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The Seminar of Aesthetics

A hand pressing strings. Photo.

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Hand Photogram, 1925

The Seminar of Aesthetics is an interdisciplinary forum for new research at the intersection of aesthetic theory, philosophy and art.

Since 1988 the seminar has presented a long series of guest lecturers from all over the world, among them Paul Ricoeur, Jacques Derrida, Norman Bryson, Jean Starobinski, Julia Kristeva, Gayatri Spivak, Arthur Danto, Thierry de Duve, Sarat Maharaj, Michael Fried, John Rajchman, Boris Groys, Andrew Benjamin, Gianni Vattimo, Martin Seel, Hélène Cixous, Gottfried Boehm, Mieke Bal, Peter Brooks, Eric Alliez, Wolfgang Ernst, WJT Mitchell, Hal Foster, Mark B. Hansen, Matthew Fuller, Lorraine Daston, Luciana Parisi,  McKenzie Wark, Mark Wigley, Sianne Ngai, Catherine Malabou, Julia Bryan-Wilson and Fred Moten.

The Seminar organizes a series of open public lectures every semester and is a collaboration between IFIKK, ILOS, IMV and IMK. Chairs: Ina Blom, Andreas Nilsen Ervik, Erling Guldbrandsen, Christian Refsum, Liv Hausken,  Eivind Røssaak, Knut Stene-Johansen, Emil Bernhardt and Ingvild Torsen.

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See also Seminar of Aesthetics from 2009 to 2022

Upcoming

Time and place: , Aud 4, Eilert Sundts Hus, Blindern

In this lecture, Sven Lütticken (Leiden University) will discuss how the political aesthetics of the people's tribunal form have been articulated in new ways by contemporary artists. 

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Time and place: , Eilert Sundts hus, Auditorium 3

Join Patrick Jagoda (University of Chicago) in looking at games through the lense of the Fluxus experimental art movement, and hear how this approach might help us better understand the constraints we enact upon ourselves. 

Time and place: , The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, The Education Center

An interdisciplinary half-day seminar related to the triple bill Bluebeard's Castle, staged by Tobias Kratzer and conducted by Edward Gardner premiering at The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, January 20.

Time and place: , Aud 4 Eilert Sundts Hus, Blindern

In this lecture, Alexandre de Vitry (Sorbonne) will discuss the concept of brotherhood in literary history

Time and place: , Litteraturhuset, Sal Nedjma

In this lecture, Fred Moten (New York University) will discuss the question of observation in the context of violence and mourning.

Time and place: , Sophus Bugges Hus, Seminar Room 1

Book launch for Temporal Experiments: Seven Ways of Configuring Time in Art and Literature (eds. Bruce Barnhart and Marit Grøtta). 

Time and place: , Aud. 4, Eilert Sundt's Hus, Blindern

In this lecture, the Australian cultural theorist Ian Buchanan will discuss the notions of flow and resistance in Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s assemblage theory.

Time and place: , Aud. 4, Eilert Sundt's Hus

In this lecture, the German philosopher Christian Grüny will reflect upon the concept of Performance Art, exploring its possible relevance within contemporary art and music practices.

Time and place: , Aud. 4, Eilert Sundt's Hus

In this lecture, Matthew Fuller (Goldsmiths University) will discuss "investigative aesthetics", or the role of sensing and sense-making in investigative practices in art, journalism and law.

Time and place: , Aud. 5, Eilert Sundt's Hus, Blindern

In this lecture, art historian Mechtild Widrich (Chicago) will review recent debates about contemporary monuments in light of overwhelming experiences of a world in crisis.