21-22nd March, 2014 Stony Brook University, Manhattan Campus 101-113 East 27th Street New York City
Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the Graduate School at Stony Brook University Thursday, March 209 pm Informal gathering for drinks at The Black Duck, the bar/restaurant attached to the Park South Hotel, 124 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 Friday, March 219:30 am bagels, coffee
10 - 12:00: Anger, Action and Revolution Moderator: Eduardo Mendieta Passion, Principle, and the Arendtian Politics of Anger Juman Kim “I Will and I Can:” Arendt on the Role of the Will in Political Action Wout Cornelissen Contested Sovereignty: Revolution and Freedom in Hannah Arendt and Frantz Fanon Tal Correm
Lunch
1:30 - 2:50 Science and Technology Moderator: Anne O’Byrne How did the telescope lead us to Earth Alienation? An account from Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition Daniel Ucko An Oblique Complement: Hannah Arendt’s Scientific Engagement Alexis Turner
3:00 - 4:20: Beyond identity Moderator: Cara O’Connor Unfinishedness, Natality, and Student Democracy: Paulo Freire and Hannah Arendt on Education and Politics Caitlin Hewitt-White The Reluctant Feminism of Hannah Arendt Julia Honkasalo
4:30 - 5:50: International Issues I Moderator: Philip Nelson Becoming Enfranchised: Hannah Arendt, Historical Memory, and the Haitian Revolution Jennifer Gaffney The New Statelessness: Hannah Arendt on Palestine and “The Price of the Jewish Homeland” Katherine Howard
6.30 Conference Dinner sponsored by Stony Brook University at The Copper Chimney, 126 E. 28th Street. Saturday, March 229:30 am bagels and coffee
10 - 12:00: Foundations for Politics Moderator: Kei Hiruta Confined by society: The Economic Necessity of Arendt’s Social Sphere Alexendra Shoichet Arendt, Feminism and Work-Life Balance Cassie Striblen The Materiality of Power: Some Thoughts on Arendt Matthew Lambert
Lunch
1:00 - 2:20: Political Ontology and the Right to have Rights Moderator: Karen Robertson Arendt, Wollstonecraft, and the Rights of Man Angela Maione The Right to have Rights: Hannah Arendt, Political Ontology, and Blackness Calvin Warren
2:30 - 4:30 International Issues II Moderator: Lisa Stenmark Hannah Arendt, Totalitarianism, and China After the Cold War Jennifer Ruth The Secret of Domination: Arendt's Phenomenology and Genealogy of Secrecy Seth Binsted
4:30-5:15 pm business meeting
Informal drinks: Time: 5.45 Location: Desmond’s Tavern, 433 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10016
Entry to Stony Brook Manhattan Stony Brook Manhattan is located at 387 Park Avenue South on the third floor, between 27th and 28th Streets. The classroom/conference entrance that all students, faculty, and meeting attendees should use is around the corner at 101-113 East 27th Street, just beyond The Devon Shops furniture store. At present, the 387 Park Avenue South lobby is under complete renovation, so all visitors must enter through the classroom/conference entrance. The main phone number for the facility is 646-472-2000.
Getting there From JFK: For information on public transportation, see: http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk-airtrain.html
From LaGuardia: For information on public transportation, see: http://www.panynj.gov/airports/lga-public-transportation.html
From Newark Airport: For information on public transportation, see: http://www.panynj.gov/airports/ewr-public-transportation.html
Amtrak: Penn Station, 34th and 7th Avenue
Subway: #6 (Lexington Local) @ Park Ave S. & 28th St.
Bus: #34 (34th St. Crosstown) #23 (23rd St. Crosstown) M1, M2, M3, M4, M101, M102, M103 (North-South)
Accommodation
A block of rooms have been reserved at Park South Hotel, 124 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212.448.0888 Mention “Stony Brook University” or “Anne O’Byrne” Reservations should be made by calling the Toll-free Number 1-800-315-4642. Reservations must be received by February 05, 2014.
It may be possible for Stony Brook graduate students to host graduate student presenters. If you are interested in this, please contact Anne at anne.obyrne@stonybrook.edu.
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