College:

Hughes Hall

Email:

jk554@cam.ac.uk

Supervisor:

Dr Martin Ruehl

Research:

My research focuses on conceptions of Bildung, self-cultivation, and Die Schöne Seele, the Beautiful Soul in German philosophy, particularly in the work of Goethe and Schiller, in relation to the aesthetic features and discursive practices of Enlightenment salon culture. 

Scholarships/Prizes: 

Tiarks German Scholarship Fund 

Publications:

Kolata, Justine. "In Pursuit of the Beautiful Soul." The European, October 05, 2016. http://www.theeuropean-magazine.com/justine-kolata.

Kolata, Justine. "A Renaissance of Salon Culture." The European, August 29, 2016. http://www.theeuropean-magazine.com/justine-kolata/11239-new-culture-of-....

Conference papers:

‘”It was a strange conviction that I had, that I could somehow make these boys’ lives better, as by a kind of patronage”: Cruel Compassion in Hollinghurst’s The Swimming-Pool Library’, delivered at the ’Writing Affect’ conference at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Further Information:

Founder, Director,

The Public Sphere

 (www.publicspheresalons.com)