Kierkegaard and the Negative: Re-examining the Dialectical

Online HKL-SKC Conference March 13-15, 2024

Zoom: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/2188071867

Program  

Wednesday, March 13 

14.00-14.30: Opening words by the organizers

14.30-15.00: Joakim Garff: The Vital Negativity of Irony

15.00-15.30: Discussion

15.30-15.45: Break

15.45-16.15: Carl Hughes: From Rationalism and Fideism to Apophasis: Johannes Climacus as Negative Theologian 

16.15-16.45: Discussion 

16.45-17.00: Break 

17.00-17.30: Mélissa Fox-Muraton: Kierkegaard on Misunderstanding 

17.30-18.00: Discussion

 

Thursday, March 14 

14.00-14.30: Valérie Roberge: The Seducer and Climacus on the Importance of the Secret’s Isolation to Exist as an Individual 

14.30-15.00: Discussion 

15.00-15.15: Break 

15.15-15.45: Simon Podmore: The Temptation of Demonic Despair: Negativity & Dialectic. 

15.45-16.15: Discussion 

16.15-16.30: Break 

16.30-17.00: Anna Söderquist: The Negative Movement in Either/Or 

17.00-17.30: Discussion 

 

Friday, March 15 

14.00-14.30: Elizabeth Li: How to Be a Non-Philosopher: Kierkegaard on Existence 

14.30-15.00: Discussion 

15.00-15.15: Break 

15.15-15.45: Tom Miles: Talkativeness, Community Collapse, and Despair in Kierkegaard's Present Age and Our Own 

15.45-16.15: Discussion 

16.15-16.30: Break 

16.30-17.30: Concluding Words and Open Discussion: The Future of the Negative 

 

Co-hosted by the Hong Kierkegaard Library (Northfield, Minnesota, USA) & the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre (Copenhagen, Denmark)