14. Nietzsche Workshop

Monday, July 27, 2026
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Welcome. Prof. Dr. Peter André Bloch Introduction: Signs of Life. On Letters and Letter Form in Friedrich Nietzsche. Dr. Enrico Müller
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Lecture and Discussion: The Birth of the (International) Philosopher from Correspondence. Prof. Dr. Christian Benne and Dr. Irina Hron
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Reading Group: Epistolary Lyric Poetry. Aesthetics and Poetics of the Letter Poem. Prof. Dr. Claus Zittel
8:30 – 10:00 p.m. Lecture with Musical Interludes: The “Shy Gaze of Taking Leave Without Confession.” Nietzsche’s Farewell Letters to Wagner. Dr. Na Schädlich
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Lecture and discussion: Date and Dates. Letters (of Nietzsche's) for every purpose? Dr. René Stockmar
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Reading group: Philosophical relevance of the letters. Insights into the newly annotated digital reference edition. Dr. Dr. Timon Georg Boehm
Thursday, July 30, 2026
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Lecture and discussion: Fame? Networking! Footnotes to Nietzsche's last letter to Emily Fynn. Prof. Dr. Jochen Strobel
Friday, July 31, 2026
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Panel discussion and conclusion with students from the Universities of Copenhagen, Marburg, Stuttgart, and Basel

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