International Kierkegaard Newsletter 2000

No. 22 . October 2000 ISSN 0108-3104

SOCIETIES & INSTITUTIONS:

AUSTRALIA: SØREN KIERKEGAARD RESEARCH UNIT AUSTRALIA (IKN 206):
University of Tasmania. Contact: Dr. Julia Watkin, University of Tasmania, School of Philosophy, Locked Bag 1-340, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia. Tel./fax int.:[ 61 3] 63 26 75 35. (Email: Julia.Watkin@utas.edu.au). Kierkegaard studies are offered and supervision of postgraduates. The research unit is now in its new quarters in the new Faculty of Arts building after the big removal in January.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA (IKN 206):
Launceston, Tasmania, 7250. President 1999-2000: Dr. John Norris. Committee: Linn Miller, Riley O'Connor and Julia Watkin. The society has been continuing its meetings each month during the southern academic year, discussing texts from Kierkegaard's works and papers. Meetings are now held in the new Faculty of Arts building on the university campus. All enquiries about the society should be directed to Dr. Julia Watkin at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Unit above.

BELGIUM: KIERKEGAARD WERKGROEP: (IKN 206):
at the Faculteit voor Vergelijkende Godsdienstwetenschappen, Voorzitter W.K. Bist 164 2610 Antwerpen-Wilrijk (IKN 172): The Society meets regularly to discuss Kierkegaard texts. In November the group discussed The Point of View, and Kierkegaard's discourse in the graveyard. In January it has been discussing Fear and Trembling. For further details about the Werkgroep, please write to: Faculteit voor Vergelijkende Godsdienstwetenschappen, Bist 164, B-2610 Antwerpen-Wilrijk. Tel. + 32 3 8305158. Fax +32 3 8252673. Email: JVO@village.uunet.be Acta Comparanda XI FVG is now out. Reports and Letters: 'The Palace of the Chosen One', pp. 122-123 by Leslie Versweyveld. Acta Comparanda (email: FVG.Comparel@antwerpen.be). Congratulations to The Werkgroep which is now in its 10th year.

CANADA: THE KIERKEGAARD CIRCLE (IKN 207):
Topic: Kierkegaard's Non-Foundational Account of Human Nature; Speaker: Professor Lee C. Barrett III (Ph.D Yale) (Lancaster Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania); Friday, October 27, 2000, 7.30 p.m. in Junior Common Room, Trinity College, Toronto. Inquiries: Abrahim H. Khan, Trinity College; email: khanah@chass.utoronto.ca (Tel. 978 - 3608 or 2133). Kierkegaard Circle website: www.utoronto.ca/kierkegaard

DENMARK: DEPARTMENT OF SØREN KIERKEGAARD RESEARCH, Copenhagen University (IKN207): See under Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, Copenhagen University and contact Pia Søltoft.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD RESEARCH CENTRE, Copenhagen University: (IKN 207):
Centre Director: Niels Jørgen Cappelørn: Secretary: Anette Knudsen; Administrator: Mette Skakkebaek. The Research Centre is producing a new critical edition of Kierkegaard's writings and promotes international Kierkegaard research at the highest levels. Centre Director Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, Store Kannikestraede 15, DK-1169 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Fax: + 45 33 76 69 10; Phone: + 45 33 76 69 00; email: sec@sk.ku.dk or njc@sk.ku.dk (Website: http://www.sk.ku.dk). News from the Kierkegaard Research Centre is to be found in the Centre's publication: Kierkegaard Studies - Yearbook 2000.
Research Seminar: August 16-17, 2000: Begrebet Angest - Research Seminar: Béla Bacso; Søren Bruun; Walter Dietz; Judy Gammelgaard; Dario Gonzáles; Arne Grøn; Flemming Harrits; Niels Hyldahl; Roger Poole; Hugh Pyper; Jon Stewart; Karl Verstrynge; Bo Kampmann Walther. Kierkegaard-Schelling Workshop: Zoltán Gyenge; Jochem Hennigfeld; Axel Hutter; Lore Hühn; Michelle Kosch; Anders Moe Rasmussen; Hartmut Rosenau. (See note in: Kristeligt Dagblad 17.8.2000). See also under Books. Se også: Kristeligt Dagblad 14.4.00: "Kierkegaard indtager Kina" og Peter Birch: "Kineser med kaerlighed til Kierkegaard" (om Qi Wang og Bejing kinesiske Kierkegaard oversaettelsers-projekt). (See also under Reviews - Dietz and Journals and Series).

SØREN KIERKEGAARD SELSKABET: (IKN 207):
Formand: Adjunkt Ph.D & cand. theol. Pia Søltoft, email: ps@sk.ku.dk; naestformand: Sognepraest cand. theol. Leif Bork Hansen. Secretaer: realkommentator cand.mag. Peter Tudvad, Søren Kierkegaard Forskningscenteret, St. Kannikestraede 15, 1169 Kbh. K.: Tlf.: 3376 6922. E-mail: pt@sk.ku.dk Kasserer: Mag. art. Birgit Bertung, Frimestervej 51, 4. tv., 2400 Copenhagen NV. Phone: 3585 8018. Lectures 2000:27.1.00: Peter Thielst: Kierkegaard skal laeses forlaens, men forstås baglaens - eller: Hvordan Peter Thielst blev hvirvlet ind i det store Kierkegaard-cirkus; 24.2.00: Finn Frandsen: Søren Kierkegaard og den franske eksistentialisme - historien om en filosofisk inspirationskilde; 30.3.00: Flemming Harrits: Her vil ties....; 27.4.00: Mogens Lindhardt: Kierkegaards psykologi i forhold til nutidens tale om skam; 25.5.00: Kirsten Klercke: Kaerlighedens tid. 27.9.00: Camilla Sløk: Var Niklas Luhmann inspireret af Kierkegaard? 26.10.00: Klaus Wivel: Naesten Intet - En jødisk kritik af Kierkegaard; 30.11.00: Joakim Garff: At biografere Søren Aabye Kierkegaard. Foredragene afholdes: Københavns Universitet, Kaelder-caféen, Købmagergade 44, over gården. Gaestebilletter saelges ved indgangen: 30 kr. Kontingent for 2000: 180 kr., studerende og medlemmer uden for Sjaelland: 90 kr. Girokvittering er adgangskort. Indmeldelser: Giro 647 1382. (Hjemmeside: http://www.sk.ku.dk/selskab/). (See also under Journals and Series).

SØREN KIERKEGAARD KREDSEN: (IKN 208):
The Søren Kierkegaard Circle supports Kierkegaard research and activities in North Zealand. Activities in 2000: Kl. 19.30-21.45: 2.2.00, 16.2.00, 1.3.00, 8.3.00: Studiekreds ved sognepraest Helle Møller Jensen: "Opbyggelige Taler". 27.2.00 kl. 15.00: Pastor Arne Hvid: "Et opgør med tiden - Søren Kierkegaards enmandsrevolution" (efterfølges af Generalforsamlingen) Kultursalen, Pyramiden, Vesterbrogade 56, Gilleleje. 9.4.00 kl. 15.00: Grethe Røstbøll: "Søren Kierkegaards betydning for nyere dansk litteratur" (Karen Blixen, Martin A. Hansen, H.C. Branner m.fl.). Kultursalen, Pyramiden. 3.9.00 kl. 13.30 - ca. 15.30: Kierkegaards København - lystvandring med forskningslektor Joakim Garff (Kierkegaards gl. lejlighed på Kultorvet). 24.9.00 kl. 15.00 - 16.30: Pastor Elisabeth Balle: 1847 - et betydningsfuldt år i H.C. Andersens og Søren Kierkegaards liv i Guldaldertidens København. 22.11.00 kl. 19.30 - 21.45: Arne Hvid: Filosofiske Smuler (studiekreds). Andre møder på d. 25.10, 8.11, 22.11. Bestyrelsen: Formand: Ulla Marie Andersen, tlf. +45 4835 5640; Sekretaer: Karl Damkjaer; Anne Marie Frederiksen og: Lis Møller-Jørgensen, Bygaden 40 A, Søborg, 3250 Gilleleje, Denmark. (Ph. + (45) 42 29 15 58). Udgivelsen til medlemmerne: foredrag: Dorothea Glöckner: Søren Kierkegaard - Inderlighedens taenker i forbindelse med Dansk-Tysk Venskabsforenings 10 års jubilaeum (foredrag holdt 14.2.00 i Goslar). Udgiveren: Udvalget for Almen Kultur. Almen Kulturudvalget i Frederiksborg Amt, nu udgivet ved Søren Kierkegaard Kredsen. 44 s.

FRANCE: SOCIÉTÉ SØREN KIERKEGAARD.
The French Kierkegaard Society was started on January 17th, 2000 in Paris. Founding Board: Prof. Jacques Colette (Université; - Paris I, Sorbonne); Prof. André Clair (Université de Rennes I); Dr. Jacques Lafarge. Dr. Jacques Message. Address: Société Søren Kierkegaard. - B.P. 472-07. F 75327. Paris - Cedex 07.

HUNGARY: KIERKEGAARD CABINET IN BUDAPEST:
Towards the end of the year (northern Autumn) there is to be a library and study centre in Budapest thanks to the Dept. of Aesthetics at the University ELTE of Budapest and the Danish Cultural Institute in Kecskemet. For information or if you wish to make donations of any kind to the centre, please contact Andras Nagy at email: andrasnagy@matavnet.hu

ITALY: SOCIETÀ ITALIANA PER GLI STUDI KIERKEGAARDIANI/THE ITALIAN SOCIETY FOR KIERKEGAARD STUDIES (IKN 208):
c/o Università Degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Filologia Moderna Lingue e Letterature Scandinave, Via S. Reparata 93/95, 50 129 Firenze. The Italian Kierkegaard Society was started on June 11th in Florence. The Society's Board is now: Dr. Isabella Adinolfi, tel: 041/971958, email: sisa@unive.it; Dr. Simonella Davini, tel: 0583/91597, email: davinis@ats.it; Dr. Bettina Faber, email: faberbe@unive.it; Prof. Inge Lise Rasmussen, email: rasmussen@unisi.it; Dr. Ettore Rocca, email: erocca@netilink.com or er@sk.ku.dk; Dr. Giorgio Ruffa, tel: 0338/1640515, email: evanweb@poboxes.com; Prof. Ivan Z. Sørensen, tel: 055/476680, email: zleba@mclink.it (Note that the Kierkegaard Society's web address is: http://helios.unive.it/~sisa/kierkegaard/).

JAPAN: KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY IN JAPAN (KYOTO):
The Kierkegaard Society was re-established in Kyoto on 5.5.2000. (Cf. IKN 158). A meeting was held that day at which three researchers presented their papers: Hiroko Otoshi: Subjectivity and Paradox by Kierkegard; Satoshi Eguchi: Kierkegaard and Privacy; Yoshio Kawai: Kierkegaard and German Literature in the 20th Century. The new board of directors of the Society is as follows: President: Prof. em. Norikazu Oya; Vice-President: Prof. Dr. Hidetomo Yamashita; General Secretary: Prof. Kinya Masugata; Secretary: Lecturer Satoshi Eguchi; Treasurer/Auditors: Prof. em. Tadayoshi Hayashi, Assoc. Prof. Akihisa Matsushima. Secretariat: Modern Sociology Faculty at Kyoto Women's College, 35, Imakumano Kita-Hiyoshi-Cho, Higashiyama-Ku, J-606-8501, Kyoto City, Japan. Tel./Fax: + 81 75 531 9167. Secretary's email: eguich@ethics.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp It is planned to publish New Kierkegaard Study from the end of March 2001.
THE ASSOCIATION OF SØREN KIERKEGAARD STUDY (IKN 158)
is organized under the Kierkegaard Society in Japan (Kyoto). The group holds several meetings a year and has meetings for reading Kierkegaard texts and other Danish writings. It also introduces to members new trends in international Kierkegaard study. The group met on 6.5.00, with papers by: Makoto Fujieda and Tsuru Shinichi. Makoto Fujieda introduced Walter R. Dietz's paper: 'Kierkegaard im Licht der neueren internationalen Forschung' and Tsuru Shinichi introduced the debate between Sylvia Walsh's 'Reading Kierkegaard with Kierkegaard against Garff' and Joakim Garff's 'Reading Oneself'. The website of the Kierkegaard Society is at: http://www.kierkegaard.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/society/

SØREN KIERKEGAARD RESEARCH CENTRE IN JAPAN (Nihon Seren Kyerukegoru Kenkyu Senta) (IKN 208):
Meetings: 28. 10. 1999: Nishinomiya, Kwansei Gakuin University: Prof. dr. Leif Skibsted (Den Kongelige Veterinar- og Landboshøjskole, Denmark): "Denmaku Ogonjidai ni okeru Shizenkagaku to Kirisutokyo" [Naturvidenskab og Kristendom i Dansk Guldalder]; 25. 7. 2000: Tokyo: Waseda Hoshi-en: Prof. dr. Junko Hamada (Kanto Gakuin University): "Kirukegoru no Shisaku to Sei no Shinri" [Kierkegaard's Thought and the Truth of Life]; 28. 11. 2000: Korea-Japan International Kierkegaard Conference takes place at Kwansei Gakuin University. (See also under Conferences).

NORWAY: DET NORSKE SØREN KIERKEGAARD SELSKAP: (IKN 190):
Thor Arvid Dyreud is now the president of the Norwegian Kierkegaard Society, and please note the new address: Det Norske Søren Kierkegaard Selskap, Postboks 2185 Grünerløkka, N-0505 Oslo, Norway. Phone: (00 47) 22 71 62 72; email: t.a.dyrerud@iks-stud.uio.no

UNITED KINGDOM: ANNUAL SØREN KIERKEGAARD DINNER AND PAPER: (IKN 209): For details of the Annual Dinner and Paper at the Danish Church London, contact Peter Vardy, c/o Heythrop College, University of London, Kensington Square, London W8 5HQ; Fax: + 44 0171 795 4200.

THE SØREN KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: (IKN 209):
The 2000 May 6th meeting was held at Leeds University, hosted by Hugh Pyper. Papers: Roger Poole: A Theory of Reading - Undecidability and 'Filters'; Adriaan van Heerden: The Other Side of Silence Misunderstanding as the Tragic (and Comic-Tragic) Principle in Frater Taciturnus' Imaginary Psychological Construction.
The 2000 November 11th meeting held at King's College Cambridge (Chetwynd Room), hosted by George Pattison (Ph: 01223331248; email:glp20@hermes.cam.ac.uk). Speakers: Ulrich Knappe: Kant and Kierkegaard on the (dis)unity of the self (texts Hong KW eds.: Purity of Heart, pp. 13-112; Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, pp. 5-121 and De omnibus dubitandum est, ch. 1 para. 1); Anita Craig: To be silenced, butalso to speak (text: Hong KW ed.: Subjective Truth, Inwardness; Truth is Subjectivity, Ch. II, Sec. II, from Concluding Unscientific Postscript).
For further details of the Society you should contact: Secretary: John Lippitt, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire, Watford Campus, Wall Hall, Aldenham, Watford, Herts., WD28AT. Tel: (01707) 285682; Fax: (01707) 285616; email: j.a.lippitt@herts.ac.uk or phlqjal@herts.ac.uk Treasurer: Steven Shakespeare: 130 Hulatt Road, Cambridge, CB1 4TH (until summer 2000). President of the Society is Roger Poole, Dept. of English Studies, Nottingham University. Fax: (0115) 948 4735. Membership of the Society is £10 (£4 unwaged) a year. (The Society's website is at: http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/kierkegaard). (November 13, 1999 Cambridge meeting paper (IKN 209): Jolita Adomeniene: Humble Joy; Mark Dooley: The Politics of Statehood vs. A Politics of Exodus: Heidegger, Kierkegaard, Levinas).
CALL FOR PAPERS: KIERKEGAARD: BETWEEN ETHICS AND RELIGION.
The Second International Conference of the Søren Kierkegaard Society of the U.K., University of Leeds, 5 - 8 July, 2001. Scheduled speakers include: John D. Caputo, C. Stephen Evans, M. Jamie Ferreira, Joakim Garff, Daphne Hampson, Andras Nagy, George Pattison, Roger Poole, Merold Westphal. This conference aims to bring together representatives of some of a wide diversity of hermeneutical traditions to explore dimensions of the ethical and religious significance, and contemporary relevance, of Kierkegaard's thought. As well as plenary sessions, it is planned to hold several symposia on connections between Kierkegaard and other thinkers, and possibly on aspects of particular texts within the Kierkegaardian corpus.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: HOWARD AND EDNA HONG KIERKEGAARD LIBRARY, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1510 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield MN 55057-1097. The Hong Library will host its 4th international conference from June 9-13, 2001 at St. Olaf College.
Conference themes:
Kierkegaard and Hermeneutics and Kierkegaard and Communication. Keynote address: Alastair Hannay. Papers' reading length: 20 mins. only. There will be a dissertation panel discussion for scholars writing dissertations or who have just finished. To submit a paper or dissertation proposal please send two copies of either the complete paper or a detailed abstract by February 15, 2001. Complete papers must be submitted by 1st April, 2001. Anyone interested in acting as a commentator should also contact the conference organizers: Gordon Marino (see address below). The Seminario Ibero-Americano: Escritos de Søren Kierkegaard (Spanish Translation Seminar) will meet during the conference to discuss O bien o bien I and II. Total conference costs are expected to be max. $250. Room and board for one night, 3 meals for a single person in a single air-conditioned room are about $50. Final registration deadline ca. May 15, but please contact the conference organizers sooner rather than later.
Summer fellowships for research-in-residence are offered to scholars for use of the collection between June 1 and November 15. The awards include campus housing and a $250.00 per month stipend for anyone who does not have financial support from their home institution. There are also a limited number of fellowships available during the winter and spring (Kierkegaard House Foundation). To apply for a fellowship, please send Gordon Marino a research proposal, c.v., and 2 letters of recommendation. Please specify the dates when you would like to use the library. The application deadline is March 15th, 2001. Contact: Dr. Gordon Marino, Curator, Hong/Kierkegaard Libary, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA. Phone: 507-646-3846; Fax: 507-646-3858; Email: marino@stolaf.edu
Kierkegaard House Foundation: (Applications for residence, see above). You can also make contributions to the work of the foundation which provides long-term residencies for periods of 4-12 months. The foundation has 3 appartments within walking distance of the Kierkegaard Library. (See also under Books & under Journals and Series).

SØREN KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY:
Secretary/Treasurer: Lee Barrett, Lancaster Theological Seminary, 555 W. James St., Lancaster, PA 17603. Email: lbarrett@lts.org; President: David Gouwens, Brite Divinity School, Box 298130, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129. Email: d.gouwens@tcu.edu; President-elect is Mark Lloyd Taylor (president from 1.1.2001), email: mltaylor@seattleu.edu; AAR Rep: Edward Mooney, 1564 Milvia St., Berkeley, CA 94709. (Email: edwmooney@aol.com). AAR Group Reps (Kierkegaard, Religion and Culture): Sylvia Walsh & David Gouwens; APA Rep: Norman Lillegard, Philosophy Section, EPS G3, University of Tennessee - Martin, TN 38238 (Email: nlillega@utm.edu).

Soren Kierkegaard Society at: AAR Annual Meeting:
November 17-21, Nashville, Tennessee. Søren Kierkegaard Society Banquet speaker on November 17: Joakim Garff: Søren Kierkegaard - A Man of Letters: Problems and Perspectives within the Kierkegaardian Biography. Kierkegaard Society meeting: November 18, 2000, 9:00-11:30 a.m. Theme: Kierkegaard and Ethics. Presiding: Avron Kulak; Speakers: Brian Barlow: Silence, Dialectic, and Grammar: Kierkegaardian Ethics in Ludwig Wittengenstein and Karl Barth; Matthew Day: Kierkegaard's Christian Art of Livng; Heiko Schulz: "Can" Implies "Ought": Kierkegaard's Critique of Kant's Deontic Logic; Amy Laura Hall: Constructing the Malleable Other in Kierkegaard's "In Vino Veritas" and in Via Internet; Respondent: Ronald L. Hall. (For more information contact Lee Barrett at: lbarrett@lts.org).

Søren Kierkegaard Society at: APA Central Division Meeting:
April 20-23, 2000, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois. April 21: Chair: Gordon Marino; Speakers: Noel S. Adams: When the Medium is the Message: The Structure of an Existence Communication; Adriaan van Heerden: Christian Ethics in the Jungle: Can Kierkegaard Survive Ethical Naturalism? John Poling: Kierkegaard and 'Indifference'; Commentator: Gregory Beabout.

Søren Kierkegaard Society at: APA Central Division Meeting: Papers on S.K.'s thought including in relation to other thinkers at APA meeting, May 2-5, 2001, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Minneapolis. Details: Norman Lillegard: nlillega@utm.edu

APA Eastern Division Meeting:
New York, December 27-30 at the New York Hilton. Kierkegaard Society meeting: 27th, 2000, 8.00 p.m. - 11.00 p.m. Dialectic and Existence in Kierkegaard and Kant, by Nythamar Oliviera: Moderator: Martin Beck Matustik; Speakers: Marilyn Piety: Kierkegaard on Truth; T.P.S. Angier: Kierkegaard vs. Nietzsche; Commentator: Gregory Beabout. (Followed by S.K. Society business meeting).

Søren Kierkegaard Society at: APA Pacific Division Meeting:
(IKN 210): April 7th, 2000: Metaphysics, Fate, Revelation: Readings in Kierkegaard. Chair: Kevin Lavelle. Papers: C. Stephen Evans: Kant, Kierkegaard and the Viability of Metaphysics; John D. Poling: Kierkegaard's Criticism of Wittgenstein's Tractatus; Stephen Leach: Kierkegaard on Divine Revelation. Commentator: Andrew Burgess.

APA Pacific Division Meeting Jaspers Society of North America with the Søren Kierkegaard Society:
April 6th, 2000: Session I: Jaspers, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche: Chair: Gregory J. Walters: Speaker: Andrew Cathcart: Existenz and the Knight of Faith: Jaspers on the Existential Significance of Kierkegaard and Pascal. Also other papers not on S.K.

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