Kierkegaard and the Negative: Re-examining the Dialectical
Online Conference March 13-15, 2024
8:00-12:00 CDT (Minnesota) / 14.00-18.00 CET (Copenhagen)
Zoom: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/2188071867
Program
Wednesday, March 13
8:00-8:30/14:00-14:30: Opening words by the organizers
8:30-9:00/14:30-15:00: Joakim Garff: The Vital Negativity of Irony
9:00-9:30/15:00-15:30: Discussion
9:30-9:45/15:30-15:45: Break
9:45-10:15/15:45-16:15: Carl Hughes: From Rationalism and Fideism to Apophasis: Johannes Climacus as Negative Theologian
10:15-10:45/16:15-16:45: Discussion
10:45-11:00/16:45-17:00: Break
11:00-11:30/17:00-17:30: Mélissa Fox-Muraton: Kierkegaard on Misunderstanding
11:30-12:00/17:30-18:00: Discussion
Thursday, March 14
8:00-8:30/14:00-14:30: Valérie Roberge: The Seducer and Climacus on the Importance of the Secret’s Isolation to Exist as an Individual
8:30-9:00/14:30-15:00: Discussion
9:00-9:15/15:00-15:15: Break
9:15-9:45/15:15-15:45: Simon Podmore: The Temptation of Demonic Despair: Negativity & Dialectic.
9:45-10:15/15:45-16:15: Discussion
10:15-10:30/16.15-16.30: Break
10:30-11:00/16:30-17:00: Anna Söderquist: The Negative Movement in Either/Or
11:00-11:30/17:00-17:30: Discussion
Friday, March 15
8:00-8:30/14:00-14:30: Elizabeth Li: How to Be a Non-Philosopher: Kierkegaard on Existence
8:30-9:00/14:30-15:00: Discussion
9:00-9:15/15:00-15:15: Break
9:15-9:45/15:15-15:45: Tom Miles: Talkativeness, Community Collapse, and Despair in Kierkegaard’s Present Age and Our Own
9:45-10:15/15:45-16:15: Discussion
10:15-10:30/16:15-16:30: Break
10:30-11:30/16:30-17:30: Concluding Words and Open Discussion: The Future of the Negative