On February 2, this term’s core course on Forms of Love (AY, BA) had a new guest: Dr. Mark Edwards, who lectured on February 1st & 3rd on Saint Augustine’s Confessions. Dr. Edwards is a graduate of Oxford University with a PhD. in Literae Humaniores. He is now a Tutor in Theology and his main interests
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Truthful Mediators, Thieves, or Tricksters?
ECLA’s fifth Annual Conference kicked off with a lecture titled “Truthful Mediators, Thieves, or Tricksters? – Translator Figures in Fiction” from guest lecturer Dr. Sabine Strümper-Krobb. The lecture concerned her work on the role of translators in fiction. Dr. Strümper-Krobb raised several provocative questions. What are the ethics of translation? To what degree is the
Building a European Public Sphere: Carl Henrik Fredriksson
On Thursday 11th February, the Annual Conference 2010 hosted a new guest: Carl Henrik Fredriksson came from Vienna to speak about the translator’s political and cultural context. Reflecting on the question “how much in common must a community have?” seminar participants embarked on a two-hour discussion of the European public sphere. Fredriksson is Co-Founder and
Translating Philosophy and the Philosophy of Translation
On Wednesday the 10th February a group of students and visitors gathered for a seminar, as part of the Annual Conference 2010, under the supervision of ECLA faculty member Tracy Colony. The seminar – “Translating Philosophy and the Philosophy of Translation”- focused on translations into English of the work of Martin Heidegger. The task of
Guest Lecture: Dr. Simon May on the Unconditional Love in the Christian Tradition
On January 18, Dr. Simon May visited ECLA to lecture students on Christian love in reference the gospel of Matthew. Dr. May is Fellow in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. Dr. May’s lecture focused on two related questions: firstly, how did Christianity develop the idea of love as the supreme value? Secondly, is
Martin Puchner on “Plato’s Shadows: Theatre and Philosophy”
Week 9 of the fall semester brought Martin Puchner to the ECLA students and professors in order to further engage in the study of our core text, Plato’s Republic. We thus discovered Plato in his dramatic dimension, one which can offer an alternative to the Aristotelian paradigm of the theatrical enterprise and under whose influence
Final Installation Showings
For eight ECLA students, there loomed a particularly stressful date in December: Wednesday 9th, at 19.30, when the final autumn term Installation showings were scheduled to take place. For a number of students, with elaborate projects in mind for the final showing, the race against time started a few days in advance. This event was
Guest Lecture: Norbert Blößner On the Formal Aspect of Republic
November 25 brought some fresh air to AY and BA students: Professor Norbert Blößner, guest lecturer at ECLA, addressed the formal aspect of Plato’s Republic. Blößner is a specialist in early and classical philosophy, particularly Plato’s dialogues. He studied at the University of Regensburg, were he received his PhD; and is currently working on Plato’s