Jointly with EPTC, we are hosting a special panel on the theme “On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Posthumanist Methods for Life” at the Canadian Congress of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences in Vancouver (BC) on June 4th, 2019. The panel takes place 14:00 to 17:30 in room 112 in the Allard Building of UBC campus. The presentations are as follows:

Christine Daigle (Brock) “Introduction: Whither posthuman(ist) methods?”

Anthony Gavin (Victoria) “Anthropessimism and Human(ist) Remains”

Chelsea Heikes (European Graduate School) “AnthropoThing: Moving Beyond the Human Gaze”

Emile Fromet de Rosnay (Victoria) “Reversal, time and horror in Haraway and Land”

Petra Mikulan (UBC) “Governing cerebral crystallizations: Posthuman methods for the edges of life”

Taylor Webb (UBC) “Plasticity and Contagion: Educational Methods for Another Life”

Mickey Vallee (Athabasca) “Conclusion:Withering Posthumanist Methods?”