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Apologies for cross-posting Conference Announcement The Italian Effect: Radical Thought, Biopolitics and Cultural Subversion Sydney University, September 9-11, 2004 Presented by: the Research Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sydney, the Institute for International Studies and the Transforming Cultures Unit, University of Technology, Sydney, the Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney and the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University. Aims of the Conference After several decades during which the humanities in Australia and globally have been strongly influenced by French thought, in the new millennium the work of Italian thinkers is having a profound impact upon intellectual activity. The most notable signs of this “Italian effect” are the widespread interest in the work of Giorgio Agamben and the popularity of Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt’s Empire, but this is only to scratch the surface of the productivity of the diversity of contemporary Italian thought across a wide variety of disciplines. This conference will address the current and potential international impact of radical Italian thought, focusing not only on Negri and Agamben but also on the work of Franco Berardi (Bifo), Ida Dominijanni, Paolo Virno, and others. The conference will consist of the following sessions: ---Negri, Multitudes and Empires ---The Theory and Practice of Autonomia ---Italian Feminism, Gender and Alterity ---Agamben and the Camp ---Italian thought, Autonomy and Aesthetic Practices ---Radical Italian Thought, Postmodernity and Critique ---Italian and Gobal Media Subversions ---The Multitude, Luther Blissett’s Q and Ecopolitics ---Post-Autonomy, Common Places and Cultural Activism ---Security, Internment and Pre-Emptive War ---Potential Politics, Networks and Mythopoesis ---Agamben, Biopolitics and Bare Life Keynote Speakers Franco Berardi (Bifo)- Leading Italian cultural theorist and media activist whose media projects include Radio Alice and Telestrada. Ida Dominijanni- Professor of Political theory and journalist of Il Manifesto as well as being a key figure of radical Italian feminism. Registrations Registration payments should be made out to: Sydney University and sent to Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (RIHSS), Woolley Building A20, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, AUSTRALIA. The rates are as follows: Earlybird registration (received by 31/8/04):AUD $88 (Full)/AUD $66 (Concession) Regular registration: AUD $110 (Full)/AUD $77 (Concession). Venues UTS Event, Performance Space, Building 3 (Bon Marche), Cnr. Broadway and Harris Street Sydney University, Education Building, Manning Road (next to Manning bar). Website http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/rihss/italianeffect.html Additional Event at the University of Western Sydney Centre for Cultural Research Public Lecture COGNITIVE LABOUR IN THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY Franco Berardi (Bifo) Respondent:Ida Dominijanni Wednesday 8 September 2004 3.00-5.00pm University of Western Sydney Parramatta Campus BLD EZ, Female Orphan School, Gallery Floor Map and directions available at http://www.uws.edu.au/about/locations/parramatta RSVP by Monday 6 September 3.00pm to: (02) 9685 9600 or mailto:[log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ Surf the net and talk on the phone with Xtra JetStream @ http://xtra.co.nz/jetstream * * Film-Philosophy Email Discussion Salon. After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to. To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask] For help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon. **