(from The Brock News, Tuesday, June 12, 2018 | by Alison Innes)
Brock will welcome philosophers from around the world this week for a conference devoted to contemporary French feminist thinker Luce Irigaray.
This will be the first time the event is held in Canada, making it the first Canadian conference devoted to Irigaray’s work.
“Each meeting of the Circle is a purposively unique event, which is organized around a specific theme in order to further Irigarayan scholarship in a new direction,” says Athena Colman, conference organizer and Brock Associate Professor of Philosophy.
“Site selection for the meeting is highly competitive and is a recognition of the organizer’s contribution to new areas of research in the field.”
The event has previously been hosted by Stony Brook University in New York, University of Bergen in Norway and University College of London in England, among other locations.
The conference will look at new ways in which Irigaray’s thinking can be applied to recent philosophical and feminist discussions.
Themes explored by the circle include analyses of contemporary social and political issues and spirituality in relation to sexual differences, as well as investigations into the role of literature and art in philosophical thinking.
to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-irigaray-circle-2018-horizons-of-sexual-difference-tickets-45213383447?aff=es2