Jason Stanley: The Politics of Language - 1st Dortmund Conference on Philosophy and Society

The Department of Philosophy and Political Science at TU Dortmund University is delighted to announce the 1st Dortmund 'Philosophy and Society' Conference, taking place on October 1st, 2024, in Dortmund, Germany. This inaugural event will feature Jason Stanley, co-author of "The Politics of Language" (Princeton University Press, 2023), as a distinguished guest.

Conference Theme

This year's conference centers on David Beaver and Jason Stanley’s "The Politics of Language." The book offers a novel account of how speech impacts audiences. On Beaver and Stanley’s account, linguistic actions exemplify social practices and have so-called resonances (emotions, social identities, etc.), which carry ideological significance. Their analysis focuses specifically on more covert ways in which speech can inflict harm on groups.

Provisional Conference Program

October 1st, 2024

Universitätsetage @ Dortmunder U 

Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse 2, 44137 Dortmund

9.00 – 9.30: Welcome/Registration

9.30-10.15: Jason Stanley (Yale University): Opening Statement

10.15-11.30: Tim Grasshöfer (Uni Düsseldorf): „Indirect Communication in Deliberative Spaces – What’s so Bad about Implicatures in the Political Domain?“

11.30-11.45: Coffee break

11.45-13:00: Nadia Ben Hassine (Cambridge University):  “Shared Languages of Justice”

13.00-14.00: Lunch

14.00-15:15: Yasha Sapir (University of Southern California): “Slurring and Complicity”

15.15-15.30: Coffee break

15.30-16.45: Caleb Kendrick (Univ. of Maryland, College Park) & Samuel Cantor (Univ. of Texas, Austin): “Slurring without slurs: the case of focus”

16.45-17.00: Coffee break

17.00- 18.30: Jason Stanley (Yale University): Keynote Address

19.30: Conference Dinner

Registration and Additional Information

To register for the event as a participant, please send an email to Swaantje Siebke with your name and affiliation by September 13. Participation is free of charge.

Note:

On September 30th, 2024 at 18:00 o'clock there will be an informal Welcome-Dinner at Lemongrass (Ostwall 2, 44135 Dortmund) for the participants of the workshop. Further Information will be provided.

Students

Students that participated in the seminar on Beaver & Stanley’s book will be invited to attend an internal workshop with Jason Stanley on October 2nd, one day after the conference. Further informatione will be provided at the beginning of the seminars by Max Gab and Niklas Dummer. 

Organizing Committee

Katja Crone
Max Gab
Peter Königs