[Interpretationandmethods] Deadline Approaching: Cartographies Of The Theological-Political

[Dvora Yanow]

Colleagues,
 
I just got this this morning - and the deadline is the 15th - tomorrow!
 
But in case anyone is interested... perhaps one can ask for an extension on the deadline due to late notice; I also note that California is 9 hours later than Amsterdam time.
 
Dvora Yanow
 
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***PLEASE CIRCULATE***

UCHRI invites applications from faculty of all ranks and graduate students
wishing to participate in the fourth annual Seminar in Experimental Critical
Theory (SECT):

 < http://hosting.bronto.com/467/public/SectIVSmSSCropped.JPG> Cartographies
of the Theological-Political
August 6-17, 2007
University of California Humanities Research Institute
On the campus of the University of California, Irvine


APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 15, 2007


CONVENERS:
William Connolly, Johns Hopkins University
Charles Hirschkind, UC Berkeley
Saba Mahmood, UC Berkeley


OTHER PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE:
Wendy Brown, UC Berkeley
Judith Butler, UC Berkeley
Richard Thompson Ford, Stanford University
Achille Mbembe, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University
of Witwatersrand and UC Irvine
Tariq Ramadan, Oxford University
Gauri Viswanathan, Columbia University

The Seminar in Experimental Critical Theory (SECT) is an intensive two-week
summer program offered by the University of California Humanities Research
Institute (UCHRI). SECT convenes distinguished instructors with a group of
40-60 faculty, graduate students, independent scholars, and public
intellectuals from both the US and the international community. Neither an
introductory survey nor an advanced research seminar, SECT functions as a
'laboratory' where participants at all levels of experience can study with
scholars at the leading edge of creative theoretical thought. The hallmark of
SECT is its attention to both 'pure' and 'applied' modes of contemporary
critical theory.

The fourth annual SECT, Cartographies of the Theological-Political, will
critically re-think religio-theological strains within disparate traditions
of political thought. Debates about liberal governance in the 1980s and 1990s
tended to privilege issues of culture and justice. By contrast, more recent
scholarship has increasingly turned attention to how the Christian tradition
is deeply entwined with the secular moral and political order. The
development of secularism has come to be seen as importantly enable and
encumbered by the resources of (Christian) theology. SECT IV will investigate
the place of the theological within the genealogy of the modern political
order, with a particular focus on the significance of this historical legacy
for how we think about and respond to contemporary political challenges and
concerns.

This exploration of Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment philosophical and
political writings will be coupled with an inquiry into different traditions
of political thought and practice - traditions that sit at odds with the
Christian trajectory of the theological-political currently privileged in
discussions about secular modernity. In SECT IV, we will collectively think
about how classical conceptions of pluralism, tolerance and freedom of
conscience - so central to liberal political rule - might be reconsidered in
light of different practices and histories of the theological-political,
those embodied within Europe's own minor traditions as well as those indebted
to historical developments outside of European Christianity.

We will ask:

*       How might ethics, justice, violence, and responsibility be rethought
in light of different trajectories of the theological-political?

*       What are the linguistic and hermeneutical assumptions that underlie
the theological-political as a constitutive element of the modern political
order?

*       What are the contours of the ethical and political subject normative
to different cartographies of the theological political?


Application fee: $20
Registration fee: $1,750

Note: A limited number of scholarships may be available for full-time
registered graduate students. Applications must be submitted on the FASTAPPS
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SECT III, 2006, was a transformative experience for many participants, who
called it "paradigm-shifting," a "life-changing experience," or a
"once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Here's a further sampling of what they had
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*         "Very thought provoking; the best seminar I've ever attended!" 

*         "One of the best experiences of my career."

*         "I cannot remember the last time I attended an event that was this
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*         "Not just beneficial, but incredible.  One of the most
intellectually stimulating two-week periods I have had in my life."

*         "Without a doubt one of the most enriching intellectual experiences
of my life.  Period."

*         "Truly the most amazing academic experience I've ever encountered."


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