CFP for SMRP Inaugural Conference

The Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy is pleased to announce its first ever stand alone conference, September 30th – October 2nd, 2020, at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. The Society invites proposals for individual presentations or sessions on any topic(s) or figure(s) in medieval or renaissance philosophy. Please submit presentation and … More CFP for SMRP Inaugural Conference

CFP: New College Conference On Medieval and Renaissance Studies

The twenty-second biennial New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies will take place 12–14 March 2020 in Sarasota, Florida. The program committee invites 250-word abstracts of proposed twenty-minute papers on topics in European and Mediterranean history, literature, art, music, philosophy and religion from the fourth to the seventeenth centuries. Interdisciplinary work is particularly appropriate … More CFP: New College Conference On Medieval and Renaissance Studies

CFP for Kalamazoo 2020

Dear Friends and Members of the SMRP, Attached, please find a CFP for SMRP-sponsored sessions at next year’s International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, May 7-10, 2020. Presentation proposals are due September 8, 2019 to John Inglis (jinglis1@udayton.edu). Please see the attached document for additional details. CFP for 55th International … More CFP for Kalamazoo 2020

CFP for RSA 2020 Session. Note August 11th deadline

Dear Friends and Members, Attached is a call for papers for a session being proposed for the Renaissance Society of America, 2020 (Philadelphia): (Mis)Reading the Past: Medieval and Renaissance Political Terms and their Modern Meaning   Please note the August 11th (2019) deadline for submissions.  Attached is the CFP with the session details. POLEGATO RSA … More CFP for RSA 2020 Session. Note August 11th deadline

Inaugural SMRP Stand-Alone Conference, October 2020

Dear Friends and Members of the SMRP, Please save the date! Planning for the SMRP’s first ever stand-alone conference is well underway with the date and place set for October 1st to 3rd 2020 in South Bend, Indiana at Notre Dame University.   Anticipate programming in themes, topics and figures in all areas of Medieval and … More Inaugural SMRP Stand-Alone Conference, October 2020

Announcing the 2019 Founder’s Award Winner and Honorable Mentions

Dear Members and Friends of the SMRP The SMRP is pleased to announce the 2019 recipient of its annual Founder’s Award is Benjamin Block for his paper, “Thomas Aquinas on Knowing Essences and Substances.”  Dr. Block will present his work in an SMRP-sponsored session to be announced. The Founder’s Award selection committee would also like … More Announcing the 2019 Founder’s Award Winner and Honorable Mentions

2018 Books

Originally posted on In medias PHIL:
Here is my annual collection of new books in medieval philosophy, preceded by some 2017 books that I missed in last year’s inventory. How many books do you think get published in medieval philosophy every year? Well, my list from 2018 contains 123 items.  As usual, the order in…

SMRP Events at the 2019 APA Eastern Division Meeting

G1A: Metaphysics and Language in the Jewish and Islamic Traditions Monday, January 7, 11 AM-1 PM Session Organizer: Luis Xavier López-Farjeat (Universidad Panamericana) Thérèse-Anne Druart (The Catholic University of America) “The Origin of Language in the Islamic Tradition” Lenn Goodman (Vanderbilt University) “Is There an Ontological Argument in al-Ghazali and Maimonides?” Stephen Ogden (Johns Hopkins … More SMRP Events at the 2019 APA Eastern Division Meeting