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), Andrew Payne, Universityof St. Joseph, Daniel Frank, Purdue University, Andreas Speer, Thomas Institut, Cologne, Carlos Fraenkel, McGill University, Sarah Pessin, University of Denver, 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, Fax: (414)288-3010


SOME VALUABLE LINKS


Aquinas and the Arabs: A Project in Medieval Philosophy:

http://web.mac.com/mistertea/iWeb/Aquinas%20&%20the%20Arabs/Aquinas%20&%20the%20Arabs.html


Marquette University Philosophy Department: http://www.marquette.edu/phil/

 

           Alumni Memorial Union                 John P. Raynor, S.J., Library                   Marquette Hall



Sponsored by the Marquette University Department of Philosophy


with the support of the


Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette

and the Helen Bader Foundation

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin




2009-2010 Academic Year Schedule



October 30, 2009


Dr. Barry Kogan,

Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati

“Theophany and Philosophy:

Judah  Halevi’s Account of the Origins

of the Religion of Israel in the Kitab al-Khazari”

2:00 - 4:00 pm

Raynor Library Beaumier Conference Center Room A




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September 10, 2009

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Raynor Library Beaumier Conference Center Room A


“Porphyry on the Cognitive Process”

Dr. Michael Chase

Centre National de Recherches Scientifiques, Paris




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2008-9 Academic Year Schedule



Spring 2009


Upcoming Seminars


“Is Good Tragedy Possible? The Argument of Gorgias 502b-503b”

Dr. Franco Trivigno, Marquette University

2:00-3:30 pm Friday, March 20, 2009

Location: Raynor Library, Conference Center, Room A


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Recent Seminars


“Plato on Physis: A Critique and Defense”

Dr. Julie Ward, Loyola University of Chicago

2:00-3:30 pm February 12, 2009

Location: Alumni Memorial Union, Room 254



“Aristotle’s Second Sailing”

Abstract:

The topic of this paper is the relationship of aitia and logos in

Aristotle’s Physics with recourse to some passages in Plato’s Phaedo.

Dr. Melissa Shew, Marquette University

2-3:30 pm  January 15, 2009

Location: Raynor Memorial Library,

Beaumier Conference Center, Study Room D



Fall 2008 Aquinas and the Arabs Research Seminar Conference:

Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

October 11-12, 2008

Organized by

the Marquette Midwest Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy and

the Aquinas and the Arabs Project

(http://web.mac.com/mistertea/Aquinas_%26_the_Arabs/Aquinas_%26_the_Arabs.html)

with financial support from

the Klinger College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette

and the Departments of Theology and Philosophy


Aquinas and the Arabs:

A Research Seminar Conference on the Role of Arabic Philosophy in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas in his Commentary on the Sentences.


Location: Marquette University Raynor Memorial Library

Beaumier Conference Center


For further information see

http://web.mac.com/mistertea/Aquinas_%26_the_Arabs/Research_Seminar_Conferences_2008-9.html


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Dr. Adriano Oliva, O.P.

President, Commissio Leonina

Paris, France


“Philosophy in the Teaching of Theology

by Thomas Aquinas”


Monday October 13, 2008, 4:00 pm

Beaumier Conference Center,

Raynor Memorial Library


Reception to follow


Sponsored by the Departments of Theology and Philosophy

in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, Marquette University,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA


For information, see

http://web.mac.com/mistertea/Aquinas_%26_the_Arabs/Lecture_Oct_13,_2008.html



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June 2009 SUMMER CONFERENCE:

“Thought and Action in Aristotle and the Aristotelian Tradition”

See

http://web.mac.com/mistertea/Midwest_Seminar/2009_Summer_Aristotle_Conference.html

June 2010

TWO SUMMER CONFERENCES 


“Aristotle and the Aristotelian Tradition”


“Philosophy in the Abrahamic Traditions”


Information forthcoming

St Joan of Arc Chapel

Aquinas and the Arabs International Working Group


Research Conference October 18-19, 2009


Text Seminars