Spinoza and Texts
An interdisciplinary conference on Spinoza and the arts and humanities.
April 7-8, 2010
University of Dundee
Dimitris Vardoulakis (University of Western Sydney), “The Politics of the Text: Writing and Singularity in Spinoza”
Peg Rawes (University College London), “Spinoza’s architectural passages: drawing out geometric comportments”
Nicholas Halmi (Oxford), “Coleridge’s Ecumenical Spinoza”
Nick Nesbitt (Aberdeen), “Natura naturans: The Spinozian Foundations of the Haitian Revolution”
Simon Calder (Cambridge), “George Eliot, Spinoza, and the Ethics of Literature”
Amy Cimini (New York University), “The Secret History of Musical Spinozism”
Registration:
Attendance is free and lunch will be provided on Day 2. Advance registration is required. Please download and complete the registration form, and email it to mykeburns@gmail.com by March 29.
click here for registration form
There will be a conference dinner on Day 1, at a cost of £25 per person. If you wish to attend, indicate this on your Registration Form and follow the payment directions on the form.
After March 29 you can register to attend the conference, but not lunch or dinner.
Travel Bursaries:
Bursaries are available for postgraduate students (Masters or PhD) or academics who are unemployed, part-time, or on fixed-term contracts. The bursary reimburses travel and accommodation expenses up to £150. To apply for a bursary, fill in the relevant section on the registration form and submit your form by March 5.
Accommodation:
There is no conference accommodation for this event. Click here for a list of local hotels and B&Bs.
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Travelling to Dundee:
- By air: Dundee is just over an hour’s train journey from Edinburgh and Glasgow airports (flights to UK and international cities).
- You can fly directly to Dundee from London City (City Jet), Birmingham and Belfast (Fly Be). Dundee airport is 10 minutes taxi from the university.
- By train: Dundee is on the East Coast Main Line, 6 hours from London, 1.5 hours from Edinburgh, 1.5 hours from Glasgow.
To enable you to travel to and from Dundee within the two days, the conference will start around 2pm on Day 1 and finish by 4pm on Day 2.
For full travel details and city and campus maps, click here: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/general/travel/
The conference takes place in the Dalhousie Building on the central campus, building 14 on the campus map. The conference dinner is at Bon Appetit Restaurant in Exchange Street.
