SKC Seminar Autumn 2025

A Reading of The Concept of Irony

15 Sessions

  1. Monday, Sept. 1: Theses and Introduction (CI: 1-12/SKS 1, 59-74)
  2. Monday, Sept. 8: Part One, Chapter One (CI 13-27/SKS 1: 75-89)
  3. Monday, Sept. 15: Part I, Chapter One (CI: 27-62/SKS 1: 89-122)
  4. Monday, Sept. 22: Part I, Chapter One (CI: 62-96/SKS 1: 122-150)
  5. Monday, Sept. 29: Part I, Chapter One (CI: 96-128/SKS 1: 150-179)
  6. Monday, Oct. 6: Part I, Chapter One (CI: 128-156/SKS 1: 179-206)
  7. Monday, Oct. 20: Part I, Chapter Two (CI: 157-183/SKS 1: 207-230)
  8. Monday, Oct. 27: Part I, Chapter Two (CI: 183-197/SKS 1: 231-243)
  9. Monday, Nov. 3: Part I, Chapter Three (CI: 198-218/SKS 1: 244-262)
  10. Monday, Nov. 10: Part I, Chapter Three (CI: 219-237/SKS 1: 263-278)
  11. Monday, Nov. 17: Part II, Intro. + Orientation (CI: 241-258/SKS 1: 281-296)
  12. Monday, Nov. 24: Part II, The Irony of Socrates (CI: 259-271/SKS 1: 297-309)
  13. Monday, Dec. 1: Part II, Irony after Fichte (CI: 272-286/SKS 13: 309-321)
  14. Monday, Dec. 8: Part II, Friedrich Schlegel (CI: 286-301/SKS 13: 321-334)
  15. Monday, Dec. 15: Part II, Tieck, Solger, Truth of Irony (CI: 301-329/SKS 13: 334-357)

Date and Time: Mondays: 14.00-16:00

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

Language: English

Text:

  • Søren Kierkegaard, The Concept of Irony , Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1989.
  • Søren Kierkegaard, Om Begrebet Ironie med stadigt Hensyn til Socrates, Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter, Bind 1, s. 59-357. København: GAD 1997.

Participants and Registration:

Open for all interested

For registration, please send a mail to René Rosfort: rer@teol.ku.dk

Registration closes on August 29, 2025.