︎ Special Programs
In addition to hosting Intensive Study Courses and Open Seminars, the
School of Materialist Research supports a wide range of Special Programs. This
includes, but is not limited to, experimental studios, symposia, reading
groups, summer schools, retreats, art and curatorial
events, and more. All special programming is developed in consultation
with SMR leadership.
If you have a proposal, please contact us at: schoolofmaterialistresearch@gmail.com
︎ SMR Summer Schools 2024: The School of "The Feminine in an Age of Anthropological Transformation" with Julia Kristeva
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It is our great pleasure to announce that the SMR Summer School 2024 under the course-direction of prof. Julia Kristeva will take place next September (exact dates to be announced in October) and will feature profs. Miglena Nikolchina and Katerina Kolozova as supporting instructors. The Topic of the school and its tentative title is "The Feminine in an Age of Anthropological Transformation." Call for applications will be launched next month through our website and social media.
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PROGRAMS 2023:
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NON-PHILOSOPHY
Special Program: School of Materialist Research
September
8th, 2023 18.30 CET or 12.30 EST
LARUELLE AND
MATERIALISM
Chair: John Ó Maoilearca
Anthony Paul Smith
Katerina Kolozova
Jonathan Fardy
Rocco Gangle
John Ó Maoilearca
Register Here
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DESIGN & SOCIETY
Special program: Summer School in Amsterdam,
June 3-July 28
LEARNING AND UNLEARNING
THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
Collaboration between Center for Philosophical Technology
(CPT at ASU) and School for Materialist Research
CPT Directors: Adam Nocek and Stacey Moran
GUEST TUTOR: STEPHEN LOO
(Professor of Design, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
GUEST TUTOR: DUNCAN FAIRFAX
(Head of Design, Goldsmiths University of London, UK)
GUEST TUTOR: EMAN ELBANA
(Professor of Environmental Design, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt)
GUEST TUTOR: LORENZO GERBI
(Co-Director, Baltan Laboratories, Eindhoven, Netherlands)
GUEST TUTOR: KEVIN ROUFF
(Co-Founder, Studio ThusThat, Amsterdam, Netherlands )
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PAST PROGRAMS:
UPDATE ON DATES:
Philippe Morel's talk as part of the Architecture Panel has been rescheduled from March 10th to March 18th. If you have already registered on our Eventbrite you will still receive a Zoom link for the new date. If you have not yet registered for his talk, please make to sure to register for the 18th.
Architecture Panel (February/March 2022)
You can find all of the lectures on our YouTube channel here
The School of Materialist Research is proud to present the first of its “Special Programs,” which will be taking place over February/March 2022. Below you will find further information on the speakers and talks, as well as the dates. More information will be available soon. All of the talks will take place at 18:30 CET/12:30 EST, and you can find the registration link for all of them below.
Register Here
Claudia Pasquero
February 8th
Title: "BIT.BIO.BOT / Collective Experiments in Biotechnological Architecture"
Roberto Bottazzi
February 15th
Title: "Omnia per Omnia [anything by anything]"
Ludger Hovestadt
February 16th
Title: "A Circular Genealogy of Computing"
Gerald Nestler
March 11th
Title: "Forensics and Finance: Metadata Resolution and the Performativity of Finance"
Vera Bühlmann
March 12th
Title: "Bodies of Thinking, and the Fascist Affect"
