Northwestern Events Calendar

Apr
20
2023

Walter Benjamin Workshops | April 20th and 21st

SHOW DETAILS

When: Thursday, April 20, 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT

Where: Norris University Center, Norris Center 208 | Friday April 21st Hagstrum Room (University Hall 201), 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Contact: Courtney Essenpreis   (847) 491-7249

Group: Department of German

Co-Sponsor: Comparative Literary Studies
Critical Theory

Category: Academic

Description:

Thursday, April 20th | Norris Center 208

10 AM - 12 PM

Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky (ICI Berlin): "On

Benjamin's Concept of Cosmic Experience and

his Philosophy of Technology around 1930”

Respondent: Eleonora Giannisi (Northwestern)

2 PM - 4 PM

Tamara Tagliacozzo (Rome 3): “Dream and

Awakening in Walter Benjamin, Martin Buber,

and Furio Jesi”

Respondent: Ariel Weiner (Northwestern)

 

 

Friday, April 21st | University Hall 201

10 AM - 12 PM

Peter Fenves (Northwestern): “An Epistemo-

Promotive Program”

Respondent: Hedy Cohen (Kingston University)

2 PM - 4 PM

Ilit Ferber (Tel Aviv): “Walter Benjamin and the

Acoustics of Childhood”

Respondent: Robert Ryder (Northwestern)

Theories of Technology and

Concepts of Experience

Around the Work of Walter

Benjamin

A Series of Workshops on

Sponsored by the Max Kade Foundation (New York), the Departments of

German and Philosophy, and the Programs in Comparative Literary Studies,

The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies, and Critical Theory

The workshop are free and open to the public; light refreshments will be served.

Apr
21
2023

Walter Benjamin Workshops | April 20th and 21st

SHOW DETAILS

When: Friday, April 21, 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT

Where: University Hall, Hagstrum Room, 1897 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Contact: Courtney Essenpreis   (847) 491-7249

Group: Department of German

Co-Sponsor: Comparative Literary Studies
Critical Theory

Category: Academic

Description:

Friday, April 21st | University Hall 201

10 AM - 12 PM

Peter Fenves (Northwestern): “An Epistemo-

Promotive Program”

Respondent: Hedy Cohen (Kingston University)

2 PM - 4 PM

Ilit Ferber (Tel Aviv): “Walter Benjamin and the

Acoustics of Childhood”

Respondent: Robert Ryder (Northwestern)

Theories of Technology and

Concepts of Experience

Around the Work of Walter

Benjamin

A Series of Workshops on

Sponsored by the Max Kade Foundation (New York), the Departments of

German and Philosophy, and the Programs in Comparative Literary Studies,

The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies, and Critical Theory

The workshop are free and open to the public; light refreshments will be served.