RevilATIONS - Department of French, Italian and Spanish

RevilATIONS - Department of French, Italian and Spanish

 FACULTY OF ARTS
Department of French, Italian and Spanish
YRC @ YYC - Young Researchers Conference 2014
RevilATIONS Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Spectrum of Malevolence October 30th -­‐ November 1st 2014 PROGRAM PRE-­‐CONFERENCE WORKSHOP (Thursday, October 30) – Room CHE 212 11:00 – 12:30 Research Methodology Workshop (by Ronald SHUSTERMAN) CONFERENCE Friday, October 31 – CIBC Hub Room, Rozsa Centre 8:00 – 9:00 Registration 9:00 – 9:30 Welcome (Dr. Ozouf Sénamin Amedegnato) Opening Remarks 9:30 – 10:30 Inaugural Conference (Chair: Dr. Jean-­‐François Richer) Ronald SHUSTERMAN (Université Jean Monnet – Saint-­‐Étienne): Evil, Cosmology, and the Fact/Value Distinction (or: Why E.T. is Necessarily Kind…) 10:30—11:00 Break 11:00 – 12:30 Session 1: “Analyzing Evil: Philosophy and Evil” (Chair: Daniela Spago) •
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Michael Akinpelu (McGill University): Evil in the African society: an Overview of the Philosophical Understanding of the Nature of Evil in the Yoruba Thought of Nigeria Bradley Martin (Concordia University): Remembering Amalek. Personifying Evil from the Hebrew Bible to the Early Rabbis Víctor Bedoya Ponte (University of Calgary): Pierre Bayle and the reasons of Evil 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – 15:30 Session 2: “Inflicting Evil: Political Violence” (Chair: Juan Manuel Martínez) •
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Yuanhai Zhu (University of Alberta): Deconstruction, Political Violence and Otherness: Kafka, Conrad and Soyinka. Tyson Rosberg (Concordia University): The Face of Evil: Cultural Influences on the Imagery of Satan 1 •
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Nicholas Otis (McGill University): Group-­‐Salient Ideological Asymmetry and Hierarchy-­‐Enhancing Social Policies Nazario Robles Bastida (University of Calgary): Vampires and Were-Wolves:
Between the Impossible and the Forbidden 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break 16:00 – 18:00 Session 3: “Filming Evil. Visual Representations” (Chair: Annemarie Trier) •
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18:30 Mathieu R. Grenier (Université de Montréal): Eric Cartman; a Representation of Social Malevolence? Alex Ferraz (University of Montréal): To Play or not to Play Evil: Abjection and Ideology in Videogames Kendra Dalke (University of Calgary): Breaking the Binary: Prejudice, Hatred, and Violence in XXY (2007) Juan Manuel Martínez (University of Calgary): The Day of Beast. Evil in New Spanish Cinema Reception – Escalus Room, MacEwan Center Saturday, November 01 – CIBC Hub Room, Rozsa Centre 9:30 – 12:00 •
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Session 4: “Writing Evil. Malevolent Projections“ (Chair: Víctor Bedoya Ponte) Annemarie Treier (University of Calgary): Mrs. Green, with the Dagger, in the Library: The Colours of Evil in Rachilde’s La Marquise de Sade Marius Littschwager (Universität Bielefeld): Departing from a Historia universal de la infamia – Imagining Evil in J. L. Borges Fictions Ivana Ancic (University of Guelph): Les Bienveillantes: Banality of Evil Revisited Fernando Visbal Uricoechea (Universidad Nacional de Colombia): 2666 and the Latin American Evil Axel Pérez Trujillo (University of Alberta): The Shadows of Civilization in Sarmiento’s Facundo 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch 13:00 – 15:00 Session 5: “Embodying Evil” (Chair: Montse Niño) •
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Cynthia S. Berg (McGill University): Acconci’s Lips: Feminism, Grossness and Auto-­‐
affectivity Michael Kudi (University of Calgary): The Good of Bad or the Bad of Good? Poetics of Good and Bad in Gisèle Pineau’s Chair Piment Amir Hassan Ouyed Hernández (University of Calgary): Revolt Against the Modern World: Gnosticism, Evil and Black Metal Félix Aubé Beaudoin (Université Laval): What Psychopaths can Teach Us about Morality 15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break 15:30 – 16:30 Closing Conference (Chair: Dr. Francesca Cadel) 16:30 Dominique PERRON (University of Calgary): The University as Evil Closing Remarks (Dr. Ozouf Sénamin Amedegnato) 2 Scientific Committee Ozouf Sénamin Amedegnato (FIS); Darren Bender (Geography); Nayibe Bermudez-­‐Barrios (FIS); David Bershad (Fine Arts); Reyes Bertolin Cebrian (GRST); Kenneth Brown (FIS); Estelle Dansereau (FIS); Cheryl Dueck (LLC); Lorry William Felske (Communication and Culture); Jacqueline Jenkins (English); Kibeom Lee (Psychology); Charles Mather (Anthropology); G. Francine Michaud (History); Anne Moore (Religious Studies); Mary O’Brien (LRC); Jean-­‐Jacques Poucel (FIS); Kathryn Reese-­‐Taylor (Archeology); Joanne Roberts (Economy); Friedemann Sallis (Music); Anthony Sayers (Political Science); April Viczko (Drama); Anthony Wall (FIS); Stephen Winters (Linguistics). Organizing Committee Víctor BEDOYA; Juanma MARTÍNEZ; Montse NIÑO; Daniela SPAGO; Annemie TREIER & Dr. Ozouf Sénamin AMEDEGNATO (Graduate Program Director), Department of French, Italian and Spanish Thanks The organizers would like to thank the following individuals and entities for their support: Faculty of Graduate Studies -­‐
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Dr. Lisa Young, Dean Dr. Lisa Hughes, Associate Dean Faculty of Arts -­‐
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Dr. Richard Sigurdson, Dean Dr. Florentine Strzelczyk, Vice Dean Dr. Rob Oxoby, Associate Dean Research The Language Research Center Graduate Program Directors of Arts programs Department of French, Italian and Spanish -­‐
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Dr. Luis Torres, Head Ms. Katherine Guevara, Department Administrator Ms. Federica Gowen, Graduate Program Administrator Dr. Tamara Schürch, Office Assistant Graduate Committee Members Research Committee Members Vox Condiscipulum (Graduate Students FIS Association) Invited Speakers -­‐
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Invited Speakers: Dr. Dominique Perron and Dr. Ronald Shusterman Session Chairs: Dr. Francesca Cadel and Dr. Jean-­‐François Richer 3