Book Discussion
EUROPEAN BOOK CLUB
Sibylle Lewitscharoff: Blumenberg
The discussion in English will be moderated by Patrick Fortmann, Professor of Germanic Studies at UIC.
The European Book Club (organized by the Goethe-Institut Chicago and EUNIC Chicago) meets regularly for a book discussion of a bestselling novel in English translation. Guests who would like to attend, should read the book in advance and come prepared to participate in the discussion.
Large, yellow, laid-back: one night a lion lies in the study of the respected philosopher Blumenberg. The limbs comfortably stretched out on the Turkmen carpet, the eyes calmly directed towards the landlord who doesn't get upset, not even when the lion walks into his lecture the next day, down the middle of the aisle, swaying back and forth. The class room is full, but none of the students seem to see the lion. A clever student prank? Or is it a reward from the highest authority for the last philosopher who appreciates this lion?
Blumenberg (2011) was shortlisted for the German Book Prize.
Sibylle Lewitscharoff is a member of the Deutschen Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung as well as the Berlin Academy of Arts. In 2013/14 she spent one year as a fellow at Villa Massimo in Rome, after which she was a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.
Patrick Fortmann earned his Ph.D. from Harvard and he is Associate Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
He works in the long nineteenth century and is particularly interested in questions of sovereignty, emotion, and the nation.
Details
Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave
Suite 420
IL 60601 Chicago
Language: English
Price: Free Admission