International Colloquium on Bonaventure and Aquinas

2024 marks the 750th anniversary of the death of both Bonaventure of Bagnoregio and Thomas Aquinas. To commemorate the occasion, the Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon (CFUL), in partnership with the Center for Classical Studies of the same University (CEC), the Society for the European History of Ideas (SEHI), and the Red Latinoamericana de Filosofía Medieval (RLFM), is organizing a colloquium.

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Grace, Virtue, and Law – IHE Summer Seminar at the Angelicum

Grace, Virtue, and Law – IHE Summer Seminar at the Angelicum

For Saint Thomas Aquinas, the notion of law is situated within a broader metaphysical and theological context, which modern theories of law have largely abandoned. In order to recover the wisdom of Saint Thomas on the topic of law, the 2024 Rome seminar will consider this question: what is the relationship between grace, virtue, and law? 

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CFP for Book Chapters: Mary and/as Philosophy

Occasioned by the 25th anniversary of Fides et Ratio, this volume seeks to collect a series of original contributions on the Sedes Sapientiae as a model for true philosophy, as suggested by the encyclical’s final paragraph. The goal is to traverse the profound dialogue between philosophical inquiry and Marian themes, fostering a multidisciplinary discourse at the intersection of Philosophy and Mariology.

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University of Tulsa, Conference Honoring Aquinas’s 750th

The Honors College and the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Tulsa invite graduate students to submit paper proposals for a conference honoring the 750th anniversary of the death of St. Thomas Aquinas to be held 7-9 March 2024 on the campus of the University of Tulsa. This conference will gather Theologians, Philosophers, Historians, and other interested scholars to mark this anniversary.

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VII Symposium Thomisticum – Aquinas in History

The VII Symposium Thomisticum will be held in Vienna, 6-8 June 2024.

The theme is Aquinas in History.

Papers which relate St Thomas either to one or more of his sources or subsequent influences are welcome.

Details at http://www.symposiumthomisticum.com

The following is the list of intending speakers. Brackets indicate provisional:

(Vivian Boland OP), Janice Breidenbach, Michael Breidenbach, Brian Carl, Thérèse Scarpelli Cory, (John Cottingham), Daniel De Haan, Gregory Doolan, Kevin Flannery SJ, (Simon Francis Gaine OP), Lloyd Gerson, (Harm Goris), (John Haldane), Joshua Hochschild, (Piotr Jaroszynski), Mark Johnson, Gaven Kerr, Gyula Klima, Katja Krause, Reginald Lynch OP, Siobhan Nash-Marshall, Rupert Mayer OP, (John O’Callaghan), Paul O’Grady, Thomas Osborne, Michael Pakaluk, (Eric Perl), Günther Pöltner, Thomas Prügl, Alice Ramos, (Fáinche Ryan), Richard Schenk OP, Michael Sherwin OP, David Twetten, Giovanni Ventimiglia, Jörgen Vijgen, Thomas Joseph White OP, (Rudi Te Velde).

Papers are invited for parallel supplementary sessions on the afternoon of 8 June. Please submit abstractsas soon as possible but no later than 29 February. It may be necessary to limit the number of presentations.

Complete papers should be submitted by 1 May.

Papers will be circulated in advance; summaries will be presented at the symposium: papers will be discussed rather than read.

Registration of €200 euro will include refreshments, buffet dinner on the first evening, and conference dinner on Saturday.

All inquiries to Fran O'Rourke, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University College Dublin (orourke@ucd.ie).