2026 Programme
Our courses run as seminars: Short lectures introduce the material, followed by close reading and sustained student discussion. They are not strictly divided into beginner, intermediate, or advanced levels, but are designed to welcome participants from all backgrounds.
Explanations are build from the ground up - no prior knowledge is assumed, and key ideas are unpacked carefully to ensure the material is fully accessible, while still offering new perspectives and interpretive questions for those with more experience.
We read canonical texts alongside lesser-known figures, tracing lines of influence that are often overlooked. To support this process, written summaries are provided after every three to four sessions, helping students follow the trajectory of the course and sharpen key points.
Past Courses
Michel Foucault: From Archaeology to Genealogy
This course traces the formation of Foucault’s method through his dialogue with Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, phenomenology, and structuralism - showing how his philosophy emerged from, and ultimately overturned, the traditions that shaped modern thought.
Experimentations with the History of Philosophy: Problems, Rhythms, and Encounters
This course offers a wide-angle introduction to how 20th-century French thinkers reimagined the history of philosophy - not as a static record of past ideas, but as a space for conceptual invention and experimentation. What is often treated as a rigid and remote tradition becomes, in their hands, a resource for creative and critical transformation. Taking a broad perspective, it invites participants to explore key shifts in Continental thought through a series of large brushstrokes.