A few keynote presentations, panels and roundtables available on the American Weil Society's Youtube Channel.
"The Responsibility of Writers: The True Relationship of Good and Evil"
To watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwUuzWowBc&t=1032s
Keynote held on March 17th, 2022
Robert Chenavier, Agrégé and Doctor of Philosophy, is president of the Association pour l'Étude de la Pensée de Simone Weil, director of the Cahiers Simone Weil, and chair of the group charged with the preparation of Weil's Oeuvres complètes at the Éditions Gallimard. His publications include Simone Weil: l’attention au réel (2009), Simone Weil: une philosophie du travail (2001), as well as numerous articles and book chapters devoted to Simone Weil and the philosophy of work.
"Are We All Slaves? Weil, Homer, and Black Thought."
To watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQogtTWAaqc&t=23s
Keynote held on March 18th, 2022
Vincent Lloyd is Associate Professor of Theology, Christian Ethics and Theories & Methods of Culture at Villanova University, where he also serves as Director of the Africana Studies Program. Professor Lloyd’s publications include Break Every Yoke: Religion, Justice and the Abolition of Prisons (with J. Dubler, 2019); In Defense of Charisma (2018); Religion of the Field Negro: On Black Secularism and Black Theology (2017); Black Natural Law (2016).
"On Simone Weil and Giotto"
To watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gE4WRke61E
Keynote held on March 25th, 2022
His most recent publication is Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York (2021).
To watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfn4H1FA_Ws
A roundtable held on April 1st, 2022
Translating is a formidable task. Three translators of Simone Weil’s works: Ros Schwartz, translator of Weil’s L’Enracinement (forthcoming from Penguin UK) and Philip Wilson and Sylvia Panizza, translators of Weil’s Venise Sauvée and poems (Bloomsbury Press), will discuss some of the challenges. Tess Lewis, an internationally recognized translator, will moderate the discussion.
"Rethinking Theology"
To watch the recording: https://youtu.be/oYzpZWwVBcs
A roundtable on April 8th, 2022
In this virtual roundtable, each speaker will give a brief summary of how their investigation into the present state and future possibilities of theology draws on Weil.
“Rethinking Theology” is committed to transcending the political thinker/religious divide in Weil scholarship - not only to do justice to Weil, but also to head towards a theology that is accountable to the political implications it always bears.
Tom Sojer (University of Erfurt, Germany), Chair
Emily King (University of Chicago)
Gwen Dupré (University of Oxford)
Joanna Winterø (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Mac Loftin (Harvard University)
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