North American Levinas Society
Sixth Annual Conference and Meeting
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“Celebrating Totality and Infinity at 50”
May 1-3, 2011 | Texas A&M; University
Call for Papers
“Everyone will readily agree that it is of the highest importance to know whether we are not duped by morality.”
~Levinas, Preface to Totality and Infinity
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Totality and Infinity, the North American Levinas Society invites submissions of individual paper and panel proposals for our sixth annual meeting and conference, hosted by Texas A&M; University, to be held May 1-3, 2011. We are especially interested in organizing the conference around considerations of Totality and Infinity, with regard to both its historical framework and relevant contemporary readings and questions that the work continues to engender. Although preference will be given to papers that address the conference theme, papers and panels on any topic related to Levinas will be considered.
Confirmed Plenary Speakers
We are pleased to announce the following confirmed plenary speakers:
- Robert Bernasconi (Penn State University)
- Adriaan Peperzak (Loyola University, Chicago)
- Lisa Guenther (Vanderbilt University). Professor Guenther’s talk is generously sponsored by Société Internationale de Recherche Emmanuel Levinas (SIREL)
We are also pleased to announce that Georges Hansel will again deliver an annual Talmudic Reading. Continuing in the tradition of Levinas’s Talmudic readings, which he delivered at the annual colloquia of French speaking Jewish intellectuals in Paris, Prof. Hansel’s readings have become a celebrated tradition of our conferences.
The 2011 NALS conference builds on the success of our historic 2010 conference in Toulouse, France, which was graciously hosted by SIREL and made possible by the diligent and cordial work of the Hansel family. The NALS enthusiastically welcomes the attendance of David Hansel, George Hansel, Joelle Hansel, and Simone (Levinas) Hansel to our sixth annual meeting and conference.
Submissions
- Individual paper proposals should be 200-300 words for a 20-minute presentation.
- Panel proposals should be 500 words for a 75-minute session. Please include the session title and name of organizer or chair, along with the participants’ names, institutional affiliations, disciplines or departments, and brief abstracts detailing the focus of each paper.
Please prepare materials for blind review and send them via email attachment (preferably Microsoft Word, .DOC format) to: submissions at levinas-society.org.
If you have questions regarding the Society or the conference, please send inquiries to secretary@levinas-society.org. For information on local arrangements, contact Claire Katz at ckatz@philosophy.tamu.edu.
Information about the conference, local arrangements and registration can be found at Texas A&M;'s Conference Home Page.
The deadline for submissions is DECEMBER 20, 2010.
Extending Our Deepest Sympathies
Having been asked by the family to do so, Jacob Meskin regretfully reported to us the death of Professor Edith Wyschogrod, beloved wife of Prof. Michael Wyschogrod, and beloved mother and mother-in-law of Daniel and Abby Wyschogrod of Newton, MA, and beloved grandmother to their children Meggie and Ezra, and beloved mother and mother-in-law of Tamar Wyschogrod and Dr. David Cooper and beloved grandmother to their children Paul, Aaron and Tracy.
The funeral took place on Friday July 17 at the Mount Moriah Cemetery in Fairview, New Jersey. Daniel Wyschogrod, his father Michael, and sister Tamar will be sitting Shiva through Thursday at Daniel and Abby Wyschogrod's home in Newton, MA.
Edith was a much beloved mentor, colleague, teacher, interlocutor, and friend to many of us in the academic world. Her groundbreaking work on Levinas, particularly Emmanuel Levinas: The Problem of Ethical Metaphysics introduced Levinas to a North American audience. She will be sorely missed. Please pass this announcement on to other colleagues and friends of Edith's.