Nietzsche’s Ecce Homo
A Centenary Conference at the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies
School of Advanced Study, University of London
27-28 November 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS
Keynote speakers include: Keith Ansell Pearson, Steven Aschheim, Paul Bishop, Lesley Chamberlain, Daniel Conway, Carol Diethe, Rüdiger Görner
Friedrich Nietzsche’s intellectual autobiography Ecce Homo has always been a controversial book. Nietzsche prepared [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Nietzsche’s Ecce Homo: Call for Papers
Posted in Events on January 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Oxford Nietzsche course
Posted in Events on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Department of Continuing Education at Oxford University is offering a weekend course on “The Philosophy of Nietzsche” from Saturday 16-Sunday 17 February. The speakers are Keith Ansell-Pearson (Warwick) and Ken Gemes (Birkbeck). The programme is here and the application form here.
Serbs and volleys
Posted in Miscellaneous on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Australian Open was an extraordinary success for Serbian tennis, in both the men’s and women’s competitions. I can’t help but think that the wrong Serb won, though. Janko Tipsarevic, who so nearly knocked out Roger Federer in the third round, counts Dostoevsky, Goethe and Nietzsche among his favourite authors.
Nietzsche’s new religion?
Posted in Publications on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just out: Bruce Ellis Benson, Pious Nietzsche: Decadence and Dionysian Faith (Indiana University Press).
“A sustained and surprising reading finds Nietzsche to have been deeply religious.”
Rappers delight in Nietzsche
Posted in News & media on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Like, my favourite pastime right now is to break down Nietzsche and try to prove him wrong and people are like ‘Huh? Why you not out collecting cars?’” Lupe Fiasco (The London Paper, 21 January 2008)
“I would love to hear Nietzsche over a hip-hop beat … His swagger, the Uberman … that’s hip-hop!” A.D., The [...]
Preliminary announcement: Janaway symposium
Posted in Events on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Beyond Selflessness: Janaway’s Nietzsche
A symposium on Christopher Janaway’s recent Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche’s Genealogy (Oxford University Press, 2007).
St, Peter’s College, Oxford
8 March, 2008
Speakers include:
Chris Janaway, Southampton
Ken Gemes, Birkbeck/Southampton
Stephen Mulhall, Oxford
Daniel Came, Oxford
Peter Kail, Oxford
Supported by the Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University, British Society for the History of Philosophy, European Journal of Philosophy and St. [...]
Nietzsche commentary
Posted in Research projects on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Union of German Academies of Sciences (Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften) has awarded a grant of €3 million for a proposed six-volume commentary on Nietzsche’s published works. The fifteen-year project, which aims to document the historical, philosophical and literary context of Nietzsche’s thought, will be led by Jochen Schmidt at the University of Freiburg. More here.
French radio programme on Nietzsche
Posted in News & media on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Click here to listen to ”L’éternel retour du Christ: Dionysos contre le crucifié”, a round table discussion between various philosophers and Nietzsche scholars, and broadcast on Radio France on December 27. The programme was part four of a series hosted by Raphaël Enthoven (Carla Bruni’s former beau).
Sternenmoral (Star morals)
Posted in Miscellaneous on January 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When Nietzsche introduced the notion of amor fati in Gay Science, do you suppose he meant anything like this? Nah, me neither.
Nietzsche and literary modernism
Posted in Events on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A conference on the subject of ‘Nietzsche und die Literatur der klassischen Moderne’ will be held in Weimar on 12-15 March 2008. Details here. Admission free.
