1. GEO-POLITICS / GEO-AESTHETICS: CROSSING IDENTITIES

Organizers: Robyn Ferrell (Philosophy) and Jonathan Holmes (Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, AUSTRALIA)

<Robyn.Ferrell@utas.edu.au> and <Jonathan.Holmes@utas.edu.au>

2. THE AESTHETICS OF CHIASM

Organizer: Arto K. Haapala (Aesthetics, Institute of Art Research, University of Helsinki, FINLAND)

<akhaapal@cc.helsinki.fi>

3. CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE: THEORY AND PRACTICE

Organizer: Sara Heinamaa (Theoretical Philosophy, University of Helsinki, FINLAND)

<Heinamaa@Elo.Helsinki.FI>

4. READING ACROSS THE THOUGHT OF DOMINICK LACAPRA

Organizer: Matti Hyvärinen (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, FINLAND)

<Mhyvärinen@mappi.helsinki.fi>

5. CHIASMATIC ENCOUNTERS WITH JULIA KRISTEVA

Organizer: Kelly Oliver (Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA)

<Kelly.Oliver@Vanderbilt.Edu>

6. ENCOUNTERING JUSTICE IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

Organizer: Juha Sihvola (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, FINLAND)

<jsihvola@mappi.helsinki.fi>

7. MERLEAU-PONTY, LITERATURE, AND THE VISUAL ARTS: EXPLORING THE CHIASM

Organizer: Merle Williams (English Literature and Language Studies, University of Witwatersrand, SOUTH AFRICA) <mawilliams@languages.wits.ac.za> and George Smith (Maine College of Art, ME, USA) <gsmith@meca.edu>