International Kierkegaard Newsletter 2003

No. 25 . October 2003 ISSN 0108-3104

SOCIETIES & INSTITUTIONS:

AUSTRALIA: SØREN KIERKEGAARD RESEARCH CENTRE AUSTRALIA, University of Tasmania: Contact: Dr. Julia Watkin, University of Tasmania, School of Philosophy, Locked Bag 1-340, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia. (Email: Julia.Watkin@utas.edu.au). See below: Søren Kierkegaard Society of Australia.
SØREN KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA: It is hoped to restart the meetings of the Society in Launceston soon.
In Hobart, David Moltow will be leading meetings of the Søren Kierkegaard Society. The Society will meet every month starting in July (7.00 p.m. - 9.30 p.m.). It is hoped that the first discussion topic will be from Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling. Contact: David Moltow (email: David.Moltow@utas.edu.au).
The President of the Society is Dr. John Norris. The Secretary of the Society is: Dr. Julia Watkin. All enquiries about the Society should be directed to Dr. Julia Watkin at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Unit above.

BELGIUM: KIERKEGAARD WERKGROEP: Werkgroep meeting: 23.5.03. The Werkgroep meets every month. Contact details for further information about the Werkgroep's activities: Faculteit voor Vergelijkende Godsdienstwetenschappen, FVG, Bist 164, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium. Tel. + 32 3 8305158; Fax: + 32 3 8252673; email: FVG.Comparel@antwerpen.be; website: www.multimania.com/fvg/index.html

BRAZIL: SOCIEDADE BRASILIERA DE ESTUDOS DE KIERKEGAARD: Please note that the Society now has a website: (Sobreski at http://www.kierkegaardbrasil.hpg.com.br). The site includes issues of the Society's Journal Severino, and information about Kierkegaard material published by members, including translations of Kierkegaard. Note that Alvaro Valls has translated Works of Love into Portuguese. Note address: IV Jornado de Estudos Sobre Kierkegaard: Pocinhos do Rio Verde - MG, 09, 10 e 11 deOutubro. (Note the Society's email address: sobreski@ig.com.br). For further information contact Marcio Gimenes de Paula at mgpaul@hotmail.com (or Fransmar Costa Lima at fransmar@vol.com.br). The Society announces the translation into Portuguese of Johannes Climacus on De Omnibus Dubitandum Est by Sylvia Saviano Sampaio and Alvaro Valls.

CANADA: THE KIERKEGAARD CIRCLE: Meeting: April 11, 2003, 7.30 - 10.00 p.m., Combination Room, Trinity College, University of Toronto: 6 Hoskin Avenue, Toronto: Meetings held: April 5, 2002: Emilia Angelova: Transgressing the Universal in Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling. November 22, 2002: Film Screening and Discussion of Anne Regitze Wivel film: Soren Kierkegaard. April 11, 2003: Brayton Polka: Kierkegaard and the Hermeneutics of the Single Individual. November 14, 2003: Alastair McKinnon: Kierkegaard's Homosexuality: Opening up the Question. The Society meets 7.30-10.30 p.m. For information about the Circle and further details of meetings, please contact Dr. Abrahim H. Khan, Trinity College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1H8. Tel: office: 978-3608, 2133 (sec.); home: 905-420-6195; Fax: 416-978-4949; website: www.utoronto.ca/kierkegaard (email: khanah@chass.utoronto.ca).

DENMARK: SØREN KIERKEGAARD RESEARCH CENTRE, Copenhagen University: 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. Address: 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).
Seminar 27.5.03: kl. 13.15-15.00: ved Prof. Dr. Christine Axt-Piscalar, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen: Kierkegaards Sündenlehre im Verhältnis zu derjenigen Schleiermachers. Sted: Søren Kierkegaard Forskningscentret. Arr. i samarbejde med Institut for Systematisk Teologi, Københavns Universitet.
Research Seminar 12.8.-15.8.03: Sted: Vartov, Farvergade 27, Entrance H, 1. sal. Theme: Johannes Climacus' Philosophical Fragments. Seminar languages English and German: 12.8: 13.15: Niels Jørgen Cappelørn: welcome; Chair: Niels Jørgen Cappelørn; 13.30: Johnny Kondrup: On the Genesis of Philosophical Fragments; 15.15: Ettore Rocca: Kierkegaard's Trial Sermon as Hermeneutic Tool for Understanding the Philosophical Fragments; 16.30: Anders Klostergaard Petersen: Some Reflections on the Discursive Status of the New Testament Texts in Philosophical Fragments; The papers were each followed by discussion sessions. 13.8: Chair: Pia Søltoft; 9.00: C. Stephen Evans: The Role of Irony in Philosophical Fragments; 10.45: Niels Grønkjær: The Absolute Paradox and Revelation: Reflections on Philosophical Fragments; Chair: Andrew Burgess: 13.30: Ulrich Knappe: The Notion of Paradox in Fragments and Postscript; Rick A. Furtak: On Time and Being: Existential Reflections on a Metaphysical Question in the "Interlude" of Philosophical Fragments; 15.30: Noel S. Adams: Some Varieties of Interest, Task and Thinking in Philosophical Fragments; The papers were each followed by discussion sessions. 14.8: Chair: Paul Cruysberghs: 9.00: Daniel Conway: Fragmentary Individuals; 10.45: Poul Lübcke: A Comparative and Critical Appraisal of Climacus' Theory of Modalities in the "Interlude"; Chair: Svein Aage Christoffersen: 13.30: Jon Stewart: The Criticism of Hegelian Mediation in Philosophical Fragments; 14.15: Arild Waaler: Philosophical Fragments: For Use in the Contemporary Debate about the Trinity and Logic; 15.30: István Czakó: Das Unbekannte. Die Aufhebung der klassischen "theologia naturalis" in der negativen Theologie von Johannes Climacus; The papers were each followed by discussion sessions. 15.8: Chair: Joakim Garff; 9.00: Arne Grøn: Transcendence of Thought: The Project of Philosophical Fragments; 10.45: Anders Moe Rasmussen: Kierkegaard's Notion of Negativity as an Epistemological and an Anthropological Problem; Chair: Karl Verstrynge: 13.30: Hermann Schmid: Der Historiker als rückwärtsgewandter Prophet. Zur Frage nach der Geschichte bei Søren Kierkegaard und Walter Benjamin; Preben Jordal: The Sadness of Johannes Climacus; Niels Jørgen Cappelørn: Bernhard of Clairvaux, Kierkegaard, and Bultmann. The papers were each followed by discussion sessions. ; Niels Jørgen Cappelørn: Closing words.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD SELSKABET: Formand: Pia Søltoft, Tlf.: 3376 6905; email: ps@sk.ku.dk;. Sekretær: Wenche Marit Quist, Institut for Systematisk Teologi/Center for Subjektivitetsforskning, Københavns Universitet, Købmagergade 44-46, 1150 Copenhagen K. Tlf.: 3532 3713; email: wmq@cfs.ku.dk; Indmeldelser: Giro 647 1382. Birgit Bertung, Frimestervej 51, 4. tv., 2400 Copenhagen NV; Tlf.: 3585 8018; email: birgit.bertung@kabelnettet.dk (Selskabets hjemmeside: http://www.sk.ku.dk/selskab/).
Lectures 2003: (kl. 19.30): 30.1.03: Ettore Rocca: Syndens åbenbaring; 27.2.03: Niels Jørgen Cappelørn: Kierkegaards Kilder; 27.3.03: Anders Thyrring Andersen: At forføre til tavshed. Kierkegaards dialektiske strategi; (Generalforsamlingen sker kl. 17.00, 27.3.03, Købmagergade 44-46, 3. sal, vaer. 321); 24.4.03: Adam Diderichsen: Forførelsens logik; 22.5.03: Mogens Pahuus: Den daemoniske indesluttethed - Et tema i Kierkegaards antropologi; 25.9.03: Jacob Bøggild: Kierkegaard - ironiens tænker; 30.10.03: Jørgen I. Jensen: "Det tredie Øjeblik". Forholdet mellem Kierkegard og Grundtvig; 27.11.03: Flemming Chr. Nielsen: "I levende Live en høist farlig Person"; 29/1/04: Søren Bruun: "Viljens dialektik" - Vilje og frihed hos Kierkegaard.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD KREDSEN: The Søren Kierkegaard Circle supports Kierkegaard research and activities in North Zealand. Formand: Ulla Marie Andersen, Gilbjergvej 1, 3250 Gilleleje, 4835 5640; Næstformand: Lis Møller-Jørgensen, c/o Munkeruphus, Munkerup Strandvej 48, 3120 Dronningmølle, 49711358; Kasserer: Bertil Christensen: Havnevej 6, 3250 Gilleleje, 48354504; Sekretær: Karl Damkjær, Stendysseåsen 13, Blistrup, 3230 Græsted, 48715842. Generalforsamling: 26.2.03, kl. 19.30, Pyramiden, Vesterbrogade 54, flygelstuen, Gilleleje. SK-Nyt nr. 4. februar 2003 med kredsens nyheder. Note the Søren Kierkegaard Circle's website: www.sk-kredsen-gilleleje.dk

FRANCE: SOCIÉTÉ SØREN KIERKEGAARD: Address: Société Søren Kierkegaard. - B.P. 472-07 - F 75327 - Paris - Cedex 07. Founding Board: Prof. Jacques Colette (Université Paris I, Sorbonne); Prof. André Clair (Université de Rennes I); Dr. Jacques Lafarge. Dr. Jacques Message. (E-mail: mcolette@club-internet.fr or (Society Bulletin) soeren.kierkegaard@laposte.net). See also under Conferences 2003, and under Journals 2002.

MEXICO: SOCIEDAD IBEROAMERICANA DE ESTUDIOS KIERKEGAARDIANOS: Please note that the website of the Kierkegaard Society is: http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/kierkegard/siek.htm (kierkegaard with only one a) and not http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/kierkegaard/siek.htm You will find all the latest details of the Society and its publications on the website.

UNITED KINGDOM: The Søren Kierkegaard Society of the United Kingdom: Chair: Dr. Roger Poole, Dept. of English Studies, University of Nottingham, University Park, Notts. NG7 2RD, England, U.K. Fax: (0115) 948 4735. [Please note that Dr. Poole is currently on leave from his Dept. He will be visiting professor at Cambridge from September. (See Kierkegaard after Postmodernism at: http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/humsoc/kierkegaard/resources.html)]. Secretary: Simon Podmore, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS. (Email: sd.podmore@virgin.net). (Society's internet site: http://www.kierkegaard.org.uk). Please note that the Society is now a corporate member of the British Philosophical Association (BPA) and eligible to attend the Inaugural Conference on 24.10.03, 2.00 p.m. at the House of Commons. Information can be found on the Society's website and also see the BPA website (http://www.britphil.ac.uk). Please also note that Manchester is now a possible venue for next year's conference. See also under IKN 2003 Conferences.

U.S.A.: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: HOWARD AND EDNA HONG KIERKEGAARD LIBRARY, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1510 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield MN 55057-1097.
The Kierkegaard Library Fellowship Programme, 2003: 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 U.S. per month stipend. Scholarships are also available at other times of the year. Applications to: Gordon Marino, Curator, Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, 1510 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057-1097, U.S.A. Fax. 507-646-3858 (Email: marino@stolaf.edu). To apply, send a letter describing the proposed research project and reasons for wanting to use the collection and a c.v. Two academic letters of recommendation are also required. Application deadline is March 15, 2003.
Note: during the summer there were 23 scholars on the Kierkegaard Library Summer Fellows programme. Details to be found in the Søren Kierkegaard Newsletter, 46, Sept. 2003.
Fellowships for 2004 are offered between June 1 and November 15, 2004. Scholarships are also available at other times of the year. Please note that no scholarships/stipends will be offered for less than a month or to late applicants. Scholars from abroad will need to obtain a J1 visa which St. Olaf College can assist the applicant in obtaining. All scholars must come with health insurance or notify the library that they are unable to get such insurance.
Kierkegaard House Foundation Residency Fellowships: accommodation for Kierkegaard Library users for 4-12 months with possibility of extensions. Living quarters and $1,500 a month. Application: Any time up to 6 months before desired residency period. Send c.v. and work plan and 2 letters of recommendation to: Gordon Marino, Curator, Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, 1510 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057-1097, U.S.A. Fax. 507-646-3858 (Email: marino@stolaf.edu).
Danish course, Summer 2004: The Kierkegaard Library offers a month-long intensive Danish course for July, 2004. Cost of course and accommodation is $800. If you are interested, please contact Gordon Marino at once: marino@stolaf.edu. (Note the Kierkegaard Library website address is: www.stolaf.edu/collections/kierkegaard/). See also under IKN 03 Conferences.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY: At The American Philosophical Association Central Division Annual Meeting, Renaissance Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio: April 23-26, 2003. April 24: 7.30-10.30 p.m.: Kierkegaardian Ethics: Chair: C. Stephen Evans. Martin Beck Matustik: Violence and Secularization: Evil and Redemption; Anthony J. Rudd: Gaining One's Soul in Patience: Kierkegaard on the Virtue of a Being in Time. (APA web address: www.apa.udel.edu/apa).
At the American Academy of Religion 2003 Annual Meeting in Atlanta,GA., Nov. 21-25: Søren Kierkegaard Society Banquet, Nov. 21, 2003, starting 6 p.m. with social gathering; 20.00: Banquet speaker: Mark Lloyd Taylor: Kierkegaard and the 1830 Danish Altar Book: Tracing the Liturgical Shape of his Writing. (Banquet details: Lee Barrett at lbarrett@lts.org). Nov. 22, 9.00-11.30 a.m.: Chair: Gordon Marino; Discussion: Kierkegaard on Love and Obligation: books discussed: M. Jamie Ferreira: Love's Grateful Striving: A Commentary on Kierkegaard's Works of Love (IKN Books 2000); Amy Laura Hall: Kierkegaard and the Treachery of Love (IKN Books 2002). Panelists: M. Jamie Ferreira; Amy Laura Hall; Lee Barrett III; C. Stephen Evans. 11.15 Business Meeting. (See also under IKN Conferences 2003). (Please note that the Society now has a web site: http://libnt2.lib.tcu.edu/staff/bellinger/SK_Society.htm).

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