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Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP)

Kingston University London

Transdisciplinarity and the Humanities: Problems, Methods, Histories, Concepts

2011–2013 (AHRC 914469) Workshop Three: Case Studies 2

Transdiciplinary Problematics

Anti-Humanism and Gender Studies

17 May 2012

Bolivar Hall, 54 Grafton Way, London WC1

18 May 2012 London

Large Common Room, Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N

This two-day workshop will examine the notion of a transdiciplinary problematic, via the cases of anti-humanism and gender studies. The first day will approach theoretical anti-humanism from the standpoint of its destructive effect upon disciplinary fields in the humanities and as a radical problematisation of the discipline of philosophy in particular. The second day will focus on gender studies as a transdisciplinary problematic and on the transdiciplinary nature of the concept of gender itself. Topics will include the historical reconstruction of ‘gender’ as a boundary-crossing concept; the relation of its conceptual content to its functioning as a general concept across disciplines; the transformation of the disciplines in the humanities by ‘gender’ and gender studies; and the current productivity of ‘gender’.

Day 1: Anti-humanism

§ Introduction: Peter Osborne & Eric Alliez (CRMEP, Kingston University)

§ Etienne Balibar (Philosophy, University of Paris X/Irvine)
Respondent: Patrice Maniglier (University of Essex)

§ Nina Power (Philosophy, Roehampton/Royal College of Art)

§ David Cunningham (English, University of Westminster)
Respondent: Simon Morgan Wortham (English, Kingston University)

Day 2: Gender Studies

§ Introduction: Stella Sandford (CRMEP, Kingston University)

§ Ken Corbett (Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis, New York University
Respondent: Lynne Segal (Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck, London)

§ Elsa Dorlin (Political Science, University of Paris VIII)

§ Sara Heinamaa (Philosophy, University of Helsinki)

§ Tuija Pulkkinen (Women’s Studies, University of Helsinki)