Listening to the Past: A Walk Through Hannah Arendt’s Heidelberg
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Join Hannah Arendt biographer and scholar Samantha Rose Hill on a thought-provoking journey through our city Heidelberg, tracing the footsteps of one of the 20th century's most influential thinkers. What traces of Arendt linger from her apartment to the University where she studied with the renowned philosopher Karl Jaspers? Drawing from Arendt’s intimate letters, notebooks, and poetry, we’ll uncover her reflections on Heidelberg, her time with Jaspers, and the lasting impact this city had on her ideas. The walk begins at the main entrance to the university library.
The event is part of the Ways of Listening Festival, in collaboration with DAI Heidelberg. You can find an overview of the full program here.
Participants
Samantha Rose Hill is the author of Hannah Arendt (Reaktion Books, 2021) and Hannah Arendt’s Poems (Liveright, 2023). She teaches at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research and the University of the Underground. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Aeon, and LitHub, among others.
Partner
An event series in cooperation with the German American Institute Heidelberg
