Nova PhDs

As many of you have probably seen, the SPEP 2006 program is out. Following is a rundown of the Nova PhD grads on the main program (followed by some other Nova-related folks). I have not looked at the satellite meetings yet.

The first time slot, THURSDAY AFTERNOON 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., is a big one for Nova PhDs, and includes:

The Promise of Memory: History and Politics in Marx, Benjamin, and Derrida
Moderator: Kym Maclaren, Northern Arizona University
Speaker: Andrew Cutrofello, Loyola University, Chicago
Speaker: Jonathan Maskit, Dennison University
Respondent: Matthias Fritsch, Concordia University

and

The Contemporary Import of Hegel’s Aesthetics
Moderator: Tom Brockelman, LeMoyne College
“On the Lyrical Presentation of History: Hegel and the Modern Poem,”
Ammon Allred, Villanova University
“The Public Design of the Shape of Spirit: Hegel and Contemporary Architecture,” J. C. Berendzen, Loyola University, New Orleans
“Radical Passivity, Resistance, and Art: Agamben’s Unworking Of
Hegel’s Aesthetics,” Theodore George, Texas A&M University

(I imagine that Ammon and Ted will join me in being somewhat dissapointed that our panel is at the same time as Matthias’s book session.)

On SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., look for:

“Reduction or Subtraction: Marion, Badiou & the Recuperation of
Truth,” Adam S. Miller, Collin County Community College

In a panel titled “Immanence and Truth.”

I believe that there are no other papers being delivered by Nova PhDs, but on FRIDAY AFTERNOON 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., one should look for:

Paul Ricoeur and the Nazis
Speaker: David Kaplan, University of North Texas
Respondent: Farhang Erfani, American University

I am sure Farhang will give this Kaplan fellow the buisness!

As for other Nova PhD’s participating on the main program, Shannon Mussett (“New Efforts at Containment”), Jamey Findling (“A Weak Cousin No Longer: Gadamer’s Rhetorical Imaginary as the Inversion of Philosophy”), and Dana Belu (“Political Phenomenality, Marxism, and the Praxis of Phenomenology”) are all moderating panels.

See future Nova PhDs, on SATURDAY MORNING 9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.:

Deleuze, Badiou, and Ranciere on Literature and the Work of Art
Moderator: Gary Aylesworth, Eastern Illinois University
“To Be a Man Without References: The End of Tragedy and the Task of
the Comic,” J. Eric Butler, Villanova University
“Truth and Master: Badiou Reads Mallamaré,” Alexi Kukuljevic, Villanova University
(Along with “‘I dream of war…of utterly unforeseeable logic’: Rancière Reads
Rimbaud,” Sid Littlefield, Gordon College)

Regarding Nova professors, it will be a big SPEP for Walter Brogan. There is a book session for his work Heidegger and Aristotle: The Twofoldness of Being on Thursday afternoon at 3:45 p.m. AND at Saturday 12:00 Noon he is giving the Andre Schuwer Lecture, “On Giorgio Agamben's Naked Life: The State of Exception and the Law of the Sovereign”
(It is also worth noting that at 9:00 am on Friday Denny Schmidt is speaking on a panel on comedy and philosophy and at 4:15 on Friday Jack Caputo will be giving a paper on Derrida and Marion.)

If I missed anything or anyone has something to add, mention it in a comment and I will amend the post.