BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5409-0fe789987cbaa6c0b96fef003a9b288d@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260307T152443Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201106T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201106T084500 SUMMARY:Program for the 2020 Global Bergsonism Research Project Webinar DESCRIPTION:\nNote 1: Participation in the Webinar is by invitation only . In order to receive the invitation for the Webinar\, please email Leon ard Lawlor\, lul19@psu.edu\, or Ted Bergsma\, tzb5226@psu.edu.\n\nNote 2 : All times below are Eastern Standard Time (EST) for the USA and Canada .\n\nProgram for the 2020 Global Bergsonism Research Project Webinar Nov ember 6-7\, and 13 \n\nFriday\, November 6\n\n8:45am\n\nWelcome Comments from Leonard Lawlor (Penn State University\, USA) and Caterina Zanfi (C entre national de la recherche scientifique/É\;cole Normale Sup&ea cute\;rieure\, Rue d&rsquo\;Ulm\, France)\n\nSession 1: Global Bergsonis m \n\n9:00-11:00am\n\nModerator: Leonard Lawlor\, Penn State University\ , USA\n\nFré\;dé\;ric Worms\, É\;cole Normale Sup&eacu te\;rieure\, Rue d&rsquo\;Ulm\, France\n\nDipesh Chakrabarty\, Universit y of Chicago\n\n&ldquo\;History of Life and Vital Dilemmas: A Global and Bergsonian Discussion Between Dipesh Chakrabarty and Fré\;d&eacut e\;ric Worms&rdquo\;\n\nSession 2: Encounters with Bergson: Evaluations and Analysis \n\n11:15am-12:45pm\n\nModerator: Nicolas de Warren\, Penn State University\, USA\n\nJoë\;l Dolbault\, Independent Scholar\, Fr ance &ldquo\;Pan-psychism in Bergson and James&rdquo\;\n\nMohit Abrol\, Indian Institute of Technology\, Delhi\, India &ldquo\;Bergson-Eliot Enc ounters: Philosophical Notes on Time\, Theology and Culture&rdquo\;\n\nS ession 3: Sympathy\, Ethics and Aesthetics: Bergsonian Approaches in Dia logue \n\n4:00-5:30pm\n\nModerator: Dé\;bora Morato Pinto\, Univer sidad Federal de Sã\;o Carlos\, Brazil\n\nMelanie White\, Universi ty of New South Wales\, Australia &ldquo\;Bergson and Sympathy&rdquo\;\n \nMiguel Paley\, The New School for Social Research\, USA &ldquo\;Utilit y\, Affect\, and Self-Constitution: A Bergsonian Reading of Levinas and Whitehead&rdquo\;\n\nSaturday\, November 7 \n\nSession 1: Creative Evolu tion: Philosophical and Biological Perspectives\n\n9:00am-10:30am\n\nMod erator: Yasushi Hirai\, Fukuoka University\, Japan\n\nTano Posteraro\, P enn State University\, USA &ldquo\;Canalization and Creative Evolution: Images of Life from Bergson to Whitehead and Beyond&rdquo\;\n\nEmily Her ring\, University of Ghent\, Belgium &ldquo\;Bergson&rsquo\;s Creative E volution and 20th Century Biology&rdquo\;\n\nSession 2: Bergson and the Political: Liberalism and Colonialism \n\n4:00-5:30pm\n\nModerator: &Eac ute\;mile Kenmogne\, Yaounde University\, Cameroon\n\nAlexandre Lefebvre \, University of Sydney\, Australia &ldquo\;Bergson and Liberalism&rdquo \;\n\nLarry S. McGrath\, Independent Scholar\, USA &ldquo\;Bergson&rsquo \;s Views on Colonialism: Education and Empire in North Africa after the French Third Republic&rdquo\;  \;\n\nFriday\, November 13\n\nSessio n 1: Bergson and Anglo-American Evolutionary Theories \n\n10:45am-12:15p m\n\nModerator: Povilas Aleksandravicius\, Mykolas Romeris University\, Lithuania\n\nBruno Rates\, University of Sã\;o Paulo\, Brazil &ldq uo\;Creative Evolution and American Evolutionary Thought: The influence of Edward Drinker Cope\, James Mark Baldwin and Nathaniel Southgate Shal er on Bergson&rsquo\;s Views of Life and Technology&rdquo\;\n\nMathilde Tahar-Malaussena\, Université\; Toulouse Jean Jaurè\;s\, Fra nce &ldquo\;The History of the Bergsonian Interpretation of Charles Darw in&rsquo\;s Theory of Evolution&rdquo\;\n\nSession 2: Bergson and Critic al Philosophy of Race \n\n2:15-3:45pm\n\nModerator: Alia Al-Saji\, McGil l University\, Canada\n\nLeah Kaplan\, Emory University\, USA &ldquo\;Bl ack Time and the Suspension of Duration&rdquo\;\n\nRebecca Hill\, RMIT U niversity\, Melbourne\, Australia &ldquo\;Reading Bergson beyond the Fig ure of Man with Wynter and Indigenous Philosophy&rdquo\;\n\nSession 3: B ergson\, Knowledge\, and the Planetary \n\n4:00-5:30pm\n\nModerator: Cat erina Zanfi\, Centre national de la recherche scientifique/É\;cole Normale Supé\;rieure\, Rue d&rsquo\;Ulm\, France\n\nSuzanne Guerl ac\, University of California\, Berkeley\, USA "\;Thinking with Berg son: Decolonizing What it is to Know and Rethinking the Planetary"\; \n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/program_for_the_20 20_global_bergsonism_research_project_webinar/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Note 1: Partici pation in the Webinar is by invitation only. In order to receive the inv itation for the Webinar, please email Leonard Lawlor, lul19@psu.edu, or Ted Bergsma, tzb5226@psu.edu.

Note 2: All times below are Eastern Standard Time (EST) for the USA and Cana da.

Program for the 2020 Global Bergsonism Research Project Webinar November 6-7, and 13

Friday, November 6

8:45am

Welcome Comments from Leonard Lawlor (Penn State Univer sity, USA) and Caterina Zanfi (Centre national de la recherche scientifi que/École Normale Supérieure, Rue d’Ulm, France)

Session 1: Global Bergsonism

9:00-11:00am

Moderat or: Leonard Lawlor, Penn State University, USA

Frédé ric Worms, École Normale Supérieure, Rue d’Ulm, Fran ce

Dipesh Chakrabarty, University of Chicago

“History of Life and Vital Dilemmas: A Global and Bergsonian Discussion Between D ipesh Chakrabarty and Frédéric Worms”

Sessi on 2: Encounters with Bergson: Evaluations and Analysis

11:15 am-12:45pm

Moderator: Nicolas de Warren, Penn State University, US A

Joël Dolbault, Independent Scholar, France “Pan-psych ism in Bergson and James”

Mohit Abrol, Indian Institute of T echnology, Delhi, India “Bergson-Eliot Encounters: Philosophical N otes on Time, Theology and Culture”

Session 3: Sympathy, Ethics and Aesthetics: Bergsonian Approaches in Dialogue

4:00 -5:30pm

Moderator: Débora Morato Pinto, Universidad Federal de São Carlos, Brazil

Melanie White, University of New Sou th Wales, Australia “Bergson and Sympathy”

Miguel Pale y, The New School for Social Research, USA “Utility, Affect, and S elf-Constitution: A Bergsonian Reading of Levinas and Whitehead”

Saturday, November 7

Session 1: Creative Evolution : Philosophical and Biological Perspectives

9:00am-10:30am

Moderator: Yasushi Hirai, Fukuoka University, Japan

Tano Poster aro, Penn State University, USA “Canalization and Creative Evoluti on: Images of Life from Bergson to Whitehead and Beyond”

Emi ly Herring, University of Ghent, Belgium “Bergson’s Creative Evolution and 20th Century Biology”

Session 2: Bergson a nd the Political: Liberalism and Colonialism

4:00-5:30pm

< p>Moderator: Émile Kenmogne, Yaounde University, Cameroon

A lexandre Lefebvre, University of Sydney, Australia “Bergson and Li beralism”

Larry S. McGrath, Independent Scholar, USA “ Bergson’s Views on Colonialism: Education and Empire in North Afri ca after the French Third Republic”  

Friday, Novemb er 13

Session 1: Bergson and Anglo-American Evolutionary Th eories

10:45am-12:15pm

Moderator: Povilas Aleksandravic ius, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania

Bruno Rates, University of São Paulo, Brazil “Creative Evolution and American Evol utionary Thought: The influence of Edward Drinker Cope, James Mark Baldw in and Nathaniel Southgate Shaler on Bergson’s Views of Life and T echnology”

Mathilde Tahar-Malaussena, Université Toul ouse Jean Jaurès, France “The History of the Bergsonian Int erpretation of Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution”

< u>Session 2: Bergson and Critical Philosophy of Race

2:15-3:4 5pm

Moderator: Alia Al-Saji, McGill University, Canada

Leah Kaplan, Emory University, USA “Black Time and the Suspension of Du ration”

Rebecca Hill, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia “Reading Bergson beyond the Figure of Man with Wynter and Indigeno us Philosophy”

Session 3: Bergson, Knowledge, and the Pla netary

4:00-5:30pm

Moderator: Caterina Zanfi, Centre na tional de la recherche scientifique/École Normale Supérieu re, Rue d’Ulm, France

Suzanne Guerlac, University of Califor nia, Berkeley, USA "Thinking with Bergson: Decolonizing What it is to Know and Rethinking the Planetary"

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/program_fo r_the_2020_global_bergsonism_research_project_webinar/

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