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Monday, October 2, 2023

Reflections around Walter Benjamin

Program of activities as part of the temporary exhibition "Walter Benjamin's Dreams"

As part of the temporary exhibition Walter Benjamin' Dreams. Watercolors by Gemma Romero Goday there is a cycle of conferences around the figure, life and thought of this German philosopher.

Monday, October 23, 2023
Postwar Laments of Job: On the Twilight Zone between Language and Music (in English), by Ruth HaCohen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Conference cancelled

Thursday, November 23, 2023
Europa, fa cent anys: el context històric i intel·lectual de Walter Benjamin, by Maximiliano Fuentes Codera, Walter Benjamin Chair, Memory and Exile (University of Girona)


Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Walter Benjamin: filosofia i estètica, by Jörg Zimmer, Walter Benjamin Chair, Memory and Exile (University of Girona)


Thursday, January 18, 2024
Walter Benjamin: història, experiència i record, by Arnau Pons, writer and translator, Barcelona


You can access the recorded lectures thanks to the Digital Audio and Video Repository of the University of Girona (DUGIMedia).
These activities are free. Capacity is limited and prior registration is required.

Organized by: Nahmanides Institute for Jewish Studies (Patronat Call de Girona), Ferrater Mora Chair of Contemporary Thought (University of Girona) and Walter Benjamin Chair, Memory and Exile (University of Girona)