The Science and Research Centre Koper received 100 books of German classical poetry and literature

Yesterday, the “German Literature in Koper” ceremony, organised by the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies of the Science and Research Centre Koper, took place in the Centre for Humanities of the Science and Research Centre Koper. The event was dedicated to the donation of books from the collection of Edith and Horst Nahler, the late scholars of German classical poetry and literature from Weimar.

The donation of 100 books was received by theHead of the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies of the Science and Research Centre Koper, Professor Lenart Škof, PhD, and Head of the Science and Research Centre Koper Library, Peter Čerče, after the intervention of Gerald Hühner from the Discimus Lab (Videm pri Ptuju); in addition to the leadership of the Science and Research Centre Koper (Professor Rado Pišot, PhD, CEO of the Science and Research Centre Koper, and  Tilen Glavina, PhD, deputy CEO of the Science and Research Centre Koper), the cultural attache of the German embassy, Ms Julia Neblich and the CEO of the Goethe-Institut in Slovenia,  Alix Landgrebe, PhD, also kindly graced us with their presence.

The handover of this extensive donation of books was accompanied by two other events: a lecture held by the philosopher and comparative literature scholar  Alberto Parisi, PhD, from the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies of the Science and Research Centre Koper, on the significance of the breath and wind in the German classical and modern poetry, and a presentation of two recently published books in the German language, penned by researchers of the Science and Research Centre Koper – the work Mussolini und Hitler in den Kirchen des slowenischen Küstenlandes written by Professor Egon Pelikan, PhD, andAntigones Schwestern: Über die Matrix der Liebe written by Professor Lenart Škof, PhD.

This presentation was followed by another presentation, this time of the book written by the academician Professor Jože Pirjevec, PhD, entitled Tito in tovariši. During the last part of the ceremony, the guests watched the English version of the documentary Tone Kralj in prostor meje (Tone Kralj and the Space of the Border) directed by Professor Egon Pelikan, PhD, and Marko Radmilovič, which was also shown during the Frankfurt Book Fair.

“At a time when we are witnessing indescribable violence and wars in the vicinity of Europe and around the world, and when many democratic European traditions are once again threatened by political and populist forces that are also powered by the lore of the violent and destructive totalitarist regimes of the past, books represent the bond of cooperation between cultures and nations, with poetry and its messages being particularly committed to calling for peace, coexistence, and integration,” said Professor Lenart Škof, PhD, regarding the core message of the event.