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4th Workshop: Anthropologies in History: Classical German Perspectives (Padua,30.9-2.10.2025)
September 30 , 8:00 am / October 3 , 5:00 pm
Anthropology in History: Classical German Perspectives
4th Meeting of the Research Network
September 30 – October 2, 2025
Sala 7 (AIS 3), Piazza Capitaniato 3, Università degli Studi di Padova
Tuesday, September 30th – Kant: Anthropology and History
09:30–11:00
DS Kant’s Pragmatic Anthropology and Progress
(Intro: Luigi Filieri, Pisa)
11:30–13:00
DS Kant and the Idea of Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View
(Intro: Julia Peters, Heidelberg)
14:30–16:00
DS Kant’s Conjectures on the Beginning of Human History
(Intro: Giovanna Luciano, Padua)
Wednesday, October 1st – Post-Kantian Conceptions of Historical Anthropology I
09:30–11:00
DS Schelling and the History of Humanity
(Intro: Hannes Schülein, Bochum)
11:30–13:00
DS Spirit struggling against itself: Hegel on the preconditions of history
(Intro: Jonas Heller, Frankfurt)
14:30–16:00
DS Life, Habit, and Bildung: Anthropological and Natural Foundations of Hegel’s Philosophy of History
(Intro: Luca Corti, Padua)
16:30–18:00
PL Anthropology and History in Herder’s Abhandlung
(Christoph Bouton, Bordeaux)
Thursday, October 2nd – Post-Kantian Conceptions of Historical Anthropology II
09:30–11:00
DS Progress and Humanity: Marx and Hegel
(Intro: Markus Gante, Potsdam)
11:30–12:30
DS Marx: Anthropology and History
(Intro: Christoph Schuringa, London)
12:30–13:15
RS Final Discussion and Network Reflections
DS = Discussion Session
PL = Plenary Lecture
RS = Roundtable Session