The third biennial meeting of the North American Nietzsche Society, originally planned for October 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was held October 15–16, 2021, hosted by Georgia State University in Atlanta.
SCHEDULE of EVENTS
All lectures and panels held on the third floor of the GSU College of Law (Rm. 341).
85 Park Place NE | Atlanta, GA 30303
Friday, Oct. 15th
9:00–9:20 Meeting Registration | Coffee & Tea
9:20–9:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks: Dean Sara Rosen (GSU College of Arts & Sciences)
9:30–11:00 Opening Keynote: Paul Katsafanas (Boston University), "The Fanatic and the Last Man"
Chair and Moderator: Jessica Berry (Georgia State University)
11:15–12:45 Ian Dunkle (University of Southern Mississippi), “Morality as Cure and Poison in the Genealogy”
Commentator: Leonard Feldblyum (Brown University)
Chair and Moderator: R. Lanier Anderson (Stanford University)
12:45–2:15 LUNCH BREAK
2:15–4:15 Panel Discussion: “Nietzsche’s Works of the Free Spirit”
Kaitlyn Creasy (California State University–San Bernadino)
Jeremy Fortier (CUNY)
Matt Meyer (University of Scranton)
Chair and Moderator: Greg Moore (Georgia State University)
4:30–6:00 Iain Morrisson (University of Houston), "Nietzsche's Nervous Ascetics"
Commentator: Erli Mertika (U South Florida)
Chair and Moderator: Andrew Huddleston (University of Warwick)
6:00–7:30 RECEPTION (Nietzsche's 177th Birthday)
GSU Creative Media Industries Institute Rooftop Garden
Saturday, Oct. 16th
9:00–9:30 Coffee & Tea
9:30–11:00 Katherine Graham (The New School), “Nietzsche's Zarathustra
on the Ascetic Morality of Modern Science and Philosophy”
Commentator: Melanie Shepherd (Misericordia)
Chair and Moderator: Andrew Huddleston (University of Warwick)
11:15–12:45 Joel Van Fossen (Boston University), “Nietzsche on Self-Reverence”
Commentator: Katie Brennan (Temple University)
Chair and Moderator: Kaitlyn Creasy (California State University–San Bernadino)
12:45–2:15 LUNCH BREAK
2:15–3:45 Jason Yonover (Johns Hopkins),* “Nietzsche, Spinoza, and Philosophical Etiology”
* Winner of the NANS 2020 Graduate Student Prize
Commentator: Claire Kirwin (Clemson)
Chair and Moderator: R. Lanier Anderson
4:00–5:30 Closing Keynote: Christa Davis Acampora (Emory),
"Nietzsche and the Very Possibility of Being Morally Injured"
Chair and Moderator: Jessica Berry (Georgia State University)
8:00 CLOSING RECEPTION for Program Committee and Speakers (off campus)
9:00–9:20 Meeting Registration | Coffee & Tea
9:20–9:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks: Dean Sara Rosen (GSU College of Arts & Sciences)
9:30–11:00 Opening Keynote: Paul Katsafanas (Boston University), "The Fanatic and the Last Man"
Chair and Moderator: Jessica Berry (Georgia State University)
11:15–12:45 Ian Dunkle (University of Southern Mississippi), “Morality as Cure and Poison in the Genealogy”
Commentator: Leonard Feldblyum (Brown University)
Chair and Moderator: R. Lanier Anderson (Stanford University)
12:45–2:15 LUNCH BREAK
2:15–4:15 Panel Discussion: “Nietzsche’s Works of the Free Spirit”
Kaitlyn Creasy (California State University–San Bernadino)
Jeremy Fortier (CUNY)
Matt Meyer (University of Scranton)
Chair and Moderator: Greg Moore (Georgia State University)
4:30–6:00 Iain Morrisson (University of Houston), "Nietzsche's Nervous Ascetics"
Commentator: Erli Mertika (U South Florida)
Chair and Moderator: Andrew Huddleston (University of Warwick)
6:00–7:30 RECEPTION (Nietzsche's 177th Birthday)
GSU Creative Media Industries Institute Rooftop Garden
Saturday, Oct. 16th
9:00–9:30 Coffee & Tea
9:30–11:00 Katherine Graham (The New School), “Nietzsche's Zarathustra
on the Ascetic Morality of Modern Science and Philosophy”
Commentator: Melanie Shepherd (Misericordia)
Chair and Moderator: Andrew Huddleston (University of Warwick)
11:15–12:45 Joel Van Fossen (Boston University), “Nietzsche on Self-Reverence”
Commentator: Katie Brennan (Temple University)
Chair and Moderator: Kaitlyn Creasy (California State University–San Bernadino)
12:45–2:15 LUNCH BREAK
2:15–3:45 Jason Yonover (Johns Hopkins),* “Nietzsche, Spinoza, and Philosophical Etiology”
* Winner of the NANS 2020 Graduate Student Prize
Commentator: Claire Kirwin (Clemson)
Chair and Moderator: R. Lanier Anderson
4:00–5:30 Closing Keynote: Christa Davis Acampora (Emory),
"Nietzsche and the Very Possibility of Being Morally Injured"
Chair and Moderator: Jessica Berry (Georgia State University)
8:00 CLOSING RECEPTION for Program Committee and Speakers (off campus)
Photo credit: Eva Cybulska