The New School Philosophy Department
2026-2027 Arendt/Schürmann Symposium
on Stanley Cavell
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October 2026 Friday 30th & Saturday 31st 11 AM-6 PM |
Wollman Hall 65 W 11th St. Eugene Lange Bldg. 5th Floor |
On Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31, the Philosophy Department at the New School for Social Research will host a two-day conference devoted to the work of Stanley Cavell. The conference will focus on Cavell’s writings on aesthetics, with particular attention to the role that skepticism about other minds plays in his interpretation of art.
To attend, register here.
Schedule
Fri, Oct 30
| 11:00 AM | Zed Adams (NSSR) Opening remarks |
| Francey Russell
(Barnard College and Columbia University)
Title TBA |
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| 12:45 PM | Lunch |
| 2:00 PM | Benjamin Y. Goff
(Ph.D. Candidate, King's College London)
The Avoidance of Marriage: Skepticism’s Aesthetics in The Drama (2026) |
| 3:30 PM | Coffee hour |
| 4:30 PM | Alice Crary (NSSR)
Democratic Defiance: With Stanley Cavell as a Guide |
Sat, Oct 31
| 11:00 AM | Jay Bernstein (NSSR) Opening remarks |
| Byron Davies (University of Murcia)
Cavell, Colonialism, and Mexican Cinema |
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| 12:45 PM | Lunch |
| 2:00 PM | V. Joshua Adams (University of Louisville)
Cavell, Skepticism, and the Lyric |
| 3:30 PM | Coffee |
| 4:30 PM | Paola Marrati (Johns Hopkins University)
Cavell and Baldwin: Knowledge of the Self and Knowledge of Reality |