***RECORDINGS AVAILABLE BELOW**
Day Conference on French Philosophy
Saturday September 8th 2018
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London, WC1R 4RL
Speakers
10.30 am Sexual Desire in Scruton, Althusser, and Lacan
Alison Assiter
University of the West of England
11.45 am Coffee
11.50 am The Very Idea of a National Philosophy (Accompanying sheet)
Michael Lewis
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
1.15 pm Lunch
2.00 pm The Contribution of French Philosophy since World War 2 to Aesthetics
Jean-Baptiste Dussert
Ecole du Louvre, University of Paris-Sud,
Jean Monnet Faculty
3.15 pm Tea
3.30 pm The exemplary impatience of Emmanuel Levinas
Paul Davies
University of Sussex
5 pm Close
Admission:
Students and Unwaged – Free
Waged – £15 payable on the day
(includes tea and coffee throughout the day)
Organiser: Michael Bavidge (michael.bavidge@newcastle.ac.uk)