Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin


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THE MIDWEST SEMINAR IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
Sponsored by the Marquette University Department of Philosophy



2006-7 Academic Year Schedule

SUMMER CONFERENCE: "Aristotle's De Anima and its Interpreters." June 12-14, 2007 Raynor Library Conference Center. For the Conference Webpage, see
http://web.mac.com/mistertea/iWeb/De%20Anima%20Conference/Welcome.html



Fall 2006 Schedule:
SEPTEMBER 29 (Friday), 2006, 12-1:50 pm: Prof. Andrew Payne, University of St Joseph, "Eudaimonism Ancient and Modern."
Raynor Library Conference Center (lower level), Room D.

NOVEMBER 2 (Thursday), 2006, at 3:30 pm, Prof. Daniel Frank, Purdue University, "Virtue Beyond Virtue: Aristotle's Conundrum, Maimonides' Intervention"
Raynor Library Conference Center (lower level), Room A.

NOVEMBER 3 (Friday), 2006, at 11:45 am - 1:15 pm, "Aquinas and the Arabs" Text Seminar, Prof. Richard C. Taylor, Marquette University, "Themistius and Averroes's Mature Teachings on Intellect." Raynor Library, First Floor, rm. 136.

NOVEMBER 8 (Wednesday), 2006, at 4:30 : Prof. Dr. Andreas Speer, Direktor, Thomas Institut, Cologne, "Marquette and the Founding of the Thomas Institut in Cologne" with reception to follow.
Location: Lunda Room, Alumni Memorial Union (AMU), 2nd floor
Sponsored by Marquette University Press.

NOVEMBER 9 (Thursday), 9:30-10:50 Midwest Seminar: Prof. Dr. Andreas Speer, Direktor, Thomas Institut, Cologne, "Wisdom in Ancient and Medieval Thought"
Location: Cudahy Hall, 143.

Spring 2007 Schedule:

February 27, 3:30-6:30, "Averroes: a Roundtable Discussion" with Therese-Anne Druart (The Catholic University of America), Deborah Black (University of Toronto), David Twetten (Marquette University), Richard Taylor (Marquette University) and other guests. Sponsored by the 'Aquinas and the Arabs' Project at Marquette University.
Location: To Be Announced.

SPECIAL CONFERENCE EVENT February 28-March 2, 2007: "The Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Heritage: Philosophical and Theological Explorations in the Abrahamic Traditions." For information, see http://web.mac.com/mistertea/iWeb/Abrahamic%20Conference/Welcome.html


Marquette University Faculty Participants: Owen Goldin (Ancient), Susanne Foster (Ancient, Ethics), John Jones (Medieval Social Thought, Neoplatonism), James South (Late Medieval & Renaissance), Andrew Tallon (NeoThomism, phenomenology), Richard C. Taylor (Medieval Latin & Arabic), Roland Teske, S.J., (Medieval, Augustine, Philosophy of Religion), David Twetten (Medieval, Aquinas) and others from Marquette and other regional universities.

Recent visiting participants in the seminar have included Suzanne Stern-Gillet (Bolton Institute), Alfred Ivry (New York University), Thomas Williams (University of Iowa), Eugene Garver (Saint John's University), Patricia Curd (Purdue University), Cristina D'Ancona (Università di Padova), John Sisko (College of William and Mary), Jeffrey E. Brower (Purdue University), Mary J. Sirridge (Lousiana State University), Richard Tierney (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee), Kenneth Seeskin (Northwestern University), Ruth Glassner (Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem), Steven Harvey (Bar Ilan University), Ray Weiss (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee), Hye-Kyung Kim (University of Wisconsin at Green Bay), Lorraine Pangle (University of Texas at Austin), Josep Puig Montada (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Roslyn Weiss (Lehigh University), Helen Lang (Villanova University), and others.

DIRECTIONS AND MAPS:
- For directions to the Marquette Campus, see http://www.marquette.edu/contact/directions/
- For information on the Raynor Library and nearby parking see
http://www.marquette.edu/contact/finder/raynor.shtml.
- For information on the Alumni Memorial Union (AMU) and its location, see
http://www.marquette.edu/contact/finder/union.shtml
- For information on Cudahy Hall and its location, see
http://www.marquette.edu/contact/finder/cudahy.shtml
- For a map of the Marquette University campus, see http://www.marquette.edu/contact/CampusMap.pdf
- For a map of downtown Milwaukee, see
http://www.wisconline.com/counties/milwaukee/map-downtown.html

Send requests for information to:
Richard C. Taylor, Department of Philosophy, Marquette University
Email: mistertea@mac.com or Richard.Taylor@Marquette.edu.
Telephone: (414)-288-5649




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