International Walter Benjamin Society

DAY ONE 17 SEPTEMBER – 13.30 – 14.30 : OPENING 17 SEPTEMBER — 14.30 – 16.00 PANEL 1 – MOURNING AND MELANCHOLY Gabriele Guerra (Sapienza Università di Roma) – Daniel Weidner (Universität Halle) Maria Enrica Giannuzzi -The Cosmic, the Catastrophic and the Melancholic. Walter Benjamin and the Styles of Mourning (EN) Francisco Naishat – The Folds of the Idea of Natural History from Monadology to the Unconsciousness (EN) Jakub Gorecki – Between Trauerspiel and Arcades Project: Allegory, Commodity and Unleashing of…

PANEL 1: MOURNING AND MELANCHOLY Gabriele Guerra (Sapienza University of Rome), Daniel Weidner (Universität Halle) Starting out, as a general suggestion in cultural-historical terms, from Freud’s 1917 essay, this section is devoted to the recurrence and application of the two terms in Walter Benjamin’s entire thought, both as psychic labels with respect to his intellectual existence, and as concepts directly inherent to his thought, from the essay on German Baroque Drama to the theses on the concept of history; both…

Denken heißt Segel setzen – Migration und Flucht. Walter Benjamin Woche 2025   Samstag, 5. April 2025, Marseille Marseille 10:00 – 12:00 Uhr Stadtführung durch Marseille auf den Spuren von Walter Benjamin mit Natalie Meissner (deutsch) Anmeldung über Goethe-Institut Marseille Montag, 7. April 2025, Barcelona Universitat de Barcelona, Sala de professors de Filologia i Comunicació. Edifici Josep Carner, Carrer d’Aribau, 2, Barcelona 09:45 – 10:00 Uhr Offizielle Eröffnung der Walter Benjamin Woche 2025 ‘Denken heißt Segel setzen – Migration und…

****Deutsche Version unten**** Title: Southern Benjamin. Mourning, Play, Revolution Date: 17-20 September 2025   Location: Sapienza University of Rome (Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies), Circonvallazione Tiburtina 4, 00185 Rome   The next biennial conference of Walter Benjamin scholars will be held in Rome, 17-20 September 2025, organised by the Associazione Italiana Walter Benjamin (https://associazionewalterbenjamin.it/). The occasion is offered by the book’s centenary on the Trauerspiel, marked by Benjamin’s stay in Capri and his Marxist turn, thanks to his…

Ort: Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Eberhard-Lämmert-Saal, Eingang Meierottostr. 8, 10719 Berlin; Walter Benjamin Archiv, Luisenstraße 60, 10117 Berlin Organisiert von Marcus Döller (Universität Erfurt), Florian Telsnig (Universität Wien)   Revolutionen scheitern an der Revolutionierung ihrer selbst. ›1917, 1968 und kommende‹ (Bini Adamczak) Revolutionen haben gemeinsam, dass sie in ihrem revolutionären Handeln gleichzeitig Kräfte der Entpolitisierung hervorbringen, insofern sie nicht die konstitutive Suspendierung des Politischen und ihr Scheitern in der politischen Organisationsform einzuholen vermögen. Ausgehend von Walter Benjamins Analysen möchte…

Università di Napoli L‘Orientale Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici Neapel 23.-25.Oktober 2024   OKTOBER _ 14.30 UHR   Universität L‘Orientale __Palazzo Du Mesnil _ Via cHiatamone 61-62 (Konferenzsaal) ERÖFFNUNG / Grußworte  ROBERTO TOTTOLI, REKTOR / UNIVERSITÄT L’ORIENTALE SALVATORE LUONGO, DIREKTOR / DIPARTIMENTO STUDI LETTERARI, LINGUISTICI COMPARATI FIORINDA LI VIGNI, GENERALSEKRETÄRIN / ISTITUTO ITALIANO PER GLI STUDI FILOSOFICI MARIA CARMEN MORESE, LEITERIN / GOETHE-INSTITUTS NEAPEL GREGOR H.LERSCH, LEITER /CASA DI GOETHE _ ROM ____EINFÜHRUNG: VALENTINA DI ROSA & ALEXANDRA RICHTER ____Moderation:…

Location: KU Leuven (Europe) & Emory (US) Date: 9 – 11 July 2025   The aim of this workshop is to schematize what we might call Walter Benjamin’s “theory of fascism.” The name “Walter Benjamin” may not necessarily call to mind an explicit theorization of fascism. While Benjamin is well-loved for his aesthetic theory, his critique of historical and technical “progress,” and his theorization of juridical violence, none of these necessarily indicate a unifying or even detailed theory of fascism…

Title: Southern Benjamin. Mourning, Play, Revolution The next biennial world meeting of Walter Benjamin scholars will be held in Rome, 17-20 September 2025, organised by the Associazione Italiana Walter Benjamin (https://associazionewalterbenjamin.it/). This year will mark the centenary of his book on the Trauerspiel. Of major importance was Benjamin’s stay in Capri which also played into his Marxist turn, thanks to his acquaintance with Asja Lacis. Therefore, the next IWBS conference – while covering all aspects of Benjamin’s thought – will…