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1. Conference on Neoplatonism & Panel on Dionysius the Areopagite

   The 8th Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies will
   be held in Madrid on June 17-20 2010.
   Along with the Conference there will be a Panel discussion entitled Dionysius the Areopagite between Orthodoxy and Heresy.

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   February 28th, 2010 8:50 pm | Continue Reading

2. American Society of Church History

   Call for Papers
   American Society of Church History
   Winter 2011 Meeting

   Dear ASCH members—

   The annual Winter 2011 meeting of the American Society of Church History will be held in Boston from Thursday through Sunday, January 6-9, 2011, in conjunction with the American Historical Association. We invite ASCH members to submit proposals on any aspect of the history of Christianity and its interaction with culture, including individual papers, complete panels, and roundtable discussions.

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   February 8th, 2010 10:15 pm | Continue Reading

3. NEH Summer Seminar in Tunisia

   The National Endowment for the Humanities is sponsoring a summer seminar for College and University Professors in July of 2010 in Tunisia to be led by Professor Thomas Heffernan.

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   January 18th, 2010 2:33 pm | Continue Reading

4. International Conference: Invention, Rewriting, Usurpation: Discursive Fights over Religious Traditions in Antiquity

   Invention, Rewriting, Usurpation: Discursive Fights over Religious Traditions in Antiquity
   International Conference
   Ebeltoft, Denmark
   31 May – 4 June 2010

   Further Information:
   Conference website and registration:
   www.relnorm.au.dk/en/may2010conf/presentation

   The conference explores questions such as: How did ancient religious texts and traditions attain normative and canonical status? Which ideological and rhetorical strategies were used in the struggle for the normative status of specific texts and traditions? Discussions will take place under these five headings:
   1. Reuse, Rewriting and Usurpation of Biblical and Classical Texts
   2. Invention and Maintenance of Religious Traditions: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 3. Orthodoxy and Heresy
   4. Formation of the Biblical Canon
   5. Canons, Classics and Foundation Texts in Antiquity: A Comparative Perspective

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   January 16th, 2010 6:11 pm | Continue Reading