Global Philology：An International Lecture Series

An Overview of Philology in Western Tradition

Speaker : Prof. Denis Thouard

CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Moderator : Prof. Martin Kern

Princeton University

Time: 20:00-22:00 (GMT+8),  May 11,  2022.

Zoom conference number: 922 3991 6850

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About the Speaker:

Denis Thouard is Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) , and is Alfred-Grosser Professor in Frankfurt am Main (2021-22) . His main fields of interest are Hermeneutics and Philosophy of social sciences. His major publications include Philologie als Wissensmodel (ed. with Friedrich Vollhardt and Fosca Mariani Zini, 2010) , La philologie au présent. Pour Jean Bollack (ed. with Christoph König, 2010) and Herméneutique critique: Bollack, Szondi, Celan (2012).

Lecture Introduction:

The lecture intends to sketch a brief outline of the evolution of classical scholarship in the West, mainly in Germany during the 19th century. We will point out some central features and problems. One of the main characteristic of this kind of philology is the attempt to bring philology to a scientific status.

English lecture with simultaneous translations.