Symposium / Colloque
May 31 - June 1 // 2010 // 31 mai au 1 juin |
Concordia University / Université Concordia |
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Association, which meets nearby, click here
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cliquetez ici.
Monday
/ lundi, 31 mai/May 31 |
Tuesday
/ mardi, 1 juin /June 1 |
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9-12.30 Session I: Understanding Cultural Clash Président et rapporteur / Chair - Commentator: Walter J. Schultz (President, Canadian Jacques Maritain Association) >
David Lea (AU Sharjah) - Liberalism and Communitarianism and the
Divide Between the West and the Islamic World >
David J. Klassen (Corpus Christi
College, UBC) - Integral Humanism or Exclusive Humanism? > Louis Perron (Saint-Paul) - La raison comme
espace transcendantal de médiation |
9-12.30 Session III: Cultural Clash and the Role of Religion > Walter Schultz (President, Canadian Jacques Maritain Association) – Authenticity and Community: An Inquiry Concerning the Future of Christianity > Mario D’Souza (Univ of Toronto) – Philosophical Transformation of the Self and Cultural Unity > Richard Schaefer (SUNY, |
12.30
– 14h LUNCH |
12.30
– 14h LUNCH |
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14h – 15.00 h Solange Lefebvre (Univ. de Montréal) - Commission Bouchard-Taylor : Genèse d’une réflexion sur la laïcité |
14h – 15.00 h Martha
Lee (Univ of Windsor) - The Clash of Cultures in Canada:
Apocalyptic Faith and Politics |
15.15
– 17.45 Session II: Examples of Cultural Clash in History Chair - Commentator / Président et rapporteur: Therese Tisseverasinghe (PhD student, Philosophy, University of Ottawa) >
Jennifer Weed (Univ of New Brunswick) – Thomas Aquinas on
Communication between Christians and Jews: A Clash of Religious Cultures >
Gyongi Hegedus (King’s, UWO) - Two Cultures: Clash or Confluence? > Cecil Chabot (Univ. d’Ottawa) - Wihtiko Killings and Cross-Cultural Conflict: Quests for Unity versus Uniformity of Understanding |
15.15 – 17.45 Session IV: Addressing Cultural Clash Président et rapporteur / Chair - Commentator: William Sweet >
Leslie Armour (Dominican University,
Ottawa) - The Idea of Religion and
the Clash of Cultures > Jean-Nil Chabot (independent scholar) – La
vérité rassemble > Jason West (Newman, |
June 1, 17h - 19h President's Reception
Conference dinner : TBA
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For more information, please contact:
Professor William Sweet,
Department of Philosophy, St Francis Xavier University,
Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5;
fax 902-867-3243; tel 902-867-2341; Internet: wsweet@stfx.ca