This symposium intends to consolidate the recent intensifications of interest in the philosophy of Benedict de Spinoza (1632-1677), and to reaffirm his status as an enormously powerful thinker of contemporary relevance. The idea is to address general aspects of Spinoza’s philosophy, but to also coalesce these around two specific themes: Firstly, Spinoza’s importance for the domains of study parsed by Interstices journal, namely arts and architecture. Secondly, Spinoza’s relevance within the particular locus of New Zealand, Australasia, the South Pacific, and the Pacific Rim. http://www.interstices.ac.nz/spinoza2017 http://aucklandspinoza2017.eventbrite.com the Arts of Spinoza + Pacific Spinoza Thursday 25 May preliminaries 10.00 – 13.00 Masterclass / Seminar with SUSAN RUDDICK, followed by lunch. Ontology Lab (Building 302, 5th floor, Room 551), University of Auckland Science Centre, 23 Symonds Street. Hosted and generously supported by the School of Environment, University of Auckland. Friday 26 May preliminaries 11.00 – 12.30 Masterclass / Seminar with MOIRA GATENS. WF202, 2nd Floor, AUT Business Building, 95 Governor Fitzroy Place, Auckland University of Technology. 13.00 – 14.30 ‘Women in Philosophy + Women in Architecture & Planning’ Lunch with MOIRA GATENS and SUSAN RUDDICK. Ima Cuisine, 53 Fort Street, Auckland. Hosted and generously supported by Architecture+Women-NZ. conference begins 16.00 - 17.00 Registration Neon Foyer, Conference Centre, 20-22 Symonds Street, University of Auckland Please arrive promptly by 17.00 for the mihi whakatau (formal Māori welcome) 17.10 - 17.35 Mihi Whakatau & Opening Addresses Engineering Lecture Theatre 439, Bldg 401, Conference Centre, 20-22 Symonds Street, University of Auckland Friday 26 May, cont’d opening plenaries 17.35 - 18.30 Keynote address Engineering Lecture Theatre 439, Bldg 401, Conference Centre, 22 Symonds Street, University of Auckland. SUSAN RUDDICK, Professor of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto Followed by discussion / Q&A. Chair: TBA. 18.30 - 19.20 Reception Drinks and finger food opening plenaries, cont’d 19.20 - 19.50 Film screening: Equal by Design A documentary film about equality, wellbeing and the UK housing crisis, by Peg Rawes and Beth Lord, dir. Adam Low. Engineering Lecture Theatre 439, Bldg 401, Conference Centre, 22 Symonds Street, University of Auckland. 19.50 - 20.45 Keynote addresses + film discussion and q&a (via video-conferencing) PEG RAWES, Professor of Architecture and Philosophy, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London BETH LORD, Reader in Philosophy, University of Aberdeen Chair: Dieneke Jansen (AUT) and TBA. Saturday 27 May 9.15 – 9.30 Registration (self-service) 9.30 – 11.00 Parallel Sessions Rooms WG607 and WG609, 6th floor, Sir Paul Reeves Building, Governor Fitzroy Place, Auckland University of Technology. 11.00 – 11.30 Morning tea -- 6th floor, Sir Paul Reeves Building 11.30 – 13.00: Parallel Sessions Rooms WG607 and WG609, 6th floor, Sir Paul Reeves Building, Governor Fitzroy Place, Auckland University of Technology. painting, film, the pluriversity (wg607) Chair: Ingrid Boberg (AUT) Sean Sturm & Stephen Turner, University of Auckland. Stefano Papa, University of Vienna (video recording). Eu Jin Chua, Auckland University of Technology. landscape, placemaking (wg609) Chair: TBA Peter Connolly, Victoria University Wellington. Margit Brünner, University of Adelaide. Verarisa Ujung, Victoria University Wellington. 13.00 – 14.00: Lunch (not provided -- see map overleaf for suggestions for eateries) structure, architecture, ethics (wg607) All speakers this session via videoconferencing. Chairs: Mark Jackson (AUT) and Michael LeBuffe (Otago). Sasha Lawson-Frost, University College London. Gökhan Kodalak, Cornell University. Raphael Krut-Landau, Princeton University. pacific spinoza (wg609) Chair: TBA Joe Gerlach, Oxford University. Anna Boswell, University of Auckland. Saturday 27 May cont’d pacific spinoza plenary 14.00 – 15.45 Pacific Spinoza / Pacific Spaces panel and roundtable St Paul St Gallery Two, 40 St Paul Street, Auckland University of Technology CARL MIKA, Tuhourangi, Ngati Whanaunga; Senior Lecturer, Education, University of Waikato. ALBERT REFITI, Senior Lecturer, Spatial Design, Auckland University of Technology. JACOB CULBERTSON (via videoconferencing), Visiting Assistant Professor, Haverford College. Followed by discussion / roundtable. Chairs: TBA. 15.45 – 16.45 Afternoon tea / Exhibition finissage St Paul Street Galleries One and Two, 40 St Paul Street, Auckland University of Technology. centrepiece plenaries 16.45 – 18.30: Keynote addresses: The Arts of Spinoza Engineering Lecture Theatre 439, Bldg 401, Conference Centre, 22 Symonds Street, University of Auckland. MOIRA GATENS, Challis Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney ANTHONY UHLMANN, Professor, Writing and Society, University of Western Sydney Followed by discussion / Q&A. Chairs: TBA. 18.30 – 18.45 Contingency 19.00 Conference dinner (registration only). Mezze Bar tapas restaurant, 9 Durham Street East, Auckland.. Sunday 28 May 9.45 – 11.15 Parallel Sessions Rooms WG607 and WG609, 6th floor, Sir Paul Reeves Building, Governor Fitzroy Place, Auckland University of Technology. literature (wg607) Chair: TBA Michael Strawser, University of Central Florida. Horst Lange, University of Central Arkansas. Christopher Norris (video recording), Cardiff University. architecture & environmental design (wg609) Chair: Farzaneh Haghighi Andrea Wheeler, Iowa State University. Guido Cimadomo, Universidad de Málaga. Remy LeBlanc, Victoria University Wellington. 11.15 – 11.45 Morning tea -- 6th floor, Sir Paul Reeves Building 11.45 – 13.15 Parallel Sessions Rooms WG607 and WG609, 6th floor, Sir Paul Reeves Building, Governor Fitzroy Place, Auckland University of Technology. 13.15 – 14.15 Lunch (may be provided -- otherwise, see map overleaf for suggestions for eateries) performance / bodies / labour (wg607) Chair: Sue Gallagher (AUT) M. Mirza Y. Harahap, Monash University. Ed Frith & Caroline Salem, Arts University Bournemouth. Amy Pennington, Independent / Kingston University. sources & interpretations (wg609) Chair: TBA Joe Keith Green (video recording), Eastern Tennessee State University. Christopher Davidson, Ball State University. Dimitris Vardoulakis, Western Sydney University Sunday 28 May cont’d closing plenary 14.15 – 15.15 Keynote address Engineering Lecture Theatre 439, Bldg 401, Conference Centre, 20-22 Symonds Street, University of Auckland. MICHAEL LEBUFFE, Baier Chair in Early Modern Philosophy, University of Otago Followed by discussion / Q&A. Chair: TBA. 15.15 – 15.45 Afternoon tea -- Neon Foyer, University of Auckland roundtable 15.45 – 17.15 Roundtable: Spinoza Here & Now Engineering Lecture Theatre 439, Bldg 401, Conference Centre, 20-22 Symonds Street, University of Auckland. Chairs: Peter Connolly and Eu Jin Chua end