Please view the following archived recordings including: Julia Watkin Lectures, Utech Seminars, 2021 & 2020 Summer Lectures Series, and other talks by Kierkegaard scholars.
Julia Watkin Lecture Series
May 2024 “The Kierkegaardian Text“ Recording
Speaker: Joakim Garff, Professor of Philosophy at Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, University of Copenhagen.
November 2023 “The Existential Need of Anxiety: Kierkegaard and the Current Mental Health Crisis” Recording
Speaker: René Rosfort, Associate Professor of Theology at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, University of Copenhagen.
May 2023 “Thought Projects and Imaginary Constructions: Kierkegaard’s Experimenting Mind” Recording
Speaker: Eleanor Helms, Professor of Philosophy at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.
November 2022 “My Walk with Kierkegaard: Agreements and Disagreements” Recording
Speaker: Gordon Marino, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy; Former Curator of Kierkegaard Library
November 2021 “Dare to Rejoice” Recording
Speakers: Carson S. Webb, Harry R. Butman Chair of Religion and Philosophy, Piedmont University, and Gordon Marino, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy; Interim Curator of Kierkegaard Library
May 2021 “Kierkegaard and Luther: What Søren Kierkegaard Lauded, Lanced, Missed, and Misjudged of Martin Luther” Recording
Speaker: David Coe, MDiv, PhD, Assistant Professor of Theology and Philosophy, Concordia University, Nebraska
November 2020 “The Responsibility to Revolt: Søren Kierkegaard and the Politics of Love” Recording
Speaker: HKL Senior Research Fellow Jamie Aroosi, member of adjunct faculty at New York University’s School of Professional Studies.
May 2020 “Kierkegaard’s Critique of Nationalism Reconsidered” Recording
Speaker: Thomas J. Millay, a Lecturer in the Religion Department at Baylor University, Senior Research Fellow at the Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, and the author of You Must Change Your Life: Søren Kierkegaard’s Philosophy of Reading, forthcoming from Cascade Press.
May 2019 “What Makes Kierkegaard ‘Biblical’?” Recording
Speaker: Carl Hughes, Associate Professor of Theology, Texas Lutheran University
November 2018 “Crashing Into One’s Self: Decisive Encounters with the Wisdom of Kierkegaard & the Value of First Person Responses” Recording
Speaker: Jamie Lorentzen, Hong Kierkegaard Library Senior Research Fellow
November 2015 “Kierkegaard and His Reader” Recording
Speaker: John Poling, Saint Mary’s University
November 2014 “Kierkegaard Crumbs: “For to be in Existence is Always a Bit Inconvenient” Recording
Speaker: Dr. David Cain, Professor Emeritus, Mary Washington University
November 2013 “Søren Kierkegaard: In the Wake of the Flying Geese” Recording
Speaker: Dr. Rune Engebretsen, Kierkegaard House Foundation
Utech Seminar Series
2023 – Iben Damgaard, Associate Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Religion Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, University of Copenhagen.
June 13 & 15: The question of dignity and recognition in Kierkegaard’s Works of Love
2022 – Roe Fremstedal, Professor of Philosophy at Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, NTNU Trondheim, Norway.
June 23rd: Kierkegaard’s “Naked Abstract Self”: Minimal, Transcendental, Ironic, or Narrative Self? July 27th: Kierkegaard on Faith and Reason
2021 – July 7 Recording & July 8 Recording – Sharon Krishek, Lecturer in Philosophy, The Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Title: “Kierkegaardian Selfhood and Romantic Love”
2020 – July 9 & 10 – The Utech Seminar: “Kierkegaard: Writing a Life”. Clare Carlisle, Professor of King’s College, London, discussed the intimate connection between life and writing; Kierkegaard’s relationship to writing; and her own experience writing Kierkegaard’s life.
Utech Lecture 12021 Summer Lecture Series
Recording – June 9 – Marcia Robinson, Dr. Marcia C. Robinson teaches the history of Christian thought and culture in the Department of Religion at Syracuse University in Upstate New York. Title: “Out over 70,000 Fathoms with the Lilies and the Birds: Easter as Philosophia in Kierkegaard’s 1849 Discourses on the Lilies and the Birds.”
Recording June 16 – Frances Maughen-Brown, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross. Title: “The Call in the Response: Kierkegaard’s Patterns.”
Recording June 23 – Antony Aumann, Associate Professor of Philosophy, No. Michigan University. Title: “Kierkegaard on Risk, Loss, and Finding Happiness.”
Recording June 30 – Jason Mahn, Professor of Religion, Conrad Bergendoff Chair in the Humanities, Director of the Presidential Center for Faith and Learning, Augustana College, IL Title: “Kierkegaard and Camus on Neighbor Love through Pandemics.”
Recording July 14 – Rick Furtak, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Colorado College. Title: “Love of the Individual”
Recording July 21 Ulrika Carlsson received her PhD from Yale in 2013. She has taught at LIU Brooklyn and Moscow’s Higher School of Economics. Title: “You are what you love”.
Recording July 28 – Spanish Lecture by Matias Tapia Wende – FONDECYT-Chile Postdoctorate at Universidad de Los Andes – Spanish – Título: “‘Hazlo en el nombre de Dios’: El asunto de conciencia en Kierkegaard“. English – Title: “‘In God’s Name Do So’: Kierkegaard on Matters of Conscience.”
Poul Lübcke Memorial Lecture Series
October 2020 – Recording
—Speaker Nigel Hatton, Associate Professor of Literature, University of California, Merced–
Title: “Kierkegaard and the Ethics of Advocating on Behalf of Others.”
September 2020 – Recording
—Speaker Patrick Stokes, Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia–
Title: “To Eternity by Telegram: Time and Judgement in The Sickness unto Death”
Summer 2020 Recordings
Gordon MarinoOther Recordings
“Taking Kierkegaard Personally” : Recording
The event consisted of a short introduction by the editors: Gordon Marino and St. Olaf alum Jamie Lorentzen, followed by a short reading from four authors of this newly published book “Taking Kierkegaard Personally: First Person Responses.” This unique publication includes chapters from worldly scholars who share their stories of the personal impact Kierkegaard has played in their lives. It was inspired by the Eighth International Kierkegaard Conference at St. Olaf College. More info and order a copy here
Archived Lectures & Events
- Gordon Marino, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at St. Olaf College and Former Curator of the Kierkegaard Library. November 2, 2023 – “Kierkegaard and Mental Health”
- Elisabete de Sousa, Professor of Philosophy at Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa in Lisbon, Portugal. October, 24, 2023. “Don Giovanni”
- Antony Aumann – Julia Watkin 2019 Fall Lecture: Kierkegaard on the Transformative Power of Art (transcript only)
- Carl Hughes – Julia Watkin 2019 Spring Lecture: What Makes Kierkegaard “Biblical?”
- Jamie Lorentzen – Julia Watkin 2018 Fall Lecture: Crashing Into One’s Self
- Paul Houe – 2017 Liberal Democracy between Absolutism and Populism
- David Lappano – 2017 Leading a talk on his book Søren Kierkegaard’s Theology of Encounter
- Professor Patrick Stokes
- Professor Anthony Rudd – 2017 Julia Watkin Spring Lecture on Kierkegaard and Nature
- Professor Sergia Hay – 2016 Julia Watkin Lecture: Kierkegaard on Narcissism and Self-Love