[SydPhil] CHOP Research Seminar - Jürgen Overhoff (Münster) - October 8

[Catherine Wesselinoff]

The Notre Dame Centre for the History of Philosophy warmly invites you to this Research Seminar.

TIME: Thursday, October 8, 1:00 - 2:30 pm

IN PERSON: University of Notre Dame Australia, Broadway/Sydney Campus, NDS23/102 (46 Mountain Street Ultimo, NSW, 2007)

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ONLINE: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/414374366317951?p=DA6NWSutirAHYDPm6c
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SPEAKER: Jürgen Overhoff (Münster)

TITLE: "Lecturing on education: Immanuel Kant's use of pedagogy in his philosophy"

ABSTRACT: During his tenure as a professor at the University of Königsberg, the moral philosopher Immanuel Kant also gave several lectures on pedagogy. On the one hand, he was complying with requirements set by the Prussian government; on the other hand, he had developed a genuine interest in educational issues ever since reading Rousseau’s "Émile". This lecture sheds light on Kant’s interest in educational processes and discusses the indispensable role that pedagogy played in his philosophy at a time when education was being established as a science in Prussia.
BIO: Jürgen Overhoff is professor of the history of education at the Universität Münster, where he directs the Working Group for German-American Educational History. Educated in Berlin, London, and Cambridge, he specializes in the Enlightenment and transatlantic educational history. His previously published books include a monograph on the political thought of Thomas Hobbes and a biography of Benjamin Franklin, alongside studies of Johann Bernhard Basedow, philanthropinism, and Frederick the Great. From 2018 to 2022 he served as president of the German Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. His latest book, "George Washington and Frederick the Great: Parallel Lives" was published with Princeton University Press in 2026.


Dr Catherine Wesselinoff
The University of Notre Dame Australia.
Lecturer | School of Philosophy and Theology
Lead, Strategic Programs and Partnerships | Institute for Ethics and Society (IES)

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Aesthetics Area Editor (Acting)

Recent Publications:
"Beauty's Comeback", Debates in Aesthetics, Vol 19. No. 2, 2025, pp 35-45.
"Apophatic Beauty in the Hippias Major and the Symposium", The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 82, Issue 1, 2024, pp 36-44.
The Revival of Beauty: Aesthetics, Experience, and Philosophy, Routledge, 2023.

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