Stanley Cavell and the Vicissitudes of Love

An interdisciplinary conference on Cavell and the philosophy of love hosted by @SCAPVC and @IASWarwick, May 2023 @warwickuni. Sponsored by @LeverhulmeTrust.

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Just one day left to submit abstracts for our edited collection on Cavell, love and desire!

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🚨official call for submissions alert 🚨 We are looking for abstracts on Cavell, love and desire for a new edited collection. Click on the 'call for submissions' link on our web page for more info, and please share! https://t.co/YJtarUbINB

[Stanley Cavell and the Vicissitudes of Love @Cavell_love]

🚨official call for submissions alert 🚨 We are looking for abstracts on Cavell, love and desire for a new edited collection. Click on the 'call for submissions' link on our web page for more info, and please share! https://t.co/YJtarUbINB

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Great news for people who couldn't make it and those who just want to relive it (Cavell *was* a fan of positive repetition): we have video of both our panels and the fabulous afternoon keynote from @CateWheatley. Please email [email protected] for a download link!

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FYI, we recorded both panels and @CateWheatley's keynote and they will be available online soon--watch this space for more details if you couldn't be with us!

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@freudisfunny explaining St Augustine’s rationale for stealing pears as a young boy

[Dr Leanne Weston @identykit]

@Cavell_love closes with our second keynote, the fantastic @CateWheatley

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The closing keynote of the conference is presented by @CateWheatley

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With the second panel coming to an end, we have now moved on to a Q&A session

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Now proceeding to Michael Ufer’s presentation ‘A Worthwhile Human Enterprise — Notes in a Cavellian Poetology of Love’

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@freudisfunny explaining St Augustine’s rationale for stealing pears as a young boy

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The conference continues with @freudisfunny’s talk ‘Augustinian Echoes in Cavell’s Philosophy of Love’

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Photos from @InlandVampire’s earlier presentation ‘Togetherness Through (Online) Film Criticism’ — a Cavellian perspective on the world of online cinephilia, from ASMR videos to film ending explanations

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Earlier today, Piotr Shmugliakov presented his ‘What Philosophy of Love Owes to Cinema’, developing a framework for philosophical exploration of love by way of film criticism

[Dr Leanne Weston @identykit]

@Cavell_love continues with the wonderful @BoltonsMotors on Murdoch, Cavell and the trustworthy gaze.

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Richard Rushton’s presentation ‘Godard/Cavell: In praise of two’ about Leo Bersani and Stanley Cavell’s differing ideas on love

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The second panel is opening with @BoltonsMotors’s presentation ‘Murdoch and Cavell: Attending to Art with a “Trustworthy Gaze”’

[Dr Leanne Weston @identykit]

It’s @Cavell_love day! Very pleased to join what looks to be a fantastic conference.

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We opened the day with a fascinating keynote by Rachel Malkin, and we are currently in the midst of the post-panel Q&A of our excellent first panel.(Bonus: we have recorded the panel for those who couldn't make it today.) It's a good day for Cavell and love!

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We still have a dozen registration spots left, but they are going fast! Join us in Coventry on 19 May. Registration is entirely free on Eventbrite: https://t.co/L324FBBUyR

[Moira Donegan @MoiraDonegan]

Doing a little project where every week I read one of the chapters in Stanley Cavell’s “Pursuits of Happiness” and watch the accompanying old Hollywood marriage comedy, and look, I did NOT expect to spend so much time crying about the reconciliation of the erotic & the quotidian.