Symposium on Theodor W. Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory: “Paralipomena”

 

On 20 February, the Friedrich Schlegel Graduiertenschule and the Institut für Philosophie of Freie Universität Berlin will organise a symposium on Theodor W. Adorno’s Ästhetische Theorie. The focus of the event will be on the fragments collected under the heading Paralipomena at the end of the book (pp. 391–478). These consist of aphoristic notes, remarks, and additions that Adorno still intended to integrate into the main text. The aim of the symposium is to take up this unfinished task by placing a selection of the paralipomena within the broader context of the book.

Programme: Sebastian Tränkle (FU Berlin), Josef Früchtl (Amsterdam), Eva Geulen (HU Berlin), Gertrud Koch (FU Berlin), Christoph Hesse (ZfL Berlin), Christine Kirchhoff (IPU Berlin), Conrad Mattli (Basel), Christoph Haffter (Basel), Thijs Lijster (Groningen), Scott Cowan (UC Berkeley), Marcus Döller (Erfurt), Manuel Mazzucchini (Verona), Johannes Klein (FU Berlin), Niccolò Izzi (FU Berlin), Tobias Klein (FU Berlin), Sarah Geissler (FU Berlin), Emil Egenbauer (FU Berlin), Marvin Ester (HU Berlin), Anne Eusterschulte (FU Berlin), Errol Boon (FU Berlin). 

The symposium will take place on 20 February, from 09:00 to 19:30, at the Institut of Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin (Habelschwerdter Allee 30, 14195 Berlin). 

Christoph Haffter will give a talk in Fribourg on the topic:

Music as a spatial artform

Tuesday March 3, 2026, 15h15-17h

MIS02 - Raum 2118 University of Fribourg

Christoph Haffter will give a talk on musical space at the philosophy department of the University of Bern

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