Call for papers on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas (Kalamazoo)

CENTER FOR THOMISTIC STUDIES (Houston, TX)

    UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS (St. Paul, MN) 

Call for papers on the thought of ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

               47^th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MEDIEVAL STUDIES

                Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

                                           10—13 May 2012

There will be a total of 6 sessions devoted to Medieval philosophical and theological thought, especially that of Aquinas, sponsored by: 

The Center for Thomistic Studies, c/o R.E. Houser, Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas (TX), 3800 Montrose, Houston, TX  77006-4696. FAX: (713) 942-3464. email:  houser@stthom.edu. Three sessions will be devoted to any topic about the philosophy of Aquinas, his sources, or contemporary applications of his thought. 

The Thomas Aquinas Society, c/o John F. Boyle, Department of Theology, JRC 153, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, 55105, FAX (651) 962-5310, email: jfboyle@stthomas.edu. For these three sessions, proposals on any topic dealing with Aquinas are welcome. 

Papers are 20 minutes in length.  

Deadline for 300 word abstract for presentation at Kalamazoo: 12 Sep 2011. 

The Kalamazoo conference is the largest congress for Medieval Studies in the world.  Cost of room and board is quite moderate, and the atmosphere congenial to those interested in Aquinas.