Mythos and Logos: Schopenhauer and the relationship between philosophy and religion
We are pleased to announce a workshop exploring the significance of philosophy and religion in the works of Arthur Schopenhauer.
Schopenhauer’s philosophy is recognised for its pessimism and engagement with religious thought, particularly Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. The aim of the workshop is to investigate how Schopenhauer understands the tension between philosophy and religion in his work and what insights his interpretation can offer to contemporary work in philosophy and religious studies.
Keynote Speaker: Professor Matthias Koẞler, President of Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft e. V.
ORGANIZER: Oliver Brown, London Metropolitan University
Submissions on a breadth of topics related to Schopenhauer’s philosophy and its relationship with religion are welcome, including but not limited to:
- Philosophy, religion, and metaphysical consolation
- Narrative and conceptual truth in Schopenhauer
- Schopenhauer and apophatic theology
- Pessimistic and optimistic religions
- Schopenhauer’s interpretation of the inner kernel of Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam
- Tragedy and religious allegory
Scholars and graduate students in philosophy, religious studies and related areas are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 500 words and a brief CV to olb0487@my.londonmet.ac.uk by June 15th, 2023. The workshop will feature paper presentations followed by a roundtable discussion.
Notification of acceptance will be released by June 30th, 2023.
We anticipate a productive discussion surrounding the relationship between philosophy and religion in Schopenhauer and look forward to receiving your submissions.
The Congress consists of 8 thematic workshops and a general session. Every day (except Sunday) the meetings start at 9.00 a.m. (local time).
Venue
The conference will be held in the Hotel Palace (hotelpalacesinaia.ro), one of the most famous hotels in Sinaia, Romania.
The sessions will take place in the conference halls.
Practical details
Your presentation
Every contributing speaker will have 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. Please prepare your presentations in a communicative way.
To organize your trip from the airport to Sinaia and back, send your dates of arrival and departure, name of the airport and flight number and where you are coming from to Daniel Molto: D.Molto@sussex.ac.uk
Hotels
WoCoLoR 4 will take place at the Palace Hotel in Sinaia, Romania
https://hotelpalacesinaia.ro/
This is where the lectures will be presented and where keynote speakers and organisers will stay.
We encourage contributing speakers also to stay in this classy hotel. The special price for the event is 90 EUR for a single room, 96 EUR for a double room, in both cases with breakfast included.
To book your room write to Elisa Nicolaescu: office@palacesinaia.ro
putting in the subject line of your email: WoCoLoR4 - Contributing Speaker; in the body of the email specify in particular your dates of departure and arrival.
The event will start Sept 3 and will end Sept 8 in the evening. We therefore recommand arrival on Sept 3 and departure on Sept 9. The Palace Hotel is securing 80 rooms for contributing speakers until July 20. The rooms will be attributed on the first come first served basis.
Weather in Sinaia
The weather in Sinaia can be really cold even at the beginning of September. Please bring some warm clothing.
The congress is co-financed by the Ian Ramsey Centre, University of Oxford as a part of the project New Horizons for Science and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
