"Heidegger on Language, Poetry and the Holy," Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford, January 26, 2008.

A one-day colloquium on themes of language, poetry and religion in Heidegger Morning session: 9.30-12.45 am

• Judith Tonning (University of Oxford): Heidegger’s Early Reading of Romantic Poetry
• Paola-Ludovika Coriando (University of Freiburg): Language and simplicity: Hölderlin and Heidegger
• Paul Davies (University of Sussex): Poetic Moods and the Idea of the Holy

Afternoon Session: 2-5 pm

• Simon Jarvis (University of Cambridge): Language, Truth and Verse
• Robin Purves (University of Central Lancashire): Heideggerian Influences on British Poets of the 1960s and 1970s
• George Pattison (University of Oxford): The Philosopher and the Word of the Novelist: Heidegger, Death, and Russian Literature

The colloquium will be held in Lecture Room 1, Christ Church on Saturday 26th January from 9.30 a.m.-5 p.m.and is open to all.