THE SOCIETY FOR MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY NEWSLETTER NUMBER 51, fall 2005 _______________________________________________________________________ From the Editor: we try to keep costs as low as we can,∗ Help Wanted – As my term as newsletter but we still need income to cover editor expires at the end of 2006, the postage and other operating expenses, as SMRP Executive has asked me to solicit well as to support activities such as the nominations for a new editor. I cannot Monograph Program and Younger serve another term myself because of Scholar Award. administrative duties I have taken on during the past year. Finally, check out our new website, now housed at Cornell University thanks to The job is certainly not onerous as far as the good work of Scott MacDonald: micropublishing goes, but it does help to http://www.smrphil.org/index.html have online access to libraries, databases, websites, and other sources of With my best wishes for a happy information about the field. There are Thanksgiving and joyful holiday period, postage and handling costs associated with the 70 or so newsletters still sent by Jack Zupko U.S. mail, but the Society will be able to Editor, SMRP Newsletter help you with this if your home Department of Philosophy institution is not. The newsletter is Emory University published twice a year, in the spring Atlanta, GA 30322 (appearing between April and June) and [email protected] fall (between September and http://www.philosophy.emory.edu/facsta November). ff/zupko.shtml Please send your nominations (including self-nominations) to me or to our SOCIETY MEETINGS President, R. James Long: [email protected]. I will of The Society will sponsor two sessions and course be happy to answer any questions support another at the APA Eastern you might have about the position. Please take a moment now to pay your 2006 dues using the form on the last ∗ The Society gratefully acknowledges Emory page of this newsletter. As you know, University for clerical assistance and computing support in connection with the publication of this newsletter. 2 SMRP NEWSLETTER, NO. 51, fall 2005 ______________________________________________________________ Division meetings, to be held at the Hilton 3rd Speaker: Martin Pickavé (University New York, December 27-30, 2005: of Toronto), “Giles of Rome on Emotions” First Session (GVI-9 in program): Wednesday, December 28, 7:30-10:30 For the full APA 2005 Eastern Division p.m. program, click on: Chair: James Long (Fairfield http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/publication University) s/proceedings/v79n1/Complete%20Progr 1st Speaker: Steven Marrone (Tufts am%20for%20Web.pdf University), “Re-examining the Doctrine of Divine Illumination in Latin Philosophy of the High Middle Ages” nd ANNOUNCEMENTS 2 Speaker: Kevin Staley (St. Anselm College), “God in Nicolas of Cusa’s De Applications are encouraged for a Possest” summer 2006 NEH institute for 25 college and university faculty, Second Session (GX-8 in program): “Representations of the ‘Other’: Jews in Thursday, December 29, 7:00-10:00 p.m. Medieval Christendom.” The institute, Chair: Idit Dobbs-Weinstein directed by Professor Irven M. Resnick, (Vanderbilt University) will meet at Oxford University’s Centre st 1 Speaker: Josep Puig (Complutense for Hebrew and Jewish Studies from 11 University of Madrid), “Eliahu del July-15 August, 2006. For complete Medigo: An Attempted Averroism?” details and application information, nd 2 Speaker: Martin Pine (City please visit www.utc.edu/neh or contact University of New York–Queens [email protected]. College), “Recent Interpretations of Pietro Pomponazzi” Irven M. Resnick Professor and Chair of Excellence Additional Session Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion Société Internationale pour l'Étude de (Dept. 2753) la Philosophie Médiévale (GXI-2 in University of Tennessee at Chattanooga program): Friday, December 30, 9:00- 615 McCallie Ave. 11:00 a.m. (note: the session may Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598 continue past 11:00 a.m.): FAX (423) 425-4153 Topic: Henry of Ghent and Giles of Rome, OESA ***** Organizer and Chair: Kent Emery, Jr. (Medieval Institute, University of Notre CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Dame) st 1 Speaker: Bernd Goehring (Program The Marquette University Mid-West of Liberal Studies, University of Notre Seminar on Ancient and Medieval Dame), “Henry of Ghent and Giles of Philosophy invites applications for the Rome on Intellectual Cognition” presentation of a paper in Ancient or nd 2 Speaker: Giorgio Pini (Fordham Medieval Philosophy at a meeting of the University), “Mental Representation in Seminar on Thursday, March 30, 2006. Giles of Rome” (Due to a very active spring term in the Marquette Philosophy Department, at SMRP NEWSLETTER, NO. 51, fall 2005 3 ______________________________________________________________ present it appears that the seminar will others from Marquette and other have to be scheduled for March 30. regional universities. 2006.) For the Winter/Spring term there will be one award. Application Procedure Send a précis of the proposed The presenter will be reimbursed up to presentation with cover letter and cv. $500 maximum for travel, room and Applications from advanced graduate board expenses only. In most cases this students are welcome but must include a amount will cover all expenses for letter of support from the student's presenters from North America although dissertation director. applications from elsewhere are NOTE: E-mail applications are welcome. Past participants have come preferred. from the US, Canada, England, Israel, Italy and Finland. Submit applications or requests for information to: Deadline: December 1, 2005. Decision Richard C. Taylor by December 20. Department of Philosophy Marquette University The presenter, as well as any visiting P.O. Box 1881, scholar, is welcome to make use of Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 Marquette University's Library which email: [email protected] houses one of the finest collections of alternate email: philosophical materials on Ancient and [email protected] Medieval thought in the Mid-West. Tel: (414)-288-5649 Available electronic resources include: Fax: (414) 288-3010 Patrologia Latina; CETEDOC; Thesaurus Linguae Graecae; Past ***** Masters; International Medieval Bibliography; Index Thomisticus; Call for Papers: The Philosophy Philosophers' Index; Index Islamicus; of Peter Abelard Encyclopaedia of Islam; Encyclopaedia Judaica, and many others. See Jeffrey E. Brower, editor http://www.marquette.edu/library/resear ch/mulib/public_html/search_results.php Every 3rd issue of American Catholic ?disciplineID=50 Philosophical Quarterly is devoted to a particular philosopher. In 2006, there Marquette University Faculty will be a special issue devoted to Peter Participants: Owen Goldin (Ancient), Abelard. Submissions on any aspect of Susanne Foster (Ancient, Ethics), John Abelard’s philosophy or philosophical Jones (Medieval Social Thought, theology are welcome. Neoplatonism), James South (Late Medieval & Renaissance), Andrew Contributor guidelines: Tallon (NeoThomism, phenomenology), Richard C. Taylor (Medieval Latin & • Deadline for paper submissions: Arabic), Roland Teske, S.J., (Medieval, March 1, 2006. Augustine, Philosophy of Religion), • Papers should be no longer than David Twetten (Medieval, Aquinas) and thirty pages (typed, double-spaced) 4 SMRP NEWSLETTER, NO. 51, fall 2005 ______________________________________________________________ and should adhere, in matters of • teaching on grace and life eternal style, to The Chicago Manual of • approach to Christ and his Style, 14th ed., using footnotes and no sacraments bibliography. (Detailed style sheet is available on-line at: The main lectures will be followed by http://www.acpa- parallel paper sessions, which will also main.org/ACPQSubmissionGuidelin focus on these four subject areas. We es.html.) kindly invite scholars from different • Papers should be submitted in disciplines to send in proposals for duplicate, along with two copies of papers, which will take approx. 25 an abstract (100 to 150 words), to the minutes. Conference languages are following address (electronic English, German and French. submissions are welcome): For further information, please contact: Jeffrey E. Brower Dr. Cristina Pumplun (Secretary of Department of Philosophy Studies) Purdue University PO Box 80101 West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2098 NL-3508 TC Utrecht Email: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] OTHER CONFERENCES OF fax: +31 30 2533665 INTEREST TO MEMBERS OF tel. +31 30 2533129 THE SOCIETY or visit the website of the Institute: http://www.thomasinstitute.org/ Transcendence and Immanence in the Thought of Thomas ***** Aquinas HOPOS 2006 Third international conference of the CALL FOR PAPERS Thomas Institute at Utrecht, The Netherlands The International Society for the History 15-17 December 2005 of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS) will Location: conference-center ISVW in hold its sixth international congress in Leusden (near Utrecht) Paris, France, in cooperation with the Société de Philosophie des Sciences Main speakers: Conor Cunningham (SPS). (Nottingham), Harm Goris (Utrecht), Bruce Marshall (Dallas), Herwi Rikhof Date: June 14-18, 2006 (Utrecht), Gregory Rocca (Berkeley), Location: École normale supérieure, Hans-Christian Schmidbaur (Lugano), Paris Henk Schoot (Utrecht) and Rudi te Conference languages: English and Velde (Amsterdam/Tilburg). French Topics: Aquinas’ The Congress invites contributions to the • understanding of God history of philosophy of science