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  1. Robert Markus Prize

    The Professor Robert Markus Prize
    The Professor Robert Markus Prize is being established to celebrate Robert’s contribution to academic life at Nottingham. The prize will be awarded in any particular academic year for the best M.A. dissertation in the Humanities (History, Theology, Philosophy, Ancient History, Archaeology, Art History), loosely in the period of Robert’s main interest prior to about 1000 A.D. From the summer of 2011, these departments will all be within the newly created School of Humanities.

    We are inviting all who knew Robert to join together in creating a prize fund.

    To make a contribution, cheques should be made payable to ‘The University of Nottingham’ and sent to:

    Professor John Beckett
    School of History
    University Park
    Nottingham NG7 2RD

    The University has charitable status, so gifts from UK tax payers can benefit from Gift Aid.
    Overseas donors are advised that you can donate to The Professor Robert Markus Prize by clicking here. If you donate via the website, please put in the COMMENTS box ‘The Professor Robert Markus Prize’, and do not check the box about gift aid (which is for UK donors only).

    Furthermore, under a gift matching scheme currently being funded by the UK government, all gifts received for the prize fund before 31st July 2011 will be doubled.

    The prize is intended to ensure that Robert’s legacy at Nottingham will be enshrined in an academic award, and your generosity in his memory will help to provide encouragement and reward to future students. The School of History is working with the University’s Development Office to create the fund. They will liaise with you as needed to ensure that your support is maximised as appropriate through both these schemes, to answer any other questions you may have about your support, and to acknowledge and receipt all gifts.

    Inquiries? Contact Stephen Markus on 01246 279611, or by email at steve.markus@gmail.com.

    Secretary-Treasurer

    March 25th, 2011 4:56 pm Continue Reading

  2. Patristics Conference at Princeton University & Princeton Theological Seminary

    THE SECOND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF FR GEORGES FLOROVSKY

    THE BODY OF THE LIVING CHRIST: THE PATRISTIC DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH

    CALL FOR PAPERS

    Deadline for abstracts: Friday, June 3, 2011

    The Second Annual Symposium in Honor of Fr Georges Florovsky will be held at Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary on Friday, February 10 and Saturday, February 11, 2012.

    Inspired by Fr Georges Florovsky’s well known essay, “Le corps du Christ vivant: Une interprétation orthodoxe de l’Église,” we will examine the doctrine of the Church in some of the same authorities upon which Florovsky relied. Please check our website for details, including the confirmed plenary speakers: http://www.princeton.edu/~florov/patristic_symposium.html

    Interested scholars and graduate students are invited to submit abstracts of papers on the symposium’s theme, especially on subjects not covered in the plenary addresses. Papers that address the doctrine of the Church in Scripture, hymnography, the Syriac Fathers, and in more recent figures, including those from Byzantium, Russia, and the 20th century, are most welcome.

    The abstract should be no more than 500 words, have a clear thesis, and demonstrate the author’s knowledge of the relevant sources. All papers will be limited to 20 minutes in length and will be considered for publication in the symposium’s proceedings.

    Please direct any inquiries or submit your abstract by e-mailing the Symposium Committee at florov@princeton.edu.

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    March 25th, 2011 4:38 pm Continue Reading

  3. Passing of Prof. Tom Sizgorich

    NAPS is deeply saddened to learn of the untimely death of Tom Sizgorich, Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine.  Tom was an exacting and innovative young scholar and will be greatly missed by all who knew him and his work.  To contribute to the memorial fund that has been established in Tom’s name please go to http://www.ams.ucsb.edu.

    Secretary-Treasurer

    February 1st, 2011 9:00 pm Continue Reading

  4. Revisiting St. Augustine’s Confessions: The 36th Annual Philosophy-Theology Symposium of Walsh University

    Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio, is proud to announce its 36th Annual Philosophy-Theology Symposium: Revisiting St. Augustine’s Confessions. The symposium will take place on Saturday, March 26th 2011 from 9:30am to 4:00pm at Walsh’s Barrette Business and Community Center. This year’s keynote address, A Life in Christ: St. Augustine’s Confessions, will be delivered by Lewis Ayres, Bede Chair in Catholic Theology at Durham University. Other speakers include David Meconi, S.J., Ryan Topping, and Bishop George V. Murry, S.J. No registration is required, midday Mass will be celebrated at Walsh’s Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel, and lunch will be provided free of charge.

    For more detailed information please visit www.walsh.edu or contact Chad Gerber, Assistant Professor of Theology, Walsh University at 330-244-4737 or at StAugustine@walsh.edu.

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    February 1st, 2011 2:35 pm Continue Reading

  5. Religions, Science & Technology in Cultural Context: Dynamics of Change

    International Association for the History of Religions Special Conference 2012

    Religions, Science and Technology in Cultural Contexts: Dynamics of Change

    Venue: NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 1-3 March 2012

    In current public and academic debates, the complex relationships between ‘religion’ and ‘science’ tend to be reduced into one between monolithic entities. By exploring historical and contemporary interactions between religions, science and technology, a more complex understanding may be reached of the areas and ways in which they overlap, correspond, challenge and conflict with each other.
    This conference seeks to explore how religions, science and technology interact and generate change (progressive, reactive, regressive), particularly in relation to such issues as the environment and climate change; the economy; welfare; life expectancy; popular representation; and sexual equality.
    Of particular interest are explorations of dynamic relationships between worldviews/cosmologies, socio-cultural practices and technologies; and of ‘the politics of change’, i.e. how different actors seek to convince the public of the benefits of their own approaches or of the detriment of ‘the others’ approaches.

    The conference is organized by the Department of Archaeology and Religious Studies of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.

    Registration fee until 1 December 2011 is 250 EUR, which includes conference materials, lunches and refreshments. There will also be bursaries for participants from lower income countries.

    Abstracts of 200 words and affiliation details should be submitted by 1st August 2011. For submitting your abstracts and for any type of inquiries, you are welcome to contact the Conference secretary, Filip Ivanovic (filip.ivanovic@ntnu.no).

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    January 28th, 2011 11:40 am Continue Reading
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