BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2537@devent.cz SUMMARY:Public Lecture with Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht: Imagination as Sensory P ower DTSTAMP:20260512T165640Z DTSTART:20260609T161500Z DTEND:20260609T174500Z DESCRIPTION:Lecture: Imagination as a Sensory Power: An Energy at the Edge of Human\nExistence\n\nSpeaker: Prof. Dr. Sepp Gumbrecht (Stanford Univers ity)\n\nOver the past few decades\, debates among analytic philosophers ha ve brought a\nnew clarity to the broad conceptual field of “imagination” t hrough incisive\ndistinctions\, thereby directing intellectual attention t o how this faculty is\nused in everyday life. Seen in this light\, any foc us on its effects as “sensory\nimagination” marks a return to classical no tions about connections with\naesthetic behavior. At the same time\, it pr ompts a new reflection on the status\nof objects of consciousness\, which\ , despite resembling perceptions in their\nphysical vividness\, are not de pendent on environmental impressions as\nperceptions are. How does imagina tion succeed\, to paraphrase a pressing\ncontemporary question not only fo r scholars of the humanities: how does\nimagination succeed in suggesting various possibilities for transcending real\nexistence through literary fi ctions and myths of higher worlds?\n\nHans Ulrich Gumbrecht is the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature in the\nDepartments of Comparative Literat ure and of French & Italian (and by courtesy\,\nhe is affiliated with the Department of Iberian and Latin American\nCultures/ILAC\, the Department o f German Studies\, and the Program in Modern\nThought & Literature). As a scholar\, Gumbrecht focuses on the histories of the\nnational literatures in Romance language (especially French\, Spanish\, and\nBrazilian)\, but a lso on German literature\, while\, at the same time\, he teaches\nand writ es about the western philosophical tradition (almost exclusively on\nnon-a nalytic philosophy) with an emphasis on French and German nineteenth- and\ ntwentieth-century texts. In addition\, Gumbrecht tries to analyze and to\ nunderstand forms of aesthetic experience 21st-century everyday culture. O ver the\npast forty years\, he has published more than two thousand texts\ , including\nbooks\, translated into more than twenty languages. In Europe and in South\nAmerica\, Gumbrecht has a presence as a public intellectual \; whereas\, in the\nacademic world\, he has been acknowledged with Honora ry Doctorates (twelve in\nall) from universities in Canada\, Denmark\, Ger many\, Hungary\, Portugal\, Russia\,\nand Georgia\; with the most recent f rom Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Germany)\nin July 2017. He has also hel d a large number of visiting professorships\, at the\nCollège de France\, University of Lisbon\, University of Manchester\, and the\nCatholic Univer sity of Rio de Janeiro\, among others. In the spring of 2017\, he\nwas a M artin Buber Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, Israel. He\nrec ently taught in the Stanford's Bing Overseas Program at the campus in\nSan tiago\, Chile (spring quarter 2018).\n\n * June 9\, 2026: 6pm (c.t.) to 8p m (s.t.)\n\n * Lecture Hall XV\, Main Building\, University of Bonn\n\n * Open to the public – no registration required URL:https://devent.cz/event/public-lecture-with-hans-ulrich-gumbrecht-imagi nation-as-sensory-power LOCATION:Universität Bonn\, Hauptgebäude\, Hörsaal XV - Regina-Pacis-Weg 3\ , 53113 Bonn STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bonn,Bonnjetzt,Philosophy,Public Lecture X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Lecture: Imagination as a Sensory P ower: An Energy at the Edge of Human Existence

Speaker: Pro f. Dr. Sepp Gumbrecht (Stanford University)

Over the past few decade s, debates among analytic philosophers have brought a new clarity to the b road conceptual field of “imagination” through incisive distinctions, ther eby directing intellectual attention to how this faculty is used in everyd ay life. Seen in this light, any focus on its effects as “sensory imaginat ion” marks a return to classical notions about connections with aesthetic behavior. At the same time, it prompts a new reflection on the status of o bjects of consciousness, which, despite resembling perceptions in their ph ysical vividness, are not dependent on environmental impressions as percep tions are. How does imagination succeed, to paraphrase a pressing contempo rary question not only for scholars of the humanities: how does imaginatio n succeed in suggesting various possibilities for transcending real existe nce through literary fictions and myths of higher worlds?

Hans Ulric h Gumbrecht is the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature in the Departmen ts of Comparative Literature and of French & Italian (and by courtesy, he is affiliated with the Department of Iberian and Latin American Cultur es/ILAC, the Department of German Studies, and the Program in Modern Thoug ht & Literature). As a scholar, Gumbrecht focuses on the histories of the national literatures in Romance language (especially French, Spanish, and Brazilian), but also on German literature, while, at the same time, he teaches and writes about the western philosophical tradition (almost excl usively on non-analytic philosophy) with an emphasis on French and German nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts. In addition, Gumbrecht tries to a nalyze and to understand forms of aesthetic experience 21st-century everyd ay culture. Over the past forty years, he has published more than two thou sand texts, including books, translated into more than twenty languages. I n Europe and in South America, Gumbrecht has a presence as a public intell ectual; whereas, in the academic world, he has been acknowledged with Hono rary Doctorates (twelve in all) from universities in Canada, Denmark, Germ any, Hungary, Portugal, Russia, and Georgia; with the most recent from Leu phana Universität Lüneburg (Germany) in July 2017. He has also held a large number of visiting professorships, at the Collège de France, Univer sity of Lisbon, University of Manchester, and the Catholic University of R io de Janeiro, among others. In the spring of 2017, he was a Martin Buber Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He recently taught i n the Stanford's Bing Overseas Program at the campus in Santiago, Chile (s pring quarter 2018).

BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Public Lecture with Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht: Imagination as Senso ry Power TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR