Humanism in Posthuman Times
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Start date:07/12/2018, 10:00
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End date:07/12/2018, 19:00
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Venue:French House, 633 N Frances, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
HUMANISM IN POSTHUMAN TIMES
Friday, December 7, 2018
French House, 633 N Frances, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Léonard de Vinci, "Etudes anatomiques", (1504-06), Turin, Biblioteca Reale (source : WGA).
9:45
Introductory Remarks:
SUSAN ZAESKE (Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
SESSION I
Presiding: STEFANIA BUCCINI (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
10:00:
JAMES HELGESON (Barenboim-Said Akademie, Berlin)
“Adorno’s Schoenberg and the Question of Literary Value”
Response: LESLIE BLASIUS (School of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
11:00
ULLRICH LANGER (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
“Remonstrance and Rebellion: From Early Modern Monarchy to Contemporary Democracy”
Response: MICHELLE SCHWARZE (Dpt. of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
SESSION II
Presiding: ANNE VILA (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
2:00
KATHLEEN LONG (Cornell University)
“Intersex and Transgender: Revisiting the Case of Marin le Marcis”
Response: JENNIFER REHM (Dpt. of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
3:00
GEORGE HOFFMANN (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
“Da Vinci to Delos: What Westworld Teaches Us about Being Human”
Response: FRÉDÉRIC NEYRAT (Dpt. of Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
4:00
JAN MIERNOWSKI (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
“Tickling and the Question of Humanity”
Response: JACK NITSCHKE (Dpt. of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
5:00: GENERAL DISCUSSION