Conference Announcement: 'Spinoza, the Infinite and the Eternal'
British Society for the History of Philosophy Annual Conference 2012
In association with the University of Dundee and the Spinoza Research Network
Additional support provided by the Scots Philosophical Association
11-12 May 2012, University of Dundee, Scotland
In 2012 the BSHP annual conference will focus on themes of the infinite and the eternal in Spinoza's philosophy. Please join us for two days on Scotland's sunny east coast. All welcome!
Keynote speakers:
- Clare Carlisle (King's College London), "Eternal Life: The Radical Theology of Ethics V"
- Alan Nelson (University of North Carolina), "Grades of Infinity"
Speakers:
- John Grey (Boston), "Spinoza's Analogy of Parthood in Ethics V"
- Julie R. Klein (Villanova), "Spinoza's Gersonidean Eternity of the Mind"
- Mike LeBuffe (Texas A&M), "The Dictates of Reason and Ethics 5P7"
- Lisete Rodrigues (Lisbon), "Eternity as a political concept"
- Noa Shein (Ben Gurion University of the Negev), "Necessarily Always a Bit Confused"
- Daniel Schneider (Wisconsin), "Why Explaining Duration in the Ethics takes an Eternity"
- Justin Steinberg (CUNY), "From Here to Eternity: Spinoza on Temporary Encounters with Eternality"
- Emily Thomas (Cambridge), "Eternity in Spinoza and Samuel Alexander"
- Valtteri Viljanen (Turku), "Spinoza on Virtue and Eternity"
- Daniel Whistler (Liverpool), "How Speak of Eternity? The Rhetoric of Ethics Part V"
Programme:
The full programme is available in PDF format.
Registration and fees
To attend the conference you must register and pay the conference fee in advance. Register and pay online via the online store (payment by credit/debit card). If you are unable to pay by credit/debit card, please contact b.lord@dundee.ac.uk for other options.
| Full conference fee: | £50 (includes one year's basic membership to BSHP) |
| BSHP members' fee: | £35 |
| Student/unwaged fee: | £20 |
| Lunch: | £6 per day |
| Conference dinner: | £25 |
Travel
Dundee is about one-and-a-half hours' train ride from Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen, and is easy to get to by train or plane from within the UK and internationally.
Full details about getting to and around Dundee can be found on the University's travel website.
The conference takes place at the Dalhousie Building, which you can find on the interactive campus map.
The conference dinner takes place on Friday 11 May at Bon Appetit Restaurant, Exchange Street, Dundee.
Accommodation
Campus accommodation is not provided for this event. Please refer to our List of Local Hotels and B&Bs.
Associated Event
The Scottish Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy is taking place May 9-10 in Aberdeen, just over an hour's train ride away from Dundee. It features a superb international line-up of papers on Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Hobbes, and other topics in early modern philosophy. Programme and practical information can be found on the Spinoza Research Network website or contact Mogens Laerke: email m.laerke@abdn.ac.uk.
You can easily attend both events - contact Mogens Laerke (Aberdeen) or Beth Lord (Dundee) for advice on travelling between the two cities.
Contact
If you need more information or guidance, please contact the conference organisers:
- Beth Lord, University of Dundee: email b.lord@dundee.ac.uk
- Eric Schliesser, University of Ghent: email nescio2@yahoo.com
Posted: 29 February 2012
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