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Interdisciplinary Colloquium: Nietzsche and Literature

Saturday 7th May (First Week)

All talks will take place in the Lecture Room, Philosophy Faculty, 10 Merton Street.

10.00-10.15 Introduction

10.15-11.25 The Practical Aspect of Nietzsche’s Style, Alec Hinshelwood (Balliol College)

11.30-12.40 Joyce after Nietzsche: Tracing the Implications, Kevin O’Farrell (Exeter College)

12.40-1.40 LUNCH

1.45-2.55 Plato’s Cave and Nietzsche’s Workshop, Claire Kirwin (Magdalen College)

3.00-3.30 Short: Art, Truth, and Life: Nietzschean explorations in Mann’s Tonio Kröger, Dhananjay Jagannathan, (St John’s College, Cambridge)

3.35-4.05 Short: Dionysus and Apollo in Rilke’s fountain-imagery, Grace Lawson Conquer (Magdalen College)

4.05-4.45 COFFEE BREAK

4.45-6.15 Keynote: Nietzsche on Tragedy: First and Last Thoughts, Prof. Aaron Ridley (University of Southampton)

6.45- DINNER

All are welcome to attend this graduate colloquium, which will take place on Saturday 7th May (the end of First Week) at 10 Merton Street. The colloquium is free, but ideally please e-mail Claire Kirwin (claire.kirwin@philosophy.ox.ac.uk) to confirm that you plan to attend. If you wish to attend the colloquium dinner (which will cost about £15), make sure you let Claire know by Tuesday of First Week.