Copenhagen Winter School in Phenomenology
The Copenhagen Winter School in Phenomenology is a PhD course that offers a close reading of a classical work in phenomenology. In 2025, the selected text is Alfred Schutz' Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt (1932) (Phenomenology of the Social World, transl. by G. Walsh & F. Lehnert, Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1967).
The Winter School will consist in two keynote lectures, 6 presentations by participating PhD students, and sessions devoted to a close reading of Schutz' text. The two keynote lectures will discuss Schutz' text and PhD students who wish to present will be expected to also engage with the work in question.
What can we still learn from Schutz’ classical text?
Although Schutz’s early work will constitute the point of departure, the systematic focus of the winter school will be broader. It will also engage with questions pertaining to Schutz’ later development, his relation to other figures in phenomenology, as well as to more overarching questions pertaining to phenomenology of the lifeworld, social phenomenology, and the application of phenomenology in the social sciences
The two keynote speakers will be Alexis Gros (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena) and Dan Zahavi (CFS - University of Copenhagen).
Program
Thursday January 30, 2025
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09:15 |
Opening remarks |
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09:30 |
(Keynote) Alexis Gros - The Motivational ‘Aufbau’ of the Social World: Reconsidering Alfred Schutz’s Phenomenology of Motivation |
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10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 |
Ilami Yasna - Normativity and Danger: Schutzian Perspective |
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11:45 |
Sepehr Razavi - Purpose in Action: Shades of Motives in Action Understanding |
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12:30 |
Lunch in the canteen (at own expense) |
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13:30 |
Group discussions I |
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14:30 |
Plenum discussion I |
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15:00 |
Coffee Break |
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15:15 |
Maia Wellborn - Rereading Anonymity: Schutz’s Social Phenomenology and Anonymization |
Friday January 31, 2025
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09:30 |
(Keynote) Dan Zahavi – From the Dyad to the We |
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10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 |
Kanu Priya - From Fields to Frontlines: Schutzian Analysis of the Indian Farmers' Protest |
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11:45 |
Simon Lafontaine - The Problem of Strangeness in Schutzian Thought: Early Formulations, Later Developments, and Contemporary Reflections |
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12:30 |
Lunch in the canteen (at own expense) |
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13:30 |
Group discussions II |
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14:30 |
Plenum discussion II |
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15:00 |
Coffee Break |
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15:15 |
Charlotte Nell - Structures of the Love-World: A Sociological Exploration of a Late-Modern Province of Meaning |
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16:00 |
Concluding remarks |
The course is now full, and no more abstracts can be submitted, but PhD students who are interested in participating and who haven't yet registered, can use the registration link below and be placed on a waiting list. They will then be informed in case any slots become available.
ECTS: 1.2 ECTS for participation / 2.7 ECTS for participation with presentation