This page will be updated regularly to give information about the forthcoming conference 'Literature and Philosophy/Philosophy and Literature' to be held at the University of Sussex, 12-14 June 2008. Plenary speakers: 
Paul Davies Living Without Belief: Philosophy and a Fictional World
Kendall Walton Poets, Personae, Thoughtwriters
Kathleen Stock Fictional Desires and Fictional Objects
Jonathan Lear Mythic Justice: Plato's Cave
Stephen Mullhall The Wounded Animal: J.M.Coetzee and the Difficulty of Reality
Alexander Garcia-Duttmann Literary Examples in Philosophy
Nicholas Royle Miracle Play
See also information on Speakers on the right-hand side.
The Plenary presentations are followed by discussion. There are 2 plenary meetings for the first two days: at the start and at the end of each day. Plenaries take place at Arts C 133 this is a lecture theatre located in the Arts C building.
The individual sessions and panels are scheduled between these and are arranged to allow for thematic and stylistic coherence. The sessions take place at the Russell Building which is to the left of the Arts C building (it's a short walk from there).
Please note that the session rooms will be available for the whole time between the plenary meetings, so there is scope for extending the meetings beyond the alloted time on the programme. We have allowed for presentations of 30-45 minutes each during the sessions, but longer presentations can be accommodated - or indeed shorter ones to allow for more discussion. These arrangements are left to the discretion of session members.
The papers of the participants in the round tables have already been circulated to other members of the round tables in order to allow for more detailed discussion of the papers. All abstracts can be found on thematically arranged pages on the left.
Conference programme click on the Programme page (left).Please let the organisers know if there are any changes to your title, affiliation etc, or if you spot any typos!
To register please click on the Registration page (left). You need to print the page and send us the completed form with payment in order to register for this event. Please follow the instructions given on the page.
The conference takes place on campus in Falmer, which has its own station and excellent bus and train links to Brighton and Lewes. For information regarding travel ans accommodation, please check the links on the right.
Contacts:
Dr Katerina Deligiorgi K.Deligiorgi@sussex.ac.uk
Dr Eftichis Pirovolakis E.Pirovolakis@sussex.ac.uk
(or epirovolakis@yahoo.co.uk )
Artwork: Aysegul Tozeren
Visual Poetry Series
All the graphics for the conference site are from the
same series
