Programme: Collegium Spinozanum. An International Summer School on Spinoza and Spinozisms in Their Historical and Philosophical Context (Groningen, 7-10 July 2015)

Tuesday 7 July The fundaments of Spinozas philosophy

Morning seminars:

9.00-10.20: Ursula Renz (University of Klagenfurt, Austria): Spinozas epistemology

Break

10.30-11.50: Syliane Malinowski-Charles (Universit du Qubec Trois-Rivires, Canada): Spinozas theory of affects

Break

12.00-13.20: Matthew Kisner (University of South Carolina, USA): Spinozas ethical theory

13.20-15.00: Lunch (provided)

Afternoon:

Student session (I): Metaphysics and epistemology

15.00-15.40: Torin Doppelt (Queens University, Ontario, Canada): Idle Material in Spinozas Ethics

15.40-16.20: Oliver Istvan Toth (Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary): Beauty of Green Plants An Argument for the Positive Role of Aesthetic Experience in Spinozas Ethics Based on a Reading of E2p39

Break

16.30-17.10: Oberto Marrama (Universit du Qubec Trois-Rivires, Canada): Spinoza on fictitious ideas and possible objects

17.10-17.50: Anna Tomaszewska (Jagiellonian University, Krakw, Poland): Was Kant (Ever) a Spinozist?

Wednesday 8 July Spinoza and the history of philosophy

Morning Seminars:

9.00-10.20: Andrea Sangiacomo (University of Groningen, NL): Spinoza and Aristotle on teleology and virtue

Break

10.30-11.50: Lodi Nauta (University of Groningen, NL): Spinoza and Hobbes on Biblical Criticism

Break

12.00-13.20: Piet Steenbakkers (Utrecht University, NL): The new critical edition of Spinozas Ethics

13.20-15.00: Lunch (provided)

Afternoon:

Student session (II): The nature of bodies and minds

15.00-15.40: Vincent Legeay (Universit Paris 1-Sorbonne, France): Facing God, facing Nature: mind-body issues untangled and solved by the aptitudo?

15.40-16.20: Razvan Ioan (Leiden University, NL): Spinozas turn to the body

Break

16.30-17.10: Alexandre Rouette (Universit du Qubec Trois-Rivires): The problem of the coexistence of conatus and the principle of inertia in the Ethics of Baruch Spinoza

17.10-17.50: Filip Buyse (Universit Paris 1-Sorbonne, France): Spinozas Galilean Conception of the Body

Summer School Dinner From 19.00 onward (dinner provided)

Thursday 9 July Spinozas networks

Morning seminars:

9.30-10.50: Henri Krop (Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL): Spinozas circle: the case of Abraham Johannes Cuffeler

Break

11.00-12.20 Han van Ruler (Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL): Was Spinoza a Leiden student?

12.20-13.30: Lunch (provided)

Afternoon:

The afternoon will be free. Participants will have the possibility to take part to a half-day trip to Rijnsburg to visit Spinozas house museum.

Departure from Groningen at 13.30, planned return around 22.00.

Friday 10 July New readings of Spinoza

Morning seminars:

9.30-10.50: Martin Lenz (University of Groningen, NL): Spinoza and intersubjectivity

Break

11.00-12.20: Keith Green (University of East Tennessee, USA): Spinoza and relational autonomy

Break

Student session (IIIa): Affects and politics

12.30-13.10: Daniel Taylor (University of Roehampton, UK): Is Spinoza a theorist of voluntary servitude?

13.10-15.00: Lunch (provided)

Afternoon:

Student session (IIIb): Affects and politics

15.00-15.40: Hannah Laurens (University of Oxford, UK): Reconsidering Spinozas Rationalism: Overcoming the Passions through Scientia Intuitiva

15.40-16.20: Christiaan Remmelzwaal (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland): Spinoza on the Relation between Emotion and Cognition

Break

16.30-17.10: Marrigje Paijmans (University of Amsterdam, NL): The Spinozist Foundation of the New Netherland

17.10-17.50: Olcay elik (Boazii University, stanbul, Turkey): Concept of Democracy in Spinoza and Popular Assemblies of Rojava

Dates 7-10 July, 2015 Deadline for registration: 1 June 2015

Level Master, PhD and Postdoc

Coordinator Andrea Sangiacomo (University of Groningen, NL)

Fee (+price housing from 4-11 July 2015) 100 (+ 250 for housing) for MA students 150 (+ 250 for housing) for PhD students

Organization Assistant Sandra Manzi-Manzi (Universit di Parma, IT)

Other participants*: Galen Barry (University of Virginia, USA), Corin Bruce (University of Sheffield, UK), Le Dong (Peking University, China), Jacob Graham (Bridgewater College, USA), Hen-Jan Hendrik Hoekjen (University of Utrecht, NL), Tomoko Higuchi (Osaka University, Japan), Julia Klintsevich (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel), Carlos Martinez (San Diego State University, USA), Davide Monaco (University of Aberdeen, UK), Massimo Ricchiari (Universit Federico II, Napoli, IT), Assaf Rotbard (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel), Eliza Starbuck Little (University of Chicago, USA), Christopher Thomas (University of Aberdeen, UK), Stefan Ferdinand van Weers (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, NL),

*Please note that this list will be updated until June 1 (which is the final deadline for registration).

Contacts Andrea Sangiacomo and Sandra Manzi-Manzi (summerschoolphilosophy@rug.nl)

Faculty involved Faculty of Philosophy

Partners Nederlandse Onderzoeksschool Wijsbegeerte (OZSW) Spinoza-Gesellschaft (Germany)

Sponsors Vereniging Het Spinozahuis (Spinozahouse Society)

Info http://www.rug.nl/education/summer-winter-schools/summer-schools-2015/collegium-spinozanum/course-information