The workshop brought together researchers, editors, translators, and scholars who are working on the writings of philosopher Jan Patočka. Since the early 1980’s the IWM holds an archive of his writings. Patočka was a co-initiator and first spokesperson of the civil rights movement Charter 77. The IWM Archive was the first systematic and official collection of his writings before the establishment of the Patočka Archives in Prague after 1989. The meeting invited for an exchange of ideas and discussions on research projects, translations, editions, and possible cooperations. What are the interesting projects for future research? Which translations are planned? Which specific problems do translators and editors face? After a break of four years, the meeting once again brought together scholars for an exchange on current initiatives and new projects.
10:00 - 12:30
Panel 1: Publications & Translations
Opening remarks by IWM Permanent Fellow Ludger Hagedorn
Overview of the Current State of Sebrané Spisy: Selected Works or Collected Works? Jan Frei (Patočka Archive/CTS Prague)
Europa und Nach-Europa: German and English Editions Klaus Nellen (Permanent Fellow em. IWM) / James Dodd (The New School NY)
„Phänomenologie des Lebens nach dem Tod“ Sandra Lehmann (University of Vienna)
Italian Translation of “The Natural World as a Philosophical Problem” Saverio Matrangolo (Università degli Studi di Bergamo)
Patočka in Modern Greek Golfo Maggini (University of Ioannina) – online
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:45
Panel 2: Research & Perspectives I
"Take a Position". Art and Philosophy as Resistant Practices Hana Gründler (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz)
“Symbol of the Earth”: Jan Patočka's Reading of Karel Hynek Mácha Michaela Belejkaničova (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies)
On Patočka's Prolegomenon to the Problem of Meaning Ondřej Sikora (University Pardubice)
Patočka’s Critique of Cartesianism in Comparison with Ingarden and CEE Phenomenology Wojciech Starzyński (Polish Academy of Sciences)
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 - 18:00
Panel 3: Research & Perspectives II
Issues and Challenges in Phenomenological Research of Intimacy (Anchored in Patočka and CEE Phenomenology) Jaroslava Vydrová (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
The 'Crisis of Man': Prague Spring and Asubjective Gustav Strandberg (Södertörns Högskola)
Patočka on Sacrifice Simas Celutka (Vilnius University)
Patočka’s Research on the Presocratics Kamil Moroz (Jagiellonian University Cracow)
