OTIUM Travel
EVENTS CALENDAR 2025
PREVIOSLY EVENTS
CHRISTMAS SPIRITS:
AN ADVENT MEETING IN MAGICAL PRAGUE
Dates — December 13-14, 2025
Venue — Prague, Czech Republic
Lecturer — Andrej Baumeister
This time, the destination of our philosophical journeys was magical Prague. We met in this city to hear, sense, and recognize the presence of the Christmas spirits — in the magical space of majestic Prague, within ourselves, and in the depths of our hearts.
KEYS TO THE ETERNAL CITY: WHY ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME
At the crossroads of humanity's major narratives
Dates — November 14-16, 2025
Venue — Rome, Italy
Lecturer — Andrey Baumeister
The main goal of the workshop is that Rome will help us see and understand the plots and meanings of the most important spiritual stories.
ICON AND IDOL. The axis of history
Dates — October 10-12
Venue — Telavi, Georgia
Lecturer — Pavel Shchelin
The workshop centers on a reflection on the reality of the immaterial: whether it is possible to have a truth that cannot be measured or proven, but without which no genuine human history is possible.
IN SEARCH OF THE BIG MYTHS. Byzantine Lessons
Dates — May 2-4, 2025
Venue — Istanbul, Turkey
Lecturer — Pavel Shchelin
The main theme of the workshop is how individuals and societies can overcome the crisis of grand historical narratives. And the city of Constantinople, also known as Istanbul, will help us on our journey through history and overcome historiosophical laziness. A place where time can be felt with our hands, and the sharpness of historical debt cuts to the heart.
MY ONTOLOGY AND THE ONTOLOGY OF THE MODERN WORLD ORDERFoundations of Holistic Thinking
Dates — March 21-23, 2025
Venue — Berlin, Germany
Lecturer — Andrey Baumeister
The main goal of the workshop is to develop one's own ontology and the foundations of holistic thinking.
The workshop's thematic focus is world orders, their structure, essential properties, and influence on the history of civilizations.
"THE BAMBERG RIDER" AND THE SPIRITUAL CODE OF EUROPE
Advent meeting
Dates — December 7-8, 2024
Venue — Weimar, Germany
Lecturer — Andrey Baumeister
The workshop consists of lectures, answering questions, joint reading of Hoffmann's fairy tale "The Nutcracker", a visit to the Bamberg Cathedral (Kaiserdom) and the Historical Museum (Historisches Museum).
THE PERSONALITY ON THE PATH TO MEANING
Meaning and Human Existence
Dates — October 25-27, 2024
Venue — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lecturer — Andrey Baumeister
The main topic of the workshop is the search for and acquisition of meaning by the individual and society. But what is meaning? What do we understand by "meaning" and "meaningful life"? How did representatives of great civilizations and past generations understand meaning before us?
THINKING AND WORLDVIEW: freedom in the line of fire
When — May 10-12, 2024
Where — Berlin, Germany
Lecturer — Andrey Baumeister
Do we create our worldviews, or do they create them for us? Are we able to think critically and reasonably? How can we shift from a passive to an active stance on our own thinking and worldview? These questions are especially relevant today.
Holistic Thinking, Strong Decisions and Creative Living
When — February 16-18, 2024
Where — Florence, Italy
Lecturer — Andrey Baumeister
The main goal of the workshop is to learn to connect one's own worldview and philosophy with powerful decisions and ways of living. In other words, we will learn to translate "my worldview" and "my philosophy" into practical reality.
THE PATH TO A MEANINGFUL LIFE:
how to build your self-education
When — October 13-15, 2023
Where — Weimar, Germany
Lecturer — Andrey Baumeister
Historical period — Age of Enlightenment
Historical figure — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Literary basis — Faust
The workshop consists of lectures, moderated discussions, excursions to the Goethe House Museum and the Anna Amalia Library.
