FEMININITY AND EMBODIMENT
An International Symposium to be held at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, May 15–16, 2007
Organized by Sara Heinämaa with Joona Taipale and Virpi Lehtinen, assisted by Kirsi L. Reyes, Malin Grahn, Julia Honkasalo, Krista Johansson and Hanna Lukkari
Sponsored by Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies and Christina Institute for Women’s Studies (University of Helsinki) and Academy of Finland
Tuesday, May 15
09:15-09:30 Welcoming by director Juha Sihvola and opening words by Sara Heinämaa
RE-READING BERGSON AND NIETZSCHE
Chair: Sara Heinämaa (Helsinki)
09:30–11:00 Elisabeth Grosz (Rutgers): Feminism, Materiality, Freedom
11:00–12:15 Sigrídur Thorgeirsdóttir (Iceland): The Natal Body:The Theme of Birth in Nietzsche´s Philosophy
12:15–13:30 Lunch
DEVELOPMENTS IN PHENOMENOLOGY
Chair: Joona Taipale (Helsinki)
13:30–14:45 Linda Fisher (Central European University): Embodied Like a Girl
14:45–15:45 Sara Heinämaa (Helsinki): Sexual Difference and Spiritual-Bodily Types
15:45–16:15 Coffee
CARNALITY AND CARESS
Chair: Martina Reuter (Helsinki)
16:15–17:30 Ellen Mortensen (Bergen): Air, Blood and Carnality:Irigaray’s ABC of Embodiment in the Feminine
17:30–18:30 Eva Korsisaari (Helsinki): “How I wish just once I could caress that chevalier” –Courtly Love and Feminine Desire in Comtessa de Dia
19:00 Reception by the Rector
Wednesday, May 16
POST-PHENOMENOLOGICAL INVENTIONS
Chair: Karen Vedel (Helsinki, Copenhagen)
09:30–10:45 Silvia Stoller (Wien): Poststructuralist Critique of Experience
10:45–12:00 Lisa Folkmarson Käll (Copenhagen): Woman as Other – Nature, Body, Cyborg
12:00–13:15 Lunch
MOVING BODIES AND SPACE
Chair: Hanna Järvinen (Helsinki)
13:15–14:15 Karen Vedel (Helsinki, Copenhagen): The Look behind Closed Eyelids: Bodily Techniques in Performance
14:15–15:15 Kirsi Saarikangas (Helsinki): Sensuous and Corporeal Meanings of Architectural Spaces
15:15–15:45 Coffee
FACTICITY AND FINITUDE
Chair: Virpi Lehtinen (Helsinki)
15:45–17:00 Robin May Schott (Copenhagen): Death, Birth, and the Feminine
17:00–17:30 General Discussion and Closing
19:00 Dinner (Safka)