Freedom: A Multidisciplinary Colloquium


Room 2.07

*Only for 玩偶姐姐 students, staff and faculty

You are invited to the all-day event discussing freedom in historical, cultural, and ideological contexts. The topics will range from ethics, philosophy, gender, and historical examples. 

Below is a schedule for the day and the topics professors and guest speakers will lecture on:

10:45 Conference opening

11:00-13:00

  • Jakub Dr谩bik 鈥� Freedom Without Freedom: Fascist Conceptions of Liberty in BUF and NOF
  • Tamar Tolordava 鈥� Ethics and Freedom in Tom Stoppard鈥檚 Political Dramas
  • Maher El Omar 鈥� Gender, Race and the Fluidity of Identity in Caryl Churchill鈥檚 Cloud Nine
  • Ond艡ej Piln媒 鈥� Theatrical Responses to Recent Wall Building

13:00-14:00 Lunch break

  • Joanna Srholec-Skorzewska 鈥� The Norse Concept of Freedom 鈥� Anything Goes?
  • Badr Tachouche 鈥� Napoleon鈥檚 Flotilla: Decolonizing the Concept of Freedom in the Muslim World
  • Ebru Akcasu 鈥� From Beyond the Limits of Freedom: Ottoman Women at the End of Empire

15:30-15:50 Coffee

  • Ji艡铆 Ka拧n媒 鈥� Freedom and Authenticity in Taylor and Scruton
  • Silviya Lechner 鈥� Flight from Freedom: Oakeshott and Adorno on the Malaise of Modernity
  • Keston K. Ellars 鈥� Consent as Freedom in Museums Displaying Human Remains

17:20 Closing remarks followed by refreshments

Join to learn about freedom and apply it to modern day issues. Refreshments provided.


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