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PLEASE NOTE: Due to space limitations on Friday, a waitlist has been started for Friday ONLY. Register online by April 23, 2012.
This event is free.
If you have questions regarding this conference, please contact Kevin Newmark or Kalpana Seshadri.
Visitors to campus may park in the Commonwealth Avenue Garage. More information: Campus Map | Driving Directions | Parking Information
Conference Schedule
Thursday, April 26 – Higgins 300
| 5:00 p.m. | Derrida's Strategies of Deconstruction in ‘Faith and Knowledge’ J. Hillis Miller, University of California, Irvine |
Friday, April 27 – Thompson Room, John J. Burns Library
| 9:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Welcome Kevin Newmark |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Response to J. Hillis Miller Jeffrey Bloechl, Boston College Moderator: Lori Mele |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Pray Tell: Derrida's Performative Justice Michael Naas, DePaul University Moderator: Frances Maughan-Brown |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. |
The Faith of Radical Atheism Martin Hägglund, Harvard Moderator: Carolyn Ownbey |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Response to Martin Hägglund Eileen Sweeney, Boston College Moderator: Carolyn Ownbey |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 3:15 p.m. |
Roundtable Discussion with Kalpana Seshadri, J. Hillis Miller, Jeffrey Bloechl, Michael Naas, Martin Hägglund, Eileen Sweeney, and Kevin Newmark |
Co-sponsored by The Institute for the Liberal Arts, The Heinz Bluhm Memorial Lectures Series, The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The Romance Languages and Literatures Graduate Student Association, The English Department, The Philosophy Department, and The Theology Department.