Programme

Day #1

Panel #1: Teaching Camus (Eric Berg, moderator)

9:00-9:30: Eric Berg, Is Albert Camus’ The Plague an effective Bioethics text?

9:30-10:00: Peter Francev, Teaching the Major Works of Camus at Two-Year Colleges in the United States

10:00-10.30: Coffee break

10:30-11:00: Marcin Urbaniak, How Teaching Camus’ Philosophy Connects to Teacher’s Ethic and Learning Outcomes

11:00-11.30: Maciej Kałuża, Why should we study Camus's position on terrorism? Rethinking the ethics behind truce appeals.

11:30-12:30: Panel Discussion

12:30-14:30: Lunch break

Panel #2: Camus’s Philosophical Inspirations (Maciej Kałuża, moderator)

14:30-15:00: Eric Berg, The Editorial, Personal, and Philosophical Relationship Between Simone Weil and Albert Camus

15:00-15:30: George Heffernan, From Absurdity to Rationality: Critical Reflections on Camus’s Critique of Husserl and Phenomenology in The Myth of Sisyphus

15:30-16:00: Coffee Break

16:00-16:30: Johannes Abel, Albert Camus' reading of Kierkegaards Fear and Trembling

16:30-17:00: Joshua Sharman, Camus and Nietzschean Affirmation: Why Loeb Is Wrong About Sisyphus

17:00-18:00: Discussion

Day #2

Panel #1: Sisyphus and Prometheus (George Heffernan, moderator)

9:00-9:30: Olivier Kauffman, Logic and anthropomorphism in Le mythe de Sisyphe

9:30-10:00: David Hoinski, The Saving Power of Absurd Consciousness: The Consistency of the Absurd in Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus and The Rebel

10:00-10:30: Coffee break

10:30-11:00: Mor Segev, Camus’ Critique of Nietzsche in The Rebel

11:00-11:30: Catherine Lamprakopoulou, Rebellion and Solidarity in Albert Camus’ moral philosophy: An inter-feeding relation, indicative of a humanitarian ethics with contemporary political connotations

11:30-12:30: Panel Discussion

12:30-14:30: Lunch

Panel #2: Camus and Art (Peter Francev and Simon Lea, moderators)

14:30-15:00: Simon Lea, A Critique of Camus's Account of Art.

15:00-15:30: Grace Whistler, Mythos and/or Logos: ‘Fabulous’ Narrative chez Camus

15:30-16:00: Coffee Break

16:00-16:30: Kimberly Baltzer-Jaray, Dada & Camus: Restructuring Existentialism Inclusively

16:30-17:00: Denise Schaaeffer, The Enduring Relevance of Camus’ “The Rebel”

17:00-18:00: Discussion

18:00-18:30: Conference closing and summary, Albert Camus Society announcements