Events
LIVE STREAM on 12-13 May 2022, Rome: Conference The Tractatus Odyssey
LIVE STREAM: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH4-Aw6VI8JM7xQ7Nq4r-7w Questions will be allowed via E-Mail to office@wittgenstein-initiative.com Download PDF programme
Exhibition The Tractatus Odyssey in Tunisia
On 11 March 2022, the Austrian Embassy in Tunis, in cooperation with the Faculties of Humanities in Tunis and in Cairouan, organised a philosophy colloquium on Ludwig Wittgenstein and his […]
Wittgenstein’s PRIVATE NOTEBOOKS 1914-1916, translated and edited by Marjorie Perloff
Wittgenstein’s major writings have generally been published in bilingual editions that have German and English on facing pages. Wittgenstein wrote in his native German all his life, and because language […]
Die Wittgenstein Initiative trauert um Vizekanzler a.D. Dr. Erhard Busek
Die Wittgenstein Initiative trauert um Vizekanzler a.D. Dr. Erhard Busek, einen großen Unterstützer der Idee, Ludwig Wittgenstein wieder in seiner Geburtsstadt präsent zu machen. Busek war einer der letzten großen […]
Sondermarke Ludwig Wittgenstein Österreichische Post 2022
Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889 – 1951: Ein Philosoph von Weltrang Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Philosophen des 20. Jahrhunderts: Ludwig Wittgenstein, der 1889 in Wien geboren wurde und 1951 in […]
Allan Janik’s latest book: The Enigma of Otto Weininger
Otto Weininger (1880-1903) is the most controversial figure to emerge from fin de siècle Vienna. The son of a Jewish goldsmith, he studied philosophy and psychology at the University of Vienna […]
Season’s Greetings!
Christmas card from Ludwig Wittgenstein to Ben Richards. © Austrian National Library The handwritten G. b. y. always = God bless you always. Many thanks to Dr. Alfred Schmidt! The […]
On the Correspondence Ludwig Wittgenstein – Ben Richards
“I’m thinking of you constantly with love” 24 November 2021 by Dr. Alfred Schmidt, Austrian National Library. German original here. The extensive correspondence between Ludwig Wittgenstein and Ben Richards, of […]
Video: Welche Kreativität braucht Europa jetzt?
Bulgarisches Kulturinstitut HAUS WITTGENSTEIN Podiumsdiskussion Dr. Erhard Busek, ehemaliger Vizekanzler, Ehrenpräsident des Europäischen Forums Alpbach, Direktor des Instituts für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa Botschafter Dr. Emil Brix, Direktor der Diplomatischen Akademie […]
Welche Kreativität braucht Europa jetzt?
Mittwoch, 13.10.2021, 18:30 Uhr Bulgarisches Kulturinstitut HAUS WITTGENSTEIN Galerie Parterre, Saal 1 Parkgasse 18, 1030 Wien Podiumsdiskussion Dr. Erhard Busek, ehemaliger Vizekanzler, Ehrenpräsident des Europäischen Forums Alpbach, Direktor des Instituts für den […]
Marjorie @90: International Poetics Symposium in Celebration of Marjorie Perloff’s 90th birthday
Looking forward to celebrating Marjorie @ 90 with you online between 9:00 am and 11:30 am, September 25, 2021 (BEIJING TIME, CHINA) OR 6:00 pm and 8:30 pm, September 24, […]
Ludwig Wittgenstein im Österreich der Zwischenkriegszeit
Workshop “Zeit der Unkultur” 14.-15. Oktober 2021 Institut für Wissenschaft und Kunst: Wien 9, Berggasse 17 Ludwig Wittgensteins Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung ist Anfang der 1920er Jahre erschienen. Entsprechend der darin vertretenen […]
Happy 80th Birthday, Allan Janik!
Allan Janik has been the single most influential thinker in my academic career. His authorship is utmost inspiring, and has shaped my own interests in Wittgenstein and the whole Viennese […]
Marjorie Perloff is recipient of highest Austrian honours
On 10 June 2021, at the Leopold Museum in Vienna, Prof. Marjorie Perloff was awarded the highest Austrian distinction in culture and sciences: the Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst 1. […]
The Tractatus Odyssey virtual exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London
26 April – 31 May 2021 To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus the Austrian Cultural Forum London presents a part of our Tractatus […]
Sonderbriefmarke zu Ludwig Wittgensteins 70. Todestag
Commemorative Stamp on the 70th Anniversary of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Death Ludwig Wittgenstein starb am 29. April 1951 in Cambridge. Zum 70. Todestag eines der größten Philosophen des 20. Jahrhunderts gibt […]
Wittgenstein in Swansea
Ludwig Wittgenstein and Philosophy at Swansea by Alan Sandry Ludwig Wittgenstein’s association with Swansea University came about through his relationship with Rush Rhees, his former student, confidant, and literary executor, who worked […]
Infrastructure funds allocated to the Wittgenstein Archive at University of Bergen
The Wittgenstein Archive (WAB) has been awarded 1,670,000 NOK (about 167,000 EUR) for quality assurance and updating of the world’s research infrastructure for Wittgenstein’s Nachlass. Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), considered by […]
Marianne Heske: Icebreaker
Marianne Heske: ICEBREAKER Outdoor sound installation https://kunstnerneshus.no/utstillinger/marianne-heske-icebreaker “The piece is inspired from my childhood and native fjord, and was made in 1990. But this landscape was also the landscape Wittgenstein […]
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Dictating Philosophy
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Dictating Philosophy To Francis Skinner – The Wittgenstein-Skinner Manuscripts Editors: Gibson, Arthur, O’Mahony, Niamh Ann (Eds.) Is a newly discovered and unpublished collection of Wittgenstein’s continuous manuscripts Provides new insights […]
LIVESTREAM Discussion 17 December 2020: MISREADING WITTGENSTEIN
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 18:30 GMT (19:30 CET) ARTISTS’ RESPONSE TO WITTGENSTEIN Part 2 MISREADING WITTGENSTEIN: Kenneth Goldsmith’s I Declare a Permanent State of Happiness 62 artworks by Kenneth Goldsmith inspired by […]