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Date:         Fri, 3 Aug 2001 15:06:48 -0500
Reply-To: H-NET List for Environmental History <[log in to unmask]>
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From: Mark Stoll <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      CFP: Ecology, Theology,  and Judeo-Christian
Environmental Ethics Conference; Notre Dame
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Call for and Submission of Papers

Ecology, Theology, and Judeo-Christian Environmental Ethics Conference at
Notre Dame
21-24 February 2002

The conference will consist of plenary talks, responses, approximately 30
contributed papers by faculty and students, and break-out discussions. So
that conference discussions will be as wide-ranging and invigorating as
possible, we are seeking papers in the disciplines of ecology, history,
philosophy, and theology. We encourage the contributed papers to complement
the plenary papers listed below. Faculty and students from Lilly Network
institutions are particularly urged to participate.

The plenary speakers and the topics of their papers are organized into
three sessions:

Session I: Changing Scientific Conceptions of Nature
  From the "Balance of Nature" to the "Flux of Nature," Stuart Pimm,
Columbia University
Rates of Change of Natural Ecosystems: The Impact of Humans, Gary Belovsky,
The University of Notre Dame

Session II: Changing Conceptions of Nature in Historical Perspective
Changing Metaphors and Concepts of Nature, Elspeth Whitney, The University
of Nevada at Las Vegas
Ecology and American Social Thought, Eugene Cittadino, New York University

Session III: Changing Theological and Ethical Conceptions of Nature
Theology and Ecology in an Unfinished Universe, John Haught, Georgetown
University
Ecology and Society: The Challenge to and from Christian Ethics, Larry
Rasmussen, Union Theological Seminary


Abstract Specifications

Abstracts of contributed papers should be submitted for consideration in
either Word or WordPerfect format by November 1, 2001 to:

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(Receipt will be acknowledged by e-mail)

Or, by mail (Receipt will be acknowledged by a postcard):
Ecology, Theology, and Judeo-Christian Environmental Ethics Conference
Center for Continuing Education
McKenna Hall
The University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556

The abstracts should be no more than 300 words, and should include the
following information in this order: Title, author(s), mailing address,
e-mail address, text of abstract, preference for poster or oral
presentation, audio/visual requirements, and position (faculty, graduate
student, undergraduate). Decisions on abstracts will be sent by December 1.
There will be both oral and poster presentation sessions. Please indicate
your preference.

For further information on the conference, see www.nd.edu/~ecoltheo.


Honoraria and Subsidies

For those presenting papers, the conference will provide accommodations for
three nights, most meals, and travel expenses (up to $500). Presenters'
travel will be arranged by Notre Dame's travel service. The conference will
provide an honorarium to each presenter. Priority will be given to
submissions from faculty and students at Lilly Network institutions.

The conference encourages the participation of ecologists, historians,
philosophers, theologians, and others interested in the integration of
modern ecology with Judeo-Christian environmental ethics. The Lilly Fellows
Program especially encourages participation from faculty and students of
Lilly Network institutions who wish to attend the conference and contribute
to our discussions. Full subsidies for accommodations for three nights and
the conference registration fee (which includes most meals) are available
to approximately fifty non-presenting representatives from Lilly Network
institutions. These subsidies will be awarded with consideration to order
of receipt and distribution of institutions and disciplines. They do not
include travel. Subsidies are not available for non-presenting, non-Lilly
Network participants.

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