CallforProposals
Submissionsdue:1May,2016
Upto4submittedpaperswillbeacceptedforpresentationonarollingbasis.
PhilosophyintheAbrahamicTraditions:
InternationalLiveVideoWorkshoponal-Ghazali
July6-8,2016
MarquetteUniversity,Milwaukee,WI
Organizers:
Prof.SarahPessin,UniversityofDenver&Prof.RichardC.Taylor,MarquetteUniversity
PresentedbytheDepartmentsofPhilosophyattheUniversityofDenverandMarquetteUniversity
&theUniversityofDenver’sCenterforJudaicStudies
Details:
Anintensive3-dayworkshopforscholarsofmedievalIslamic,Jewish,andChristianphilosophy,
thisyearfeaturingliveandvideopresentationsanddiscussionsonthephilosophyofal-Ghazaliby:
Prof.Therese-AnneDruart(CatholicUniversityofAmerica)
Prof.FrankGriffel(YaleUniversity)
Prof.TaneliKukkonen(NewYorkUniversity)
Prof.TzviLangermann(Bar-IlanUniversity)
WhileourWorkshopisdesignedwithscheduledtimeforMilwaukeeparticipantstoviewanddiscussinadvancethe
videopresentationsofthepapersbyour4featuredspeakers,wearealsoincludingtimeforupto4additional
submittedpaperstobepresentedinpersoninMilwaukee.
FirstheldatMarquetteUniversityin2008,thisSummerworkshopconferencealternatesbetweentheUniversityof
DenverandMarquetteUniversity.Thenewvideo&Skypeformatwasadoptedin2014.Foralistofprojectedsummer
seminarsthrough2027,seeAbrahamicTraditions.org.
ConferenceProposalSubmissionGuidelines:
• EstablishedScholars:sendatitleandanabstractof50-100words
• GraduateStudents:sendatitle,a50-100wordabstract,aCVandasupportingletterfrom
yourfacultyadvisorordissertationdirector
• Papersshouldbepreparedfor35-40min.readingtime.
• [email protected]
TheSelectionCommitteewillchoosepresentersonthebasisofqualityofproposals(titleandabstract)andscholarlyrecord
astheprimarycriteria.Choiceswillbemadeonarollingbasis.
SeemoreWorkshopdetails,includinghousing,at:
http://academic.mu.edu/taylorr/The_Abrahamic_Traditions/2016_Summer_Conference_Milwaukee.html
[Conferenceattendanceisfreeofcharge;attendeescovertheirowntravel,lodging,anddiningexpenses]