The Tulane German Philosophy Workshop is a forum for the discussion of contemporary work that engages with the German philosophical tradition (broadly understood).
Talks are held on select Fridays from 4:00-6:00 pm. We provide updates about the location of each event in email reminders sent out a few days before it takes place. Talks are not read-ahead and generally consist of a 45-minute presentation followed by a discussion.
Spring 2025 Schedule
February 7: Thomas Pendlebury (University of Chicago), "The Kantian Desire"
February 21: Utku Cansu (Princeton University), “Birth of Rhetoric from the Spirit of Music: Aesthetic and Moral Education as Political Reform in Nietzsche”
March 28: Joseph Berendzen (Loyola University, New Orleans), "“Koch’s Subjectivity Thesis, Transcendental Perspectivism, and Absolute Idealism”
April 18: Emily Davis (Louisiana State University), “Max Weber and the Puzzles of Charismatic Leadership”
April 25: Daniel Smith (University of Memphis), “German Idealism and the Invention of the Philosophical Canon”
May 2: Khafiz Kerimov (St. John's College), “Hegel, Kant, and the Hypocrisy of Practical Faith”
If you have any questions or would like to be added to our mailing list, please email tulanegermanphil@gmail.com.
Sponsors: Professor Richard Velkley (Department of Philosophy), Professor Oliver Sensen (Department of Philosophy), and Dietmar Felber (Department of Germanic & Slavic studies)