Gemma Adesso & Rafael Carrión Arias
The tenth and final session of the International Seminar Nietzsche’s Basel Lectures will be dedicated to the theme Greek Literature and will take place online on 17 June 2026 (Wednesday), from 16:00 to 18:00 (UTC+1). The session will be led by Gemma Adesso, with a presentation entitled “The Art of Reading and Writing”, and Rafael Carrión Arias, who will speak on “History of Greek Literature from 1874-76: The Origins of Genealogical Method in F. Nietzsche”.
The Art of Reading and Writing
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History of Greek Literature from 1874-76: The Origins of Genealogical Method in F. Nietzsche
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About the seminar
It is now widely accepted among experts on Nietzsche’s work that his Basel lectures are essential to a proper understanding of the development of his thinking. Now that the lectures have been published in the critical edition of the complete works, it is necessary to study their sources and the methods used in them, as well as their philological and philosophical content. Despite this, they remain largely unexplored. While some relevant research has emerged, it has focused mainly on specific lectures. There is therefore still a need for research that covers all the lectures, studies them systematically and in their interrelationships, looking for differences and similarities and seeking to determine to what extent decisive aspects of what distinguishes Nietzsche’s thought are already present in them or not. This seminar aims to be a first contribution to filling this gap. It will consist of ten monthly sessions. Each session will focus on one of the series of lectures and its key topic. And it will feature two speakers. The seminar format, with its discussion among all participants after each presentation, is a fruitful model for a project of this kind. Attendance to each seminar session must be preceded by registration through one of the organisers, who will provide the respective link (carlottasantini@hotmail.it, enasser@uol.com.br, plima@fcsh.unl.pt). For more information, see the full seminar programme below.
Org. Carlotta Santini (CNRS/ENS, Paris), Eduardo Nasser (UFPE/UFABC), Paulo Lima (IFILNOVA/NOVA FCSH)