Gespräch und Workshop

International Symposium (18.06.2025) University of Vienna


Theatricality of Global Markets: Art and Crypto

  • 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

Prof. Dr. David Yermack (NYU Stern):
Creating Crypto Trust through the Humanities: Literature, Performance, and Memes

10:45-11:15

 

Prof. Dr. Amy Whitaker (NYU Steinhardt)
NFTs, Fractional Ownership, and Shaping the Future

11:30-12:15

Prof. Dr. 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

Dr. Wessel Reijers (University of Paderborn)
Ruling by Virtue: Configurations of Trust from Crypto to Social Credit 


Coffee Break (14:45-15:00)


15:00-15:30

Dr. Andrin Albrecht (University of Jena)
The Closer Gods: Silicon Valley, FTX, and the Legacy of Romantic Genius

Untranslatable Departures: Art-Criticism, Cyphers, and Markets 


15:45-16:15

Dr. Rebecca Schönsee (University of Vienna)
The Body in the Ledger and the Zen of Money in Art and Crypto


16:30

Byte Moon: An Audiovisual Intervention by Andrin Albrecht


Open Reflection

17:00

Open Space for Collective Reflection and Closing Remarks

 

 

 

Vortragsreihe: Falsche Gespenster. Geld der Zukunft

Falsche Dämonen? Doderer und das Kapital (26. März 26)

Umwertung der Werte? Zukunftsperspektiven bei Doderer (Gerald Sommer, Vorsitzender der Doderer-Gesellschaft)

Ort: Erika-Weinzierl Saal, Universität Wien, Hauptgebäude

Zeit: 18:30h-20h