2008 Colloquium
[All sessions in 156 Goldwin Smith Hall]
Thursday, May 29
2:30–2:45 Announcements
Session 1 (2:45–4:00)
Jeff Brower, Purdue University
Aquinas on Matter, Form, and Individuation
4:00–4:30 Break
Session 2 (4:30-5:45)
Christina Van Dyke, Calvin College
Mysticism and Medieval Philosophy
7:30 Pizza at Scott MacDonald's House
Friday, May 30
Session 3 (9:00–10:15)
Gareth Matthews, University of Mass, Amherst
Augustine on Reading Scripture
10:15–10:45 Break
Session 4 (10:45–12:00)
Thomas Williams, University of South Florida
Against the Frankfurtian Reading of Anselm's Theory of Free Choice
12:00-1:30 Lunch
Session 5 (1:30-2:45)
Cyrille Michon, Université de Nantes
Is Aquinas’ Conception of Liberum Arbitrium Coherent?
2:45-3:00 Short break
Session 6 (3:00-4:15)
Jean Porter, University of Notre Dame
Natural Law and Moral Universalism:
Considerations from Aquinas and Others
4:15-4:45 Break
Session 7 (4:45-6:00)
Jack Zupko, Emory University
Using Seneca to Read Aristotle: The Curious Methods of Buridan’s Ethics
7:30 Picnic at Stewart Park
Saturday, May 31
Session 8 (9:00-10:15)
Jeff Hause, Creighton University
Misconceiving Hope
10:15-10:45 Break
Session 9 (10:45-12:00)
Giorgio Pini, Fordham University
Scotus on Knowing and Naming Natural Kinds
12:00-1:30 Lunch
Session 10 (1:30-2:45)
Josh Blander, UCLA
Something on Scotus or Ockham
2:45-3:00 Short break
Session 11 (3:00-4:15)
Kate Waidler, Cornell University
Charity and Ultimate Ends in Aquinas
4:15-4:30 Break
Session 12 (4:30-5:45)
Scott MacDonald, Cornell University
Augustinian Puzzles about Divine Presence
6:30 Dinner
Schedule
[as of May 28, ‘p’ = ‘presenter’]
[p] Josh Blander, UCLA
Charles Brittain, Cornell University
[p] Jeff Brower, Purdue University
Nate Bulthuis, Cornell University
Brian Embry, University of Houston
Megan Embry, University of Houston
[p] Jeff Hause, Creighton University
Erik Kenyon, Cornell University
Neil Lewis, Georgetown University
[p] Scott MacDonald, Cornell University
[p] Gareth Matthews, UMass, Amherst
Jeffrey McDonough, Harvard University
[p] Cyrille Michon, Université de Nantes
Stephen Ogden, Yale University
Sydney Penner, Cornell University
[p] Giorgio Pini, Fordham University
[p] Jean Porter, University of Notre Dame
Mary Sirridge, Louisiana State University
[p] Christina Van Dyke, Calvin College
[p] Kate Waidler, Cornell/Wheaton College
Thomas Williams, University of South Florida
[p] Jack Zupko, Emory University
Participants
Download: 2008 schedule.pdf