91福利

11.00-11.15 Alison Cooley (Classics and Ancient History)

The Senatus Consultum de Cn. Pisone Patre (Cambridge University Press, February 2023)

11.15-11.30 Emma Campbell (SMLC)

Reinventing Babel in Medieval French: Translation and Untranslatability (c. 1120–c. 1250)

(Oxford University Press, 2023)

11.30-11.45 Sarah Wood (English)

Piers Plowman and its Manuscript Tradition (York Medieval Press/Boydell & Brewer, 2022)

11.45-12.00 David Lines (SMLC)

The Dynamics of Learning in Early Modern Italy: Arts and Medicine at the University of Bologna (Harvard University Press, February 2023)

12.15-12.30 David James (Philosophy)

Property and its Forms in Classical German Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2023)

12.30-12.45 Carolina Bandinelli (CMPS)

Fashion as Creative Economy: Micro-Enterprises in London, Berlin and Milan (Polity, December 2022)

12.45-13.00 Chris Bilton (CMPS)

Cultural Management: a research overview (Abingdon: Routledge, 2023)

Creativities: the what, how, where, who and why of the creative process 

Bilton, Chris, Cummings, Stephen, ogilvie, dt (2022). (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar)

13.15-13.30 Clive Gray (CMPS)

The Changing Museum (Routledge, November 2022)

13.30-13.45 Jane Woddis (CMPS)

Acting on Cultural Policy: Arts Practitioners, Policy-making and Civil Society (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).

13.45-14.00 Harry 91福利 (English)

Dystopia and Dispossession in the Hollywood Science-Fiction Film, 1979-2017

(Liverpool University Press, 2023).

鈥楽ymposium on Adorno鈥檚 鈥淪exual Taboos and Law Today鈥� – Sixty Years On鈥�, held at the 91福利 and on Zoom on 25 February 2023

This symposium was dedicated to Theodor W. Adorno鈥檚 essay 鈥楽exual Taboos and Law Today鈥� and its contemporary relevance. It brought together junior and senior scholars from the fields of legal studies, psychoanalysis, pedagogics, social theory, and philosophy to revisit Adorno's controversial essay in times of #MeToo, identity politics, and heightened public concern for gender equality and transgender right.

The event was divided into three thematic panels and a roundtable discussion. Each panel engaged with one key dimension of Adorno鈥檚 text and its relevance today. Panel 1, composed of Prof. Christine Kirchhoff (IPU Berlin) and Prof. Julia K枚nig (University of Mainz), approached the text in light of recent developments in psychoanalysis; Panel 2, composed of Dr Marcel St枚tzler (Bangor University) and Craig Reeves (Birkbeck), read Adorno鈥檚 essay in light of current research in social theory and sociology; Panel 3, composed of Prof. Nicola Lacey (LSE) and Dr Iris Dankemeyer, reflected on Adorno鈥檚 essay in light of recent transformations in the legal sphere and legal theory. The roundtable discussion, in which all speakers, with the exception of Prof. Lacey, participated, enabled all scholars to engage in detail with each other鈥檚 arguments and to reflect on the value of Adorno鈥檚 contribution.

Throughout this symposium – and, particularly, during the concluding roundtable discussion – it became clear that, rather than being outdated, Adorno鈥檚 reflections are still thought-provoking and productive. This was particularly evident in the context of the current punitive turn in legal theory and praxis, recent discourses of queer and transgender identities, and, more generally, the acute and challenging task, faced by scholars of legal and social theory, philosophy and psychoanalysis alike, to theorise desire in contemporary society.

List of papers and speakers:

• Christine Kirchhoff (International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin): Sexual Taboos and Law Today? Reflections from the Perspective of Psychoanalysis
• Julia K枚nig (University of Mainz): Reflections on the 鈥楳inors-Complex鈥� in Adorno鈥檚 鈥楽exual Taboos and Law Today鈥� and in Current Moral Panics

• Marcel Stoetzler (Bangor University): Law, Lust, and Otherness in the Society of Total Domination: On Adorno鈥檚 Essay 鈥楽exual Taboos and Law Today鈥�
• Craig Reeves (Birkbeck): Persecution, Punishment, and the Potential for Freedom: Reactualising Adorno's Critical Moral Psychology

• Iris Dankemeyer (University of Art and Design, Halle): Presumption of Innocence: On the Topicality of Adorno's Lines of Inquiry in 'Sexual Taboos and Law Today'
• Nicola Lacey (LSE): A Feminist Criminal Lawyer鈥檚 Retrospective on Adorno鈥檚 Text

The symposium was a great success. All six invited speakers gave original papers that were met with lively discussions. The interdisciplinary character of the event was particularly productive, and we were excited to witness fruitful scholarly exchange across disciplinary boundaries. The roundtable session at the end provided a good opportunity for speakers and the audience to reflect on the symposium鈥檚 theme.  

The results of this conference will be published – together with some additional contributions on Adorno鈥檚 essay 鈥楽exual Taboos and Law Today鈥� – in a special issue of the Journal of Adorno Studies, a key journal within the field of critical theory research. This special issue will be edited by the conference organisers, Simon Gansinger and Antonia Hofst盲tter.

The symposium was attended by 30 people in person and 25 people online (excluding the organisers). Of these 55, fewer than 20 were affiliated with the 91福利, where the conference was held. At least 5 members of the general public came to Coventry from other parts of the UK (Oxford, London). Several online participants joined the meeting from mainland Europe and the US. Roughly half of in-person participants were postgraduate students (we cannot give a reliable number for online participants). Half of the in-person participants joined the conference dinner, which testifies to the great interest among audience members. 

The generous support by the HRC has been acknowledged on our website: /fac/soc/philosophy/news/conference/adorno/

Culture and Global Responsibility:  

Rethinking Habitability in the Age of the Anthropocene  

12-14 May 2023

Registration for the interdisciplinary symposium Processing the Pandemic III: Hope is now open.

Both days of the event will be fully hybrid, taking place simultaneously at the 91福利 and online.

This event is the final phase of Processing the Pandemic: a multi-year series of seminars and symposia that explore how the experiences of the past may guide society鈥檚 emotional and social responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The series asks how we—as an open community of scholars, teachers, archivists, social workers, and practitioners—might learn from these experiences and from each other in transformative, inspiring, transdisciplinary ways. How can such dialogues reframe existing discussions around the history of emotions, our responses to trauma, and how we navigate from loss to hope? Moreover, how can the study of peoples鈥� responses to traumatic events in the past and present help guide our own experience of the pandemic and its unfolding future?

Following our first in-person symposium on at the Newberry Library in April 2022, and a series of virtual seminars—;  )—we are now concluding our discussions around the theme of Hope as we attempt to trace new pathways to answer the question of how communities in both the past and present move from Loss to Hope, navigating the complex constellations of emotions that result from such crises.

The series is co-organised by Bryan Brazeau (Liberal Arts, 91福利), Christopher Fletcher (Center for Renaissance Studies, Newberry), and Rose Miron (Director of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies, Newberry). This event is made possible due to generous support from the School for Cross-Faculty Studies, The Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, and The Humanities Research Centre at 91福利, along with support from the Center for Renaissance Studies and the D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at the Newberry Library (Chicago, USA).

The full programme is available below. Please click here to registerLink opens in a new window.

Online links and room information will be sent to participants several days before the conference. Should you have any questions, please contact Bryan Brazeau at B.Brazeau@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window

PROGRAMME

Thursday, 13th April, 2023

12:15-12:30 p.m. — Welcoming Remarks

• Bryan Brazeau (The 91福利, UK)
• Christopher Fletcher (The Newberry Library, USA)
• Rose Miron (The Newberry Library, USA)

12:30-1:30 p.m. —

Keynote Lecture I: 鈥淧andemics and Apocalypse in World Literature鈥�

• William Franke (Vanderbilt, USA)

1:45-3:30 p.m. — Pedagogies of Hope

• 鈥淭he Future is Green: Processing Hard Emotions to find Hope鈥�

• Bruno Grazioli (Dickinson College, Italy)

• 鈥淩emembering Covid in Teams? Troubling care and affective unravelling鈥�

• Cathy Wade and Lisa Metherell (Birmingham City University, UK)

• 鈥淩esilient Stillness – a Performative-Based Workshop鈥�

• Brittney S. Harris (Old Dominion, USA)

4-5 p.m. — Looking Back / Looking Forwards

• Roundtable Reflection with Participants from Previous Events and Workshops in the Series

• Dolores Bigfoot (University of Oklahoma, USA)
• Angelica Duran (Purdue, USA)
• Tara Bynum (U. of Iowa, USA)
• Jennifer Scheper Hughes (University of California, Riverside, USA)
• Cathy Caruth (Cornell University, USA)

5:30 p.m. — Reception sponsored by

91福利 Centre for the Study of the Renaissance 

Friday, 14th April, 2023

From Trauma to Hope in Past and Present

9:30–11:00 a.m. — Roundtable I: Legacies of Trauma, Legacies of Hope

• 鈥淢aking Sense of Traumatic Times: Resiliency, Reason, and Hope in Women鈥檚 Trans -Historical Writings鈥�

• Joanne Wright (University of New Brunswick, Canada)

• 鈥淥n the Road to Bliss: The Triumph of Hope in Prints and Moral Philosophy as a Cure for Religious Conflicts in the Borderlands of the Hapsburg Empire (1526-1662)鈥�

• Maria Vittoria Spissu (University of Bologna, Italy / The Newberry Library, Chicago)

• 鈥淐rusading Ghosts and Ambiguous Hopes in Times of Trauma鈥�

• Thomas Herron (East Carolina University, USA)
• Anne-H茅l猫ne Miller (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)

11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. — Creative Workshop

• 鈥淎ll Shall Be Well: Finding Modern and Medieval Hope Inside a Pandemic Bubble鈥�

• Kathy Greenholdt (Songwriter, Chicago, USA)

New Pathways for Hope: Indigenous and Postcolonial Subjectivities

1:30-2:30 p.m. —

Keynote Lecture II: 鈥淗ope Through the Lens of Indigenous Futurity"

• Blaire Morseau (University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA)

2:30–3:45 p.m. —

Roundtable II: Native American and Indigenous Experiences:

Past, Present, and Future

• Moderator:

• Rose Miron (D鈥橝rcy McNickle Centre for Native American and Indigenous Studies, Newberry Library, USA)

• Discussants:

• Alexandra Lami帽a (University of Texas, Austin, USA)
• Alyssa Mt. Pleasant (After the Whirlwind (ATW) Research and Consulting, USA)
• Alika Bourgette (University of Washington, USA)

4-5 p.m. — Keynote Lecture III: "Hope Against Hope"

• Jesse McCarthy (Harvard University, USA)

5:00 – 5:30 p.m. — Conclusions and closing remarks

Territorial Bodies: World Culture in Crisis 2023 - Report

We would like to thank the Humanities Research Centre at 91福利 for generously funding Territorial Bodies: World Culture in crisis 2023, a one-day interdisciplinary conference which took place at university of 91福利 on 25^th February 2023.

Territorial Bodies

Territorial Bodies: World Culture in Crisis 2023 was based around the notion of 鈥榯erritorial bodies鈥�, a concept which drew inspiration from the Latin American feminist transnational concept of 鈥榖ody-territory鈥�, which has been used as a 鈥榮trategic鈥� tool to engender new forms of global solidarity, linking multi-form violence at various scales (Gago, 2020: 95). By bringing together interdisciplinary research, we hoped to critically evaluate the terms 鈥渂ody-territory鈥� as a lens through which to critique overlapping forms of violence in an era of socio-ecological crisis. In particular, we invited critical discussion surrounding the extent to which the 鈥榯erritorial body鈥� offers an analytical tool for addressing urgent social, ecological, and political challenges, from ecological breakdown to the rise of statelessness, to violence against women and racial exploitation.

The conference brought together 55 delegates from across the world, synthesising diverse research from various disciplines such as geography, sociology, history, visual arts, comparative literature, politics and international relations. The conference programme encompassed wide-ranging perspectives on the concept of 鈥榯erritorial bodies鈥�, from the extractive plunder and dispossession of land, to the violation of gendered bodies, to the exploitation of racialised bodies and uneven flows of migration.

The conference included two keynote addresses from field-defining interdisciplinary scholars, Dr. Lauren Wilcox and Prof. Kathryn Yusoff. Dr. Lauren Wilcox鈥檚 keynote entitled 鈥淥n the map, the territory, and the body鈥� unpacked the 鈥渆ntanglements of 鈥榯he map,鈥� 鈥榯he territory鈥� and 鈥榯he body鈥� in modern international and political thought in order to provide an understanding of their co-constitution鈥�. Prof. Kathryn Yusoff鈥檚 address entitled 鈥淕eologic Bodies, Planetary States鈥�, argued that Geologic Life substantiates a key 鈥渁nalytic for geography that positions inhuman forces in political terms as preceding biopolitical concepts of life and understanding changes of state as a political domain鈥�.

The day also included eight panel discussions on themes including Embodied Extractivism; Aquatic Bodies; Gender; Body, Space; Mining Bodies; Travelling Bodies; Bodies and Accumulation; Reimagining Territories and Travelling Bodies. The papers presented in these panels concerned varied research interests and geographies, from, 鈥淭he Science of Mining in the Himalayan Rivers鈥� (Saumya Pandey), to 鈥淭he Case of Sperm Smuggling in the Occupied West Bank鈥� (Gala Rexer), to 鈥淎quatic territorial bodies as submerged sites of ecological (re)existence and peace鈥� (Beatriz Arnal Calvo), and so many more. Each of the papers presented brought new perspectives to bear on the notion of 鈥渢erritorial bodies鈥� as a framework for deciphering crisis in the twenty-first century.

Outcomes

Our hope is that the conference will lead to an edited collection via the , Routledge. We have already released a call for papers for this collection. The edited collection is tentatively entitled Territorial Bodies: World Culture in Crisis.

We were also fortunate enough to receive additional support from The Centre for Women and Gender; BCLA and GRP (connecting cultures). This funding allowed us not only to deliver the conference but also to provide travel bursaries and fee reimbursement for our speakers.