Join Hannah Arendt biographer and scholar Samantha Rose Hill on a thought-provoking journey through our city Heidelberg, tracing the footsteps of one of the 20th century's most influential thinkers. What traces of Arendt linger from her apartment to the University where she studied with the renowned philosopher Karl Jaspers? Drawing from Arendt’s intimate letters, notebooks, and poetry, we’ll uncover her reflections on Heidelberg, her time with Jaspers, and the lasting impact this city had on her ideas. The walk begins at the main entrance to the university library.

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Samantha Rose Hill is the author of Hannah Arendt (2021) and Hannah Arendt’s Poems (2023). She teaches at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research and the University of the Underground. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Aeon and LitHub, among others.