#  Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives 

 



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 **April 1, 2026** 

 01:00PM - 02:30PM EDT 

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## Democracy as Shared Breath: Vulnerability, Ethics, and Religion in the Public Space 

### Speaker

- Lenart Škof, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies; Head of the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies, Science and Research Center Koper, Slovenia.

### Chair

- Panagiotis Roilos, Faculty Associate. George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies, Department of the Classics; Professor of Comparative Literature, Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University.

### Contact

**Hannah Stone**  
<hannahstone@g.harvard.edu>

### Bio

Dr. Lenart Škof is a Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies and Head of the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies at the Science and Research Centre Koper, Slovenia. He also serves as the Dean of the Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis at Alma Mater Europaea University. An expert in the intersections of American pragmatism, Continental philosophy, and Asian philosophies, Škof has authored several influential books, including: *God in Post-Christianity: An Elemental Philosophical Theology* (SUNY Press, 2024), *Antigone’s Sisters: On the Matrix of Love* (SUNY Press, 2021), and *Breath of Proximity: Intersubjectivity, Ethics and Peace* (Springer, 2015). He recently co-edited *Marian Reflections on War and Peace: Trauma, Mourning and Justice in Ukraine and Beyond* (Routledge, 2025). His academic career includes prestigious fellowships as a Fulbright visiting researcher at Stanford University (working with Richard Rorty) and a Humboldt visiting researcher at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies (with Hans Joas).



 

 



 

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- [ Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives ](/seminars/cultural_politics/schedule)
 
 

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