"Nietzsche on Nihilism and the Affirmation of Life," Institute of Philosophy, University of London, May 15-16, 2009.

Programme: FRIDAY 10.00 Registration & coffee 10.30 Bernard Reginster (Brown University) "Nihilism, Affirmation, and the Cult of the Untrue" 12.15 Lunch (own arrangements) 1.30 Simon May (Birkbeck) "Affirmation without Justification" 3.15 Tea 3.30 Ken Gemes (Birkbeck) "Nihilism and the Paradox of Affirmation" 5.15 Close SATURDAY 9.30 Christopher Janaway (Southampton) "Affirmation and the horrible truth?" 11.15 Tea 11.30 Panel Discussion 1.30 Close The conference webpage is here: http://www.philosophy.sas.ac.uk/Nietzsche.htm.