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Chronicle of the William-James-Center

  • 2022-05-05 + 2022-05-19 - Eleventh "William James Scholar in Residence" series of lectures"Sami Pihlström, (Universität Helsinki)"
  • 2021-07-07, 2021-07-14, 2021-07-21 - Tenth "William James Scholar in Residence" series of lectures" Tree Zoom-Workshops with PD Dr. Alexandra Strohmaier, (Universität Graz)"
  • 2020-11-09, 2020-11-16, 2020-11-23 - Ninth "William James Scholar in Residence" series of lectures" Tree Zoom-Workshops with John Kaag on topics from his new book Sick Souls, Healthy Minds"
  • 2019-11-05 to 2019-11-07 - Eighth "William James Scholar in Residence" series of lectures "James´s Personal Library: A Historical Overview of the Harvard Collection"
  • 2018-06-05 to 2018-06-06 - Seventh "William James Scholar in Residence" series of lectures "The Pragmatist Aesthetics of William James"
  • 2017-06-20 to 2017-06-22 - Sixth "William James Scholar in Residence" series of lectures "James on Rationality and Belief"
  • 2016-07-05 to 2016-07-06 - Fifth "William James Scholar in Residence" series of lectures "Radical Empirical Religion from Emerson to James"
  • 2015-06-16 to 2015-06-18 - Fourth "William James Scholar in Residence"-lecture series "Naturalism and Pessimism: William James on Meaning""
  • 2013-10-25 to 2013-10-26 - "Why Religion?" - Pragmatic philosophy of religion to the test. 10 years anniversary conference LER in cooperation with the William James Center
  • 2013-06-04 to 2013-05-06 - Second "William James Scholar in Residence" lecture series "William James Between Childhood and Fame" by Paul Croce, Professor of History and American Studies (Stetson University)
  • 2012-12-11 - Philosophy Colloquium and lecture "Thought in the Strenuous - Mood: Pragmatism as a Philosophy of Feeling" by Richard Shusterman, Professor of Philosophy (Florida Atlantic University)
  • 2012-11-26 to 2012-11-28 - First "William James Scholar in Residencde" lecture series "To William James and religious philosphy" by Hans Joas, Professor of Sociology and social philosphy (University of Freiburg)
  • 2012-03-03 - Workshop with Professor Robert Schwartz (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) on his work "Rethinking Pragmatism"
  • 2012-02-02 - Opening of the William James Center of the Potsdam University, Keynote lecture by Professor Robert Schwartz (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • 2011-06-17 - Conference “William James – Philosophy and Life” of the DFG-Graduiertenkolleg "Lebensformen und Lebenswissen“ in cooperation with the William James Center of the Potsdam University (funded by DFG)
  • 2010-11-29 to 2010-12-02 - "William James Scholar in Residence"- lecture series of the William James Center of the TU Dortmund University “My William James” by Richard M. Gale, Professor (em.) of Philosophy (University of Pittsburgh)
  • 2010-06-28 - Opening of the William James Center of the TU Dortmund University, marking the 100th anniversary of William James’s death