PBJ Workshop

Novelty and Life Bergson's Philosophy of Evolution

In recent years, Bergson's Creative Evolution has received renewed attention at a global level. Mathilde Tahar, a Bergson scholar at the University of Toulouse, France, who has just completed her doctoral thesis on a contemporary re-reading of Creative Evolution, is visiting Japan as part of a research partnership between CNRS and Fukuoka University.

　In Japan, Tsubasa Yoneda has just published a new book, Living Matter: Henri Bergson and the Idea of Individuation of Life (Seidosha), based on his epochal doctoral thesis on Creative Evolution submitted to Osaka University.

　We are pleased to announce the following international workshop where two young scholars will thoroughly discuss the latest Bergsonian philosophy of life. The specific questioner will be Hirotaka Hiraga, who has also published a topical book on Bergson's mysticism this year. We look forward to your participation.

Saturday 18 June, 15:00-18:30 JST

Seminar Room AR, Fukuoka University Seminar House / Zoom

3-4-20 Ropponmatsu, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Programme:

　　　　　 15:00-15:50 Presentation Mathilde Tahar, University of Toulouse

　　　　　 15:50-16:00 Discussion part 1

　　　　　 16:10-17:00 Presentation Tsubasa Yoneda, Osaka University

　　　　　 17:00-17:10 Discussion part 2

　　　　　 17:20-17:50 Specific questions Hirotaka Hiraga, Rikkyo University

　　　　　 18:00-18:30 Plenary discussion

Organisers: Yasushi Hirai (Fukuoka University), Hisashi Fujita (Kyushu Sangyo University)

Language: English, no interpreters available.

Registration required. https://forms.gle/PTd6DRMdVhfs2AnZ6

45th Husserl Abend Lecture

The Élan Vital as a Tendency: Causality in Evolution beyond Aristotelian Modalities

Speaker: Mathilde Tahar (Université de Toulouse)

Discussants: Ken-ichi Hara (Hokkaido University) and Mayuko Nakahara (Sophia University)

Zoom : https://bit.ly/3xeojjd

Contact: tohoku.uni.philosophy.ethics_at_gmail.com

Supported by JSPS, PBJ (Project Bergson in Japan) and CNRS

PBJ WORKSHOP

DÉJÀ-VU AND MEMORY

Bergson and Modern Philosophy of Memory

Talk : "A neo-Bergsonian view about déjà-vu" by Denis Perrin (Université Grenoble Alps / Centre for Philosophy of Memory)

    Respondent 1: Ken'ichi Hara (Hokkaido University)

    Respondent 2: Yasushi Hirai (Fukuoka University)

Date: September 12, 2021, 17:00-18:30 (JST)

Place: Zoom (registration required)

Organised by PBJ (Project Bergson in Japan) and Berutetsuken.

Supported by Société Franco-Japonaise de la Philosophie

Registration: https://forms.gle/XTWXe2MwRR6pVbzQ9

A cross-boundary exchange that aims to reboot Bergson's theory of déjà-vu, with reference to contemporary physiological and philosophical views on déjà-vécu and déjà-vu.

La conférence et les correspondances avec les répondants seront en anglais, mais vous pouvez également utiliser le français dans les questions. 

The displayed time in CET is NOT of summertime. Please re-calculate your own time based on JST time. Sorry for the confusion!

International Workshop

    Time, Freedom, and Creativity: Bergsonian Perspectives

    Dates: July 29, 30.

    CET: 9:00-11:00, 13:00-15:00

    JST: 17:00-19:00, 21:00-23:00. 

    Place: Zoom, virtually London (Registeration Required)

    Organizers: Project Bergson in Japan and Barry Dainton

    Speakers: Barry Dainton, Hisashi Fujita, Yasushi Hirai, Kaoru Kamiyama, Anne Sophie Meincke, Tatsuya Murayama, Mark Sinclair, and Yaron Wolf.

 (Mark Sinclair's talk is cancelled.)

Register here: https://forms.gle/wNUS51Ka637sAfEG8

International Workshop

Remembering: Analytic and Bergsonian Approaches 

    One of the objectives of the PBJ (Project Bergson in Japan) is to attempt to “reboot” Bergsonian inspirations in the current philosophical context by way of interdisciplinary collaboration with different traditions such as modern analytic philosophy and the science of consciousness.
    Co-organized with the CPM (Centre for Philosophy of Memory), which is leading a rapidly growing analytical philosophy of memory, this workshop aims to expand the theoretical range of Bergson's philosophy of memory through to the latest debate on this topic via productive dialogue across the different traditions.

• • Dates：Octobre 28, 29.
  • Place：University of Grenoble Alpes
  • Organizers：Yasushi Hirai (Project Bergson in Japan, Fukuoka University), Kourken Michaelian (Centre for Philosophy of Memory,  Université Grenoble Alpes)
  • NEW Keynote Added: Barry Dainton (University of Liverpool) 
  • See also the Centre for Philosophy of Memory site.
  • Review: https://bergson.hypotheses.org/1410

International Workshop
Physical Time, Biological Time: Bergsonism Today
Temps physique, temps biologique : actualité du bergsonisme

• Co-organized by PHISCIVI and PBJ
• Dates: Octobre 24, 25.
• Place: Université de Toulouse 2 – Jean Jaurès
• Oragnizers / Organisateurs : Elie During et Paul-Antoine Miquel
• Program（PDF）available here。

All the proceedings have been edited and published in Japanese. Go to Books page.