Love and Loneliness Workshop
December 6-7, 2024
California State University, San Bernardino
Friday, December 6
10-11:10am: Kaitlyn Creasy (California State University, San Bernardino) "Loneliness and Ressentiment"
Commentator: Keilee Bessho (University of California, Riverside)
Moderator: Joel Van Fossen (Hosei University)
11:20-12:30pm: Shu Wang (University of Southern California) "Love and Personal Style"
Commentator: Andréa Daventry (CSUSB)
Moderator: Sanna Tirkkonen (University of Helsinki)
12:30-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-3:10pm: Sanna Tirkkonen (University of Helsinki) "When the Search for Love Turns into Vengeance: Loneliness and Antagonistic Political Emotions"
Commentator: Paul Katsafanas (Boston University)
Moderator: Kaitlyn Creasy (CSUSB)
3:20-4:30pm: Justin White (Brigham Young University) "Commitment, Disruption, and Loving Perception"
Commentator: Annemarie Munn (University of California, Riverside)
Moderator: Shu Wang (University of Southern California)
4:45-6:15pm:
Vida Yao (University of California, Los Angeles) “The Avoidance of Intimacy: A Reorientation in the Moral Philosophy of Love”
6:15-7:30pm: Informal Reception (for speakers, commentators, and local hosts)
Saturday, December 7
10-11:10am: Joel Van Fossen (Hosei University) "Nietzsche on Affirmative Love"
Commentator: Katherine Martha (Vanderbilt University)
Moderator: Justin White (Brigham Young University)
11:20-12:30pm: Macy Salzberger (San Francisco State University) "Alienated Love"
Commentator: Taojie Wang (Brown University)
Moderator: Alexia Papigiotis (The Graduate Center, CUNY)
12:30-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-3:10pm: Alexia Papigiotis (The Graduate Center, CUNY) "Loneliness and Relatability"
Commentator: Michael Blake (University of Washington)
Moderator: Austen McDougal (Princeton University)
3:20-4:30pm: Austen McDougal (Princeton University) "Love in the Time of the Breakup Era"
Commentator: Robert Bishop (CSUSB)
Moderator: Macy Salzberger (San Francisco State University)
4:45-6:15pm:
Kyla Ebels-Duggan (Northwestern University) “‘The Extremely Difficult Realization that Something Other than Oneself is Real’: Iris Murdoch on Love and Morality”
7:30pm: Conference banquet in Claremont (for speakers and commentators)
Workshop sponsored by the American Philosophical Association, the Office of the President at CSUSB, and the Office of the Provost at CSUSB
