Sep
12
Thu
Sep 12 â Sep 14 all-day
8:30 – 9 a.m. | Registration and coffee |
9 – 9:15 a.m. | Opening remarks: Shiloh Whitney, Conference Director |
Session 1 – Organic Affectivity and Animality Moderator: Emilia Angelova, Concordia University |
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9:15 – 10 a.m. | Hermanni Yli-Tepsa, University of JyvĂ€skylĂ€: âHow to feel like our eyes: tracing the theme of instinctive affectivity in Phenomenology of Perceptionâ |
10 – 10:45 a.m. | Sarah DiMaggio, Vanderbilt University: âFlesh and Blood: Reimagining Kinshipâ |
10:45 – 11 a.m. | Break |
Session 2 – Passivity Moderator: Philip Walsh, Fordham University |
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11 – 11:45 a.m. | David Morris, Concordia University: âThe Transcendentality of Passivity: Affective Being and the Contingency of Phenomenology as Institutionâ |
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Rajiv Kaushik, Brock University âMerleau-Ponty on Passivity and the Limit of Philosophical Critiqueâ |
12:30 – 2 p.m. | Lunch Break |
Session 3 – Theorizing Emotion 1: Outside-in, Inside-Outside Moderator: Duane H. Davis, University of North Carolina at Asheville |
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2 – 2:45 p.m. | Ed Casey, Stonybrook University: âBringing Edge to Bear: Vindicating Merleau-Ponty’s Nascent Ideas on Emotionâ |
2:45 – 3:30 p.m. | OndĆej Ć vec, Charles University Prague: âActing out oneâs emotionâ |
3:30 – 3:45 p.m. | Break |
Session 4 – Theorizing Emotion 2: Intersubjective Dimensions Moderator: April Flakne, New College of Florida |
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3:45 – 4:30 p.m. | Jan HalĂĄk, Palacky University Olomouc: âOn the diacritical value of expression with regard to emotionâ |
4:30 – 5:15 p.m. | Corinne Lajoie, Penn State University: âThe equilibrium of sense: Levels of embodiment and the (dis)orientations of loveâ Winner of the M. C. Dillon Award for best graduate essay |
5:15 – 5:45 p.m. | Snack Break (light refreshments provided) |
Thursday Keynote Introduction: Shiloh Whitney, Fordham University |
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5:45 – 7:15 p.m. | Alia Al-Saji, McGill University âThe Affective Flesh of Colonial Durationâ |
8:30 – 9 a.m. | Registration and coffee |
Session 5 – Affective Pathologies and Empathy Moderator: Lisa KĂ€ll, Stockholm University |
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9 – 9:45 a.m. | StĂ„le Finke, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim: âStructuring Affective Pathology: Merleau-Ponty and Psychoanalysisâ |
9:45 – 10:30 a.m. | Catherine Fullarton, Emory University: âEmpathy, Perspective, Parallaxâ |
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | Break |
Session 6 – Eating and Breathing Moderator: Ann Murphy, University of New Mexico |
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10:45 – 11:30 a.m. | Whitney Ronshagen, Emory University: “Visceral Relations: On Eating, Affect, and Sharing the World” |
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Amie Leigh Zimmer, University of Oregon: “Rethinking Chronic Breathlessness Beyond Symptom and Syndrome” |
12:15 – 2 p.m. | Lunch Break (and graduate student Mentoring Session in Lowenstein 810) |
Session 7 – Critical Phenomenologies 1: Work and Freedom Moderator: Whitney Howell, La Salle University |
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2 – 2:45 p.m. | Talia Welsh, University of Tennessee Chattanooga: âToward a Critical Phenomenology of Work and Its Discontentsâ |
2:45 – 3:30 p.m. | Laura McMahon, Eastern Michigan University: “The ‘Great Phantom’: Merleau-Ponty on Habitus, Freedom, and Political Transformation” |
3:30 – 3:45 p.m. | Break |
Session 8 – Critical Phenomenologies 2: The “I Can” Moderator: Cheryl Emerson, SUNY Buffalo |
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3:45 – 4:30 p.m. | Kym Maclaren, Ryerson University: âCriminalization and the Self-Constituting Dynamics of Distrustâ |
4:30 – 5:15 p.m. | Joel Reynolds, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Lauren Guilmette, Elon University: âRethinking the Ableism of Affect Theory with Merleau-Pontyâ |
5:15 – 5:45 p.m. | Snack Break (light refreshments provided) |
Friday Keynote Introduction: Shiloh Whitney, Fordham University |
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5:45 – 7:15 p.m. | Matthew Ratcliffe, York University âTowards a Phenomenology of Grief: Insights from Merleau-Pontyâ |
8:30 – 9 a.m. | Registration and coffee |
Session 9 – Feeling Beyond Humanism Moderator: Wayne Froman, George Mason University |
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9 – 9:45 a.m. | Marie-Eve, Morin, University of Alberta. âMerleau-Pontyâs âcautious anthropomorphismââ |
9:45 – 10:30 a.m. | Jay Worthy, University of Alberta: âFeelings of Adversity: Towards a Critical Humanismâ |
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | Break |
Session 10 – Art and Affect Moderator: Stephen Watson, Notre Dame |
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10:45 – 11:30 a.m. | Veronique Foti, Pennsylvania State University. âBody, Animality, and Cosmos in the Art of Kiki Smithâ |
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Rebecca Longtin, State University of New York New Paltz: âFrom Stone to Flesh: Affect and the Poetic Ambiguity of the Bodyâ |
12:15 – 2:15 p.m. | Lunch Break (and Business Lunch at Rosa Mexicano, 61 Columbus Ave) |
Session 11 – Voice and Silence Moderator: Gail Weiss, George Washington University |
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2:15 – 3 p.m. | Susan, Bredlau, Emory University. âLosing Oneâs Voice: Merleau-Ponty and the Lived Space of Conversationâ |
3 – 3:45 p.m. | Martina, Ferrari, University of Oregon. âThe Laboring of Deep Silence: âConceptless Opening(s),â the Suspension of the Familiar, and the Dismemberment of the Egoâ |
3:45 – 4 p.m. | Break |
Session 12 – Affectivity and Language Moderator: Galen Johnson, University of Rhode Island |
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4 – 4:45 p.m. | Silvana de Souza Ramos, University of SĂŁo Paulo. âMerleau-Ponty and the Prose of Dora’s Worldâ |
4:45 – 5:30 p.m. | Katie Emery Brown, University of California Berkeley. âQueer Silence in Merleau-Pontyâs Gestureâ |
Banquet | |
7 – 10 p.m. | At Salam, 104 W 13th St. |
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