Dr. Rudolf Dekker (Rotterdam): "De criminele autobiografie. Van 1600 tot heden", Tu, April 18, 2023, 6 p.m. (ct)
Link to book presentation
On April 18, 2023 at 6 p.m. (ct) Dr. Rudolf Dekker (Rotterdam) will be reading in the Forum for Life Writing Research from his book "De criminele autobiografie. Van 1600 tot heden" (2021). The reading takes place in room 1.05 of the House of the Netherlands, Alter Steinweg 6/7. All those interested are cordially invited!
Save the Date: Dr. Sara Gallardo (University of Madrid) on July 12, 4 to 6 p.m.
On July 12, the Spanish literary scientist Dr. Sara Gallardo (Madrid and a fellow at the Romanic Institute at Münster University) will give a talk on her latest research under the title "Gedächtnis, Körper und autobiographisches Schreiben in der zeitgenössischen spanischsprachigen Literatur" in the 'House of the Netherlands', room 1.05, entrance via Kirchherrngasse, to which all of you are cordially invited. Textmaterial in preparation for the talk will be announced on time. Please register for the talk until June 30 under ndlmwe@uni-muenster.de. We are looking forward to seeing you.
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Mehring (Heidelberg):
"Natality as a Taboo Formula. Hannah Arendt's Pariah-Reservation"
Wed, July 14, 2021, 4:15 pm
Hannah Arendt’s elaboration on ‘natality’ initially appears as a compromise between an orientation towards Heidegger (‘beginning’) and Jaspers (Kant`s ‘spontaneity’). However, it taboos queries regarding the conditions of possibility of ‘spontaneous’ and ‘revolutionary acting’, respectively.
The lecture asks how Arendt’s enthusiasm for the ‘left’ revolution relates to the conservative incantation of reversion to the authoritative beginnings. This question leads to further reflections on Arendt’s self-identification with ‘the girl from abroad’ in a ‘hidden tradition’ between ‘pariah and parvenu’.
The lecturer has published on Arendt since the 1990s, for example a review on the correspondence with Heidegger (cf. ZRGG 53 (2001): 256-273) and lately on “Arendt’s Pariah-Identification” (in: Power and Violence (original German title: Macht und Gewalt), eds. Wischke and Zenkert, Wiesbaden: Springer 2019, 183-216).
This zoom-lecture will be held in German. Please register for a zoom-link with ndlmwe@uni-muenster.de.
Prof. Dr. Eve-Marie Becker:
"Autobiography und Leadership in epistoraler Form: Paulus im Vergleich mit Cicero und Seneca"
On Tu, 12 January 2021, at 4:15pm the next meeting of the "AutobiographieForum" will take place in digital form via zoom. Prof. Dr. Eve-Marie Becker gives a talk on "Autobiographie und Leadership in epistolarer Form: Paulus im Vergleich mit Cicero und Seneca". Please register until January the 5th per mail ndlmwe@uni-muenster.de. You will receive the zoom-link for the meeting plus a text in preparation for the meeting's topic. We are looking forward to prolific discussions!