The Cavendish Collective is excited to host our first virtual workshop! Our goal is to promote collaboration among researchers investigating the philosophical writings of Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673).
This event took place on Saturday, June 17th. A schedule of presentations is available below. |
Workshop Schedule
Note: All listed times are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Opening Remarks: 8:55 AM 9:00 AM - Speaker: Aurora Yu (UNC, Chapel Hill) Title: "Cavendish on Causa Integra" 9:45 AM - Speaker: Jonathan Shaheen (Uppsala/Stockholm) Title: "Perception at a Distance (in a Plenum)" 10:30 AM - Speaker: Oberto Marrama (Oulu) Title: "Mapping the Boundaries of Conscious Life in Margaret Cavendish's Philosophy" 11:15 AM - Speaker: Bennett McNulty (Minnesota) Title: "Materialism, Infinity, and Modal Actualism in Cavendish's Thought" Lunch Break: 12:00 - 1:00 PM 1:00 PM - Speaker: Tyra Lennie (McMaster) Title: "Cloistering as Respite in Early Modern Women's Writings" 1:45 PM - Speaker: Wangechi Mwaura (Minnesota) Title: "'Or Above Nature Herself': Margaret Cavendish's Posthumanist Transformation" 2:30 PM - Speaker: Kris Philips (Southern Utah) Title: "Margaret Cavendish's Defense of (the History of) Philosophy: Scientism, Then and Now" 3:15 PM - Speaker: Andre LeBrun (UC, Irvine) Title: "Cavendish on Skepticism" |