The end of the Annual Conference 2010 brought us Bruno Macaes’ seminar “The Novel in New Lands,” analyzing the topic of cultural exchange by looking at a particular cultural referent: how national heritage and habits in literary production remain sovereign over the foreign influences they receive. Bruno argued that the History of Literature shouldn’t think
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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
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
International Dinner at ECLA
On December 27 most of the ECLA community put their culinary skills to test: the day had come to celebrate the much awaited International Dinner Party. The three kitchens of the students houses and the major cooking area of the cafeteria were occupied with eager students, faculty and administration members wanting to prepare a representative
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
Guest Lecture: Dr. David McNeill
“The title of my lecture is going to be ‘Prisoners like us’, the phrase Socrates uses in Republic Book VII when he describes the allegory of the cave”, David McNeill, guest lecturer at ECLA on November 18 began. McNeill received his BA from St. John’s College, in Annapolis MD, and has a PhD from the
Video Installation Showings
Awaited by many, the video installation aspect of the Installation module finally arrived at Platanenstr. 98 on November 25th. This was a chance for students to practice editing skills as a new language. It was about understanding a new way of expressing ideas, with a different set of symbols. The assignment was very specific: the
Behind spiritual values: Cathedral tour during Harz trip
As part of ECLA’s trip to the Harz Mountains students and faculty visited two medieval cathedrals, one at the beginning and one at the end of the trip. They were both built in the same period, and both were in the gothic architectural style. Yet each had particular details which made it unique and which