Venue

Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Venue: Erika-Weinzierl Saal, Unversity of Vienna
Time: 10:00-18:30
Registration: registration required; contact: dorothea.rebecca.schoensee@univie.ac.at
Language: English
Keynotes: Prof. Dr. Amy Whitaker (NYU Steinhardt); Prof. Dr. David Yermack (NYU Stern)

Program

Crypto, Theatricality, and the Humanities

10:00-10:30:

David Yermack (NYU Stern):

Creating Crypto Trust through the Humanities: Literature, Performance, and Memes

10:45-11:15

Amy Whitaker (NYU Steinhardt):

NFTs, Fractional Ownership, and Shaping the Future

11:30-12:15

Sam Thomas (Durham University):

Credit Values: The Materiality & Ephemerality of Star Wars Economics

Lunch-BREAK 12:30-14:00

Pirate Islands and Tech-Governance

14:00-14:30

Wessel Reijers (University of Paderborn):

Ruling by Virtue: Configurations of Trust from Crypto to Social Credit

14:45-15:15

Andrin Albrecht (University of Jena):

The Closer Gods: Silicon Valley, FTX, and the Legacy of Romantic Genius

Break 15:30-15:45

Untranslatable Departures: Theatricality, Art-Criticism and Markets

15:45-16:15

Vincent Broqua (University of Paris 8):

Crypto-Criticality. Transparency and Obscurity

16:30-17:00

Rebecca Schönsee (University of Vienna):

The Body in the Ledger and the Zen of Money in Art and Crypto

Break 17:00-17:15

Open Reflection and 'Recovery' in Translation

17:15-17:30

Open Space for Collective Reflection and Closing Remarks

17:30-18:00

Non-Performance/Poetry Reading by Vincent Broqua