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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture St. Petersburg State University FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE CENTRE FOR MEDIEVAL CULTURE STUDIES Mendeleevskaya linia, 5, St. Petersburg, 199034, RUSSIA. Phone: (812) 328 94 39 Fax: (812) 328 08 71 E-mail: [log in to unmask] First Call for Papers The Centre for Medieval Culture Studies is organizing an International Conference with the topic: "From Feasting to Fasting: transformations of the cultural procedures from Antiquity to the Middle Ages". We are planning to discuss the following topics: Ethos of Antiquity and the moral prepositions of Christianity: changes in the philosophical paradigms and strategies of daily conduct; Athens Agora and the Medieval monastery: transformations of social Institutions; Freedom of Spirit and Freedom of Body: speech and silence; Citizen and ascetic: models of corporal practices; Philosophical and Christian Ascetics in Medieval and Byzantine Philosophy and Theology; Monastic Canons in the East and the West. The Conference will be at the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science of the St.-Petersburg State University 20-22 of November of 2008. We invite to participation of all interested scientists! For the application, it is necessary to present an abstract (350-500 words) and author's information no later than 1 June 2008. The papers will be published in the almanac "Verbum" after the Conference. All materials should be sending to: Associated Prof., Ph. D. Oleg E. Dushin Chief of the Centre for Medieval Culture Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, St. Petersburg State University, Mendeleevskaya linia, 5, St. Petersburg 199034 RUSSIA E-mail: [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html