Conference Announcement and Call For Papers for
The Holy Trinity in the Life of the Church
October 9-11, 2008
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
The Stephen and Catherine Pappas Patristic Institute of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is pleased to announce its annual thematic conference on “The Holy Trinity in the Life of the Church,” which will be held on the school’s campus in Brookline, Massachusetts beginning Thursday evening, October 9, and ending with dinner on Saturday, October 11, 2008.
If you would be interested in presenting a Short Communication related to the topic of the conference (approximately 20 minutes in length), please submit a one-to-two paragraph abstract of your paper at your earliest convenience (deadline August 9, 2008). Please send your abstract, registration, or any inquiries, to Dr. Bruce Beck, Director, Pappas Patristic Institute (email: pappaspatristic@comcast.net). All papers will be considered for publication in our series Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History published annually by Baker Academic.
Conference Theme: One of the most distinctive and paradoxical of Christian beliefs in the patristic period is that of God as Trinity. After centuries of neglect during the Modern Period, Christian theology has experienced a resurgence of interest in the doctrine of the Trinity, which includes a renewed look at the patristic writings that contributed to its expression. The purpose of our conference is to engage those patristic writings, Greek, Latin and Syriac, that were instrumental to the formation of the doctrine of the Trinity, and its effects on the life of the Church.
Plenary Session Speakers:
- Khaled Anatolios, Weston Jesuit School of Theology / Boston College, “Personhood, Communion, and the Trinity: A Reconsideration of some Patristic Sources”
- Lewis Ayres, Emory University, TBA
- Brian Daley, S.J., University of Notre Dame, TBA
- Joe Lienhard, S.J., Fordham University, "The Baptismal Command (Mt 28:19-20) and the Doctrine of the Trinity"
- John McGucken, Union Theological Seminary, “The Holy Trinity as the Dynamic of the World’s Salvation, in the Greek Fathers”
- Kathleen McVey, Princeton Theological Seminary, “Syriac Christian Tradition and Gender in Trinitarian Theology”
Please register at your convenience by email to Dr. Bruce Beck at pappaspatristic@comcast.net, with your name, institutional affiliation, address, and phone number. There will be a $75 registration fee for the conference, payable upon arrival. This fee will cover the registration fee and all meals and breaks during the conference. Student registration fee is $25.00. The registration fee will be waived for those presenting a paper. Information about the conference hotel accommodations will be provided upon registration for the conference. Shuttle service is available between the conference hotels and the campus.
Founded in 2003 by a generous grant from the late Stephen Pappas and his wife Catherine, the goal of the Pappas Patristic Institute is the advancement and promotion of primarily eastern patristic studies and education in the service of the academy and the Church. |
VAGANTES Graduate Student Conference 2009
Florida State University
www.vagantesconference.org
The medievalists of Florida State University have the honor of hosting the eighth annual Vagantes Medieval Graduate Student Conference on March 5-7, 2009.
Vagantes is now the largest conference in North America for graduate students studying the Middle Ages. The goal of Vagantes is to provide an open dialogue among young scholars from all fields of medieval studies. It seeks to create a sense of community for junior medievalists of diverse backgrounds within the margins of a graduate student budget.
Abstracts for twenty-minute papers are welcome from graduate students on all topics considering the Middle Ages. In keeping with the mission of Vagantes to advance interdisciplinary studies, we invite submissions in areas including but not limited to history, literature, art history, philosophy, religious studies, and musicology.
Please email a brief vitae and abstract of no more than 300 words by October 1, 2008 to: Carey Fee
careyfee@yahoo.com
Department of Art History
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
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"Attending to Early Modern Women: Conflict, Concord"
November 5-7, 2009 at the
University of Maryland
Plenaries are: “Negotiations”; “Economies”; “Faiths and Spiritualities”; and “Pedagogies.” The complete conference description is available at www.crbs.umd.edu/atw/atw7
Submit interdisciplinary workshop proposals by October 1, 2008.
Workshops that facilitate active participation and focused discussion of questions and issues raised by the conference theme and plenary topics have been an essential part of previous Attending to Early Modern Women symposia. Workshop proposals should be comparative or interdisciplinary in focus and should allow participants to share information and ignorance, pass on knowledge, ask advice, and learn something new.
For more information, visit the symposium website at www.crbs.umd.edu/atw/atw7 or contact Karen Nelson, Ph.D., by email at crbs@umd.edu .
Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies
0139 Taliaferro Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
301-405-6830
FAX: 301-405-0956 |
