The Simone Weil Reading Group, organised by Tom Sojer, took place in the shape of monthly online meetings which were open to everybody interested in Simone Weil's writings. During each session, participants discussed one specific text passage in depth, selected by the moderator. These monthly online meetings were created in response to lockdown; they are ... Mehr ...
Simone Weil and Writing to(wards) Death Our digital conference took place from July 23 to July 25 2020 via Zoom. If you would like to take a look at what we talked about, please click on the corresponding titles in the programme below: Programme: July 23, 2020: 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. CET Chair: ... Mehr ...
In Winter Term 2020/2021, three digital seminars revolving around Simone Weil took place (Martina Bengert’s B.A. seminar, Department of Romance Studies, HU Berlin: “Fractures, Splinters, Lists. Reading Simone Weil”; Sandra Lehmann’s M.A. seminar, Department of Intercultural Philosophy of Religion, University of Vienna: “Simone Weil. Mysticism and Politics”; Esther Ramharter’s M.A. seminar, Department of Philosophy, University ... Mehr ...
On 31 January 2021, Simone Miller welcomed Martina Bengert und Wolfram Eilenberger to the Deutschlandfunk Kultur podcast Sein & Streit. They discussed the ways in which Simone Weil and her concept of radical hope are still relevant today (title of the episode: “Philosophin Simone Weil. Eine Denkerin der radikalen Hoffnung”). You can listen to the ... Mehr ...
This student workshop was inspired by the lively discussions that took place during the seminar sessions in Winter Term 2020/21 that were open to both students of the University of Vienna and students of HU Berlin. On 26/3/2021, some of those students came together with the denkkollektiv and the members of the HUVAC-project to consider ... Mehr ...