Having the opportunity to listen to and discuss with so many eminent scholars who we knew mostly from the literature was very exciting and stimulating. But Manfred wouldn’t have been Manfred if he had not carefully monitored whether our contributions lived up to his expectations.
And we all knew that, in the end, our thesis would have to stand the test of a presentation at the Konstanz Seminar. So I guess we felt some ambivalence towards this event. I also remember the seminar because it sought to connect theory and practice.