowledge\, only to soon disappear along the lines of the image we captured in the title. But\, however deferred\, historiographical and epistemological problems return incessantly\, questioning the status of discontinuities in the archaeological project: what backdrop would be able to account for both the emerging and the fading away of orders of identities and differences? To what logic do their mutations respond? What explanation is offered?
\nAccording to the archaeological instance\, posthuman is then manifestly not a condition of existence but an open process: the uncertain outcome of the mutations of these conditions of possibility\, of their precipitation.
\nWhat does it mean to question this diagnostic today? What mutations have taken place or struggle to do so? What are the stakes? Would it be legitimate to say that today we speak from the space of knowledge left vacant by the disappearance of the figure of western knowledge that gave rise to the humanities?
\nThe workshop's aim would be to draw a map\, though bound to be partial\, fragmentary and mobile\, of a range of practices both in research and in applied fields related to the tools forged in the debate pertaining to posthumanism. This could be done\, on the one hand\, by exploring the current functioning of the toolbox elaborated by the thinker in the 1960s and early 1970s\, and on the other hand\, by interrogating the way in which these tools have been brought into contact and fruitful interaction with different theoretical inputs and epistemic and political instances (feminist\, anti-racist\, queer\, post-colonial\, ecological\, a.o.).
ORGANIZER;CN=Ilaria Fornacciari: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240531T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240531T234500 SUMMARY:Call for Papers for Symphilosophie 6 (2024) - Romanticism and its Kantian Legacy UID:20240319T122915Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:SYMPHILOSOPHIE: International Journal of Philosophical Romanticism \;is now accepting submissions of \;original research \;articles\, review essays\, book reviews and new translations for its sixth issue\, which will appear in late 2024. \;
\nWe are pleased to announce Marie-Michè\;le Blondin (Collè\;ge Montmorency / CCEAE\, Université\; de Montré\;al)\, Luigi Filieri (Universitä\;t Mainz)\, Cody Staton (Kennesaw State University)\, and Gesa Wellmann (Universitä\;t Oldenburg)\, as guest editors of this issue. They will be in charge of the main section devoted to the topic: \;
\nRomanticism and its Kantian Legacy
\nFor the 300th \;anniversary of the birth of Immanuel Kant\, \;SYMPHILOSOPHIE \;welcomes submissions dealing with the indelible legacy of Kantian philosophy among the German romantic philosophers. \;That is to say\, investigations detailing the different ways the romantics engaged with the critical philosophy and how these interactions shaped some of the central tenets of German Romanticism itself. \;We are particularly interested in vestiges of Kantian philosophy among thinkers such as Friedrich Schlegel\, Novalis\, Friedrich Schleiermacher\, and Hö\;lderlin\, as well as romantic figures who transformed Kantian philosophy in languages other than German\, like Samuel Taylor Coleridge. \;
\nThe deadline for all contributions to \;this sixth issue \;is: \;31 \;May 2024. \;Contributions \;should be sent to the following email address: \;
\neditors@symphilosophie.com
\nFor more details see: \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240601T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240601T234500 SUMMARY:Foucault and the Frankfurt School UID:20240319T122916Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:2352 N. Clifton\, Suite 150\, Chicago\, United States\, 60614 ORGANIZER;CN=Almira Mert;CN=Caroline Loftus: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240603T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240603T080000 SUMMARY:University of Leeds Graduate Political Theory Conference 2024 - Digital Capitalism: Beyond the Neoliberal Paradigm? UID:20240319T122917Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Woodhouse Lane\, Leeds\, United Kingdom\, LS2 9JT DESCRIPTION:University of Leeds Graduate Political Theory Conference 2024
\nHosted by the Centre of Contemporary Political Theory \;
\nCall for Papers.
\nDigital Capitalism: Beyond the Neoliberal Paradigm?
\nDigital capitalism is the defining system of the early 21st \;century. As evidenced by the rise in immaterial labour\, digital markets\, and widespread surveillance\, collection and commodification of personal data\, more and more of our daily interactions fall under digital capitalism&rsquo\;s totalising claws. Mainstream critiques of digital capitalism have tended to interpret digital capitalism as an exclusively neoliberal project. This conference challenges these mainstream critiques and asks what it would mean to think about digital capitalism beyond the neoliberal paradigm. In \;Capital is Dead\, \;Mackenzie Wark famously proclaimed: &ldquo\;This is not capitalism anymore\; it is something worse&rdquo\;. Building on this proclamation\, we invite papers that explore how digital capitalism is developing into something new\, something beyond neoliberalism. The purpose of the conference is to examine how new theories/ideas/approaches can help us to understand an emerging new formulation of digital capitalism that standard critiques of neoliberalism cannot adequately capture.
\nWe welcome papers from various theoretical backgrounds\, approaches\, and perspectives in political theory. Possible topics include but are not limited to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Critiques of digital capitalism that move beyond a neoliberal understanding such as decolonial\, postcolonial\, feminist\, queer\, neo-feudal\, and technocratic feudalism critiques of digital capitalism\, are of keen interest\; \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Novel interpretations of the commons and digital commons in digital capitalism\; \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Structural and post-structural theories that elaborate on reproductive processes of digital capitalism that go beyond a neoliberal understanding\; \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Specific critiques of types of digital media that reproduce structures\, subjectivity\, and ideologies that do not fit a neoliberal paradigm\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;New democratic problems\, solutions\, or benefits associated with a developing non-neoliberal digital capitalism. \;
\nKeynote Speaker: Associate Professor Dr Kylie Jarrett \;
\nAssociate Professor Kylie Jarrett is a renowned scholar whose expertise covers user experiences of social media\, the politics of the commercial Web\, online sexuality\, and gender issues relating to work in digital media industries and the platform economy. Jarrett has (co)-authored four books: \;Digital Labor \;(Polity\, 2022)\, \;#NSFW: Sex\, Humor and Risk in Social Media \;(MIT Press\, 2019)\, \;Feminism\, Labour and Digital Media: The Digital Housewife \;(Routledge\, 2016)\, \;Google and the Culture of Search \;(Routledge\, 2013). Jarrett\, Susanna Paasonen and Ben Light's \;#NSFW: Sex\, Humor and Risk in Social Media \;(MIT Press\, 2019) won the 2020 Association of Internet Researchers book award. Jarrett is editor-in-chief of a new SAGE journal\, \;Dialogues in Digital Societies.
\nThe submission deadline is \;1st \;March 2024. Please submit your 200-300 word abstract prepared for anonymous review to uolpoltheorygradconfernce2024@gmail.com. We ask you to include your information (full name\, position/affiliation\, contact details) in a separate document. Applicants will be informed of the decision regarding their proposal by \;31st \;March 2024.
\nThe conference participants will have the opportunity to self-nominate their papers for participation in this year&rsquo\;s Graduate \;Political Theory Conference/BJPIR \;Collaboration project. \;This project aims to develop up to two promising papers presented at the 2024 Graduate Political Theory Conference for submission to \;The British Journal of Politics and International Relations \;(BJPIR). \;Authors of the two selected papers will receive mentorship from a member of the \;BJPIR \;editorial team. If you are interested in having your paper considered for this project\, \;please let us know by 3rd June \;2024\, and submit your draft paper to \;uolpoltheorygradconfernce2024@gmail.com \;by the same date. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Geyer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240603T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240603T170000 SUMMARY:University of Leeds Graduate Political Theory Conference 2024 - Digital Capitalism: Beyond the Neoliberal Paradigm? UID:20240319T122918Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Woodhouse Lane\, Leeds\, United Kingdom\, LS2 9JT DESCRIPTION:University of Leeds Graduate Political Theory Conference 2024
\nHosted by the Centre of Contemporary Political Theory \;
\nCall for Papers.
\nDigital Capitalism: Beyond the Neoliberal Paradigm?
\nDigital capitalism is the defining system of the early 21st \;century. As evidenced by the rise in immaterial labour\, digital markets\, and widespread surveillance\, collection and commodification of personal data\, more and more of our daily interactions fall under digital capitalism&rsquo\;s totalising claws. Mainstream critiques of digital capitalism have tended to interpret digital capitalism as an exclusively neoliberal project. This conference challenges these mainstream critiques and asks what it would mean to think about digital capitalism beyond the neoliberal paradigm. In \;Capital is Dead\, \;Mackenzie Wark famously proclaimed: &ldquo\;This is not capitalism anymore\; it is something worse&rdquo\;. Building on this proclamation\, we invite papers that explore how digital capitalism is developing into something new\, something beyond neoliberalism. The purpose of the conference is to examine how new theories/ideas/approaches can help us to understand an emerging new formulation of digital capitalism that standard critiques of neoliberalism cannot adequately capture.
\nWe welcome papers from various theoretical backgrounds\, approaches\, and perspectives in political theory. Possible topics include but are not limited to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Critiques of digital capitalism that move beyond a neoliberal understanding such as decolonial\, postcolonial\, feminist\, queer\, neo-feudal\, and technocratic feudalism critiques of digital capitalism\, are of keen interest\; \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Novel interpretations of the commons and digital commons in digital capitalism\; \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Structural and post-structural theories that elaborate on reproductive processes of digital capitalism that go beyond a neoliberal understanding\; \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Specific critiques of types of digital media that reproduce structures\, subjectivity\, and ideologies that do not fit a neoliberal paradigm\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;New democratic problems\, solutions\, or benefits associated with a developing non-neoliberal digital capitalism. \;
\n\nKeynote Speaker: Associate Professor Dr Kylie Jarrett \;
\nAssociate Professor Kylie Jarrett is a renowned scholar whose expertise covers user experiences of social media\, the politics of the commercial Web\, online sexuality\, and gender issues relating to work in digital media industries and the platform economy. Jarrett has (co)-authored four books: \;Digital Labor \;(Polity\, 2022)\, \;#NSFW: Sex\, Humor and Risk in Social Media \;(MIT Press\, 2019)\, \;Feminism\, Labour and Digital Media: The Digital Housewife \;(Routledge\, 2016)\, \;Google and the Culture of Search \;(Routledge\, 2013). Jarrett\, Susanna Paasonen and Ben Light's \;#NSFW: Sex\, Humor and Risk in Social Media \;(MIT Press\, 2019) won the 2020 Association of Internet Researchers book award. Jarrett is editor-in-chief of a new SAGE journal\, \;Dialogues in Digital Societies.
\n\nThe submission deadline is \;1st \;March 2024. Please submit your 200-300 word abstract prepared for anonymous review to uolpoltheorygradconfernce2024@gmail.com. We ask you to include your information (full name\, position/affiliation\, contact details) in a separate document. Applicants will be informed of the decision regarding their proposal by \;31st \;March 2024.
\n\nThe conference participants will have the opportunity to self-nominate their papers for participation in this year&rsquo\;s Graduate \;Political Theory Conference/BJPIR \;Collaboration project. \;This project aims to develop up to two promising papers presented at the 2024 Graduate Political Theory Conference for submission to \;The British Journal of Politics and International Relations \;(BJPIR). \;Authors of the two selected papers will receive mentorship from a member of the \;BJPIR \;editorial team. If you are interested in having your paper considered for this project\, \;please let us know by 3rd June \;2024\, and submit your draft paper to \;uolpoltheorygradconfernce2024@gmail.com \;by the same date. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Geyer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240603T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T170000 SUMMARY:Heidegger on the Essence of Truth UID:20240319T122919Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Boston University\, Boston\, United States\, 02215 DESCRIPTION:The seminar will critically examine \;Heidegger&rsquo\;s transformative re-thinking of essence and truth in his 1930 essay &ldquo\;On the Essence of Truth\,&rdquo\; marking a self-described &ldquo\;new beginning&rdquo\; in his philosophy. Participants\, restricted to recent PHDs (since 2018) and advanced doctoral students must apply with CV and letter of intent. Up to six individuals will be accepted for the intense week of summer classes from June 3 to 7 on the Boston University campus.Travel\, housing and food for the duration of the classes will be paid by \;JHP up to $2\,000. \; Go to \;https://jhp.wisc.edu/summerseminar.html for more details.
ORGANIZER;CN=Eileen C. Sweeney: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240604T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240605T170000 SUMMARY:Forma e interpretazione. Prospettive estetiche ed ermeneutiche UID:20240319T122920Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Via Sant'Ottavio 20\, Torino\, Italy\, 10123 DESCRIPTION:Il problema della forma è\; al centro degli interessi della filosofia sin dalle sue origini. La nozione di forma si sviluppa a partire da una serie di contrapposizioni - forma e materia\, forma e contenuto\, forma e sostanza - e intreccia la sua storia con numerosi altri vocaboli fondamentali del lessico filosofico: la forma è\; a seconda dei casi «\;essenza»\;\, «\;schema»\;\, «\;categoria»\;\, «\;figura»\;\, e assume la funzione di ciò\; che unifica il molteplice\, dello sfondo universale che costituisce il terreno comune per accomunare gli elementi particolari\, ma anche della struttura permanente che sopravvive alle modificazioni della materia.
\nV'è\; una prima nozione di forma\, e di formale\, sviluppata in particolare da Kant\, che indica la dimensione che precede ogni esperienza e ogni contenuto particolare\, ed è\; quindi propriamente universale\; è\; solo su questo terreno che può\; svolgersi la matematica\, con la sua pretesa di validità\; universale. L&rsquo\;universale formale ha anche una struttura relazionale: esso nasce con una presa di distanza originaria dall&rsquo\;esperienza in generale\, e si attua di volta in volta nelle prese di distanza concrete che realizziamo. Questa presa di distanza non annulla la concretezza: la sospende nella sua immediatezza\, nella sua pressione vitale\, e così\; le permette di trasporsi su questo nuovo piano in cui può\; coesistere con altri. Così\; l&rsquo\;universale formale sia nel suo originarsi che nel suo attuarsi resta in relazione con la concretezza. La riflessione su questa dimensione universale è\; resa particolarmente opportuna dalla condizione di pluralismo culturale che caratterizza il mondo di oggi.
\nGià\; nel pensiero antico il concetto di forma ha uno statuto molto complesso e variegato. La forma non è\; solo un'astrazione\, ma è\; ciò\; che anima il vivente\, ciò\; che vi è\; di più\; proprio al cuore di ogni cosa. La forma dell'oggetto è\; il suo destino\, il suo fine\, ciò\; che gli dà\; senso e che definisce le condizioni della sua possibilità\;\, del suo nascere e del suo perire.
\nTra il XVIII e il XIX secolo il pensiero moderno - in particolare tedesco - raccoglie con grande sensibilità\; questa ricchezza della nozione di forma\, in quel momento cruciale che segna la nascita dell'estetica come noi la intendiamo ancora oggi\, e dunque dell'idea moderna di arte\, ma anche delle scienze naturali come la biologia\, la botanica\, la zoologia e l'antropologia. Il concetto di forma diventa la nozione che permette di tenere insieme natura e cultura\, vita e tecnica\, nascita e creazione.
\nIn questo contesto la nozione di forma si fa plastica\, dinamica: pensare il mondo significa pensare la vita delle forme\, il loro mutare\, svilupparsi\, interagire nei meravigliosi quanto misteriosi processi della natura\, come anche nelle idee degli artisti e degli artigiani. Le forme - naturali\, artificiali\, simboliche - hanno una storia: per questo esse vanno ricostruite\, interpretate\, mostrate nel contesto della loro genesi e del loro sviluppo. D'altra parte\, l'interpretazione stessa si vincola alle forme su cui si applica: le forme strutturano i nostri modi di intendere\, comprendere e agire\, offrendosi come nello stesso tempo come condizione e posta in gioco dell'interpretazione. Mettendo in relazione forma e interpretazione\, inoltre\, quest'ultima si emancipa dal terreno linguistico e testuale alla quale in genere è\; ricondotta\, aprendosi ad altri fondamentali ambiti della vita\, quali la dimensione dell'immagine\, della materia\, della natura e della tecnica.
\nIl mondo contemporaneo è\; un dilagare di forme che si sovrappongono\, si scontrano\, entrano in relazione e si trasformano: in questo contesto così\; caotico\, l'ermeneutica possiede gli strumenti per mostrare la pregnanza della dimensione formale\, e produrre un'analisi critica che riguarda non solo i discorsi\, ma anche gli oggetti\, le pratiche\, i saperi\, le configurazioni simboliche della nostra epoca.
\n\nL&rsquo\;edizione 2023/2024 del seminario internazionale del Centro Studi Filosofico-religiosi &ldquo\;Luigi Pareyson&rdquo\; sarà\; dedicato dunque al rapporto tra forma e interpretazione. Al centro del dibattito\, ovviamente\, verrà\; posta la nozione di &ldquo\;formatività\;&rdquo\;\, concetto centrale nel pensiero di Luigi Pareyson e dell&rsquo\;estetica del &lsquo\;900. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Alessandro De Cesaris;CN=Graziano Lingua;CN=Maurizio Pagano;CN=Alice Iacobone;CN=Paolo Furia: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Reykjavik:20240606T090000 DTEND;TZID=Atlantic/Reykjavik:20240609T170000 SUMMARY:Touching the World - Luce Irigaray Circle & NSU UID:20240319T122921Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Atlantic/Reykjavik LOCATION:Reykjavík\, Iceland DESCRIPTION:The 12th meeting of the Luce Irigaray Circle is a three-day interdisciplinary conference devoted to the scholarship and creative work on\, or inspired by\, the thought of Luce Irigaray. Luce Irigaray&rsquo\;s work has influenced scholarship across multiple fields including Philosophy\, Gender Studies\, Queer Theory\, Trans Studies\, Literary and Culture Studies\, Indigenous Studies\, Classics\, Religious Studies\, Political Theory\, Linguistics\, Art\, Architecture\, Music\, Performance Studies\, and Legal Theory\, etc. The Circle cultivates a space for honoring and interrogating the question of sexual difference by supporting the multiple research trajectories\, methods\, and projects inspired by Irigaray&rsquo\;s thought.
\nLuce Irigaray has called for a new human being and a new way of thinking based on her philosophy of sexual difference. Central to this idea of being and thinking are touch and being touched as forms of interaction and inter-affections that are endless processes of becoming and transformations. This year´\;s conference draws its theme from touching and being touched by the world in all its manifestations. Reflections on the following topics are welcome:
\nPapers should be delivered in 20 minutes to leave 10 minutes each for discussion. Please note that the IC conference organizers are planning an edited volume based on the conference and request the right of first review on all accepted papers. If you would like to submit a proposal\, please send the following information at \;https://forms.gle/CJDHLwiWaCwuyx1d6 \;by January 10th\, 2024:
\nCreative Work:
\nIn addition to academic presentations\, the Circle invites proposals for creative work related to the work of Luce Irigaray. Past events have included theatrical and musical performances\, poetry readings\, art installations\, and more. Submissions should include an abstract describing the work\, materials that represent it (for example\, poetry excerpts or photos) and an explanation of the technical needs related to presenting the work.
\nWork-in-Progress Session(s):
\nIn addition to traditional academic presentations\, we welcome works and thinking in progress. If you would prefer to participate in a closed discussion section for works in progress\, indicate &ldquo\;Works in Progress&rdquo\; in the subject line of your submission. If you are admitted to the works in progress track\, we will ask you to send in an unfinished piece of writing (non-academic as well as academic texts are welcome) ahead of the conference (by 1st of May 2024)\, which will be shared with others who have signed up to join the WIP-session(s). During the conference small presentations and conversations around these works will be hosted in closed sessions.
\nMore information: \;https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-4-an-other-not-i-m-other-in-feminist-philosophy/
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole Des Bouvrie;CN=Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240617T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240619T170000 SUMMARY:Between Past and Future: Existence\, Embodiment\, and Historicity UID:20240319T122922Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Oslo LOCATION:Trondheim\, Norway DESCRIPTION:Norwegian University of Science and Technology\, Trondheim\, Norway \;
\nJune 17&ndash\;19\, 2024
\nConfirmed keynote speakers: Charlotta Weigelt (Sö\;dertö\;rn University)\, Jan Slaby (Freie Universitä\;t Berlin)\, Thomas Schwarz Wentzer (Aarhus University)\, Lisa Guenther (Queen&rsquo\;s University Canada) \;
\nHumans are historical beings. We live through\, and interpret ourselves in the light of\, our differing traditions\, even when we are not aware of this fact. We may experience such traditions as traditions of power\, domination\, and suppression\, but also as sources of inspiration and potential liberation from the present. At the same time all of us &ldquo\;have&rdquo\; our own history: we are born\, we grow older\, and eventually we die\, and who we were at one time\, as individuals and as parts of a community\, affect what we are and are capable of becoming. Our past is\, it may therefore be argued\, ambiguous\, and our future may depend on the way we appropriate and question our past. \;
\nWe also tend to deny the historicity of our existence\, a tendency that may come to expression in a variety of ways. We may attempt to break radically with the past\, to &ldquo\;move on\,&rdquo\; and to regard past traditions merely as objects of theoretical inquiry with at most an antiquarian relevance for contemporary society and life. And we may try to hide from the biological fact that human beings age and change\, be that through pursuing &ldquo\;eternal youth&rdquo\; or by tacitly denying the right of older generations to take part in discussions of contemporary problems on a par with younger generations. In short\, we tend to concentrate on the present while disregarding our past and its significance for the future.  \;
\nWe hereby invite abstracts for papers in phenomenology and related areas of philosophy\, such as critical theory\, feminist philosophy\, queer theory\, and the post-Kantian tradition widely conceived. This year we especially encourage work that addresses the way historicity affects our existence\, as embodied individuals and as communities. \;Questions to be addressed include\, but are not limited to\, the following: What can past traditions teach us when it comes to addressing contemporary problems such as the ecological crisis or the apparent decline in democratic sentiments? Are categories from past traditions a help or a hindrance for coming to grips with such problems? How is fruitful dialogue between differing traditions and cultures possible and how does cultural appropriation differ from genuine dialogue? How do traditions in science influence our conceptions of rationality? Can traditions within art\, religion\, and other cultural spheres help us reach a more comprehensive understanding of human rationality? How should we understand the connection between past traditions and radical new beginnings or truth-disclosing experiences\, for instance in art? \; \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Jens Kristian Larsen;CN="Ståle Rainer Strøm Finke": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240701T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240709T170000 SUMMARY:2024 Hildebrand Project Summer Residency UID:20240319T122923Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:1235 University Blvd.\, Steubenville\, United States\, 43952 DESCRIPTION:The annual Hildebrand Project Summer Residency will take place July 1-9\, 2024\, at Franciscan University of Steubenville\, and is free to attend for all accepted participants. \;
The Residency is an intensive program for advanced students and scholars working on MA theses\, Ph.D. dissertations\, habilitations\, books\, chapters\, or scholarly articles principally focused on Dietrich von Hildebrand or substantively engaged with his thought. We are especially interested in supporting research that has never been publicly presented.
The Residency is not limited to those working exclusively on Dietrich von Hildebrand. We welcome applications from students and scholars working on kindred spirits\, like Max Scheler\, Adolf Reinach\, and Edith Stein \, or on any thinker or set of issues\, provided that the work in progress includes Hildebrand as a substantive interlocutor or meaningfully engages the personalist tradition.
Residency participants will have the opportunity to work closely with Hildebrand Project Senior Scholars\, Dr. John F. Crosby\, Dr. Josef Seifert\, and Rocco Buttiglione\, each of whom was a student of either Dietrich von Hildebrand or Karol Wojtyla. \;
The application and travel scholarship deadline is January 31\, 2024. For more information and how to apply\, please visit \;https://hildebrandproject.org/event/summer-residency-2024/.
The Molloy University Philosophy Conference \;
\nfeaturing the North American Sartre Society
\n29th Annual Meeting
\nCall for Papers
\nOctober 25-27\, 2024
\nMolloy University
\n*This conference will be fully hybrid*
\nSubmission Deadline: July 15th\, 2024
\nConference Themes:
\nExistential Medicine &\; Existentialism and Disability
\nKeynote Speaker:
\nJennifer Scuro
\nJennifer Scuro received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the New School for Social Research. She has taught Philosophy and Ethics for over 25 years and is now an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Molloy University. Her research applies the Continental tradition\, including the existentialist tradition\, to issues related to critical disability studies\, cultural studies\, feminist theory\, and bioethics\, with new research on the intersection of disability and trauma. \;
\nShe is the author of Addressing Ableism: Philosophical Questions via Disability Studies (Lexington Books 2018) and The Pregnancy &ne\; Childbearing Project: A Phenomenology of Miscarriage (Rowman &\; Littlefield International 2017)\, the latter of which is a graphic novel narrative with a feminist philosophical analysis of pregnant embodiment and grief. \;
\nHer most recent publications include &ldquo\;The Postcolonial and the Post-Traumatic: Specters and Syndromes of White Feminist Canon&rdquo\; in the latest issue of philoSOPHIA: a Journal of trans Continental Feminism (Vol. 13\, 2023) and the &ldquo\;Diagnosis&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Trauma&rdquo\; entries for the collection\, Keywords/Images in Graphic Medicine\, (B. Martino &\; L. Diedrich\, eds.) forthcoming with Penn State University Press.
\nThe North American Sartre Society (NASS) is inviting proposals for our 29th meeting\, taking place October 25-27\, 2024 at Molloy University\, in Rockville Centre\, NY.
\n\nOur conference themes are Existential Medicine and Existentialism and Disability. We invite proposals on all topics related to these themes\, including\, but not limited to:
\nThe overreliance on naturalism in modern medicine
\nBad faith\, authenticity\, and the illness experience
\nHow traditional existentialism does or does not account for the experiences of disability or neurodivergence
\nExistentialism and anti-psychiatry
\nPhenomenology of the illness experience\, the body uncanny
\nThe status of disability in Sartre&rsquo\;s ethics of integral humanity
\nChallenging ableist conceptions of the human in existentialism
\nSartrean phenomenology and mental illness
\nFanon\, colonial mental illness\, and decolonial phenomenology
\nSartre&rsquo\;s own experience of disability
\nDiagnostic labels\, facticity\, and transcendence
\nIn addition\, we invite proposals from any area of Sartre studies and from any disciplinary background.In the spirit of Sartre&rsquo\;s eclectic thinking\, we encourage proposals that address philosophy\, literature\, theater\, aesthetics\, psychology\, politics\, intellectual history\, art\, music\, and other disciplines. Aiming to foster diverse and pluralistic approaches\, we understand Sartre Studies broadly to indicate work in the existentialist tradition\, including work emerging from thinkers like Simone de Beauvoir\, Maurice Merleau-Ponty\, Frantz Fanon\, Richard Wright\, Angela Davis\, Albert Camus\, Anna Julia Cooper\, Harriet Ann Jacobs\, Lewis R. Gordon\, Frederick Douglass\, Kathryn Sophia Belle\, Steve Biko\, Naomi Zack\, Chabani Manganyi\, Emilio Uranga\, Jorge Portilla\, W.E.B. Du Bois\, Aimé\; Cé\;saire\, Keiji Nishitani\, Azzedine Haddour\, Martin Buber\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, Gabriel Marcel\, Emmanuel Levinas\, Sara Ahmed\, danielle davis\, bell hooks\, Kamau Brathwaite\, Nathalie Etoke\, Achille Mbembe\, Suzanne Cé\;saire\, James Baldwin and others.
\nThis conference is fully hybrid. Please indicate in your proposal whether you plan to present in person or remotely.
\nA limited number of stipends will be provided for graduate students and underemployed scholars who are attending in person. Please indicate in your proposal if you wish to be considered for a stipend.
\nInformation on lodging and travel will be forthcoming.
\nThe submission process is as follows:
\nThe submission deadline is July 15th \;
\nWe are accepting abstracts of 300-500 words. Reading time for papers is 20-25 minutes.
\nWe will accept proposals for both individual papers and panel proposals.
\nEnglish or French is acceptable
\nPlease submit your abstract (or any questions) by email to NASS President\, Kiki Berk\, k.berk@snhu.edu \;
\nGraduate students are encouraged to submit.
\nAll proposals will be forwarded to the program committee for review.
\nContacts:
\nKiki Berk\, NASS President k.berk@snhu.edu
\nKimberly S. Engels\, Treasurer and Conference Host: kengels@molloy.edu
\nDane Sawyer\, NASS Co-President: dsawyer@laverne.edu \;
\nDamon Boria\, NASS Executive Board Member: damon.boria@gmail.com
\nT Storm Heter\, NASS Executive Board Member: sheter@esu.edu
\nElizabeth Butterfield\, NASS Executive Board Member: ebutterfield@georgiasouthern.edu
\nJake Jackson\, NASS Member at Large: jake.jackson.phd@gmail.com
\nLaRose Parris\, NASS Member at Large: larose.parris@lehman.cuny.edu
\nA Shahid Stover\, NASS Member at Large: brotherwisedispatch@gmail.com
\nNASS Webpage:https://www.northamericansartresociety.org
\nNASS Facebook: \; https://www.facebook.com/SartreSociety/
\n\nSartre Studies International https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/sartre-studies/sartre-studies-overview.xml \;
\nTopic Description:
Contrary to philosophy&rsquo\;s normal epistemological predilection\, both Kant and Levinas argue for &ldquo\;the primacy of practical reason\,&rdquo\; for &ldquo\;ethics as first philosophy\,&rdquo\; finding morality at the root of all intelligibility. \; Yet for Levinas moral imperative arises as responsible response to the other person&rsquo\;s alterity while for Kant it arises as dutiful respect for law in the other and oneself.
Through explication of texts and discussion\, this seminar aims to clarify the grounds and some of the moral and political consequences of their agreement and disagreement.
To apply:
Ten scholars of philosophy and/or political philosophy &ndash\; professors and graduate students &ndash\; will be accepted to participate in this round-table seminar.
To apply send: (1) A detailed ré\;sumé\;\, curriculum vitae\, or brief biography with contact information for two professional references\; (2) An application essay which should address your interest\, both academic and personal\, in the subject to be studied\; qualifications and experiences that equip you to do the work of the seminar and to make a contribution to a learning community.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis from the present time until deadline\, until all ten places are filled. A limited number of auditors will also be accepted. Please indicate if you are applying as an auditor.
\nThere is no registration fee. \; The LPSS provides no financial support.
ORGANIZER;CN="Jolanta Saldukaitytė": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240725T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240727T170000 SUMMARY:29th Conference of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society UID:20240319T122927Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Lungadige Porta Vittoria\, 17\, Verona\, Italy DESCRIPTION:29th Conference of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society
\nNietzsche in the Anthropocene
\nUniversity of Verona\, 25&ndash\;27 July 2024
\n\nHosted by Laura Langone and Carlo Chiurco
\nCall for abstracts:
\nWestern civilization has maintained an ambiguous relation with nature. The Greeks saw it as physis\, everything that possesses in itself the principle of movement\, so that nature\, in turn\, showed  \;a paradigmatic value (in ethics\, for instance). Nature\, according to Aristotle (Eth. Nic. 1153b)\, is the force that\, by its own virtue\, makes each being &ldquo\;something divine&rdquo\;. Physis\, in Karl Jasper&rsquo\;s reading\, was also the perié\;chon &ndash\; not simply the &ldquo\;habitat&rdquo\; of living beings\, but what embraces every being.
\nEspecially in the past two centuries\, however\, the industrial revolution has degraded nature as a mere object to serve human purposes\, deemed far superior to those of other living beings. Humanity&rsquo\;s ruthless and careless exploitation of nature has brought the entire biosphere to the brink of catastrophe. We must urgently modify our behaviour towards nature to mitigate the long-established effects of the anthropogenic changes\, such as species&rsquo\; mass extinction and climate change\, and find our lost place in nature.
\nIn this respect\, Nietzsche&rsquo\;s philosophy appears to be particularly insightful for addressing this task. Although Nietzsche was aware of nature&rsquo\;s absolute cruelty and immorality (HH I 223\, GS 344)\, he nonetheless invited us to &ldquo\;translate humanity back into nature&rdquo\; (BGE 230)\, thus rejecting any metaphysical world beyond the Earth among others.
\nBy drawing inspiration from culturally revolutionary movements of the 19th century (e.g. Goethe and Emerson) and the challenge brought about by science (Darwin)\, Nietzsche stood against the blind utilitarianism of his time as well as the anthropocentrism embedded in much of Western civilisation.
\nIn the light of this\, how can Nietzsche&rsquo\;s philosophy inform the approaches we should adopt towards the Anthropocene? To what extent does Nietzsche&rsquo\;s revaluation of all values allow for new ethical stances towards nature and the human body? \; How could and should our relations to animals and the environment possibly be reinvented?
\nPossible topics for papers can include\, but are not limited to:
\nKeynote speakers:
\nThe conference is funded by the European Commission through its Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.
\n\nAbstract Guidelines
\nSubmitted abstracts should be 300-500 words long. Abstracts should clearly describe proposals for a 25-minute presentation\, must be written in English or Italian\, and must be received by March 1st  \;2024. We aim to communicate decisions by April 15th 2024.
\nAbstracts must include a title and 3-5 keywords\, set out a clear argument or thesis\, and include references to appropriate literature.
\nAbstracts should be sent by email attachment to the FNS Conference Committee at the FNS email address: friedrich.nietzsche.society@gmail.com
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nPlease save your file using the following format: FNS2024ABSTRACT_YOURLASTNAME
\nIn the body of the email\, please state the following information for potential inclusion in the conference program: (1) The title of the paper\; (2) Your name and institutional affiliation (if any)\; (3) Your preferred email contact address.
\nIn the subject line of the email\, please state only the following: FNS2024ABSTRACT_YOURLASTNAME_ENGLISH or FNS2024ABSTRACT_YOURLASTNAME_ITALIANO according to the language of the abstract.
\n\n-------------------------Versione in lingua italiana-----------------------------
\n \;
\n29esima Conferenza della Friedrich Nietzsche Society
\nNietzsche nell&rsquo\;Antropocene
\nUniversità\; di Verona\, 25-26-27 luglio 2024
\nOrganizzata da Laura Langone e Carlo Chiurco
\n \;
\nCall for abstracts:
\nLa civiltà\; occidentale ha mantenuto un rapporto ambiguo con la natura. Agli occhi degli antichi Greci essa era physis\, ciò\; che ha in sé\; il principio del movimento\, e possedeva un valore paradigmatico (ad esempio in etica)\, tanto che\, per Aristotele (Eth. Nic. 1153b) «\;tutto per natura ha un che di divino»\;. Physis\, nell&rsquo\;interpretazione di Karl Jasper\, era anche il perié\;chon &ndash\; non semplicemente l'habitat degli esseri viventi\, ma il Tutto avvolgente che circonda ogni cosa.
\nNegli ultimi due secoli la rivoluzione industriale ha degradato il mondo naturale a un mero oggetto da sfruttare a piacimento\, finendo col portare l'intero ecosistema sull'orlo del baratro. È\; tempo di agire: dobbiamo modificare urgentemente il nostro comportamento nei confronti della natura al fine di attenuare gli effetti a lungo termine dell'Antropocene\, come l'estinzione di massa delle specie e i cambiamenti climatici\, e ritrovare il nostro posto perduto nella natura.
\nLa filosofia di Nietzsche appare uno strumento prezioso per affrontare questo compito. Nonostante Nietzsche a volte parli della crudeltà\; e immoralità\; della natura (UTU I 223\, GS 344)\, egli tuttavia ci ha invitato a «\;ritradurre l'umanità\; nella natura»\; (ABM 230)\, tra l&rsquo\;altro negando le pretese metafisiche di un mondo eterno ed immutabile al di là\; di quello terreno.
\nTraendo ispirazione dalle rivoluzioni culturali del XIX secolo (ad esempio Goethe ed Emerson) e le sfide introdotte dalla scienza (Darwin)\, Nietzsche ha sfidato la visione della natura tipica dell'utilitarismo cieco del suo tempo e l'antropocentrismo radicato in gran parte della civiltà\; occidentale.
\nAlla luce di ciò\;\, cosa ha da dire Nietzsche sull'Antropocene? In che misura la sua filosofia può\; ispirare le risposte che dovremo mettere in campo per affrontare le sfide dell&rsquo\;Antropocene? In che modo la trasvalutazione di tutti i valori può\; condurre a nuovi approcci etici nei confronti della natura e del corpo umano? Come potremmo ripensare le nostre interazioni con gli animali e l'ambiente a partire dalla filosofia di Nietzsche?
\nArgomenti possibili:
\nKeynote speakers:
\nLa conferenza è\; finanziata dalla Commissione Europea attraverso i fondi Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.
\n \;
\nLinee guida per gli abstract
\nGli abstract devono essere di minimo 300 e massimo 500 parole e pensati per una presentazione di 25 minuti. Devono essere redatti in inglese oppure in italiano e pervenire entro il 1 marzo 2024. Le notifiche di accettazione verranno inviate entro il 15 aprile 2024.
\nGli abstract devono includere un titolo e 3-5 parole chiave\, delineare una tesi precisa e includere riferimenti alla letteratura appropriata.
\nGli abstract devono essere inviati come allegato via email al comitato scientifico della conferenza all'indirizzo email FNS: friedrich.nietzsche.society@gmail.com
\nLinee guida per la candidatura
\nL&rsquo\;abstract va salvato come segue: FNS2024ABSTRACT_ILTUOCOGNOME
\nNell'email bisogna indicare le seguenti informazioni: (1) il titolo del contributo\; (2) nome e affiliazione istituzionale (se presente)\; (3) un indirizzo email a cui essere contattati.
\nNell'oggetto dell'email\, bisogna specificare solo quanto segue:
\nFNS2024ABSTRACT_ILTUOCOGNOME_ENGLISH oppure FNS2024ABSTRACT_ILTUOCOGNOME_ITALIANO a seconda della lingua in cui è\; scritto l&rsquo\;abstract.
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Laura Langone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240905T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240906T170000 SUMMARY:The Existential Dimension of Doubt UID:20240319T122928Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Avenue Campus\, Southampton\, United Kingdom\, SO17 1BF DESCRIPTION:&lsquo\;The Existential Dimension of Doubt&rsquo\; - Launch Conference of the ERC Advanced grant project &lsquo\;The Ethics of Doubt &ndash\; Kierkegaard\, Scepticism and Conspiracy Theory&rsquo\;\, September 5-6\, 2024\, University of Southampton\, UK
\nWhile the ancient sceptics regarded scepticism about knowledge as a way of life\, philosophers from Descartes to the present day have viewed it primarily as an intellectual problem that requires only a theoretical solution. The aim of this conference is to challenge this contention by focussing on the &lsquo\;existential&rsquo\; dimension of doubt &ndash\; i.e. the way in which sceptical problems affect the whole person. For example\, Danish philosopher\, Sø\;ren Kierkegaard\, has proposed that doubt and anxiety are intrinsically linked\, and\, hence\, that doubt may not just be an epistemic vice (if it is one)\, but also a character failing that consists in a refusal to confront (and to try and overcome) certain forms of \;angst\, such as\, for instance\, a refusal to face up to the radical contingency and fragility of the (human) world and to take refuge in a &lsquo\;scapegoating&rsquo\; scenario\, where super-powerful\, hidden agents are to blame: Descartes&rsquo\; Evil Demon\, on the one hand\, or\, say\, a &lsquo\;Deep State&rsquo\; controlling our actions\, on the other. The conference aims to explore these issues from a number of different philosophical perspectives (both Kierkegaardian and non-Kierkegaardian) and to bring together Kierkegaard scholars and epistemologists\, working in both theoretical and applied areas of the subject.
\nConfirmed speakers include: Anita Avramides (Oxford)\, Yuval Avnur (Scripps)\, Lucy Campbell (Warwick)\, Annalisa Coliva (UCI)\, Jim Conant (Chicago)\,
Rick Furtak (Colorado)\, Stephen Mulhall (Oxford)\, Marilyn Piety (Drexel)\, Duncan Pritchard (UCI)\, Mark A. Tietjen (Stony Brook).
If you are interested in attending\, please contact my post-doc\, Dr. Taylor Matthews (T.Matthews@soton.ac.uk).
ORGANIZER;CN="Genia Schönbaumsfeld";CN=Taylor Matthews: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20240908T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20240915T170000 SUMMARY:SMR Summer Institute with Julia Kristeva "The Feminine in an Age of Anthropological Transformation"" UID:20240319T122929Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Athens LOCATION:Olympada\, Thessaloníki\, Greece DESCRIPTION:- Short Syllabus with the tentative agenda and practical information -
\nIn the accelerated anthropological transformation at the beginning of this third millennium\, women are at once an emerging force\, on the same level with its upheavals in values and identities\, AND an irreducible otherness&mdash\;object of desire\, fear\, and envy\, of oppression and exploitation\, of abuse and exclusion. Julia Kristeva&rsquo\;s masterclass will focus on the transformative potential of what she conceptualizes as the feminine: not femininity\, not femaleness or womanhood but a specific aspect of the human psyche which might be the proper engine of our capacity to change. \;
\nLecture 1. Feminine Oedipus or\, about female sexuality. (Kristeva)
\nLecture 2. The Female Genius (Arend\, Klein\, Colette) (Kristeva)
\nIn the second part of the course Miglena Nikolchina will approach works of science fiction (the TV series Battlestar &ldquo\;Galactica\,&rdquo\; Blade Runner and BladeRunner 2049\, Alien- from the first one to Prometheus and Alien: Covenant) in order to foreground the role that maternity and (pro)creation play in attempts to define the human vis-à\;-vis the machine. Kristeva&rsquo\;s concept of the feminine will be examined in the framework of what Freud termed &ldquo\;psychic revolution of matter&rdquo\;: the revolution which is arguably at the center of Kristeva&rsquo\;s thought from her earliest writing to her latest. \; \;
\nLecture 1. Being Born or Being Made? Kristeva&rsquo\;s Concept of the Maternal Chora and the Semiotic. (Nikolchina)
\nLecture 2. Making Soul by Making Flesh: Kristeva&rsquo\;s Concepts of Signifiance and Transubstantiation. (Nikolchina)
\nThe third part offered by Katarina Kolozova focuses on Marx&rsquo\;s notion of &ldquo\;fetish&rdquo\; as commodity or\, if the term fetish is problematic in any way\, then\, quite simply on the problem of commodity as reification of abstraction. There is an unnegotiable categorical distinction between the abstract and the material or physical. The distinction is\, let us reiterate\, categorical not ontological. There is a distinction between the two and they should not be conflated or rendered mutually interchangeable. We will look at the dialectics of femininity as commodified and fetishised value (Irigaray)\, its comparability with Marx&rsquo\;s formulae of M-C-M and how philosophy operates as a signifying automation or pleasure principle (Lacan\, Laruelle\, and the foreclosure of the real). \; We will also try to tie this discussion with Kristeva&rsquo\;s thesis of the Feminine Oedipus.
\nLecture 3. Comparability of the Machines of Patriarchy\, Capital and Philosophy: The Fate of the Remnants of Flesh and femininity (Kolozova)
\nPracticalities: NB: Hybrid participation is an exception\, not the rule We made sure that we follow the ancient Greek principle of philosophical study\, including also arts and sciences\, being scholē (leisure time\, pleasure and play). The institute is placed in what was once Stagira after all\, the birthplace of Aristotle. The program is structured in such a way that it allows for enjoying the sun and the beach of the Aegean Sea as well as socialising with the rest of the group\, visiting local tavernas\, taking trips to nearby archaeological sites and visits to Thessaloniki and other interesting nearby location. Olympiada is the contemporary name of ancient Stagira\, the birthplace of Aristotle\, located in the northern part of the region of Macedonia of Greece. The climate is mild\, the area is surrounded by continental rather than Mediterranean flora and fauna. It is surrounded by green mountainous area. Mount Athos is only 70-80 miles away. Hybrid format module: For those who cannot make it to the Campus\, we have reserved the option for online participation\; please\, bear in mind that its possibilities are limited compared to the in-person participation (interaction with faculty and community\, informal program\, presentations\, etc.). The fee for the online variant is also 300 euro. For the Global South there is automatic discount of 30%. Fees and what they cover. - 700 euro for 7 days\, therefore 100 euro a day for: accommodation\, use of the space for setting up participants&rsquo\; own program (art\, lectures\, film screenings etc)\, self-arranged meals at the Summer institute and a few organized by SMR\, participation in the fee for the extracurricular program (most of it is covered by SMR)\, free of charge access to the best part of the beach\, discounts for shuttles\, use of utilities such as laundry machines and mini kitchen. It covers maintenance too. - 300-euro fee for the program which covers teachers&rsquo\; fees and travel\, as well as the administrative aspects of issuing an ECTS participation fee. - Important: The amount can be paid in instalments\; you just need to choose the option in the application form. How to Apply: Interested applicants can find the full application form here\, as well as at the very bottom of this page. All application forms must be filled out in full and sent in by December 10th\, 2023\, in order to be considered valid. If you have any inquiries please send them to all of the following email address: schoolofmaterialistresearch@gmail.com Regarding accommodation and food: SMR&rsquo\;s summer institute can offer accommodation for 15-17 students\, and its cost is included in the participation fee. It also offers fridges and stove in the shared kitchen/coffee station area you can prepare your own food (however cooking elaborate meals is not allowed\, more snacks\, salads\, etc.). Laundry area is provided as well. Showers and bathrooms are shared but at least three on each floor (all areas are renovated and clean) Important: All those who cannot submit an early application to make sure they will be accommodated at the SMR building\, can either find an accommodation in a walking distance with our help (for a discount price) or directly themselves via booking and other platforms\, as well as the local tour operators whose contact details will be provided. Regarding food\, some of the meals will be prearranged by SMR in collaboration with the local tavernas\, and that cost is also included in the price. All the snacks and coffee plus water is provided by SMR. Ground transportation from the airport: Olympada is only 50 minutes away by car from the Thessaloniki airport should you share a care or find a direct shuttle. Unfortunately\, the shuttles from the airport are slower due to making stops. If you want us to arrange transportation for you\, please indicated in the application but keep in mind that we will have to group you with others arriving at around a similar hour\, so we will have to let you know if the arrangement can be made and also how much it will cost (should it turn our that a car is picking up one person). After we offer you options\, you will make your own choice and let us know. This will not be included in the fee\, but we will make sure the prices for our participants are highly favourable. Here are some useful links should you choose to arrange your own transportation: Hellas Chauffeur https://tinyurl.com/yxr4skf2 \, or Welcome Pickups https://tinyurl.com/2s3zjxt9 \, and many other links that can be found on the airport website.  \; What you earn after the School: An ECTS certificate of completion of 2 credits (1 ECTS = 28 hours of not only class but also you individual work or preparation and project/presentation writing/creating)\, cosigned by ISSHS (Holder of the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education 2021-2027\, and endowed with the right to assign ECTS for informal study programs) and CPT-ASU (US)\, co-members of SMR.  \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Katerina Kolozova;CN=Adam Nocek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240909T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240913T170000 SUMMARY:XII. International Congress of the German Society of Aesthetics – The Media of Art/The Arts of Media UID:20240319T122930Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Fribourg\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:So-called 'media art' has been around not only since technical media began to intervene in the art world\; there has never been media-free art. There is no art that does not express itself in certain media\, be it image\, sound\, light\, space or language. There is no art that does not rely on marble and chisel\, colour and canvas\, pen and paper\, sound waves and screen\, bits and bytes. Neither media nor materials are ever external to a work of art\; rather\, aesthetic meaning only arises through the respective medial-material configuration and would be invalid without it. The XII. Congress of the German Society for Aesthetics will focus on the question of the media of the arts: Can the arts be understood differently or better if we look at them in the light of their media? What distinguishes the arts from one another? Does each art genre have its own medium? What does media specificity mean in the tradition\, from Lessing to Greenberg\, and what does it mean today\, in the age of artistic "entanglement" [Verfransung] (Adorno) and of multiple hybrid forms? Modernist attempts to return art to its pure\, illusion-free medium stand in contrast to more recent developments in which intermediality\, cross-over and transmedial practices set new standards. Despite all the invocations of a 'post-medial condition'\, the classic question remains impellent: to what role material qualities play in form-shaping processes and to what extent the different contexts of manifestation influence the circulation of signs.
\nAll DGÄ\; members are invited to submit proposals on this topic\, whether from a historical or contemporary\, systematic or applied perspective. Some topics will be the 'obstinacy' of iconic\, choreographic\, cinematic or architectural artefacts\, to name but a few\, about the analogue/digital difference\, the media prerequisites in the mass production and reproduction of art and about the function of media in dissemination\, commentary and archiving\, right up to their use in the artistic creative processes themselves\, for example in the context of AI-generated art. It will be discussed what consequences this has for classic aesthetic concepts such as originality\, authorship or creativity - does AI art even exist and if so\, how can it be specified? - to the exorbitant ecological footprint of supposedly dematerialised phenomena such as NFT and crypto art.
\nIn this respect\, the focus of the congress is not only on the media in the arts\, but also - in a kind of reverse entanglement - on the function of the arts in context of media. If it is true that aesthetic objects\, situations and events make it particularly easy to understand that form and content\, medium and message cannot be separated from each other\, what insights does this provide for media processes in general? What does it mean for the prevailing transparency paradigm of mediality when works increasingly discover the sensual-aesthetic potential of media that no longer make themselves transparent in favour of what is depicted? Do not other\, previously unseen sides become recognisable precisely in the design features? If all art is to be regarded as media art in this sense\, then it must do so insofar as it works with media in a reflexive and critical way and shows how they work. Art without media is empty\, that much is beyond question\, but conversely\, can it also be said that media without art is blind? The congress provides an opportunity to debate the relevance of aesthetic thinking for mass media societies.
\nWe welcome contributions on the topic of "Media of the Arts / Arts of the Media" from all areas of theoretical and practical aesthetics\, from the perspective of individual arts as well as from media studies and art sociology\, from artistic research\, art education and inter- and transcultural aesthetics.
ORGANIZER;CN=Emmanuel Alloa;CN=Alessandro De Cesaris;CN=Lilian Kroth: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20240915T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20240922T170000 SUMMARY:Death\, Movement\, Change and Transformation: The Domain of Matter with Thomas Nail\, John Ó Maoilearca\, Achille Mbembe (TBC) and Jonathan Fardy\, UID:20240319T122931Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Athens LOCATION:https://www.google.com/maps/place/SMR-ISSHS+Greece/@40.5913033\,23.7799166\,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x14a8df0018095c6b:0x1bbe709976b39472!8m2!3d40.5913033!4d23.7824915!16s%2Fg%2F11vplxjttq?entry=ttu\, Olympiada\, Greece\, 57014 DESCRIPTION:Why has something as simple as movement posed such enormous difficulties for philosophers and scientists in the Western tradition when other traditions have not had the same trouble? Many of the greatest minds of Western history have dedicated their lives to the discovery of something genuinely immobile that could explain why things move\," is the question from which the three master classes offered by Thomas Nail depart. Nail's series of classes is called Matter and Motion: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Movement. In the elaboration of his set of master classes offered as part of the summer school\, titled "As Above\, So Below: Correspondences\, the Supernothing\, and the Hyperbolic\," John John Ó\; Maoilearca says "Here\, the &lsquo\;non-&lsquo\; will be seen to operate in full plenitude\, though at another level/scope/temporality (rather than ex nihilo &ndash\; from the inert void below)\, The ideas of destruction and negation are consequently re-rendered as substitution\, confusion\, or destructive interference between levels." Achille Mbembe\, who has initially confirmed his participation (we are expecting a reconfirmation of dates and topics) is invited to revisit his materialist radicalisation of the concept of necropolitics he explored as part of the SMR Intensive Study Courses in Fall 2021.
ORGANIZER;CN=Katerina Kolozova;CN=Adam Nocek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240920T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240921T170000 SUMMARY:Foucault and the Frankfurt School UID:20240319T122932Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:2352 N. Clifton\, Suite 150\, Chicago\, United States\, 60614 ORGANIZER;CN=Almira Mert;CN=Caroline Loftus;CN=Rosa Martins: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20241009T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20241011T170000 SUMMARY:International Colloquium on Bonaventure and Aquinas UID:20240319T122933Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:FLUL Alameda da Universidade\, Lisbon\, Portugal\, 1600-214 DESCRIPTION:International Colloquium \;
\non Bonaventure and Aquinas
\n \;
\nStudia Bonaventurae de Balneoregio
\net Thomae Aquinati oblata
\n \;
\nSEHI Meeting III
\n \;
\nPresentation:
\n2024 marks the 750th anniversary of the death of both Bonaventure of Bagnoregio and Thomas Aquinas. To commemorate the occasion\, the Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon (CFUL)\, in partnership with the Center for Classical Studies of the same University (CEC)\, the Society for the European History of Ideas (SEHI)\, the Red Latinoamericana de Filosofí\;a Medieval (RLFM)\, and the Societá\; Italiana per lo Studio del Pensiero Medievale (SISPM) is organizing a colloquium\, which will take place between 9th and the 11th \;of October\, \;2024. The aim of the colloquium is to contribute to the renewal of the studies on these two prominent philosophers of the 13th century. \;
\nTo this end\, the organizers invite the submission of conference abstracts and panel proposals on one of the following topics: \;
\n1. \; \; \;The philosophy of Bonaventure
\n2. \; \; \;The philosophy of Thomas Aquinas
\n3. \; \; \;Comparative studies between Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas
\n4. \; \; \;The influences of and on Bonaventure and/or Thomas Aquinas
\n5. \; \; \;Bonaventure and/or Thomas Aquinas and the universities of the 13th century
\n6. \; \; \;The presence of Bonaventure and/or Thomas Aquinas in present-day philosophy
\nThe abstracts submitted\, as well as the panel proposals submitted\, must demonstrate the innovative nature of the research to be presented.
\nPresentations:
\nAll talks will have a maximum duration of 30 minutes\, followed by a 15-minute discussion.
\nVenue: \;
\nSchool of Arts and Humanities\, University of Lisbon\, Portugal
\n9th-11th \;October 2024
\nKeynote speakers
\n1. \; \; \; \; \;Fran O&rsquo\;Rourke (University College Dublin)
\n2. \; \; \; \; \;Franziska van Buren (KU Leuven)
\n3. \; \; \; \; \;Fabrizio Amerini (Università\; degli studi di Parma)
\n4. \; \; \; \; \;Armando Norte (Universidade de Lisboa)
\nOrganizing Committee:
\nFilipa Afonso
\nMaria Leonor Xavier
\nLidia Lanza
\nTomá\;s N. Castro
\nMadalena Sobral
\n \;
\nScientific Committee:
\nAdriano Oliva
\nAndreas Speer
\nCelina Lé\;rtora Mendoza
\nChristopher Cullen
\nFilipa Afonso \;
\nGyula Klima
\nJoã\;o Maria André\; \;
\nJoaquim Cerqueira Gonç\;alves
\nJosé\; Francisco Meirinhos
\nJosé\; Rosa
\nLidia Lanza
\nMaria Leonor Xavier
\nMaria Manuela de Brito Martins
\nMá\;rio Santiago de Carvalho
\nPasquale Porro
\nPartnerships:
\nCEC: Centro de Estudos Clá\;ssicos da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
\nSEHI: Society for the European History of Ideas
\nRLFM: Red Latinoamericana de Filosofí\;a Medieval \;
\nSISPM: Societá\; per lo Studio del Pensiero Medievale
\nSubmission of individual abstracts:
\nAll those who are interested in giving a paper are warmly invited to submit a proposal by March 28\, 2023. Submissions should contain the title of the presentation\, an abstract of no more than 500 words\, as well as the author&rsquo\;s name\, affiliation\, and email. In order to submit your proposal\, please fill in \;this form: \;https://forms.gle/UeirCYRs99dLZWqDA. \;
\n \;
\nSubmission of panels: \;
\nAll those interested in organizing a panel at the conference should send a brief description of the panel of no more than 500 words\, along with its title and the name(s) and email address(es) of the contact person(s)\, through \;this form: https://forms.gle/rHDwQsDAR4yFNSHTA. Also\, panel organizers must request all speakers within the panel to submit their abstract\, through \;this form \;(https://forms.gle/pJrE9gt3R6JGXyrB6) \;\, indicating the title of the panel. Panel proposals\, and their respective individual abstracts\, are due by April 26\, 2024. \;
\nLanguages and Publications:
\nThe languages of the conference will be English\, Portuguese\, Italian\, Spanish\, and French. Papers written based on presentations in English will be considered for publication in the next volume of the Proceedings of SEHI\, in the series \;Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature\, Mind and Action \;published by Springer (https://www.springer.com/series/11934). Papers based on presentations in the other languages will be considered for publication in \;Philosophica: International Journal for the History of Philosophy(https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/journal?openform&\;journal=pdc_philosophica). Papers submitted for publication will undergo the regular peer-review procedures.
\nRegistration fees \;(due until June 28\, 2024):
\nStudent registration: 85&euro\;
\nStandard registration: 150&euro\;
\nContact:
\n750bt@letras.ulisboa.pt
\nWebsite:
\nhttps://cful.letras.ulisboa.pt/events/750bt
ORGANIZER;CN="Tomás N. Castro";CN=Filipa Afonso;CN=Maria Leonor Xavier: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20241024T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20241026T170000 SUMMARY:International Conference "Environmental Ethics and Vulnerability in Western and/or Buddhist Philosophy" UID:20240319T122934Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Cà Vignal 3\, Str. le Grazie\, 15\, 37134 \, Verona\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Call for abstracts:
\nThis conference aims to explore new paths in environmental ethics by bringing into dialogue Western and Buddhist philosophical traditions. Global issues such as environmental ones require global answers that need to elaborate a wide perspective.
\nGiven the popularity of Buddhism as well as the growth of Buddhist studies in the West\, this conference looks for intercultural contributions on environmental ethics that embrace both Western and Buddhist philosophical traditions.
\nIn this respect\, vulnerability may play a key role in bridging East and West. Its prominent position in contemporary ethics and global bioethics could contribute to transcending the view of a self-referential modern subjectivity in favor of a fully relational conception of subjectivity. This conception aligns closely with the Buddhist perspective on reality as the interconnectedness of everything that exists.
\nThe main objective of this conference is to provide a platform for bringing together scholars in environmental ethics\, vulnerability\, and global bioethics from both Western and Buddhist philosophical traditions\, fostering potential dialogues between them. Contributions from either the Western or Buddhist perspective alone are also welcome.
\nPossible topics for papers can include\, but are not limited to: environmental ethics in Western or Buddhist philosophical traditions\, comparative perspectives on environmental ethics between Western and Buddhist philosophical traditions\, historical encounters between Western and Buddhist philosophical traditions regarding environmental ethics\, vulnerability and global bioethics from either the Western or Buddhist perspectives\, comparative perspectives on vulnerability and global bioethics between Western and Buddhist philosophical traditions\, future challenges in environmental ethics\, vulnerability and global bioethics.
\nKeynote speakers: Henk ten Have (Duquesne University\, USA)\, Marion Hourdequin (Colorado College\, USA)\, Claudia Navarini (European University of Rome\, Italy)\, William Edelglass (Emerson College\, USA)\, Benedetta Giovanola (University of Macerata\, Italy)\, \;Janet Donohoe (University of West Georgia\, USA)\, Graham Parkes (University of Vienna\, Austria). \;
\nThe conference is funded by the European Commission through its Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and sponsored by the following academic societies: \;International Society for Environmental Ethics (ISEE)\, \;International Association for Environmental Philosophy (IAEP)\, Italian Society for Moral Philosophy (SIFM)\, International Association for Education in Ethics (IAEE)\, XXV World Congress of Philosophy Rome 2024 (WCP 2024)\, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP).
\nAbstracts (of max 300 words) and CV should be submitted to: Laura Langone (laura.langone@univr.it) and Carlo Chiurco (carlo.chiurco@univr.it). \;Abstracts can be submitted in either \;English or Italian.
\nIn the email subject line please write: Environmental Ethics and Vulnerability Conference.
\nDeadline for proposals: 29 February 2024.
\nNotification of acceptance: by 10 May 2024.
\n_____________________________________________________________
\n(Versione italiana)
\n"Etica ambientale e vulnerabilità\; in dialogo tra Occidente e Oriente"\nCall for abstracts:
\nLa natura globale dei problemi ambientali richiede risposte globali e ad ampio spettro. Data la popolarità\; del buddismo e la diffusione dei corsi universitari dedicati allo studio del buddismo in Occidente\, la conferenza invita a proporre contributi a carattere interculturale intorno ai temi dell&rsquo\;etica ambientale che abbraccino le filosofie occidentali e buddiste.
\nIn questo contesto\, la vulnerabilità\; appare come una categoria-ponte capace di svolgere un ruolo chiave nel dialogo tra Est e Ovest. La sua posizione di rilievo nell&rsquo\;etica contemporanea e nella bioetica globale potrebbe contribuire a superare la visione di una soggettività\; moderna autoreferenziale a favore di una concezione compiutamente relazionale\, in armonia con la visione buddista della realtà\; come interconnessione di tutto ciò\; che è\;.
\nL&rsquo\;obiettivo principale di questa conferenza è\; favorire il dialogo tra le tradizioni filosofiche occidentali e quelle buddiste sui temi dell&rsquo\;etica ambientale\, della vulnerabilità\; e della bioetica globale. Sono benvenuti anche contributi che esplorino questi temi esclusivamente dalle prospettive occidentali oppure da quelle buddiste.
\nPossibili argomenti: \;etica ambientale nelle filosofie occidentali oppure nelle filosofie buddiste\, dialogo sull&rsquo\;etica ambientale tra le filosofie occidentali e buddiste\, storia degli incontri tra le filosofie occidentali e buddiste sull'etica ambientale\, vulnerabilità\; e bioetica globale nelle filosofie occidentali oppure nelle filosofie buddiste\, dialogo sulla vulnerabilità\; e la bioetica globale tra le filosofie occidentali e quelle buddiste\, sfide future dell&rsquo\;etica ambientale\, della vulnerabilità\; e della bioetica globale.
\nKeynote speakers: Henk ten Have (Duquesne University\, USA)\, Marion Hourdequin (Colorado College\, USA)\, Claudia Navarini (Università\; Europea di Roma\, Italia)\, William Edelglass (Emerson College\, USA)\, Benedetta Giovanola (Università\; degli Studi di Macerata\, Italia)\, Janet Donohoe (University of West Georgia\, USA)\, Graham Parkes (University of Vienna\, Austria).
\nLa conferenza è\; finanziata dalla Commissione Europea attraverso i fondi Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions \; ed è\; patrocinata dalle seguenti associazioni accademiche: International Society for Environmental Ethics (ISEE)\, International Association for Environmental Philosophy (IAEP)\, Società\; Italiana di Filosofia Morale (SIFM)\, \;International Association for Education in Ethics (IAEE)\, XXV World Congress of Philosophy Rome 2024 (WCP 2024)\, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP).
\nAbstract di massimo 300 parole e un curriculum vitae devono essere inviati a Laura Langone (laura.langone@univr.it) e Carlo Chiurco (carlo.chiurco@univr.it). \;Gli abstract possono essere inviati \;in inglese oppure in italiano.
\nNell&rsquo\;oggetto della mail bisogna scrivere: Conferenza etica ambientale e vulnerabilità\;.
\nScadenza per le proposte: 29 febbraio 2024.
\nNotifica di accettazione: entro il 10 maggio 2024.
ORGANIZER;CN=Laura Langone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241025T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241027T170000 SUMMARY:The Molloy University Philosophy Conference featuring the North American Sartre Society UID:20240319T122935Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Molloy University\, Rockville Centre\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Kiki Berk: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20241104T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20241104T080000 SUMMARY:Cruelty and Brutalism Today UID:20240319T122936Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Dobra 72\, Warsaw\, Poland DESCRIPTION:Papers and panels are invited for the interdisciplinary conference\, \;&ldquo\;Cruelty and Brutalism Today&rdquo\;\, which will take place in Warsaw from 4-5 November 2024. The conference is organized by the Faculty of &ldquo\;Artes Liberales &rdquo\; at the University of Warsaw (Poland) and is part of the &ldquo\;Technology and Socialization&rdquo\; project.
\nCruelty has many faces. Indeed\, the cruelty of war is incomparable to the silent cruelty taking place in the privacy of our homes\, and this is different from the cruelty of &ldquo\;cold institutions&rdquo\; that often use the letter of the law. However\, what is disturbing is the scale of cruelty and the laughter of torturers acting not only without a sense of guilt but also with a dubious justification for the &ldquo\;greater necessity&rdquo\; of using violence.
\nIn his book \;Coldness and Cruelty\, Gilles Deleuze asks \;questions about contemporary forms of sadism and masochism. We want to reflect on the forms of the &ldquo\;sadistic Superego&rdquo\; utterly devoted to cruelty\, but also the forms of the &ldquo\;masochistic Ego&rdquo\; ready for &ldquo\;affective contact&rdquo\;. The affective constellation of our world gives the impression that we are already operating outside Hegel&rsquo\;s dialectic of recognition\, which is the dialectic of recognizing the desire of the Other. Contemporary politics has become devoid of mediation\, armed with naked violence that can only escalate.
\nAndrew Culp claims that our era is not \;the &ldquo\;age of sad passions but of the masochistic contract that is sealed by fusing the cruel thrill of exploiting others with the self-destructive delights of being oppressed.&rdquo\; This masochistic contract is accompanied by widespread de-medialization\, which &ndash\; as it seems &ndash\; ends the era of representation. Everyone wants to be present today and present their opinion without the help of a mediator. The representation gives way before the presentation. Does this state of affairs always end with a shitstorm of media that allows immediate release and which becomes &ndash\; as Byung-Chul Han writes &ndash\; a kind of &ldquo\;communication reflux&rdquo\; that destroys not only the order of power but also the very possibility of expressing respect. The screen is no longer a window to the world or even a frame but an information board on which data\, images\, inscriptions and texts move. Today\, the screen is a frame for affectation and a seat of indifference. This is a severe problem.
\nDuring the conference\, we will try to diagnose the sources and forms of atrocities in a world increasingly devoid of intimacy and sensitivity and increasingly filled with brutalism. As Achille Mbembe rightly argues\, Brutalism today &ldquo\;is not an architectural style or a type of leading aesthetics\, but the very essence of politics&rdquo\;. We argue that this brutalism goes deeper\, i.e.\, the principles of operation of our affects\, the libidinal economy. The tools of brutalism are cold (calculated) and hot (expressive) cruelty. Deleuze\, citing Roberto Rossellini\, concludes that art today is either lament or cruelty. Rossellini himself suggested that cruelty always consists of the violation of someone&rsquo\;s personality\, forcing someone to be entirely and unreasonably exposed. Isn&rsquo\;t this the type of total exposure we see daily on our computer screens? We may live in an era of chaos\, but does it justify the appeal to &ldquo\;pure factuality&rdquo\; and the policy of &ldquo\;final resorts&rdquo\;\, in which \;the militarization of the police and the politicization of the army have turned our lives into a state of constant occupation?
\nPresentations are expected to be between 20 and 30 minutes. Please send abstracts of up to 300 words\, attached in a Word document\, with a short bio to \;technologyandsocialization@gmail.com \;by the 31st \;of August\, 2024. Should you need any further information\, do not hesitate to contact us at the same e-mail address. All information about the conference and the &ldquo\;Technology and Socialization&rdquo\; project can be found \;here. We are looking forward to your participation and to hosting you in Warsaw.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20241104T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20241105T170000 SUMMARY:Cruelty and Brutalism Today UID:20240319T122937Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Dobra 72\, Warsaw\, Poland DESCRIPTION:Papers and panels are invited for the interdisciplinary conference\, \;&ldquo\;Cruelty and Brutalism Today&rdquo\;\, which will take place in Warsaw from 4-5 November 2024. The conference is organized by the Faculty of &ldquo\;Artes Liberales &rdquo\; at the University of Warsaw (Poland) and is part of the &ldquo\;Technology and Socialization&rdquo\; project.
\nCruelty has many faces. Indeed\, the cruelty of war is incomparable to the silent cruelty taking place in the privacy of our homes\, and this is different from the cruelty of &ldquo\;cold institutions&rdquo\; that often use the letter of the law. However\, what is disturbing is the scale of cruelty and the laughter of torturers acting not only without a sense of guilt but also with a dubious justification for the &ldquo\;greater necessity&rdquo\; of using violence.
\nIn his book \;Coldness and Cruelty\, Gilles Deleuze asks \;questions about contemporary forms of sadism and masochism. We want to reflect on the forms of the &ldquo\;sadistic Superego&rdquo\; utterly devoted to cruelty\, but also the forms of the &ldquo\;masochistic Ego&rdquo\; ready for &ldquo\;affective contact&rdquo\;. The affective constellation of our world gives the impression that we are already operating outside Hegel&rsquo\;s dialectic of recognition\, which is the dialectic of recognizing the desire of the Other. Contemporary politics has become devoid of mediation\, armed with naked violence that can only escalate.
\nAndrew Culp claims that our era is not \;the &ldquo\;age of sad passions but of the masochistic contract that is sealed by fusing the cruel thrill of exploiting others with the self-destructive delights of being oppressed.&rdquo\; This masochistic contract is accompanied by widespread de-medialization\, which &ndash\; as it seems &ndash\; ends the era of representation. Everyone wants to be present today and present their opinion without the help of a mediator. The representation gives way before the presentation. Does this state of affairs always end with a shitstorm of media that allows immediate release and which becomes &ndash\; as Byung-Chul Han writes &ndash\; a kind of &ldquo\;communication reflux&rdquo\; that destroys not only the order of power but also the very possibility of expressing respect. The screen is no longer a window to the world or even a frame but an information board on which data\, images\, inscriptions and texts move. Today\, the screen is a frame for affectation and a seat of indifference. This is a severe problem.
\nDuring the conference\, we will try to diagnose the sources and forms of atrocities in a world increasingly devoid of intimacy and sensitivity and increasingly filled with brutalism. As Achille Mbembe rightly argues\, Brutalism today &ldquo\;is not an architectural style or a type of leading aesthetics\, but the very essence of politics&rdquo\;. We argue that this brutalism goes deeper\, i.e.\, the principles of operation of our affects\, the libidinal economy. The tools of brutalism are cold (calculated) and hot (expressive) cruelty. Deleuze\, citing Roberto Rossellini\, concludes that art today is either lament or cruelty. Rossellini himself suggested that cruelty always consists of the violation of someone&rsquo\;s personality\, forcing someone to be entirely and unreasonably exposed. Isn&rsquo\;t this the type of total exposure we see daily on our computer screens? We may live in an era of chaos\, but does it justify the appeal to &ldquo\;pure factuality&rdquo\; and the policy of &ldquo\;final resorts&rdquo\;\, in which \;the militarization of the police and the politicization of the army have turned our lives into a state of constant occupation?
\nPresentations are expected to be between 20 and 30 minutes. Please send abstracts of up to 300 words\, attached in a Word document\, with a short bio to \;technologyandsocialization@gmail.com \;by the 31st \;of August\, 2024. Should you need any further information\, do not hesitate to contact us at the same e-mail address. All information about the conference and the &ldquo\;Technology and Socialization&rdquo\; project can be found \;here. We are looking forward to your participation and to hosting you in Warsaw.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T122903Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20300531T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20300531T090000 SUMMARY:Phenomenologies of Religious Experience UID:20240319T122938Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:This series invites proposals in classical phenomenology\, French phenomenology\, pre- and post-phenomenologies\, and in methodologies that bridge phenomenology and analytic philosophy. The relation between phenomenology and religious experience can be considered in a variety of modes: epistemic (phenomenology as a "rigorous science" of religious experience in Husserl's sense)\; ontic (phenomenology as a way to access the core motive\, or regulative ideal\, of religion)\; analogical (phenomenological experience as a secular version of religious experience)\; generalizing (religious experience turning into phenomenological experience when stripped from its dogmatic frame)\, etc. Proposals can take critical\, descriptive\, theoretical\, comparative\, historical\, or other approaches\, and they can focus on the interplay between religious or spiritual experience and assorted theoretical approaches\, or proceed from such experience towards building a new theory. In accord with Husserl&rsquo\;s original intent\, the series welcomes attempts to locate spiritual or religious experience within a broader theory of the sciences (Wissenschaftslehre) and to expand phenomenology towards transcendental philosophy and metaphysics.
The series covers five areas:
1) Clarifications of religious and spiritual experience\, its formal phenomenological research\, and its relationships to art\, textuality\, culture\, anthropology\, politics\, and comparative religion\;
2) Metaphysical extensions of the phenomenology of religious and spiritual experience\;
3) Existential and psychological analyses\, in different traditions\, of religious and spiritual experience\;
4) Theologies of religious experience\, with or beyond a specific focus on ritual and liturgy\, including liberation theologies\, feminist theologies\, theologies at the intersection of religious experience and race\, social status\, etc.\;
5) The phenomenology of religious and spiritual experience as applied to and/ or examined within medicine\, nursing\, and the health sciences and the natural and social sciences.
The series is published in cooperation with the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience\, \;www.sophere.org.
Editors: \;Michael Barber (michael.barber@slu.edu)\, Peter Costello (PCOSTELL@providence.edu)\, Olga Louchakova-Schwartz (founding editor\, \;olouch@ucdavis.edu)\, and Martin Nitsche (nitsche@flu.cas.cz)
Advisory Board: \;Jason Alvis (University of Vienna)\, Angela Ales Bello (Pontifical Lateran University)\, Michel Bitbol (The French National Center for Scientific Research)\, Carla Canullo (University of Macerata)\, David Ciavatta (Ryerson University)\, Crina Gschwandtner (Fordham University)\, Neal DeRoo (The King&rsquo\;s University)\, Thomas Fuchs (University of Heidelberg)\, James G. Hart (University of Indiana)\, Richard Kearney (Boston College)\, Jeff McCurry (Duquesne University)\, Felix O&rsquo\;Murchadha (National University of Ireland\, Galway)\, Dermot Moran (Boston College)\, Tom Nenon (The University of Memphis)\, Ryōsuke Ōhashi (Universities of Kyoto and Osaka)\, Vincent Pastro (Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University and Aquinas Institute of Theology\, St Louis)\, Hans Rainer Sepp (Charles University)\, Michel Staudigl (University of Vienna)\, Claudia Welz (Aarhus University)
Staff editorial contact: \;Jana Hodges-Kluck (jhodges-kluck@rowman.com) \;