Badiou conference in glasgow

Paul, Political Fidelity and the Philosophy of Alain Badiou: a Discussion of Incident at Antioch.

A Conference at the University of Glasgow
13-14 February, 2009

Schedule
13th February, 2009 (Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre)

14.30-16.00
Reading of Selections from Alain Badiou’s Incident at Antioch

16.00-16.30
Break

16.30-18.00
Interview with Alain Badiou
Ward Blanton (Glasgow) and Susan Spitzer (Los Angeles)

18.00-19.15
Reception

14th February, 2009 (Wolfson Medical School, Seminar Rm 1)

10-11.15
The Use of Forcing: Badiou, Paul and Messianism
Kenneth Reinhard (University of California, Los Angeles)

11.30-12.45
Paul, Badiou and the Event as Gift
John Barclay (University of Durham)

13-14.30
Lunch

14.30-15.30
Ernst Bloch and Aristotle’s dynámei ón: Not-Yetness, Hope and the Promise of the Universal
Peter Thompson (University of Sheffield, Ernst Bloch Centre)

15.45-16.45
Theatre and Politics, Althusser to Badiou
Patrick Lyons (University of Glasgow)

17-18.10
Response & Invitation to Open Discussion
Johan Van der Walt (University of Glasgow, School of Law)

18.15-19.30
Reception

The conference is free and open to the public.

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