December 2015 conference in Utrecht: call for papers

In from Harm Goris is news of a December, 2015 conference in Utrecht on "The Virtuous Life: Thomas Aquinas on the theological nature of moral virtues." The conference takes place from 16–19 December 2015, and abstract submissions are due by June 1, 2015. Here's a short scrape from the conference's site:

The teachings of the moral part of Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae continue to inspire and to enlighten theologians and ethicists. Especially for those who are interested in a specifically Christian account of human moral and spiritual life, Aquinas’ ethical investigations in the Summa are an inexhaustible source. In his rich and detailed treatment of both the moral and the theological virtues, however, Aquinas fails to explain unambiguously to what extent the Christian faith determines human moral life. As a result, this topic is the subject of an ongoing debate in the literature.

For more information on this excellent opportunity, go to the conference's website.

Thomas and Thomisms

This came in from father Richard Conrad O.P.

The Aquinas Institute at Blackfriars Hall in Oxford organizes an interesting colloquium on March 7, 2015, entitled "Thomas and Thomisms". Speakers include Reinhard Hütter, John O'Callaghan and Jeremy Wilkens from the US. Here is the PDF.

ACPA Meeting "Dispositions, Habits, and Virtues" (October 10-12, 2014)

The preliminary conference schedule is now online for the 2014 annual meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. The conference will meet in Washington, D.C., hosted by The Catholic University of America, with the theme “Dispositions, Habits, and Virtues”. Registration information is here. Plenary speakers are Susan Haack, Timothy B. Noone, Daniel Dahlstrom, Marilyn McCord Adams, and the Aquinas Medalist is John Rist. For the second year, the conference has expanded its offerings, and there many satellite sessions on a variety of topics.

Registration Open for Berkeley Colloquium

Registration is now open for "What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?", a colloquium concerning the intersection between philosophy and theology, July 16-20, 2014, in Berkeley, California. Hosted by The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, the event will gather scholars from academia and from the Dominican Order throughout the world, putting Thomism and other traditions into dialogue with more recent schools of thought. Plenary session presenters include Fr. Michael Dodds, OP, Edward Feser, Alfred Freddoso, John O’Callaghan, Fr. Michał Paluch, OP, John Searle, Msgr. Robert Sokolowski, and Linda Zagzebski. This is to be the first of a triennial series (Dominican Colloquia in Berkeley). Details, including the call for papers (deadline, Feb. 7) and registration page, may be found at www.dspt.edu/conversation2014.

Conference program for Utrecht Conference on Aquinas

I received the final conference program from Prof. Dr. Henk Schoot, director of the Thomas Instituut in Utrecht (The Netherlands) (see our earlier post here). The Institute organizes its fourth international conference on the theological virtues in Aquinas from 11-14 December 2013.

Speakers include Eleonore Stump, Michael Sherwin O.P. and John O'Callaghan and many other contributors from North America.

You can download the conference program here!

The volumes 1-25 (1981-2006) of their yearbook are now available in pdf-format here. Although initially written in Dutch, they include contributions written in other languages as well.

New volume in the Leonine Edition

The long awaited volume in the Leonine Edition, containing the sermons of St. Thomas and prepared by the late Fr. Louis-Jacques Bataillon OP, will be presented during a two-day conference at Le Saulchoir in Paris on 5-6 december 2013. The website of the Revue des Sciences philosophiques et théologiques has the program.

The publisher of the Leonine Edition, Cerf, now has a 50% discount on the previous printed volumes of the Leonine Edition.

ACPA Meeting “Aristotle Now and Then” (November 1-3, 2013)

The conference schedule is now online for the 2013 annual meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. The conference, hosted by Marian University and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), will meet in Indianapolis and the theme this year is “Aristotle Now and Then”. Registration information is here. The conference has expanded its offerings, and there many satellite sessions on a variety of topics.

ACPA Meeting "Philosophy in the Abrahamic Traditions" (November 2-4, 2012)

The conference schedule is now online for the 2012 annual meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. The conference, hosted by Loyola Marymount University, will meet in Los Angeles and the theme this year is “Philosophy in the Abrahamic Traditions”. Registration information is here.

Call for Papers: International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 9-12, 2013)

The call for papers is out for the 48^th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI. This year’s conference will be held May 9-12^th, 2013. In addition to the many planned sessions on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, there are several sessions on philosophical and theological topics, including those on Boethius, Scotus, Cusanus, and the medieval Aristotelian tradition. The submission deadline for paper proposals is September 15^th, 2013.