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- Walking the Narratives. Ecocriticism on the Hiking Trail
Paper to be presented at ICA2026 – 23rd International Congress of Aesthetics, “Aesthetics Today”, Prešov, Slovakia, 20-24 July 2026 Abstract The fields of ecocriticism and intermediality have seen a growing… Read more: Walking the Narratives. Ecocriticism on the Hiking Trail
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- Migranti senza migrazione. Epistemologie femministe dal margine
6th Annual Conference SWIP Italia “Prospettive femministe sul potere” (Feminist perspectives on Power), Pavia 13th-14th November 2025. I will bring the conference on Antimeridionalism and Femminismo Terrone presented at the… Read more: Migranti senza migrazione. Epistemologie femministe dal margine - Migrants without migration. Political epistemologies from the margins
15th Braga Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy 2025, 25th-27th June 2025, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal When speaking of migration, one generally assumes a separation, between a geographical-cultural place… Read more: Migrants without migration. Political epistemologies from the margins - Asja and the Others. Images of the Revolutionary Feminine in Walter Benjamin’s Writings
International Walter Benjamin Conference 2025, “Southern Benjamin. Mourning, Play, Revolution”, International Walter Benjamin Society, Società italiana Walter Benjamin, 17th-20th September 2025. Benjamin’s relationship with women colours his philosophy from his… Read more: Asja and the Others. Images of the Revolutionary Feminine in Walter Benjamin’s Writings - International Walter Benjamin Workshop 2024, “Medial/Medium in Walter Benjamin’s Philosophy”
Introduction to the session “Language as pure medium” with prof. Michael G. Levine - Debunking Patriarchal Idolatry: Diotima’s Epistemology and the Experience of Women Christian Mystics
Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies’ Workshop “Breaking Idols, Embracing Doubts. From Idolatrous to Sceptical Attitudes” 14-15th May 2024 Idolatry in modern times has been conceptualized as the annihilation of the… Read more: Debunking Patriarchal Idolatry: Diotima’s Epistemology and the Experience of Women Christian Mystics - Sceptical foundation in Walter Benjamin’s Theories of Experience, Language and Literature
Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies’ Internal Workshop, 20-22nd February 2024 The concept of experience (Erfahrung) was one of the focal points of the young Walter Benjamin’s first theoretical efforts during… Read more: Sceptical foundation in Walter Benjamin’s Theories of Experience, Language and Literature - Sceptical foundation in Walter Benjamin’s Theories of ExperienceMaimonides Centre for Advanced Studies’ Internal Workshop, 8-9th November 2023 The concept of experience (Erfahrung) was one of the first theoretical efforts made by the young Walter Benjamin during his… Read more: Sceptical foundation in Walter Benjamin’s Theories of Experience
- Orienteer with the Echo
Great Seminar of the “Diotima” Women’s Philosophical Community 2021 – “L’irrinunciabile”, Università degli Studi di Verona Original title: Orientarsi con l’eco - “Re-reading Walter Benjamin’s Critique of Violence”, a prelude to “Politics/Politik in Walter Benjamin’s Philosophy” International Walter Benjamin Workshop
Introduction to the session “Mythical violence” - Walter Benjamin: Romantic Form of the Novel and Sense of Life
Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy Annual Conference 2019 This research explores Benjamin’s reflections on the Novel, and the evolution of his perspective through the years. The analysis begins from the… Read more: Walter Benjamin: Romantic Form of the Novel and Sense of Life - Walter Benjamin and the Novel Form between Finitude and Infinity
FORLab – Laboratorio sulle Forme e le Origini del Romanzo’s conference “I linguaggi della narrazione percorsi tra Letteratura, Filosofia, Teatro e Cinema”, co-organised by the Departments of Human Science, and… Read more: Walter Benjamin and the Novel Form between Finitude and Infinity - Mirrors and Fragments. Continuity and Discontinuity in Walter Benjamin’s Concept of the Novel
International Walter Benjamin Conference 2019 “Benjamin’s Beginnings” This reaserch explores Benjamin’s reflections on the Novel, and the evolution of his perspective through the years. The analysis begins from the concept… Read more: Mirrors and Fragments. Continuity and Discontinuity in Walter Benjamin’s Concept of the Novel - Use Lightness. Imagination and the Novel
“Pedagogia dell’immaginazione”, organised by ORFEO – Suono, Immagine, Scrittura, Department of Human Science, Università degli Studi di Verona, 14th December 2017 Original conference title: Vi si usi Leggerezza. Immaginazione e… Read more: Use Lightness. Imagination and the Novel
Caterina Diotto 