spinoza research network

2011 in review

spinozaresearchnetwork — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:34:58 +0000

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this site.

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CFP: Scottish Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy III

spinozaresearchnetwork — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:10:47 +0000

Scottish Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy III
May 9-10 2012
University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Key Note Speakers:
Prof. Stephen Gaukroger (University of Aberdeen/University of Sydney)
Prof. Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins University)

The SSEMP is a yearly event that brings together established scholars, young researchers and advanced graduate students working in the field of Early Modern Philosophy. We welcome abstracts on any topic in pre-Kantian early
modern philosophy(broadly defined, ranging from late Renaissance philosophy to the Enlightenment.) Proposals that consider early modern philosophy in relation to other related disciplines, such as theology, intellectual
history and/or the history of science, are encouraged. The aim is to foster scholarly exchange among different generations of academics in the UK and strengthen international collaboration. Scholars abroad are strongly
encouraged to submit abstracts. Presentations should be in English. Final papers should be approximately 40 minutes in reading length.

Abstracts (200 words) should be sent to Dr. Mogens Lærke by email:m.laerke@abdn.ac.uk. Graduate students should provide names and contact information of two references. The submission deadline is February 1st, 2012.

This year, the event will take place in the brand new Queen Mother Library on campus. For more info on the location, see http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/about/main. Please note that the SSEMP cannot provide funding for travel or accommodation. Information concerning possible hotels and B&B’s close to campus will be provided once the program is set.

Please note that the British Society for the History of Philosophy Annual Conference will take
place immediately after, on 11-12 May, at the University of Dundee, about 1 1/2 hours train ride south of Aberdeen. The CFP for this event is below.

CFP: Spinoza, the Infinite, and the Eternal

spinozaresearchnetwork — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:15:48 +0000

British Soceity for the History of Philosophy Annual Conference:
Spinoza, the Infinite, and the Eternal

11-12 May 2012 –University of Dundee, Scotland

Keynote speakers: Clare Carlisle (Kings College London) and Alan Nelson (Universityof North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

The conference is organized by Beth Lord (Universityof Dundee) and Eric Schliesser (Ghent University), in association with the Spinoza Research Network.

CALL FOR PAPERS:

In 2012 the BSHP annual conference will focus on themes of the infinite and the eternal in Spinoza’s philosophy. We welcome proposals for papers in this area. Papers looking at Part V of Spinoza’s Ethics are especially welcome, as are papers that compare Spinoza with other philosophers – historical or contemporary – on these themes.

Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent to b.lord@dundee.ac.uk by ~~27 January 2012~~. Please put BSHP in the subject-line. ** DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 12 FEBRUARY **

Southwest Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

spinozaresearchnetwork — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:42:27 +0000

The sixth annual meeting of the Seminar will take place 3-4 December 2011 at Cal Poly Pomona. Ursula Goldenbaum of Emory University is the invited speaker for the event.

Abstracts may be submitted for consideration for the programme. The submission deadline is 9 September 2011.

More information about the meeting (including the official call for papers and a printable flyer) can be found at http://www.tinyurl.com/swseminar2011

spinoza and texts: audio

spinozaresearchnetwork — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:29:15 +0000

Posted below is the audio from the recent ‘Spinoza and Texts’ conference held at the University of Dundee.

Dimitris Vardoulakis (University of Western Sydney), “The Politics of the Text: Writing and Singularity in Spinoza”

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Peg Rawes (University College London), “Spinoza’s architectural passages: drawing out geometric comportments”

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Nicholas Halmi (Oxford), “Coleridge’s Ecumenical Spinoza”

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Nick Nesbitt (Aberdeen), “Natura naturans: The Spinozian Foundations of the Haitian Revolution”

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Simon Calder (Cambridge), “George Eliot, Spinoza, and the Ethics of Literature”

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Amy Cimini (New York University), “The Secret History of Musical Spinozism”

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spinoza and bodies: audio

spinozaresearchnetwork — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:55:08 +0000

Below are recordings from the presentations given at the ‘Spinoza and Bodies’ conference in September.

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”

Spinoza Research Network

spinozaresearchnetwork — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:49:43 +0000

A two-year project funded by the AHRC and hosted at the University of Dundee

The aim of the Spinoza Research Network is to bring together researchers from different disciplines who make use of the ideas and texts of Baruch Spinoza. During the two-year project we will be holding two conferences, and developing this website as a hub for researchers, students, and interested readers.