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Conference Announcement Theme: The Ethics of Home Subtitle: Patriotism, Cosmopolitanism and Alienation Type: Interdisciplinary Conference Institution: Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, University of Pardubice Location: Pardubice (Czech Republic) Date: 1.–3.6.2022 __________________________________________________ The Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, University of Pardubice is pleased to announce that the conference "The Ethics of Home: Patriotism, Cosmopolitanism and Alienation" will take place on June 1-3. All talks will be accessible online. The past century has brought with it fast and unprecedented globalization in which the meaning and significance of the concepts of home and belonging are constantly renegotiated and redefined. Cosmopolitanism, pluralism, multiculturalism and post-colonialism contra protectionism, nationalism and patriotism constitute the usual polarities in the political dialogue – and the recent resurgence of populism and xenophobia make exploring these issues perhaps more acute than ever. In addition, the current pandemic changed our perception of physical presence and distance, transferring most relationship to virtual space, eroding borders between work space and public space and between what is private and public. The aim of the conference is to explore the underlying ethical and political aspects of rootedness, belonging and home in an increasingly internationalizing and virtualising world. How do we understand ”home” and related concepts as a central, orienting image for the development of identity and value in the midst of such change and contestation? What are the political, social and moral consequences of a communal loss of a sense of belonging? And what do the experiences of exile, of being a refugee, of displacement and relocation entail for our communal life and a sense of identity? Programme Day 1, Wednesday 1st of June 13:00–13:30 Registration and welcome address Niklas Forsberg 13:30–14:30 Keynote 1 Gerry Simpson: Home and Away: Some Thoughts on Internationalism 14:45–15:30 Alfred Archer: Consigning to History 15:30–16:15 Vladimir Lukic/Patrick Keenan: Past Nostalgia and Future Belonging 16:30–17:15 Laura Candiotto: Becoming Native 17:15-18:00 Daniel Swain Rosenhaft: John Berger on migrant workers and the mystification of (not) belonging Day 2, Thursday 2nd of June 9:30–11:00 Keynote 2 Raimond Gaita: “We will decide who comes to this country” (Australian PM 2001) 11:15–12:00 Kamila Pacovská: Home as a place of evil: Why moral psychology shouldn’t shun maltreated children 12:00–12:45 Joel Backström: Love and Capital: Breaking and making homes 14:15–15:00 John Min/Marián Sekerák: Patriotism(s) as a response to current populism(s): A critical investigation 15:00–15:45 Rhianwen Daniel: Consolidating National Culture’s Objectivity by means of Linguistic Relativity 16:00–16:45 Olli Lagerspetz: Waste: The Ethics and the Form of Life Day 3, Friday 3rd of June 10:00-11:00 Keynote 3 Désirée Lim: Non-citizens and the demands of social equality 11:15–12:00 Amy Sepinwall: Citizen Responsibility, Reparations, and Protest 12:00–12:45 Antony Fredriksson: Walking in the same tracks: Being guided in an alien place 14:15–15:00 Pilar Lopez Cantero: Travel and cosmopolitan motivation 15:15–16:15 Keynote 4 Naomi Scheman: The Politics of Homemaking: Leaving, Staying, and Starting Anew Conference venue: The historical building of the University of Pardubice, Room 03004 nám. Čs. legií 565, Pardubice All talks will be accessible on Zoom here: https://bit.ly/3PgmSsN Online and offline attendance is free of charge. Registration is not necessary, but if you know in advance that you are coming, please let us know. For further information please e-mail Matej Cíbik: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
