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Utech Seminar Series<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The George Utech Memorial Series is an annual two-day, intensive seminar led by an expert in the field of Kierkegaard studies. It is made possible by a generous donation from the Utech family in honor of St. Olaf College alum and Kierkegaard enthusiast , George W. Utech \u201953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Utech Seminars are held in person on St. Olaf’s campus during the Kierkegaard Summer Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is information on past seminar leaders and topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 \u2013 Mark Wrathall, University of Oxford<\/strong>
July 22: \u201cTime, Eternity, and the Moment: Kierkegaard and the Temporality of Existence\u201d
July 23: \u201cKierkegaardian Temporality and 20th Century Phenomenologies of Time\u201d
More information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024 \u2013 Begonya Saya Tajafuerce, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona<\/strong>
\u201cOn the Truth of Truth: Exploring Kierkegaard\u2019s Epistemological Anarchism\u201d
June 27: \u201cA Kind of Magic: Irony and Image on Display\u201d
June 28: \u201cThe Image of the Self of Kierkegaard as an Illusion\u201d
More information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023 \u2013 Iben Damgaard, S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard Research Centre, University of Copenhagen<\/strong>
June 13 & 15: \u201cThe question of dignity and recognition in Kierkegaard\u2019s Works of Love\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022 \u2013 Roe Fremstedal, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway<\/strong>
June 23rd: \u201cKierkegaard\u2019s \u2018Naked Abstract Self\u2019: Minimal, Transcendental, Ironic, or Narrative Self?\u201d
July 27th: \u201cKierkegaard on Faith and Reason\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 \u2013 Sharon Krishek, Hebrew University of Jerusalem<\/strong>
\u201cKierkegaardian Selfhood and Romantic Love\u201d: July 7 Recording<\/a> & July 8 Recording<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020 \u2013 Clare Carlisle, King\u2019s College, London<\/strong>
\u201cKierkegaard: Writing a Life\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 \u2013 Jacob Howland, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma<\/strong>
\u201cKierkegaard Reflections on The Sickness unto Death\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017 \u2013 Patrick Stokes, Deakin University<\/strong>
\u201cConsciousness, Reflection, and Subjectivity\u201d: Part 1<\/a> and Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016 \u2013 Vincent McCarthy, Saint Joseph\u2019s University, Pennsylvania<\/strong>
Day 1: \u201cKierkegaard and Psychology before Psychology\u201d
Day 2: \u201cDid Heidegger Plagiarize Kierkegaard?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015 \u2013 Poul L\u00fcbcke<\/strong>
\u201cAesthetics, Religion, and the Crisis of Metaphysics\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014 \u2013 Lee Barrett, Lancaster Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania<\/strong>
\u201cSt. Augustine and Kierkegaard\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013 \u2013 Richard Crouter, Carleton College, Minnesota<\/strong>
\u201cSchleiermacher and the Persistence of Romanticism\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 \u2013 John Davenport, Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, New York
<\/strong>June 27: \u201cNarrative Identity in Kierkegaard: Recent Debates\u201d
June 28: \u201cExistential Faith in Fear and Trembling<\/em>, Postscript<\/em>, and Repetition<\/em>: The Eschatological Interpretation\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011 \u2013 Jon Stewart, Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
<\/strong>July 5: \u201cKierkegaard\u2019s Notion of Appropriation and the Criticism of Hegelian Abstraction\u201d
July 6: \u201cKierkegaard and Hegel on Faith and Knowledge\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010 \u2013 Ed Mooney, Professor at Syracuse University, New York
<\/strong>\u201cApproaches to Kierkegaard\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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