Marquette University
Mid-West Seminar on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Announcement and Call for Papers and Applications for Funding
The Graduate Program of the Philosophy Department at Marquette
University has established "The Marquette University Mid-West
Seminar on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy" and welcomes faculty
members, advanced graduate students and independent scholars from the
Mid-West and beyond to attend its monthly meetings. In addition,
faculty members, advanced graduate students and independent scholars
are invited to apply to present a paper to the Mid-West Seminar on
Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at Marquette University in Spring
2000. At least three participants will be selected to present a
paper on any topic in Ancient and/or Medieval Philosophy. Presenters
will be reimbursed up to $400 for travel, room and board. In most
cases this amount should easily cover all expenses. Participants are
welcome also to make use of Marquette University's Library which
houses one of the finest collections of philosophical materials on
Ancient and Medieval thought in the Mid-West. Available electronic
resources include: Patrologia Latina; CETEDOC; Thesaurus Linguae
Graecae; Past Masters; International Medieval Bibliography; Index
Thomisticus; Philosophers Index.
Application Procedure:
Send a precis of the proposed presentation with cover letter and CV.
Applications from advanced graduate students are welcome but must
include a letter of support from the student's dissertation director.
Deadline for the Spring 2000: Dec. 1, 1999. Award Announcement: Jan. 1, 2000.
Send application materials to:
The Marquette University Mid-West Seminar on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Graduate Program, Department of Philosophy
Marquette University
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 USA.
Email: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] /
Telephone: (414)-288-5649.
The Marquette University
Mid-West Seminar on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Fall 1999 Speakers
Roland Teske, S.J., Marquette University
"William of Auvergne and Avicenna"
Friday September 24, 1-2:30 PM Dennis Straz Hall 442
John Rosheger, Marquette University
"EPEKEINA OUSIAS: Plotinus and the Pseudo-Dionysius"
Friday October 8, 1-2:30 PM Dennis Straz Hall 442
Sarah Pessin, Ohio State University
"Solomon ibn Gabirol and the Metaphysics of Universal Hylemorphism"
Friday November 19, 1-2:30 PM Dennis Straz Hall 442
For further information, contact Prof. Richard C. Taylor, Graduate
Program Director, Department of Philosophy,
Marquette University, at [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
Marquette University Faculty Participants:
Owen Goldin (Ancient, Maimonides),
Susanne Foster (Ancient, Ethics),
John Jones (Medieval Social Thought, Neoplatonism),
Arthur Madigan, S.J., of Boston College (Ancient, Wade Chair 1999-2000),
Mary Rousseau (Aquinas, Ethics),
James South (Late Medieval & Renaissance),
Andrew Tallon (NeoThomism, phenomenology),
Richard Taylor (Medieval Latin & Arabic),
Roland Teske, S.J.,(Medieval, Augustine, Philosophy of Religion),
Jack Treloar, S.J., (Late Medieval, Kant),
David Twetten (Medieval, Aquinas).
Marquette University Philosophy Department Homepage at
http://www.marquette.edu/phil
Publication Series: Medieval Texts in Translation; Aquinas Lecture.
Annual Conference Session Sponsorship: "Medieval Philosophical Texts
in Translation" at the Kalamazoo International Congress on Medieval
Studies.
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