Programme
Workshop Programme
9:00 Registration Opens 9:45 - Martin Hapla (Masaryk University)
Foreword
10:00 - Vivian Liska (University of Antwerp)
An Asymptotic Encounter: Kafka, Literature and the Law
- Michaela Fišerová (University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně)
Desire to Judge. Immanence of Law in Deleuze's and Guattari's Reading of Kafka
11:30 Coffee Break 12:00 - Howard Caygill (Kingston University)
The Legality of Kafka's photo-surveillance: the case of 'Accident Prevention in Quarries
- Przemysław Tacik (Jagiellonian University)
Beneath Kafka's Castles: Temporality of Modern Sovereignty and the Infinity of the Law
13:30 Lunch 14:30 - Gian Giacomo Fusco (University of Kent)
The Death of the Father. A commentary on Kafka's Das Urteil
- Natalie Ohana (University of Exeter)
Reading The Trial through Letter to his Father: Situating Kafka within Critical Trauma Studies
16:00 Coffee Break 16:30 - Jiří Přibáň (Cardiff University)
Kafka's Laughter
- Markéta Štěpáníková (Masaryk University)
1918: Talks Before the Law
18:00 - Martin Škop (Masaryk University)
Afterword
- Martin Hapla (Masaryk University)
Cultural Programme
21st November
18:00 Pre-Workshop Drinks
Venue: AXIOM Pub; Poštovská 68/3, 602 00 Brno-střed
19:00 Leoš Janáček - Jenůfa
A timeless and haunting story from the Moravian countryside, centered on jealousy, forgiveness, and hope, will be brought to life by members of the Moravian Theatre Olomouc in a co-production with the National Theatre Brno as part of the Janáček Brno Festival. Led by director Veronika Kos Loulová, an all-female production team will present Jenůfa in its original 1904 version, celebrating the 120th anniversary of its premiere this year. This new staging offers a refreshed perspective on the world-renowned opera, intertwining the harsh fate of Jenůfa with authentic testimonies from women for whom the birth of a child was not initially a source of joy.
One of the fundamental and enduring themes that Janáček explores is the complexity of motherhood. While childbirth is often seen as the beginning of life’s most beautiful chapter, it can also become a nightmare when coupled with depression or anxiety. Prompted by Moravian Theatre’s director David Gerneš, the theater collaborated with Úsměvy mámy, an organization that provides professional support to women experiencing postnatal depression and other psychological challenges related to motherhood, to help develop the production’s concept.
See more here.
Venue: Mahen Theatre; Malinovského nám. 1, 657 70 Brno-střed
22nd November
19:00 After-Workshop Drinks
Venue: Malt Worm; Starobrněnská 339/12, 602 00 Brno-střed