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philosophy and aesthetics, respectively. Dr. Groys also offered seminars on the topics “Life in
the Post-Histoire” (fall semester) and “The Symbolic Exchange” (spring semester). Prof. Peter
Sloterdijk went on sabbatical in the fall semester 2008/09 in order to finish his book, “Du
mußt Dein Leben ändern. Über Anthropotechniken” [You Have to Change Your Life. On An-
thropo-Techniques.]. The students then benefited directly from this work in the spring semes-
ter of 2009, in a seminar by the title “Anthropo-Techniques, Traditional and Modern,” con-
ducted in cooperation with the Academic Assistant to the Rector, Marc Jongen, M.A. In the
fall semester, Marc Jongen also held a textual-study seminar on the question of the “Return
of Religion?” in contemporary philosophy. Prof. Carlos Oliveira served as Visiting Professor
for Philosophy and Aesthetics in the fall semester, and Prof. Giovanni Leghissa in the spring
semester. Prof. Oliveira examined “Aesthetic Theories and Art Philosophies” from the ancient
world to the present in one seminar, and in another, put to the test “Critical Theory(ies) –
Then and Now.” Prof. Leghissa, together with the Vice Rector of HfG, Dr. Uwe Hochmuth,
M.A., undertook a “Criticism of Neoliberal Reason,” or an “Attempt at a Deconstruction of the
Economic Discourse.” He also offered an “Introduction to Cultural Studies,” which examined
the discipline’s genealogy and political significance. Prof. Heiner Mühlmann’s teaching appointment
encompassed both the fall and spring semesters and allowed him to continue his
multi-semester teaching and research project at the HfG on “Philosophical and Experimental
Rhetoric.” In the fall semester, he was assisted by neurologist, linguist, and lecturer Dr. Thomas
Grunwald of the Swiss Epilepsy Center in Zurich, who used ERP [Event-Related Potential]measurements
to measure students’ brain responses in order to document and improve the effects
of training. In the spring semester, Prof. Mühlmann, together with Prof. Wilfried Kühn,
also conducted a seminar on “Reconstructivism, Ornamental Architecture, and the Use of
Adornment in General.” Department research staff member, Barbara Kuon, M.A., taught a
seminar called “Deep Down” in the fall semester, which looked at philosophical materialism
from antiquity to the present. In the spring semester, she held a seminar on “Product Fetishism”
in the works of Marx, Benjamin, Adorno, and others. In addition, the following teaching
appointments were assigned for the fall semester 2008/09: Prof. Hinderk Emrich and Prof.
Edgar Reitz (“The Philosophy of Space in Cinema”), Dr. Joseph Cohen (“Derrida and the Problem
of Philosophy“), Matthias Müller, M.A. (“Neuroscience and Aesthetics”), as well as Dr.
Christoph Narholz and Dr. Cai Werntgen (“The Glass Palace and its Criticism”).
Exkursionen
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich besuchte im Zuge seines Seminars »Kunst in der DDR« die Ausstel-
lung »Kunst und Kalter Krieg. Deutsche Positionen 1945 bis 1989« im Germanischen National-
museum in Nürnberg. Ihre Lehre ergänzend studierte Prof. Dr. Julia Gelshorn in Paris Dar-
stellungen von Privatheit und Repräsentation in der Genremalerei und in Porträts der Samm-
lungen. Gemeinsam beobachteten beide Professoren mit Studenten das Phänomen »Kunst-
messe« und die Lage des Kunstmarktes auf der Art Basel. Die 53. Biennale di Venezia
motivierte Robert Eikmeyer zu einer Erkundung. Marc Jongen besuchte mit seinen Studenten
den Freiburger »diskursiven Salon« zum Thema »Paulus – die Umschreibung des Messias«, an
dem neben Peter Sloterdijk auch Norbert Bolz und Uwe Jochum teilnahmen.
Excursions
Kunstwissenschaft und Medientheorie /
Art Research and Media Theory
Prof. Wolfgang Ullrich, as part of his seminar “Art in the GDR,” visited the exhibition “Art and
the Cold War. German Positions from 1945 to 1989” [Kunst und Kalter Krieg. Deutsche Posi-
tionen 1945 bis 1989] at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum [Germanic National Museum] in
Nuremberg. To complement her courses, Dr. Julia Gelshorn studied expressions of privacy
and representation in genre painting and in the portraits of the collections in Paris. Togeth-
er, both professors and their students analyzed the phenomenon of the “art show” and the sit-
uation of the art market at the Art Basel. Robert Eikmeyer visited the 53rd Biennale di Ven-
ezia. Marc Jongen and his students attended the Freiburg “Discourse Salon” [diskursiver Sa-
lon] on the topic “Paul – Transcribing the Messiah” [Paulus – die Umschreibung des Messias].
In attendance were also Peter Sloterdijk, Norbert Bolz, and Uwe Jochum.
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