Oct. 29-31, 2018: International conference on the Ghana-born philosopher Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1703-1758) at the Martin Luther University in Halle, Germany.
Anton Wilhelm Amo (Afer) was born in today’s Ghana. He grew up in today’s Germany, and he taught philosophy at the universities of Halle, Wittenberg, and Jena in the 1730s. Amo wrote books in Latin. More in Dag Herbjørnsrud’s Aeon essay on Amo and the Ethiopian philosopher Zera Yacob, 1599-1692 (Program below).
PROGRAM OCT 29-31, 2018
Anton Wilhelm Amo: an African philosopher in Early Modern Europe
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 29-31 October 2018
OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE CONFERENCE
(Program at PhilEvents – by PhilPapers/London Univ).
Organizers: Dwight Lewis (Emory University & University of South Florida) and Falk Wunderlich (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Locations:
VENUES: Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für die Erforschung der Europäischen Aufklärung (IZEA, Franckeplatz 1, Haus 54, Halle, Germany) (Monday and Tuesday).
Martin-Luther-Universität, Ludwig-Wucherer-Straße 2 (Steintor-Campus), Halle, Hörsaal IV (Wednesday).
Monday, 29 October 2018
Venue: IZEA, Franckeplatz 1, Haus 54
17:45-18:15 Welcome and introduction
18:15-19:45 Paulin J. Hountondji (Professor Emeritus, National Universities of Benin; President of the National Council on Education in Benin) How African is Anton Wilhelm Amo?
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Venue: IZEA, Franckeplatz 1, Haus 54
09:00-10:00 Jacob Mabe (Berlin) Die philosophischen Prinzipien der Geschichtsschreibung nach Anton Wilhelm Amo
10:00-11:00 Dag Herbjørnsrud (Center for Global and Comparative History of Ideas, Oslo) The Philosophy of Africa and the European Response: Reconstructing a Global and Comparative Perspective
Break
11:30-12:30 Dwight Lewis (Emory University & University of South Florida) From Lost to Found: Amo’s De Iure Maurorum in Europa
Lunch Break
14.00-15:00 Sonja Brentjes (Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin) / Rana Brentjes (Goldsmiths, University of London) Anti-colonialism and humanism: Burchard Brentjes and Anton Wilhelm Amo
15:00-16:00 Monika Firla (AfriTüDe Geschichtswerkstatt, Stuttgart) A.W. Amo als Praktischer Philosoph in Deutschland und Axim Break
16:30-17:30 Andreij Krause (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Anton Wilhelm Amo und die traditionelle Logik – Sätze, Schlüsse und Argumentationen
17:30-18:30 Stephen Menn (Humboldt-Universität Berlin) Amo’s theory of intentions and the problem of mind-body causality
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Venue: Ludwig-Wucherer-Straße 2 (Steintor-Campus), Hörsaal IV
09:00-10:00 Justin E.H. Smith (University of Paris 7 – Denis Diderot) Amo’s Apatheia: A Critical Examination of His Sources
10:00-11:00 Falk Wunderlich (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Amo and the theory of physical influx
Break
11:30-12:30 Corey W. Dyck (Western University, Canada) Amo and the Neglected Path of Wolffianism
12:30-13:30 Paola Rumore (Università degli Studi di Torino) Amo’s philosophical contexts in Halle and Wittenberg
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