The most obvious context for establishing a “woman-only” club is the process of carrying, delivering, and nursing children. Julia Kristeva speaks about the sacralization – and I dare add privatization and ultimately, and necessarily, fetishization – of motherhood. But no matter how unique and life-changing these processes are, and however complex they may be for the mother to process intellectually, it is surely crucial to include father.

Art is the focal point of Lenka’s work and life. She is both a practising artist and an art historian, so navigates the waters of both art and academia. Her holistic approach to art allows her to understand hermeneutical questions about her work not only consciously, rationally, but also unconsciously through the senses: for example, by building the methodology for her research on the interwar architecture of German-speaking architects with the help of the painting process.

I have enjoyed the coffee while recording my paper for the on-line seminar “Kierkegaard in France” organised by CRASSH in cooperation with the Faculty of Divinity and French Department, University of Cambridge, UK. The seminar kicked off on Wednesday May 7, 2021 (Kierkegaard’s birthday) and was carried on every Friday on until June 25.

‘Maybe Women Should Not Be Allowed to Go to University…’

This statement – unacceptable, not to say scandalous, in our Western context – was penned by none other than the world-famous feminist and literary author Margaret Atwood in her novel Edible Women published in 1969. The words are uttered by one of the male characters in the book.

The idea of “Coffee with…” is to capture my encounter with an inspiring person as genuinely as possible and to emphasise our meeting as flesh and blood persons to fight the creeping domination of disincarnated relations of social media.