They are one of the most influential thinkers of today and move across university campuses and pop culture with the agility of a pirate. They can deliver their novel, sophisticated and no less provocative environmental reflections with elegant ease and has been in conversation with both prominent figures in contemporary philosophy and artists such as Björk, Pharrell Williams and Olafur Eliasson. For the first time in Czechia, Timothy Morton will appear on 1 November ina live teleconference at the Jan Sokol Auditorium of the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University in Prague and at the Inspiration Forum of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. Here they will present their new book Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology and offer a lecture on the climate “hell that is not the end of the world” and the unexpected combination of ecology and Christianity against the climate crisis.
Timothy Morton will join us online; the lecture (16:00–16:40) will be followed by a conversation with Czech philosopher Lukáš Likavčan (16:40–17:20), concluding with a discussion with the audience in the Jan Sokol Auditorium at the Faculty of Humanities (17:20–18:00). So don’t hesitate to come, whether to the festival in Jihlava or to FHS, where admission isfree. After all, Timothy Morton is, among other things, famous as an excellent speaker and a passionate debater who can take you to hell and back and still inspire you with hope.
WHERE? In the Jan Sokol Auditorium at the Faculty of Humanities in Prague (Pátkova 2137/5), or at the International Documentary Film Festival Ji.hlava (IF stage in Horácké divadlo Jihlava, Komenského 1359)
WHEN: Friday 1 November, 16:00-18:00 (lecture - interview - live discussion)
HOW TO GET TO US: On foot in Jihlava, in Prague by bus 187 from the metro station Nádraží Holešovice to the stop Pelc-Tyrolka or by tram 17 to the stop Trojská and then about 800 meters on foot.
Organized by the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University in cooperation with the International Documentary Film Festival Ji.hlava and the ArtMap publishing house.
Timothy Morton is a philosopher whose work stands at the intersection of contemporary post-anthropocentric philosophy and environmental studies. They are one of the key figures of so-called object-oriented ontology, which, among other things, breaks down traditional boundaries between the human and non-human worlds and hierarchies of being. They are a long-time professor at Rice University in Texas and they write on art, popular culture, and literature in addition to ecology or philosophy. They have published over 20 books that have spawned a number of influential concepts, including Being Ecological, Hyperobjects, Dark Ecology, and Ecology Without Nature.
In his new book Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology, world-renowned philosopher Timothy Morton explores the intersection of religion and ecology in the context of the current global crises. For the author, hell is not just a theological concept, but a reality found here on Earth, exacerbated by climate change, big oil and white supremacy. Can we imagine a radical rethinking of Christianity that incorporates an ecological mindset and offers new perspectives for solutions through the values of mercy and forgiveness? And can this “mystical marriage” between Christianity and ecology overcome the current environmental crises?
| Event start | 1 November 2024 at 16:00 |
| Event end | 1 November 2024 at 18:00 |
| Type of event | Lecture |
| Organiser | FHS UK, IDFF Jihlava |
| Venue | FHS UK (Pátkova 2137/5, 182 00 Praha 8 - Libeň), Jan Sokol Auditorium / IF stage at Jihlava's Horácké divadlo |
| Target group | Academic community and public |
| Admission fee | Free |
Charles University
Faculty of Humanities
Pátkova 2137/5
182 00 Praha 8 - Libeň
Czech Republic
