A panel on Italian Thought in the Society for Italian Studies conference in June in Edinburgh: worth a look.

Two sessions on “Italian thought / Italian theory / Italian difference” have been organised for the biennial conference of the Society for Italian Studies (University of Edinburgh, 26-28 June 2019)

The list of the accepted panels is available here

Panel title
Italian thought / Italian theory / Italian difference – I

ORGANISER
Federica G. Pedriali
Edinburgh University
F.Pedriali@ed.ac.uk

SPEAKERS
Paolo Bartoloni
NUIG, National University of Ireland Galway
Greg Bird
Wilfrid Laurier University
Dario Gentili
Rome 3 University
Enrica Lisciani-Petrini
Salerno University
Federica G. Pedriali (Chair)
Edinburgh University

Panel title
Italian thought / Italian theory / Italian difference – II
ORGANISER
Federica G. Pedriali
Edinburgh University
F.Pedriali@ed.ac.uk

SPEAKERS
Davide Luglio
Paris-Sorbonne University
Marco Piasentier
Jyväskylä University
Giusi Strummiello
Bari University
Heather Lynch
Caledonian University
Federica G. Pedriali (Chair)
Edinburgh University

Call for Papers
Gen(d)eration: Gender and Construction of Subjectivity

Durham University, 10 May 2019

We are delighted to announce the interdisciplinary workshop “Gen(d)eration: Gender and Construction of Subjectivity”. The event is funded by the Durham Centre for Academic Development (DCAD) and will take place at Durham University on 10 May 2019.
The workshop will focus on the interconnections between gender and cultural studies (literature, art, history, philosophy, social sciences, etc.) and will be looking at how the construction of gender is connected to, and interwoven with, writing, capitalism, globalization, trauma, therapy, ethics, transformation and autopoiesis, to name a few.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

Gender and Capitalism
Gender and Globalization
Gender and Trauma
Gender and Therapy
Gender and Ethics
Gender and Authorship
Gender and Illness
Gender and Subjectivity
Gender and Posthumanism
Gender and Transformation
Gender and Autopoiesis

We invite doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers from Arts, Humanities and Social Science to submit abstracts for consideration. The standard length of a talk will be 20 minutes. Please send your proposal (300 words maximum) to simona.martorana@durham.ac.uk or arya.aryan@durham.ac.uk by 31 March.

A conference + Performance – With the kind support of Hypatia (the Hypatia Diversity Project Grant) and Social Science in the City, UWE

Programme:
February 1st (location talks and panel: Arnolfini, 4AF012; location “Woman One”: Arnolfini Auditorium)

Newcastle Philosophy Society talks

In association with Bigg Books and the Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society

Spring and Summer 2019

Details to follow. Contact Anthony Morgan for more information: a.t.morgan@live.co.uk

Tuesday 26th March: Quassim Cassam (University of Warwick) – Vices of the Mind

Thursday 11th April: Alexander Douglas (University of St. Andrews) – Rationalism and Logophobia

Tuesday 23rd April: Jemima Repo (University of Newcastle) – Does Gender Exist?

Tuesday 7th May: Catherine Wilson (City University of New York) – How to be an Epicurean

Tuesday 21st May: Justin E.H. Smith (University of Paris) – Irrationality: The Dark Side of Reason

Tuesday 4th June: Michael Bavidge (University of Newcastle upon Tyne) – Philosophy at the Margins

If you are interested in continuing your study of Philosophy after the BA, or are interested in converting to Philosophy and studying at Masters or PhD level, why not come along to this event:

There will be a PG Open Day information fair on Wednesday, 6th of February 12.30-4.30pm in the Lindisfarne Room, Hadrian Building, Newcastle University, as well as a subject-specific information session from 3.30-4.30pm on the same day in BSTC 1.46. 

All welcome. Please drop by!

If you like biopolitics, and like the town of Orvieto, think about this:

http://canadiansocietyforitalianstudies.camp7.org/Session-Proposals-2019#affirmative_biopolitics

Hard to verify the accuracy of this without a lot of work, but it looks interesting, as a rough guide at the very least.

For all who ever wanted a timeline of philosophers:

https://www.denizcemonduygu.com/philo/browse/

Dear All,

you’re very welcome to attend a film screening to do with the work of Hannah Arendt, at 1pm this Friday 14th December 2018, in Merz L301.

We haven’t quite decided whether to show Vita Activa or the interview which later took the title ‘What Remains? The Language Remains’, but it’s most likely the latter, because the DVD of the former hasn’t arrived from Israel yet.

(More precisely it has, but they sent me the Hebrew version, without subtitles.)

Please come along. With drinks and discussion, perhaps, in the Northern Stage afterwards, certainly from 3pm onwards, in case anyone who can’t make the film/the whole film wants to join us later.

Yours,

Mike

The NPS, and NUSU’s PhilSoc, invite you to an evening of theory, discussion of the university sector, and free refreshments (tea and cake from the venue).

This will be in the cinema of Quilliam’s Tea Room, and will run from 19:00-21:00 on the 12th December.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/radical-philosophy-of-the-neoliberalised-university-sector-nps-tickets-52935767305

Tickets in advance are required for the tea and cake from Quilliams.

Last year there was a sea change in the way university politics operates – students did not strike. It seems that in the modern situation of student life there is a deep conservatism and apathy towards the tools required to adjust our society. For over a hundred years the most effective form of eliciting change was the strike, a moment where the workers would unite, where the people came together to demand they be listened to. It was in this capacity that radical philosophy was often formed, and it was the space for people to work for the common good outside of typical corporate structures.

We are proud to announce that Dr Daniel Koczy, an expert on Deleuze and performance, will be our key-note speaker for the event. He has recently written a book on Beckett, Deleuze and Performance, while also being a defender of the strikes in the Newcastle University Philosophy Department. He will be supported by Nicholas Brignell and Hannes Ingo Torbohm.

We look forward to seeing you there.