NANS 2022
Schedule of Events
Brown University
Pembroke Hall Room 305, 172 Meeting Street, Providence RI
October 7th-8th
Friday, Oct. 7th
9:00–9:20 Coffee & Tea
9:20–9:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:30–11:00 James Mollison (Purdue University)
"A Leibnizian Reading of Nietzsche's Drive Psychology"
Commentator: Thomas Lambert (Princeton University)
Chair and Moderator: Allison Merrick (California State University, San Marcos)
11:15–12:45 Patrick Hassan (Cardiff University)
"Psychological Reduction Arguments Against Pessimism: Nietzsche on Degeneration & Weltschmerz"
Commentator: Scott Jenkins (University of Kansas)
Chair and Moderator: Paul Katsafanas (Boston University)
12:45–2:15 LUNCH BREAK (Lunch provided)
2:15–4:15 Panel Discussion: "Power"
Christine Daigle (Brock University)
Ian Dunkle (University of Southern Mississippi)
Thomas Meredith (Santa Clara University)
Chair and Moderator: Matthew Meyer (University of Scranton)
4:30–6:00 Keynote:
Maudemarie Clark (University of California, Riverside)
"Does Nietzsche Really Think Consciousness is Unimportant?"
Chair and Moderator: R. Lanier Anderson (Stanford University)
6:30pm Conference Dinner at the Brown Faculty Club (for speakers, commentators, and chairs)
Saturday, Oct. 8th
9:00–9:30 Coffee & Tea
9:30–11:00 Caroline Wall (Boston University)
“The Realm of Our Invention: On the Role of Parody in Nietzsche's Thought" Commentator: Melanie Shepherd (Misericordia University)
Chair and Moderator: Andrew Huddleston (University of Warwick)
11:15–12:45 Kaitlyn Creasy (California State University, San Bernardino)
“Emotional Dominance and Psycho-physiological Decadence”
Commentator: Robert Guay (Binghamton University, State University New York)
Chair and Moderator: Katie Brennan (Temple University)
12:45–2:15 LUNCH BREAK (Lunch provided)
2:15–3:45 Joel Van Fossen* (Boston University)
“Love in the Deepest Sense"
* Winner of the NANS 2022 Graduate Student Prize
Commentator: Gabriel Zamosc (University of Colorado, Denver)
Chair and Moderator: Vasfi O. Ozen (College of Saint Mary)
4:00–5:30 Keynote:
Anthony Jensen (Providence College)
"The Death and Redemption of God: Nietzsche's Conversation with Philip Mainländer"
Chair and Moderator: Bernard Reginster (Brown University)
9:00–9:20 Coffee & Tea
9:20–9:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:30–11:00 James Mollison (Purdue University)
"A Leibnizian Reading of Nietzsche's Drive Psychology"
Commentator: Thomas Lambert (Princeton University)
Chair and Moderator: Allison Merrick (California State University, San Marcos)
11:15–12:45 Patrick Hassan (Cardiff University)
"Psychological Reduction Arguments Against Pessimism: Nietzsche on Degeneration & Weltschmerz"
Commentator: Scott Jenkins (University of Kansas)
Chair and Moderator: Paul Katsafanas (Boston University)
12:45–2:15 LUNCH BREAK (Lunch provided)
2:15–4:15 Panel Discussion: "Power"
Christine Daigle (Brock University)
Ian Dunkle (University of Southern Mississippi)
Thomas Meredith (Santa Clara University)
Chair and Moderator: Matthew Meyer (University of Scranton)
4:30–6:00 Keynote:
Maudemarie Clark (University of California, Riverside)
"Does Nietzsche Really Think Consciousness is Unimportant?"
Chair and Moderator: R. Lanier Anderson (Stanford University)
6:30pm Conference Dinner at the Brown Faculty Club (for speakers, commentators, and chairs)
Saturday, Oct. 8th
9:00–9:30 Coffee & Tea
9:30–11:00 Caroline Wall (Boston University)
“The Realm of Our Invention: On the Role of Parody in Nietzsche's Thought" Commentator: Melanie Shepherd (Misericordia University)
Chair and Moderator: Andrew Huddleston (University of Warwick)
11:15–12:45 Kaitlyn Creasy (California State University, San Bernardino)
“Emotional Dominance and Psycho-physiological Decadence”
Commentator: Robert Guay (Binghamton University, State University New York)
Chair and Moderator: Katie Brennan (Temple University)
12:45–2:15 LUNCH BREAK (Lunch provided)
2:15–3:45 Joel Van Fossen* (Boston University)
“Love in the Deepest Sense"
* Winner of the NANS 2022 Graduate Student Prize
Commentator: Gabriel Zamosc (University of Colorado, Denver)
Chair and Moderator: Vasfi O. Ozen (College of Saint Mary)
4:00–5:30 Keynote:
Anthony Jensen (Providence College)
"The Death and Redemption of God: Nietzsche's Conversation with Philip Mainländer"
Chair and Moderator: Bernard Reginster (Brown University)