Derrida's Legacies Conference

Saturday 1 March, 10:00am - 6:15pm
 Hong Kong theatre, LSE

Admission is free

Organisers: Danielle Sands, Nemonie Craven and Shahidha Bari

10.00 - 11.00  Registration and Introduction

11.00 - 12.30

Session 1
Derrida: Elegies and Influences
A group of graduate students and recent PhDs introduce short
passages from Derrida's work, explain why they are of interest
and discuss how Derrida has influenced their work.

Shahidha Bari (Cambridge) on 'Living On' and 'Learning to Live Finally'
Phil Newman (Sussex) on 'H.C pour la vie...'
Gerald Moore (Cambridge) on 'Given Time'

12.30 - 1.30  Lunch break
1.30 - 3.00 Session 2
Questioning Derrida
Informal presentations to initiate discussion of specific questions
addressed in Derrida's work

Sas Mays (Westminster), The Question of Technology
Danielle Sands (Royal Holloway), The Question of Religion
Oisin Keohane (LSE), The Question of Europe

3.00 - 3.15 Break
3.15 - 4.30 Session 3
Building on Derrida: Derrida and Architecture

Céline Condorelli (Goldsmiths) website|
Respondent: Devorah Baum (Southampton)
Chair: Shahidha Bari (Cambridge)

4.30 - 4.45  Break
4.45 - 6.15  Session 4
Still Questioning Derrida

Nemonie Craven (Queen Mary), Derrida and Levinas
Richard Fitch
(Birkbeck), The Fate of Deconstructive Jurisprudence
Sarah Dillon
(St Andrew's), The Question of Woman