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Critical Theory in the Humanities. Resonances of the Work of Judith Butler

Type: Conferences & Symposia [View all]
Posted by: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Deadline: Wed, April 5th, 2017

On 5-7 April 2017, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam will host the international conference ‘Critical Theory in the Humanities: Resonances of the Work of Judith Butler,’ organized by research institute CLUE+ and co-financed by KNAW.

Next to Butler, who will speak on “Bodies That Still Matter,” and engage in a closing conversation, there will be keynote lectures by:

·         Adriana Cavarero, “The Voice of Plurality”

·         Amelia Jones, “Intimate Relations: Queer Performativity and the Theatricalization of Filiation”

·         Achille Mbembe, “Negative Messianism and the Ethics of Consequences”

·         Aagje Swinnen, “The Performativity of Age”

·         Iris van der Tuin, “On Being (Becoming) a Feminist Philosopher”

·         Charlotte Witt, “Voluntarism about Gender”

In addition, there will be sixty paper presentations by international scholars on a wide range of topics, including: art and gender, asylum, sexuality, bodies acting in concert, framing the image, journalism and performativity, limits of the nation state, liveable lives, bodies acting in concert, performing the self, precarity, reading Butler, recognition, rethinking the human, terrorism and risk, vulnerability, and assemblism.

The conference will close with a performance by the German artist Johannes Paul Raether at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. In the guise of his so-called self-sisters, named Transformella and Protektorama, Raether challenges conventional assumptions about identities, bodies, and technology.

For the full programme and registration, see http://www.butleramsterdam.com. Next to registering for the full three days (including the evening lecture by Judith Butler), it is also possible to buy day tickets and separate tickets for the evening lecture by Achille Mbembe and the closing conversation with Judith Butler.

Posted on Wed, March 22nd, 2017
Expires on Wed, April 5th, 2017

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