Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Short presentation
Joakim Garff is Associate Professor and writer at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre at the University of Copenhagen and has been a co-editor of Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter [Søren Kierkegaard's Writings] in 55 vols. Garff is the author of SAK, an award winning biography of Kierkegaard, which has been translated into a number of languages; into English as Søren Kierkegaard: A Biography (Princeton University Press, 2005). From 1992 to 1999 Garff was Chair of the Danish Kierkegaard Society. Most recent book is Regines gåde. Historien om Kierkegaards forlovede og Schlegels hustru (2013) [The Riddle of Regine: The Story about Kierkegaard's Fiancée and Schlegel's Wife]. Currently Garff is working on the research-project Nisus formativus, concerning Kierkegaard's concept of self-identity and his critical approach to culture.
Primary fields of research
• Kierkegaard Studies
• Danish Golden Age
• Aesthetics
• Biography
• Hermeneutics
Current research
Nisus formativus. Dannelse, identitetsdannelse og dannelseskritik
Keywords
- Faculty of Theology
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Regines gåde: historien om Kierkegaards forlovede og Schlegels hustru
Garff, J., 2013, Gad. 478 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Communication
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Alle tiders Kierkegaard: 200 år med en global dansker
Garff, J., 2013, Kristeligt Dagblads Forlag. 266 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Communication
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”’Perfectibilitet’: Signalement af en tvetydig term”
Garff, J., 2010, At være sig selv nærværende: Festskrift til Niels Jørgen Cappelørn. Garff, J., Rocca, E. & Søltoft, P. (eds.). Kristeligt Dagblads Forlag, p. 30-50 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Dannelse, identitetsdannelse og dannelseskritik
Garff, J., 2008, At komme til sig selv. 15 portrætter af danske dannelsestænkere . Gad, p. 106-138 32 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Lo buffo dello spirito o Ab posse ad esse. Kierkegaard: Teatro, formazione e deconstruzione
Garff, J., 2008, In: Nota Bene, quaderni di studi kierkegaardiani. 6, p. 107-129Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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"What did I find? Not my I": On Kierkegaard's Journals and the Pseudonymous Autobiography
Garff, J., 2003, In: Kierkegaard Studies. p. 110-124Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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SAK: Søren Aabye Kierkegaard. En biografi
Garff, J., 2000, Gad. 740 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Communication
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"To produce was my life": Problems and Perspectives within the Kierkegaardian Biography
Garff, J., 1997, In: Kierkegaard Studies. Monography series. 1, p. 75-93Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Activities
- 1 Organisation of and participation in conference
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SKC Annual Conference 2024: “Kierkegaard Between Individuality and Sociality”
Iben Damgaard (Organizer), Joakim Garff (Organizer), Bjarke Mørkøre Stigel Hansen (Organizer), Elizabeth Xiao-An Li (Organizer) & René Rosfort (Organizer)
13 Aug 2024 → 16 Aug 2024Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference