University of Texas at Arlington is hosting a two day conference on psychoanalysis and religion on October 19th and 20th.
Friday October 19th: The Rudolph Hermann’s Lecture:
10:00am - 11:00am: David Metzger (Old Dominion U.) “Mysticism and the Violence of History in Modern Jewish Literature”
11:30am - 12:30pm: Ellie Ragland (U. Missouri - Columbia) “The Masquerade, the Veil, and the Phallic Mask: Women and Islam”
2:00pm - 3:00pm: Ken Reinhard (U. California - Los Angeles) “There is Something of One (God): Lacan and Political Theology”
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Round Table Discussion
Saturday October 20th: Symposium on Psychoanalysis and Belief
10:00am - 10:45am: Kate Briggs (U. West Georgia) “Distinguishing Faith, Certainty, and Belief: Anxiety and the Ethics of Sexual Difference”
10:45am - 11:30am: Levi R. Bryant (Collin College) “The Other Face of God: Lacan, Theological Structure, and the Accursed Remainder”
11:45am - 12:30pm: Kareen Malone (U. West Georgia) “Science, Knowledge, and the Subject”
2:00pm - 2:45pm: Rajani Sudan (Southern Methodist U.) “The Dirt in the New Machine”
2:45pm - 3:30pm: Michael A. Johnson (U. Texas - Austin) “My Lady Dumps: Passing Humanism”
for more information contact Timothy Richardson at trichardson@uta.edu
Official Website: http://www.uta.edu/events/main.php?view=event&eventid=1188933353703