Søren Kierkegaard Research Center
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Søren Kierkegaard Research Center (Søren Kierkegaard Forskningscentret) at the University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...

 in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 is an independent foundation headed by Dr. Niels Jørgen Cappelørn
Niels Jørgen Cappelørn
Niels Jørgen Cappelørn is a Danish theologian, Søren Kierkegaard scholar and director of Søren Kierkegaard Research Center at the University of Copenhagen. He has written and edited a number of books on Kierkegaard, and was editor of Index til Søren Kierkegaards Papirer, bind XIV-XVI...

, and is dedicated to the research and promotion of 19th century philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish Christian philosopher, theologian and religious author. He was a critic of idealist intellectuals and philosophers of his time, such as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel...

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The purpose of Søren Kierkegaard Research Center is:
  • to carry out and promote Kierkegaard research from literary, theological and philosophical perspectives at both the national and international level
  • to establish a new complete edition of all of Kierkegaard’s writings: the works he himself had published, as well as the ones he left unfinished
    Unfinished work
    An unfinished work is creative work that has not been finished. Its creator may have chosen never to finish it or may have been prevented from doing so by circumstances outside of their control such as death. Such pieces are often the subject of speculation as to what the finished piece would have...

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Søren Kierkegaard’s Writings will be completed by 2009 containing 55 volumes. It is to be translated into English, German, French, Spanish, and Chinese.

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