Videoes from the International Congress: Kierkegaard Reconsidered in a Global World May 6 - 8, 2013. 

Monday, May 6

Ceremonial Hall, University of Copenhagen, Vor Frue Plads, 10.15-16.30

10.15-10.30 Words of Welcome by Prorector, Thomas Bjørnholm, University of Copenhagen

10.30-10.45 Practical information and words of welcome to Siri Hustvedt by Pia Søltoft, Director of Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre

Keynote Session:

10.45-11.30 Keynote address: Siri Hustvedt, New York, U.S.A., “Kierkegaard’s Pseudonyms and the Truths of Fiction”

Panel Presentations I: International Kierkegaard Research Today

Chair: Associate Professor Jan Evans, Baylor University

13.00-13.20 Associate Professor John Davenport, Fordham University, U.S.A., “Kierkegaard Studies in the USA”

13.20-13.40 Professor Mélissa Fox Muraton, France Business School, France, “Kierkegaard Studies in the Francophone World”

13.40-14.00 Professor Heiko Schulz, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, “Kierkegaard Studies in the Germanophone World”

14.00-14.20 Professor Elisabete de Sousa, University of Lisbon, Portugal, “Kierkegaard Studies in the Portuguese and Hispanophone Worlds”

Panel Presentations II : International Kierkegaard Research Today

Chair: Distinguished Professor of Religion, University of Mary Washington, David Cain

15.00-15.20 Professor Karl Verstrynge, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, “Kierkegaard Studies in Belgium and Holland”

15.20-15.40 Associate Professor Ettore Rocca, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy, “Kierkegaard Studies in Italy”

15.40-16.00 Professor Takahiro Hirabayashi, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, “Kierkegaard Studies in Asia”

16.00-16.20 Dr. Marius Mjaaland, University of Oslo, Norway, “Kierkegaard Studies in Scandinavia”

Tuesday, May 7

Keynote Session: Ceremonial Hall, University of Copenhagen, Vor Frue Plads, 9.30-13.15

Chair: Associate Professor Joakim Garff, Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre

09.30-10.15 Keynote address: Professor George Pattison, University of Oxford, U.K., “Kierkegaard, God, and the Singing Mouse”. 

10.15-10.45 Discussion

11.00-11.45 Associate Professor, Pia Søltoft, Director of Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, “Kierkegaard and the Telegraphic Intelligence of Emotions”. 

Wednesday, May 8

Keynote Session: Ceremonial Hall, University of Copenhagen, Vor Frue Plads, 9.30-13.15

Chair: Jon Stewart, Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre

09.30-10.15 Keynote address: Professor Arne Grøn, University of Copenhagen, “Love’s Recognition”. 

11.00-11.45 Keynote address: Associate Professor Joakim Garff, Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, “Human Formation and Christian Narration”.