Undergraduate Essay Contest: What Would Aquinas Do?

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Announcing the 2025 Sacra Doctrina Project Conference!

Thomistica is pleased to announce the 2025 Sacra Doctrina Project Conference:

“A Dialogue Renewed: Scholasticism and the Ressourcement Movement on the Nature of Catholic Theology”

The conference will take place in Washington, DC, June 12–14, hosted by Theological College and co-sponsored by the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America.

Proposals for papers and for panel discussions are requested. To learn more about the conference theme and invited speakers, and to submit a proposal, visit the conference website: https://www.sacradoctrinaproject.org/conference.

Dionysius Circle Symposium III

The Dionysius Circle is pleased to invite you to the Dionysius Circle Symposium III on Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 8:55 AM to 1:30 PM. This symposium will focus on the interaction between of St. Dionysius the Areopagite and St. Maximus the Confessor. Please register for the event using the link below:

• Click Here to Register

Presenters and Commentators:

• Vladimir Cvetković (University of Belgrade)

• Title: "Maximus the Confessor and the Porphyrian Tree Revisited"

• Commentator: Dominic V. Cassella (CUA)

• Jonathan Bieler (CUA)

• Title: "Participation vs. analogia entis? Comparing Maximus the Confessor and Aquinas by way of Dionysius"

• Commentator: Fr. Andrew Summerson (University of St. Michael's College)

• Hans Boersma (Nashotah House)

• Title: "A Metaphysic of Love: God beyond Being"

• Commentator: Luke Togni (Saint Mary's University)

• Travis Dumsday (Concordia University)

• Title: "The Problem of Divine Hiddenness: Insights from St. Dionysius the Areopagite & St. Maximus the Confessor"

• Commentator: Derek King (Lewis House)

• Event Schedule

• Click Here to Register

We look forward to your participation in what promises to be a stimulating and enriching event!

Aquinas at 800: Extended Registration!

The international conference Aquinas at 800: "Ad multos annos" is taking place Sept. 22-25 at the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana, USA).

We have extended registration to attend the conference in person to Sept. 15: https://web.cvent.com/event/e7e8088e-8f0a-48f6-88d4-469066f2d702/summary

You can now register to attend the conference online at the following address: https://forms.gle/76rfcMgj2uQFL7BT6

Links to streamed sessions will be sent to registrants in advance.

This conference celebrates the 800th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Aquinas, exploring the ongoing importance of his thought to contemporary cultural, philosophical, and theological discussions.

The comprehensive and systematic character of Aquinas’ thought has for centuries informed inquiry into questions of human dignity, freedom, economic development, work, poverty, the environment, and other issues of global significance.

In gathering many of the most accomplished contemporary scholars of Aquinas’ thought from throughout the world working on themes in Ethics, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Anthropology, Political Theory, Christology, Trinitarian Theology, Sacramental Theology and Ecclesiology, among others, the conference will promote fruitful interchange of diverse perspectives on the importance of Aquinas in the world today.

International Albertus Magnus Society CFP

The International Albertus Magnus Society (IAMS) would like to sponsor one or more sessions during the International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds, UK, from July 7-10, 2025. See: https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2025/. 

For 2025 the IMC will have as its theme “Worlds of Learning.” Although individual papers need not address this theme explicitly, nonetheless it offers numerous opportunities for Albertus Magnus scholars. Papers might examine Albert’s role in the creation of the Dominican educational curriculum; the influence of his works through vernacular translations; his reception of Greek, Hebrew, or Arabic sources; and much more. 

The IMC deadline for proposed sessions is September 30, 2024. We invite scholars to submit proposals by September 15, 2024 to Irven M. Resnick (Irven-Resnick@utc.edu) and Mercedes Rubio (mercedes.rubio@villanueva.edu). A proposal requires a title and an abstract not to exceed 100 words. 

Please include your full name; email address; postal address; telephone number; full affiliation details (department, institution); and title (e.g. Dr, Ms, Mr, Professor, etc). Although we would prefer in-person presentations, virtual presentations will also be considered. A ninety-minute session typically offers three papers; each presenter will be allowed 20 minutes, to be followed by 10 minutes of questions and discussion. Papers may be presented in languages other than English, although these may have a more limited audience. It will be necessary to include an abstract in English, nonetheless. 

If you have any questions, please contact either Irven M. Resnick (Irven-Resnick@utc.edu) and Mercedes Rubio (mercedes.rubio@villanueva.edu).

Cusa and Religious CFP

Aquinas at 800

The Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame is pleased to announce the international conference "Aquinas at 800," in celebration of Aquinas's birth anniversary, Sept. 22-25, 2024.  More than 160 speakers will be presenting their research on all areas of the thought of Aquinas.  Registration is now open here, and will remain open until Sept. 6th.  For any questions, please write aquinas@nd.edu. 

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

60th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MEDIEVAL STUDIES

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

8—10 May 2025

A total of 6 sessions will be devoted to Medieval philosophical and theological thought, especially that of Aquinas. 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.

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 2024

Papers must be submitted through the Western Michigan University website. The following links will take you directly to the submission page for our sessions.

Center for Thomistic Studies

Thomas Aquinas Society

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

SDP’s 2024 ACPA Call for Papers: Male and Female He Created Them

The Sacra Doctrina Project plans to host two satellite sessions at the 2024 meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association in Chicago, Illinois (Nov. 14-17). Abstracts of 150-250 words should be e-mailed by Monday, July 1, 2024 to garlandd@ohiodominican.edu.