August 25th- August 26th, 2015
Venue: Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS); Aarhus University. Building 1632, room 201; Høgh Guldbergsgade 6B.
13.00: Opening Uffe Juul Jensen & Karin Christiansen
13.15-14.30: Isabelle Stengers (Bruxelles) & Uffe Juul Jensen (Aarhus): "Dialogue on Utopianism, Hope and Risk - in Science, Politics and Health"
14.30-15.00: Coffee
15.00-15.40: Philippa Levine (Austin/Texas): "Eugenics and Intelligence in the Early Twentieth Century"
15.45-16.25: Nikolas Rose (London): "Understanding and Treating the Human Brain: Hopes and Disappointments"
16.25-17.00: Discussion
9-9.40: Marianne Boenink (Twente): "Biomarkers as Signs of the Time: Risk and Hope in the Era of Molecular Medicine"
9.45-10.25: Karin Christiansen (Aarhus): "Surrogacy and Negotiations of (Genetic) Identity"
10.30-11.00: Coffee
11.00-11.40: Ayo Wahlberg (Copenhagen): "Selective Reproduction and Kinds of Living"
11.45-12.25: Alfred Nordmann (Darmstadt): "A Feeling for the World as a Limited Whole - Working Knowledge and Acknowledging"
12.25-13.00: Discussion
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14:40: Mads Rosendahl Thomsen (Aarhus): "Literature and the Posthuman"
14.45-15.25: Verner Møller (Aarhus): "Sport and Enhancement"
15.30-16.00: Discussion and end of conference
