Current & Upcoming Philosophy Department Conferences

Below you will find brief descriptions of the forthcoming conferences sponsored by our department. At the end of each description, you will find a link to the conference webpage, when available. There you will find more detailed information about the conference in question. In many cases, you will also find an image of the conference poster. If you click on the image, an enlargeable version of the poster will open, allowing you further to enlarge the image to whatever size you like in order to make it easier to read.

 

Semantics and Linguistic Theory 22


May 18-20, 2012

The invited speakers for the conference are:

Please visit the program page for information about the conference schedule or download a program booklet.  Please go to the registration page for information about conference fees.

Please note that SALT 22 will coincide with May 20-21 meetings of NATO in Chicago! This should not affect Hyde Park, the neighborhood in which the University is located, but it will affect transportation between downtown and the University. A news release issued by public officials provides information about road closures and alternative travel routes; if you are staying downtown, please plan for extra travel time. More information can be found on the Travel and Accommodations pages.

Sponsors: Chicago Linguistics Society, Deparment of Linguistics, Department of Philosophy, Division of Humanities, Franke Institute for the Humanities, Office of the Provost

For inquiries about the conference, please contact us at salt22chicago@gmail.com.

 

"The Installation of Good and Bad in the Psyche: A Conference on Ethics and Psychoanalysis"

May 25 - 26, 2012
Classics 110

Registration for the conference is free, and is recommended. An online registration form, as well as information on travel, food, accommodation, and other details, can be found on our website: http://ethicsandpsychoanalysis.wordpress.com/

Conference Coordinators: Candace Vogler and Jonathan Lear

Graduate Student Coordinator: Mark Hopwood

Website: http://ethicsandpsychoanalysis.wordpress.com/

 The provisional schedule is below. In order to be kept up to date on any changes in the schedule, please register online here.

Friday May 25th

8.30am - 9.15am - Coffee
9.15am - 9.30am - Welcome
(Jonathan Lear & Candace Vogler)
9.30am - 11.30am
Edna O'Shaughnessy (British Psychoanalytical Society)
"Doing the Wrong Thing"

11.30am - 1.00pm - Lunch

1.00pm - 3.00pm
David Taylor (British Psychoanalytical Society)
"Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man or Thief:
The Ideal of a Moral Identity"

3.00pm - 3.30pm - Break

3.30pm - 5.30pm
Ron Britton (British Psychoanalytical Society)
"Natural, Unnatural and Supernatural Belief"

Saturday May 26th
8.30am - 9.00am - Coffee

9.00am - 11.00am
Edward Harcourt (University of Oxford)
"The Theory of Approval and Disapproval"
11.00am - 11.30am - Break
11.30am - 1.30pm
Caroline Garland (British Psychoanalytical Society)
"Compulsory Goodness as a Defence Against Psychotic Anxieties"
1.30pm - 2.30pm - Lunch

2.30pm - 4.30pm
James Hopkins (King's College, London)
"The Postulation of Malignant Hostility in Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience:
The Paranoid-Schizoid Position and the Bayesian Brain

4.30pm - 5.00pm - Break

5.00pm - 7.00pm
David Bell (British Psychoanalytical Society)
"The Death Drive:
Phenomenological Perspectives in Contemporary Kleinian Theory"

 

Animality in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

October 12-13, 2012
Conference Coordinator: Gabriel Lear

Details forthcoming