BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//208.94.116.123//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-7763@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240329T013202Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:New School for Social Research CONTACT:https://withinenvironments2022.weebly.com/ DESCRIPTION:
Since Plato\, western philosophy ha s been set down a path paved by a disavowal of the sensuous\, bracketed ma terial bodies\, and delimited aesthetic conceptions\, leaving human beings and their built environments separated from the natural world. Such exclu sions have left philosophy ill-equipped to deal with the various environme ntal crises we currently face\, as economic rationality and utilitarian lo gic further de-animate the world and sharpen the human/nature distinction. Even the concept “environment” often\, and ironically\, brings with it im plicit anthropocentric assumptions\, conceptualizing\, and thereby separat ing\, the human as independent from the surrounding world and reinforcing the human/nature divide. As a result\, our (mis)understandings of “nature” and “environment” may make us insensitive to and perpetuate\, rather than address\, climate change and other environmental catastrophes. To avoid a mbiguities and clarify our understanding\, we must ask: what role does Nat ure play within our theories and practices concerning so-called Environmen tal Philosophy? Furthermore\, what spaces\, practices\, and questions are made possible when we broaden our understanding of “environment” to includ e a more robust conceptualization of the natural world and how the human b eing ought to be contextualized within it?
\nThis conference asks ho w we might reorient the language and practices of philosophy in a way that can enable us to adequately respond to ongoing environmental crises. As a starting point\, we propose a need to reimagine the concepts “human\,” “n ature\,” and “environment\,” as well as the reciprocal relations that cons titute them. To recognize humans as natural organisms\, we must reevaluate the sensuous\, the material\, and the aesthetic and the roles they play i n our attempts to construct\, understand\, and preserve our environment(s) . How should we make sense of our practices and our relations to those wit h whom we share our surroundings? How can we re-situate the human with/in the environment? Do we have the right tools to guide these investigations? How might philosophy look beyond itself—to literature\, architecture\, mu sic\, film\, design—to better bring Environment\, and thus the world\, int o view? In the spirit of this\, we invite paper as well as project submiss ions from current graduate students in any discipline.
\nPos sible Topics:
\n● Environmental Aesthetics: Re-Consi dering Beauty + the Sublime
\n● Environmental Justice + Resto rative Justice + Transformative Justice
\n● Environmental Eth ics + Sustainable Practices
\n● Diversity + Biodiversity
\n● Capitalism and Climate
\n● Eco-phenomenology
\n● Eco-deconstruction
\n● Environmental Racism/Ra cist Environments
\n● Ecofeminist conceptions of nature
\n● Land Rights and Property Relations
\n● Posthumani sm + Object Ontologies
\n● Afrofuturism + Technological Utopi as
\n● Environmental Ethics In Narratives
\n● Ma stery of Nature in Philosophy
\n● Anarcho-primitivism
\n● Queer and Trans Ecologies
\n● Local and Global Ecol ogies
\n● Regionalisms and Globalisms in the Ecological Imagi nation
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Confirmed Conference Key notes:
\nSandra Shapshay\, CUNY Graduate Center\, New York< /p>\n
Emanuele Coccia\, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EH ESS)\, Paris
\nDates and Location:
\nThis con ference will be held at the New School for Social Research in New York Cit y from Thursday\, April 14\, to Saturday\, April 16. While we (tentatively ) plan to hold the conference primarily in-person we would also like to pr ovide a hybrid option for those who would prefer to participate remotely. Following the conference\, on Sunday\, April 17\, all participants and att endees are invited to participate in a conference hike in Cold Spring\, NY (about an hour and a half north of NYC and accessible by the Metro North commuter train).
\nCall for Papers: Submission Procedure:
\nPlease submit complete papers (Word Limit: 3500) and an abs tract of 250 words or less by January 1st in the form of a Word attachment (.docx) or PDF to WithInEnvironments@gmail.com. Please prepare your submission for blind review by removing any identifying information from the body of the paper. In your email please include your name\, affiliation\, and paper t itle. Notification of acceptance will be sent by January 15.
\nPlease submit a project description (Word Limit: 1000) by December 1st in the form of a Word attachment (.docx) to WithInEnvironments@gmail.com\, as well as:
\nFor Visual Arts projects: submit 5 images of your work as .jpeg.
\nFor P erforming Arts projects: submit video/ audio of your work in .mp4 format p>\n
Please prepare your submission for blind review by removing any ide ntifying information. In your email please include your name\, affiliation \, and project title. Notification of acceptance will be sent by January 1 5.
\nIf you have any questions please email WithInEnvironments@gmail.com
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Political Concepts: A Critical Lexicon began as a multidisci plinary\, web-based journal in which an assemblage of contributions focuse d on a single concept with the express intention of re-situating its meani ng in the field of political discourse. By reflecting on what has remained unquestioned or unthought in that concept\, this all-around collection of essays seeks to open pathways for another future—one that is not already determined and ill-fated.
\nFrom this forum for engaged scholarship\ , a succession of academic conferences have sprung as a space for conversa tion and constructive debate\, including last year’s Political Concepts Gr aduate Conference. Organized by students of the Departments of Anthropolog y\, Philosophy\, and Politics at the New School for Social Research\, Poli tical Concepts invites graduate students from all fields of study to parti cipate in our upcoming graduate student conference in Spring 2023. Held at NSSR over March 24-5\, the conference will serve as a workshop of ideas o n the multiplicity of powers\, structures\, problems\, and orientations th at shape our collective life.
\nBecause Political Concepts does not predetermine what does or does not count as political\, the conference wel comes essays that fashion new political concepts or demonstrate how concep ts deserve to be taken as politically significant. Papers should be dedica ted to a single political concept\, like an encyclopedia entry\, but the a nalysis of the concept does not have to abide to traditional approaches. S ome of the concepts contended with in last year’s vibrant conference inclu ded abolition\, survival\, statistics\, solitude\, resentment\, statistics \, dependence\, imaginary\, and solidarity. Other examples can be found in the published papers on thePolitical Concepts website.
\nThe confer ence will take the format of a series of panels across two days. Panels wi ll contain two presenters whose papers are thematically and theoretically related — creating a space for critical engagement between the authors\, a s well as with other attendees. Each presenter will have 25 minutes to pre sent their paper\, along with 40 minutes for discussion at the end. This y ear\, there will be a faculty roundtable with NSSR professors serving on t he Political Concepts editorial board\, namely\, Ann Laura Stoler\, Jay M. Bernstein\, and Andreas Kalyvas.
\nAbstracts should be no longer th an 750 words in a pdf format\, and prepared for blind review\, so please e nsure that your abstract is free from any identifying personal details. Ab stracts must be submitted through this google form by December 15\, 2022 E ST. Any inquiries can be sent to politicalconceptsNSSR@gmail.com.
\nApplicants must be advanced graduate students and their concept must be a central part of a longer-term project in order to be accepted. Results wil l be informed in January.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230324 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230326 GEO:+40.712775;-74.005973 LOCATION:New School tbd @ New York\, NY\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Political Concepts Graduate Conference URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/political-concepts-gradu ate-conference/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:cfp\,conference\,political END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-7877@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240329T013202Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:New School for Social Research CONTACT:https://philevents.org/event/show/103578 DESCRIPTION:The New School for Social Research Philosophy Department is hosting our annual Graduate Student Conference Ap ril 13-15th 2023 in person in New York City.
\nThis year’s topic is Textures of Change: Social Imaginaries\, Narratives\, and the Poss ibility of Politics.
\nKeynote Speakers:
\nMaría Pía Lara (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana)
\nFanny Söderbäck (Södertörn University)
\nEva Von R edecker (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
\nIt has become co mmon for political theorists and philosophers to insist on the necessity o f new imaginaries and narratives. Crises of authority\, financial meltdown s\, and environmental disasters compel us to look for alternative framewor ks and practices. While the urgency of this claim is undeniable\, the conc eptual ground for the creation of new imaginaries and narratives is still unclear. How do we define imaginaries and narratives in relation to our po litical and social life? How can they become normative and generate concep tual and practical shifts? And who is in a position to shape\, direct\, an d take ownership of these emergent conceptions?
\nThis conference fo cuses on the current debate on political imaginaries and narratives to inv estigate some of these questions. As a starting point\, we propose to chal lenge standard Marxist or epistemological approaches to the topic that eit her interpret imaginaries and narratives as ideological projections (a pro duct of false consciousness) or merely as individual\, cognitive faculties . Rather\, we suggest thinking about imaginaries and narratives as larger sensuous and embodied practices that re-orient material structures of domi nation and allow for a reflective rearticulation of collective demands. In particular\, we set out to clarify: the meaning of “imaginaries” and/or “ narratives” as forms of sense-making\; their ability to shift existing dis courses and power relations\; the way in which they foster different ways of feeling\, seeing\, acting-in\, and experiencing the world in a time of crisis\; the way in which they are embedded in artistic and literary pract ices\; and the way in which they address—or fail to address—marginalized s ubjects.
\nWe invite papers that focus on the concepts of “social im aginary” and “narrative\,” as well as on the connection between the two\, and on their political and ethical implications. It is our conviction that a critical understanding of these concepts can only emerge from attending to how they are practically embodied and situated in our practices. In th is spirit\, we welcome\, in addition to papers aimed at conceptual clarifi cation\, papers that provide specific accounts of alternative forms of pra xis\, including (but not limited to) leftist\, feminist\, anti-racist\, de colonial\, abolitionist\, indigenous\, environmentalist\, and utopian imag inaries and narratives.
\nWe are accepting submissions of up to
Please contact socialimaginarynarrative@gmail.com with any queries or subm issions.
\nThe deadline is January 3rd\, 2023
\nHow does objectivity shape power\, and how does power shape objectivity?
\nWelcome to “Unmasking Object ivity: A Critical Examination of the Nexus between Universal Truth Claims and Emergent Power Structures\,” a conference that plunges into the intric ate relationship between knowledge and power. In this conference\, we will uncover how epistemological standpoints intersect with systems of coercio n\, marginalization\, and oppression. Our topic extends to alternative vis ions of knowledge\, truth\, and learning\, offering the potential for shar ed beliefs while addressing the adverse impacts of entrenched power struct ures.
\nHow have claims to absolute\, objective\, or scientific trut h driven oppression through ideologies like religious absolutism\, colonia lism\, technocracy\, and scientific sexism and racism? Contemporary debate s further emphasize the significance of this intersection.
\nOur dis course will also scrutinize epistemic injustice\, examining whether univer salist epistemologies privilege specific knowledge systems while silencing valid alternatives. We aim to shed light on social and political issues o verlooked by dominant knowledge frameworks through inclusive dialogues. Th is conference fosters critical exploration and inclusive discourse\, drawi ng on interdisciplinary studies in philosophy\, sociology\, and political theory.
\nTogether\, we will assess the ethical implications of our epistemological practices and explore pathways to creating more equitable systems of knowledge and social learning. Join us at “Unmasking Objectivit y” as we navigate the intricate web of knowledge and power\, aiming for a just and inclusive future where the notion of objectivity is both scrutini zed and harnessed for social transformation.
\n\n\n\nPolitical Concepts: A Critical Lexicon began as a multidisci plinary\, web-based journal in which an assemblage of contributions focuse d on a single concept with the express intention of re-situating its meani ng in the field of political discourse. By reflecting on what has remained unquestioned or unthought in that concept\, this all-around collection of essays seeks to open pathways for another future—one that is not already determined and ill-fated.
\nFrom this forum for engaged scholarship\ , a succession of academic conferences have sprung as a space for conversa tion and constructive debate\, including its Graduate Conference at the Ne w School for Social Research organized by students of the Departments of A nthropology\, Economics\, Philosophy\, Politics\, and Sociology. Political Concepts invites graduate students from all fields of study to participat e in our upcoming conference in Spring 2024. Held at NSSR over March 29-30 \, the conference will serve as a workshop of ideas on the multiplicity of powers\, structures\, problems\, and orientations that shape our collecti ve life.
\nBecause Political Concepts does not predetermine what doe s or does not count as political\, the conference welcomes essays that fas hion new political concepts or demonstrate how concepts deserve to be take n as politically significant. Papers should be dedicated to a single polit ical concept\, like an encyclopedia entry\, but the analysis of the concep t does not have to abide to traditional approaches. Some of the concepts c ontended with in previous years’ vibrant conferences included abolition\, survival\, catastrophe\, resentment\, money\, dependence\, trans\, imagina ry\, and solidarity. Other examples can be found in the published papers o n the Political Concepts website.
\nAbstracts should be no longer th an 750 words in a pdf format\, and prepared for blind review\, so please e nsure that your abstract is free from any identifying personal details. Pl ease title your abstract with your concept. Abstracts must be submitted th rough this google form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyVC0H0L SpcyJ3QpcbAvZjEkcUYoS-TCp0kPc6ObTg4YFSiQ/viewform) by December 7\, 2023 ES T. Any inquiries can be sent to politicalconceptsNSSR@gmail.com.
\nA pplicants must be advanced graduate students and their concept must be a c entral part of a longer term project in order to be accepted. Results will be informed in January.
\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240331 GEO:+40.736024;-73.993635 LOCATION:New School tbd @ 5th Ave & E 14th St\, New York\, NY 10011\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Political Concepts Graduate Conference URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/political-concepts-gradu ate-conference-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:cfa\,conference\,political END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8140@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240329T013202Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:New School for Social Research CONTACT:https://event.newschool.edu/eyoewara DESCRIPTION:This talk reads contemporary debates about structural racism and US history from the perspective of philosophical questions about iden tity and difference. While many people have argued that America needs to c ome to terms with or “work through” the racism in its history that has sha ped and continues to shape its present structures\, it remains difficult t o explain what connects this past and the present. Are we talking about on e racism with many different past and present forms? Or are there multiple racisms that only share some similar features? In this talk\, I draw atte ntion to how these divisions play out particularly in contemporary Black S tudies and argue that the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze can offer us resour ces for thinking about these questions through his discussions of repetiti on. I argue that understanding our conversations about structural racism a nd history as conversations about a racism that repeats\, can help us to b etter understand why racism seems to reappear\, how to think its disparate forms together\, and what presuppositions operate in many attempts to “wo rk through” the past.
\nBio: Eyo Ewara is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. His teaching and re search explores the relationships between 20th Century Continental Philoso phy\, Critical Philosophy of Race\, and Queer Theory. His work has appear ed in Theory and Event\, Puncta\, Philosophy Today\, Critical Philosophy o f Race\, Political Theology\, and other venues. His current research proje ct is particularly interested in engaging work in Continental Philosophy\, Queer Theory\, and Black Studies to address questions of identity and dif ference amongst concepts of race\, forms of racism\, and forms of anti-rac ism. How can we better account for the relations between at times radicall y disparate concepts\, structures\, and practices such that they can all s pecifically and recognizably be called racial? What might our account of t hese relations say about our ability to address racism’s harms?
\nTi ckets: https://event.newschool.edu/eyoewara.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T200000 GEO:+40.73702;-73.992243 LOCATION:Wolff Conference Room/D1103 @ 6 E 16th St\, New York\, NY 10003\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Strange Returns: Racism\, Repetition and Working Through the Past presented by Eyo Ewara URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/strange-returns-racism-r epetition-and-working-through-the-past-presented-by-eyo-ewara/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:history\,race X-TICKETS-URL:https://event.newschool.edu/eyoewara END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8141@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240329T013202Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:New School for Social Research CONTACT:https://event.newschool.edu/stephanesymons DESCRIPTION:In the final part of The Human Condition (1958) Han nah Arendt turns to the danger of ‘world- alienation’. Based on a variety of discoveries and evolutions that are constitutive of modernity (globaliz ation\, Protestantism\, the invention of the telescope)\, modern man has a dopted an Archimedean\, external position vis-à-vis the world. According to Arendt\, this ‘view from without’ has gradually jeopardized the experie nce of a shared world\, endangering the foundation of all meaning-giving a ctivities.
\nMy talk can be considered as a reply to Arendt’s pessim istic account of modern ‘world-alienation’. It builds on the idea that som e of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century (Ernst Jünger \, Georg Lukács\, Ernst Bloch\, Theodor Adorno\, Walter Benjamin\, Aby Wa rburg\, Sigmund Freud) did not equate the loss of a shared world with the loss of meaning. Rather\, the conceptual framework of a substantial part o f early twentieth century German philosophy centers on the exploration of a productive opposition\, negation or fragmentation of the world. From the perspective of these thinkers\, the world’s ‘durability’ (Arendt) is not simply a source of shared meaning since it can be experienced as the mark of its indifference to change and renewal.
\nBio: p>\n
Stéphane Symons is Full Professor of Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Leuven\, Belgium. His research is focused on interwar German thought (Frankfurt School) and postwar French philosop hy (structuralism and post-structuralism).
\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T200000 GEO:+40.73702;-73.992243 LOCATION:Wolff Conference Room/D1103 @ 6 E 16th St\, New York\, NY 10003\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Concept of World-Alienation in Twentieth Century German Thought – presented by Stéphane Symons URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/the-concept-of-world-ali enation-in-twentieth-century-german-thought-presented-by-stephane-symons/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:existentialism\,German X-TICKETS-URL:https://event.newschool.edu/stephanesymons END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR