Upcoming Events

2026

January

  • Starting in the 1930s Heidegger increasingly turned to the poetry of Friedrich Hölderlin in his lectures and writings.
    This Webinar explores Heidegger’s readings of Hölderlin’s poems “Homecoming” and “Kindred Ones” in his 1944 publication “Elucidations of Hölderlin’s Poetry” (GA 4).

    Series of 4 sessions held via Zoom.
    Dates: 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th January 2026.
    Time: 19.00-21.00 (CET)

    Fee (for all 4 sessions together): 80 Euros; 60 Euros for patreons, 40 Euros for students/low income.
    Fee can be waived for those in financial hardship.
    Attend your first session for free!

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com

  • This course examines Heidegger´s political engagement and his relation to national socialism.

    In four lectures Alfred Denker will present an overview and interpretation of this perennial topic. In the four reading sessions participants will study Heidegger´s most important writings on the topic of politics, and university, and we will also pay close attention to key passages from his Notebooks.

    Series of 8 sessions held via Zoom.
    Dates: 12th, 19th, 26th January; 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd February; 2nd March 2026.
    Time: 17.00-19.00 (CET).

    Fee (for all 8 sessions together): 100 Euros; 75 Euros for patreons, 60 Euros for students/low income.
    Fee can be waived partially or entirely for those in financial hardship.
    Attend your first session for free!

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com

  • An introduction to some of the fundamental aspects of Heidegger Studies.

    Louise Shale will explore the history of Heidegger’s published and unpublished writings, and offer an overview of the Gesamtausgabe.

    Alfred Denker will examine the unfolding of Heidegger’s paths of thinkings, and the different ways of reading his texts.

    In the last four session, Alfred Denker will share scans of some of Heidegger’s handwritten manuscripts to illustrate how Heidegger composed his works, while offers some advice on how to read his famously impenetrable handwriting.

    Series of 8 sessions held via Zoom.
    Dates: 16th, 23th January; 13th, 20th, 27th February; 13th, 20th, and 27th March 2026.
    Time: 19.00-21.00 (CET).

    Fee (for all 8 sessions together): 100 Euros; 80 Euros for patreons, 60 Euros for students/low income.
    Fee can be waived partially or entirely for those in financial hardship.
    Attend your first session for free!

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com

  • A weekend workshop features presentations and discussions by James Snyder, Louise Shale, and Alfred Denker on Heidegger’s poetic thinking and the Delphic Maxims; the Proto-European history of the greek gods and greek thinking; and Heidegger and Pindar.

    Weekend of 4 sessions held via Zoom.
    Dates: 17 and 18th January 2026.
    Time: 15.30-19.00 (CET).

    Fee (for entire weekend): 80 Euros; 60 Euros for patreons, 40 Euros for students/low income.
    Fee can be waived partially or entirely for those in financial hardship.
    Attend your first session for free!

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com

  • This series examines Heidegger’s understanding of Schelling through a reading of Heidegger’s 1936 lecture course “Schelling’s Treatise on Human Freedom” (GA 42).

    Alfred Denker will begin each session with an overview and explication of the passages to be discussed that week, followed by a reading of those passages together, and discussion.

    Series of 10 sessions held via Zoom.
    Dates: 27th January; 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th February; 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st March 2026.
    Time: 19.00-21.00 (CET).

    Fee (for all 10 sessions together): 120 Euros; 90 Euros for patreons, 60 Euros for students/low income.
    Fee can be waived partially or entirely for those in financial hardship.
    Attend your first session for free!

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com

  • 30th, 31st January, and 1st February via Zoom.

    https://philevents.org/event/show/142313?ref=email

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com

February

  • In this series we shall work through the text of Heidegger’s 1942-43 lecture course “Parmenides” (GA 54), wherein Heidegger tries to understand Parmenides’ famous poem as a text written before the onset of metaphysics in Plato and Aristotle.

    Series of 10 sessions held via Zoom.
    Dates: 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th February; 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th March; 1st, and 8th April 2026.
    Time: 19.00-21.00 (CET).

    Fee (for all 10 sessions together): 120 Euros; 90 Euros for patreons, 60 Euros for students/low income.
    Fee can be waived partially or entirely for those in financial hardship.
    Attend your first session for free!

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com

  • In this course, Alfred Denker presents a series of lectures outlining Heidegger’s lifelong relationship with religion and theology – stretching from the Catholicism of his boyhood, his engagement with Protestantism, to his later engagement with Hölderlin and the Greek Gods – interspersed by guided readings of a selection of Heidegger texts on this subject.

    Series of 10 sessions held via Zoom.
    Dates: 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th February; 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th March; 2nd, and 9th April 2026.
    Time: 15.30-19.00 (CET).

    Fee (for all 10 sessions together): 120 Euros; 80 Euros for patreons, 60 Euros for students/low income.
    Fee can be waived partially or entirely for those in financial hardship.
    Attend your first session for free!

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com

  • In this series, Alfred Denker will lead participants through the text of Heidegger’s posthumously published 1941 work “On Inception” (GA 70).

    Series of 10 sessions held via Zoom.
    Dates: 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th February; 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th March; 2nd, and 9th April 2026.
    Time: 17.00-19.00 (CET).

    Fee (for all 10 sessions together): 120 Euros; 90 Euros for patreons, 60 Euros for students/low income.
    Fee can be waived partially or entirely for those in financial hardship.
    Attend your first session for free!

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com

  • Alfred Denker presents a series of lectures and guided readings exploring Heidegger’s understanding of the history of Western Metaphysics, in particular his understanding of Schelling, Hegel, and Nietzsche.

    Series of 12 sessions held via Zoom.
    Dates: 25th February; 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th March; 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th April; 6th, and 13th May 2026.
    Time: 17.00-19.00 (CET).

    Fee (for all 12 sessions together): 120 Euros; 95 Euros for patreons, 60 Euros for students/low income.
    Fee can be waived partially or entirely for those in financial hardship.
    Attend your first session for free!

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com

  • A guided reading of Heidegger’s essay “Words”, first delivered as a lecture at the Burgtheater in Vienna, under the title “Dichten und Denken. Zu Stefan Georges Gedicht ‘Das Wort’”.

    Weekend series of 4 sessions held via Zoom.
    Dates: 28th February and 1st March 2026.
    Time: 15.30-19.00 (CET).

    Fee (for entire weekend): 80 Euros; 60 Euros for patreons, 40 Euros for students/low income.
    Fee can be waived partially or entirely for those in financial hardship.
    Attend your first session for free!

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com

March

  • In 1962, after a lifetime of thinking with the Ancient Greeks, Heidegger finally made the journey to Greece.
    In these sessions, participants will be guided through the philosophical journal Heidegger made during this trip, published posthumously in translation as “Sojourns – The Journey to Greece”.

    Series of 4 sessions held via Zoom.
    Dates: 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th March
    Time: 15.30-19.00 (CET).

    Fee (for all 4 sessions together): 80 Euros; 60 Euros for patreons, 40 Euros for students/low income.
    Fee can be waived partially or entirely for those in financial hardship.
    Attend your first session for free!

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com

  • This weekend reading session guides participants through Heidegger’s important post-war essay “Building Dwelling Thinking”, which was first delivered in two versions as two lectures in August 1951.

    Weekend series of 4 sessions held via Zoom.
    Dates: 28th and 29th March 2026.
    Time: 15.30-19.00 (CET).

    Fee (for entire weekend): 80 Euros; 60 Euros for patreons, 40 Euros for students/low income.
    Fee can be waived partially or entirely for those in financial hardship.
    Attend your first session for free!

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com

  • 14th-15th March 2026 via Zoom.

    https://philevents.org/event/show/143470

    For more information and registration: alfred.denker@yahoo.com