Events

We will try to post Philosophy Department events as requested in a timely manner. Please contact the Philosophy office if you would like to have an upcoming event posted.

The Inaugural North American International Etienne Gilson Society Congress
“Thomist Humanism and the Future of Civilization”
October 1-3, 2009
Loyola University Maryland
Download the program to see a full list of events being held during the congress.

Distinguished scholar lecture series to commence Oct. 9
The Loyola College Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series is a sequence of events organized by holders of the four Distinguished Scholar Chairs in Loyola College (formerly College of Arts and Sciences) at Loyola University. In two lectures or public discussions per semester, they will speak from their fields of expertise. The goal of the series is to promote conversation about scholarship among the diverse academic disciplines at Loyola College. Teachers of all departments are invited to bring their classes.

The schedule is as follows:

Friday, Oct. 9
2 p.m., Sellinger 004
"Philosophy in Poetry: Francesco Petrarca"
Paul Richard Blum, T.J. Higgins, S.J., Chair in Philosophy

Friday, Nov. 6
2 p.m., Knott Hall B03
"Shakespeare and The Book of Sir Thomas More"
Robert Miola, Gerard Manley Hopkins Chair in English

Spring 2010 (TBA)
"Authority and Freedom: Learning from the Jansenists"
John Conley, S.J., Knott Chair in Theology

Friday, April 9, 2010
2 p.m., Knott Hall B03
"Three Kinds of Time: Chinese Responses to Japanese Bacteriological Warfare, 1941-1945"
R. Keith Schoppa, Doehler Chair in History