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Villanova University has enjoyed a national reputation through its Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference (PMR) for over thirty years. Finding its natural niche and center in philosophy and theology, but extending from there to embrace a wide variety of disciplines in the field, the PMR has established a tradition of scholarship and collegiality complimentary to, rather than in competition with, the larger conferences such as Kalamazoo, the Oxford Patristics Conference, or the Medieval Academy.
The conference has met a need in the academic community for working space. According to founding director Thomas Losoncy, the conference was always intended to be a place where scholars come to roll up their sleeves, to work through new ideas, to experiment and push the envelope in their various fields. The PMR’s legacy is archived in a long-running series of published proceedings, from the early 1970s through the 1990s, testimony to its consistent success.
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2008 Conference
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33rd International PMR Conference will be held on
October 10-12, 2008. THE ANGEL AND THE MUSE:
INSPIRATION, REVELATION, PROPHECY, Featuring
Peter S. Hawkins, Religion and Literature,
Yale Divinity School, author of Dante's Testaments and
Michael Sells, Islamic Studies, University
of Chicago Divinity School, author of Approaching the Qur'an. As always,
the PMR makes an OPEN CALL to scholars, institutions, and
societies to propose Papers, Panels, or Sponsored
Sessions in all areas and topics in
late antiquity/patristics,
Byzantine Studies, Medieval Studies, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies,
and Renaissance &
Reformation Studies. The PMR committee this year makes a
special invitation to scholars from all disciplines in these
fields to address our plenary theme:
The Angel. The Muse. The Prophet. The texts and artifacts of the
ancient, medieval, and renaissance worlds of the Mediterranean were
filled with figures of inspiration and knowledge, beauty and wonder,
freedom and creativity. What is the relationship between the angel and
muse, between scripture and poetry, between spirit and insight? Who is
a prophet? And who is a poet? The “conference within the conference” at
PMR 2008 this year will reflect on these questions and more, from the
variety of disciplines in Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Reformation,
Byzantine, Islamic, and Jewish Studies.
Deadline for Papers Submission: May 30, 2008 |
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