Law School Writer in Residence Series - Professor Catherine Malabou - New start time of 2.00pm
Event description
The School of Law is running its annual Writer in Residence series during May/June with Professor Catherine Malabou as the Writer in Residence.
Catherine Malabou is currently Professor of Philosophy at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy, Kingston University, and Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature at SUNY Buffalo. Her books include The Future of Hegel: Plasticity, Temporality, and Dialectic; What Should We Do With Our Brain; Plasticity at the Dusk of Writing; The Heidegger Change: On the Fantastic in Philosophy; and Changing Difference: The Feminine and the Question of Philosophy.
During the course of her visit Professor Malabou will conduct a series of workshops on her latest research which examines the political meaning of life in the wake of developments in the biological sciences.
Preparatory Workshop Readings - Giorgio Agamben (1998) Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Meridian); Jacques Derrida (2002) Faith and Knowledge, in Acts of Religion (Routledge); Jacques Derrida, The Beast and the Sovereign, Vol. 1 (13 and 20 March 2002); Michel Foucault, (17 March 1976) Society Must Be Defended; Michel Foucault (29 Oct 1998) The History of Sexuality: The Will to Knowledge, Vol. 1.
Seminar Dates:
Wednesday 23 May 2-5. Venue: Room 532 Malet Street
Tuesday 29 May 2-5pm. Venue: Room B35 Malet Street
Thursday 31 May 10-5pm. Venue: Room 532 Malet Street
