XLII Colloquy of the American Weil Society: The Politics of Labour
American Weil Society (Scott Ritner, president)DATE: April 26th-27th, 2024 – Université de Montréal
LOCATION
Room C-3061 (Carrefour des Arts et des Sciences), Pavillon Lionel-Groulx, 3150, rue Jean-Brillant, Montréal , Room C-3061 (Carrefour des Arts et des Sciences), Pavillon Lionel-Groulx, 3150, rue Jean-Brillant, Montréal
SCHEDULE AND LIST OF PANELS
Day 1—Friday, April 26th, 2024
Room C-3061 (Carrefour des Arts et des Sciences)
Pavillon Lionel-Groulx, 3150, rue Jean-Brillant, Montréal
Words of Welcome (8:45)
PANEL 1 – WEIL AND THE MARXIST TRADITION(S) (9:00-10:30)
Eric Springsted (Santa Fe): “What Is the Point of ‘Is There a Marxist Doctrine’?”
Samuel O’Connor Perks (University of Manchester): “Simone Weil, the Catholic Worker Movement, and contested readings of Marx”
Kenneth Novis (University of Oxford): “The Factory Journals as Worker’s Inquiry”
Break (10:30-10:45)
PANEL 2 – TOWARDS A THEORY OF LABOUR? (10:45-12:15)
Inese Radzins (California State University, Stanislaus): “Method (rather than a theory) for Considering the Politics of Labour”
Alexandre Crépeau (University of Ottawa): “Impactful and Dignified: Simone Weil and David Graeber’s Shared Ideal of Work”
Joanna Winterø (Københavns Universitet): “How much against your will?”
Lunch (12:15-2:15)
PANEL 3 – LABOUR IN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PRACTICE: EDUCATION, CARE, COMMUNITY (2:15-3:45)
Alexandre Martins (Marquette University): “Insights from Weil for the Challenge of Moral Destress in Health Care”
Sarah Dunford (Catholic University of America): “Neither Left nor Right: Intertwining Community and Labour”
Ryan Poll (Northeastern Illinois University): “The Education Crisis and the Sanctity of Labor in Simone Weil’s Political Theory”
Break (3:45-4:00)
PANEL 4 – LABOUR AND SPIRITUALITY (4:00-5:30)
Connor Williams (Union Theological Seminary): “Labour (justice) as a spiritual exercise in Weil and Process and Womanist theologians”
Rachel Matheson (McMaster University): “A Little Pile of Inert Matter: Flesh and Body in Simone Weil’s Spirituality of Work”
Noemi Faustini (Pontificia Università Gregoriana): “Simone Weil’s Concept of Slavery and Jewish Mysticism.”
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