13th Beyond Humanism Conference (BHC):

CRISES AND THE POSTHUMAN, Μυτιλήνη [3-7/7, 2023]

University of the Aegean – Department of Cultural Technology and Communication

CRISES AND THE POSTHUMAN:

Post- Trans- and Meta-humanist Reflections on Contemporary Challenges

Two years after the outbreak of the pandemic and the distance or hybridity it forced our lives into, the 13th Beyond Humanism Conference is taking place as a live event, returning to one of the crucial places for the development of the several Posthuman routes of thinking: the University of the Aegean, Mytilini, Greece. It was there where in the 2nd BHC in 2010 the Metahuman Manifesto was for the first time presented and an emphasis to the Audiovisual was given. It was also there in the 6th BHC in 2014 where the emphasis to the Political was underlined. It’s now, after the pandemic and the two online forums (2020 and 2021) plus the hybrid form 1st Metahuman Futures Forum in September – October 2022, that we turn to a new, hybrid, but with an emphasis to the live presentations event underlining the need for new reflections and new ideas on the Posthuman.

On Thursday 6th July, in the context of the Workshop: "Exploring Post- Trans- and Meta-Humanist Perspectives Across Art, Literature, and Philosophy: A Multidisciplinary Workshop" (ERUA session), my presentation as a guest speaker focused on Artificial Intelligence and the new Bioethics, as reflected in my book "Happy Valentine", which won the 2nd LARRY NIVEN 2022 Science Fiction Award.