Location: Zoom

For all further information and registration, please contact: 

Alfred Denker: alfred.denker@yahoo.com 

Participation fee: 50 Euro, Patrons 35 Euro, and students 25 Euro – one presentation 5 Euro. 

You can support the European Centre for Heidegger Studies by joining Alfred Denker’s Patreon-website for as little as 5 euro per month: https://www.patreon.com/denker_1960

Day Three:

13.30 – 14.30  Tengrik Marak, Hölderlin’s River and the Limits of Heidegger’s Seinsgeschichte

14.30 – 15.30  Jiayao Gao, Heidegger on Art and Poetry: The Role of Language and Art in Revealing Truth

15.30 – 16.30  Sazan Kryeziu, Poetry in the Age of Technicity: Heidegger, Rilke, and the Clearing of Being 

16.30 – 17.30  Rajesh Sampath, The End and Endlessness of History as Impossible: On Heidegger’s 1942 Lectures on Hölderlin

17.30 – 18.30  Nikolaos Anapliotis, Nikolauos, Reading Hölderlin’s Translation of the

tragic δεινόν, through Castoriadis, against Heidegger

18.30 – 19.30  Anna Spanu, Percevoir l'être dans la rencontre entre la pensée de Heidegger et la poésie de Hölderlin

19.30 – 20.30  Miles Groth, Heidegger on Hölderlin: Opus 1

20.30 – 21.30  Oberst, Joachim, Poetry: Thinking Thanking Being

21.30   End of the conference

Location: Zoom

For all further information and registration, please contact: 

Alfred Denker: alfred.denker@yahoo.com 

Participation fee: 50 Euro, Patrons 35 Euro, and students 25 Euro – one presentation 5 Euro. 

You can support the European Centre for Heidegger Studies by joining Alfred Denker’s Patreon-website for as little as 5 euro per month: https://www.patreon.com/denker_1960

Day Two:

14.00 – 15.00  Tecla Domenichini, Per via di sentimento: on Measure and Mystery in Martin Heidegger and Giuseppe Ungaretti

 15.00 – 16.00  Katarina Cuellar Jaramillo, On Waiting: A Comparative Reading of Heidegger’s Country Path Conversations 3 and Beckett’s Waiting for Godot

 16.00 – 17.00  Lucas Dietsche, Between and Things and Non-Things: Martin Heidegger and Byung Chul Han on Poetry

 17.00 – 18.00 Mario Martín Gómez Pedrido, Dichtung und Spiel: Ein mögliches Treffen zwischen Martin Heidegger und Eugen Fink

 18.00 – 18.15  Break

 18.15 – 19.15 Daniel Hettenbach, Poems After Heidegger

 19.15 – 20.15 James Snyder, Heidegger, Poetic Thinking, and the Delphic Maxims

 20.15 – 21.30  Ian Moore, von Hellingrath’s Hölderlin, Heidegger’s Poetics, and the Myth of the Secret Germany

Session One

Place: Zoom

Time: Friday 19.00-21.00 (CET)

Dates: June 13, 20, and 27, July 4, 11, 18, and 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, September 12, and 26, and October 10, 2025

Fee: 150 Euro for all sessions, 120 Euro for patrons, 80 Euro for students and low income. It is possible to attend the first session for free. Participants can receive a certificate of participation.

This lecture course will be a full-scale interpretation of Heidegger’s Life and Thinking from 1889 until 1928. It will be the first volume of a three-volume book project.  In it I will trace Heidegger’s way of thinking from the beginning until the end of the Marburg period in 1928, that is, after the publication of Being and Time. I will pay special attention to the philosophical investigations in their relatedness and unity. Heidegger is always working on different projects at the same time. Besides an interpretation of Heidegger’s way of thinking I will also delve into his biography and show how is life and thinking are intertwined and shed light on each other.

The chaptures will be made available to the participants.

1. Finding his way (1889-1915)

            a. A small town called Meßkirch

            b. From Constance to Freiburg

            c. The start of an academic career

2. Philosophy as vocation (1915-1919)

            a. Obtaining a license to teach

            b. Life as a private teacher

            c. End of the Great War and a new beginning

3. Coming into his own (1919-1923)

            a. What is philosophy?

            b. Between the Greeks and Christianity

            c. The prospect of a professorship

4. The history of Being and Time (1924-1926)

            a. From a book on Aristotle to the Concept of Time

            b. Kant and the Transcendental Perspective

            c. The accident of Being and Time

5. The foundation of metaphysics (1926-1928)

            a. After Being and Time

            b. From Kant to Leibniz: Metontology and the Metaphysics of Dasein

            c. Ordinarius in Freiburg

Location: Zoom

For all further information and registration, please contact: 

Alfred Denker: alfred.denker@yahoo.com 

Participation fee: 50 Euro, Patrons 35 Euro, and students 25 Euro – one presentation 5 Euro. 

You can support the European Centre for Heidegger Studies by joining Alfred Denker’s Patreon-website for as little as 5 euro per month: https://www.patreon.com/denker_1960

Day One:

12.45 – 13.00  Alfred Denker, Opening of the conference

13.00 – 14.00 Albert J. Yoo, Poetic Metaphor before the Event: From Zuhandenheit to Ereignis to “dichterisch wohnet der Mensch”

14.00 – 15.00  Stephan Dietrich, Der Meridian als Spur: Celans Sprechen und das

daseinsanalytische Gespräch

15.00 – 16.00  Alberto Morán Roa, Poetry and Affective Attunement in Heidegger

16.00 – 16.15  Break

16.15 – 17.15  Arkava Das, Wallace Stevens and The Snow Man: An Experience of Being Called to Listen

17.15 – 18.15  Ricky Philips, Martin Heidegger and Johannes Sebastian Bach and the Musical Fugue

18.15 – 18.30  Break

18.30 – 19.30  George Konstantinos Michaelidis, Between Poetry and Philosophy: The Dialogical Thinking of René Char and Martin Heidegger

19.30 – 20.30  Alberto Zali, Heidegger and Aristophanes: on the Threshold of Thinking and Poetry

20.30 – 21.30  Leighton Upson, The Poetics of Unfolding: A Heideggerian Painting Encounter with Aotearoa’s Indigenous Forest

Lecture 9: B&T, §§ 16-20 

 Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00-19.00 CET 

Dates: Thursday, July 31; August 7, 14, 21, and 28; September 4, 11, 18, and 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30; November 6, 2025. 

Fee: Full course 150 Euros; Patrons 120 Euros; Students and low income 75 Euros. Participants can obtain a certificate of participation

In 15 lectures Dr. Alfred Denker will offer an introductory course on the first division of Martin Heideggerʼs Being and Time. The course is intended for both students of Heidegger who would like to deepen their understanding of Heideggerʼs masterpiece and for those who need to find their way through this famous work for the first time. In the first three lectures the background and genesis of Being and Time. What is fundamental ontology? What is an existential analytic of Dasein? What is the relation between the two? The next 12 lectures will offer an overview and interpretation of the introduction and first division of Being and Time. In 1926 another lecture course will offer a similar interpretation of the second division. Both beginners and advanced students will benefit from this course. 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, Being and Time. Translated by John Macquarrie & Edward Robinson. London, Blackwell. First English Edition 1962, 2001. 

Martin Heidegger, Sein und Zeit. Unveränderter Text mit Randbemerkungen des Autors aus dem »Hüttenexemplar«. Herausgegeben von Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann (Gesamtausgabe 2), Frankfurt am Main. 1976 

Lecture 8: B&T, §§ 9-15 

 Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00-19.00 CET 

Dates: Thursday, July 31; August 7, 14, 21, and 28; September 4, 11, 18, and 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30; November 6, 2025. 

Fee: Full course 150 Euros; Patrons 120 Euros; Students and low income 75 Euros. Participants can obtain a certificate of participation

In 15 lectures Dr. Alfred Denker will offer an introductory course on the first division of Martin Heideggerʼs Being and Time. The course is intended for both students of Heidegger who would like to deepen their understanding of Heideggerʼs masterpiece and for those who need to find their way through this famous work for the first time. In the first three lectures the background and genesis of Being and Time. What is fundamental ontology? What is an existential analytic of Dasein? What is the relation between the two? The next 12 lectures will offer an overview and interpretation of the introduction and first division of Being and Time. In 1926 another lecture course will offer a similar interpretation of the second division. Both beginners and advanced students will benefit from this course. 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, Being and Time. Translated by John Macquarrie & Edward Robinson. London, Blackwell. First English Edition 1962, 2001. 

Martin Heidegger, Sein und Zeit. Unveränderter Text mit Randbemerkungen des Autors aus dem »Hüttenexemplar«. Herausgegeben von Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann (Gesamtausgabe 2), Frankfurt am Main. 1976 

Session One

Place: Zoom

Time: Friday 19.00-21.00 (CET)

Dates: June 13, 20, and 27, July 4, 11, 18, and 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, September 12, and 26, and October 10, 2025

Fee: 150 Euro for all sessions, 120 Euro for patrons, 80 Euro for students and low income. It is possible to attend the first session for free. Participants can receive a certificate of participation.

This lecture course will be a full-scale interpretation of Heidegger’s Life and Thinking from 1889 until 1928. It will be the first volume of a three-volume book project.  In it I will trace Heidegger’s way of thinking from the beginning until the end of the Marburg period in 1928, that is, after the publication of Being and Time. I will pay special attention to the philosophical investigations in their relatedness and unity. Heidegger is always working on different projects at the same time. Besides an interpretation of Heidegger’s way of thinking I will also delve into his biography and show how is life and thinking are intertwined and shed light on each other.

The chaptures will be made available to the participants.

1. Finding his way (1889-1915)

            a. A small town called Meßkirch

            b. From Constance to Freiburg

            c. The start of an academic career

2. Philosophy as vocation (1915-1919)

            a. Obtaining a license to teach

            b. Life as a private teacher

            c. End of the Great War and a new beginning

3. Coming into his own (1919-1923)

            a. What is philosophy?

            b. Between the Greeks and Christianity

            c. The prospect of a professorship

4. The history of Being and Time (1924-1926)

            a. From a book on Aristotle to the Concept of Time

            b. Kant and the Transcendental Perspective

            c. The accident of Being and Time

5. The foundation of metaphysics (1926-1928)

            a. After Being and Time

            b. From Kant to Leibniz: Metontology and the Metaphysics of Dasein

            c. Ordinarius in Freiburg

Lecture 7: B&T, §§ 6-8 

 Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00-19.00 CET 

Dates: Thursday, July 31; August 7, 14, 21, and 28; September 4, 11, 18, and 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30; November 6, 2025. 

Fee: Full course 150 Euros; Patrons 120 Euros; Students and low income 75 Euros. Participants can obtain a certificate of participation

In 15 lectures Dr. Alfred Denker will offer an introductory course on the first division of Martin Heideggerʼs Being and Time. The course is intended for both students of Heidegger who would like to deepen their understanding of Heideggerʼs masterpiece and for those who need to find their way through this famous work for the first time. In the first three lectures the background and genesis of Being and Time. What is fundamental ontology? What is an existential analytic of Dasein? What is the relation between the two? The next 12 lectures will offer an overview and interpretation of the introduction and first division of Being and Time. In 1926 another lecture course will offer a similar interpretation of the second division. Both beginners and advanced students will benefit from this course. 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, Being and Time. Translated by John Macquarrie & Edward Robinson. London, Blackwell. First English Edition 1962, 2001. 

Martin Heidegger, Sein und Zeit. Unveränderter Text mit Randbemerkungen des Autors aus dem »Hüttenexemplar«. Herausgegeben von Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann (Gesamtausgabe 2), Frankfurt am Main. 1976 

Session 8 Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics, Justice 

Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00 – 19.00 (CET) 

Participation fee: 80 Euro, Patrons 60 Euro, Students 40 Euro 

Participants can obtain a certificate of participation. 

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

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, “Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics”, in: Nietzsche Volume III, New York, 1987, 187-251. 

Martin Heidegger, „Nietzsches Metaphysik“, in: Nietzsche II, Pfullingen, 1961 (= GA 6.2). 

Heidegger had announced for Sommer Semester 191941/42 a lecture course on “Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics”. Instead, he would do lecture course on Hölderlin. In the lecture course Heidegger determines and explains Nietzscheʼs fundamental metaphysical position based on five key terms: will to power, nihilism, the eternal recurrence of the same, the overman, and justice. The course thus offers Heideggerʼs final interpretation of Nietzscheʼs metaphysics. 

Lecture 6: Untitled Foreword, §§ 1-5 

 Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00-19.00 CET 

Dates: Thursday, July 31; August 7, 14, 21, and 28; September 4, 11, 18, and 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30; November 6, 2025. 

Fee: Full course 150 Euros; Patrons 120 Euros; Students and low income 75 Euros. Participants can obtain a certificate of participation

In 15 lectures Dr. Alfred Denker will offer an introductory course on the first division of Martin Heideggerʼs Being and Time. The course is intended for both students of Heidegger who would like to deepen their understanding of Heideggerʼs masterpiece and for those who need to find their way through this famous work for the first time. In the first three lectures the background and genesis of Being and Time. What is fundamental ontology? What is an existential analytic of Dasein? What is the relation between the two? The next 12 lectures will offer an overview and interpretation of the introduction and first division of Being and Time. In 1926 another lecture course will offer a similar interpretation of the second division. Both beginners and advanced students will benefit from this course. 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, Being and Time. Translated by John Macquarrie & Edward Robinson. London, Blackwell. First English Edition 1962, 2001. 

Martin Heidegger, Sein und Zeit. Unveränderter Text mit Randbemerkungen des Autors aus dem »Hüttenexemplar«. Herausgegeben von Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann (Gesamtausgabe 2), Frankfurt am Main. 1976 

Lecture 6: Untitled Foreword, §§ 1-5 

 Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00-19.00 CET 

Dates: Thursday, July 31; August 7, 14, 21, and 28; September 4, 11, 18, and 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30; November 6, 2025. 

Fee: Full course 150 Euros; Patrons 120 Euros; Students and low income 75 Euros. Participants can obtain a certificate of participation

In 15 lectures Dr. Alfred Denker will offer an introductory course on the first division of Martin Heideggerʼs Being and Time. The course is intended for both students of Heidegger who would like to deepen their understanding of Heideggerʼs masterpiece and for those who need to find their way through this famous work for the first time. In the first three lectures the background and genesis of Being and Time. What is fundamental ontology? What is an existential analytic of Dasein? What is the relation between the two? The next 12 lectures will offer an overview and interpretation of the introduction and first division of Being and Time. In 1926 another lecture course will offer a similar interpretation of the second division. Both beginners and advanced students will benefit from this course. 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, Being and Time. Translated by John Macquarrie & Edward Robinson. London, Blackwell. First English Edition 1962, 2001. 

Martin Heidegger, Sein und Zeit. Unveränderter Text mit Randbemerkungen des Autors aus dem »Hüttenexemplar«. Herausgegeben von Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann (Gesamtausgabe 2), Frankfurt am Main. 1976 

DAY FOUR:

15.30-17.00 Session 7 Science and Reflection, 176-179 

17.00-17.30 Break 

17.30-19.00 Session 8 Science and Reflection, 180-182 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, “Science and Reflection”, in: The Question concerning Technology and other Essays, New York 1977, 155-182.

Director: Dr. Alfred Denker 

Place: Zoom 

Dates: August 16-17, and August 30-31, 2025 

Participation fee: 100 Euro, Patrons 80 Euro, Students 50 Euro. It is possible to obtain a certificate of participation. 

For more information und registration: 

alfred.denker@yahoo.com 

DAY THREE:

15.30-17.00 Session 5 Science and Reflection, 169-171 

17.00-17.30 Break 

17.30-19.00 Session 6 Science and Reflection, 172-175 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, “Science and Reflection”, in: The Question concerning Technology and other Essays, New York 1977, 155-182. 

Director: Dr. Alfred Denker 

Place: Zoom 

Dates: August 16-17, and August 30-31, 2025 

Participation fee: 100 Euro, Patrons 80 Euro, Students 50 Euro. It is possible to obtain a certificate of participation. 

For more information und registration: 

alfred.denker@yahoo.com 

Session One

Place: Zoom

Time: Friday 19.00-21.00 (CET)

Dates: June 13, 20, and 27, July 4, 11, 18, and 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, September 12, and 26, and October 10, 2025

Fee: 150 Euro for all sessions, 120 Euro for patrons, 80 Euro for students and low income. It is possible to attend the first session for free. Participants can receive a certificate of participation.

This lecture course will be a full-scale interpretation of Heidegger’s Life and Thinking from 1889 until 1928. It will be the first volume of a three-volume book project.  In it I will trace Heidegger’s way of thinking from the beginning until the end of the Marburg period in 1928, that is, after the publication of Being and Time. I will pay special attention to the philosophical investigations in their relatedness and unity. Heidegger is always working on different projects at the same time. Besides an interpretation of Heidegger’s way of thinking I will also delve into his biography and show how is life and thinking are intertwined and shed light on each other.

The chaptures will be made available to the participants.

1. Finding his way (1889-1915)

            a. A small town called Meßkirch

            b. From Constance to Freiburg

            c. The start of an academic career

2. Philosophy as vocation (1915-1919)

            a. Obtaining a license to teach

            b. Life as a private teacher

            c. End of the Great War and a new beginning

3. Coming into his own (1919-1923)

            a. What is philosophy?

            b. Between the Greeks and Christianity

            c. The prospect of a professorship

4. The history of Being and Time (1924-1926)

            a. From a book on Aristotle to the Concept of Time

            b. Kant and the Transcendental Perspective

            c. The accident of Being and Time

5. The foundation of metaphysics (1926-1928)

            a. After Being and Time

            b. From Kant to Leibniz: Metontology and the Metaphysics of Dasein

            c. Ordinarius in Freiburg

Session 7 Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics, The Overman 

Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00 – 19.00 (CET) 

Participation fee: 80 Euro, Patrons 60 Euro, Students 40 Euro 

Participants can obtain a certificate of participation. 

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

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, “Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics”, in: Nietzsche Volume III, New York, 1987, 187-251. 

Martin Heidegger, „Nietzsches Metaphysik“, in: Nietzsche II, Pfullingen, 1961 (= GA 6.2). 

Heidegger had announced for Sommer Semester 191941/42 a lecture course on “Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics”. Instead, he would do lecture course on Hölderlin. In the lecture course Heidegger determines and explains Nietzscheʼs fundamental metaphysical position based on five key terms: will to power, nihilism, the eternal recurrence of the same, the overman, and justice. The course thus offers Heideggerʼs final interpretation of Nietzscheʼs metaphysics. 

Lecture 5: The project of “Being and Time”: Overview 

 Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00-19.00 CET 

Dates: Thursday, July 31; August 7, 14, 21, and 28; September 4, 11, 18, and 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30; November 6, 2025. 

Fee: Full course 150 Euros; Patrons 120 Euros; Students and low income 75 Euros. Participants can obtain a certificate of participation

In 15 lectures Dr. Alfred Denker will offer an introductory course on the first division of Martin Heideggerʼs Being and Time. The course is intended for both students of Heidegger who would like to deepen their understanding of Heideggerʼs masterpiece and for those who need to find their way through this famous work for the first time. In the first three lectures the background and genesis of Being and Time. What is fundamental ontology? What is an existential analytic of Dasein? What is the relation between the two? The next 12 lectures will offer an overview and interpretation of the introduction and first division of Being and Time. In 1926 another lecture course will offer a similar interpretation of the second division. Both beginners and advanced students will benefit from this course. 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, Being and Time. Translated by John Macquarrie & Edward Robinson. London, Blackwell. First English Edition 1962, 2001. 

Martin Heidegger, Sein und Zeit. Unveränderter Text mit Randbemerkungen des Autors aus dem »Hüttenexemplar«. Herausgegeben von Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann (Gesamtausgabe 2), Frankfurt am Main. 1976 

Session One

Place: Zoom

Time: Friday 19.00-21.00 (CET)

Dates: June 13, 20, and 27, July 4, 11, 18, and 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, September 12, and 26, and October 10, 2025

Fee: 150 Euro for all sessions, 120 Euro for patrons, 80 Euro for students and low income. It is possible to attend the first session for free. Participants can receive a certificate of participation.

This lecture course will be a full-scale interpretation of Heidegger’s Life and Thinking from 1889 until 1928. It will be the first volume of a three-volume book project.  In it I will trace Heidegger’s way of thinking from the beginning until the end of the Marburg period in 1928, that is, after the publication of Being and Time. I will pay special attention to the philosophical investigations in their relatedness and unity. Heidegger is always working on different projects at the same time. Besides an interpretation of Heidegger’s way of thinking I will also delve into his biography and show how is life and thinking are intertwined and shed light on each other.

The chaptures will be made available to the participants.

1. Finding his way (1889-1915)

            a. A small town called Meßkirch

            b. From Constance to Freiburg

            c. The start of an academic career

2. Philosophy as vocation (1915-1919)

            a. Obtaining a license to teach

            b. Life as a private teacher

            c. End of the Great War and a new beginning

3. Coming into his own (1919-1923)

            a. What is philosophy?

            b. Between the Greeks and Christianity

            c. The prospect of a professorship

4. The history of Being and Time (1924-1926)

            a. From a book on Aristotle to the Concept of Time

            b. Kant and the Transcendental Perspective

            c. The accident of Being and Time

5. The foundation of metaphysics (1926-1928)

            a. After Being and Time

            b. From Kant to Leibniz: Metontology and the Metaphysics of Dasein

            c. Ordinarius in Freiburg

Session 6 Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics, The Eternal Recurrence of the Same 

Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00 – 19.00 (CET) 

Participation fee: 80 Euro, Patrons 60 Euro, Students 40 Euro 

Participants can obtain a certificate of participation. 

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

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, “Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics”, in: Nietzsche Volume III, New York, 1987, 187-251. 

Martin Heidegger, „Nietzsches Metaphysik“, in: Nietzsche II, Pfullingen, 1961 (= GA 6.2). 

Heidegger had announced for Sommer Semester 191941/42 a lecture course on “Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics”. Instead, he would do lecture course on Hölderlin. In the lecture course Heidegger determines and explains Nietzscheʼs fundamental metaphysical position based on five key terms: will to power, nihilism, the eternal recurrence of the same, the overman, and justice. The course thus offers Heideggerʼs final interpretation of Nietzscheʼs metaphysics. 

Lecture 4: The Writing and Publishing of Being and Time  

 Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00-19.00 CET 

Dates: Thursday, July 31; August 7, 14, 21, and 28; September 4, 11, 18, and 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30; November 6, 2025. 

Fee: Full course 150 Euros; Patrons 120 Euros; Students and low income 75 Euros. Participants can obtain a certificate of participation

In 15 lectures Dr. Alfred Denker will offer an introductory course on the first division of Martin Heideggerʼs Being and Time. The course is intended for both students of Heidegger who would like to deepen their understanding of Heideggerʼs masterpiece and for those who need to find their way through this famous work for the first time. In the first three lectures the background and genesis of Being and Time. What is fundamental ontology? What is an existential analytic of Dasein? What is the relation between the two? The next 12 lectures will offer an overview and interpretation of the introduction and first division of Being and Time. In 1926 another lecture course will offer a similar interpretation of the second division. Both beginners and advanced students will benefit from this course. 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, Being and Time. Translated by John Macquarrie & Edward Robinson. London, Blackwell. First English Edition 1962, 2001. 

Martin Heidegger, Sein und Zeit. Unveränderter Text mit Randbemerkungen des Autors aus dem »Hüttenexemplar«. Herausgegeben von Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann (Gesamtausgabe 2), Frankfurt am Main. 1976 

DAY TWO:

15.30-17.00 Session 3 Science and Reflection, 161-163 

17.00-17.30 Pause 

17.30-19.00 Session 4 Science and Reflection, 164-168 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, “Science and Reflection”, in: The Question concerning Technology and other Essays, New York 1977, 155-182. 

Director: Dr. Alfred Denker 

Place: Zoom 

Dates: August 16-17, and August 30-31, 2025 

Participation fee: 100 Euro, Patrons 80 Euro, Students 50 Euro. It is possible to obtain a certificate of participation. 

For more information und registration: 

alfred.denker@yahoo.com 

DAY ONE:

16.00-17.30 Session 1 Science and Reflection, 155-157 

17.30-18.00 Pause 

18.00-19.30 Session 2 Science and Reflection, 158-160 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, “Science and Reflection”, in: The Question concerning Technology and other Essays, New York 1977, 155-182. 

Director: Dr. Alfred Denker 

Place: Zoom 

Dates: August 16-17, and August 30-31, 2025 

Participation fee: 100 Euro, Patrons 80 Euro, Students 50 Euro. It is possible to obtain a certificate of participation. 

For more information und registration: 

alfred.denker@yahoo.com 

Session One

Place: Zoom

Time: Friday 19.00-21.00 (CET)

Dates: June 13, 20, and 27, July 4, 11, 18, and 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, September 12, and 26, and October 10, 2025

Fee: 150 Euro for all sessions, 120 Euro for patrons, 80 Euro for students and low income. It is possible to attend the first session for free. Participants can receive a certificate of participation.

This lecture course will be a full-scale interpretation of Heidegger’s Life and Thinking from 1889 until 1928. It will be the first volume of a three-volume book project.  In it I will trace Heidegger’s way of thinking from the beginning until the end of the Marburg period in 1928, that is, after the publication of Being and Time. I will pay special attention to the philosophical investigations in their relatedness and unity. Heidegger is always working on different projects at the same time. Besides an interpretation of Heidegger’s way of thinking I will also delve into his biography and show how is life and thinking are intertwined and shed light on each other.

The chaptures will be made available to the participants.

1. Finding his way (1889-1915)

            a. A small town called Meßkirch

            b. From Constance to Freiburg

            c. The start of an academic career

2. Philosophy as vocation (1915-1919)

            a. Obtaining a license to teach

            b. Life as a private teacher

            c. End of the Great War and a new beginning

3. Coming into his own (1919-1923)

            a. What is philosophy?

            b. Between the Greeks and Christianity

            c. The prospect of a professorship

4. The history of Being and Time (1924-1926)

            a. From a book on Aristotle to the Concept of Time

            b. Kant and the Transcendental Perspective

            c. The accident of Being and Time

5. The foundation of metaphysics (1926-1928)

            a. After Being and Time

            b. From Kant to Leibniz: Metontology and the Metaphysics of Dasein

            c. Ordinarius in Freiburg

Session 5 Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics, Nihilism 

Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00 – 19.00 (CET) 

Participation fee: 80 Euro, Patrons 60 Euro, Students 40 Euro 

Participants can obtain a certificate of participation. 

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

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, “Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics”, in: Nietzsche Volume III, New York, 1987, 187-251. 

Martin Heidegger, „Nietzsches Metaphysik“, in: Nietzsche II, Pfullingen, 1961 (= GA 6.2). 

Heidegger had announced for Sommer Semester 191941/42 a lecture course on “Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics”. Instead, he would do lecture course on Hölderlin. In the lecture course Heidegger determines and explains Nietzscheʼs fundamental metaphysical position based on five key terms: will to power, nihilism, the eternal recurrence of the same, the overman, and justice. The course thus offers Heideggerʼs final interpretation of Nietzscheʼs metaphysics. 

Lecture 3: Heideggerʼs path of thinking 1925-1926 

 Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00-19.00 CET 

Dates: Thursday, July 31; August 7, 14, 21, and 28; September 4, 11, 18, and 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30; November 6, 2025. 

Fee: Full course 150 Euros; Patrons 120 Euros; Students and low income 75 Euros. Participants can obtain a certificate of participation

In 15 lectures Dr. Alfred Denker will offer an introductory course on the first division of Martin Heideggerʼs Being and Time. The course is intended for both students of Heidegger who would like to deepen their understanding of Heideggerʼs masterpiece and for those who need to find their way through this famous work for the first time. In the first three lectures the background and genesis of Being and Time. What is fundamental ontology? What is an existential analytic of Dasein? What is the relation between the two? The next 12 lectures will offer an overview and interpretation of the introduction and first division of Being and Time. In 1926 another lecture course will offer a similar interpretation of the second division. Both beginners and advanced students will benefit from this course. 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, Being and Time. Translated by John Macquarrie & Edward Robinson. London, Blackwell. First English Edition 1962, 2001. 

Martin Heidegger, Sein und Zeit. Unveränderter Text mit Randbemerkungen des Autors aus dem »Hüttenexemplar«. Herausgegeben von Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann (Gesamtausgabe 2), Frankfurt am Main. 1976 

Session One

Place: Zoom

Time: Friday 19.00-21.00 (CET)

Dates: June 13, 20, and 27, July 4, 11, 18, and 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, September 12, and 26, and October 10, 2025

Fee: 150 Euro for all sessions, 120 Euro for patrons, 80 Euro for students and low income. It is possible to attend the first session for free. Participants can receive a certificate of participation.

This lecture course will be a full-scale interpretation of Heidegger’s Life and Thinking from 1889 until 1928. It will be the first volume of a three-volume book project.  In it I will trace Heidegger’s way of thinking from the beginning until the end of the Marburg period in 1928, that is, after the publication of Being and Time. I will pay special attention to the philosophical investigations in their relatedness and unity. Heidegger is always working on different projects at the same time. Besides an interpretation of Heidegger’s way of thinking I will also delve into his biography and show how is life and thinking are intertwined and shed light on each other.

The chaptures will be made available to the participants.

1. Finding his way (1889-1915)

            a. A small town called Meßkirch

            b. From Constance to Freiburg

            c. The start of an academic career

2. Philosophy as vocation (1915-1919)

            a. Obtaining a license to teach

            b. Life as a private teacher

            c. End of the Great War and a new beginning

3. Coming into his own (1919-1923)

            a. What is philosophy?

            b. Between the Greeks and Christianity

            c. The prospect of a professorship

4. The history of Being and Time (1924-1926)

            a. From a book on Aristotle to the Concept of Time

            b. Kant and the Transcendental Perspective

            c. The accident of Being and Time

5. The foundation of metaphysics (1926-1928)

            a. After Being and Time

            b. From Kant to Leibniz: Metontology and the Metaphysics of Dasein

            c. Ordinarius in Freiburg

Session 4 Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics, The Will to Power  

Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00 – 19.00 (CET) 

Participation fee: 80 Euro, Patrons 60 Euro, Students 40 Euro 

Participants can obtain a certificate of participation. 

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

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, “Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics”, in: Nietzsche Volume III, New York, 1987, 187-251. 

Martin Heidegger, „Nietzsches Metaphysik“, in: Nietzsche II, Pfullingen, 1961 (= GA 6.2). 

Heidegger had announced for Sommer Semester 191941/42 a lecture course on “Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics”. Instead, he would do lecture course on Hölderlin. In the lecture course Heidegger determines and explains Nietzscheʼs fundamental metaphysical position based on five key terms: will to power, nihilism, the eternal recurrence of the same, the overman, and justice. The course thus offers Heideggerʼs final interpretation of Nietzscheʼs metaphysics. 

Lecture 2: Heideggerʼs path of thinking 1924-1925 

 Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00-19.00 CET 

Dates: Thursday, July 31; August 7, 14, 21, and 28; September 4, 11, 18, and 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30; November 6, 2025. 

Fee: Full course 150 Euros; Patrons 120 Euros; Students and low income 75 Euros. Participants can obtain a certificate of participation

In 15 lectures Dr. Alfred Denker will offer an introductory course on the first division of Martin Heideggerʼs Being and Time. The course is intended for both students of Heidegger who would like to deepen their understanding of Heideggerʼs masterpiece and for those who need to find their way through this famous work for the first time. In the first three lectures the background and genesis of Being and Time. What is fundamental ontology? What is an existential analytic of Dasein? What is the relation between the two? The next 12 lectures will offer an overview and interpretation of the introduction and first division of Being and Time. In 1926 another lecture course will offer a similar interpretation of the second division. Both beginners and advanced students will benefit from this course. 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, Being and Time. Translated by John Macquarrie & Edward Robinson. London, Blackwell. First English Edition 1962, 2001. 

Martin Heidegger, Sein und Zeit. Unveränderter Text mit Randbemerkungen des Autors aus dem »Hüttenexemplar«. Herausgegeben von Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann (Gesamtausgabe 2), Frankfurt am Main. 1976 

Session One

Place: Zoom

Time: Friday 19.00-21.00 (CET)

Dates: June 13, 20, and 27, July 4, 11, 18, and 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, September 12, and 26, and October 10, 2025

Fee: 150 Euro for all sessions, 120 Euro for patrons, 80 Euro for students and low income. It is possible to attend the first session for free. Participants can receive a certificate of participation.

This lecture course will be a full-scale interpretation of Heidegger’s Life and Thinking from 1889 until 1928. It will be the first volume of a three-volume book project.  In it I will trace Heidegger’s way of thinking from the beginning until the end of the Marburg period in 1928, that is, after the publication of Being and Time. I will pay special attention to the philosophical investigations in their relatedness and unity. Heidegger is always working on different projects at the same time. Besides an interpretation of Heidegger’s way of thinking I will also delve into his biography and show how is life and thinking are intertwined and shed light on each other.

The chaptures will be made available to the participants.

1. Finding his way (1889-1915)

            a. A small town called Meßkirch

            b. From Constance to Freiburg

            c. The start of an academic career

2. Philosophy as vocation (1915-1919)

            a. Obtaining a license to teach

            b. Life as a private teacher

            c. End of the Great War and a new beginning

3. Coming into his own (1919-1923)

            a. What is philosophy?

            b. Between the Greeks and Christianity

            c. The prospect of a professorship

4. The history of Being and Time (1924-1926)

            a. From a book on Aristotle to the Concept of Time

            b. Kant and the Transcendental Perspective

            c. The accident of Being and Time

5. The foundation of metaphysics (1926-1928)

            a. After Being and Time

            b. From Kant to Leibniz: Metontology and the Metaphysics of Dasein

            c. Ordinarius in Freiburg

Session 3 Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics, Introduction 

Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00 – 19.00 (CET) 

Participation fee: 80 Euro, Patrons 60 Euro, Students 40 Euro 

Participants can obtain a certificate of participation. 

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

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, “Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics”, in: Nietzsche Volume III, New York, 1987, 187-251. 

Martin Heidegger, „Nietzsches Metaphysik“, in: Nietzsche II, Pfullingen, 1961 (= GA 6.2). 

Heidegger had announced for Sommer Semester 191941/42 a lecture course on “Nietzscheʼs Metaphysics”. Instead, he would do lecture course on Hölderlin. In the lecture course Heidegger determines and explains Nietzscheʼs fundamental metaphysical position based on five key terms: will to power, nihilism, the eternal recurrence of the same, the overman, and justice. The course thus offers Heideggerʼs final interpretation of Nietzscheʼs metaphysics. 

Lecture 1: Heideggerʼs path of thinking 1923-1924 

 Place: Zoom 

Time: 17.00-19.00 CET 

Dates: Thursday, July 31; August 7, 14, 21, and 28; September 4, 11, 18, and 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30; November 6, 2025. 

Fee: Full course 150 Euros; Patrons 120 Euros; Students and low income 75 Euros. Participants can obtain a certificate of participation

In 15 lectures Dr. Alfred Denker will offer an introductory course on the first division of Martin Heideggerʼs Being and Time. The course is intended for both students of Heidegger who would like to deepen their understanding of Heideggerʼs masterpiece and for those who need to find their way through this famous work for the first time. In the first three lectures the background and genesis of Being and Time. What is fundamental ontology? What is an existential analytic of Dasein? What is the relation between the two? The next 12 lectures will offer an overview and interpretation of the introduction and first division of Being and Time. In 1926 another lecture course will offer a similar interpretation of the second division. Both beginners and advanced students will benefit from this course. 

Literature: 

Martin Heidegger, Being and Time. Translated by John Macquarrie & Edward Robinson. London, Blackwell. First English Edition 1962, 2001. 

Martin Heidegger, Sein und Zeit. Unveränderter Text mit Randbemerkungen des Autors aus dem »Hüttenexemplar«. Herausgegeben von Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann (Gesamtausgabe 2), Frankfurt am Main. 1976