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9th Annual Meeting of the Association for Adorno Studies Details

27 Thursday Feb 2020

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Venue – University of Sussex, Falmer Campus
Date: May 1st/2nd, 2020
 
Friday 1st of May Gardner Tower Attenborough Centre
Saturday 2nd of May Arts A 108
 
Speakers
 Peter Dews (University of Essex)
 Estelle Ferrarese (Université de Picardie, Jules Verne)
 Kathy Kiloh (OCADU)
 Asaf Angerman (Kentucky University)
 Phillip Hogh (University of Oldenburg)
 Konstantinos Kavoulakos (University of Crete)
 Mahon O’Brian (University of Sussex)
 Nick Walker (University of Essex/Cambridge)
 Jacob Bard-Rosenberg (University of Cambridge)
 Iain Macdonald (University of Montreal)
 Lydia Goehr (Columbia University)
 Antonia Hofstätter (TYSKA-SU)
 Bruno Carvalho (São Paolo)
 Antoine Athanassiadis (UCD)
 Robert Ziegelmann (Humboldt)
 Jessica X. Daboin (Paris VIII)
 Sabrina Muchova (Charles University, Prague)
 Eric-John Russell (Kingston University)
 Robert Engelmann (Vanderbilt University)
 Hingley (Hertford College, Oxford)
 Robert Howlett (Sheffield University)
 Gabriel Toupin (University of Motreal)
 Aurelia Peyrical (Paris-Nanterre University)
 Lea Geckle  (Université de Picardie Jules Verne)
 
Confirmed Participants
 Fabian Freyenhagen (University of Essex)
 Prof. J G Finlayson (University of Sussex)
 Dr. Surti Singh (American University of Cairo)
 Dr. Pierre-François Noppen (University of Saskatchewan)
 Prof. Brian O’Connor (UCD)
 
General information:
 Traveling to Sussex University is easy. Here is some information on
 how to get here.
 https://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/directions
 
 Here is a Campus Map: 
 https://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/campus/map
 
Accommodation:
 
 Participants at the AAS conference are responsible for booking 
 their own accommodation. There are many hotels to choose from in
 Brighton though bear in mind that it is the Brighton Festival and 
 the May Bank Holiday, so best book early.

 I have arranged for their to be a Conference Discount Rate at 
 Jury's Inn. They have two hotels. One is by the station. This is
 convenient for travelling to and from the airport, and the Falmer 
 Campus. The other is on the Sea Front, which is a 6 minute taxi 
 ride, or 15 minute walk from the station. Rooms at the station 
 hotel are less expensive.
 
 If you select the hotel you want put in the group code <EVENT> 
 into the booking site, it will give you a 20% discount
 
 NB. May 1st is a bank holiday in England and the start of the  
 Brighton Festival. Consequently there is pressure on rooms so book  
 A.S.A.P.

 Jurys Inn, Brighton, 101 Stroudley Rd, Brighton BN1 4DJ
 Phone: 01273 862121
 https://www.jurysinns.com/hotels/brighton-city
 
 Jury's Inn Kings Rd, Brighton BN1 2GS
 Phone: 01273 206700
https://www.jurysinns.com/hotels/brighton-waterfront/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=local
 
There is very limited campus accommodation available 
to book at the Institute of Development Studies https://www.ids.ac.uk/ 
 

Recap of the 8th Annual Meeting

03 Thursday Oct 2019

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On April 26th and 27th 2019, the Association for Adorno Studies convened its 8th annual meeting at the University of São Paulo’s beautiful campus. The meeting was officially opened with remarks by host Vladimir Safatle, Surti Singh, and Pierre-François Noppen. It was the Association’s first meeting in Latin America and a welcome exposure to Adorno studies in Brazil. The well-attended meeting featured a strong program with speakers from Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. The papers included excellent engagements with Adorno’s philosophy and aesthetics, as well as timely inquiries into the relevance of Adorno’s thought for current social and political issues. 

Amid threats to academic freedom and invectives against cultural Marxism, our meeting coincided with Bolsonaro’s April 26th announcement on twitter that budgetary cuts would directly target philosophy and sociology. With the humanities facing an uncertain future, and colleagues and students in a dubious position, the meeting embodied a spirit of solidarity. Subsequently, a 30% cut to all university budgets was announced and the situation remains precarious today, with some universities uncertain about how they will conclude their current semesters. 

During our business meeting, held on the second day, we discussed the general aims of the Association, possibilities for publication in the Association’s journal, Adorno Studies, plans for next year’s meeting with several options in Europe, and the future possibility of returning to Latin America.

On behalf of the entire Association, we’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Vladimir Safatle and Eduardo Socha for being such generous hosts, navigating us through the fascinating city of São Paulo, and for all their work and organization into making this yet another successful and productive meeting. 

For more information about cuts to education in Brazil, Vladimir Safatle’s article is here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/brazils-conservative-revolution/.

And here are some photos of the event:

Recap of the 7th Annual Meeting

24 Thursday May 2018

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Earlier this month (May 4-5, 2018), members of the Association for Adorno Studies gathered at the American University in Cairo for our 7th annual meeting. As summer was taking a early start in Egypt – with temperatures surging to 40°C/104°F! – the meeting was held in the sumptuous (and cool) Oriental Hall of the Tahrir Square Campus.

Surti Singh (our host), Robert Switzer (Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at AUC) and Pierre-François Noppen (our outgoing President) opened the meeting with remarks. (Our outgoing Vice-President, Roger Foster, couldn’t attend the meeting this year.) Speakers from Canada, the US, Norway, France, Brasil and Egypt were invited to present their latest work on Adorno. The sharp, insightful and thought-provoking papers fueled open and very stimulating discussions throughout the meeting. Continue reading →

Next Meeting @ American University in Cairo, 4-5 May

29 Sunday Oct 2017

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We are pleased to announce that the 7th annual meeting of the Association for Adorno Studies will be hosted by Surti Singh and the American University in Cairo. The meeting will be held May 4 and 5, 2018 at the downtown Tahrir Square campus of the AUC.

More details will be posted here later this fall.

Previous meetings were held at:

March 24-25, 2017 – Duke University

April 29-30, 2016 – Université de Montréal

October 9-10, 2015 – The New School

March 7-8, 2014 – University College Dublin

March 22-23, 2013 – Temple University

March 2-3, 2012 – Johns Hopkins University

Recap of the 6th Annual Meeting

01 Saturday Apr 2017

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The 6th annual meeting of the Association for Adorno Studies was held last weekend at Duke University (March 24-25, 2017). As cherry blossoms were bursting in color on Duke’s gorgeous campus, speakers and participants were gathered in the Fredric Jameson Gallery.

The meeting was opened by remarks from Henry Pickford, Joseph Winters, and Pierre-François Noppen. Unfortunately, the Association’s vice-president, Roger Foster, couldn’t attend this year’s meeting due to the restrictions imposed by CUNY on travels to North Carolina in protest against the sex discrimination laws that the North Carolina State legislature has introduced. The meeting was attended by speakers and participants from the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Germany, and Austria. The high-caliber papers led to very engaging discussions throughout the meeting. This year’s author-meet-critics panel was devoted to Peter Gordon’s new book, Adorno and Existence (Harvard UP, 2016), which addresses an important weakness in the scholarship, namely Adorno’s repeated confrontation with Kierkegaard, Husserl and Heidegger. It made for a very stimulating exchange between the author and his three respondents, Espen Hammer, Gordon Finlayson and Iain Macdonald. The first day ended with a reception to celebrate the publication of the first volume of Adorno Studies: an interdisciplinary journal. It was also the Association’s way of thanking the editors, Martin Shuster and Kathy Kiloh, for their outstanding work on developing this unique platform.

As is our custom, all were invited to discuss questions relative to the journal and the development of the Association in our annual business meeting (day one, at lunch time). Plans were discussed for next year’s meeting (a number of options are being explored). The location of the meeting will be announced on our website at the end of summer. Once again, we held an informal roundtable discussion on the second day (at lunch time), which focused on the shifts and disruptions in the contemporary political landscape.

On behalf of all the members of the Association, we would like to extend our gratitude to Henry Pickford, and to Thomas Manganaro, who assisted Henry in organizing this most productive and successful event.

Here are a few snapshots of the event.

Next Meeting @ Duke University, 24-25 March

12 Monday Sep 2016

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We are pleased to announce that the 6th annual meeting of the Association for Adorno Studies will be hosted by Henry Pickford and Duke University. The meeting will be held March 24 and 25, 2017 in the Fredric Jameson Gallery at Duke.

More details will be posted here later this fall.

 

Previous meetings were held at:

April 29-30, 2016 – Université de Montréal

October 9-10, 2015 – The New School for Social Research

March 7-8, 2014 – University College Dublin

March 22-23, 2013 – Temple University

March 2-3, 2012 – Johns Hopkins University