The Hong Kierkegaard Library

10/08/2026

📚🍽️ Søren Kierkegaard Society Annual Banquet in Denver

The Søren Kierkegaard Society (USA) invites members and friends of the Kierkegaard community to its annual banquet, held this year alongside the AAR Meeting in Denver. This year's distinguished lecturer is Vanessa Rumble of Boston College.

🗓️ Friday, November 20, 2026, 5:00–9:00 p.m.
📍 Tamayo Restaurant, El Agave Room, 1400 Larimer St., Denver

The evening begins with conversation and mingling, followed by Professor Rumble's lecture and then dinner. Tickets are $60 and include a choice of entrée, dessert, and beverage tickets.

Registration closes November 1. Find details and register on the Society's website:

Annual Søren Kierkegaard Society Banquet 2026 We warmly invite all members of the Kierkegaard community to join us for the annual Søren Kierkegaard Society banquet, held this year in conjunction wi…

10/01/2026

Fellowship opportunity at the Hong Kierkegaard Library!

The Kierkegaard and Friends Foundation Fellowship supports pre- and postdoctoral scholars from around the world for a research residency at St. Olaf College in 2027–28. Fellows receive a $1,500/month stipend and housing at the Kierkegaard House. The full term is September through August, and shorter stays are also welcome.

Apply by November 1: https://wp.stolaf.edu/kierkegaard/foundation-fellows/

Please share with anyone who might be interested!

Encouraging the sharing of academic thought in relation to Kierkegaard’s writings, the Kierkegaard and Friends Foundation (previously Kierkegaard House Foundation), a private entity, offers support for both pre- and post-doctorate scholars who wish to work in the Hong Kierkegaard Library for exte...

09/03/2026

Exciting news! New Kierkegaard Research has found a new home at Bloomsbury — all future titles in the series will now be published under their imprint. Jana Hodges-Kluck, who has guided the series so capably as editor at Lexington, continues in that role with Bloomsbury.

New Kierkegaard Research promotes scholarship on all aspects of Kierkegaard's thought and legacy — from close exegesis of his writings to volumes placing his ideas in dialogue with other thinkers, and books that draw on Kierkegaard to address live questions in philosophy, religion, and beyond. The series is proudly pluralistic, welcoming work from analytic and continental perspectives, and historical, contemporary, or comparative approaches alike.

Learn more and explore the series: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/new-kierkegaard-research/

Series editors: Antony Aumann (Northern Michigan University) & Adam Buben (Leiden University)

08/26/2026

The Løgstrup Research reading group invites participants to explore K.E. Løgstrup’s critique of Søren Kierkegaard, examining how Løgstrup responds to Kierkegaard’s understanding of human existence, ethics, and the relationship between the individual and others. The group will work closely with Løgstrup’s texts and consider both the points of continuity and the significant philosophical differences between the two thinkers. The reading group is intended as an opportunity for scholars and others interested in Løgstrup and Kierkegaard to read together, discuss the texts, and develop a deeper understanding of Løgstrup’s distinctive position in relation to Kierkegaard. All those interested are warmly invited to join.

For more information and to register, please visit:

07/23/2026

We invite you to an upcoming lecture by Slovenian poet and Kierkegaard scholar, Primož Repar. He will be presenting on "Kierkegaard’s Philosophy of Salighed: In Resonance Between Personal Philosophy/Theology, Poetry, and Sport."

July 23rd, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Holland Hall 610 Commons
St. Olaf College
Refreshments provided

06/11/2026

August Pre-Conference Event: The Søren Kierkegaard Anti-Conference

Join Kierkegaard scholars for an experience-based pre-conference event at Kulturcentret ENTEN-ELLER in Copenhagen on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 (1–4:30 pm), exploring the theme "Is the Eternal Always the Same?" through artistic, somatic, and participatory approaches rather than traditional podium-style presentations.

Orchestrated by C.F. Damgaard and electric guitarist Peter Tinning, this 250 DKR event serves as a creative prelude to the SKC Annual Conference on "Totality and Plurality" beginning the following day.

Register at [email protected].

06/03/2026

50th Anniversary of the Hong Kierkegaard Library

We are capturing audio and written testimonials as part of the 50th Anniversary celebration of the founding of the Hong Kierkegaard Library, which resulted from Howard and Edna Hong’s generous donation of their Kierkegaard collection to St. Olaf College in 1976.

Come and share your story in person, or use the google form in the comments to submit a written testimonials and/or photos!

05/27/2026

We are pleased to share the program and registration link for the SKC Annual Conference 2026, "Kierkegaard – and Kierkegaard: Totality and Plurality," taking place in Copenhagen on August 12-14.

Kierkegaard – and Kierkegaard: Totality and Plurality.

05/19/2026

Did you know the story of how Kierkegaard came to St. Olaf begins in a small Minnesota town, with a young man named Howard Hong picking up a biography of Ibsen?

Pastor Andres Albertsen of Vinje Lutheran Church shares a beautiful reflection on the thread that connects a name carved into Vinje's sanctuary frieze, a farmer's bookshelf in Willmar, and the translations that brought Kierkegaard to generations of English-speaking readers. A lovely read as we approach the 10th International Kierkegaard Conference this June.

Pastor Andres' passion for Kierkegaard is not what directed his path to ministry at Vinje, but he has, of course, managed to find a very unique story

05/18/2026

The Research Unit for Kierkegaard Studies in Aarhus invites you
to an open lecture by Markus Kleinert (CFvS Foundation Munich & Kierkegaard-Forschungsstelle, Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt University),

which is entitled “To be Blissful: On Feelings and Sentimentality.”
The lecture will take place on May 22, 2026, 14:15-16:00
in room 1481-264 (Aarhus University, Nobelparken) and online.

It is part of the series “Kierkegaard’s Methodology in the History of Philosophy.”

For more information and registration: