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Conference Announcement Theme: Humanities and Law Subtitle: Critical Perspectives on Identity in the European Framework Type: PhD-Workshop Institution: Doctoral School of Arts, Humanities and Law, Ghent University Doctoral School in the Human Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Location: Ghent (Belgium) Date: 26.–27.1.2018 __________________________________________________ The specialist course Humanities and Law: Critical perspectives on Identity in the European Framework aims at fostering interdisciplinary doctoral training about Europe’s cultural and political identity by means of a critical analysis of concepts such as democracy and rule of law. The approach involves law, philosophy, literature, history, and political science. It draws upon insights and methods from law and the humanities in order to develop a more integrated and engaged perspective on law and politics within the European frame. In doing so, it is meant to give creative answers to related gaps in current European academia already at a doctoral level and specifically the absence of a structured and institutionalised research and teaching perspective that addresses – at the same time – the humanities, political and legal studies. The theme springs from the observation that there is a growing dissatisfaction with some of the features of European societies that were previously regarded as central to them, such as democracy and rule of law. The legitimacy of these political and legal constraints, which were once regarded as non-negotiable, is increasingly challenged by ever bigger and more heterogeneous groups. This gap, sometimes characterized as a democratic deficit, could, we suggest, be addressed by an interdisciplinary approach that seeks a better understanding of how these concepts affect and shape European identity throughout our history. Such a gap is acknowledged both by scholars engaging with humanities and by scholars engaging with law and politics. An engaged and engaging interdisciplinary training program on European identity and identitarian crises as a field of inquiry including humanities, law and politics strikes us as crucial for overcoming scholars’ – and thus citizens’ – alienation from jurisprudence and its central concepts and constraints as well as lawyers’ alienation from the humanistic aspects of law. Programme January 26, 2018 Morning session: Law and Humanities 9.00-10-30 Angela Condello: Law and Humanities: Critical perspectives on European identity & Law and Humanities. Introductory Lecture 10.30-11.00 Break 11.00-13.00 Interactive discussion launched by Gertrudis Van De Vijver and Emiliano Acosta: Law and Philosophy: On the relation between Law and Identity on the basis of Kant’s second Critique Afternoon session: Law and Literature 14-15:30 Mara Santi and Tiziano Toracca: Law and Literature: From “We the people…” to “His Majesty the King of Belgians…”: Narrating Collective Identities in Contemporary Western Societies? 15:30-16 Break 16:00-18:00 Interactive discussion launched and moderated by Angela Condello January 27, 2018 Morning session: Political and Critical Philosophy 9.00-10.30 Jan De Vos: Law and Critical Philosophy: Thinking Digital Europe. A critical perspective on the vicissitudes of public space and identity via the concept of interpassivity 11.00-13.00 Discussion launched and moderated by Gertrudis Van de Vijver and Emiliano Acosta Afternoon session: Political philosophy 14.00-15.30 Demokritos Kavadias (VUB): Law and Political Philosophy: Do we need civic and citizenship education in Europe? 15.30-16.00 Break 16.00-18.00 General discussion Launched and moderated by Angela Condello, Gertrudis Van de Vijver, Emiliano Acosta Venue Faculteitsraadszaal (110.009) Arts and Philosophy Faculty Blandijnberg 2 9000 Gent Belgium Organizing Committee Gertrudis Van De Vijver (UGent) Emiliano Acosta (VUB/UGent) Angela Condello (University of Roma Tre/University of Torino) Registration is free of charge for PhD students. Students from other universities can register by e-mail to Angela Condello: [email protected] Conference website: https://www.ugent.be/doctoralschools/en/doctoraltraining/courses/specialistcourses/ahl/ritical-perspectives-on-identity-european-framework.htm __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
