"SKC Forskningsseminar";"Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre";"2026-06-10";"10:15";"2026-06-10";"15:30";"Søndre Campus, lokale 4A-0-15";"SKC Forskningsseminar: Et ansvar uden svar: Kierkegaard, Derrida og hemmeligheden";"Et ansvar uden svar: Kierkegaard, Derrida og hemmeligheden Jacques Derridas beskæftigelse med Kierkegaards Frygt og bæven er bedst kendt gennem det til dansk oversatte essay Dødens gave (Donner la mort). Men i 2024 udkom Derridas seminar fra 1991/1992 (under titlen Répondre – du secret), som lagde fundamentet for denne udgivelse og som dermed gav et større indblik i den fransk-algeriske tænkers refleksioner over Johannes de Silentios abrahamske meditationer. Hermed bliver de etisk-politiske aspekter af dekonstruktionen belyst fra en væsentlig religiøs inspirationskilde. Forsøget på en sekulær tolkning af Abrahams handlinger munder ud i en radikal fordring om i hvert øjeblik at stille os selv på toppen af Morijas bjerg og spørge: Hvad er et ansvar, som trodser det etiske? Hvordan kan det være ansvarligt at tie? Og hvilket ansvar kan der være tale om i et forhold til en gud, som ikke svarer? Den 10. juni inviterer Søren Kierkegaard Forskningscenteret til et forskningsseminar om disse og andre refleksioner over forholdet mellem Derrida og Kierkegaard. Seks oplægsholdere vil præsentere deres vinkel på en rig og enigmatisk samtale mellem dekonstruktionen og Kierkegaard og på den måde hjælpe med at føre dialogen videre. Tilmelding Seminaret er gratis, men kræver tilmelding senest 5. juni 2026. Du kan tilmelde dig seminaret ved at sende en mail til Lucas Rigillo: lu.rigillo@teol.ku.dk Oplægsholdere Gustav Graeser Damgaard - Københavns Universitet, Afdeling for Systematisk Teologi Bjarke Mørkøre Stigel Hansen – Københavns Universitet, Søren Kierkegaard Forskningscenteret Mads Peter Karlsen – Københavns Universitet, Afdeling for Systematisk Teologi Cathrine Bjørnholt Michaelsen – CBS, Institut for Business Humaniora og Jura Lucas Rigillo – Københavns Universitet, Centre for Privacy Studies Kristian Olesen Toft – Universität Freiburg Program 10:15-10:30: Velkomst v. Lucas Rigillo 10:30-11:00: Kristian Olesen Toft: Ofringens ofring og hemmelighedens hemmelighed. Om Derridas Kierkegaard 11:00-11:30: Cathrine Bjørnholt Michaelsen: Den krypterede hemmelighed eller den hemmelige krypt 11:30-12:30: Frokost 12:30-13:00: Bjarke Mørkøre: At forvente det umulige 13:00-13:30: Mads Peter Karlsen: Sorgens (u)mulighed 13:30-14:00: Pause 14:00-14:30: Lucas Rigillo: Suveræn Stilhed - Et forsøg på at skelne mellem Abraham og Mette Frederiksen 14:30-15:00: Gustav Damgaard: ""Jeg tror, […] at enhver tekst på en særlig måde er et kærlighedsbrev"" - Epistolære refleksioner over Derrida, Kierkegaard og afslutningen på det “post”-moderne samfund 15:00-15:30: Afsluttende diskussion "
"Vulnerasti cor meum: Scoring Jesus’s Heart in Dieterich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu nostri";"Centre for Copenhgen Luther Studies";"2026-06-10";"16:00";"";"17:30";"6B-1-62 and online via Zoom";"Talk by multi-instrumentalist Malachai Komanoff Bandy, assistant professor of Music at Pomona College (near Los Angeles), US.";"Talk by multi-instrumentalist Malachai Komanoff Bandy, assistant professor of Music at Pomona College (near Los Angeles), US. Robert Fludd, image of man as the microcosm, Utriusque cosmi, vol. II (1619) Dieterich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu nostri (1680) comprises a cycle of seven Passion cantatas, each addressing an isolated body part of the crucified Jesus. Of Buxtehude’s approximately 120 surviving vocal works, this is one of just two to employ a full ensemble of violas da gamba—a special scoring he reserves only for the cantata Ad Cor (To [Jesus’s] Heart). This talk probes Buxtehude’s unusual scoring decision, by placing it into conversation with theological and scientific literature from which Buxtehude may have drawn inspiration. I will argue that the sound of the viola da gamba, to seventeenth-century German ears, became the embodiment of Petrarchan dolendi voluptas (pleasant agony) within this repertoire, in which rhetorical paradox signifies a specifically Lutheran “ambivalence” between life and death. This directly recalls two of the viola da gamba’s origin myths, namely those of Hermes and Orpheus, both of which foreground physical dismemberment and suffering in the creation of redemptive musical sound. Rejoining the viola da gamba with this symbolism therefore uncovers a (literally) crucial theological program within Membra Jesu nostri – one that has remained untapped in modern scholarship, but that survived well into the eighteenth century in J. S. Bach’s crucifixion scorings in his Passion works. Speaker bio Multi-instrumentalist Malachai Komanoff Bandy is an Assistant Professor of Music at Pomona College (near Los Angeles), where he teaches music history courses primarily handling musical symbolism, esotericism, and rhetoric. He holds a Ph.D. in historical musicology from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music and was 2025 winner of Pomona College’s Wig Distinguished Professor Award for excellence in teaching. As a historical string and double-reed player, Malachai regularly performs with ensembles including Voices of Music, Bach Collegium San Diego, and Ciaramella, has performed as a soloist with the Los Angeles Opera, and toured with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, with whom he opened the Salzburger Festspiele in 2023. As a recording artist for TV and film, his solos can be heard on the soundtracks to titles such as Outlander, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Foundation, Percy Jackson, and many more. As a musicologist, Malachai’s written work primarily concerns Christian mysticism and occult philosophy in North-German Baroque music, with recent work readable in the journal Early Music and in the volumes Explorations in Music and Esotericism (University of Rochester Press, 2023) and Jesuit Rhetoric Across Space and Time (Brill, 2026). His investigations of number symbolism in Baroque repertoires received both the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music’s Irene Alm Memorial Prize and the Ingolf Dahl Award in Musicology, with recent projects supported by a Paul Oskar Kristeller Fellowship from the Renaissance Society of America and the Diversity and Inclusion Research Award from the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music. As 2025–26 Evelyn Dunbar and Ruth Dunbar Davee long-term fellow at the Newberry Library in Chicago, he is currently at work on his first book, which handles musical symbolism and mystical theology in the 1680 Passion cycle Membra Jesu nostri, the topic of his talk."
"SKC Seminar Spring 2026";"Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre";"2026-06-15";"14:00";"2026-06-15";"16:00";"Zoom: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/2188071867";"A Reading of Christian Discourses and Late Discourses Session 18. An Upbuilding Discourse";"A Reading of Christian Discourses and Late Discourses Monday, Feb. 2: Prayer & Introduction (CD 5-12/SKS 10: 19-24) Monday, Feb. 9: Part One, I-II (CD 15-36/SKS 10: 25-47) Monday, Feb. 16: Part One, III-IV (CD 37-59/SKS 10: 48-68) Monday, Feb. 23: Part One, V-VII (CD 60-91/SKS 10: 69-98) Monday, Mar. 2: Part Two, I-II (CD 93-113/SKS 10: 103-124) Monday, Mar. 9: Part Two, III-IV (CD 114-133/SKS 10: 125-143) Monday, Mar. 16: Part Two, V-VII (CD 134-159/SKS 10: 144-166) Monday, Mar. 23: Part Three, I-II (CD 161-187/SKS 10: 167-197) Monday, Mar. 30: Part Three, III-IV (CD 188-213/SKS 10: 198-221) Monday, Apr. 13: Part Three, V-VII (CD 214-246/SKS 10: 222-252) Monday, Apr. 20: Part Four, I-II (CD 247-267/SKS 10: 253-283) Monday, Apr. 27: Part Four, III-IV (CD 268-281/SKS 10: 285-300) Monday, May. 4: Part Four, V-VII (CD 282-300/SKS 10: 301-325) Monday, May 11: Lily and the Bird, I (WA 1-20/SKS 11: 7-25) Monday, May 25: Lily and the Bird, II (WA 21-35/SKS 11: 26-39) Monday, Jun. 1: Lily and the Bird, III (WA 36-45/SKS 11: 40-48) Monday, Jun. 8: Three Discourses at the Communion (WA 109-144/SKS 11: 245-280) Monday, Jun. 15: An Upbuilding Discourse (WA 145-160/SKS 12: 257-273) Monday, Jun. 22: Two Discourses at the Communion (WA 161-188/SKS 12: 277-302) Date and Time: Mondays: 14.00-16:00 Location: Online via Zoom: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/2188071867 Language: English Text: Søren Kierkegaard, Christian Discourses; The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actor, Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1997. Søren Kierkegaard, Without Authority, Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1997. Søren Kierkegaard, Christelige Taler, Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter, Bind 10. København: GAD 2004. Søren Kierkegaard, “Lilien paa Marken og Fuglen under Himlen”, “‘Ypperstepræsten’ – ‘Tolderen’ – ‘Synderinden’”, Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter, Bind 11, s. 7-48, 245-280. København: GAD 2006. Søren Kierkegaard, “En Opbyggelig Tale”, “To Taler ved Altergang om Fredagen”, Bind 12, s. 257-302. Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter, Bind 10. København: GAD 2004. Participants and Registration: Open for all interested For registration, please send a mail to René Rosfort: rer@teol.ku.dk Registration closes on January 30, 2026"
"Seminar: THE ALCHEMIST’S CHILDREN";"Centre for Privacy Studies";"2026-06-19";"10:00";"2026-06-19";"11:00";" Room 6B.1.62, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.";"";"THE ALCHEMIST’S CHILDREN: Daughters, Sons, their Spouses, and Eighteenth-Century Uses of an Alchemical Family Heritage Hjalmar Fors (Karolinska Institutet)Hjarmar Fors is a PhD (2003) and Docent (2014) in the history of science and Head of Unit at the Hagströmer medico-historical library, Karolinska Institutet. His main areas of interest are chemistry/alchemy, pharmacy, natural historyand mining sciences from c. 1550 to the beginning of the nineteenth century.He is also interested in knowledge transfers between Europe and China, thehistory of modern medical gymnastics, history of technology and STS (Scienceand Technology Studies). Theoretically, he is interested in the global andEuropean circulation of knowledge, as well as the philosophical issuesarising from science’s claims to superior knowledge and power, especiallyin relation to encounters with non-European cultures. Information about Hjalmar Fors from the website. ABSTRACTUrban Hiärne (1641-1724) was, during his lifetime, Sweden’s most prominent physician, natural philosopher, and alchemist. In this paper I study how his thirteen children who survived into adulthood made use of their father’s reputation, and how they developed new activities in the three major spheres of thought and activity, in which he had been deeply involved. These spheres were religious and spiritual deviance/free thinking, mining/industrial project making and medicine/pharmacy. As we will see, these spheres were interconnected and, to a quite significant extent infused with, the alchemical heritage of the grand old man. I do not present a family biography, but rather seek to show how the study of a family, makes it possible to reinterpret traditional discipline-based historiographies and the boundaries between different spheres of knowing and doing. This seminar is open for everyone, but registration is necessary. Register here. "
"Turning Away: Privacy and the Poetics of an Ancient Gesture, talk by Benjamin Saltzman";"Centre for Privacy Studies";"2026-06-22";"13:00";"2026-06-22";"15:00";"TBA, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen";"In this talk, Benjamin Saltzman will consider the articulation of privacy in the gesture of turning away";"In this talk, Benjamin Saltzman will consider the articulation of privacy in the gesture of turning away, based on his new book, Turning Away: The Poetics of an Ancient Gesture (University of Chicago Press, 2026). The talk is open to all, but registration is required. Please register here to attend. Description of the book: A Sweeping account of how we are at our most human when we turn away from the pains of the world. “Endlessly rich, and as imaginative as it is scholarly, Turning Away gives us startlingly new insights into a fascinatingly negative gesture.”—Sianne Ngai, author of Ugly Feelings Why do we look away from the suffering of others? Why do we cover our faces in shame or lower our heads in grief? Few gestures are as universal as the averted gaze. Fewer still are as ambivalent and inscrutable. In this incisive study, Benjamin A. Saltzman reveals how the kaleidoscopic appearance of these gestures in art, poetry, and philosophy has turned them into an essential language for our uncomfortable engagements with the world.Into the horizon of contemporary discourse, Turning Away sets out from five influential scenes in which figures avert their gaze: Timanthes’s Sacrifice of Iphigenia, Plato’s Republic, Augustine’s Confessions, Christ’s Crucifixion, and the Fall and Expulsion of Adam and Eve. The gestures of aversion in these scenes refract across visual media, through philosophy and politics, into modernity and the present day, having been reimagined along the way by thinkers like Hannah Arendt, artists like Marc Chagall and Salvador Dalí, poets like Langston Hughes, and many others. Saltzman offers a timely critique of the privilege of turning away and of the too-easy condemnation of our tendencies to do so. Associate Professor of English, Benjamin Saltzman. Benjamin A. Saltzman is Associate Professor of English and Deputy Dean in the Division of the Arts & Humanities at the University of Chicago. He edits the journal Modern Philology and is the author of Turning Away: The Poetics of an Ancient Gesture and Bonds of Secrecy: Law, Spirituality, and the Literature of Concealment in Early Medieval England. "
"SKC Seminar Spring 2026";"Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre";"2026-06-22";"14:00";"2026-06-22";"16:00";"Zoom: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/2188071867";"A Reading of Christian Discourses and Late Discourses Session 19. Two Discourses at the Communion on Fridays";"A Reading of Christian Discourses and Late Discourses Monday, Feb. 2: Prayer & Introduction (CD 5-12/SKS 10: 19-24) Monday, Feb. 9: Part One, I-II (CD 15-36/SKS 10: 25-47) Monday, Feb. 16: Part One, III-IV (CD 37-59/SKS 10: 48-68) Monday, Feb. 23: Part One, V-VII (CD 60-91/SKS 10: 69-98) Monday, Mar. 2: Part Two, I-II (CD 93-113/SKS 10: 103-124) Monday, Mar. 9: Part Two, III-IV (CD 114-133/SKS 10: 125-143) Monday, Mar. 16: Part Two, V-VII (CD 134-159/SKS 10: 144-166) Monday, Mar. 23: Part Three, I-II (CD 161-187/SKS 10: 167-197) Monday, Mar. 30: Part Three, III-IV (CD 188-213/SKS 10: 198-221) Monday, Apr. 13: Part Three, V-VII (CD 214-246/SKS 10: 222-252) Monday, Apr. 20: Part Four, I-II (CD 247-267/SKS 10: 253-283) Monday, Apr. 27: Part Four, III-IV (CD 268-281/SKS 10: 285-300) Monday, May. 4: Part Four, V-VII (CD 282-300/SKS 10: 301-325) Monday, May 11: Lily and the Bird, I (WA 1-20/SKS 11: 7-25) Monday, May 25: Lily and the Bird, II (WA 21-35/SKS 11: 26-39) Monday, Jun. 1: Lily and the Bird, III (WA 36-45/SKS 11: 40-48) Monday, Jun. 8: Three Discourses at the Communion (WA 109-144/SKS 11: 245-280) Monday, Jun. 15: An Upbuilding Discourse (WA 145-160/SKS 12: 257-273) Monday, Jun. 22: Two Discourses at the Communion (WA 161-188/SKS 12: 277-302) Date and Time: Mondays: 14.00-16:00 Location: Online via Zoom: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/2188071867 Language: English Text: Søren Kierkegaard, Christian Discourses; The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actor, Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1997. Søren Kierkegaard, Without Authority, Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1997. Søren Kierkegaard, Christelige Taler, Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter, Bind 10. København: GAD 2004. Søren Kierkegaard, “Lilien paa Marken og Fuglen under Himlen”, “‘Ypperstepræsten’ – ‘Tolderen’ – ‘Synderinden’”, Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter, Bind 11, s. 7-48, 245-280. København: GAD 2006. Søren Kierkegaard, “En Opbyggelig Tale”, “To Taler ved Altergang om Fredagen”, Bind 12, s. 257-302. Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter, Bind 10. København: GAD 2004. Participants and Registration: Open for all interested For registration, please send a mail to René Rosfort: rer@teol.ku.dk Registration closes on January 30, 2026"
"Symposium: Privacy before Privacy Law - Law and Humanities in Dialogue for a Digital Age";"Centre for Privacy Studies";"2026-06-25";"08:30";"2026-06-26";"15:30";"Centre for Privacy Studies, University of Copenhagen, South Campus, Karen Blixens Plads 16, 2300 Copenhagen S, Room: 6B.1.62";"This symposium brings together leading scholars from law, history, theology, philosophy, literary studies, and related disciplines to explore the historical foundations of privacy and their relevance for contemporary legal and societal debates.";"What does the history of privacy tell us about its legal present and future? This symposium brings together leading scholars from law, history, theology, philosophy, literary studies, and related disciplines to explore the historical foundations of privacy and their relevance for contemporary legal and societal debates. At a time when accelerating technological change is reshaping the conditions under which privacy is experienced, claimed, and regulated, understanding the deeper historical trajectories of privacy has become more important than ever. Spanning a broad chronological range from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century and beyond, the symposium examines how concerns for privacy emerged, evolved, and were contested long before the formal articulation of a legal right to privacy in the modern era. Through the analysis of legal, theological, philosophical, literary, and political sources, participants will investigate the diverse ways in which privacy has been understood, negotiated, protected, or suppressed across different historical contexts. Rather than treating privacy as a fixed or self-evident concept, the symposium seeks to uncover the normative cultures that have shaped changing distinctions between public and private spheres. Particular attention will be given to the historical legacies that continue to influence contemporary privacy law, governance, and social practices. By placing present-day debates in a longer historical perspective, the symposium aims to generate new insights into the meaning, functions, and value of privacy. In doing so, it contributes to ongoing discussions about how privacy should be conceptualized, protected, and reimagined in an age of profound socio-technological transformation. Find the full program for the symposium here. In-person participation only. Please register here to participate. This symposium is organized by assistant professor Paolo Astorri (PRIVACY) and professor Patrick O’Callaghan (University College Cork), and hosted by Centre for Privacy Studies (PRIVACY), University of Copenhagen. "
"SKC Annual Conference 2026";"The Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, University of Copenhagen";"2026-08-12";"13:00";"2026-08-14";"14:30";"Room 9A.0.01 (Kierkegaard Auditoriet)";"Kierkegaard – and Kierkegaard: Totality and Plurality.";"Kierkegaard – and Kierkegaard: Totality and Plurality In the second issue of The Moment, from the summer of 1855, Kierkegaard announces, “No, my dear reader, I’m not going coddle; if you imagine that I am a personal servant, then you have never been my reader.” Kierkegaard was a demanding author who imagined his reader as someone who understood his published writings as a “totality” with a dynamic that went through it from the first work to the last. Complying with this demand, however, is bound up with certain difficulties. First of all, Kierkegaard’s writings present a considerable plurality which can be seen not only in the difference between the pseudonymous and the edifying works, but is also attested to by often totally differing themes, strongly divergent textuality, and unabashed plurality of voices. Thus, the ideal of a totality appears to be threatened by the factual plurality of the writings. Secondly, Kierkegaard’s writings make it very clear that, over time and over the course of his writing, their author alters his position with respect to a long series of subjects – for example, woman, the (in)commensurability of inwardness, and his task as an author – just as he continually reconsiders his position with respect to such figures as Luther, Mynster, and his own earthly-all-too-earthly father. Once again, the plurality threatens the unity – something Kierkegaard least of all desired. As he wrote with biting irony in late September 1855: “Be a nitwit, have one view today, another tomorrow, then once again the one you had yesterday, and then, yet again, a new one on Friday; be a nitwit, make yourself into multiple persons, parcel yourself out: have one view anonymously and another under your name . . . and you shall see: all difficulties disappear . . . .” The intricate relationship between the individual writing and the opus interpreted as a totality reactualizes the classic discussion about the real Kierkegaard. Or, to put it another way: To whom, to what, and to which texts does one refer when one refers to Kierkegaard as the guarantor of the correctness of one’s interpretation? The hermeneutical implications of these reflections do not remain shyly in the background – to what extent can – or ought – Kierkegaard’s notion of “totality” have an influence on the interpretation of an individual work? And is Kierkegaard the best interpreter of Kierkegaard? If not: How is the work – including Kierkegaard’s own interpretation of that work – to be interpreted? How can the authorship both have its “dear reader” as addressee and be Kierkegaard’s own “upbringing and development,” as is maintained in The Point of View? What is the relation between the published writings and the journals? And between the author Kierkegaard and the Copenhagen citizen of the same name? Are they both part of the authorship – and, all things considered, how is an authorship defined? What course of development – theologically, philosophically, ideologically, rhetorically, biographically, etc. – takes place within the authorship, and by what other situations and factors are they conditioned? And which concerns and themes continue unchanged through authorship? Is it possible to isolate Kierkegaard’s implicit reader and connect such a reader with Kierkegaard’s explicit reader in the year 2026? Is a secular reading of Kierkegaard a promising rebirth of Kierkegaard on terms of later-modernity, or is it merely arbitrary cherry-picking? Are we to protect Kierkegaard – including against Kierkegaard himself and especially against the late Kierkegaard? When, in brief, is Kierkegaard Kierkegaard – and Kierkegaard? Programme and registration See the conference programme. Register for the conference. "
"Biology, Psychology and Spirituality";"Centre for Science and Faith";"2026-08-28";"09:00";"";"16:00";"South Campus, Søren Kierkegaard Auditorium and online";"Annual Symposium at cross-faculty Centre for Science and Faith.";"Annual Symposium at cross-faculty Centre for Science and Faith. Welcome to CVT’s symposium exploring human health and flourishing from the perspectives of evolutionary biology, psychology and spirituality. We invite researchers, students and the public to take part in conversations on how our lives are shaped both by what we know, and by what lies beyond scientific knowledge. Humans understand life through scientific knowledge, but also through faith commitments – whether secular-existential, spiritual or religious. Science and faith are sometimes seen as antagonistic. Yet can they also be seen as complementary or even synergistic sources of hope and meaning? Programme 08.45-09.00 Coffee and refreshments 09.00-09.15 Per Sangild, Niels Henrik Gregersen, Profs., University of Copenhagen, DK: Welcome and introduction to Centre for Science and Faith (CVT), UCPH 09.15-09.45 Benjamin Doolittle, Professor, Yale University, USA: Human Flourishing: New directions in a crispy, jaded world 09.45-10.15 Fraser Watts, Professor, Cambridge University, UK:Spirituality and Health: Perspectives from Psychology and Theology Break 10.40-11.10 Heidi Frølund, Ass. Prof., Aarhus University, DK:When Meaning Heals – and Harms: Belief, Embodiment, and Sensemaking in Illness and Crisis 11.10-11.40 Brandon Vaidyanathan, Professor, The Catholic University of America, USA:Beauty, spirituality, and vocation among natural scientists: Evidence from four countries 11.40-12.15 Panel discussion (Tobias Stripp, CVT): Science and Faith in Psychology? 12.15-13.00 Lunch break 13.00-13.30 Niels Arbøl, Biologist and author, DK: Biology and Spirituality: Dobzhansky and Conway Morris 13.30-14.00 Niels Henrik Gregersen, Professor, University of Copenhagen, DK:Evolution, niche-construction and home-making Break 14.15-14.45 Tessie McGuire, Postdoc, University of Copenhagen, DK: Birth, newborns and breastfeeding – biology and spirituality of first human existence? 14.45-15.15 Eva Meier Carlsen / Emil Børty Nielsen, Postdocs, Univ. of Copenhagen, DK: Best Friend and/or Instrument? Spirituality in Human-Animal Relationships 15.15-15.50 Panel discussion (Per Sangild, CVT): Science and Faith in Biology and Nature? 15.50-16.00 Niels Henrik Gregersen, Per Sangild, Johan Fynbo, CVT: Concluding remarks Registration Please register for the symposium no later than 21 August 2026. We would like you to indicate if you would like a lunch sandwich and cake or not and if you plan physical presence or online participation. A link for online participation will be sent at a later point. Contact and questions If you have any questions or special dietary requirements please contact ebn@teol.ku.dk."
"Past Privacy Today: Negotiating Boundaries – Navigating Challenges";"University of Copenhagen";"2026-09-03";"";"2026-09-04";"";"University of Copenhagen";"";"3-4 September 2026 Needs for privacy emerge when boundaries are negotiated between individuals, communities, and societies. In such encounters, the large-scale structures of public space are challenged by the small-scale needs, desires, and wishes of individuals and smaller social groups. How do such social dynamics play out across different contexts across the globe, both in the past and present? How do changes in institutional structures influence privacy, and the other way around? What forms of privacy were safeguarded or suppressed? Who has been entitled to privacy, and under what circumstances? How does privacy relate to other concepts such as intimacy, secrecy, confidentiality, and anonymity? And how should we as historians and contemporary privacy scholars navigate the boundaries between them? This conference aims to address these and similar questions through thematic panels, inviting speakers and audience to interdisciplinary explorations. Building upon the insights produced at the Centre for Privacy Studies (2017-2027), it is our goal that these discussions will spark a flourishing stream of new scholarship in the field of privacy studies."
"Semesteråbningsforelæsning";"Det Teologiske Fakultet";"2026-09-04";"14:00";"";"";"";"Mere information følger.";"Mere information følger."
"Ecce homo oeconomicus: Hvor din skat er, vil også dit hjerte være – om husholdning, penge og prioriteringer";" Center for Kirkeforskning i samarbejde Marlene Ringgaard Lorensen, KU, Pia Nordin Christensen, Københavns Stift, Mette Marie Trankjær, Lolland-Falster Stift, Eva Holmegaard Larsen, Helsingør Stift, Maria Harms, Roskilde Stift, Torkil Jensen, Fyens Stift.";"2026-09-10";"09:30";"2026-09-11";"12:30";"Søndre Campus, Det Teologiske Fakultet";"Teologisk stiftskonference 2026. ";"Teologisk stiftskonference 2026. Fra et kristent perspektiv forstås mennesket som skabt af Gud og formet af Guds kærlighed til at være et medskabende, elsket og elskende væsen, men mennesket formes også af kampen for livet i en verden, hvor magt, penge, sprog og systemer sætter dagsordenen. Kirkens fokus på menneskelig forbundethed i ansvar og kærlighed taler ind en virkelighed, hvor relationer, livsvalg og fællesskaber lige så meget bestemmes af materielle strukturer og forventninger. Med titlen ”Ecce homo oeconomicus” går vi undersøgende ind i spændingen mellem troens verden og systemets verden, mellem liv og mening på den ene side og de magthierarkier og systemer, der sætter rammerne for samfundet på den anden side. Hvordan påvirker de sociale og økonomiske systemer vores liv, og hvordan kan troen og evangeliet kastelys over det møde uden selv at blive opslugt? Teologien har altid forholdt sig til økonomi. Ikke kun i moralske advarsler mod ”ussel mammon”, men også i anfægtende overvejelser over, hvad der er retfærdigt og menneskeligt forsvarligt og sandt. Jesus brugte flittigt billeder hentet fra økonomiens verden og dermed rejses spørgsmålet, hvorvidt gudstro kun angår det indre menneskes private sfære, eller om tro ikke også har et offentlig, politisk og økonomisk ansvar? Under alle omstændigheder åbenbarer den korsfæstede Gud en guddommelig solidaritet med dem, systemet udstøder, overser eller udnytter. Konferencen rejser det spørgsmål, om kirken er det sted, hvor økonomisk tænkning skal stå sin prøve, holdt op mod evangeliet forkyndelse af ethvert menneskes grundlæggende værdi og krav på respekt. Økonomiprofessor Peter Birch Sørensen vil lægge op til en debat om forholdet mellem markeds- mekanismer og kristne værdier. Forfatter Asta Olivia Nordenhof dykker ned i den dystre sandhed om svindel og profit i en undersøgelse af mordbranden på Scandinavian Star, og stiller spørgsmålet, hvor langt vil vi gå for penge? Lektor emerita i dogmatik Else Marie Wiberg Petersen kaster lys på Martin Luthers nådesbegreb i relation til oeconomia. Dramatiker og forfatter Line Knutzon går gennem et helt livs observationer af penges betydning. Lektor i etik og religionsfilosofi Elisabeth X Li giver os et indblik i biskop Martensens kristne socialisme, mens et panel bestående af sognepræsterne Mikkel Wold, Jesper Bacher og chef for Kirkens Korshær Jeanette Bauer diskuterer under titlen ”Pengene eller livet”? Endelig skal vi møde lektor emeritus i idéhistorie Ole Morsing, som taler med udgangspunkt i Marilynne Robinsons Hus og hjem, og forfatter Emma Holten, der problematiserer den økonomiske tænkning omkring familie og omsorgsarbejde. Program og tilmelding Læs programmet og tilmeld dig konferencen. Oplæg Teologi, økonomi og miljø Ved Peter Birch Sørensen, professor i økonomi ved Københavns Universitet og tidligere overvismand. Er økonomisk tankegang og økonomers forsvar for markedsmekanismerne i strid med kristne værdier og behovet for at beskytte klima og miljø? Hvad har førende teologer i tidernes løb sagt om forholdet mellem økonomi og kristendom og om forholdet mellem mennesker og natur? Og hvordan foreslår miljøøkonomer at imødegå miljø- og klimakrisen? Oplægget lægger op til debat om disse spørgsmål. Penge på lommen Ved Asta Olivia Nordenhof, forfatter.Penge på lommen fra 2020 var titlen på første del af et ambitiøst syvbindsværk, der har mordbranden på Scandinavian Star i 1990 som et gennemgående motiv. For Penge på lommen modtog forfatteren P. O. Enquist- prisen og European Union Prize for Literature, ligesom romanen blev nomineret til Nordisk Råds Litteraturpris. Andet bind i serien, Djævlebogen, udkom i august 2023. I ”Penge på lommen” og ”Djævlebogen” ses hvor langt mennesker vil gå for profit uden hensyn til andre med særligt henblik på mordbranden på færgen ”Scandinavian Star”. Her 36 år senere udspiller sig en retssag ved retten i Næstved hvor 47 overlevende sagsøger Søfartsstyrelsen for 21 millioner kr. for mangelfuld inspektion. I 2014 genoptog man sagen i Norge for atundersøge forsikringssvindel og mulighed for flere påsatte brande. Fuldt forståeligt og samtidig bringer de mange millioner jo ikke de 159 døde tilbage. Penge er så magt-fulde og kan så lidt… Penge eller livet Paneldebat med Mikkel Wold, sognepræst og forfatter, Jeanette Bauer, chef for Kirkens Korshær og Jesper Bacher, sognepræst og debattør. Jesper Bacher er sognepræst i Tirsted-Vejleby-Hillested-Skørringe Pastorat. Han er medudgiver af Tidehverv. Han er mediekommentator på Kristeligt Dagblad og har markeret sig som skribent i flere bøger og debattør i en række andre medier. Mikkel Wold er sognepræst i Frederiks Sogn. Han er medlem af Det Etiske Råd og forhenværende lektor på Folkekirkens Uddannelses- og Videnscenter samt censor ved Københavns- og Aarhus Universitet. Mikkel Wold er medlem af netværket ""Nej til statsautoriseret selvmord"". Jeanette Ellen Bauer er chef for Kirkens Korshær og tidligere pressechef og afdelingschef sammesteds. Cand. comm., medlem af Rådet for Socialt Udsatte og bestyrelsen i Civilsamfundets Brancheforening. Hun er derudover tidligere regionsrådsmedlem, Sjælland (S), hvor hun blandt andet var forperson for social- og psykiatriudvalget. Jeg er guld værd Ved Line Knutzon, dramatiker og forfatter. Man taler ikke om penge! Men det gør Line Knutzon. Hun har fra en ung alder forsket i penge, men grundet pengemangelaldrig kunne komme helt tæt på fænomenet. For vores (og for pengenes) skyld vil hun fremlægge sine mange økonomiske observationer foretaget på afstand gennem et langt liv. Musik af Iris Bergcrantz og Martin Seier Iris Bergcrantz er med sin smukke og karakteristiske stemme et stærkt nutidigt bud på svenskvokaljazz. Sammen med pianist Martin Seier formidler hun traditionel folkemusik og jazz medglasklare fraseringer og stor musikalsk indlevelse. Repertoiret spænder over nordiske folkemelodierog jazzfortolkninger af Evert Taube, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Olle Adolphson og Carl Michael Bellman m.fl. Iris Bergcrantz på sang og Martin Seier på klaver og keyboards. Martensens kristne socialisme og et globalt udblik Ved Elizabeth X Li, lektor i etik og religionsfilosofi ved Københavns Universitet. I 1874 fremsatte den danske teolog og biskop Hans Lassen Martensen (1808-1884) en indtrængende bøn om, at den dybe og voksende økonomiske ulighed og fattigdom i landet måtte løses. Hvor andre havde opfordret kirken og præster til at holde sig fra statslivet, understreger Martensen omvendt: ”Den påstand, at Christendommen intet har med Nationernes Velstand og Nationaløkonomi at gjøre, er det samme som at sige, at det Ethiske intet har med Nationaløkonomien at gjøre, at Begreberne Rigdom og Fattigdom, Arbejde og Løn kun have physisk, men ikke ethisk Betydning”. I dette foredrag, vil jeg dykke ned i de ressourcer, den danske teologi historisk kan bidrage til pengespørgsmålet ved at undersøge Martensens vision for den rette teologisk-økonomiske position: det han kalder kristen socialisme. Jeg vil vise, hvordan Martensens tidlige ideer om en kristen socialisme, som en gylden mellemvej mellem kapitalismen og kommunismen foregriber senere globale udviklinger i teologiens overvejelser over økonomi med udblik til alt fra befrielsesteologien til kristne globale retfærdighedsteorier samt nutidig teologisk kritik af den neoliberale kapitalisme som en direkte amoralsk position. Hus og hjem Ved Ole Morsing, lektor emeritus i idéhistorie ved Aarhus Universitet. ""Kunsten at bevæge sig fra tidsåndens helvede til åbenbaringerne i hus og hjem omkring den amerikanske forfatter Marilynne Robinsons begreb om hjem og hjemlighed."" Hvordan vi lukkede os om os selv: Familien som frihed og fængsel Ved Emma Holten, forfatter og debattør og cand.mag. i moderne kultur og kulturformidling og kønspolitisk rådgiver i Oxfam IBIS. - Er hjemme egentlig undertrykkende eller frigørende? Det er et af de mest centrale spørgsgmål i moderne feminisme. Men spørgsmålet trækker tråde meget længere tilbage, nemlig til skabelsen af det moderne individ. For hvordan finder vi ud af, hvornår vores forpligtelse for andre starter, og forpligtelsen overfor os selv slutter? "
"Nedbrud. Opbrud. Gennembrud.";"Afdeling for Kirkehistorie i samarbejde med Selskabet for Danmarks Kirkehistorie";"2026-09-18";"13:15";"";"16:30";"Søndre Campus, lokale 9A.0.01: Kierkegaard Auditoriet ";"Et seminar om kristendom og kirke i mellemkrigstiden.";"Et seminar om kristendom og kirke i mellemkrigstiden. Storm P.: To Kors (1917-18). Venligst udlånt af STORM I kølvandet på Første Verdenskrigs rædsler var mellemkrigstiden i Danmark præget af dyb krise. I åndslivet gav den sig udslag i en intens idékamp mellem gammelt og nyt, idealisme og realisme, nationalt og internationalt, orden og opløsning. Perioden var kort, hektisk og præget af voldsom social, politisk, kulturel og religiøs polarisering - et eksperimentarium for de mange mulige og umulige idéer, der stødte sammen og indbyrdes kæmpede om fremtiden. Også inden for kristendom og kirke førte krisen til afgørende gennembrud med langtrækkende konsekvenser. Med seks skarpe foredrag udfolder seminaret denne idékamp og spørger, om den stadig har noget at sige os i dag, hvor aftenlandet igen-igen synes at være ved at gå under. Program 13:15 Velkomst v. Tine Reeh Adam Paulsen: Våbenstilstandens drømmeland. Rådsrepublikken i München, foråret 1919 Christine Svinth-Værge Põder: Nedbrud og opbrud i mellemkrigstidens Luther-reception Mikael Stæhr Brorson: Krudt, kugler og kadaverteologi. Mellemkrigstidens Kierkegaard-reception 14:45-15:15 Kaffepause Kort præsentation af årets kirkehistoriske speciale Anna Bank Jeppesen: Kultursyntese eller reformation? Om Anders Nygrens syn på kristendommens væsen og idéhistorie Rasmus Markussen: ""En Anelse om Undergang er i os"". Hygge og uhygge i det tidlige Tidehverv Sofie Lene Bak: Bristen i demokratiets rustning. Blasfemiparagraffen og kampen mod nazismen 16:30 Afslutning Alle er velkomne!"
"Pastorale paradokser ";"Center for Paradoksstudier";"2026-09-29";"10:00";"";"12:00";"Egedal Kirke, Egedalsvej 3, Kokkedal";"Studie- og samtaleinitiativ for præster, forskere og studerende.";"Efteråret 2026. Arbejdet som præst, teologisk forsker og teologistuderende indebærer ofte et møde med mange forskellige modsætninger. Modsætninger kan optræde på mere eller mindre modbydelige og krævende måder, men de kan også være givende og ofte ligefrem berigende. For mange forekommer de endda væsentlige for arbejdet. Interesse for modsætninger, forskelle og sammenhæng er udgangspunktet for et åbent studie- og samtaleinitiativ for præster, forskere og studerende i Helsingør Stift i samarbejde med Center for Paradoksstudier ved Det Teologiske Fakultetet, Københavns Universitet. Pastorale paradokser er med andre ord et nyt sted og en samtalesammenhæng, hvor man kan tale om modsætninger, der bryder med forventninger og afsøge eller styrke nye måder at have med dem at gøre på. Datoer Vores arbejde tager i efteråret 2026 udgangspunkt i tre korte prædikener, der er skrevet til teologistuderende, fra Paul Tillichs prædikensamling Grundvoldene vakler (1948/1965). Vi mødes tre gange ved Egedal Kirke, Egedalsvej 3, Kokkedal (med mulighed for at blive lidt længere, hvis nogen vil spise frokost sammen efterfølgende), hvor vi begynder med oplæg og fortsætter med samtale: Den 29. september kl. 10-12 med oplæg af sognepræst, ph.d. Anne-Milla Wichmann Kristensen (forfatter til At høre til i krise (2026)). Den 27. oktober kl. 10-12 med kort oplæg og diskussion. Den 10. november kl. 10-12 med kort oplæg og diskussion. For spørgsmål kontakt Johanne Stubbe Teglbjærg Kristensen, leder af Center for Paradoksstudier: jst@teol.ku.dk, Tina Folke Drigsdahl, sognepræst ved Frederiksværk og Vinderød kirker: tfd@km.dk eller Karina Juhl Kande, teologisk konsulent Helsingør Stift: kjk@km.dk Teksten kan fås ved tilmelding, som skal ske til Karina Juhl Kande på: kjk@km.dk."
"Conference: Privacy and Slavery, Past and Present - Academic and Artistic Perspectives on an Urgent Issue";"Centre for Privacy Studies and Center for Practice-based Art Studies";"2026-10-21";"";"2026-10-23";"";"Centre for Privacy Studies, Faculty of Theology, Southern Campus, University of Copenhagen";"In this three-day conference we invite artists and academics dealing with slavery past and present to convene around the topic of privacy. We wish to generate new knowledge about practices of enslavement and the ways in which privacy has been, and continues to be, used as a means of social resistance and control.";"In this three-day conference we invite artists and academics dealing with slavery past and present to convene around the topic of privacy. We wish to generate new knowledge about practices of enslavement and the ways in which privacy has been, and continues to be, used as a means of social resistance and control. Throughout all its manifestations, the structure of enslavement is designed to maintain control over people through the privation of rights. As such, privacy may seem a distant concept to enslaved people both past and present. What is private in a setting of constant surveillance? Can a kinship bond be private whilst commodified? And how is it possible to raise questions about the privacies of those who leave very few records of their own and live much of their lives under the control of others? In this conference, we invite artists and academics to engage with these and similar questions by convening in a spirit of open-minded curiosity and creative approaches to knowledge production. We hope to produce new ways of thinking about slavery that may generate awareness about this ancient and sadly also contemporary phenomenon in ways that could alter its future. Studies within the emerging field of historical privacy studies have shown that, historically, both privacy and privacy-related phenomena such as intimacy, secrecy, family, and domesticity existed and mattered in surprising contexts and ways. Is this also the case today? Although conventional ideas of privacy might seem almost intuitively opposed to life under enslavement and other forms of subjugation, this does not mean that enslaved people simply submit to doing without it. Across history, privacy is perceived as both a quality and risk: too little may threaten the individual while too much may ruin society. In this conference, we wish to examine how notions and practices of privacy shape relations between individuals and communities when the exploitation of enslaved labour, in its historical and contemporary forms, is part of the social status quo. By using historical privacy studies as a lens on practices of enslavement, we begin to understand the intersection of societal macro- and microstructures. We can study the ways enslaved people manage to carve out pockets of privacy, what occurs when that privacy is breached, and how privacy-curbing and -enforcing methods are used and perceived by authorities as means to enforce social hierarchies. The privacy perspective raises an array of urgent questions: When does privacy curb the freedom of individuals, and when does it protect it? Should privacy under slavery be seen as a form of resistance, or are private spaces controlled and defined by the oppressors? Under what circumstances does privacy contribute to practices of enslavement and the privation of rights? When does domestic spaces, for instance, enable bonds of servitude such as trafficking, forced marriage, and debt bondage? Do the privacy rights of companies and states contribute to industrial slavery? What do the private spaces of enslaved people look like? How are they produced? What is their agency? How can we study them? And how can artistic and academic practices inform each other in producing knowledge about these and similar questions? The event takes place on 21-23 October 2026 at the Centre for Privacy Studies, University of Copenhagen and is organized by Assistant Professors Bastian Felter Vaucanson (PRIVACY), Francis Ethelbert Kwabena Benyah (PRIVACY), Felicia J. Fricke (PRIVACY), and PhD Student Hannah Katharina Hjorth (PRIVACY), as well as curator and postdoc Anne Julie Arnfred (PASS) and Professor Mikkel Bogh (PASS). For more information about PRIVACY and PASS please visit: https://teol.ku.dk/privacy/ and https://pass.ku.dk/. Program, time schedule and exact location will follow. Participation is free, but registration is required. Please register via this link."
"Tiltrædelsesforelæsning ved lektor Elizabeth X. Li";"Det Teologiske Fakultet";"2026-10-23";"14:15";"2026-10-23";"";"Søndre Campus, lokale 9A-0-01 (Kierkegaard Auditoriet)";"Mere information følger. ";"Mere information følger. Efter forelæsningen vil der være en reception på Markedspladsen. "
"Dimissionsfest ";"Det Teologiske Fakultet";"2026-10-30";"14:00";"";"17:00";"";"Det Teologiske Fakultet fejrer det seneste års dimittender.";"Det Teologiske Fakultet fejrer det seneste års dimittender. Info om program og tilmelding følger. "
"At tænke Gud, mennesket og verden i bevægelse";"Lektor Mads Peter Karlsen, Afdeling for Systematisk Teologi";"2026-12-04";"12:00";"2026-12-04";"16:00";"Søndre Campus";"Seminar om ""Den Nye Verden. Efter revolution og konservatisme"", det sidste bind i dr. theol. Niels Grønkjærs religionsfilosofiske trilogi.";"I anledning af udgivelsen tidligere i år af Den Nye Verden. Efter revolution og konservatisme, det sidste bind i dr. theol. Niels Grønkjærs religionsfilosofiske trilogi, afholder Afdeling for Systematisk Teologi et seminar med fokus på Grønkjærs værk. Foreløbigt program Velkomst Introduktion til trilogien ved Niels Grønkjær Indlæg ved: Lars Cyril Nørgaard Mads Peter Karlsen Lars Albinus Carsten Pallesen Samlet respons ved Niels Grønkjær "