International Walter Benjamin Society Conference 2017
24 September 2017 to 27 September 2017
Date:
Sunday 24 - Wednesday 27 September 2017Venue:
Worcester College‘Walter Benjamin and Method’
“Walter Benjamin and Method: Re-thinking the Legacy of the Frankfurt School”
“Walter Benjamins Methoden: Das Vermächtnis der Frankfurter Schule im heutigen Kontext”
The next conference of the International Walter Benjamin Society will be held in Oxford at Worcester College and the Taylorian Institute on 24th-27th September 2017. To coincide with the conference, there will be a small exhibition at the Bodleian Library on the theme of “Reading with Benjamin,” which will include Kafka manuscripts, and other Benjamin-related rarities.
Booking Deadline: 10th September 2017
Sunday 24th September
16.00-18.30 | Registration (Worcester College cloisters) |
18.30-19.00 | Drinks (Worcester College cloisters) |
19.00-20.00 | Informal Dinner (Worcester College) |
Monday 25th September
8.30-9.00 | Registration and Coffee (Worcester College cloisters) |
9.00-9.30 | Welcome: ‘Benjamin and Method’ (Taylor Institution Main Hall) |
9.30-10.15 | Round Table: Werner Hamacher in Memoriam (Taylor Institution Main Hall) |
10.30-12.00 | Parallel Sessions 1 (Worcester College) Benjamin and the Study of Images and Imaging (1): Bodily Presences and Absences Coordinators: Prof. Andrew Webber and Dr. Caroline Sauter
Benjamin’s Writings: Methodology, Archive, Edition (1): Coordinators: Prof. Carolin Duttlinger and Dr. Erdmut Wizisla
Benjamin Between Theology and Philosophy (1): Messianism Coordinators: Prof. Andrew Benjamin and Dr. Ilit Ferber
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12.00-12.45 | Lunch (Worcester College) |
13.30-15.00 | Parallel Sessions 2 (Worcester College) Benjamin and the Study of Images and Imaging (2): Composition with Found Objects Coordinators: Prof. Andrew Webber and Dr. Caroline Sauter
Benjamin and the Study of the Human (1): Coordinators: Prof. Ben Morgan and Prof. Mike Jennings
Benjamin’s Writings: Methodology, Archive, Edition (2): Coordinators: Prof. Carolin Duttlinger and Dr. Erdmut Wizisla
Benjamin Between Theology and Philosophy (2): Remembrance and Prophecy Coordinators: Prof. Andrew Benjamin and Dr. Ilit Ferber
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15.00-15.30 | Coffee (Worcester College) |
15.30-17.00 | Parallel Sessions 3 (Worcester College) Benjamin and Reading (1): Coordinators: Prof. Hindy Najman and Prof. Daniel Weidner
Benjamin and the Study of the Human (2): Coordinator: Coordinators: Prof. Ben Morgan and Prof. Mike Jennings
Benjamin and Political Method (1): Coordinators: Dr. Julia Ng and Prof. Yoav Rinon
Benjamin Between Theology and Philosophy (3): Political Theology and the Image Coordinators: Prof. Andrew Benjamin and Dr. Ilit Ferber
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17.15-18.30 | Keynote Lecture (Taylor Institution Main Hall) Prof. Peter Fenves (Northwestern University): ‘Force and Messianicity’ |
18.45-20.15 | Dinner at My Sichuan |
20.30-21.30 | Performance “The Late Walter Benjamin” (Queen’s College, Shulman Auditorium) |
Tuesday 26th September
9.00-10.30 | Parallel Sessions 4 (Worcester College) Benjamin and the Study of Images and Imaging (3): Ideas of and in Time Coordinators: Prof. Andrew Webber and Dr. Caroline Sauter
Benjamin’s Writings: Methodology, Archive, Edition (3): Coordinators: Prof. Carolin Duttlinger and Dr. Erdmut Wizisla
Benjamin and Reading (2): Coordinators: Prof. Hindy Najman and Prof. Daniel Weidner
Benjamin and Political Method (2): Coordinators: Dr. Julia Ng and Prof. Yoav Rinon
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10.30-11.00 | Coffee (Worcester College) |
11.00-12.30 | Parallel Sessions 5 (Worcester College) Benjamin and the Study of Images and Imaging (4): Moving into and around Paintings Coordinators: Prof. Andrew Webber and Dr. Caroline Sauter
Benjamin’s Writings: Methodology, Archive, Edition (4): Trauerspiel Coordinators: Prof. Carolin Duttlinger and Dr. Erdmut Wizisla
Benjamin and Reading (3): Coordinators: Prof. Hindy Najman and Prof. Daniel Weidner
Benjamin and Political Method (3): Coordinators: Dr. Julia Ng and Prof. Yoav Rinon
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12.30-13.15 | Lunch (Worcester College) |
13.30-15.00 | Parallel Sessions 6 (Worcester College) Benjamin and the Study of Images and Imaging (5): Thought Experiments: Leibniz, Marx, Adorno Coordinators: Prof. Andrew Webber and Dr. Caroline Sauter
Benjamin’s Writings: Methodology, Archive, Edition (5): Coordinators: Prof. Carolin Duttlinger and Dr. Erdmut Wizisla
Benjamin and the Study of the Human (3): Coordinators: Prof. Ben Morgan and Prof. Mike Jennings
Benjamin and Reading (4): Coordinators: Prof. Hindy Najman and Prof. Daniel Weidner
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15.00-15.30 | Coffee (Worcester College) |
15.30-17.00 | Parallel Sessions 7 (Worcester College) Benjamin and the Study of the Human (4): Coordinators: Prof. Ben Morgan and Prof. Mike Jennings
Benjamin Between Theology and Philosophy (4): Art and Transcendence Coordinators: Prof. Andrew Benjamin and Dr. Ilit Ferber
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17.15-18.30 | Keynote Lecture (Taylor Institution Main Hall) Prof. Hindy Najman (University of Oxford): ‘Reading After Hope’ |
19.30-21.00 | Conference Dinner (Worcester College) |
Wednesday 27th September
9.00-10.00 | Round Table (Taylor Institution Main Hall) Rang’s ‘Deutsche Bauhütte’ |
10.00-10.30 | Coffee (Worcester College) |
10.30-12.00 | Parallel Sessions 8 (Worcester College) Benjamin and the Study of the Human (5): Coordinators: Prof. Ben Morgan and Prof. Mike Jennings
Benjamin and Political Method (4): Coordinators: Dr. Julia Ng and Prof. Yoav Rinon
Benjamin Between Theology and Philosophy (5): Theology and Secularisation Coordinators: Prof. Andrew Benjamin and Dr. Ilit Ferber
Benjamin and Reading (5): Coordinators: Prof. Hindy Najman and Prof. Daniel Weidner
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12.00-12.45 | Lunch (Worcester College) |
13.00-14.00 | IWBS AGM (Taylor Institution Main Hall) |
14.00-15.00 | Exhibition Visit ‘Benjamin’s Library’ (Bodleian Library) |
15.15-16.45 | Parallel Sessions 9 (Worcester College) Benjamin and the Study of Images and Imaging (6): Intermedial Imaging Coordinators: Prof. Andrew Webber and Dr. Caroline Sauter
Benjamin’s Writings: Methodology, Archive, Edition (6): Coordinators: Prof. Carolin Duttlinger and Dr. Erdmut Wizisla
Benjamin Between Theology and Philosophy (6): Perception and Experience Coordinators: Prof. Andrew Benjamin and Dr. Ilit Ferber
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16.45-17.15 | Coffee (Worcester College) |
17.15-18.00 | Closing Remarks (Taylor Institution Main Hall) |
19.00-20.30 | Dinner at Jamie’s Italian |
