Hölderlin 2020–26

The anniversary year 2020 – marking the 250th birthdays of Hölderlin, Hegel and Beethoven, and the 100th birthday (as well as the 50th anniversary of his death) of Paul Celan – unfortunately turned out quite differently from what had been planned due to the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the pandemic, almost all of the more than 650 events planned across Europe to mark Hölderlin’s anniversary had to be cancelled or postponed.
For Hölderlin’s 250th birthday, see also the article from ‘Forschung & Lehre-Online’ under ‘Documents’ here:
From 9 to 12 June 2022, the 37th Annual Conference of the International Hölderlin Society finally took place in Tübingen under the title ‘Why Poets in Meagre Times?’, which had already been planned for 2020. The 38th Annual Conference took place from 23 to 26 May on the theme ‘Hölderlin’s Beginnings’ in his birthplace, Lauffen am Neckar, and the 39th Annual Conference took place from 28 to 31 May 2026 in Tübingen on the theme ‘Hölderlin’s Images’.

Since the Hölderlin-Hegel-Beethoven-Celan anniversary year in 2020, the following have been published:

• J. Chr. Fr. Hölderlin, Theoretical Writings. With an introduction and notes, edited by J. Kreuzer. Revised and expanded new edition, Hamburg 2020.
• J. Kreuzer (ed.), Hölderlin Handbook. Second, revised and expanded edition, Berlin 2020
• Memory. On the connection between Hölderlin’s theoretical fragments ‘Das untergehende Vaterland …’ and ‘Wenn der Dichter einmal des Geistes mächtig ist …’. New, revised edition with an afterword, Paderborn 2021.

Available since March 2023:

• Meister Eckhart. On the Foundation of the Soul. A selection from the German sermons. Edited with an afterword and notes by J. Kreuzer, Ditzingen 2023.

Adorno as an interdisciplinary philosopher.

• As a survey of current research, criticism and reinterpretation, including a chronology, a list of lectures and seminars, and a detailed bibliography, the Adorno Handbook was published in 2011 in the context of the work of the Adorno Research Centre. Life–Work–Impact, edited by Richard Klein, Johann Kreuzer and Stefan Müller-Doohm, published by J.B. Metzler. The second, revised and expanded edition has been available since 2019 (see New Editions). See also the article marking the 50th anniversary of Adorno’s death in 2019 from *Forschung&Lehre-Online*.

Philosophy of Music.

• Available from Königshausen & Neumann : *On the Meaning of Listening*. Essays on the Philosophy of Music, edited by Georg Mohr and Johann Kreuzer. Further information can be found here: pdf Mohr-Kreuzer_On the Meaning of Listening.

Introduction to Augustine.

• Available since 2013: Johann Kreuzer, *An Introduction to Augustine*, 2nd, revised edition published by Junius-Verlag (3rd edition overall).

Towards Hölderlin.

• Available since 2015: Sabine Doering and Johann Kreuzer (eds.), *On the Way to Hölderlin: Studies on His Life and Work*, Oldenburg 2015.

New editions

• J. Chr. Fr. Hölderlin, Theoretical Writings. With an introduction and notes, edited by Johann Kreuzer. Revised and expanded new edition, Hamburg 2020.
• Adorno Handbook: Life–Work–Impact, edited by Richard Klein, Johann Kreuzer and Stefan Müller-Doohm. Second, revised and expanded edition, J. B. Metzler, Berlin 2019.
• Hölderlin Handbook. Life–Work–Impact, edited by Johann Kreuzer. Second, revised and expanded edition, J. B. Metzler, Berlin 2020.
• Memory. On the Connection between Hölderlin’s Theoretical Fragments ‘Das untergehende Vaterland …’ and ‘Wenn der Dichter einmal des Geistes mächtig ist …’. New, revised edition with an afterword, Paderborn 2021.

• 30 May 2026: Report for the General Meeting at the 39th Annual Conference of the International Hölderlin Society, Tübingen
• 28 May 2026: Speech at the opening of the 39th Annual Conference of the International Hölderlin Society Hölderlin’s Images, Tübingen
• 27 January 2026: Welcome address at the presentation of the results of the X-ray fluorescence analysis of poems from Friedrich Hölderlin’s late work, Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe
• 11 November 2025: Opening and welcome address for the lecture ‘Stefan Zweig and Friedrich Hölderlin – a literary encounter’ by Elena Polledri and Erika Capovilla, Tübingen
• 26 May 2025: The Sensuality of Language: G.B. Vico, Filosofia Italiana / Institute of Philosophy, Oldenburg
• 6 May 2025: Opening and welcome to the lecture ‘In the Midst of Time’ – Hölderlin’s Hymn Germania in the light of Heidegger by Jörg Robert, Hölderlin Tower, Tübingen 2025
• 25 May 2024: Report for the general meeting at the 38th Annual Conference of the Hölderlin Society, Lauffen am Neckar
• 24 May 2024: Moderation of the panel discussion But I, for my part, want to go to the Caucasus! at the 38th Annual Conference of the International Hölderlin Society, Lauffen am Neckar
• 23 May 2024: Opening address at the 38th Annual Conference of the International Hölderlin Society Hölderlin’s Early Years , Lauffen am Neckar
• 11 December 2023: Self-knowledge and history. Augustine as a Church Father, series of lectures On the Life of the Mind – Ancient Origins and Christian Horizons, University of Oldenburg, 2023
• 14 November 2023: Opening, Tower Lectures. New series, Hölderlin Tower, Tübingen 2023
• 24 May 2023: Tense Relationships: Hölderlin – Schiller and Goethe, Goethe Society, Oldenburg
• 19 May 2023: Adorno’s Conversation with Walter Benjamin. Online lecture as part of the ‘Reflection and Critique’ lecture series, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhuhai (PR China)
• 20 April 2023: Participation in the press conference marking the opening of the Hölderlin House in Nürtingen