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Studia Phaenomenologica Vol XI (2011): Concepts of Tradition in Phenomenology

The 2011 issue of Studia Phaenomenologica is dedicated to the topic: Concepts of Tradition in Phenomenology. As it is commonly known, Husserl’s phenomenology demanded at its first breakthrough a total refutation of all uncertified knowledge, theory or meaning inherited from the past. However, the development of phenomenological inquiry gradually resulted in a more ambiguous attitude towards history and tradition. On the one hand, history and tradition are necessary but still unfortunate distortions, which hinder phenomenological research in its strive for original self-givenness; on the other hand, they become themselves universal phenomena that must be explored as such.

As recent publications of late Husserlian manuscripts have revealed, Husserl himself became more and more aware of these topics in his last decade, as he was finally inclined to interpret the Life-world itself in its full concreteness as a “generative tradition”. Tradition in this sense pertains to all meaning sprung from earlier acquisition. Therefore, the concept obviously exceeds its ordinary meaning, exclusively related to inter-subjective historical inheritance, by gaining a fundamental importance for all areas of phenomenological analysis, as they all have the characteristic of “traditionalizing”. Thus, there is “tradition” at work in all action or bodily movement, in every instance of a given situation and in any relation to another thing or being.

Understood in this broad sense, the term does not address only the genetic fact of sedimentation, but also a specific, “habitual” quality that things allow to see through themselves, as bearers of a past. Hence, the theme marks an intersection of various problematic strata in Husserlian phenomenology, starting from the correlation of genetic and static phenomenology, following through different aspects of phenomenological methodology, and up to several ground-themes of phenomenological research, such as historicity, memory, language, bodily existence, inter-subjectivity, life-world and others.

The same twofold relation to tradition – of growing thematic interest, on the one hand, and utter criticism, on the other – shows in the post-Husserlian phenomenology as well. Heidegger, for instance, is from his early beginnings convinced that history should be the true guideline for phenomenological research, while at the same time pleading for a systematic destruction of the philosophical tradition. A similarly ambiguous position defines his later project of transcending metaphysics, and certainly other examples can be found as well.

The aim of our 2011 issue is therefore to explore the two fundamental poles that define the phenomenological approach of tradition: the task of understanding the problem of tradition thematically, on one hand, and the necessity of confronting it methodically as a residual distortion, on the other hand.

We welcome all submissions addressing either one of these two landmarks. Contributions to the late Husserlian topic of “tradition”, in its universal acceptation or in some concrete life-worldly application, are particularly encouraged, as well as submissions dealing with other, post-Husserlian, phenomenological approaches to the concept of “tradition”.

Contact: The texts can be submitted to the address:
tradition(at)phenomenology.ro

The texts have to be prepared in accordance with the formal rules indicated in our website http://studia-phaenomenologica.com/?page=submit

The languages accepted for publication are: German, English, and French.

Deadline for submission: November, the 15th, 2010.

In each volume of Studia Phaenomenologica, there is a section of Varia. Therefore, articles that do not fit the topic of our calls for papers, can be submitted to the editors, following the formal rules indicated in our website http://studia-phaenomenologica.com/?page=submit, at the email address: editors(at)phenomenology.ro.
 

CALL FOR PAPERS

Suomen Filosofinen Yhdistys ry järjestää 10.–11.1.2011 Turun yliopistossa perinteisen ”yhden sanan kollokvion”, jonka teemana on tällä kertaa YMMÄRRYS. Kutsuttujen esitelmien lisäksi ohjelmaan sisällytetään myös tarjottuja suomen- tai ruotsinkielisiä esitelmiä. Kutakin esitelmää varten on varattu aikaa 20 minuuttia sekä 10 minuuttia keskustelulle. Valikoima esitelmistä pyritään julkaisemaan vuoden 2011 aikana.
 
Esitelmissä voidaan käsitellä esimerkiksi seuraavia teemoja:
  - ymmärrys ja sen historialliset ulottuvuudet
  - ymmärtäminen ja tieto
  - ymmärryksen ehdot ja rajat
  - ymmärtäminen ja selittäminen
  - tieteellinen ymmärrys
  - uskonnollinen ymmärrys
  - ymmärtäminen ja toiseus
  - itseymmärrys

Esitelmän pitämisestä kiinnostuneilta pyydämme alustavaa otsikkoa ja noin 400 sanan (yhden sivun) abstraktia 15.10.2010 mennessä. Tarjotut abstraktit arvioidaan. Otsikon ja abstraktin pyydämme lähettämään Valtteri Viljaselle (Käyttäytymistieteiden ja filosofian laitos, 20014 Turun yliopisto; sähköposti: valvil(at)utu.fi).

Hyvää loppukesää toivottaen,
Järjestelytoimikunta,

Helena Siipi, Matti Sintonen ja Valtteri Viljanen

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Filosofiska Föreningen i Finland rf ordnar vid Åbo universitet 10.–11.1.2011 sitt traditionella ”ett ords -kollokvium”. Temat för denna gång är på finska YMMÄRRYS. Förutom inviterade föredrag inbjuder vi också andra att lämna in förslag till föredrag, på svenska eller finska. För varje föredrag reserveras 20 minuter och 10 minuter för diskussion. Ett urval av föredragen kommer enligt planen att publiceras under år 2011.

Föredragen på kollokviet kan behandla bl.a. följande områden:
  - förståndet och dess historiska dimensioner
  - förståelse och vetande
  - förståndets betingelser och gränser
  - förståelse och förklaring
  - vetenskaplig förståelse
  - religiös förståelse
  - förståelse och annanhet
  - självförståelse

De som är intresserade av att hålla ett föredrag ombeds skicka en titel och ett abstrakt på ca 400 ord (1 sida) senast 15.10.2010. Abstrakterna kommer att värderas. Titeln och abstraktet ska skickas till Valtteri Viljanen (Käyttäytymistieteiden ja filosofian laitos, 20014 Turun yliopisto; e-post: valvil(at)utu.fi).

Vänliga sommarhälsningar,
Arrangörskommittéen

Helena Siipi, Matti Sintonen ja Valtteri Viljanen
 

CFP:
 
Neo-Pragmatism, Language and Culture
Perspectives on Rorty and Brandom
http://www.nordprag.org/ws10.html

Oslo, Norway, October 2010
 
Theme
 
In connection with a visit of Professor Yajun Chen (Nanjing University), the Nordic Pragmatism Network and the University of Oslo will arrange a workshop on neo-pragmatism. The theme of the workshop is Richard Rorty’s and Robert Brandom’s views on world culture and language, emphasizing their commonalities and differences.
 
The main speaker of the workshop, Professor Chen, studied at Harvard, and has spent the last year as a Fulbright scholar at the University of Pittsburgh in collaboration with Robert Brandom. He is a distinguished representative of the growing revival of pragmatism in China, which already has important historical connections with the pragmatist tradition. Dewey spent two years in China at the beginning of the nineteen twenties, lectured to huge crowds, and had several pupils who survived the cultural revolution. Today there is a Dewey Centre in Shanghai. Eight decades later, Rorty also went to China (in 2004), for a visit which resulted, among other things, in the publication of Rorty, Pragmatism and Confucianism (edited by Yong Huang, SUNY Press, 2009).
 
Venue
 
The workshop will take place at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo in 28-29 October 2010 with Prof. Arild Pedersen as the local organizer and workshop secretary. The organizers will make hotel reservations on behalf of the participants. More information about accommodation will be available in later summer, 2010.
 
Call for Papers
 
The workshop is intended to provide an opportunity for ”learning by doing”, that is, the composing of articles/essays/books on the subject of the workshop: contributions may take the form of work in progress — even mere abstracts of forthcoming papers are welcome. Each speaker will be assigned 30 minutes including discussion. For those who might wish to participate in the program without presenting work, assignation as moderator or respondent is an option.
 
The organizers invite paper proposals to the workshop. Please send an abstract of 150-300 words to arild.pedersen(at)ifikk.uio.no by 1 August 2010.
 

CFP:
Narratives of Health and Illness
http://www.genna.gender.uu.se/themes/BodyEmbodiment/Nordic_Network_Gender_Body_and_Health/Network_Meetings/

September 16-17, 2010

The Nordic Network Gender, Body, Health in collaboration with The Centre for Gender Research, Uppsala University, Sweden

The Nordic Network Gender, Body, Health invites submissions for the symposium Narratives of Health and Illness that will take place at Uppsala University, Sweden on September 16-17, 2010. We welcome submissions for papers, panels, poster-presentations, workshops and different forms of art-work approaching issues within the overarching theme from a broad range of disciplines and fields of research.

Topics can include, but are not limited to:

·        Narratives of Health vs. Narratives of Illness

·        Relations between Narrators and Narratives

·        Narrating Bodies

·        Narrative Coherence and Narrative Disruption

·        Narrative Medicine

·        Scientific Narratives

·        Narratives of Power/Powers of Narrative

·        Narratives of Sex and Gender

·        Narratives and Intersections of Identity

·        Autobiography, Subjectivity and Self-Representation

·        Narrative, Memory and History

·        Expression of Narrative and Narrative Expressivity

·        Narrative Forms and Media

One page abstracts are due July 1, 2010. Please submit your abstracts to
body(at)gender.uu.se and state clearly the form of your proposed contribution.

For further information, please contact Lisa Folkmarson Käll, Centre for Gender Research, Uppsala University (lisa.kall(at)gender.uu.se).

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The Nordic Network Gender, Body, Health is based at the Centre for Gender Research at Uppsala University, Sweden. With the aim of achieving productive interdisciplinary work on issues concerning gender, body, and health, the network gathers researchers and practitioners from a number of diverse fields such as medicine, comparative literature, philosophy, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, human geography, sports- and health sciences, psychiatry, social psychology, and history of science. More information about the network: www.genna.gender.uu.se/genderbodyhealth
 

KVS-instituutti/Oriveden Opisto/Lehdistötiedote
Julkaisuvapaa heti

Call for Papers – luovuuden ja kirjoittamisen kansainvälinen konferenssi Oriveden Opistolla 19.-22.11.2010.

Toista kertaa järjestettävässä luovuuden ja kirjoittamisen kansainvälisessä konferenssissa käsitellään sekä populaareja että tieteellisiä tekstejä. Kirjoituksia odotetaan lähinnä tutkijoilta ja opettajilta sekä pitkälle ehtineiltä opiskelijoilta. Konferenssin organisoivat Jyväskylän ja Turun yliopistojen luovan kirjoittamisen oppiaineet, Oriveden Opisto, ENCWP (European Network of Creative Writing Programs) sekä Suomen Sanataideopetuksen Seura, ja se järjestetään Oriveden Opistolla 19.-22.11.2010.

Tekstit voivat sisältää konferenssin teemaan liittyviä ideoita, kokemuksia, metodeja, pedagogisia ajatuksia ja filosofiaa. Myös taiteidenvälistä opettamista ja poikkitieteellisyyttä käsittelevät kirjoitukset ovat tervetulleita.

Konferenssi on tarkoitettu minkä tahansa alan opettajille, kirjoittajakoulutuksen suunnittelijoille sekä muille kirjoittamisen ja luovien alojen työntekijöille. Se soveltuu erinomaisesti niin tutkijoille, kirjailijoille, toimittajille ja kriitikoille kuin opiskelijoillekin. Samalla eri alojen edustajilla on mahdollisuus yhteistyöhön ja ajatustenvaihtoon.

Tekstiehdotusten viimeinen jättöpäivä on 15.06.2010. Ne kirjoitetaan englanniksi ja jätetään osoitteeseen reijo.virtanen(at)kvs.fi. Konferenssin virallinen kieli on englanti.

Lisätietoja:
Oriveden Opisto
Koulutie 5
35300 ORIVESI
puh: 0207 511 511
reijo.virtanen(at)kvs.fi, orivedenopisto(at)kvs.fi
www.orivedenopisto.fi
 

Power & Knowledge
The 2nd International Conference, Tampere, September 6-8, 2010
Call for Papers

Inspired by the great success of the first conference (Power: Forms, Dynamics and Consequences, September 22-24, 2008), we carry on probing questions of power. This time the conference concentrates on the links between power and knowledge. As is well known, Michel Foucault argued that power and knowledge are like two sides of the same coin. There are however many other approaches and research traditions that tackle the role of knowledge production in affecting and constituting power relations. What are the roles of science, research and research-based knowledge production in promoting policy models? Does scientific research or evidence-based consultancy save the world and lead us to a better future? What effects does the key role of knowledge production in contemporary societies have on power and politics? How are the established databases and statistical classifications of the public and private organizations constructed and reproduced? What is the role of everyday knowledge in society? What is the relationship between knowledge and resistance? By bringing together scholars who approach these questions from different angles this conference will advance our understanding about power relations in social reality.

Keynote speakers will include:
- Patrick Carroll (University of California, Davis, US)
- Gili S. Drori (Stanford University, US)
- Susan Haack (University of Miami, US)
- Sandra Harding (University of California, Los Angeles, US)
- Sakari Hänninen (National Institute for Health and Welfare, THL, FI)
- Michael Mann (University of California, Los Angeles, US)
- Yuval Millo (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
- Soile Veijola (University of Lapland, FI)

Sessions

• Authority, Experience & Power
• Bourdieuan Elaborations of Power, Knowledge, Body and Emotions
• Capitalizing Culture. Articulations of Culture, Knowledge and Economy
• Dynamics of Knowledge Creation in Wikis
• Knowledge About the Economy
• Knowledge Production and the Power of the Academic Profession
• Knowledge, Power and the Environment
• Language and Power
• Leadership for Change in Sub-National Governments
• Meaning and the Power/Knowledge of the Social Sciences
• Motives and Powerbases in Group Relations, Strategies and International Economic Relations
• Post-Colonial Theory, Power and the Uses of Knowledge
• Power in Social Work
• Power of Attraction
• The Fall and Rise of Efficiency as a (Restored) Politics of Truth
• The Local-Global Interfaces and Domestification of Transnational Models
• The Politics of Higher Education and Research
• The Power of/over the past: re-politicizing the classics
• The Power of Visual Discourse

If you would like to present a paper, please send an abstract (150-200 words) by May 15, 2010. To send an abstract and to get more information about the conference and session details, please visit our web pages at http://www.uta.fi/power2010 or contact the organisers by email: power2010(at)uta.fi.
 

Call for Papers
International Conference “Existential Philosophy and Ethics”
Freie Universität Berlin, March 10-12, 2011
Deadline for abstracts (max. 1 page): Mai 15, 2010

For the German / French version, see:
http://www.sartre-gesellschaft.de/existentialismus-ethik-2011.html
http://www.ges-sartre.fr/existentialisme-ethique.html

The question of whether a system of ethics can be developed from existentialist principles has been long debated. One common objection to Kierkegaard, for example, is that he would close himself off from any form of sociability through a closed-off individual communication with God; he even speaks of a “suspension of the ethical.” In Being and Time, Heidegger famously denies the possibility of an ethical interpretation of human existence. In a similar way, Sartre admits in Being and Nothingness that from the perspective of the ontological description of human being, ethical consequences can only be derived in the mode of the “as if.”

But the actual course of existential philosophy tells a different story. From the beginning, existential thought opposed itself to narrowly self-directed academic philosophy and sought to apply itself to the concrete praxis of human life, as well as to related questions of moral philosophy. Although they differ in many ways, the various approaches of particular existential philosophers all center on the concept of human freedom, which Schelling described as the “faculty of good and evil.” This faculty stands as the condition of the possibility of any ethical system.

The conference is concerned with the paradox that existential philosophy either contains a strong connection to ethics or has a great distance from it – depending on the perspective chosen. Accordingly, we hope to address the following questions: How can we explain the fact that, despite its praxis-oriented approach, no significant ethical tradition has developed out of existential philosophy? Does the specific approach of existential philosophy preclude the possibility of discussing ethical questions? Or is existential philosophy measured against an excessively narrow concept of ethics, which it seeks to overcome? Should the concept of ethics be enlarged? Could this indicate the impossibility of developing an ethics in the traditional sense? Can positive social arrangements be derived from considerations about successful individual-to-self relationships? How does authenticity relate to social engagement?

In the spirit of existential philosophy, we wish to extend the discussion from the theoretical to the practical. All existentialists agree that freedom must always be understood as something practical, as an engagement of the individual with the world. This could be discussed through examples. We will address the question of whether the concrete social interactions of fraternity and violence can be justified within the framework of existentialism. Despite their seemingly obvious opposition to each other, both concepts appear equally in the existential tradition. Are they perhaps less contradictory than they seem at first glance, or do they really exclude each other? Does their equal status indicate the arbitrariness of ethical conclusions in existential philosophy? The concrete ethical engagement of individual existentialist philosophers can be also be critically examined in this regard. We are seeking contributions which deal with the systematic foundations of existentialistic ethics and which relate to one of the following topics.

Topics
1) - Existential philosophy compared to traditional ethics
2) - Is there an existentialistic ethics?
- Application to concrete values / attitudes:
3) - Can authenticity be established as a value?
4) - Can fraternity and/or violence be justified within existentialism?

Presentations should last no longer than 30 minutes and may be given in German, English or French. A publication of the contributions is planned. Abstracts should be sent to Manuela Hackel Manuela.hackel(at)fu-berlin.de

Organizer
- German Sartre Society
- Institute of Philosophy (department of the History of Philosophy), FU Berlin

Contact
Manuela Hackel (FU Berlin): manuela.hackel(at)fu-berlin.de
 
 

Call for papers (open until May 15., 2010):

Dynamics of Knowledge Creation in Wikis

A session in The 2nd International Power & Knowledge Conference,
Tampere, Finland. September 6-8, 2010
http://tinyurl.com/yfvgyh6

The collective knowledge creation on various wiki-sites, including the massively popular Wikipedia, is having a profound effect on the social and epistemological conditions of public information. Distributed collaboration, possible anonymity, radical equality and global reach of wikified information lead to a situation that at the same time democratizes knowledge production by leveling hierarchies of expertise and increases the postmodern condition of reflective uncertainty. Everybody knows that the Wikipedia can not be trusted in the same way as, say, the Encyclopedia Britannica, yet over 100 million people utilize the Wikipedia daily. The 'edit' and 'history' buttons ever present on wiki pages are already starting to exert pressure on information presented elsewhere. For instance, the negotiations on what information to include and how the information should be presented in various Wikipedia entries constitute a huge experiment in the use of public reason à la Kant. Consequently, the dynamics of collective collaboration also bring out questions on the nature of rationality and plurality of knowledge. Wikis provide ready made windows into the dialectical interplay between knowledge creation and issues of identity, social inclusion, authority, and the interface between information and politics. The session invites contributions discussing these themes through theoretical reflection and/or empirical case studies. Abstracts should be between 150-200 words of length.
Abstract submission: http://tinyurl.com/yk98dgk

Organizers & more information:
Tere Vadén, tere.vaden(at)uta.fi , Teemu Mikkonen, teemu.mikkonen(at)uta.fi,
Juha Suoranta juha.suoranta(at)uta.fi
 

CALL FOR PAPERS

Young Researchers Conference on Classical German Philosophy
Centre for German Idealism

VU University Amsterdam, August 27, 2010, Room 13A-11/13.


The Dutch-Flemish Centre for German Idealism (‘Centrum voor Duits Idealisme’) invites PhD students, research master students aiming at starting a PhD project soon and PhDs that have graduated recently to submit a proposal for a presentation at the ‘Young Researchers Conference on Classical German Philosophy’ to be held in Amsterdam on August 27, 2010. The conference aims to offer young researchers the opportunity to communicate their results to a larger community, and for all researchers in the fields to meet and reinforce scientific and personal links.

Presentations should concern Classical German Philosophy from Kant to Hegel, possibly in contrast to or comparison with other thinkers. Their aim should be systematic rather than merely historical-philological.

Presentations should be in English (20 minutes). Presentation will be commented upon by a senior member of the Centre for German Idealism, after which discussion will follow.

Submission deadline of the proposal: May 1, 2010. Proposals (PDF) should contain an abstract of ca. 500 words and a CV. Submissions can be sent to j.t.zinkstok(at)rug.nl. Notification of selection before May 15; papers must be delivered by June 15, 2010.

Organization:
Christian Krijnen (VU University Amsterdam), Paul Cobben (Tilburg University), Job
Zinkstok (University of Groningen)

Centre for German Idealism
http://cvdi.eu
 

*ENGLISH BELOW*

Är du intresserad av frågor om kön och sexualitet? Har du sysslat med genusvetenskapliga frågeställningar?

Studiecirkel 8 Kön i Norden, vid Nordiskt sommaruniversitet, har publicerat Call for Papers för inkommande sommarsession i juli. De efterlyser fördrag om genusrelaterade ämnen från de olika nordiska länderna, antingen om teoretiska positioner eller empiriska undersökningar.

Se CFP i slutet av detta mail

Nordiskt sommaruniversitet (NSU) är en internordisk samarbetsorganisation vars syfte är att främja nordiskt samarbete inom forskning o.d. NSU stöder i synnerhet tvärdisciplinaritet, innovation och nya foskningsämnen.

Organisationens verksamhet bygger på s.k. studiecirklar eller kretsar som vanligtvis varar i 3 år. Deltagarna samlas 2 ggr årligen för att diskutera och hålla presentationer, en gång på vintersymposium endast med sin egen krets och en gång på sommaren på NSU:s årliga sommarsession.

I år hållls somarsymposiet i Finland, på Majvik konferenscenter i Masaby (Kyrkslätt) den 24-31.7. Förutom det akademiska arbetet som sker i kretsarna, erbjuder sommarsessionen ett varierat kulturprogram, key note föredrag av välkända vetenskapsmän (Mladen Dolar och Andrew Gibson), och framför allt gemytlig social samvaro i en naturskön miljö. Den sociala sidan hör till NSU:s absoluta trumfkort.

Etablerade forskare, forskarstuderande och studerande är alla välkomna!

Studiecirkel 8, Kön i Norden, är nu inne på sitt andra år. Till sommarsessionen önskas deltagare från de olika nordiska länderna för att diskutera dels aktuella teoretiska positioner i ett eller flera av de nordiska länderna och empiriska studier. Vi välkomnar gärna flera finländska medlemmar, för att garantera den nordiska prägeln.

Mer information om sommarsessionen finns på www.nsuweb.net

h, Andrea Hynynen

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CFP:

Theoretical positions and empirical studies [2010/3]

Kjønn i Norden

Welcome to Study Circle VIII, Gender in the Nordic Countries, at Nordic Summer University, Summer session the 24. of July - 31. of July 2010 in Finland.

Køn i Norden
Summer symposium 2010: Call For Papers
The purpose of Study Circle VIII at the Nordic Summer University is to bring together scholars interested in different perspectives and thoughts concerning gender and feminism. The Circle proposes to look at the significance of thinking about gender for the development of the Nordic culture(-s), society(-ies) and research.

What kinds of similarities and differences can be found in the Nordic countries with regards to gender-related issues?

The Circle invites to an inter-Nordic and interdisciplinary discussion about the structures that manage thinking about gender today, on a societal level as well as in academic research.

These structures could be reflected upon within (intellectual) history, philosophy, literature, education, politics, sociology or in comparative thinking.

The summer session 2010 is centered on two lines of interrogation. One purpose of the summer session 2010 is to examine the various theoretical positions within gender studies and how they interact in the Nordic countries. Theoretical positions that operate with gender and power can be feminist theory, queer theory or intersectionality.

How are these theoretical positions used in studies in the Nordic countries? This question can be addressed in various ways according to interest. For instance can literature, historical events, theatre plays, social organizations or legislation be the object of studies.

Another purpose of the summer session 2010 is to have empirical studies represented. It can for example be studies with a gender perspective on Nordic welfare countries, the financial crisis, neoliberalism or other themes relevant to this circle, as such studies can offer an opening for understanding and discussing the conception of feminism.

We welcome both theoretically orientated presentations and studies of activism and/or different practices.

Those interested in attending or in presenting a paper at the session are invited to send an abstract of 150-300 words, preferably no later than May 1th, 2010 to nsugender(at)gmail.com.

For more information about the Nordic Summer University and the upcoming
summer session at Majvik in Finland see the website: www.nsuweb.net
Welcome!

Kind Regards,
the coordinators for Circle VIII
Andrea Hynynen, PhD-student in French Literature, Åbo Akademi, Finland
Inger Nørgård, master in History and Gender studies, University of
Århus, Denmark