International Walter Benjamin Society

Dates  12 Dec 2025 Time   10:00 am to 5:15 pm Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies In the field of philosophy and social and human sciences, it is currently generally accepted that the processes of secularization Western societies seemed to undergo following a linear trend not only display considerable differences, but appear to be questioned altogether by the resurgence of interest and importance of religious phenomena. In brief, to quote Habermas, we live in ‘post-secular’ societies – and any discourse ignoring…

Walter Benjamin & Co. https://www.quodlibet.it/riviste/testata/126 Struttura di ogni numero / Structure for each issue Lingue / Languages Italiano, Tedesco, Inglese, Francese, Spagnolo / Italian, German, English, French, Spanish 1. Einbahnstrasse: sezione monografica / monographic section 2. Passages: parte miscellanea / miscellaneous section 3. Krise & Kritik: Recensioni / Reviews 4. Correspondances: varia (interventi esterni, non scientifici) / varia (external non scientific interventions and writings) Programmazione / Planning Numero 1, 2026: “Automa/Automaton” Numero 2, 2027: “Generazione / Generation” Numero 3, 2028:…

CALL FOR PAPERS (closing date: 19 October 2025) Organisers: Federico Filauri (ILCS, University of London) and Gregor Schäfer (University of Basel / ILCS, University of London) Offers of papers are invited for a one-day workshop addressing the question of theocracy, with a focus on 20th-century continental debates on political theology. This workshop aims to bring together early and mid-career researchers along with established scholars who are engaged in exploring the nexuses, implications, underpinnings, and bearings of religiously informed political thought.…

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 acquaintance with…

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…

Third Issue of NEW BENJAMIN STUDIES (Brill | Fink Publishing House) “Walter Benjamin in Times of Crisis” Our present is marked by political and social crises, from rising authoritarian populism and the general erosion of democratic and legal institutions, to escalations of armed conflicts, to ecological catastrophes and accelerating capitalism. This forces millions into involuntary migration, often resulting in marginalisation and deportations. Against the backdrop of these events and challenges, Walter Benjamin’s philosophy seems, once again, more relevant than ever.…

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…