Conference: "Kierkegaard and the Philosophical Traditions"
Organized and Sponsored by The Nordic Network of Kierkegaard Research (NordForsk), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), The Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, NTNU's Theory of Science Forum
August 9-10, 2012 at NTNU, Faculty of Humanities Dragvoll, 7491 Trondheim
Program
Thursday, August 9
9:00-9:05 Words of Welcome: Roe Fremstedal (NTNU)
Morning Session I: Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Chairperson: Roe Fremstedal
| 9:05-9:35 | Lydia Amir (Tel-Aviv University), "Kierkegaard and the Philosophical Traditions of the Comic" |
| 9:35-9:45 | Discussion |
| 09:45-10:15 | Benjamin Olivares Bøgeskov (University of Copenhagen), "Kierkegaard and Thomism on Existence, Rationality and Ethics: What They Know (or Think They Know) About Each Other" |
| 10:15-10:25 | Discussion |
| 10:25-10:35 | Coffee/Tea Break |
Morning Session II: Kantianism
| 10:35-11:05 | Alison Assister (University of the West of England), "Kant and Kierkegaard on Freedom and Evil" |
| 11:05-11:15 | Discussion |
| 11:15-11:45 | Erik M. Hanson (University of Colorado), "Kierkegaard and Kant: Selfhood, Radical Evil and Despair" |
| 11:45-11:55 | Discussion |
| 11:55-12:25 | Roe Fremstedal (NTNU), "Kierkegaard and Kant on Divine Revelation" |
| 12:25-12:35 | Discussion |
| 12:35-13:15 | Lunch |
Afternoon Session I: Idealism and Golden Age Denmark
| 13:15-13:45 | Jon Stewart (University of Copenhagen), "The Philosophical Background Behind Kierkegaard's Claim about the Relation between Philosophy and Christianity in the Journal AA" |
| 13:45-13:55 | Discussion |
| 13:55-14:25 | Jamie Turnbull (St. Olaf College), "Kierkegaard, Philosophy, and Aestheticism" |
| 14:25-14:35 | Discussion |
| 14:35-14:45 | Coffee/Tea Brea |
Afternoon Session II: Existentialism
| 14:45-15:15 | Roi Benbassat (University of Haifa), "Kierkegaard's Distinction Between Existential and Speculative Philosophy" |
| 15:15-15:25 | Discussion |
| 15:25-15:55 | Darío González (University of Copenhagen), "Kierkegaard, Modern Existentialism, and the Rhetoric of Authenticity" |
| 15:55-16:05 | Discussion |
| 16:05-16:40 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 16:40-17:10 | K. Brian Söderquist (University of Copenhagen), "Looks of the Other" |
| 17:10-17:20 | Discussion |
| 17:20-17:50 | Hans Herlof Grelland (Agder University), "The Concept of "Angst" in Søren Kierkegaard and Edvard Munch, and Munch's Relation to Kierkegaard" |
| 17:50-18:00 | Discussion |
Friday, August 10
Morning Session I: Phenomenology Chairperson: Jon Stewart
| 9:00-9:30 | Michael Strawser (University of Central Florida), "Kierkegaard and Phenomenology" |
| 9:30-9:40 | Discussion |
| 9:40-10:10 | Dean Wm. Lauer (University of Ottawa), "Kierkegaard's Dialectical-Phenomenological Understanding of Time" |
| 10:10:10:20 | Discussion |
| 10:20-10:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
Morning Session II: Political Theory
| 10:30-11:00 | Ivan Boldyrev (Humboldt University, Berlin and Higher School of Economics, Moscow), "The Politics of Immediacy: Bloch's Reception of Kierkegaard in The Spirit of Utopia" |
| 11:00-11.10 | Discussion |
| 11:10-11:40 | Helge Høibraaten (NTNU), "Carl Schmitt: From Max Stirner to Søren Kierkegaard?" |
| 11:40-11:50 | Discussion |
| 11:50-13:00 | Lunch Break |
Afternoon Session: Contemporary Debates
| 13:00-13:30 | Mélissa Fox-Muraton (ESC Clermont Graduate School of Management), "Habermas, Kierkegaard and the Future of Ethics" |
| 13:30-13:40 | Discussion |
| 13:40-14:10 | Timothy P. Jackson (Emory University), "Four Wishes for the Danish Socrates: What I Would Prefer Kierkegaard to Have Said and Not Said" |
| 14:10-14:20 | Discussion |
| 14:20-15:00 | Coffee/Tea Break |
Ph.D. Panel – Parallel Sessions
| 15:00-15:20 | Jonathan Gray (University of London), "‘Bah!': Hamann and Kierkegaard contra Kant and Hegel" | Wolter Hartog (KU Leuven), "Reconsidering Existentialist Ethics: Kierkegaard and the Ethics of Becoming a Self" |
| 15:20-15:30 | Discussion | Discussion |
| 15:30-15:50 | Klaus Viertbauer (University of Salzburg), "The Structure of Revelation: A Comparison of the Frameworks of Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Søren Kierkegaard" | Gerhard Thonhauser (University of Vienna), "Anxiety in Kierkegaard and Heidegger: A Reading Beyond Existentialism" |
| 15:50-16:00 | Discussion | Discussion |
| 16:00-16:20 | Morten Dahlback (NTNU), "From Representation to Concept: Faith and Enlightenment in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit" | Stine Zink Kaasgaard (University of Copenhagen), "Kierkegaard and a Change of Aspect" |
| 16:20-16:30 | Discussion | Discussion |
| 16:30-16:50 | Claudine Davidshofer (Emory University), "Kierkegaard and Hegel: Metaphysical Transition and the Metaphysical Absolute" | Justin Sands (KU Leuven), "The Face of Abraham: Levinas and Kierkegaard on the Immediacy of Revelation and Its Ethical Implications" |
| 16:50-17:00 | Discussion | Discussion |
| 17:00-17:20 | Anne Louise Nielsen (Aarhus University), "Åbenbaring eller incognito?" | Mateusz Boniecki (King's College, London), "Dialogue without Words: The Phenomenological Structure of the God-Relationship in Kierkegaard" |
| 17:20-17:30 | Discussion | Discussion |
20:00 Dinner
