Colloques

Asia-Pacific Early Christian Studies Society, 5-7 July 2012

The Seventh Conference of the Asia-Pacific Early Christian Studies Society, on the theme “Preaching and Ministry,” will be held 5-7 July 2012 at the Presbyterian Theological College and Seminary, Seoul, South Korea. For more information consult the attachment.

North American Patristics Society, 24-26 May 2012

The Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society will be held on 24-26 May 2012 at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, Chicago, USA. For information go to http://patristics.org/annual-meeting.

The 11th International Conference on Origen Studies: Colloquium Origenianum Undecimum, Aarhus University, Denmark, 26-31 August 2013

The theme of the conference will be 'Origen and Origenism in the History of Western Thought'. This theme includes a number of sub-themes, such as the reception of Origen and Origenism in philosophy and theology from the earliest reception in the third and fourth centuries through the Middle Ages to the most recent reception in the 20th century; the philological work on Origen's texts; the use or rejection of Origen's exegetical principles etc. The programme may also include a section on Origen and Origenism in other traditions, for example in Orthodox theology.

The conference will have a special focus on young scholars as the conference programme will include workshops specifically designed for the presentation and discussion of doctoral and postdoctoral projects. Presentations at these workshops do not necessarily have to be on the conference theme. For more information click here.

International Conference, Saint Emperor Constantine and Christianity, Niš, 2013

In 2013 various events will be organized in Niš to celebrate an important date in the history of Christianity—the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan. Emperor Constantine’s hometown will be the venue of an international conference Saint Emperor Constantine and Christianity. The conference will be held in late May or early June 2013. Papers are invited in one of the following domains:

• Emperor Constantine in history
• Christianity in the first millennium
• Theological and church-historical circumstances in the 4th century
• Emperor Constantine in art
• Emperor Constantine in literature
• Roman law and Christianity
• Edicts on religious tolerance.

A paper title followed by an abstract in English or Serbian should be submitted electronically to Program Committee secretaries Ivica Živković (ivicazzivkovic@gmail.com)  or Vladimir Aleksić (vlaleksic@yahoo.com) by June 1, 2011. For more information consult the attachment.

Argentine

Un colloque international sur le thème « L’identité de Jésus : unité et diversité à l’époque patristique » aura lieu le 8 à 10 août 2012 à l’Universidad Católica de Cuyo dans San Juan, Argentine. La date limite pour les propositions est le 30 avril 2012. Pour de plus amples renseignements, cliquez ici.

Belgique

International Donatist Studies Symposium, Leuven

On Thursday and Friday, 17-18 May 2012, the Research Unit-History of Church and Theology of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculty of Theology will organise, in collaboration with the Augustinian Historical Institute (Heverlee/Leuven), the first international expert seminar dedicated exclusively to research on Donatist Christianity and related themes. This conference will bring together scholars from all over the world who have made important contributions to the study of ancient North African Christianity in recent years as well as provide a platform for newly-arriving scholars.

The contributions to the symposium can be dedicated to various topics. The following survey presents some possible themes, but does not intend to exclude alternative issues or approaches: the effect of Imperial intervention/political aspects of the Donatist leadership, the development of Augustine’s theology through the controversy, theological content in the African councils (sacramentology, ecclesiology, martyrology, Christology), the role of authority and tradition in the controversy, the role of leading personalities in the controversy, the bible in Africa, rhetorical analysis of polemical literature, textual-critical studies of the sources, archaeological findings and African liturgy, and the later history of Donatism and its reception in early-modern controversies. Each contribution is supposed to include a general, methodological conclusion which would enable perspectives for further research.

For further information, go to http://www.donatiststudies.com/index.html or https://www.facebook.com/donatiststudies.

Canada

L’Association Canadienne des Études Patristiques tiendra sa réunion annuelle à l’Université de Waterloo et la Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario du 29 au 31 mai, 2012 dans le cadre du Congrès des sciences humaines. Vous êtes invites à présenter, en français ou en anglais, une courte communication suivie d’échanges, le tout reparti sur une période de trente minutes. Pour de plus amples renseignements, cliquez ici.

États-Unis

The Catholic University of America's Center for the Study of Early Christianity will host a conference on “The Christian Moses” in Washington DC on May 31-June 3, 2012. Speakers will investigate how early Christians (to the seventh century CE) used traditions associated with Moses, along with significant Jewish traditions and early Islamic references to Moses. The conference will have a single-session format to encourage maximum interaction among all participants: speakers, local and visiting scholars, and graduate students. For more information about invited speakers and the titles of their presentations, as well as the call for papers, click here.

France

L’Institut d’Études Augustiniennes organise un colloque international « Augustin philosophe et prédicateur : Hommages à Goulven Madec », le 8-9 septembre 2011 à Paris. Pour le programme des communications, cliquez ici.

Le Ve colloque de Patristique et d’Histoire ancienne de La Rochelle intitulé Les Pères de l’Église et la chair : Entre incarnation et diabolisation, les premiers chrétiens au risque du corps aura lieu du 9 au 11 septembre 2011 à l’Université de La Rochelle. Le colloque est co-organisé par l’association CaritasPatrum et la Faculté de Droit de La Rochelle. Pour plus de renseignements, cliquez ici.

Un colloque international en hommage au Père Jean Meyendorff aura lieu le 9 à 11 février 2012 dans les locaux de l’Institut de théologie orthodoxe Saint‐Serge, 93 rue de Crimée, 75019 Paris. Pour de plus amples renseignements, cliquez ici.

Georgie

The National Center of Manuscripts, Tbilisi, will convene a conference on 20-24 September 2011 on the theme of Georgian Heritage Abroad. For more information about the topics of the conference, submission of abstracts, and registration, click here.

Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University announces the 6th International Kartvelological Symposium, 14-18 November 2011, on Georgian Language, Literature, Philosophy and Art History, and the History of Georgia. Those wishing to take part should send the titles of their papers, along with the registration form, not later than 15 April. For information go to http://www.kartvfund.org.ge or contact kartvcentre@hotmail.com or khintibidze@yahoo.com.

Irlande

The eighth Conference of the Patristic Symposium will take place in the summer or autumn of 2012, and will be called ‘The Beauty of the Presence of God’. For more information contact Janet Rutherford at janetrutherford@me.com.

Italie

Il XL Incontro di Studiosi dell’Antichità Cristiana si terrà nei giorni 10, 11 e 12 maggio 2012 e verterà sul tema: Lex et religio nel tardoantico. Il titolo riprende una frase di Cicerone (Pro Cluentio 58,159), alla quale si attribuisce un significato un po’ diverso rispetto all’intenzione ciceroniana, anche tenendo presente le mutate condizioni politiche, sociali e religiose a partire dal IV secolo. Orosio, agli inizi del V secolo, scriveva ubique patria, ubique lex et religio mea est (Orosio 5,2,2). Si constata, in questo caso, una permanenza linguistica e un cambiamento semantico dei termini: il termine lex assume ora anche altri significati (es. lex christiana; Christus legem dat), come pure religio. Altrettanto avviene per la legislazione religiosa, in quanto secondo l’antica tradizione romana, che mutando permane, le leges devono regolare il culto come presupposto della identità romana dei cives. Durante i christiana tempora la legge imperiale non ‘divorzia’ dalla religione, che in qualche modo resta parte dello ius publicum (riguarda il populus) e l’intervento legislativo quindi si giustifica pienamente. Ora la lex concerne non solo la religio licita o illicita, ma anche la religio vera (o catholica o orthodoxa), creando così nuove relazioni tra impero e cristianesimo, pur nascendo quella distinzione tra imperium e sacerdotium destinata a permanere e segnare molte tappe della storia del cristianesimo nei secoli successivi. Per ulteriori dettagli si prega di consultare il sito internet dell’Istituto Patristico.

Royaume-Uni

The Fourth British Patristics Conference will be held at Exeter University (St. Luke’s Campus), 5-7 September 2012. Two plenary speakers have already been confirmed: Sebastian Brock, formerly Reader in Syriac Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford; and Alastair Logan, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Exeter. For more information, click here.