[SydPhil] Philosophy at Western Sydney's College of Fellows 2017 Conference

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The Philosophy Research Initiative at Western Sydney University is pleased to announce the 2017 College of Fellows Conference.

The College of Fellows is a group of internationally recognized scholars in Continental Philosophy with formal ties to the Philosophy Research Initiative at Western Sydney University.

The College of Fellows 2017 Conference will take place at the Female Orphan School at the Parramatta Campus of Western Sydney University on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 November 2017. All Welcome.


COLLEGE OF FELLOWS 2017 CONERENCE
FEMALE ORPHAN SCHOOL, WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY
Room EZ.G.23, PARRAMATTA CAMPUS

Thursday, 23 November 2017

9.15 am
Introduction: Dennis J. Schmidt, Philosophy Research Initiative, Western Sydney University
Welcome: Peter Hutchings, Dean, Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University

9.30 am - 10.30 am
Chair: Usman Badar, Western Sydney University
Ewa Ziarek, University of Buffalo, USA
“Klein's Ambivalent Legacies in Feminist and Queer Theories”
Response: Charles Barbour, Western Sydney University

10.45 am - 11.45 am
Chair: Norma Lam-Saw, WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY
Brian Schroeder, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
“Bioregionalism and Territorialization”
Response: Paul Alberts-Dezeeuw, Western Sydney University

12.00 pm – 1.00 pm
Chair: Joshua Visnjic, Western Sydney University
Kristi Sweet, Texas A&M University, USA
“Life at the limits of Kant's critical project”
Response: Jennifer Mensch, Western Sydney University

BUFFET LUNCH 1.00 pm - 2.15 pm

2.15 pm - 3.15 pm
Chair: Daniele Fulvi, Western Sydney University
Silvia Benso, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
“Open Borders: Italian Philosophy Between Nationalism and Globalization”
Response: Brett Neilson, Western Sydney University

3.30 pm - 4.30 pm
Chair:  Nicholas Stubbs, Western Sydney University
Gregg Lambert, Syracuse University, USA
“What is (Continental) Philosophy?”
Response: Jason Tuckwell, Western Sydney University

4.45pm – 5.45pm
Chair: Jacinta Sassine, Western Sydney University
Walter Brogan, Villanova University, USA
“Pathos and Logos: Heidegger on Aristotle’s Practical Ontology of Human Being”
Response: Andrew Dunstall, Macquarie University


Friday, 24 November 2017

9.30 am - 10.30 am
Chair: Michael-Francis Polios, Western Sydney University
Peg Birmingham, DePaul University, USA
"Superfluity and Precarity: Reading Arendt against Butler"
Response: Jessica Whyte, Western Sydney University

10.45 am - 11.45 am:
Chair: Amrita Tarr, Western Sydney University
Krzysztof Ziarek, University of Buffalo, USA
“The Hollow World: Language and Nothingness in Heidegger and Ueda”
Response: Luke Fischer, University of Sydney

12.00 pm – 1.00 pm
Chair: Fatima Tefaili, Western Sydney University
Ted George, Texas A&M University, USA
“Understanding, solidarity, and the beginnings of politics”
Response: Dimitris Vardoulakis, Western Sydney University

BUFFET LUNCH 1.00 pm - 2.15 pm

2.15 pm - 3.15 pm
Chair: Jude Everingham, Western Sydney University
Elaine Miller, Miami University of Ohio, USA
“Arendt, Kafka, and the Aesthetics and Politics of Estrangement”
Response: Alex Ling, Western Sydney University

3.30 pm - 4.30 pm
Chair: Andrew Lac, Western Sydney University
Stephen Palmquist, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
“Twelve Basic Concepts of Law in Kant and the Compound Yijing”
Response: Diego Bubbio, Western Sydney University

4.45pm – 5.45pm
Chair:  Amy Stefanovic, Western Sydney University
James Risser, Seattle University, USA
“Humanitas and Animalitas after Heidegger: Re-thinking Humanism”
Response: Mark Kelly, Western Sydney University


PLEASE NOTE: COFFEE/TEA/JUICES/PASTRIES/COOKIES WILL BE PROVIDED EACH DAY AND AVAILABLE DURING THE CONFERENCE.

LUNCH WILL BE A BUFFET LUNCH IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.  THERE WILL BE MANY VEGETARIAN OPTIONS AVAILABLE.
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