The Human-Animal Boundary
University of Macau
November 27-28, 2015
Venue: University of Macau, Hengqin Campus, E21-3118
Program
Friday, November 27th
9:00 Introductory Remarks
09:30-11:30 Situating the Boundary (moderator: Matthew Gibson)
Alison Suen (New Rochelle, USA), “The Empress and the Beast: Finding a Philosophical Voice in Fiction”
Jayson C. Jimenez (Manila, Philippines), "In Defense of the Lost Creature"
14:00-17:00 Contesting Exceptionalism
Aparajita Nanda (Berkeley, USA), "Re-writing the Human-Animal Divide: Butler’s “Amborg” and Hindu Philosophy"
Mary Leonard (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico), "Against Human Exceptionalism: The Animal and the Human in Berger, Agamben and Braidotti"
Tomaz Grusovnik (Koper, Slovenia), "The avoidance of moral responsibility: Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the human/animal boundary"
17:00-18:00 Keynote
Eduardo Mendieta (University Park, USA), "A Bestiary for the Anthropocene: The End of Nature and the Future of Animal Life on Planet Earth"
Saturday, November 28th
9:00-11:00 Wisdom and Knowledge
Edmond Eh (Macau SAR), How humans can learn virtue from animals: The Judeo-Christian use of the serpent as a symbol of wisdom
Sabine Leonore Müller (Hangzhou, PRC), "Zones of Non-Knowledge" – Facing The Open in R. M. Rilke, Giorgio Agamben and Beyond
11:00-12:00 Keynote
Nandita Batra (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico), "Romanticism and the Human-Animal Boundary"
14:00-16:00 Cross-Species Relationships
Jerwin Agpaoa (Diliman, Philippines), Animal Friends: Going Beyond the Rigidity of the Human-Animal Boundary
Josh Bergamin (Durham, England), 'Bridging the Abyss: Re-interpreting Heidegger's animals as a basis for inter-species understanding.'
16:00-16:30 Closing Remarks
University of Macau
November 27-28, 2015
Venue: University of Macau, Hengqin Campus, E21-3118
Program
Friday, November 27th
9:00 Introductory Remarks
09:30-11:30 Situating the Boundary (moderator: Matthew Gibson)
Alison Suen (New Rochelle, USA), “The Empress and the Beast: Finding a Philosophical Voice in Fiction”
Jayson C. Jimenez (Manila, Philippines), "In Defense of the Lost Creature"
14:00-17:00 Contesting Exceptionalism
Aparajita Nanda (Berkeley, USA), "Re-writing the Human-Animal Divide: Butler’s “Amborg” and Hindu Philosophy"
Mary Leonard (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico), "Against Human Exceptionalism: The Animal and the Human in Berger, Agamben and Braidotti"
Tomaz Grusovnik (Koper, Slovenia), "The avoidance of moral responsibility: Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the human/animal boundary"
17:00-18:00 Keynote
Eduardo Mendieta (University Park, USA), "A Bestiary for the Anthropocene: The End of Nature and the Future of Animal Life on Planet Earth"
Saturday, November 28th
9:00-11:00 Wisdom and Knowledge
Edmond Eh (Macau SAR), How humans can learn virtue from animals: The Judeo-Christian use of the serpent as a symbol of wisdom
Sabine Leonore Müller (Hangzhou, PRC), "Zones of Non-Knowledge" – Facing The Open in R. M. Rilke, Giorgio Agamben and Beyond
11:00-12:00 Keynote
Nandita Batra (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico), "Romanticism and the Human-Animal Boundary"
14:00-16:00 Cross-Species Relationships
Jerwin Agpaoa (Diliman, Philippines), Animal Friends: Going Beyond the Rigidity of the Human-Animal Boundary
Josh Bergamin (Durham, England), 'Bridging the Abyss: Re-interpreting Heidegger's animals as a basis for inter-species understanding.'
16:00-16:30 Closing Remarks