<div dir="ltr"><div>The MSCP, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, and the Lacan Circle of Melbourne invite you to register for two free upcoming events with Jean-Claude Milner in July in Melbourne. Apologies for cross-posting.</div><div><br></div><div>Details and Registration are here<br><a href="https://mscp.org.au/events/jean-claude-milner-melbourne-july-2017" target="_blank">https://mscp.org.au/events/<wbr>jean-claude-milner-melbourne-<wbr>july-2017</a></div><p>Jean-Claude Milner is a distinguished French philosopher and public
intellectual who has made exceptional contributions to the fields of
linguistics, literature, philosophy and psychoanalysis. He has published
books and articles on syntax and grammar, Lacanian psychoanalysis,
French and English literature, and political movements and social change
in Europe. In a manner typical of his wide-ranging interests, Milner’s
recent work has addressed antisemitism in Europe, reflections on the
French revolution and the politics of Harry Potter.</p>
<p>Jean-Claude Milner is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the Paris
Diderot University and is attached to the Levinas Study Institute in
Paris. His publications include: <i>For the Love of Language</i> (1978);<i>Ordres et raisons de langue </i>(1982); <i>Les Noms indistincts</i> (1983); <i>De l’école</i> (1984); <i>Détections fictives</i> (1985); <i>Introduction à une science du langage</i> (1989); <i>Archéologie d’un échec </i>(1993); <i>L’Œuvre claire: Lacan, la science et la philosophie</i> (1995); <i>Le Salaire de l’idéal</i> (1997); <i>Le Triple du plaisir</i> (1997); <i>Mallarmé au tombeau</i> (1999); <i>Les penchants criminels de l'Europe démocratique</i> (2003); <i>Existe-t-il une vie intellectuelle en France?</i> (2002); <i>Le Périple structural, Figures et paradigmes</i> (2002); <i>Le Pas philosophique de Roland Barthes</i> (2003); <i>La politique des choses</i> (2005); <i>Le Juif de savoir</i> (2007); <i>L'arrogance du présent : Regards sur une décennie, 1965-1975</i> (2009); <i>Harry Potter. À l'école des sciences morales et politiques</i> (2014); <i>Relire la révolution</i> (2016) ; and <i>Considérations sur la France</i> (2017).</p>
<p>The colloquium will commence with a keynote lecture by Jean-Claude
Milner and will be followed by three panels on literature, philosophy
and psychoanalysis. This is the first colloquium in an English-speaking
country on Jean-Claude Milner’s work.</p><h3>MONDAY 3 JULY - Public Lecture</h3>
<p>6pm – 8pm</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong><br>RMIT<br>Building 9, first floor, room 024</p>
<p>Jean-Claude Milner <i>Why did Lacan’s thought play a role in the political fight against the populist trend in the French elections?</i></p>
<p>Hosted by the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy</p>
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<h3>TUESDAY 4 JULY - Colloquium</h3>
<p><strong>Venue: </strong><br>Deakin Downtown<br>Level 12, Tower 2<br>727 Collins Street<br>Melbourne Victoria 3008<br>Deakin University</p>
<p><strong>8:30 Coffee</strong></p>
<p><strong>9:00 – 10:10 Keynote: Jean-Claude Milner, <i>A critical assessment of my own approach to Lacan’s later work</i></strong></p>
<p><strong>10:10 – 10:30 Coffee</strong></p>
<p><strong>10:30 – 12:00 LITERATURE</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Robert Boncardo (Sydney) Milner’s Mallarmé</li>
<li>Christian Gelder (UNSW) Poetry and Galileanism: Reading Constellations in Dante, Poe, and Mallarmé</li>
<li>Sigi Jottkandt (UNSW) 'Au tombeau’ with Mallarme, Milner and Nabokov</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>12:00 – 1:30 Lunch break (own arrangements)</strong></p>
<p><strong>1:30 – 3:00 PHILOSOPHY & POLITICS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Justin Clemens (Melbourne) Knowledge Between Persecution and Extermination</li>
<li>Knox Peden (ANU) Naming Names</li>
<li>Ali Alizadeh (Monash) The Rereader: Jean-Claude Milner and the French Revolution</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>3:00 – 3:20 Coffee</strong></p>
<p><strong>3:20 – 4:50 PSYCHOANALYSIS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>David Ferraro (Lacan Circle of Melbourne) Science's man does not
exist: Psychoanalysis, scientism, and the structuralist project.</li>
<li>Talia Morag (Deakin) TBA</li>
<li>Russell Grigg (Deakin) On Lacan, language and lalangue</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>5:00 – 5:30 Comments by Jean-Claude Milner</strong></p>
<p>The Colloquium is part of Jean-Claude Milner’s visit to Melbourne
sponsored by the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, the School
of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, and the Lacan
Circle of Melbourne.</p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>MSCP Convenor,<br>Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy.</div><div><a href="http://mscp.org.au/" target="_blank">http://mscp.org.au</a></div></div></div>
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