American Maritain Association

Dear Colleagues,

Please find linked below the revised schedule for the American Maritain Association 2012 conference.  This schedule supersedes a previous version, which was distributed by the Association mailing list and appeared on the Maritain Association web site. This revised version will appear on the Maritain web site shortly.  Some errors crept into the effort to collate the schedule of contributed and plenary sessions.  These have been corrected.  Please note there are some minor changes to the time, date, and content of a small number of sessions.  A few names were also omitted from the original program and these have been restored. Please refer to this schedule as you make your travel plans.

2012 Conference – Complete Schedule Revised

Proposals submitted for the 36th Annual International Meeting of the American Maritain Association have been reviewed.  A schedule for the conference will be available shortly.  If you have submitted a proposal and have not received a response concerning the status of your proposal, you may contact the Conference Chairperson.

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Please note that correspondence from the Chair is often sent to participants as a group.  Some email systems will automatically flag all group emails as spam and you may not receive important communications from the Conference system.  If you have not received a communication regarding your proposal, please examine your spam box carefully and make sure that conference emails are not being marked as spam in your inbox. 

American Maritain Association 2012 Conference
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36th Annual International Meeting: Thursday-Saturday, October 11-13, 2012 – Philadelphia, PA
“Art and Faith”
SPONSORED BY: LA SALLE UNIVERSITY

AMA President: John G. Trapani, Jr.
Program Committee: Cornelia Tsakiridou (Local Chair), Gavin Colvert (Chair), Bill Haggerty, John Hittinger, and John Trapani

The American Maritain Association issues a “Call for Papers” for its 36th annual international conference to be held in Philadelphia, PA.  Thursday, October 11 – Saturday, October 13, 2012.

This year’s conference theme is “Art and Faith,” a reference to Jacques Maritain’s book of the same name (English translation edition, 1948; originally published in 1926).  This little book is a treasury of insights on the broad and interrelated topics of art and faith revealed in the correspondence of letters between Jacques Maritain and Jean Cocteau.  About these two topics Maritain writes, “We merely claim that these two can love each other and remain free.”  Well, be free then … and check out this rich little volume – the letters are stimulating, and they suggest a variety of topics and themes for very provocative papers and discussions.  Submitted abstracts/papers on any topic of philosophical merit are most welcome.

Paper presentations at the conference should be limited to 25 minutes reading time, with 15 minutes for discussion. To submit an electronic proposal abstract of 500 words or less, please visit: the proposal submission site. In order to receive full consideration, proposals should be completed online by no later than Friday, July 6, 2012. Questions regarding the submission of proposals should be directed to the Program Chair: Dr. Gavin Colvert, Associate Professor and Chair, Philosophy Department, Assumption College, 500 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609 (email: gcolvert@assumption.edu). In addition, the AMA extends an invitation to societies or individuals interested in organizing a satellite session for the 2012 conference. Complete details regarding the submission of satellite session proposals are available at the link indicated above.

A special invitation is extended to graduate students. A stipend of $250.00 will be awarded to the outstanding graduate student paper selected for presentation by the Program Committee. In order to be considered for this award, please indicate your interest at the time of the submission of your completed paper. Papers will be evaluated by the Program Committee prior to the conference. The award recipient must be present at the conference; the stipend will be awarded at the AMA Awards Banquet.

The conference location is in Philadelphia, PA., and at LaSalle University.  We have very comfortable and convenient accommodations at the Sheraton Society Hill hotel.  Philadelphia, PA is accessible from numerous highways and at the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL).  Full conference details, including our special conference registration price, hotel information, and details of our exciting line-up of Plenary Speakers, will be announced in the summer.  In the meantime, mark your calendar now!

The conference location is in Notre Dame, Indiana and at St. Mary’s College. We have comfortable, convenient, and very affordable hotel accommodations complete with full breakfast daily. Notre Bend, IN is accessible from the South Bend airport or right off the Indiana Toll Road (I-80). Full conference details, including our line-up of Plenary Speakers will be forthcoming!

Paper Submission Instructions