Dear Colleagues,
This is to inform you of the inaugural Symposium Thomisticum which will take place in Paris, 23–25 June 2016. The venue is the Centre Culturel Irlandais, located in the old Irish College in the centre of Paris beside the Panthéon.
The theme of the Symposium will be Aquinas and Modern Philosophies.
Website: www.ucd.ie/philosophy/symposiumthomisticum
Speakers will include: Rémi Brague, Kevin Flannery, John Haldane, Gaven Kerr, Patrick Masterson, Isabelle Moulin, Siobhan Nash-Marshall, Paul O’Grady, Fran O’Rourke, Pasquale Porro, Alice Ramos, Peter Redpath, Andrea Robiglio, Andreas Speer, Carlos Steel, Rudi te Velde, David Twetten, Candace Vogler, Thomas Joseph White, Markus Wörner.
Papers are invited for a number of parallel sessions. The total number of participants will be limited to forty; priority will be given to those presenting papers.
Papers are invited on Aquinas in relation to any thinker or topic from Descartes until the present day. Contributions on general themes or movements will be particularly welcome. The 2017 symposium will concentrate on Aquinas in relation to individual thinkers.
In order to avoid overlap of topics, initial proposals should be sent to Professor Fran O’Rourke, School of Philosophy, University College Dublin ([email protected]).
The deadline for abstracts is 1 October, and for completed papers is 31 March 2016.
Papers will be circulated in advance; summaries will be presented at the symposium: papers will be discusssed rather than read.
Participation fee will be €125, to include refreshments and conference banquet.
Participants will be responsible for their own accommodation.
2017: The second Symposium Thomisticum will be held in Porto on Aquinas and Modern Thinkers.
2018: The third Symposium Thomisticum will take place in Athens on Aquinas and the Greeks.
Best wishes,
Fran O’Rourke