Members of the Society will hold a session as part of the 2024 World Congress of Philosophy (August 1-8, Rome, Italy) ! Here's the program: 

August 3rd, 2024, 13:00–17:00

13:00 Welcome! Erika Ruonakoski (University of Helsinki / University of Jyväskylä)and Karen Zoppa (University of Winnipeg)

13:05–14:45 Identity, Knowledge and Communication
Chaired by Marine Rouch (University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès )

13:05  Ruth Groenhout (University of North Carolina, Charlotte): 
" Embodiment in Time: Identity Boundaries in a Temporal Existence"

13:35. Erika Ruonakoski (University of Helsinki / University of Jyväskylä):
"Seeing Things in a New Light: The Boundary between Existential Conversion and Awakening into the “Truth” of Conspiracy Theories"

1405.  Paul Earlie (University of Bristol):
“Radio Existentialism: Beauvoir, Freedom, and the Politics of Listening”

14:35–14:50.  Break

14:50 –17:00 Decolonization, Reproduction and Friendship
Chaired by Ruth Groenhout and Paul Earlie
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14:50.  Karen Zoppa (University of Winnipeg): 
"Decolonization: A Beauvoirian Response"

15:20. Gina Opiniano (Independent Scholar)  and Marine Rouch (University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès ):
"Beyond Boundaries: Feminist Philosophy, Beauvoir Studies and The Beauvoir Webinar Series"

1550  Break

16:00.  Katja Cicigoj (Institute of Philosophy, Alpen-adria University Klagenfurt - Celovec, Austria):
"Beyond the Bounded Self: A Beauvoirian Critique of Pre-Pregnancy"

16:30  Claudia Bouliane (University of Ottawa): 
"Sylvie and Andrée’s “Perfect Friendship” in Beauvoir’s Inseparable"