In the academic year 2004-5....
where will Will be?

2004

For travel prior to October 2004, click here.

October

29-30 October  - Ottawa, Canada
The Canadian Jacques Maritain Association / l'association canadienne Jacques-Maritain
Theme: Maritain, Politics, and the Ethical
http://iago.stfx.ca/people/wsweet/Maritain04b.html 

November

11-12 November, 2004  - Ottawa, Canada
Collège dominicain de philosophie et de théologie
Colloque / Colloquium: Pertinence actuelle de la théorie de la Guerre Juste / Today’s pertinence of the Just War Theory

December

6-17 December, 2004 -  Taipei, Taiwan
Stanislaus Lokuang Chair of Philosophy, Fu Jen Catholic University

18-23 - Vancouver / Vancouver Island, British Columbia

24-28 - Montreal

2005


February

2-5 February - Lennoxville/Montreal, QC

April 

18-25 April - Seoul, Korea
FISP Program Committee meeting / Conference on "Dialogues among Cultures"

28 to 2 May - Rome
International Maritain Institute meeting / Rome

May

17-22 May, 2005 - Helsinki, Finland
 FISP meeting / Conference on "Metaphilosophical Reflections: On Current Challenges to Philosophy"

29–30 May, 2005 - University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
Technology and the Changing Face of Humanity / La technologie et le paradigme émergent de l'humain
sponsored by the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association - l'association canadienne Jacques-Maritain
Website:  http://iago.stfx.ca/people/wsweet/Maritaincall05a.html

June

Ottawa

July

6-9 July 2005 -- Conistonwater (Monk Coniston) [Lake District] England.
R.G. Collingwood Society,
Contact: Professor David Boucher,
Collingwood and British Idealism Centre (The Collingwood Society),
Cardiff School of European Studies, Cardiff University,
PO Box 908, CARDIFF, CF10 3YQ, UK
http://www.cf.ac.uk/euros/collingwood/The%20Collingwood%202005%20Conference.pdf

11-15 July 2005 - Konjic, Bosnia-Hercegovina
Eighth International Seminar "Democracy and Human Rights in Multiethnic Societies"
Contact: Dzemal Sokolovic, Director of the Institute for Strengthening Democracy in Bosnia
Dzemal.Sokolovic@rokkan.uib.no

18-22 July 2005 - Harris Manchester College, Oxford
IDEALISM TODAY CONFERENCE
Contact: Dr W.J.Mander, Harris Manchester College, Oxford OX1 3TD, United Kingdom
E-mail:  william.mander@harris-manchester.oxford.ac.uk
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~manc0043/idealismtoday.html


26-31   July     Warsaw, Poland     
Conference on "Transmutations of Western Civilization through the Discovery of Common Values in a Multi-Cultural World and Basing on Real Dialogue and Love"


August


October:

Oct. 24 and 29, 2005 - Nigeria
International Conference
theme : Church and State as Partners in Development, the African Experience.
Lecture on "international concerns about development."


October 28-29, 2005   Memorial University of Newfoundland
ARPA
http://www.mun.ca/phil/ARPApos4.htm

November:

4 and 5 November 2005     Ottawa
Association canadienne Jacques Maritain / Canadian Jacques Maritain Association
Theme: 'Maritain and Historical Traditions in Philosophy'
http://iago.stfx.ca/people/wsweet/Maritain-call-05b.html

December

17-20 December 2005 - India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Second International Conference on the Religions and Cultures in the Indic Civilization
Centre For The Study Of Developing Society
29, Rajpur Road
Delhi- 110 054

Themes:
1. Religious Texts: Contexts, Interpretations and Ramifications: Ideas of the common or public good; norms about accumulating and sharing income and wealth l Gender perceptions and familial relations l Theories of kingship, justice and political authority l Relations between the divine and mortals, rulers and ruled, nature and human beings

2. Beliefs, Practices and Institutions: Syncretism, anti-syncretism l Role of dharmasthans, pilgrimage centres as well as the control and management of religious institutions l The rise, decline and renewals of shramanic religious traditions l Religious conversions, rituals, identities and practices l Believers and non-believers and godless religions l  Popular and folk religions, local cults and practices and their links with the canonical l Case studies of the making and unmaking of religious and spiritual authority and the role of dissent

3. Religious Movements and Social Change: Caste, sects and religious movements l Religious reforms and the rise of nationalism l Role of religious philanthropy and their diverse forms in different religious traditions l Role of intermediaries between the divine and the individual l Re-invocation of faith through a personal god and the bhakti and sufi traditions

4. Communalism and Pluralism: Hate literature and hate websites l Anatomy of communal violence, retaliation and the ghettoisation of communities l Personal laws and uniform civil code l l Shared space among religious communities and inter-faith initiatives

5. Religion and Science: Cosmological links of Indic religions with the Indic scientific traditions l Moral and ethical issues of modern science and the response of religious authorities l Convergence and conflict between science and religion in the future        

6. Indic Religions and Globalisation: New religious movements and institutions and the renewed role of ‘godmen’ and spiritual leaders in expanding the space of Indic religions in the universe of world religions l The diaspora, transnationalism and the reinterpretation of Indic religious and cultural traditions

7. Religion, Performing Arts and Mass Media: Cultural contexts of religious discourse on folk, classical and non-classical art forms (music, dance, drama, fairs, festivals, paintings and handicrafts) l Mass manufacture of religious identity and the impact of religious TV channels, audio/video CDs, religious gatherings and popular religious literature and magazines l Indian films as interpreters of popular faiths and cultures

8. Special methodological concerns in the study of religions within Indic civilisation.


2006


mid-January

Philosophical Society of Southern Africalate February


February
Society for the Philosophy of Religion, 77th Annual Meeting


April 5 - 10, 2006 -Technical University, Gh. Asachi and the A.I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania,
European Conference on Science and Theology
Theme: Sustaining Diversity Science, Theology and the Futures of Creation
http://www.esssat.org/


May 27th to June 4th -- York University -- Toronto, Ontario
Congress 2006

May 29-June 2, 2006
Moscow International Conference of Comparative Philosophy
The theme of the Conference: “Knowledge and Belief: Cross-cultural Approach”.
The participants are asked to submit a paper (for 30 minutes) by January 2006 so that it could be translated by May.
Marietta Stepanyants <mstepani@iph.ras.ru>


COMIUCAP

17-21 July 2006 -- Bandung, Indonesia
Theme: "CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE, culture as threat and opportunity"


17–22 July 2006   University of Malta 
ISSEI  / The International Society for the Study of European Ideas 10th Conference


27th - 30th July 2006  -- Salzburg, Austria
Vorkonferenz: “Intercultural Theology and Study of Religions: Subject Matters, Methods, Perspectives” and
“Hospitality - A Paradigm of Interreligious and Intercultural Encounter.”

 



Fall 2006: Philosophy, Globalization, and the Environment




 



 


 

2007

Congress 2007
University of Saskatchewan

23rd IVR WORLD CONGRESS
Krakow, Poland
Prof. Tomas Gizbert-Studnicki will be in charge of the organization

  

 

2008

Congress 2007
University of British Columbia

23rd IVR WORLD CONGRESS
Krakow, Poland


http://www.people.memphis.edu/~philos/sjp/philcal.html