[Hi all, see below for an invite to join in a session on Deleuze at theCultural Studies Conference in Tampere, Finland, in June, later this year.
Anyone interested, please contact Rick. John.]
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> From: Rick Dolphijn
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> Sent: 21/12/01 15:04
> Subject: deleuze session
>
>
> Dear John,To follow your example, I tried to make some sense of the
> coming Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference in Tampere next year. No
> session on Virilio this time (definately the best session in
> Birmingham), but Deleuze. Maybe you would like to participate (there are
> many ways in which the thoughts of Deleuze and Virilio overlap, few of
> them explored). Otherwise, if you would know some people that might be
> interested in presenting a paper over there, please forward this message
> to them.
> Best,
> Rick Dolphijn
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS:
> Paper submissions are invited for a session on 'Gilles Deleuze' at the
> fourth international Crossroads in Cultural
> Studies conference June 29-July 2 in Tampere, Finland. A copy of the
> session abstract, with full contact information, is below. For those of
> you who want to contribute to this session, please send an abstract of
> maximum 150 words to the organiser, Rick Dolphijn ([log in to unmask]).
> The deadline for the submission of papers is 31 January 2002. Please
> note that no second copy should be sent to the Conference Office. For
> further information, look at www.crossroads2002.com.
>
> The session abstract:
>
> Known best for concepts like 'rhizome', 'nomadology', 'smooth and
> striated space', Deleuze has been most insightful in trying to focus on
> empirical situations from a most abstract point of view. Very critical
> of generalisations, identifications and transcendence, Deleuze talks of
> processes, of what happens between the 'bodies'. Sometimes generalising,
> sometimes subjectifying, but processes all the same. Deleuze's thoughts
> have been very influential in many different fields of cultural theory
> and philosophy. From Foucault to Hardt & Negri, many scholars have been
> influenced by the way he wrote on cinema, the history of philosophy, art
> and feminism, to name a few of his interests. In this session we will
> see in what way Deleuze's thoughts have been insightful in some of these
> fields. However, we are also interested in how his thoughts can be
> useful in other areas of research, such as research on 'everyday life'
> subjects like food culture or fashion. This session on Gilles Deleuze is
> aimed at all scholars who are interested in 'doing' philosophy, as
> Rajchman put it, who are interested in how most abstract thought can
> help us see our (scholarly) practices in a different way. To put it
> another way, in this session we want to experience Deleuze's claim that
> philosophy equals life
>
>        Organiser:
>        Rick Dolphijn
>        Erasmus University Rotterdam
>        Brg. Oud Laan 50, p.o. box 1738
>        3000 DR Rotterdam
>        The Netherlands
>        E-mail: [log in to unmask]

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