This conference is made possible by a grant from the Ray Smith Symposium and by the generous support of George M. Langford, Dean of The College of Arts and Sciences.
All sessions will be held in the Syracuse University Sheraton Conference Center, Regency Ballroom
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THURSDAY, APRIL 16
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| 6:00 pm |
Registration Opens |
| 7:30 pm |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. George M. Langford Dean,
The College of Arts and Sciences, Syracuse University |
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Chairs: John D. Caputo and Linda Martín Alcoff, Syracuse University |
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Speaker:
Slavoj Žižek, Birkbeck College, University of London |
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“Terror As a Category of Love” |
| 9:15 |
RECEPTION |
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Sheraton Conference Center, Upper Lobby |
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FRIDAY, APRIL 17
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| 9:00 am |
Chair: Linda Martín Alcoff, Syracuse University |
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Speaker: Jessica Benjamin, New York University |
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“The Politics of Recognition: What's Love (and Hate)
Got to Do with It? ” |
| 10:30 |
COFFEE |
| 10:45 |
Chair: Gail Hamner, Syracuse University |
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Speaker: Michael Hardt, Duke University |
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“Love As a Political Concept ” |
| 12:15 pm |
LUNCH |
| 2:00 |
Chair: Amy Aisen Elouafi, Syracuse University |
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Speaker: Ebrahim Moosa, Duke University |
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“Decolonizing the Empire of Love ” |
| 3:30 |
COFFEE |
| 4:00 |
Chair: Bruce Benson, Wheaton College |
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Speaker: Jean-Luc Marion, University of Paris-Sorbonne & University of Chicago |
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“The Injustice of Love: Sketch for a Phenomenological Concept of Forgiveness” |
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SATURDAY, APRIL 18
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| 9:00 am |
Chair: B. Keith Putt, Samford University |
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Speaker: Merold Westphal, Fordham University |
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“The Politics of Love and Its Metaphysics ” |
| 10:30 |
COFFEE |
| 10:45 |
Chair: Jeffrey Robbins, Lebanon Valley College |
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Speaker: Hent de Vries, Johns Hopkins University |
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“The Miracle of Love ” |
| 12:15 pm |
LUNCH |
| 2:00 |
Chair: Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Wesleyan University |
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Speaker: Amy Hollywood, Harvard University |
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“Love and the Heretic” |
| 3:30 |
COFFEE |
| 3:45-5:30 |
Chairs: John D. Caputo and Linda Martín Alcoff, Syracuse University |
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Concluding Roundtable with Participants |
