Euroacademia Conferences
Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers (9th Edition)April 24 - 25, 2020
Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (9th Edition)June 12 - 13, 2020
8th Forum of Critical Studies: Asking Big Questions AgainJanuary 24 - 25, 2020
Re-Inventing Eastern Europe (7th Edition)December 13 - 14, 2019
The European Union and the Politicization of Europe (8th Edition)October 25 - 26, 2019
Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (8th Edition)June 28 - 29, 2019
The European Union and the Politicization of Europe (7th Edition)January 25 - 26, 2019- 7th Forum of Critical Studies: Asking Big Questions AgainNovember 23 - 24, 2018
Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers (8th Edition)September 28 - 30, 2018- Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (7th Edition)June 14 - 15, 2018
Papers
A French Collection, a Collection of France: The Marquise Arconati-Visconti’s Cultural Patronage during the Third Republic
This paper will demonstrate how a collection so mixed, and so dispersed, could come to represent both a nation and the woman behind it. The Marquise’s eccentric lifestyle and her approach to collecting, unusual for its political intent but also its feminine associations, represent an important departure from the philanthropy of her predecessors during the Second Empire and early years of the Republic.Cross-Cultural Dialogue and Search of Identity by Léonard Foujita
My paper attempts to examine Japanese painters’ awakening of Far-Eastern identity while searching for assimilation to European aesthetics with “Ideal” through their encounter of European art and spiritual dialogues with past masters works. They found their another-self in this mirror city Paris. The analysis will particularly be interested in Léonard Foujita (1886-1968) who changed his style with contact of European art and became an emblematical painter of the Ecole de Paris.‘And Perhaps, in the Corner, a Lubra’ How the Exhibition An Englishman’s Home Sought to Define an Australian Identity
Focusing on the case study of the exhibition An Englishman’s Home organised by Clarice Zander and held in Sydney in 1941, this paper will consider how this exhibition explored notions of an Australian past and cultural heritage in order to define its national identity. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how Zander’s 1941 exhibition can be construed not only as a vehicle for modern taste, but also as a primary means of defining Australia’s national identity.Collective Memory, Collective Dreaming, and Personal Narrative Identity
The proposal is framing the issue of so-called false memory and its impact on the personal identity narrative. While collective memory studies propose quite a clear definition of the faculty, collective dreaming language is less widespread. Collective memory, being related to substantial knowledge or experience is in a way contrasted by collective dreams – reconstructing and over-constructing the past, having less and less common with its factual reality.Twinship is not a Pathology! Understanding the Fundamental Structures of the Self
I argue that this is a consequence of the assumption that twinship can be fundamentally understood as a result of each twin being a failed self which results in a we-self. In order to dismiss this claim, I turn to the notion of the minimal self, which situates the self in the mineness of one’s pre-reflective first-person experience.Affectivity in its Relation to Personal Identity
If, personal identity is defined as what is lasting throughout the whole life of the person, then, one should wonder whether some of affective phenomena are not what support her personal identity. The paper will discuss some of arguments supporting the idea that affectivity is what sustains or builds personal identity in its momentary as well as long–lasting perspective.Kenosis and Interstitial Identities
Using the internal logic of kenosis – that is self-emptying – found in Semitic, Indian and secular traditions, I show how such identities are enjoined upon members of religious and irreligious communities towards active, hybridizing regard toward the other. This is a radical proposal. I argue that hybrid, interstitial identities should be leveraged to respond to fundamentalism and radicalisation. I conclude with a brief description of a social network analysis supporting my argument.Self-Made? The Limits of Pure Internalism for Moral Personhood
In this paper I attempt an account that draws from both traditions and clarifies the boundaries of the “self” referred to in each. I conclude, however, that while the internalist view that results most centrally captures “what matters” (to use Derek Parfit’s phrase), a purely internalist account is not sustainable. In the end we cannot pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps. However, the most important lesson to be learned is the role of self-control, and I suggest a way forward.The Curious Case of the Clarinet: Gendering the Androgynous Woodwind
Instrumental performers enact and portray characters at a symbolic remove rather than literally as singers do. This virtual, rather than literal, embodiment rubs against issues of the gender alignment of characters, players, and instruments, which are frequently described in gendered vocal terms. The instrument’s vocality becomes a way of understanding not only its sound but also its character.Women on a Ledge – Illustrated Feminist Identities from India
This paper traces and examines the history of the image in India through ongoing culture shifts in the contemporary times while also talking about the author’s personal history and briefly how it shaped her work. It then, examines the work of select Indian women image-makers and illustrators in contemporary times through interviews with them.
