Papers are currently being accepted for an academic conference commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea (325) together with the 60th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). The conference will take place September 4–7, 2025, at Marquette University.
The fruit of a collaboration between local Catholic institutions, the conference will gather an ecumenical array of scholars, students, bishops, and lay Christians from around the world to celebrate and study these significant events that constitute the first and most recent ecumenical councils in the Catholic tradition.
Paper proposals of no more than 300 words may be submitted using the online portal. Please note that papers related to Nicaea will be scheduled on Friday, September 5, and papers related to Vatican II will be scheduled on Saturday, September 6.
Paper topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The Council of Nicaea and its reception history
- The Nicene Creed and other Christian confessions
- Trinitarian theology and Christology in view of Nicaea
- Athanasius, Arius, and “Arianism”
- Orthodoxy and heresy in Christian tradition
- Unity and schism in Church history
- Constantine and Christianity in the Roman Empire
- Ecumenical councils and the conciliar tradition
- The Second Vatican Council and its reception history
- The proceedings and documents of Vatican II
- Liturgy and liturgical developments before or after Vatican II
- Synods and synodality
- The Church in the modern world
- Ecumenism and ecumenical relations between the Catholic Church and other ecclesialbodies
Selected papers will be included in an edited volume of the conference proceedings.
Additional information can be found at /https://www.legaciesconference.org/. The deadline to submit a proposal is March 1, 2025.