13TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HANNAH ARENDT CIRCLE

HOSTED BY

                                                                         University of Alberta

                                    2019 Organizing Committee:

                                     Yasemin Sari, University of Northern Iowa

                        Katy Fulfer, University of Waterloo

                                    Andreas Stuhlmann, University of Alberta

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Thursday, April 11, 2019 Working Groups (details to follow)

-          Arendt and Her Contemporaries

Convener: Leah Bradshaw, Brock University (lbradshaw@brocku.ca)

-         Arendt Beyond Borders

Convener: Lisa Stenmark, San Jose State University (lisa.stenmark@sjsu.edu)

Friday, April 12, 2019 Location: TBD

8:30-9:00am: Conference Registration Opens Session 1: Arendt Today (9:00-10:45am)

Moderator:

➢         Arendt’s Idea of the University¸ Gent Carrabregu, Duke University

Commentator: Robert Burch, University of Alberta

➢         Organized Loneliness¸ Diane Enns, Ryerson University

Commentator: Leah Bradshaw, Brock University

Session 2: The World (11:00am-12:45pm)

Moderator:

➢         The Architecture of Appearance: An Arendtian Reading of Guatemala’s Private City¸ Katherine Davies, University of Texas at Dallas

        Commentator: TBD

➢         Trials as a Way to Appear in the World: How Arendt and Rancière Help Us Think “Strategic Litigation” Politically?¸ Vincent Lefebve, Free University of Brussels

        Commentator: Luke Sandle, University of Alberta

LUNCH @ 12:45-2:15pm

 Session 3: Action (2:15-4pm)

Moderator:

➢         Hannah Arendt’s concept of power: Operationalizing the “grammar of action” and the “syntax of power” with social network analysis¸ Xavier Bériault, McGill University

        Commentator: Leroy Cooper, Colorado State University

➢         Hannah Arendt, Existentialism, and the Narrative Structure of Action¸ Nathan Todd, McMaster University

        Commentator: TBD

Session 4: Poetry/Poetics (4:15-6pm)

Moderator:

➢         Toward a Poetic Reading of Arendt and Baldwin on Love¸ Peter Brown, Pomona College

Commentator: Amy Schiller, The Graduate Center, CUNY

➢         A Haunted House of Being: Arendt and Derrida on the Politics of Poetry¸ Jennifer Gaffney, Gettysburg College

       Commentator: Catherine Kellogg, University of Alberta

Public Evening Panel & Reception/Dinner (details to follow)

Session 5: Science (9:00-10:45am)

Moderator:

Saturday, April 12, 2019 Location: TBD

➢         Arendt and Climate Change: Limits and Promises¸ Lucy Benjamin, Royal Holloway, University of London & Larry Busk, California State University, Stanislaus

        Commentator: Trevor Breen, Independent Scholar

➢         Science as the contemporary form of politics in Arendt’s oeuvre¸ Eve Seguin, Université du Québec à Montréal

        Commentator: James Barry, Jr., Indiana University Southeast

Session 6: The Social (11:00am-12:45pm)

Moderator:

➢         Toward a Sociology of Arendtian Thinking¸ Peter Karambelas, York University

  Commentator: TBD

➢         The Space to Think: The Role of the Private in Hannah Arendt¸ Hannah LaGrand, McMaster University

        Commentator: TBD

ACCOMMODATION IN EDMONTON, AB & TRANSPORTATION FROM THE AIRPORT

Dear Participants, Welcome to Edmonton!

The 2019 HAC will take place on UofA’s North Campus on the southern banks of the North Saskatchewan River, just across from downtown Edmonton. Edmonton is a city of roughly a million people and offers a wide variety accommodation. The airport is located roughly 35 km south of the city centre.

1.            Accommodation on the University of Alberta Campus

 https://conference.ualberta.ca/accommodation/guest-rooms

Available year round, the Conference Centre at Lister Centre features 20 hotel-style guestrooms with either one queen bed, one queen bed with a double sofa-bed, or two double beds. We are able to offer one barrier free room for those guests who require wheelchair accessible accommodation. Check-in is after 4:00 pm and check-out is by 11:00 am.

 Queen Room - From $109.00 per night plus taxes (1-2 guests) Double Room - From $109.00 per night plus taxes (1-2 guests)

 Queen Room - From $175.00 per night plus taxes (1-2 guests)

One Bedroom - Queen Room - From $209.00 per night plus taxes (1-2 guests)

2. Campus Tower

*The closest to campus https://www.campustower.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxJqUndL43wIVGLjACh0Jqgh1EAAYASAAE gIe6fD_BwE

 Special rate for guest that are coming for any business in UofA. On the date of the HAC, the UofA rate is

$203/night plus tax for a one-bedroom suite. Other rate that you might consider is the BED package, this includes breakfast voucher for Good Earth Cafe, and g it is $195/night plus tax for a one-bedroom suite.

3. Off-Campus in Old Strathcona, the neighborhood just to the east of the university

 Varscona Hotel  https://www.varscona.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIktD4yND43wIVGbbACh3VHAskEAAYASAAEg K7c_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 They have rooms available at University of Alberta rate of $150.00 per night.

Hostel in Old Strathcona – Hostel International

https://hihostels.ca/en/destinations/alberta/hi-edmonton

For people coming to attend a UofA conference in April, they offer a 20% discount off the non-member rate.

8-bed dorm: $32.15/night 2-bed dorm: $35.10/night

Private Room: $73.55/night All prices are taxes included.

Memberships cost $26.25 (tax incl.) and they are valid for one year from the day you buy them.

4.  Downtown

Chateau Lacombe

https://www.chateaulacombe.com

Please be advised that we have availability and we do have a special rate for University of Alberta. The rates are the following:

-Standard King room/ 2 double beds at a rate of $135.00 plus taxes per night based on Single Occupancy.

-Standard King room/ 2 double beds at a rate of $140.00 plus taxes per night based on Double Occupancy.

-Standard King room/ 2 double beds at a rate of $155.00 plus taxes per night based on Triple Occupancy.

-Standard King room/ 2 double beds at a rate of $170.00 plus taxes per night based on Quadruple Occupancy.

Coast Edmonton Plaza

https://www.coasthotels.com

*They only give information by phone.

$129 one bed

$149 two beds

If you’d like to check out other hotels in downtown, please make sure they are close to an LRT (light-rail- train) station. Feel free to send us a note, if you’d like more information on other alternatives.

5. Air B&B Edmonton

*Reserve in areas close to Campus, there is a map on the webpage to locate the university. The areas close to UofA are Garneau, you can take the bus on Whyte Avenue to go to Campus. If you want to stay downtown, find a place close to any LRT station.

This is the general page: https://www.airbnb.ca/s/Edmonton--

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