Helgard Mahrdt

Guest researcher - Centre for Gender Research
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Academic interests

  • Enlightenment (Immanuel Kant)
  • Phenomenology and Existentialism (Martin Heidegger, Karl Jaspers)
  • Political philosophy (Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, Hannah Arendt), interdisciplinary studies in literature and philosophy

Work in progress

  • Hannah Arendt – to be at home in the world. Intellectual Biography, Vidar Forlag, Oslo.

Selected teaching

Hannah Arendt - Wordliness, Plurality and Education. PhD course May 2014

"On Humantiy in Dark Times" - a seminar on Hannah Arendt 30./31. oct. 2014

2008 Lecture Series on Hannah Arendt, Oslo College, Department of Social Sciences: Hannah Arendt - To be at home in the world

2006 PhD Seminar, Hannah Arendt: “Responsibility and Judgment – Between Ethics and Politics,” Ethics Programme, University of Oslo, September 25-29

Educational Background

  • Master's degree in Philosophy, University of Oslo 2005
  • Dr. Art in German literature, University of Tromsø 1996

Work Experience

  • 2009- Norwegian Government Grant
  • 2007 Visiting Professor, University of Ljubljana/ Slovenia
  • 2004 Associate Professor (substitute), ILOS, University of Oslo
  • 2003 Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Copenhagen
  • 2002 Kluge fellow, John W. Kluge-Centre, Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
  • 1999-02 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Germanic Literatures and Languages, University of Oslo

Collaborative Projects

  • Collaboration with Sissel Lægreid (UiB) : Herta Müller anthology (Tiden norsk forlag)
  • Collaboration with Lene Auestad (IFIKK, UiO) : Hannah Arendt anthology (Tapir academic press)

Appointments

  • 2007/08 Visiting professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Ljubljana/ Slovenia.
Tags: Hannah Arendt, Political Philosophy, Education, Bildung

Publications

  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2022). Hannah Arendt on love, friendship and politics. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-1943. 57(3-4), p. 169–182. doi: 10.18261/nft.57.3-4.7. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2022). Responding to wrong doing. Ethics and Education. ISSN 1744-9642. 17(2), p. 197–210. doi: 10.1080/17449642.2022.2054541. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2020). Neoliberaler Wandel, Autorität, Freiheit und Erziehung. In Oeftering, Tonio; Meints-Stender, Waltraud & Dirk, Lange (Ed.), Hannah Arendt - Lektüren zur politischen Bildung. Springer. ISSN 978-3-658-30675-5. p. 125–145.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2019). The Joy of Thinking. Filosofisk supplement. ISSN 0809-8220. p. 9–11.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2018). “The Indispensability of Complete Openness for the Future of Humanitas: Hannah Arendt & Karl Jaspers in and on Free Communication, Conversation and Correspondence”. Existenz. ISSN 1932-1066. 13(2), p. 1–7.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Rethinking our refugee crisis with Hannah Arendt. Estudos Ibero-Americanos. ISSN 0101-4064. 43(3), p. 535–547. doi: 10.15448/1980-864X.2017.3.26138. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Auch um sich selbst nicht zu verlieren, braucht man Schönheit (Herta Müller). In Nubert, Roxana; Predoiu, Grazziella & Ana-Maria, Dascalu-Romitan (Ed.), Deutschsprachige literatur im Rumänichen kulturraum (19. - 21. jahrhundert)/ Interkulturelle begegnungen. Mirton Verlag. ISSN 978-973-52-1731-0. p. 134–148.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2015). Refugees and Europe: a dilemma or a turning point? Studier i Pædagogisk Filosofi. ISSN 2244-9140. 4(2), p. 6–23. doi: 10.7146/spf.v4i2.22548.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2015). Å tenke om det uforutsigbare med Hannah Arendt. In Torgersen, Glenn Egil (Eds.), Pedagogikk for det uforutsette. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245017687. p. 132–153.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2014). Hannah Arendt, intellektuelle og totalitarisme. In Sørensen, Øystein; Hagtvet, Bernt & Brandal, Nikolai (Ed.), Intellektuelle og det totalitære. Pervertert idealisme?. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISSN 978-82-8265-101-1. p. 344–364.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). Hannah Arendt - filosof, jøde og kvinne. Religion. Tidsskrift for Religionslærerforeningen for Gymnasiet og HF. ISSN 0108-4488.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). „Man kann sich doch nicht mit einer Katastrophe versöhnen.“ Herta Müller: Einführung in Leben und Werk. In Mahrdt, Helgard & Lægreid, Sissel Tone Ågot (Ed.), Dichtung und Diktatur ̶ Die Schriftstellerin Herta Müller. Verlag Königshausen & Neumann. ISSN 978-3-8260-5246-0. p. 27–54.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). Dichtung und Diktatur - Die Schriftstellerin Herta Müller. In Mahrdt, Helgard & Lægreid, Sissel Tone Ågot (Ed.), Dichtung und Diktatur ̶ Die Schriftstellerin Herta Müller. Verlag Königshausen & Neumann. ISSN 978-3-8260-5246-0. p. 13–21.

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  • Mahrdt, Helgard & Lægreid, Sissel Tone Ågot (2013). Dichtung und Diktatur ̶ Die Schriftstellerin Herta Müller. Verlag Königshausen & Neumann. ISBN 978-3-8260-5246-0. 232 p.

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  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2023). Hannah Arendt : Vita activa.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2023). Introduksjon i Margarethe von Trottas film: Hannah Arendt.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2023). Introduksjon i Margarethe von Trottas film: Hannah Arendt (2013).
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2023). Responding to Wrongdoing. In Bostad, Inga; Papastephanou, Marianna & Strand, Torill (Ed.), Justice, Education, and the World of Today. Philosophical Investigations. Routledge. ISSN 9781032355351. p. 97–111. doi: 10.4324/9781003327332.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2022). Samtale med Lars Holm-Hansen ( Existens forlag) om Joke J. Hermens bok: Snu tidevannet. med Rosa Luxemburg og Hannah Arendt.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2022). Perspektiver på tenkning: Hannah Arendt del II.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2022). Perspektiver på tenkning: Hannah Arendt.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard; Heuer, Wolfgang; Kasper, Raffael; Kohn, Jerome; Spaid, Sue & Dewey, Fred (2022). Freedom and Neighbourhood Reflecting on the Example of Fred Dewey. HannahArendt.Net. 1(12). doi: 10.57773/hanet.v12i1.520.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard & Pettersen, Tove (2022). Samtale om Hannah Arendts og Simone de Beauvoirs tilnærming til fenomenet kjærlighet.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2021). Hannah Arendt on Love, Friendship, and Politics.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2020). “The question is: Is there a way of thinking which is not tyrannical?” .
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2019). Dilemmas of Inclusion.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2019). panel debatt om Ada Ushpiz dokumentarfilm Hannah Arendt - vita activa i Stockholm.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2019). Living in a global present – roots, identity, and communication: The Arendtian Perspective.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2019). ’Amo volo ut sis’”, ‘I love you: I want you to be’” – Re-thinking belonging with Hannah Arendt .
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2019). ’der Natur nicht absolut verpflichtet’ Naturbegriff und Naturverhältnisse bei Hannah Arendt.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2019). Hannah Arendt's contribution to narrative Inquiry.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2019). To think “between past and future” and “without bannisters”.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2018). Etienne Balibar’s reflections on Europe – key concepts relevant for political education; report from workshop 02. December 2017.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2018). Hannah Arendts Kritik an Karl Marx.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2018). “Re-thinking the public realm with Hannah Arendt” .
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2018). Globaliseringskonferanse panelsamtale OMEP Norge (verdens organisasjon for små barns oppvekst).
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2018). Learning to be Human - årets verdenskonferanse i filosofi i Kina. [Newspaper]. NY TID.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2018). Cappelens upopulære podkaster: Bernt Hagtvet i samtale med Helgard Mahrdt om Hannah Arendts essay "Makt og Vold" https://soundcloud.com/cappelensupop. [Internet]. Cappelen forlag.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2018). “The realm of humanitas. Karl Jaspers and Hannah Arendt”.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2018). “Reflecting with Hannah Arendt on Understanding,Storytelling and Reconciliation” .
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2018). Hva skjer når 8000 filosofer møtes i Kina? [Radio]. Verdibørsen.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2018). "Hannah Arendt and the Notion of Plurality". Filosofisk supplement. ISSN 0809-8220. p. 22–28.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2018). Forskere uten norsk. [Radio]. NRK P2 Verdibørsen.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Boklansering Makt og vold. Tre Essay av Hannah Arendt.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). «En menneskelig verden».
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Thinking and Judging in Times of Fake Facts – Why Hannah Arendt Matters .
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Samtale med filosof Odin Lysaker om Hannah Arendt.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Samtale med Anne Granberg om Vita activa – the Spirit of Hannah Arendt .
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Hannah Arendt – in der Welt zu Hause sein.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Hannah Arendt on Natality, Plurality and Education.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Ada Ushpiz' film Hannah Arendt - Vita activa.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Ada Ushpiz film Vita activa.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Charlie Chaplin og Hannah Arendt om totalitarisme . [Radio]. NRKP2.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). del to av 3 del serie om Hannah Arendt. [Radio]. NRKP2.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Hannah Arendt om "fake news". [Radio]. NRKP2.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Introduction into the documentary film Vita activa the spirit of Hannah Arendt. [TV]. Cinemateket Oslo.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Vita activa the Spirit of Hannah Arendt panel debate. [TV]. Kunstnernes Hus.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Vita activa The spirit of Hannah Arendt. [TV]. Oslo Kunstnernes Hus.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). "Hannah Arendt: Å tenke i mørke tider". Ny Tid. ISSN 0809-9049.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Hannah Arendt er svært aktuell også i dag. [Internet]. Uniforum Oslo.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2017). Hannah Arendt Å tenke i mørke tider. [Radio]. NRK Oslo.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2016). Ein Denken ohne Geländer und die Freude am Gespräch.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2016). Hannah Arendt om autoritet: en viktig stemme for oppdragelsen.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2016). "Auch um sich selbst nicht zu verlieren, braucht man Schönheit" (Herta Müller).
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2016). Å leve sammen i mangfold - og danning.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2016). Europe after Brexit: Rethinking Politics and Education with Hannah Arendt.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2016). Ansvar, autoritet og frihet. In Kvamme, Ole Andreas; Kvernbekk, Tone & Strand, Torill (Ed.), Pedagogiske fenomener. En innføring. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202494667. p. 189–201.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2016). Hannah Arendt som flyktning. [Newspaper]. Ny Tid.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2016). Underveis i historien. Ingeborg Bachmanns forfatterskap. [Newspaper]. Klassekampen.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2016). Hannah Arendt: kjønn, etnisitet og det offentlige rom .
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2015). The outstanding character of action - Hannah Arendt and the Unpredictable.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2015). Political key terms: action and freedom, private and Public, constitution and power.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2015). Flyktninger og Europa: dilemma eller vendepunkt?
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2015). Autoritet og frihet.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2015). Å tenke om det uforutsigbare med Hannah Arendt.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2015). Refugees and Europe: a dilemma and a turning point?
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2015). Hannah Arendt on " the Right to Have Rights".
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2015). Hannah Arendt: kjønn, etnisitet og det offentlige rom.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2015). Authority and Freedom.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2015). Education: Principles and “Personality”.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2014). „Ich will mit Utopien nichts mehr zu tun haben“.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2014). Om Margareta von Trottas Hannah Arendt film.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2014). Hannah Arendt, kjønn, etnisitet og det offentlige rom.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2014). Hannah Arendt om vennskap.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2014). To Think about the Unpredictable with Hannah Arendt.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2014). Hva gjør friheten med oss?
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). Hanna Arendt: Kjønn, etnisk tilhørighet og det offentlige rom.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). Hannah Arendt "Hennes tanker forandret verden". Pedagogisk profil. ISSN 0805-5610. 3, p. 39–41.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). artikkelutkast: Eichmann i Jerusalem: Hannah Arendts fortelling om ansvar, skyld og dømmekraft.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). Perspektiver på Hannah Arendts tanker og Margarethe von Trottas film om Hannah Arendt.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). Hannah Arendt om tenkning og den reflekterende dømmekraft.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). Tankegods: Hannah Arendt. [TV]. Cinemateket.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). Tettere på Arendt. [Internet]. Salongen. nettstedet for filosofi og idehistorie.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). Hannah Arendt: En tenker uten gelender. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839. p. 14–15.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). Hannah Arendt : intellektuell lidenskap Innføring i von Trottas Arendt film.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). "Drunk With History" - Hannah Arendt, Intellectuals and Totalitarianism.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). Margrethe von Trottas film om Hannah Arendt. [Radio]. NRKP2.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard & Lægreid, Sissel Tone Ågot (2013). Vorwort. In Mahrdt, Helgard & Lægreid, Sissel Tone Ågot (Ed.), Dichtung und Diktatur ̶ Die Schriftstellerin Herta Müller. Verlag Königshausen & Neumann. ISSN 978-3-8260-5246-0. p. 9–12.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). The Engagements of Disclosure and the Plural: Hannah Arendt and the Thinking of Action.A Reading Seminar on Hannah Arendt.
  • Mahrdt, Helgard (2013). “Hannah Arendt and the notion of phronesis”.

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