Author Meets Critics: Hannah Arendt's Unwritten Chapter on Judging

What does it mean to judge - politically, morally, in public life? Hannah Arendt left that question unfinished. This symposium brings together philosophers from Ireland, Germany, Canada, and the United States to examine Samantha Fazekas' new book, Hannah Arendt's Unwritten Chapter on Judging (De Gruyter, 2025), which reconstructs Arendt's theory of judgment through a close reading of Kant's aesthetic.

Fazekas argues that Arendt's appropriation of Kantian reflective judgment offers a model for political judgment that is neither purely formal nor detached from the worldly, public character of political life.

Samantha Fazekas is a Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses on Kantian and post-Kantian philosophy, with a particular interest in the work of Hannah Arendt. She completed her PhD at Trinity College Dublin in 2023.

Date: Wednesday, 2 June 2026

Time: 9.00 – 17.00

Venue: TRiSS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin

Attendance is free but registration required

Venue: TRiSS Seminar Room

9.00-9.30: Coffee & Welcome

9.30-10.00: Dr. Samantha Fazekas (Trinity College Dublin)

10.00-11.00: Prof. Lilian Alweiss (Trinity College Dublin)

11.00-11.15: Coffee break

11.15-12.15: Dr. Maria Robaszkiewicz (Paderborn University)

12.15-13.45: Lunch

13.45-14.45: Prof. Ronald Beiner (University of Toronto)

14.45-15.45: Prof. Roger Berkowitz (Bard College) [online]

15.45-16.00: Coffee break

16.00-17.00: Dr. Astrid Hähnlein (University of Freiburg)

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