Spinoza and Bodies
An interdisciplinary conference on Spinoza and the sciences and social sciences.
September 10-11, 2009
University of Dundee
The conference program is now available here.
Daniel Selcer (Duquesne), “Singular Things and Spanish Poets: Spinoza on Corporeal Individuation”
Caroline Williams (Queen Mary University of London), “Reconfiguring Body and Mind: Thinking Beyond the Subject with/through Spinoza”
Michael Mack (Nottingham), “Spinoza and Freud, or how to be mindful of the mind”
Eric Schliesser (Leiden), “Spinoza’s criticism of mathematical science”
Anthony Paul Smith (Nottingham/DePaul), “The Ethical Relation of
Bodies: Thinking with Spinoza towards an Affective Ecology”
Mateusz Janik (Polish Academy of Sciences), “Thinking the Future -
Spinoza’s Political Ontology Today”
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 August 31.
Registration Form (.doc file)
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 August 31 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 expenses (up to £150) and accommodation expenses (up to £60). To apply for a bursary, fill in the relevant section on the registration form and submit your form by July 20.
Accommodation:
There is no conference accommodation for this event. Click here for a list of local hotels and B&Bs.
Travelling to Dundee:
- By air: Dundee is just over an hour’s train journey from Edinburgh and Glasgow international airports (flights to UK and international cities).
- It is possible to fly directly to Dundee from London City (Scot Airways), 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 in the afternoon of 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.
