International Kierkegaard Newsletter 2001

No. 23 . October 2001 ISSN 0108-3104

SOCIETIES & INSTITUTIONS:

AUSTRALIA: SØREN KIERKEGAARD RESEARCH CENTRE AUSTRALIA, University of Tasmania (IKN 226): Contact: Dr. Julia Watkin, University of Tasmania, School of Philosophy, Locked Bag 1-340, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia. Tel. int.: [61 3] 6326 7535; (Email: Julia.Watkin@utas.edu.au). Kierkegaard studies are offered and supervision of postgraduates. The research unit now works with, and supports, the activity of the Søren Kierkegaard Society of Australia.
SØREN KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA, Launceston, Tasmania 7250 (IKN 226): President 2000-2001: Dr. John Norris. Secretary: Dr. Julia Watkin. The Society, which was started in 1994, will be undertaking new initiatives in the next southern academic year. All enquiries about the Society should be directed to Dr. Julia Watkin at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Unit above.

BELGIUM: KIERKEGAARD WERKGROEP, (IKN 226): The Werkgroeup discussed the theme of anxiety in Kierkegaard at the meetings on 30.3.01 and 27.4.01, and Kierkegaard on time and eternity at the meeting on 25.5.01. There were also meetings on 30.11.01 and 21.12.01. The Society meets regularly to discuss Kierkegaard themes and texts. Acta Comparanda XII FVG is now out ISSN 0779 9853. (See under Articles - Cruysberghs). Contact details for further information about the Werkgroep's activities: Faculteit voor Vergelijkende Godsdienstwetenschappen, FVG, Bist 164, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium. Tel. + 32 3 8305158; Fax: + 32 3 8252673; email: FVG.Comparel@antwerpen.be; website: www.multimania.com/fvg/index.html

CANADA: THE KIERKEGAARD CIRCLE: (IKN 226): Meetings: March 30, 2001, 7.30 p.m., Trinity College, University of Toronto: Prof. Henry Pietersma: The Concept of Mediation in Climacus' View of Religion A. December 7, 2001, 7.30 p.m., Trinity College, University of Toronto: Dr. Bruce Howes: Climacus and the Limits of Language.
For information about the Circle, please contact Dr. Abrahim H. Khan, Trinity College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1H8. Tel: office: 978-3608, 2133 (sec.); home: 905-420-6195; Fax: 416-978-4949; website: www.utoronto.ca/kierkegaard (email: khanah@chass.utoronto.ca).

DENMARK: DEPARTMENT OF SØREN KIERKEGAARD RESEARCH, Copenhagen University: (IKN 226): Head of Department: Prof. Arne Grøn (contact: 3532 3681; email: ag@teol.ku.dk); Ass. Head of Department: Ass. lecturer Pia Søltoft (contact: 3532 3678; email: ps@sk.ku.dk); Ulrik Knappe, postgraduate researcher with Department (contact: 3376 6925; email: uk@sk.ku.dk). The Kierkegaard Department Library has been lent to the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre (see below) and is currently at Store Kannikestraede 15. Courses in Kierkegaard: - See under Conferences and Lectures.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD RESEARCH CENTRE, Copenhagen University: (IKN 226): Centre Director: Niels Jørgen Cappelørn; Secretary: Annette Knudsen; Administrator: Mette Skakkebaek. Søren Kierkegaard Forskningscenteret, Store Kannikestraede 15, 1169 Copenhagen K. Tlf: 3376 6900; Fax: 3376 6910; epost: sec@sk.ku.dk; web: www.sk.ku.dk The Centre is currently in its 2nd 5 year period ending 2003. The purpose of the Centre is to carry out and promote Kierkegaard research and to establish a new and complete edition of all of Kierkegaard's writings. Translations of the Danish edition into English, German, French, Spanish and Chinese are also envisaged. There will also be an electronic version containing the full printed version and Kierkegaard's collected drafts. The electronic version will also contain second editions of individual works whose republication was supervised by Kierkegaard. In November 2000, 30 people were listed as working at the Centre: 15 in permanent positions, 15 on scholarships. Ten of those on scholarships came from overseas. A full list of those attached to the Centre can be found in the list of centres attached to Copenhagen University's Faculty of Theology to be found in the Lektionskatalog, Det Teologiske Fakultet, published by Copenhagen University each semester.
Søren Kierkegaard's Skrifter (see Journals and Series). Subscribers to the entire series please note the latest volumes in this series. PLEASE NOTE that any one of Kierkegaard's works can be purchased separately with its accompanying commentary volume.
Kierkegaard om tirsdagen: in 2000 the Centre held (1.15 - 3.00 p.m.) the following internal seminars with papers/abstracts available a week in advance: 27.2.00: Wouter Goris: Towards the "other beginning" - Kierkegaard, Hegel and the late Schelling; 13.3.00: Bruce H. Kirmmse: Socrates in the Fast Lane - on Kierkegaard's Magister Dissertation; 27.3.00: Hans Feger: Die umgekehrte Tauschung - Kierkegaards Kritik der romantischen Ironie als Kritik immanenten Denkens; 17.4.00: Brian Søderquist: Irony and Immorality in Copenhagen: The Danish Critique of Romantic Irony, 1834-41; 1.5.00: Birgitte Kvist Poulsen: Dobbelthed i synd og gudbilledlighed hos Hegel - med inddragelse af Kierkegaard; 15.5.00: Søren Bruun: Kierkegaard og Luther: Subjektivitet og synd; 17.5.00: Ingrid Strohschneider Kohrs: Lessings Texhinweise zum Hiob-Problem - vor dem Deutungshorizont des 18. Jahrhunderts; 22.5.00: H.C. Wind: Om begrebet i "Om Begrebet Ironi"; 29.5.00: Kirsten Klercke: Some considerations of 'En Leilighedstale' (Purity of Heart). These seminars were held in the northern Spring semester 2001 on alternate Tuesdays at the same time. The seminars are open to all Kierkegaard interested students at Honours (Speciale) level. For details of future seminars please contact: Mette Skakkebaek, St. Kannikestraede 15, 1169, Copenhagen K. Universitetsavisen 12, 2001 s. 23 reports that the University's Theology Faculty together with the Søren Kierkegard Research Centre has offered a 3-year PhD scholarship from 1.2.02 for projects to do with Søren Kierkegaard Research. (The application deadline was at noon, 14.9.01). See also under Reviews - Lykkeberg and Journals and Series).

SØREN KIERKEGAARD SELSKABET: (IKN 227): Formand: Pia Søltoft, Tlf.: 3376 6905; email: ps@sk.ku.dk; naestformand: Leif Bork Hansen. Sekretaer: Peter Tudvad, Søren Kierkegaard Forskningscentret, St. Kannikstraede 15, 1169 Copenhagen K. Tlf.: 3376 6922; email: pt@sk.ku.dk; Indmeldelser: Giro 647 1382. Birgit Bertung, Frimestervej 51, 4. tv., 2400 Copenhagen NV; Tlf.: 3585 8018; email: birgitsks@wanadoo.dk (Selskabets hjemmeside: http://www.sk.ku.dk/selskab/). Generalforsamlingen 22.2.01, kl. 17, Købmagergade 46, 3. sal, vaer. 321.
Lectures 2001: 25.1.01: Wenche Marit Quist: Eksistens og naestekaerlighed hos Søren Kierkegaard; 22.2.01: F.J. Billeskov Jansen: Kierkegaard-forskning hjemme og ude; 29.3.01: Nils Gunder Hansen: Løgstrup og Kierkegaard - en dansk kontrovers; 26.4.01: Otto Bertelsen: Dialogen mellem Grundtvig og Kierkegaard; 27.9.01: Birgit Bertung: Den utidige Kierkegaard og pressen; 25.10.01: Inger Christiansen: Rasmus Nielsens Kierkegaard-kritik; 18.11.01: Peter Tudvad: Homo nekropolis - Kierkegaard og Assistens Kirkegård (guidet tur på Assistens Kirkegård); 29.11.01: Bjarne Jacobsen: Søren Kierkegaard - krise ved somatisk sygdom. Alle foredrag holdes i Kaeldercafeen, Købmagergade 44 over gården. Udenfor foredragsraekke holdtes selskabet i samarbejde med Det Danske Filminstitut, Filmhuset, Gothersgade, København, en kierkegaardsk kritik af Lars von Triers Dancer in the Dark, praesenteret af Ettore Rocca: Aestetik til døden: Lars von Trier og Søren Kierkegaard, 14.3.01 (Kristeligt Dagblad, 12.1.01: "Kierkegaard og Selma").. Kontingent for 2001: 180 kr.; studerende og medl. uden for Sjaelland 90 kr. Gaestebilletter 30 kr. Ydl. oplysningerne fås hos Birgit Bertung.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD KREDSEN: (IKN 227): The Søren Kierkegaard Circle supports Kierkegaard research and activities in North Zealand. Autumn/Winter 2000/2001: 3.9.00: Kierkegaards København, en lystvandring med Joakim Garff, afsluttet med kaffe og kage i Kierkegaards gamle lejlighed på Kultorvet. 24.9.00: 1847, et betydningsfuldt år i H.C. Andersens og Søren Kierkegaards liv i Guldaldertidens København, ved Elisabeth Balle. 25.10.00, 8.11.00, 22.11.00: Filosofiske Smuler, studiekreds, ved Arne Hvid. 24.11.00: Søborg kirke: Gospel-koncert med Marie Carmen Koppel; 17.1.01: Islam, -og arabisk holdning til andre religioner og kulturer, ved Herbert Pundik. 11.3.01: Kristen tro, - belyst bl.a. gennem Søren Kierkegaards 'Opbyggelige Taler', ved Helle Møller Jensen. 5.4.01: Islam og Kristendom, debataften om de to religioners livssyn, ved Naser Khadar og Katrine Lilleør. 21.2.01: 'Hin anden', foredrag ved Pia Søltoft. Generalforsamlingen. Efterår/vinter 2001/2002: arrangementerne foregår i almindelighed i Kultursalen/cafeen, Pyramiden, Vesterbrogade 56, Gilleleje. 16.6.01: temadag i Pyramiden; 17-19 august 01: Sommerhøjskole i Smidstrup; 19.9.01, 9.10.01, 25.10.01, kl. 19.30: Studiekreds ved Arne Hvid "Begrebet Angst". 19.9.01: Kulturnat; 23.9.01 kl. 15.00: Maleri og musik (med musikeren Peter Bondesen); 7.11.01: 19.30: Sherin Khankan: Kultur er et politisk magtspil; 23.1.02: 19.30: Ebbe Reich Kløvedal: Kierkegaard og Grundtvig; 26.2.02: 19.30: Musikarrangement og generalforsamling. 21.3.02: 19.30: Pia Søltoft: Paradoxet Gud (Jesus som menneske og Gud). Naermere oplysning om arrangementerne gennem Nyhedsbrev til Kredsens medlemmer eller på tlf.: 48 35 56 40 / 49 39 14 79. Kontingent (november): 125 kr. og 200 for par.
SK -Nyt, Nr. 1, December 2001: Søren Kierkegaard Kredsen Gilleleje. Søren Kierkegaard Kredsen: Formand Ulla Marie Andersen, Gilbjergvej 1, 3250 Gilleleje. Tlf.: 48 35 56 40; (email:Gilbjerghave@get2net.dk). Naestformand: Lis Møller-Jørgensen: Munkerup Strandvej 78, 3120 Dronningmølle. Tlf. 4971 1358 (email: Lij@KM.dk) Kasserer: Bertil Christensen: Havnevej 6, 3250 Gilleleje. Tlf. 4835 4504 (email: margeretta@get2net.dk); Sekretaer: Karl Damkjaer: Stendysseåsen 13, Blistrup, 3230 Graested. Telf: 4871 5842 (email: k.damkjaer@get2net.dk); Merete Hårslev, Nørrevangen 1, Blistrup, 3230 Graested, Tlf. 4871 5911 (email: hauerco@get2net.dk); Poul Vittrup: Esbønderupvej 69, 3230 Graested. Tlf 4839 1479(email 0); Annemarie Frederiksen, Plantagevej 13, 3100 Hornbaek, Tlf. 4970 2284 (email: ANNEMARIE@FREDERIKSEN.dk).

SØREN KIERKEGAARD INTERNATIONAL MUSIC ARCHIVE: New Søren Kierkegaard internet site. At www.kierkegaard-kultur.dk can be found CDs with Kierkegaard texts and music. Also to be found are the Regina ensemble with new music to Kierkegaard texts and music from Golden Age Denmark/music from Kierkegaard's contemporaries. There is also an international bibliography of musical works and dramatic works relevant to Kierkegaard, together with the International Søren Kierkegaard Music Archive.

HUNGARY: KIERKEGAARD CABINET IN BUDAPEST (IKN 227): The Kierkegaard Cabinet opened in March, 2.3.2001 at Budapest University, Eotvos Lorand, hosted by the Institute of Aesthetics. There was an inauguration ceremony and panel discussion. The Cabinet was founded by Peter Nadas. The centre is an independent foundation aiming to support Kierkegaard scholarship in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe; also to help the translation of Kierkegaard's works into Hungarian. The Cabinet has a special library and an electronic database. Members of the board: Chair: Andras Nagy; Bela Bacso, Thomas Berntsen. Sponsors: The Royal Danish Embassy, The Danish Cultural Institute, The Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre Copenhagen, the Hong Kierkegaard Library. Address: Kierkegaard Cabinet, c/o ELTE Muveszettudomanyi Intezet, Muzeum korut 6-8. (-136), Budapest 1088, Hungary. Phone: 36.1.266.9100/5855; email: cabinet@emc.elte.hu website:http://kierkegaard.elte.hu/ Hours: Wed. and Thurs during the academic year, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Other times by appointment). Contact: Andras Nagy: andrasnagy@mail.matav.hu See also under Other Kirsten Pruzan Mikkelsen: østeuropaeere bliver Kierkegaard-kendere, Berlingske Tidende.

JAPAN: KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY: The Kierkegaard Society (Japan) has two general meetings a year. One in spring includes a couple of lectures for scholars and non-academics, the other in the Autumn is an academic conference. The Society also publishes annually Kierkegaard Studies. The Society currently has a membership of over 60 researchers. Please note the Society's contact details: Kierkegaard Society (Japan) Kyoto Women's University, Kita-Hiyoshicho 35, Imakumano Higashiyamaku 606-8386, Japan. http://kierkegaard.cs.kyoto-wu.ac.jp/ (Secretary: email: eguichi@kyoto-wu.ac.jp) Phone and fax: + 81-75-531-9163. (See also under Conferences and Journals).

SØREN KIERKEGAARD RESEARCH CENTRE IN JAPAN (Nihon Seren Kyerukegoru Kenkyu Senta): September 2001: Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, Japan: publishes 'Newsletter' twice a year. Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre in Japan, School of Theology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Uegahara.ichibancho, Nishinomiya, 662-8501 Japan. tel. +81 798-54-6200/fax: +81 798.51.0936. (See also under Journals and Series and Conferences).

KOREA: THE SØREN KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY IN KOREA: Founded 1977 in Seoul. Holds Kierkegaard study meetings. President: Prof. Chai-myung Pyo, Dept. of Philosophy, Korea University, 1. 5-ka, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-ku, Seoul 132, Korea. (See under Conferences - Japan).

MEXICO: SOCIEDAD IBEROAMERICANA DE ESTUDIOS KIERKEGAARDIANOS (IKN 208): President: Prof. Luis Guerrero Martinez, Universidad Iberoamericana, Prol. Paseo de la Reforma 880, Lomas de Santa Fe, 01210 Mexico, D.F. (email: luis.guerrero@uia.mx); Secretary: Dr. Leticia Valadez. Apdo. Postal 86-582, 14391. Mexico, D.F., Mexico. (Email: siek@prodigy.net.mx; Internet: http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/kierkegaard/siek.htm). See also under Journals and Series and Books and Articles.

UNITED KINGDOM: THE SØREN KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: HOWARD AND EDNA HONG KIERKEGAARD LIBRARY, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1510 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield MN 55057-1097. Nov. 16, 2001: Meeting at the Kierkegaard Library lobby for the unveiling of 2 bronze busts of Howard and Edna Hong. This was followed by a luncheon and a discussion of Kierkegaard's text, "At a Graveside". The discussion was led by St. Olaf College President Thomforde, Gordon Marino, Howard Hong, Jamie Lorentzen and others.
Danish Instruction to be offered at the Library, July 2002. Sinead Ladegaard Knox, Kierkegaard scholar and Danish native speaker: 4 week course in Danish for Kierkegaard scholars. Sessions will meet 3-4 hours each morning. Cost: $500 US for tuition and housing at St. Olaf College. Contact: Gordon Marino by Feb. 15, 2002: (email: marino@stolaf.edu).
The Kierkegaard Library Fellowship Program: Summer fellowships for research in residence are offered to scholars for use of the collection between June 1 and November 15. The awards include campus housing and a $250.00 U.S. per month stipend. Scholarships are also available at other times of the year. Applications to: Gordon Marino, Curator, Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, 1510 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057-1097, U.S.A. Fax. 507-646-3858 (Email: marino@stolaf.edu). To apply, send a letter describing the proposed research project and reasons for wanting to use the collection and a c.v. Two academic letters of recommendation are also required. Application deadline is in March. Application deadline for next year is March 15, 2002.
Friends of the Kierkegaard Library met on Nov. 4, 2000, after a luncheon and business meeting. Howard Hong led the group in reading and discussing Love Builds Up from Works of Love. (See also under Conferences and Lectures).

SØREN KIERKEGAARD SOCIETY: at the AAR Annual General Meeting, Denver, Colorado, November 17-20, 2001. Friday session 16th: banquet followed by address by David Gouwens: Kierkegaard and the 'Kingdom of Music': Some Aesthetic and Theological Reflections. Saturday morning session 17th, 9 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.: Theme: Kierkegaard and the Bible: Presiding: Vanessa Rumble. Discussion of Timothy Polk: The Biblical Kierkegaard: Reading by the Rule of Faith (Mercer University Press, 1997). Panelists: Timothy Polk; Marcia C. Robinson; Robert W. Wall; Lee C. Barrett. 11 a.m.: Business Meeting, Mark Lloyd Taylor presiding. Secretary: Lee C. Barrett (email: lbarrett@lts.org). President: Mark Lloyd Taylor, Theology & Religious Studies, Seattle University, 900 Broadway, Seattle, Washington 98122; mltaylor@seattleu.edu; President-elect: Vanessa Rumble: Philosophy Department, Carney Hall, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02167-3806; rumble@hermes.bc.edu
AAR rep: Marilyn Piety: Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875. mgpiety@drexel.edu
Eastern Division of the APA meeting: December 26-30, 2001, Atlanta, Georgia: Session of Søren Kierkegaard Society with Society of Christian Philosophers: December 28, 8.15-11.15 p.m.: theme: Quinn on Kierkegaard's Ethics. Papers: : M. Jamie Ferreira, C. Stephen Evans, John Davenport, Edward Mooney. Respondent: Phillip Quinn. APA rep: Norman Lillegard, Philosophy and Religion, Humanities Bldg. 322, University of Tennessee-Martin, Martin TN 38238 (in 2001) (email: nlillega@utm.edu). Secretary: Lee Barrett, Lancaster Theological Seminary, 555 W. James St., Lancaster PA 17603. $10 ($5 students).

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