ICCTP Conference «The Critical Tasks of the University» (Conferencia «Las Tareas Críticas de la Universidad»)

En la Universidad de Bologna (Italia) tendrá lugar la conferencia anual del «International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs» (ICCTP), que llevará como título «The Critical Tasks of the University». El evento se llevará a cabo entre el 22 y el 24 de junio. A continuación la información y programa detallados (en inglés):

June 22-24, 2017 University of Bologna, Italy Aula Giorgio Prodi Plesso San Giovanni Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2 Schedule: http://aghct.org/critical-tasks This conference is the first meeting in the conference cycle of the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs. Focused on “The Critical Tasks of the University,” it will evaluate the prevailing metrics of value that increasingly structure and restrict the university in various global locations and consider how critical thought or more robust notions of “critique” can inform and enliven our contemporary reflections on valuable ways of knowing. As important as it is to support the study of critical theory in the university, it is also crucial to defend the university as a valued site for critical thinking in public life. Taking up issues of censorship, the suppression of dissenting views, the devaluation of the humanities and arts, and the new metrics of excellence, this conference considers how the critical humanities might reflect anew on the public obligations of the university as well as the need to safeguard the university as a site for critical reflections on pressing issues of public concern. Participants Athena Athanasiou, Panteion University Manuela Bojadžijev, Leuphana University of Lüneburg Petar Bojanic, University of Belgrade Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht University Judith  Butler, University of California, Berkeley Gisela Catanzaro, University of Buenos Aires Donatella della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa Debjani Ganguly, University of Virginia Stefano Harney, Singapore Management University Premesh Lalu, University of the Western Cape Raffaele Laudani, University of Bologna Achille Mbembe, University of the Witwatersrand Nivedita Menon, Jawaharlal Nehru University Sandro Mezzadra, University of Bologna Rita Monticelli, University of Bologna Sarah Nuttall, University of the Witwatersrand Juan Obarrio, Johns Hopkins University Andrew Parker, Rutgers University Tiziana Terranova, University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’ Wang Hui, Tsinghua University Conveners Rosi Braidotti (Utrecht University) Judith Butler (UC Berkeley) Raffaele Laudani (University of Bologna) Organized by the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs (UC Berkeley), the Chair on The Academic and the Civic (Utrecht University), and the Academy of Global Humanities and Critical Theory (University of Bologna, Duke University, University of Virginia). Supported by a grant to the University of California, Berkeley from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. CONFERENCE PROGRAM Thursday, June 22 3:30 – 6:30 PM Panel 1: On the Critical Task of the University Today Chair: Raffaele Laudani (University of Bologna) “The Beginning of the Century: 20th Century in Chinese History” Wang Hui (Tsinghua University) “The Figure of the Activist Scholar: Within and Against the Global University?” Sandro Mezzadra (University of Bologna) Respondent: Gisela Catanzaro (University of Buenos Aires) Friday, June 23 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Panel 2: Measures of Value: Humanities in the Age of Calculation Chair: Rosi Braidotti (Utrecht University) “The Public Institution: Defending What is Yet to Come” Athena Athanasiou (Panteion University) “The Measure of the Digital Humanities” Andrew Parker (Rutgers University) Respondent: Petar Bojanić (University of Belgrade) 3:30 – 6:30 PM Panel 3: New Cartographies of Knowledge: Global South and Global Education Chair: Debjani Ganguly (University of Virginia) “University, Critique and North/South Dis/articulations” Juan Obarrio (Johns Hopkins University) “Coeval Time: The Shock of the New Old” Sarah Nuttall (WISER, Johannesburg) Respondent: Premesh Lalu (University of the Western Cape) Saturday, June 24 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Panel 4:  Politics of Knowledge: Theory, Culture, Society Chair: Rita Monticelli (University of Bologna) “A Partial Education” Stefano Harney (Singapore Management University) “The (post) University as a ‘Commonfare’ Institution Between Social Cooperation and Technological Mediation” Tiziana Terranova (University of Naples L’Orientale) Respondent: Manuela Bojadžijev (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) 3:30 – 6:30 PM Panel 5: Social Movements in and against the University Chair: Judith Butler (UC Berkeley) “Critique, Future Knowledges and Institutions” Achille Mbembe (WISER, Johannesburg) “The University as Utopia: Critical Thinking and Social Transformation” Nivedita Menon, (Jawaharlal Nehru University) Respondent: Donatella della Porta (Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa) Concluding Remarks Rosi Braidotti, Judith Butler, Raffaele Laudani

The International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs is housed at the University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University and is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The task of this international consortium is to document, connect, and support the various programs and projects that now represent critical theory across the globe. Through its work, the Consortium aims to document the global contours of critical theory today, supporting critical thought both inside and outside the university in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and science and technology studies, and seeking collaborative ways to become critically responsive to pressing global challenges. For information, contact info.ictconsortium@berkeley.edu

Anuncio publicitario