Conferences

Announcements of conferences of interest to Society members

CALL FOR PAPERS
The SMRP will sponsor a session at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America (RSA):  Montreal, March 24-26, 2011.
SMRP members are invited to propose papers on any area of Renaissance philosophy.  We especially welcome proposals highlighting the historiography of Renaissance philosophy. Proposals should include the author's name and professional affiliation, the paper's title, a brief abstract (150 words orless), and any A/V requirements.  Send proposals by May 1 to Prof. Donald Duclow at: donduclow@earthlink.net.
 Please note that to speak at the annual meeting, you must be an RSA member and pay the registration fee before August 30, 2010.  Details about the RSA can be found at http://rsa.org.

March 12 - 14, 2010:
Meister Eckhart in the Original conference
A conference entitled “Meister Eckhart in the Original: Facts, Images and Legends After 750 Years" will be held March 12-14, 2010, in Munich, Germany. For further information, please see the website for the Meister-Eckhart-Gesellschaft: http://www.meister-eckhart-gesellschaft.de/tagungen.htm#2010

March 18 - 20, 2010:
Medieval Academy Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Medieval Academy will be held 18–20 March 2010, on Yale University Campus, New Haven, Connecticut hosted by Connecticut College, Southern Connecticut State University, Trinity College (Hartford), University of Connecticut, Wesleyan University, and Yale University.

April 8 - 10, 2010:
SMRP at the RSA
The SMRP will be sponsoring two sessions at the Renaissance Society of America conference in Venice, Italy from April 8-10, 2010.

SESSION I:
Ficino and Peter of Candia
Chair: Michael J. B. Allen, UCLA
Stephen F. Brown, Boston College Peter of Candia’s De obligationibus
Suzanne Stern-Gillet, University of Bolton Beauty Simple and Incorporated: Ficino against the Stoics

SESSION II:
Padua’s Aristotelian Legacy
Chair: John Monfasani, University at Albany - Suny
Per Landgren The Aristotelian Concept of History and the Paduan Connection
Sebastian Rehnman, University of Stavanger The Moral Philosophy of Pietro Martire Vermigli in its Paduan Bakground

May 13 - 16, 2010:
International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo
The 45th International Congress on Medieval Studies will take place at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. For further information, please contact:

The International Congress on Medieval Studies
Medieval Institute
Western Michigan University
1903 W. Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5432
(269-387-8745; fax: 269-387-8750; mdvl_congres@wmich.edu.http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/

May 28 - 30, 2010:
Rencontre á Paris 1310 conference
A conference entitled “Rencontre á Paris 1310: Marguerite Porete, Dante, Lullus and Eckhart" will be held May 28-30, 2010, in Paris, France. For further information, please see the website for the Meister-Eckhart-Gesellschaft: http://www.meister-eckhart-gesellschaft.de/tagungen.htm#2010

July 6 - August 11, 2010:
NEH seminar on Jews in Medieval Christendom
Applications are encouraged for a 2010 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) summer institute for 25 college or university faculty, or full time graduate students: “Representations of the ‘Other’: Jews in Medieval Christendom.” The institute, directed by Professor Irven M. Resnick, will meet at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (England) from 6 July - 11 August, 2010. A stipend of $3900 is provided to all participants.

For complete details and application information, please see www.utc.edu/neh or contact Irven-Resnick@utc.edu.

July 12 - 15, 2010:
International Medieval Congress at Leeds
The 17th International Medieval Congress (IMC) will be held at Leeds, England. For further information, please contact:

The International Medieval Congress Administration
Institute for Medieval Studies
Parkinson Bldg. 1.03
Univ. of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
(+44-113-343-3614; fax: +44-113-343-3616; imc@leeds.ac.uk.http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc

November 5 - 7, 2010:
American Catholic Philosophical Association Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the ACPA will be held in Baltimore, Maryland in the fall of 2010. The meeting will be hosted by Loyola College in Maryland. The theme for the gathering is "Philosophy and Language."