SDP's 2023 ACPA Call for Papers: The Human Person

SDP's 2023 ACPA Call for Papers: The Human Person

The Sacra Doctrina Project plans to host two satellite sessions at the 2023 meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association in Houston, Texas (Nov. 16-19). Abstracts of 150-250 words should be e-mailed by May 15 to sacradoctrinaproject@gmail.com.

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Aquinas After 750 Years: Still the Common Doctor?

Attend an upcoming conference in September 2023 to find out. See the details below or at this website, including registration. See the “Call for Papers” here.


To mark the 750th anniversary of the death of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Thomistic Institute and the Dominican House of Studies present a conference on St. Thomas’s thought with keynote addresses and a call for papers for shorter breakout sessions.

A group of major scholars will treat the theme of Thomas Aquinas as the Common Doctor, each from the perspective of his or her own expertise. Each contributor will treat the question of whether, and to what extent, Aquinas may (or may not) be considered a “common doctor” in theological and philosophical engagements today.

What? A three-day conference on the theme on Aquinas as the Common Doctor in contemporary theology and philosophy.

Where? Dominican House of Studies (487 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, D.C. 20017)

When? Thursday, September 14 to Saturday, September 16, 2023

Each talk concludes with time for Q&A. Light refreshments, including snacks and coffee, will be served between the lectures.

Featuring:

Therese Cory (University of Notre Dame)

Fr. Serge-Thomas Bonino, O.P. (Angelicum)

Joseph Wawrykow (University of Notre Dame)

Matthew Levering (University of St. Mary of the Lake)

Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. (Angelicum)

Russell Hittinger (University of Tulsa)

Call for papers

We invite paper proposals on themes related to whether, and to what extent, Aquinas may (or may not) be considered a “common doctor,” whether in matters theological, philosophical, or otherwise. In particular, we invite papers on: Philosophy of Nature; Metaphysics; Virtue Theory and Philosophical Ethics; Moral Theology; Scripture and Exegesis; Sacraments; Trinity; Christology; Creation; Nature and Grace; and Faith and Reason (including the engagement with contemporary science).


Call for Papers: Sacra Doctrina Project Conference

Announcing the 2022 Conference of The Sacra Doctrina Project (responsible for the maintenance of Thomistica.net): “Grace and Sanctification: Divine Causality, Human Action, and Supernatural Glory.” June 23-25, 2022 at Thomas Aquinas College - New England. Featuring Steven A. Long and Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. as keynote speakers, as well as Daria Spezzano and Patrick M. Gardner as plenary sessions.

Call for paper proposals of approximately 300 words by January 1, 2022, or by December 15, 2021 for priority consideration. Submit through the conference webpage. More information below.

Call for Papers: S.M.A.R.T. at Notre Dame, May 2022

The Society for Medieval and Renaissance Thomism (S.M.A.R.T.) is planning a session for the 2022 Notre Dame Conference on Medieval Philosophy to be held 20-22 May 2022 at the University of Notre Dame. S.M.A.R.T. accepts papers on all aspects of Thomism from 1274 to the publication of the Carmelite Cursus Theologiae (1631-1701).

Please send papers and direct enquiries to Domenic D’Ettore at ddettore@marian.edu. Papers and abstracts received by 30 November 2021 will receive full consideration. Selection preference will be given to complete papers. The submission of an abstract alone should be accompanied by a Curriculum Vitae. A final version of an accepted paper is required by 15 March 2021 in order to facilitate a response paper which will be given during the conference session.

Call for Papers: Society for Thomistic Personalism

The Society for Thomistic Personalism is soliciting abstracts for their satellite session at this year’s meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, held November 18-21, 2021 in St. Louis, Missouri. Consider submitting a brief one-page abstract by e-mailing Dr. R. Mary Lemmons at rmlemmons@stthomas.edu by July 19th.

The session’s topic is Today’s Crisis and John Paul II. Potential presenters can choose which crisis they wish to address: relativism, American culture, abortion, assisted suicide, the invention of rights, the divorce culture, the rise of Marxism, the threat of democratic totalitarianism, socialism versus free enterprise versus laissez-faire capitalism, gender relativism, rabid secularism, practical atheism, unwed mothers, absent fathers, anti-family feminism, mass migration, et cetera. Abstract proposals are due by July 19.

Conference: St. Thomas Aquinas as Spiritual Teacher (February 2022)

The Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal at Ave Maria University and the Thomistic Institute of the Pontifical Faculty at the Dominican House of Studies invite papers for their co-sponsored conference on St. Thomas Aquinas as Spiritual Teacher: Theology in a Culture of Grace. The conference will take place at Ave Maria, Florida on February 10-12, 2022. At this event where we celebrate the spiritual benefits of St. Thomas's theology, we will also honor Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia, O.P., Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

For more on this conference, which promises to be excellent, click here.

XI International Thomistic Congress in Rome, September 2020

The Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas, together with the Thomistic Institute of the Angelicum, is organizing its XI International Thomistic Congress, to be held in Rome from Monday 21 September to Friday 25 September 2020. The conference is entitled “Vetera novis augere. The resources of the Thomist tradition in the current context” and aims to consider the vitality of the resources of the Thomist tradition in contemporary theological and philosophical debates. The website of the Thomistic Congress ( http://romathomism2020.com) contains a Call for Papers with a deadline of April 15, 2020.

The website also offers the full collection of papal speeches to the previous conferences which in itself already offers an interesting perspective on the varied approaches to Thomism undertaken by the different Pontiffs, (for instance Pope Pius XII’ lengthy reflections on the essence of matter in light of contemporary science). On Saturday, September 26, the participants can join in a pilgrimage in the footsteps of Saint Thomas Aquinas to Roccasecca, Aquino and Fossanova.

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Call for Papers: Aquinas at Kalamazoo

The Center for Thomistic Studies and the Thomas Aquinas Society, under the leadership of Steven Jensen and John Boyle, respectively, have announced a call for papers for their six sessions at the 2020 International Congress for Medieval Studies. The Congress is held every May at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. These sessions are devoted to Medieval theology and philosophy, especially that in the Thomistic tradition and found in the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas himself. For consideration, submit a 300-word abstract to jfboyle@stthomas.edu and to jensensj@stthom.edu by September 15, 2019.