Workshop – ‘A Thousand Plateaus’ and Philosophy – 12 Sep 2014

The Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy presents a workshop on ‘A Thousand Plateaus and Philosophy’. Taking place at the University of Dundee on 12th September 2014, the workshop aims to provide a forum for the reconsideration of Deleuze and Guattari’s work, and to develop connections between established scholars and students working in this area. See …

Deleuze, Guattari and the Scottish independence referendum

Professor James Williams writes: I have been asked recently by students in Dundee and while travelling to conferences abroad how support for Scottish independence can be politically progressive, in the sense of a search for a better society for all on an egalitarian basis. The background to the query stems from my claim that Deleuze …

Lyotard’s Aesthetics in Melbourne

Dr Ashley Woodward is presenting a lecture course on “Lyotard’s Aesthetics” at the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy in July. You can read about his contribution to their Winter School at http://mscp.org.au/courses/winter-school-2014  

Deleuze conference in Hong Kong , 9-12 June 2014

Professor James Williams will be one of the keynote speakers at a conference in Hong Kong next month – ‘Deleuze’s Cultural Encounters with the New Humanities’.  Running from 9th to 12th June 2014, the conference has been organised by the Department of English Language & Literature, Technoscience Culture Research and Development Centre, at the Hong Kong …