Dear All, The following event may be of interest:
Kafka’s Cages Sydney Seminar for the Arts and Philosophy This event will bring together a number of experts who will discuss aspects of Kafka’s life and work. Speakers will include the distinguished Prof. Kiarina Kordela from the US, and the Australians Chris Fleming, John O’Connor, and Dimitris Vardoulakis, as well as the editor of Heat and Giramondo Press Ivor Indyk as a panellist. Friday, 3 July 2009 5.30–8:30pm Metcalfe Auditorium State Library of NSW Macquarie Street, Sydney Cost: $15 / $10 (concessions) Bookings Essential: Tel. (02) 9273 1770 or [email protected] Programme 5:30 pm Finger-food and refreshments 5:50 pm Welcome: Christiane Gruber (Cultural Attachée, German Consulate General) 5:55 pm Introduction: Prof Nancy Wright (University of Western Sydney) 6:00pm A. Kiarina Kordela (Macalester College, St. Paul, USA) Kafkaesque Arrogance, or, The Kabbalah of Secular Capitalism 6:30 pm Chris Fleming and John O’Carroll (University of Western Sydney and Charles Sturt University) Delusion of Agency: Kafka, Imprisonment, and Modern Victimhood 7:00 pm Dimitris Vardoulakis (University of Western Sydney) “The Fall is the proof of our freedom”: Kafka’s Hope 7:30 pm Break – Refreshments 7:45 pm Ivor Indyk (University of Western Sydney) Panel discussion with the speakers, and Questions from the Audience For further information on this event please see the attached flyer or visit our website: www.sydneyseminar.org Or contact Dimitris Vardoulakis d.vardoulakis[at]uws.edu.au Dr. Robert Sinnerbrink Lecturer, Department of Philosophy Building W6A, Balaclava Rd Macquarie University North Ryde, NSW 2109 Sydney Australia e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +61 2 9850 9935 Fax: +61 2 9850 8892 www.phil.mq.edu.au/staff/sinnerbrink.htm Chair, Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy http://www.ascp.org.au/ Book review co-editor, Critical Horizons: A Journal of Philosophy and Social Theory http://www.acumenpublishing.co.uk/critical_horizons_aims.asp?TAG=&CID= Disclaimer This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and do not necessarily reflect the views of Macquarie University. _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list [email protected] 846 subscribers now served. To UNSUBSCRIBE, change your MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS, find ANSWERS TO COMMON PROBLEMS, or visit our ONLINE ARCHIVES, please go to the LIST INFORMATION PAGE: http://lists.arts.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil
