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Sixth International Conference of the North American Nietzsche Society November 12-14, 2026 Boston University The North American Nietzsche Society will hold its sixth international conference on November 12-14, 2026 at Boston University. The conference is open to the public, though all attendees (except students and faculty of the hosting institution, Boston University) must be members of the North American Nietzsche Society. You can join here. REGISTER BY CLICKING HERE HOTEL INFORMATION HERE The 2026 NANS conference is made possible by support from the North American Nietzsche Society, the Boston University Center for the Humanities, and the Boston Area Consortium for Kant and Nineteenth-Century German Philosophy. |
Schedule Thursday, November 12 Junior Scholar Workshop 1:00-2:00pm Tiantian Zhang (KU Leuven) “Honest Illusion: Art, Creation, and Consolation in Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy” Moderator: Cameron Hubbard (UC Riverside) Commentator: Katie Brennan (Salve Regina) 2:00-3:00pm Pol Pardini Gispert (Boston University) "Ressentiment as a Pathological Form of Understanding" Moderator: Vasileios Lianos (King’s College London) Commentator: James Mollison (Purdue) 3:30-4:30pm Jonathan Whittaker (McMaster University) "Nietzsche on Passion and Fanaticism" Moderator: Ethan Cutler (Boston College) Commentator: Bernard Reginster (Brown University) 4:30-5:30pm Caroline Wall (Boston University) "The Political Context of Nietzschean Decadence" Moderator: Krishna Boddapati (The New School) Commentator: Robert Guay (SUNY Binghamton) Main Program: November 13-14 Friday, November 13 9:30-10:00 Introduction, coffee, and registration 10:00-11:30 Thomas Lambert (Pitzer College) "Weakness of the Nietzschean Will: Drive Psychology, Expressivism, and Akratic Action" Moderator: Gabriel Libman (Georgia State) Commentator: Lam Trinh (Georgia State) 11:45-1:15 Benedetta Zavatta (CNRS / École normale supérieure (ITEM)) “Nietzsche on Metaphor: Conceptual Mapping, Metaphysics, and Genealogy” Moderator: Richard Elliott (University of Reading) Commentator: Hyoung Sung Kim (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) 1:15-2:45 Break for lunch 2:45-4:15 Scott Jenkins (Kansas) "Is Nietzsche Really a Pessimist?" Moderator: Bridget Berdit (Boston University) Commentator: Christian Emden (Rice) 4:30-6:00 Keynote: Sandra Shapshay (CUNY) “Schopenhauer and the Problem of Good” Moderator: Jessica Berry (Georgia State) Commentator: Ian Dunkle (Univ. of Tennessee Chattanooga) 6:30-8:30 Dinner and drinks (Dinner registration and payment required; see below) Saturday, November 14 9:30-11:00 Toby Tricks (Stanford) “Fear as Recognition: Nietzsche on Power and Cruelty” Moderator: Melanie Shepherd (Miseiricordia) Commentator: Johannes Steizinger (McMaster University) 11:15-12:45 Maria Mourtou-Paradeisopoulou (Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and University of Ioannina) "Nietzsche on Revaluing Personal Truths" Moderator: Anthony Jensen (Providence College) Commentator: Ivan Catanzaro (University of Cologne / University of Salento) 12:45-2:15 Break for lunch 2:15-4:00 Panel on Thus Spoke Zarathustra Daniel Conway Kathleen Higgins Matthew Meyer Moderator: Kaity Creasy (Cal State San Bernardino) 4:15-5:45 Keynote: R. Lanier Anderson (Stanford) "Nietzsche on Affects" Commentator: Ken Gemes (Birkbeck) Moderator: Andrew Huddleston (Notre Dame) 6:30pm-9:30pm Closing Reception (6:30-7:30) and Banquet (7:30-9:30) (Dinner registration and payment required; see below) |
Dinner information:
- Friday dinner/reception: if you're interested in attending the Friday dinner/reception, which will be held at a food hall near the conference site, please book a spot by making your payment here: https://www.paypal.com/pool/9rwkGqFXnh?sr=ancr. The cost is $25 for graduate students or $35 for faculty/employed. Be sure to include your name.
- Saturday banquet/reception: if you're interested in attending the Saturday dinner/reception, please fill out this form https://forms.gle/9uRQurkKznZv9k5D7. We have a very limited number of spots for the Saturday dinner due to the capacity of the restaurants private room. People on the conference program (speakers, commentators, chairs) are given first priority; remaining spots will be offered to those who fill out the form. Those attending the Saturday dinner are automatically included in the Friday dinner as well.
- Friday dinner/reception: if you're interested in attending the Friday dinner/reception, which will be held at a food hall near the conference site, please book a spot by making your payment here: https://www.paypal.com/pool/9rwkGqFXnh?sr=ancr. The cost is $25 for graduate students or $35 for faculty/employed. Be sure to include your name.
- Saturday banquet/reception: if you're interested in attending the Saturday dinner/reception, please fill out this form https://forms.gle/9uRQurkKznZv9k5D7. We have a very limited number of spots for the Saturday dinner due to the capacity of the restaurants private room. People on the conference program (speakers, commentators, chairs) are given first priority; remaining spots will be offered to those who fill out the form. Those attending the Saturday dinner are automatically included in the Friday dinner as well.