Martina Bengert will give an overview on Simone Weil's life and work, in addition to past and present projects of the denʞkollektiv, in the context of Prof Dr Ruth Conrad's Oberseminar at Humboldt University Berlin.
August 24, 2023 is the 80th anniversary of the death of Simone Weil in the sanatorium at Grosvenor Hall in Ashford, Kent, UK. Paris-based artist Thomas Hirschhorn built a stone memorial in the mountains above Davos in Switzerland: In a tribute to the 80th anniversary of Weil's death, Thomas Sojer from the Denkkollektiv drew ... Mehr ...
The German-language philosophy magazine "Weiter Denken" produced a special issue on Simone Weil and included a report on the Denkkollektiv. The report can be read online here.
The life and work of Simone Weil – philosopher, mystic, activist, and enigma – has defied easy description and categorization. Although Albert Camus categorised her as ‘the only great spirit of our times’, in recent years attention has been given to her metaphysics, her political philosophy, and the radicality and subversiveness of her ideas. Beyond ... Mehr ...
A series of talks on thinking about freedom: Simone Weil The event in the series “ Lived Life. A portrait of freedom thinkers” is dedicated to the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil (1909 - 1943). Coming from an upper middle-class Jewish family, she was already considered a rebel in her early youth. Against the ... Mehr ...
Tom Sojer spricht im Blog des Schweizer Ref-Labs über Simone Weils "Schule des Sehens"
Du 31 mars au 16 juin 2026, le Pavillon Sicli accueille le projet « Présence et Production » de l’artiste suisse Thomas Hirschhorn @thomashirschhorn_official une œuvre produite selon le principe de la présence et de la production, en coopération avec les habitant·e·x·s de . Dans ce cadre, le "Denkkollektiv" @simoneweildenkkollektiv propose le projet « Que signifie réaliser ? ... Mehr ...
Mae Bengert will take part in the 2026 Simone Weil Colloquy at Texas A&M University, held from April 23 to 25. The annual gathering brings together scholars, readers, and enthusiasts from a wide range of backgrounds to engage Simone Weil’s thought on roots, exile, and migration. With both in-person and substantial online participation possible, the ... Mehr ...
At the 2026 annual conference of the Society of Friends of Christian Mysticism - "Aufmerksam und widerständig. Leben und Mystik Simone Weils (1909-1943)" -, Mae Bengert will speak on “Transmigration of the Soul into the Now: Simone Weil, Christian Mysticism, and Zen Buddhism.” Her contribution highlights one of the conference’s most compelling perspectives, bringing Simone ... Mehr ...
At EuARe 2026 in Rome, Tom Sojer will speak in the panel “Simone Weil and Political Theology” with a paper entitled “The Violence of the Good? Simone Weil and the Risk of Political Theology.” His presentation argues that the strength of Weil’s political theology and its danger arise from the same source: the subordination of ... Mehr ...
Mae Bengert ist Juniorprofessorin für Literatur, Religion und Geschlechterstudien in den romanischen Kulturen an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Gemeinsam mit Barbara Bleisch fragt sie auf der Utopie-Konferenz, ob Aufmerksamkeit die erste Form der Großzügigkeit sein könnte. Ausgangspunkt ist Simone Weil.
