CURI

An Online Guide to Kierkegaard’s Copenhagen

Faculty Advisor: Brian Söderquist

Student: Madeline Altman

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Description: This project is an interactive webpage that leads the visitor through an online tour of sites in Copenhagen and the greater area of North Sjaelland related to the authorship and biography of Søren Kierkegaard. It provides visitors with a brief background to the biographical significance of the given sites for Kierkegaard and includes, for each site, an introduction to a work from this authorship that is related to the site. Each site also includes a link to a larger section of text from Kierkegaard’s writing for further reading.

Video Creation: Making a Rare Books Collection Come Alive in the Kierkegaard Library

Faculty Advisor: Anna Söderquist

Student: Chloe Revier

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Description: This project entails creating and editing a video that showcases the Rare Books Collection in the Kierkegaard Library vault. The central question leading this project is how, in video format, to tell a meaningful story about this collection, using filming of the vault space, interviews, and other images and sounds. The audience for the video spans from Kierkegaard scholars, to students, and a public interested in learning more about Kierkegaard and about rare book collections. The Rare Books Collection consists, among other items, of materials pre-dating 1856 that replicate the personal library of the Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855). The project is a collaborative effort with the Kierkegaard Library’s director and assistant director, as well as with the Kierkegaard Library special collections coordinator. Revier will perform research on best practices for creating a story-telling video with content from a special collection; learn to discern and use relevant and compelling content for video storytelling; gain skills in making and editing a video for online sharing; and practice interviewing and information gathering.

Digital Exhibit: From the Archives of the Hong Kierkegaard Library Special Collection “Danica”

• “Between the Lines of Love and Lingering”
• “Discovering Kierkegaard’s Pseudonyms” 
• “Kierkegaard’s Philosophy of Music: Sensuous or Spiritual?”
• “Finding Faith in Anxiety”

Students: Vera Sablak, Kiara Fitzpatrick, Ruth Hailey, Elie Kayobe

Existential Prescriptions for Anxiety and Depression

Students: Brennan Brink, Eli Graf, Robert Ireland

Kierkegaard in the Present Age

Students: Anabel Kapelke and Linden Smith