International Kierkegaard Newsletter 1998

No. 20 . October 1998 ISSN 0108-3104

SOCIETIES & INSTITUTIONS:

AUSTRALIA:
SØREN KIERKEGAARD RESEARCH CENTRE AUSTRALIA, University of Tasmania (IKN 172): Director: Dr. Julia Watkin, School of Philosophy, PO Box 1214, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia. Tel./fax: int.: 61 3 63 26 75 35, local: 03 63 26 75 35; (email address: Julia.Watkin@utas.edu.au). The centre offers Kierkegaard studies and supervision from undergraduate to postgraduate level. In December 1997 the Centre moved a few offices to a temporary, but larger, location until our university gets its new Humanities' building. The mailing address is given above.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA, Launceston, Tasmania (IKN 172): President 1998-1999: Dr. John Norris. The Society has been meeting each month during the southern academic year. This year the Society has been reading texts from Kierkegaard's The Sickness unto Death. There are still a couple of issues of the Søren Kierkegaard Society Bulletin on the way. Annual subscription is $5 Aus. Membership/information inquiries: Secretary-treasurer Dr. Julia Watkin, School of Philosophy, University of Tasmania, PO Box 1214, Launceston, Tasmania 7250. Fax: 61 3 63 26 75 35. (Email: Julia.Watkin@utas.edu.au). See also under Journals.

BELARUS: KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY: (IKN 172): For details of the Society's activities contact: Dr. Tatyana Schitzova, Kierkegaard Society, European Humanities University, 24 Francisk Skorina Prospect, Minsk, 220030, Belarus (email: info@ehu.minsk.by).

BELGIUM: KIERKEGAARD WERKGROEP: at the Faculteit voor Vergelijkende Godsdienstwetenschappen, Voorzitter W.K. Bist 164 2610 Antwerpen-Wilrijk (IKN 172): The Society meets regularly to discuss Kierkegaard texts (currently it has been Either/Or). Meetings: 28.11.1997; 19.12.1997; 30.1.1998; 27.2.98; (March & April?); 29.5.98; 26.6.98; 25.9.98. For further details about the Werkgroep, please write to: Faculteit voor Vergelijkende Godsdienstwetenschappen, Bist 164, B-2610 Antwerpen-Wilrijk. Tel. + 32 3 8305158. Fax +32 3 8352673. Email: yuho@glo.be (See also under Conferences and Lectures - Belgium, and Articles and Parts of Books).

CANADA:
THE KIERKEGAARD CIRCLE at Trinity College, University of Toronto (IKN 172): Dec. 4, 1998, at 7.30 p.m., Trinity College, Junior Common Room. Speaker: Dr. Jeffery Dudiak (Institute of Christian Studies): Kierkegaard and Levinas: Religion with an Impure Heart? Dr. Gordon Marino will be speaking at the March meeting, 1999. For information about the Circle, please contact Dr. Abrahim H. Khan, Trinity College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1H8. Tel: office: 416-978-4730, home: 905-420-6195 (email: khanah@chass.utoronto.ca).

DENMARK:
DEPARTMENT OF SØREN KIERKEGAARD RESEARCH, Copenhagen University (IKN 156): Director: Prof. Arne Grøn; Ass. Director: Pia Søltoft; Akademisk Medarb.: Inger Christiansen. On use of the Department's Kierkegaard Library and other matters, write to: Prof. Arne Grøn, Søren Kierkegaard Afdeling, Institut for Systematisk Teologi, Købmagergade 44-46, 3. sal, 1150 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Tlf: + 45 35 32 71 0r + 45 35 32 26 26; fax: + 45 35 32 36 84; (email: ag@teol.ku.dk). Those of us who researched at the Kierkegaard Bibliotek back in the 1970s will be very sad to learn that former Kierkegaard Institute and Bibliotek secretary Marianne Faldborg, who helped us so much at that time, died this Spring.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD RESEARCH CENTRE, Copenhagen University: (Se: Forskningscenter reddet, Universitetsavisen 20.11.97. Se Morten Mikkelsen: Stor udvidelse af Kierkegaard-center & Kierkegaard-udgivelse danner skole, i Kristeligt Dagblad 17.9.98; Claus Paaske: Kierkegaard viser vej for dansk moral, i Politiken, Indland, 8.2.1998, s. 6; Nyt fra Kierkegaard i Berlingske Tidende 3.6.98; Carsten Andersen: Mikroskop skal afd²kke den aegte Kierkegaard, i Politiken 3.6.98; Morten Mikkelsen: Kierkegaard under mikroskop, i Kristeligt Dagblad 4.6.98). Please note that the Research Centre, which has received an extension of its funding from the Grundforsknings Fond for a further five years, is moving to a new location on December 16, 1998, at: Fabers Hus (hard by Det Lille Apotek restaurant), Store Kannikestraede, 1169 Copenhagen K. Unless otherwise advised by the Centre, phones, faxes and emails are the same. The Centre will still be working with the Dept. of Søren Kierkegaard Research in the Theology Faculty at the University. List of staff 1997/1998: Niels Jørgen Cappelørn (director); Vivian Bentsen (fuldmaegtig); Niels Nymann Eriksen (Ph.D stud.); Joakim Garff (forskningslektor); Jon Stewart (forskningslektor); Jacob Bøggild (Ph.D stud.); Søren K. Bruun (filologisk medarb.); Jette E.B. Knudsen (editions filolog); Kim Ravn (filologisk medarb.); Karsten Kynde (datalog); Tonny Aagaard Olesen (redaktionssekretaer); Andreas Brigelsgaard (studenter medhjaelp); Ettore Rocca (gaesteforsker); Begonia Saéz Tajafuerce (gaesteforsker); Christine Thanning (studentermedhjaelp); Oleg Terleev (forskningsstip.); Stacey E. Ake (forskningsstip.); Niels W. Bruun (filologisk medarb.); Bronislaw Swiderski (assistent).
Internal Research Seminar/Forskerseminar: August 5th-7th, 1998: Aug. 5th: Chair: Niels Jørgen Cappelørn; Daniel Conway: Reflections on the Present Age: Kierkegaard's Critique of Modernity; Begonya Saéz Tajafuerce: A Literary Critique: A Rhetorical Experiment; Ettore Rocca: Kierkegaard's Second Aesthetics; Arild Waaler: The Moment is Non-Being under the Determination of Time; Aug. 6th: Chair: Hermann Deuser; Hubert Dreyfus: Kierkegaard on the Internet; Alastair Hannay: Reading En Literair Anmeldelse Backwards; George Pattison: The Present Age: The Age of the City; Pia Søltoft: The Ethical and Social in En literair Anmeldelse; Aug. 7th: Chair: C. Stephen Evans & Bruce Kirmmse; Robert L. Perkins: Language, Social Reality, and Resistance in the Age of Two Ages; Bruce Kirmmse: A Literary Review: Apocalypse Then; Joakim Garff: They await a Tyrant, whereas I await a Martyr: One aporia and its Biographical Implications in A Literary Review; Isak Winkel Holm: Destiny and Chatter. Figures of Dependence in Søren Kierkegaard's A Literary Review.
Call for Applications: The Research Centre is currently inviting applications for scholarships for Ph.D students and post-doctoral scholars for 1999. Post-doctoral fellows should be working on projects in which Kierkegaard's thought is central and must show evidence of high-quality scholarly work in the relevant field. The tenure for post-doctoral fellows is normally one year. Such fellows will also be involved in student supervision and some administrative work. They must demonstrate a commitment to the expansion of international Kierkegaard research. Desirable: good foreign language skills, including Danish. Projects which involve a significant degree of Quellenforschung into Kierkegaard's contemporary sources will be positively evaluated. Ph.D students working on a dissertation in which Kierkegaard is central are encouraged to apply. Overseas students are expected to learn Danish and work with original sources. The Centre will provide supervision and given specialized seminars, which will function as a forum for students to present and discuss their projects. Applicants should be enrolled in a Ph.D programme at their home university or enrol in a Ph.D programme at Copenhagen University. The award covers living expenses and university fees for a period of from one to three years. Letters of application should contain: a full description of the proposed project (3-4 double-spaced pages), a c.v., and two confidential letters of recommendation from senior scholars in their field. Further information and applications (French, English, German or Danish) to: Centre Director Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, Købmagergade 44-46, DK-1150 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Fax: + 45 35 32 37 10; email: njc@sk.ku.dk Deadline: January 1, 1999.
See also under Journals and Series. Website: http://www.teol.kudk/skc/skc.htm

SØREN KIERKEGAARD SELSKABET: (IKN 173): Formand: Joakim Garff; naestformand: Leif Bork Hansen. Secretary: Cand. theol. Pia Søltoft, Søren Kierkegaard Afdeling, Det Teologiske Fakultet, Copenhagen University, Købmagergade 44-46, 3. sal, 1150 Copenhagen K. Phone: 3532 3671 or 3543 7590; (email: ps@teol.ku.dk). Treasurer: Mag. art. Birgit Bertung, Frimestervej 51, 4. tv., 2400 Copenhagen NV. Phone: 3585 8018; Giro: 6471382 (membership). Rettelsen: (IKN 173) i stedet for Kjeld Holm: 27.11.97: Leif Bork Hansen: En mislighed i Efterskriftet. Lectures 1998: 26.2.98, kl. 19.30: Janne Risum: Maskens fatale øjeblik. Kierkegaards teater; 26.3.98, kl. 18.00 Generalforsamling; 19.30: Begonya Saéz Tajafuerce: Kierkegaard og den erotiske retorik; 30.4.98, 19.30: Arno Victor Nielsen: Kierkegaard og det musicalsk erotiske; 28.5.98, 19.30: Ragni Linnet: Betragteren er i billedet. Kierkegaards billedsyn. 10.9.98, kl. 20.00: Skuespiller Morten Jostad: Øyeblikket - Teaterforestilling på Snoreloftet (Folketeatret, Nørregade 39); 24.9.98, kl. 20.00: Søren Bruun: Om 'Begrebet Angest': Kierkegaards pseudonyme strategi; 29.10.98, kl. 20.00: Peter Tudvad: Den politiske konservator: 'Katastrophen i 48'; 26.11.98, kl. 20.00: Safet Bektovic: Uendelighedens dobbeltbevaegelse: Kierkegaard og sufismen. Efterårets Foredragene afholdes: Københavns Universitet, Kaeldercafeen, Købmagergade 46.

Søren Kierkegaard Selskabets 50-års Jubilaeum: A reception was held on Friday, 29th May at 16.00 p.m. at Store Kannikestraede 19, Copenhagen, to mark the Society's 50 year jubilee. There were speeches by: Joakim Garff, F.J. Billeskov Jansen and Niels Jørgen Cappelørn. The opera singer Dorthe Elsebeth Larsen sang pieces by Mozart, accompanied by Viggo Kanding. In connection with the celebrations Grethe Kjaer, to whom so many international Kierkegaard scholars owe so much, was made an honorary member (Aeresmedlem) of the Society.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD KREDSEN/GRUPPEN: (IKN 173): The Søren Kierkegaard Group is founder of the fund-holding Søren Kierkegaard Foundation supporting Kierkegaard research and activities in North Zealand. Details from: Lis Møller-Jørgensen, Bygaden 40 A, Søborg, 3250 Gilleleje, Denmark. (Ph. + (45) 42 29 15 58).

SØREN KIERKEGAARD INTERNATIONAL MUSIC ARCHIVE: the archive for music to texts from Søren Kierkegaard. This archive contains notes, sound recordings, and the texts of songs and readings used in the music works. Information gladly received about any music works to texts from Kierkegaard that are not mentioned in the bibliography 'Søren Kierkegaard International Bibliography Music, Works and Plays' (IKN179). If you want to perform music to texts from Kierkegaard the Music Archive will be happy to help you. Contact person: Jens Staubrand M.A., Prinsesse Maries Allé 16, 1. sal, DK-Frederiksberg C, Denmark. Phone & fax: + 45 33 24 02 85; email: staubrand@get2net.dk

JAPAN:
Kierkegaard Societies: please see IKN 158 or http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/kierkegaard/watkin

MEXICO:
SOCIEDAD IBEROAMERICANA DE ESTUDIOS KIERKEGAARDIANOS (IKN 173): Please note the change of address to: Sociedad Iberoamericana de Estudios Kierkegaardianos, Apartado Postal 86-582, Col. Villa Coapa, 14391 MÚxico, D.F., Mexico.Email: lguerrer@campus.ccm.itesm.mx and internet address is: http://yoda.ccm.itesm.mx/~lguerrer/siek.html and Fax: (5) 2 11 74 13. For the Society Bulletin see under Journals and Series.

NORWAY:
DET NORSKE SØREN KIERKEGAARD SELSKAP (IKN 158): The Society's address is: Det Norske Søren Kierkegaard Selskap, ved Finn Jor, Parkveien 49, N-0256 Oslo, Norway. Email: Secretary Anders Holt: holt@real.deal.no Website: http://www.uio.no/~holt/SKS.html

RUSSIA: THE RUSSIAN KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY (IKN 97, 113): Please note the Society's contact details: Darya Lungina, Scholarly Secretary, Institute of History and Theory of World Culture, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Fax: 095 958 1129; email: loungd@orc.ru

UNITED KINGDOM:
ANNUAL SØREN KIERKEGAARD DINNER AND PAPER (IKN 173): The 1997 paper was by Robert Hampson: Kierkegaard: Demoniac or Gadfly? The event was held at the Danish Church London. For details of the Annual Dinner and Paper, contact Peter Vardy, c/o Heythrop College, University of London, Kensington Square, London W8 5HQ; Fax: + 44 0171 795 4200.

THE SØREN KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (IKN 173): The 1997 Annual Meeting was held on 1.11.97 Cambridge, at the Church of St. James, Wulfstan Way, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge. (see IKN 173 for details). 1998 meetings: 9.5.98 (Cambridge) & 7.11.98 (London). Secretary: Rev. David Hart, Roehampton Institute, Flat 2, Beverley Gate, Whitelands College, West Hill, London SW15 3SN.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
HOWARD AND EDNA HONG KIERKEGAARD LIBRARY, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1510 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield MN 55057-1097 (IKN 174): Please note the Summer Scholars Fellowship Program for a period of from 2 to 9 weeks study, June 1 - November 15. Fellows receive free housing and a modest stipend ($250) for food. The application deadline is March 15. Decisions can sometimes be made earlier than usual, in clear-cut cases. Awards are usually made to graduates/mature scholars, though undergraduates may be considered in exceptional cases. Please send a letter outlining your proposed research project, with reasons for wanting to use the book collection, 2 letters of recommendation and a c.v. to: Assoc. Prof.. Gordon Marino (Curator) at the above address or tel: 507-646-3846; fax: 507-646-3858 (email: marino@stolaf.edu (See also http://www.stolaf.edu).
Danish language sessions were again run in the summer of 1998 for summer scholars at St. Olaf by Thomas Petterson from the University of Minnesota. The Hong/Kierkegaard Library welcomes the donation of books on Kierkegaard and related thinkers to add to its collection and to share with other libraries/scholars. Librarian: Cynthia Lund (lundc@stolaf.edu). (For details of The Friends of the Hong/Kierkegaard Library and the Bulletin Board see IKN 174 or contact: Chairperson Michael B. Daugherty, Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, 1510 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield, MN 55057-1097). (See also under Journals and Computer and Internet).
Kierkegaard House Foundation, 5174 E. 90 Old Dutch Road, Northfield, Minnesota 55057: The above foundation aims to augment the visiting scholar program of the Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf by offering long-term residencies for periods of 4 to 12 months. Each of the three apartments (2 two-bedroom, 1 one-bedroom) provides a living room, kitchen, bath, and single private quarters. The house is situated on the bank of Heath Creek within easy walking distance of the Kierkegaard Library. Supplementary scholarship grants for travel assistance and subsistence may also be made according to individual needs, as well as supplementary grants for the preparation of dissertations and manuscripts for publication. Applications for residencies in the House, or to support the work of the foundation by becoming a member, may be sent to: Dr. Gordon Marino, Curator, Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, 1510 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, U.S.A. Annual membership is $5 U.S. Donations welcomed.
Luncheon at the Danish Embassy with Danish Ambassador and Mrs. Ulla Tyggesen: Royal Danish Embassy, 3200 Whitehaven St., NW (off Massachussetts Ave.) Washington D.C., May 4, 1998, 1.00 p.m. in honour of Dr. Edna H. Hong and Dr. Howard V. Hong and celebrating the completion of the publication of Kierkegaard's Writings.
Honorary doctorate: An honorary doctorate was awarded to Alastair McKinnon (McGill University) on March 18, 1998, at St. Olaf College, for his work in Kierkegaard research.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY (IKN 174):
Søren Kierkegaard Society at: APA Central Division Meeting: Palmer House, Hilton, Chicago, May 6-9, 1998: Topic: Kierkegaard and Literature: Chair: George Connell; Speakers: Gita Wernaa Butin: Stavrogin - Repenting Demon or Demonic Penitent? A Kierkegaardian Interpretation; David L. Rozema: Faith in the Heart of Darkness: An Intended Caprice; Eric Ziolkowski: Kierkegaard, Parzival and the Triadic Template of Existence.
Central Division Meeting: Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, Wed. May 5 - Sat. May 8, 1999. Papers on any Kierkegaard topic. The theme may possibly be 'Kierkegaard and Postmodernism'. Contact: Normal Lillegard, Philosophy Section, EPS G3, University of Tennessee - Martin, Martin, TN 38238. (Email: nlillega@ mailer.utm.edu).
APA Eastern Division Meeting: (IKN 174): Washington, D.C.: Group Session: December 29.1998, 7.00-10.00 p.m.: Topic: Reading Climacus on Paradox and Subjectivity: Chair: Charles Creegan; Speakers: Thomas Anderson: Climacus on The Inverse Relationship Between Knowledge and Subjective Thinking; John Poling: Kierkegaard and Subjective Thinking; Elsebet Jegstrup: Paradox and Pathos in Kierkegaard's 'Philosophical Fragments'; Noel Adams: The Eternal and Paradox in 'Philosophical Fragments' and 'Concluding Unscientific Postscript'; Commentator: Gordon Marino.
Søren Kierkegaard Society (with APA): Papers offered: Contact: APA rep: Norman Lillegard, Philosophy, EPS G 3, University of Tennessee - Martin, Martin, Tennesssee 38237. Email: nlillega@mailer.utm.edu
Søren Kierkegaard Society (IKN 174): At the AAR Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, Nov. 21-24: November 20.98: 6.00-9.00 p.m. Dinner with social hour. Speaker: Niels JÀrgen Cappelørn: Through Despair and Offense to Faith; Or, The Religious and Christian Stage according to Climacus and Anti-Climacus. Saturday, November 21: Presiding: Robert L. Perkins; Panel Discussion of Habib C. Malik: Receiving Søren Kierkegaard: The Early Impact and Transmission of His Thought. Panelists: George Pattison, Bruce Kirmmse, Marilyn Piety. Respondent: Habib C. Malik.
Søren Kierkegaard Society (with AAR): Papers offered: contact AAR rep: Edward Mooney, 1564 Milvia St., Berkeley, CA 94709. Email: edwmooney@aol.com
Please note that the membership for the S&oslsh;ren Kierkegaard Society is now $10 U.S. a year, to be sent to: Dr. William Cahoy, School of Theology, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321.

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