{"id":1791,"date":"2018-06-20T10:10:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T15:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/?page_id=1791"},"modified":"2024-09-09T13:39:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T18:39:23","slug":"senior-research-fellows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/senior-research-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Research Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Senior Research Fellows are appointed annually by the HKL Curator to scholars who are associated with the Hong Kierkegaard Library and who show great enthusiasm for the study of the Danish philosopher.<\/p>\n

Current Affiliates<\/span>
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Gordon Marino<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"On August 31, 2022, Gordon Marino officially retired as Curator of the Hong Kierkegaard Library after 27 years. But, he will continue his connection with the Library as a Senior Research Fellow. Dr. Marino earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and B.A. from Columbia University. His areas of specialization include History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, and Kierkegaard.<\/p>\n

Over the years he has made a huge impact on the HKL as both a philosophy professor and a mentor to Kierkegaard scholars. Outside of his role as curator, in 2018, Marino published his most recent book,\u00a0The Existentialist\u2019s Survival Guide<\/em>. He has authored and co-authored numerous works, including\u00a0Kierkegaard in the Present Age<\/em>. His articles have appeared in internationally-acclaimed news sources and periodicals such as the\u00a0Atlantic Monthly,<\/em>\u00a0New York Times Magazine,<\/em>\u00a0Wall Street Journal,<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0American Poetry Review.<\/em><\/p>\n

Brian S\u00f6derquist<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. S\u00f6derquist is a faculty member of the St. Olaf College Philosophy Department and holds the Endowed Kierkegaard Chair in Christian Philosophy. His areas of specialization are Philosophy of Religion, Existentialism, and the thought of S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard.<\/p>\n

Brian has a Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen, a master\u2019s degree from Yale University, and a bachelor\u2019s degree from Utah State University. He is the author of\u00a0The Isolated Self: Truth and Untruth in Kierkegaard\u2019s On the Concept of Irony <\/em>\u00a0as well as numerous articles and book chapters. He was part of the team that translated\u00a0Kierkegaard\u2019s Journals and Notebooks\u00a0(11 volumes) and has served as co-editor of\u00a0Kierkegaard Studies: Yearbook\u00a0and\u00a0Kierkegaardiana.<\/p>\n

Peder Jothen<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Professor Jothen is an Associate Professor of Practice in Religion at St. Olaf College where he teaches classes in Bible, Christian Theology, Existentialism, and Ethics. Current and past courses include Religion, Beauty, and the Arts; Christian Ethics: Life and Death; The Bible and Ecological Desire, and Christian Theology and Human Experience. He’s led several study away\/abroad classes as well, including Living Faith: Theology and Practice at Holden Village and Global Semester: The Ethics of Travel. He’s also taught in the Great Conversation\/Enduring Questions Conversation program. His research revolves around questions of moral formation and practice, especially in relation to culture and aesthetics. His first book, Kierkegaard, Selfhood, and Art: Aesthetics and Christian Becoming, was published by Routledge Press in 2014. He is married to Kaethe Schwehn, a writer who teaches in the English Department at St. Olaf, and has two delightful children, Thisbe and Matteus.<\/p>\n\n\n

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