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Program for 2007 Conference of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle, Memphis, Tennessee Hosted by the University of Memphis September 27-29, 2007
Conference Director: Professor Leonard Lawlor Conference Assistant Director: Bryan Bannon Conference Assistant: Carolyn OÕMara Thursday, September 27 Registration opens at 8:00am 9:00-9:50 Moderator: David Dillard-Wright, University of South Carolina-Aiken Speaker: Gregory Hoskins, Villanova University Title: ÒMerleau-Ponty and Jean-Luc Marion on the Epoche, Subjectivity, and the Value of the LifeworldÓ 9:55-10:45 Moderator: Jorge Umberto Diaz, New University of Lisbon Speaker: Luca Vanzago, Universitˆ di Pavia Title: ÒThe Temporality of Passivity and the Passivity of TemporalityÓ 10:50-11:00 Refreshment break 11:05-11:50 Moderator: William Tulius, York University Speaker: Bryan Smyth, Mount Allison University Title: ÒÔWe Were Never PhenomenologicalÕ --Toward a Progressive Phenomenology of LifeÓ 11:55-12:45 Moderator: Kirk Besmer, Gonzaga University Speaker: Jessica Wiskus, Duquesne University Title: ÒAt The End of Language and the ÔBeginningÕ of Philosophical Thought: Depth, Rhythm and Expression after the later Merleau-PontyÓ 12:50-2:30pm Lunch 2:30-3:20 Moderator: Bryan Bannon, University of Memphis Speaker: Heath Massey, Beloit College Title: ÒPerchance to Dream: The Phenomenology of Sleep in Merleau-PontyÕs Passivity LecturesÓ 3:25-4:15 Moderator: Gayle Salamon, Princeton University Speaker: Patricia Locke, Saint JohnÕs College, Annapolis Title: ÒSleeping with Proust and Merleau-PontyÓ 4:20-5:10 Moderator: Susan OÕShaughnessy, Concordia College Speaker: Maria Talero, University of Colorado at Denver Title: ÒThe Image and the Workspace: Merleau-Ponty and Levinas on PassivityÓ 5:15-5:30pm Refreshment Break 5:35-6:45 Moderator: Steven Watson, University of Notre Dame Speaker: Hugh J. Silverman, Stony Brook University Title: ÒTracing Responsibility: Between Merleau-Ponty and LevinasÓ This session is sponsored by the Bornblum Judaic Center at the University of Memphis Friday, September 28 9:40-10:30am Moderator: Rachel McCann, Mississippi State University Speaker: Kirsten Jacobson, University of Maine Title: ÒThe Developed Nature of the Passivity of HomeÓ 10:35-10:45 Refreshment Break 10:50-11:35 Moderator: William Hamrick, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Speaker: Randy Johnson, Psychiatry (Private Practice), Chapel Hill, North Carolina Title: ÒThe Allure of PassivityÓ 11:40-12:30pm Moderator: Gail Weiss, George Washington University Speaker: Kym McClaren, Ryerson University Title: ÒOn Being Moved and Becoming Oneself: Intercorporeality as a Condition of SelfhoodÓ 12:35-2:30pm Lunch 2:35-3:20pm Moderator: Alia Al-Saji, McGill University Speaker: Ann V. Murphy, Fordham University Title: ÒAnonymity, Passivity, VulnerabilityÓ 3:25-4:15 Moderator: Helen Fielding, University of Western Ontario Speaker: Saara Hacklin, University of Helsinki Title ÒAlmost There: On Merleau-PontyÕs Seeing with an ArtworkÓ 4:20-5:20 Moderator: Lawrence Hass, Muhlenberg College Speaker: Todd May, Clemson University Title: ÒMetaphorsÓ 5:20-5:35 Refreshment break 5:35-6:50 Keynote Session Moderator: Galen Johnson, University of Rhode Island Speaker: John Russon, The University of Guelph Title: ÒFreedom and PassivityÓ 7:15-8:15 Reception Saturday, September 29 9:40-10:30am Moderator: Talia Welsh, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Speaker: Emily Lee, California State University at Fullerton Title: ÒHomi BhabhaÕs Postcolonial Metropolitan Subject: A Comparison between Dialectic and Phenomenological Frameworks.Ó 10:35-10:45 Refreshment Break 10:50-11:35 M. C. Dillon Memorial Lecture Moderator: Duane Davis, University of North Carolina-Asheville Speaker: Matthew Goodwin, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Title: ÒArt and the Deflagration of Being: Setting Passivity AfireÓ 11:40-12:30pm Moderator: Leigh Johnson, Rhodes College Speaker: Robert Vallier, DePaul University Title: ÒInstitutions: Of HistoryÓ 12:35-2:30pm Business Luncheon 2:35-3:20 Moderator: David Morris, Trent University Speaker: Lisa Guenther, Vanderbilt University Title: ÒGiving Birth to the Other: Filiation in ÔDialogue and Perception of the OtherÕÓ 3:25-4:15 Moderator: James Morley, Ramapo College of New Jersey Speaker: Caterina Rea, Institut SupŽrieur de Philosophie – UniversitŽ Catholique Louvain Title: ÒThe Passive Background of CreativityÓ 4:20-5:20 Moderator: Pleshette DeArmitt, University of Memphis Speaker: Kelly Oliver, Vanderbilt University Title: ÒThe Duplicitous Stickleback in Merleau-Ponty and LacanÓ 5:20-5:35 Refreshment Break 5:40-6:50 Keynote Session Moderator: Mary Beth Mader, University of Memphis Speaker: Rosalyn Diprose, University of New South Wales Title: ÒPassivity and FeminismÓ (tentative title) 7:30pm Conference Banquet at the Majestic Grill, 145 South Main, Memphis, (901) 522-8555. The Majestic Grill is approximately 3 blocks from the Holiday Inn Select.
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