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Commemorating Evildoers<\/h1>\n

Convenors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Oliver Hallich<\/strong> (University of Duisburg- Essen, Germany); oliver.hallich@uni-due.de<\/a>
Dr Paula Satne<\/strong> (University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom); P.Satne@wlv.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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*All times are British Summer Time (BST)<\/p>\n

Wednesday 8th September<\/h4>\n

First Session<\/em><\/h6>\n

10.30 am to 14.20 pm (UK time) <\/strong><\/p>\n

11 to 11.50hs: Might erasing history be problematic after all<\/p>\n

Dr. Anja Berninger<\/strong> (Georg-August-Universit\u00e4t G\u00f6ttingen)<\/p>\n

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12 to 12.50hs: It was a different time: Judging the past by today\u2019s standards<\/p>\n

Dr Alfred Archer<\/strong> (Tilburg University)<\/p>\n

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13.10hs to 14.20hs: Memorial culture and the work on myth<\/p>\n

Ms Seraphine Appel<\/strong> (Pompeu Fabra University)<\/p>\n

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Second Session<\/em><\/h6>\n

15.30 to 17.20 hs (UK time) <\/strong><\/p>\n

15.30 to 16.20 hs:\u00a0 Commemorations as speech acts<\/p>\n

Ms Marie Evanston<\/strong> (University of California at Riverside)<\/p>\n

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  1. 30 to 17.20hs: Evaluating the \u2018free speech\u2019 objection to removing tainted political symbols<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Dr Tuomas Manninen<\/strong> (Arizona State University)<\/p>\n

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    Thursday 9th September 2021<\/h4>\n
    Third Session<\/em><\/h6>\n

    11 to 14.20hs (UK time) <\/strong><\/p>\n

    11 to 11.50hs: Decolonising statues: metaphysics and history<\/p>\n

    Dr Jana Cattien<\/strong> (University of Amsterdam) and<\/p>\n

    Dr Richard Stopford\u00a0 <\/strong>(Durham University)<\/p>\n

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    12 to 12.50hs:\u00a0 Aesthetic moralism and public statuary<\/p>\n

    Dr Craig K. Agule<\/strong> (Rutgers University \u2013 Camden)<\/p>\n

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    13.10 to 14.20hs: Appropriate admiration<\/p>\n

    Dr Kyle Fruh<\/strong> (Duke Kunshan University)<\/p>\n

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    Fourth Session<\/em><\/h6>\n

    15.30 to 17.30hs (UK time) <\/strong><\/p>\n

    15.30 to 16.20hs: Vindicating cross-generational blame: Why toppling and defacing statues of Christopher Columbus and Robert E. Lee is appropriate<\/p>\n

    Dr Eric Bayruns Garc\u00eda<\/strong>\u00a0 (California State University, San Bernardino)<\/p>\n

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    Keynote talk: 16.30 to 17.30hs: Commemoration and the vice of globalism<\/p>\n

    Dr Benjamin Matheson<\/strong> (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)<\/p>\n

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    17.30 to 18hs<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Informal social chat & end of workshop (bring your own drinks)<\/p>\n

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    Edward Colston (1636\u20131721) was a Bristol-born merchant who made some of his fortune from the slave trade. Yet, in the 19th century he was seen mainly as a philanthropist. In 1895, the city of Bristol erected a monument in his honour in the area now known as The Centre. The statue became controversial by the end of the 20th century, as Colston’s activities as a major slave trader became more widely acknowledged. Since 1990, there had been unsuccessful campaigns and petitions calling for the removal of the statue. On 7 June 2020, during the global protests following the killing of George Floyd in the United States, Colston\u2019s statue was pulled down by demonstrators. The statue was then rolled down Anchor Road and pushed into Bristol Harbour. A debate then ensued. While some saw the toppling of the statue as an act of vandalism entailing criminal damage, others saw it as a legitimate way of condemning atrocity and protesting racism and inequality. Others thought that the statue should have been brought down with the consent of the local government and the general public.<\/p>\n

    The toppling of Colston\u2019s statue raises a variety of issues in philosophy, ethics and political theory, including issues related to the ethics of memory and forgiveness, the moral and political value of protesting, the legitimacy of historical moral judgements, the relationship between aesthetic and moral value, among many other issues.<\/p>\n

    The workshop will invite selected speakers and also call for papers to explore some of the following questions from a variety of theoretical and political perspectives:<\/p>\n