Spring 2024
Discussions will take place Thursdays at 5pm in Foster 505 unless otherwise noted.
April 18, 3:30pm
Foster 505
“The Concept of Aesthetic Action”
Florian Klinger, Associate Professor in Germanic Studies and the College
Respondent: Andrei Pop, Allan and Jean Frumkin Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, Art History, and in the College
Respondent: Andrei Pop, Allan and Jean Frumkin Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, Art History, and in the College
April 25
“Temporality, Temperament, and the Tragedy of Modern Subjectivity in Liszt’s Faust Symphony”
Benjamin Salman, PhD Student, Committee on Social Thought and Philosophy
Respondent: Stefanos Jones, PhD Student, Committee on Social Thought
Respondent: Stefanos Jones, PhD Student, Committee on Social Thought
May 2
“Phaedrus 227a-230e: Wondering and Wandering”
Gabriel Richardson Lear, Professor of Philosophy and the Committee on Social Thought
Respondent: TBA
FRIDAY May 10, 5pm
Foster 505
“‘I saw, without comprehending’: On (Not) Understanding in Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge”
Yum Ha Kim, PhD Candidate, Department of Germanic Studies
Respondent: David Kretz, PhD Candidate, Committee on Social Thought and Germanic Studies
Yum Ha Kim, PhD Candidate, Department of Germanic Studies
Respondent: David Kretz, PhD Candidate, Committee on Social Thought and Germanic Studies
May 16
“Kafka’s Castle and Chess”
Andrei Pop, Allan and Jean Frumkin Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, Art History, and in the College
Respondent: TBA
Andrei Pop, Allan and Jean Frumkin Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, Art History, and in the College
Respondent: TBA
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Please contact Benjamin Salman (bsalman@uchicago.edu) or Stefanos Jones (stefanosjones@uchicago.edu) with any questions.