The Central European Institute Søren Kierkegaard

The Central European Institute Søren Kierkegaard was established after the 4th International Philosophical Symposium of Miklavž Ocepek,[1] organized by KUD Apokalipsa in June 2013 to commemorate the bicentennial of the birth of Søren Kierkegaard at the initiative of dr. Primož Repar,[2] who committed himself to the lifelong study of the thoughts of the "pioneer of existentialism" and is also the first systematic translator of his works into Slovene from the Danish original and the first to receive a doctorate in Slovenia from his work.

[6] The specialty of the institute is that it is broadly conceptualized not only to study Kierkegaard's thought, its Central European context but Kierkegaard's thought is dedicated to the development of philosophy of existence, interdisciplinary dialogue of domestic, Central European and world dimensions in many creative fields of philosophy, science, psychoanalysis, gender studies, anthropology, aesthetics, etc.

From the very beginning, the conferences have been held at Cankarjev Dom[7] in Ljubljana, where they update Kierkegaard's thought every year according to a burning topic concerning the social and spiritual situation in the world.

[9] The editors of the sub-collection are Darko Štrajn from Slovenia and Jasna Koteska from North Macedonia, who is also a member of its Academy of Sciences and Arts.

[10][11][12] In collaboration with a related institute and Canadian supporters (Kierkegaard Circle,[13] as well as CERI – SK Nitra, Slovakia), it has also published one of the publications Acta Kierkegaardiana Suppliment.