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JohnFest: Conference in Honor of John Carriero
October 6-8, 2023
Royce 306 & Kaplan 193
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Please join us October 6-8, 2023 for JohnFest, a conference celebrating the work and contributions of our valued colleague John Carriero on the occasion of his retirement.
Dates & Locations:
Friday, October 6th @ Royce Hall 306
Saturday, October 7th @ Royce Hall 306
Sunday, October 8th @ Kaplan Hall 193*
*Please note the different location on Oct 8th.
Don’t miss the welcome reception/light dinner at the end of Day 1 of JohnFest! We’ll have lots of food, drinks, mingling, and a few words in honor of John. All are welcome to attend! Details below:
When: Friday, Oct 6th at 5:30pm (right after the first talk at 4pm)
Where: Royce Hall 3rd Floor Balcony (between rooms 340 and 334).
Speakers & Talk Titles:
Joseph Almog (University of Turku): “Sum Ergo Cogito” (via Zoom)
Talia Bettcher (California State University, Los Angeles): “Locke, Personhood and Slavery” – Abstract
Katherine Dunlop (University of Texas at Austin): “Émilie Du Châtelet on the Ideality of Space and Time”
Karolina Hübner (Cornell University): “Spinoza on thought“
Olli Koistinen (University of Turku): “Under the idea of infinity: Descartes and Spinoza” – Abstract
Ed McCann (University of Southern California): “Early Modern Substance(s): Branded, Generic, One-offs, ONE” – Abstract
Peter Myrdal (University of Turku): “Leibniz on Final Causes”
Justin Steinberg (Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center): “That Intelligible Object of Desire: Spinoza on Motivation” – Abstract
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