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Call for Expressions of Interest: Walter Benjamin Research Collective for Early Career Researchers
The recently founded Walter Benjamin Research Collective aims to promote critical debate amongst doctoral candidates and post-doctoral researchers engaging with different aspects of Benjamin’s extensive body of work. Conscious of the far-reaching influence of Benjamin’s writings within a variety of disciplines, the WBRC encourages intellectual exchange across international networks, bringing together early career researchers from different strands of scholarship and facilitating interdisciplinary discussion. In light of the current circumstances which have prevented the experience of regular in- person interactions within…
Find out more »Make our own Walter Benjamin’s «Experience and Poverty» ?
International Conference from October 15 to 17, 2020 at Rennes 2 University Florent Perrier – maître de conférences en esthétique et théorie de l’art EA 7472 Pratiques et théories de l’art contemporain (PTAC) Christophe David – maître de conférences en philosophie EA 1279 Histoire et Critique des Arts (HCA) Call for Papers The scene has often been described in our illustrated children’s books: surrounded by its enemies, already sinking for part, a ship has no other choice, if it hopes…
Find out more »Kantine »Benjamin«
»Der Begriff des Fortschritts ist in der Idee der Katastrophe zu fundieren. Daß es ›so weiter‹ geht, ist die Katastrophe. Sie ist nicht das jeweils Bevorstehende, sondern das jeweils Gegebene. Strindbergs Gedanke: die Hölle ist nichts, was uns bevorstünde – sondern dieses Leben hier.« Walter Benjamin: Zentralpark (1939) Zur Lebzeit Walter Benjamins reihte sich eine Katastrophe an die andere: In zwei Weltkriegen, der Weltwirtschaftskrise und dem Aufstieg des Faschismus wurden die Schattenseiten der modernen, kapitalistischen Gesellschaft mehr denn je offenbar.…
Find out more »POLITIK | POLITICS IN WALTER BENJAMIN’S PHILOSOPHY
‘I grasped thoughts which are so clear that I hope to set them down soon. They concern politics.’ Walter Benjamin, Letter to Schoen, September 1919 Like many of his other works, Walter Benjamin’s reflections on the concept of politics have a fragmentary character. In the early 1920s, Walter Benjamin worked intensively on a project that he came to refer to simply as his Politics; but even though this study appears to have been largely completed, most of the resulting texts…
Find out more »Walter Benjamin & the Nineteenth Century Today
International conference organised by Professor Jean-Michel Gouvard (University of Bordeaux Montaigne/Institute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London) in collaboration with Textes / Littératures: Ecritures et Modèles (EA 4195, University of Bordeaux Montaigne)
Find out more »Walter Benjamin Förderpreis für junge Forschende 2020
Gestiftet von der International Walter Benjamin Society, dem Walter Benjamin Archiv und dem Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Die Forschung zu Walter Benjamin hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten als äußerst fruchtbar erwiesen. Dabei ist besonders eine Generation von jungen Forscherinnen und Forschern aktiv, die in den letzten Jahren neue Lektüren entwickelt und neue Kontexte erschlossen hat. Gerade sie trägt wesentlich dazu bei, dass die alten Antagonismen – etwa Materialismus vs. Theologie – die Diskussion nicht mehr dominieren und Benjamin…
Find out more »Call for Papers: Benjaminiana 2019 (till July 14th)
Benjaminiana 2019 Annual Walter Benjamin’s Researchers Meeting From August 28th to August 30th , 2019, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) will host the third Benjaminiana – annual Walter Benjamin’s Researchers Meeting at Faculdade de Letras. The congress aims at gathering researchers and readers of Walter Benjamin, creating room for dialogue and stimulating discussions and exchange amongst researchers of his work. Besides, the meeting aims at stimulate discussions and exchange of information about Benjamin. Brazilian researchers Leila Danziger…
Find out more Ȇbersetzungen von Gewalt
Übersetzungen von Gewalt Workshop-Diskussion über Walter Benjamins „Zur Kritik der Gewalt“ am Juli 2019 Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin 10h-17h Georg Simmel Saal, 3. Etage Organisation: Frank Müller (CMB / Freie Universität Berlin) Noa Levin (Kingston University London / ZfL) Eine Kooperationsveranstaltung zwischen dem Centre Marc Bloch (CMB) und dem Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin (ZfL) Anmeldung bitte bis 09. Juli 2019 an: ubersetzungenvongewalt@gmail.com Walter Benjamins kurzer Text „Zur Kritik der Gewalt“ von 1921 ist…
Find out more »International Walter Benjamin Conference 2019
Walter Benjamin obtained his doctoral degree on June 27 of 1919 at the University of Bern. Precisely 100 years on, this serves as an occasion to host the bi-annual conference organized by the International Walter Benjamin Society in Bern and to look at these beginnings. Six thematic-based panels show how much Benjamin’s thinking is connected to almost all humanities subjects, but in any case, requires inter- and trans-disciplinary access. A reading group aims to promote a discussion of two of…
Find out more »EROS | ἔρως IN WALTER BENJAMIN’S PHILOSOPHY
EROS | ἔρως IN WALTER BENJAMIN’S PHILOSOPHY TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, THE LONG ROOM HUB 24-25 MAY 2019 …the erotic life is ignited by distance Walter Benjamin, Outline of the Psychophysical Problem Although Walter Benjamin’s references to the concept and praxis of eros are sporadic, he appears to be acutely concerned with questions of love and desire from early on. In particular, his writings are deeply engaged with the concept of ἔρως as it appears in Plato’s Symposium, where it is…
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