Workshop on Late Modern Philosophy
Boston University

October 11-12, 2013


 About the workshop
The BU Workshop on Late Modern Philosophy is an annual forum for presenting new work on late-eighteenth through early-twentieth-century philosophy.    

THEME FOR 2013: 
The theme for the 2013 workshop is history’s relevance for philosophy.  Speakers might address the role of historical, genealogical, and narrative explanation in philosophical arguments; the possibility that historical or genealogical arguments provide a unique method of philosophical critique; the way in which historical approaches to philosophy disclose new philosophical problems; the relevance of conjectural or fanciful histories in philosophical argumentation; and the views of particular philosophers, including Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, on history’s relation to philosophy.

FORMAT:
The Workshop provides speakers with an opportunity to receive constructive feedback on work in progress.  Papers are distributed in advance.  At the workshop, the participants give brief summaries of their papers; this is followed by an hour of discussion per paper.  The discussion is open to all audience members. 

LOCATION:
TBA

ORGANIZER:
Paul Katsafanas (BU)

 
PAST WORKSHOPS:
2011 Workshop
2012 Workshop

Speakers for 2013
    Frederick Beiser (Syracuse)

    Kristin Gjesdal (Temple)

    Charles Griswold (BU)

    Robert Guay (Binghamton)

    Paul Katsafanas (BU)


    Judith Norman (Trinity)

    John Richardson (NYU)

    Allen Speight (BU)


The program and paper titles will be posted in August.

The Workshop on Late Modern Philosophy is sponsored by the
Boston University Center for the Humanities.