National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russian Federation) - The Society for Ricoeur Studies, the Fonds Ricoeur

International Conference on Ricoeur Studies :

New Perspectives on Hermeneutics in the Social Sciences and Practical Philosophy (September 13 – 16, 2011)

Submission deadline : May 10, 2011

Languages : Russian, English, French

This international conference builds on a tradition of Ricoeur scholarship established by the University of Kent conference ‘From Ricoeur to Action’ (June 2009) and the Universidade Nova de Lisboa conference ‘Reading Ricoeur Once Again : Hermeneutics and Practical Philosophy’ (July 2010). The spirit of this conference is to further promote the world-wide dialogue between academic communities and individuals studying Paul Ricoeur’s oeuvre. The conference aims to analyze Ricoeur’s contribution to the social sciences and practical philosophy, in particular, the way hermeneutics constitutes new forms of exploration of human action and social life. The topics discussed at the conference may concern both epistemological and ontological issues of language, discourse, and textuality in contemporary social thought. We welcome critical and constructive papers assessing the contributions of Ricoeurian philosophy in any one of these areas, including papers from scholars who are not specialists in Ricoeur and whose insights will help to interpret and rethink the perspectives of hermeneutical analysis. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to :

-* Action Theory -* Narrative Analysis -* Event Theory -* Memory Studies -* Social Epistemology and Methodology -* Phenomenology -* Critical Theory -* Political Theory and Identity -* Social and Political Imaginary -* Ideology and Utopia -* Theology, Religion and Society -* Hermeneutics and Law -* Applied Ethics -* Recognition Theory -* Literary Theory and Self-Understanding -* The Prospects for and Limits of Human Capability

newKeynote speakers include :

-* Prof. George Taylor, University of Pittsburgh, Society for Ricoeur Studies, USA -* Prof. Alexander Filippov, National research University ‘Higher School of Economics’, Russia -* Prof. Laurent Thévenot, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, France -* Prof. Dan Stiver, President of Society for Ricoeur Studies, Hardin-Simmons University, USA -* Prof. Sergey Zenkine, Russian State University for the Humanities, Russia -* Prof. Olivier Abel, Institut Protestant de Théologie, Président du Fonds Ricoeur, France -* Dr. Iain MacKenzie, University of Kent, UK -* Irena Vdovina, Director of research at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia -* Prof. Johann Michel, Université de Poitiers, Ecole des hautes études en sciences, France -* Prof. David Pellauer, DePaul University, USA -* Elena Petrovskaya, senior researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia -* Sabina Loriga, Director of studies at Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, France -* Olga Machulskaya, researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia -* Prof. Gilbert Vincent, l’Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg), France

For purposes of consideration, please submit an electronic abstract only (of roughly 300-500 words) and attach a separate title page that includes the paper’s title, the author’s name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, and email address. Notification of acceptance will be given via email. Final papers should be thirty minutes when read aloud. Abstracts and queries should be sent to Anna Borisenkova. Email : RicoeurMoscow2011@gmail.com.