Global Bergsonism Conference “Interpreting Bergsonian Ideas through Philosophical, Cultural, and Literary Interconnections” – Swedish Research Institute, Istanbul and online – October 16-17, 2025

Ahmet Güneştekin, Sarcophaguses of Alphabet

Venue: Swedish Research Institute

All the times indicated are in Turkey Time (UTC+03:00)

Zoom link: https://cnrs.zoom.us/j/96354754233?pwd=UHgycFhnNnR1VXVVcWNrZXZnV1haUT09 

Meeting ID: 963 5475 4233
Passcode: vr7r1B
 
 

Program

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Thursday, October 16,2025

9:30: Welcome Reception

10:00-10:30: Opening Remarks

10:30-12:30: Keynote and Updates on the Project

  • Frédéric Worms, ENS de Paris: “How can a philosophical problem concern the whole world? From ‘global bergsonism’ to our present time”
  • Alessandro Taverniti, ENS Lyon: “Worldwide Bergsonian Bibliography”

Moderator: Caterina Zanfi, CNRS/ENS Paris

14:00-16:00: Bergsonism in Turkey

  • Dilek Sarmış, Université de Strasbourg: “Multiscalar Bergson: An Epistemology of the Conceptual and Terminological Interconnections among Philosophy, Literature and Politics in the Republican Turkish World”
  • Micah A. Hughes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: “Between “Total Social Fact” and “Social Institution”: Bergsonian Philosophy of  Religion in 20th-century Turkey”

Moderator: Pascale Roure, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul

16:30-18:30: Bergsonism in the MENA Region

  • Khaled Bahri, Université de Tunis El Manar: “Perception tunisienne des idées de Bergson : Nature et enjeu”
  • Seyed Ashkan Khatibi, Université de Téhéran: “Au prisme de la philosophie irano-islamique : Contre trois (fausses) lectures du bergsonisme

Moderator: Dilek Sarmış, Université de Strasbourg

Friday, October 17, 2025

10:00-13:00: Bergson and the Traditions of Philosophy

  • Clara Zimmerman, Institut Catholique de Paris et Université Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: “Le bergsonisme en Argentine : une médiation philosophique entre l’Europe et l’Amérique latine”
  • Anna Kuszmiruk, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń: Forgotten Dialogues: Bergson and the Polish Philosophy of Science
  • Doudja Boumaza, Université Grenoble Alpes and Université de Keio: “Vers un bergsonisme analytique? Matière et mémoire, une passerelle entre deux traditions philosophiques”

Moderator: Khaled Bahri, Université de Tunis

14:00-16:00: Language and Linguistics in Bergsonian Thought

  • Asmaa Ramil, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul: “Secular Transcendence: Bergson, Valéry and Merleau-Ponty on Language as a Gateway to the Ineffable”
  • Tobias Endres, Braunschweig Technical University: “An Intercultural Perspective on Bergson’s Engagement with the Linguistics of His Time”

Moderator: M. Owais Khan, Istanbul Zaim University and BILDEV

16:30-18:30 Bergsonian Influence on Global Literature

  • Nurgül Şener, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul: “Re-reading Halide Edib’s Literary Masterwork in the Light of Bergsonian Influences”
  • Ties van Gemert, Tilburg University: “A Bergsonian Prometheus: The Experience of the Anti-Social in Carry van Bruggen”

Moderator: Micah A. Hughes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

18:30-19:15: Conclusion and General Discussion

Moderator: M. Sait Özervarlı, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul


OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Emily Herring (16 juin 2025). Global Bergsonism Conference “Interpreting Bergsonian Ideas through Philosophical, Cultural, and Literary Interconnections” – Swedish Research Institute, Istanbul and online – October 16-17, 2025. Société des amis de Bergson. Consulté le 16 novembre 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/144s9


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