Friday, March 6, 2015 - 9:30am
Speaker(s):
Brian Britt
Udi Greenberg
Eric Jacobson
Michael Jennings
Annika Thiem
Linderman 200
Benjamin and Jewish Philosophy: Workshop
March 6, 2015
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Nitzan Lebovic (Lehigh University): Introduction
9:45 - 10:00 a.m.
Udi Greenberg (Dartmouth College)
"A Critical Life and Benjamin's Other Biographers"
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Eric Jacobson (University of Roehampton)
"Judaic Motifs in Benjamin's Late Work"
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Discussion
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.
Brian Britt (Virginia Tech University)
"Framing the Question of Benjamin's Jewishness"
11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Discussion and short break
11:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Christopher Driscoll (Lehigh University)
"Walter Benjamin, the Twilight of White American Identity, and the Terrible Difficult of Learning to Die"
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m
Annika Thiem (Villanova University)
"Benjamin's Messianic Metaphysics of Transience"
12:00 - 12:30 p.m.
Discussion
12:30 - 1:00 p.m.
Michael Jennings (Princeton University) and Nitzan Lebovic: Integrative Commentary
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch and Concluding Discussion: Plans for Publication
