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From 5 to 7 April (Friday-Saturday), an international conference \u2018After-words\/After-worlds. The Legacy of Jacques Derrida\u2019 will be held at the University of Silesia in Katowice. The conference will be dedicated to the intellectual achievements of Jacques Derrida on the twentieth anniversary of his death and the twenty-seventh anniversary of the conferring him the title of an honorary doctor<\/em> of our university.<\/p>\n The main topic of the proposed discussion are contemporary readings of deconstruction, particularly sensitive to its political and social dimensions. The eponymous \u2018after-words\u2019 and \u2018after-worlds\u2019 lead us to reflect on a possible future as an alternative to a world plagued by conflicts, climatic and environmental catastrophes, refugee crises and the tearing of the social fabric by the development and continuous growth of the global capitalism.<\/p>\n The conference will bring together outstanding scholars from all over the world who conduct research on Derrida’s philosophy. The invited guests include prof. Anne Berger (Universit\u00e9 de Vincennes \u2013 Paris 8), prof. Vicki Kirby (University of New South Wales), prof. Nicholas Royle (University of Sussex) and prof. Jeremy Gilbert (University of East London).<\/p>\n The conference will be opened by Prof. Tadeusz S\u0142awek.<\/p>\n The organising committee includes: Aleksander Kopka, PhD (Institute of Philosophy, University of Silesia), Micha\u0142 Kisiel, PhD (Jan D\u0142ugosz University of Cz\u0119stochowa), Katarzyna Szopa, PhD, DLitt, (Institute of Literary Studies, University of Silesia) and Sebastian \u015apiewak, PhD (Institute of Philosophy, University of Silesia).<\/p>\n