Part of a series of exploratory pilot seminars to foster new collaborations between Leiden University (Global Futures Hub) and Edinburgh University (Edinburgh Futures Institute), Story-Bound expands the reaches of the interdisciplinary field of mimetic studies by forging new connections between the ancient and protean concept of mimesis, the human ability to create original narratives, and the need to promote creative metamorphoses to affirm survival in the epoch of the Anthropocene. More details on specific sessions below.
6. William Connolly on Stormy Weather (April 3-4)
Thur. April 3, 13:15-14:45 (Lipsius 1.29) Reading Group on Stormy Weather (suggested reading Introduction, pp. 156-177 and if you can, ch 5)
Friday April 4, 15:15-17:00 (online). Zoom Link here.
5. Metamorphosis I (March 12, 5:15 CET)
Yuval Noah Harai, Nexus. Download ch. 1, 2. here.
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4. Narration II: Planetary Narratives (Jan. 29, 17:15 CET)
Martin Puchner, Literature for a Changing Planet, Preamble, ch. 1, 5. Download here
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3. Narration I: Relating Narratives (Dec. 11, 17:15)
Adriana Cavarero, Relating Narratives, pp.1-4, 119-128, 139-144. Download here.
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2. Mimesis II: Vita Mimetica in the Cave (Nov. 20, 17:15 )
Plato, from the Republic, Book 7.
Lawtoo, “Vita Mimetica in the Cave,” from Homo Mimeticus, pp. 69-79, 86-92.
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1. Mimesis I: Book launch of Homo Mimeticus II
In this second installment of theHomo Mimeticus series (co-edited with Marina Garcia-Granero), international scholars working in philosophy, literary theory, classics, cultural studies, sociology, political theory, and the neurosciences engage creatively with the theory of homo mimeticus to further the transdisciplinary field of mimetic studies. See FREE download & BLOG.
ONLINE BOOK LAUNCH:
METAMORPHOSES SEMINAR: STEPS FOR MIMETIC STUDIES
Recordings, readings and events are available HERE.
Joining the insights emerging from both the Homo Mimeticus (HOM, 2016-2022) and the Gendered Mimesis (GM 2021-) sibling projects, the Metamorphoses (MET) Seminar aims to further the embodied, affective, plastic, and relationally-inclined dispositions of human and nonhuman others from a multiplicity of gendered, racial, sexual, human, posthuman, and nonhuman trans-disciplinary perspectives. Our general goal is to further new mimetic studies in view of promoting life-affirmative metamorphoses in the fast-changing age of the Anthropocene.
The seminar is open to all students (3rd year BA, MA, PhD), postdocs, and faculty members. Drawing on emerging figures in continental philosophy, feminism, literary theory, and the social sciences, the seminar proposes to take short excerpts of texts on the plural facets of metamorphoses as a starting point for discussion. Participants are welcome to sign up for short (ca 20 min) introductory presentations of authors / texts / problems that fall within their areas of specialization and/or interest. We will consider inviting speakers from other faculties and universities as well.
