Spinoza Workshop 2025

17-18 February, 10am-5:30pm
Old Arts 209
University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus

This two-day workshop is devoted to the discussion of problems in the interpretation of Spinoza.
All are welcome but space is strictly limited. Please RSVP ASAP to Joe Hughes at jhughes2[at]unimelb.edu.au. Special thanks to Jon Rubin for organising.

Monday 17 February

10:00am-11:30am 
Moria Gatens & Anthony Uhlman, “Spinoza and Literature: Art and the Ars Vivendi.”

11:45am-1:15pm 
Jon Rubin, “The Repugnancy of Ideas.”

1:15pm-2:15pm
Lunch

2:15pm-3:45pm
Chris van Rompaey, “Attributes and Modes Yet Again: Does Spinoza Really Think That a Horse and the Idea of a Horse are One and the Same Thing?”

4:00pm-5:30pm
Janice Richardson,  “Spinoza on Individuation: Three examples from commercial surrogacy.”

Tuesday 18 Feburary

10:00am-11:30am
Darren Roso, “The Political Treatise, Language Games and the ‘Ideeller Durchschnitt‘.”

11:45am-1:15pm
Sandra Field, “Marx, Spinoza, and ‘True Democracy’.”

1:15pm-2:15pm 
Lunch

2:15pm-3:45pm
Joe Hughes, “Essence?”

4:00pm-5:30pm
Jenny Lloyd, “Spinoza on: Why Truth Matters.”