Kalamazoo CFP – Center for Thomistic Studies and Thomas Aquinas Society

CENTER FOR THOMISTIC STUDIES (Houston, TX)

THOMAS AQUINAS SOCIETY (Providence, RI)

Call for papers on the thought of

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

59th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MEDIEVAL STUDIES

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

9—11 May 2024

A total of 6 sessions will be devoted to Medieval philosophical and theological thought, especially that of Aquinas. One session in particular will be devoted to Aquinas’s Commentary on the Gospel of St. John. The sessions are sponsored by:

The Center for Thomistic Studies (University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas), Steven J. Jensen (jensensj@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 (Providence College), Robert Barry (rbarry@providence.edu). For these sessions, proposals on any topic dealing with Aquinas are welcome, with one session devoted to the Commentary on the Gospel of St. John.

All papers will be delivered face-to-face; online format is unavailable.

Papers are 20 minutes in length. Paper submissions must include a 300 word abstract, and a short description (50 words) for public view on the meeting site, should the proposal be accepted.

Deadline for submissions: 15 Sep 2023

Papers must be submitted through the Western Michigan University website. Please go to https://icms.confex.com/icms/2024/cfp.cgi Once on this webpage, you must go to “Session Selection” and then click on “Sponsored and Special Sessions of Papers.” From the drop-down menu, you must select one of the following three possibilities: “Thomas Aquinas (1): Commentary on the Gospel of St. John”; “Thomas Aquinas (2) and (3)”; or “Thomistic Philosophy (1), (2), and (3).” From the new drop-down, click “Begin a Submission,” and then follow instructions.

The Kalamazoo conference is the largest congress for Medieval Studies in the world.