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Call for Papers: International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 10-13, 2012)

The call for papers is out for the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI. This year’s conference will be held May 10-13, 2012. Planned sessions on Aquinas are: 

  • Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Thomas Aquinas
  • Faith and Certainty: Augustine and Aquinas on the Adequacy of Faith in Understanding God in This Life 

Other notable sessions include: 

  • New Trends in Medieval Franciscan Thought: Bonaventure’s Epistemology and Aesthetics
  • Natural Law and Political Thought
  • Natural Law and Moral Philosophy
  • Boethius and the Liberal Arts
  • The Philosophy and Theology of Nicholas of Cusa
  • Contingency and Necessity in Medieval Philosophy
  • Veniat Pax: Gerson and His Contemporaries on War and Peace 

The submission deadline for paper proposals is September 15th. And, as always, a large assortment of booksellers and publishers will be at the conference.