Fall 2008 Aquinas and the Arabs Research Seminar Conference:

Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

October 11-12, 2008

Organized by

the Marquette Midwest Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy and

the Aquinas and the Arabs Project

(http://web.mac.com/mistertea/Aquinas_%26_the_Arabs/Aquinas_%26_the_Arabs.html)

with financial support from

the Klinger College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette

and the Departments of Theology and Philosophy

Aquinas and the Arabs:

A Research Seminar Conference on the Role of Arabic Philosophy in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas in his Commentary on the Sentences.

Location: Marquette University Raynor Memorial Library

Beaumier Conference Center

SCHEDULE

Saturday October 11, 2008, 2-7 pm

2:00-3:30:  Prof. R. E. Houser, Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St Thomas (Houston), “‘The Subtler Reasoning of Avicenna’: Aquinas’s ‘Short Course’ on the Principles of Avicennian Metaphysics included within Sacred Doctrine, Parisian Scriptum, 1. D. 8. Q. 1, Art. 1-3”

Commentator: Prof. Luis Xavier Lopez Farjeat, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City.

Session Chair: Prof. E. M. Macierowski, Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas

3:45-5:15: Prof. Jörg Tellkamp. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City. Topic: Teachings on the internal senses in the Commentary on the Sentences.

Commentator:  Prof. Kevin White, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Session Chair: Prof. David Twetten, Marquette University

5:30-7:00:  SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Adriano Oliva, O,P., President of the Commissio Leonina, Paris,  “Philosophy in the Teaching of Theology by Thomas Aquinas”

(Regarding the work of the Commissio Leonina, see http://leonina.nerim.net/)

Session Chair: Prof. Richard C. Taylor, Marquette University

Reception in honor of Père Oliva with buffet dinner at the home of Prof. Taylor.

(If interested in attending for dinner,  RSVP by email to Richard.Taylor@Marquette.edu.)

Sunday October 12, 2008, 12-4 pm

12:00-1:30: Prof. Richard C. Taylor, Marquette University. “The Use and Critique of Models From the Arabic Philosophical Tradition in Conceptualizing the Beatific Vision in Thomas Aquinas’s  Commentary on the Sentences, 1, D. 49, Q. 2, Art. 1.”

Commentary by Prof. Mark Johnson, Marquette University

Session Chair: Prof. John Boyle, University of St Thomas, Minn.-St. Paul, MN

1:45:  Presenter:  Prof. E. M. Macierowski, Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas, author of Thomas Aquinas’s Earliest Treatment of The Divine Essence: : Scriptum Super Sententiis, Book I, Distinction 8 (Binghamton, NY: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Institute for Global Cultural Studies, 1998):  “Remarks on Aquinas’s Use of Arabic Philosophical Sources in the Scriptum Super Sententias Book 1, Distinction 8.”

Session Chair: Prof. E. R. Houser, University of St. Thomas, Houston

Followed by: Concluding Open Discussion

CONFERENCE LOCATION:

Conference sessions will take place in the Raynor Library (1355 W. Wisconsin Ave.). For information on the Raynor Library and nearby parking see http://www.marquette.edu/contact/finder/raynor.shtml and the links there.

HOUSING:

Some on campus housing at $65 per night may be available. For information, please contact Carrie Enea at 414-288-7208 or carrie.enea@marquette.edu to make a reservation.

HOTELS:

Just a few blocks East from Marquette University is the Holiday Inn Milwaukee City Center, 611 West Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53203. Tel. 1-414-273-2950.

For further information on the hotel, see http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/mkecc?irs=null

A few blocks West from Marquette University is the charming Ambassador Hotel: 2308 W Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233. Tel.(414) 342-8400

For further information on the hotel, see www.ambassadormilwaukee.com

(Mention that you are attending a Marquette conference may get you a discount. Be sure to ask.)

DIRECTIONS AND MAPS:

For directions to the Marquette Campus, see http://www.marquette.edu/contact/directions/

For a map of the Marquette University campus, see http://www.marquette.edu/contact/CampusMap.pdf

For a map of downtown Milwaukee, see

http://www.wisconline.com/counties/milwaukee/map-downtown.html

TRAVELING TO MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY (& DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE) FROM

MILWAUKEE’S MITCHELL AIRPORT:

For a shuttle, see http://www.mitchellairport.com/getting.html

Downtown Milwaukee: info from http://kiwinc.itgo.com/mwc/mitchell.html

    * Expect a taxi to cost around $30 or a bit more due to fuel costs.

    * Most convenient: Airport Connection shared ride van serves a frequent loop of most downtown hotels. http://mkelimo.com/ ($12-15)

    * Cheapest: MCTS route 80 serves 6th St. downtown, next to the Midwest Airlines Center and nearby hotels. Travel time is 25 minutes, often only a few minutes longer than taxi or van.

http://www.ridemcts.com/routes_and_schedules/schedule.asp?route=80

The Conference Center is in the lower level of Raynor Library at 1355 W. Wisconsin Ave.

Aquinas and the Arabs Project link:

http://web.mac.com/mistertea/iWeb/Aquinas%20&%20the%20Arabs/Aquinas%20&%20the%20Arabs.html

Midwest Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy link:

http://web.mac.com/mistertea/Midwest_Seminar/Welcome.html

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT link:

http://www.marquette.edu/phil/

For other recent conferences sponsored by the Aquinas and the Arabs Project, see

http://web.me.com/mistertea/A_&_A_Conferences/Conferences_%26_Seminars.html