Friday Evening, 26th March
Co-sponsored by:
Keynote Opening Address, 6:00 p.m.
Hent de Vries (Humanities Center, Johns Hopkins University)
“'et iterum de Deo': Jacques Derrida and the Tradition of Divine Names"
Saturday, 27th March:Hent de Vries (Humanities Center, Johns Hopkins University)
“'et iterum de Deo': Jacques Derrida and the Tradition of Divine Names"
General Introductory Remarks, 9:00 a.m.
Peter Gordon (History, Harvard University)
Morning Session I: Derrida and Judaism, 9:15 - 11:00 a.m.
Joseph Cohen (Philosophy, University College, Dublin): “Abraham - alterity, sacrifice, place”
Sarah Hammerschlag (Religion, Williams College): "Poetics of the broken tablet: On the role of the rabbi in Derrida's readings of Edmond Jabès and Paul Celan,"
Moderator: Ethan Kleinberg (History, Wesleyan University)
coffee break
Morning Session II: Derrida and Christianity, 11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Richard Kearney (Philosophy, Boston College): "Derrida's Messianic Atheism"
Edward Baring (Ph.D. History (Harvard), Lecturer, Princeton University): “Derrida and Christian Existentialism”
Moderator: Judith Surkis (History, Harvard University)
Lunch, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Afternoon Session I: Derrida and the Death of God, 2:30 – 4:15 p.m.
John Caputo (Religion, Syracuse University): "Unconditional without Sovereignty: The Weak Force of the Event and the Weakness of God in Derrida”
Martin Hägglund (Comparative Literature, Harvard University Society of Fellows): "Derrida's Radical Atheism"
Moderator: Sean Kelly (Philosophy, Harvard University)
coffee break
Afternoon Session II: Roundtable, Derrida and Religion, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Introduction: Peter Gordon
Opening Presentation: Amy Hollywood (Religion, Harvard University)
Opening Response: Sean Kelly
Roundtable: Hent de Vries, Richard Kearney, Sean Kelly, John Caputo, and Amy Hollywood
Peter Gordon (History, Harvard University)
Morning Session I: Derrida and Judaism, 9:15 - 11:00 a.m.
Joseph Cohen (Philosophy, University College, Dublin): “Abraham - alterity, sacrifice, place”
Sarah Hammerschlag (Religion, Williams College): "Poetics of the broken tablet: On the role of the rabbi in Derrida's readings of Edmond Jabès and Paul Celan,"
Moderator: Ethan Kleinberg (History, Wesleyan University)
coffee break
Morning Session II: Derrida and Christianity, 11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Richard Kearney (Philosophy, Boston College): "Derrida's Messianic Atheism"
Edward Baring (Ph.D. History (Harvard), Lecturer, Princeton University): “Derrida and Christian Existentialism”
Moderator: Judith Surkis (History, Harvard University)
Lunch, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Afternoon Session I: Derrida and the Death of God, 2:30 – 4:15 p.m.
John Caputo (Religion, Syracuse University): "Unconditional without Sovereignty: The Weak Force of the Event and the Weakness of God in Derrida”
Martin Hägglund (Comparative Literature, Harvard University Society of Fellows): "Derrida's Radical Atheism"
Moderator: Sean Kelly (Philosophy, Harvard University)
coffee break
Afternoon Session II: Roundtable, Derrida and Religion, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Introduction: Peter Gordon
Opening Presentation: Amy Hollywood (Religion, Harvard University)
Opening Response: Sean Kelly
Roundtable: Hent de Vries, Richard Kearney, Sean Kelly, John Caputo, and Amy Hollywood
- The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
- The Humanities Center,
- The Committee on the Study of Religion
- The Department of Philosophy
- The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
- French Cultural Services, Boston
Contact: Jason Beerman, beerman@fas.harvard.edu
A Conference Organized by the Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual and Cultural History. For more information on Intellectual History at Harvard see: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~inthist/
© 2010 Center for European Studies, Harvard University.