We remind 32nd International Meeting of THE ERIC VOEGELIN SOCIETY, 2016. VoegelinView and American Political Science Association Meeting, September 1-4, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Preliminary program June (July update see below):
Panel 1, The Challenge of Spiritual Discernment
Chair: Jerry L. Martin
Eric Voegelin on Spiritual Outbursts: From ‘Unanalyzed Totality’ to ‘Ontological Omnipresence
Macon Boczek, Kent State University, maconboczek@aol.com
Max Scheler’s Notion of the Ordo Amoris
William Petropulos, Eric Voegelin Arkiv, Munich, william.petropulos@web.de
The Challenges of Discernment Explored in Dante’s Divine Comedy
Anthony Esolen, Providence College, aesolen@providence.edu
Challenges of Discernment in the Life and Trials of Joan of Arc
Jerry L. Martin, University of Colorado at Boulder, jerry.martin@verizon.net
Discussants: Sarah Shea, McGill University, sarah.shea2@mail.mcgill.ca
Wolfgang Leidhold, University of Cologne, wolfgang.leidhold@unikoeln. de
Panel 2, A Roundtable on David Walsh’s Politics of the Person as the Politics of Being
Chair: John von Heyking, University of Lethbridge, john.vonheyking@uleth.ca
Brendan Purcell, Notre Dame University (Australia), Sydney Campus and St John’s College, University of Sydney, brendanpur@gmail.com
Barry Cooper, University of Calgary, bcooper@ucalgary.ca
Daniel Mahoney, Assumption College, dmahoney@assumption.edu
Steven McGuire, Eastern University, smcguire@eastern.edu
Cyril O’ Regan, University of Notre Dame, Cyril.J.O’Regan.1@nd.edu
Discussant: David Walsh, Catholic University of America, walshd@cua.edu
Panel 3, Representing the Real: Voegelinian Perspectives
Chair: Charles R. Embry, Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M UniversityCommerce
Eric Voegelin as Diagnostician of Discourse
Alan Baily, Stephen F. Austin State University, bailyai@sfasu.edu
Strauss, Heidegger and Voegelin on the Principle of Sufficient Reason
Jeremy Mhire, Louisisana Tech University , jmhire@latech.edu
Political Religions in the 21 Century: The Second Reality of ISIS
Scott Robinson, King University, msrobinson@king.edu
Salvation through Science? Bacon’s New Atlantis and Transhumanism
David Whitney, Nicholls State University, david.whitney@nicholls.edu
Discussants: Paulette Kidder, Seattle University, pwkidder@seattleu.edu
Paul Kidder, Seattle University, pekidder@seattleu.edu
Panel 4, Roundtable on Václav Havel
Chair: Martin Palouš, Florida International University, martin.palous@gmail.com
Michael Žantovský, Václav Havel Library, Prague, michael.zantovsky@vaclavhavellibrary.org
Henryk Syse, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), HENRIK@PRIO.NO
Zdravko Planinc, McMaster University, planincz@mcmaster.cast
Glenn Hughes, St. Mary’s University, ghughes@stmarytx.edu
Panel 5, Apocalyptic Influences in Contemporary Politics
Chair: Michael Gillespie, Duke University, mgillesp@duke.edu
What Apocalyptic Scenario does IS follow?
David Cook, Rice University, dbcook@rice.edu
The Apocalypticism of ISIS: Questioning Causality in the Relationship Between Religion and Violence
Megan McBride, Brown University, megan_mcbride@brown.edu
Revolutionary Apocalypticism and the Modern Myth of Armageddon
Matthias Riedl, Central European University, matriedl@ceu.edu
The Paradox of Secular Apocalyptic Thought
Ben Jones, Yale University, bentaylorjones@gmail.com
Discussants: Thomas Heilke (University of British Columbia, Okanagan) thomas.heilke@ubc.ca
Alison McQueen (Stanford University) amcqueen@stanford.edu
Panel 6, Roundtable on Leon Craig’s, The Philosopher’s English King: Shakespeare’s Henriad as Political Philosophy
Chair: Barry Cooper
Barry Cooper, University of Calgary,bcooper@ucalgary.ca
Paul Cantor, University of Virginia, pac2j@cms.mail.virginia.edu
Charles Embry, Texas A & M at Commerce, crembry.ce@gmail.com
Glenn Hughes, St. Mary’s University, ghughes@stmarytx.edu
Leon Craig, University of Alberta, leocraig@shaw.ca
Panel 7, Election 2016: Analysis and Predictions
Chair: Matthew Green
Matthew Green, The Catholic University of America, greenm@cua.edu
Geoffrey Skelley, Sabato’s Crystal Ball, University of Virginia Center for Politics, skelley@virginia.edu
Mark Rozell, George Mason University, mrozell@gmu.edu
Richard Skinner, Sunlight Foundation, richardmcgrathskinner@gmail.com
Panel 8, Constitutions and Foundations
Chair: Michael Federici
Can Constitutions Preserve Engendering Experience?
Michael Federici, Mercyhurst University, mfederici@mercyhurst.edu
A Confucian Vision of Value Pluralism
Jingcai Ying, University of Virginia, jy2xz@virginia.edu
Locke’s “A Letter Concerning Toleration” as a Theological Document
Steve Ealy, Liberty Fund, sealy@libertyfund.org
Philosophy of Law of Eric Voegelin
Francois Lecoutre, University of Lille, francois.lecoutre@univlille2.fr
Discussants, Steven McGuire, Eastern University, smcguire@eastern.edu
Jeff Polet, Hope College, polet@hope.edu
Panel 9, Political Science and Methodological Limits
Chair: James Stoner
Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin on Humanism and the Human Sciences
James Stoner, Louisiana State University, James R Stoner poston@lsu.edu
Ideologies and Evocations: A Voegelinian Critique of Quentin Skinner
Joshua Bowman, Anamnesis Journal, 60bowman@cardinalmail.cua.edu
The Wealth of Persons as the Horizon of Politics
John McNerney, University College Dublin, john.mcnerney@ucd.ie
Preference or Experience? The Paradox of Religion and Social Science
James Patterson,Gettysburg College, jpatters@gettysburg.edu
Discussants: Michael Franz, Loyola University of Baltimore, MFranz@loyola.edu
Leon Craig, University of Alberta, leocraig@shaw.ca
Panel 10, Education and Human Nature
Chair: Thomas Heilke, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, thomas.heilke@ubc.ca
The Physics of Order: A Modern Defense of Plato’s Musical Education
Jeremy Geddert, Assumption College, j.geddert@assumption.edu
Festivity and Freedom in the Philosophical Anthropology of Josef Pieper and Josef Ratzinger
Amanda Achtman, Catholic University of Lublin, amanda.achtman@gmail.com
Lessons from the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate: The Tunisian Dialogue Quartet
Henryk Syse, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), HENRIK@PRIO.NO
Discussants, James Greenaway, St. Mary’s University, jgreenaway@stmarytx.edu
Tom McPartland, Kentucky State University, tom.mcpartland@kysu.edu
Panel 11, Democratization and the Experience of Freedom in Central Eastern Europe: A Comparative Study
Chair: Michał Kuź, Lazarski University, michalmkuz@gmail.com
Democratisation of Ukraine as a Way to Anchor Russian Neoimperialism
Ostap Kushnir, Lazarski University, o.kushnir@lazarski.edu.pl
Between Latin America and Western Democracy – Transformation in the Balkans
Spasimir Domaradzki, Lazarski University, spasimir.dom@gmail.com
War and Its Impact on Russian Politics and Foreign Policy
Mark Kramer, Harvard University, mkramer@fas.harvard.edu
Collective Memory, Symbols and Regimes in Central Eastern Europe
Michał Kuź, Lazarski University, michalmkuz@gmail.com
Discussant: Martin Palouš, Florida International University, martin.palous@gmail.com
Panel 12, The Political Persistence of Religion
Chair: Robert Kraynak
Heaven on Earth? Hegel and Voegelin on the Secular Religions of Modernity
Robert Kraynak, Colgate University, rkraynak@colgate.edu
The Soteriological Persuasion of Political Terrorism: Modern Messianism in Comparative Perspective
Jürgen Gebhardt, University of Elangen, jngebhar@extern.lrzmuenchen.de
Carl Schmitt and Eric Peterson on Political Theology
Eduardo SchmidtPassos, Catholic University of America, edusp82@hotmail.com
Reason, Revelation and the Crisis of Islam
Robert Schaefer, University of West Georgia, robtschaefer@aol.com
Discussants: Glenn Hughes, St. Mary’s University, ghughes@stmarytx.edu
Carol B. Cooper, Catholic University of America, carol.b.cooper@gmail.com
Panel 13, Universal Humanity and History
Chair: Harold Bergbauer
Eric Voegelin’s Concept of Universal Humanity
Harold Bergbauer,Bavarian School of Public Policy, dr.hb@web.de
Politics and the Tragic Sense of History
Stan Molchanov, 10molchanov@cua.edu
Tan Dun’s The First Emperor, Empire and Ecumene in Politics, Art, and Consciousness
Eugen Nagy, Central Washington University, e.l.nagy@gmail.com
Thomas After Conceptualism
R. J. Snell, Eastern University, rsnell@eastern.edu
Discussant: Wolfgang Leidhold, University of Cologne, wolfgang.leidhold@unikoeln.de
Michael Henry, St. John’s University, HENRYM@stjohns.edu
Panel 14, Transcendence as the Horizon of Politics
Chair: James Greenaway
Community and the Order of Being
James Greenaway, St. Mary’s University, jgreenaway@stmarytx.edu
How to Think About Human Origins
Brendan Purcell, Notre Dame University (Australia), Sydney Campus and St John’s College, University of Sydney, brendanpur@gmail.com
Gods and saints: Aquinas and the principle of transcendence as a source of order
Gustavo Santos, Oficina Municipal, Brazil, gadolfo1917@gmail.com
Conservatism and Spiritual and Social Recovery
Richard Bishirjian, Yorktown University, rjb@yorktownuniversity.com
What the Church Means by “Faith”; What Voegelin Meant by “Faith”
Tom Lordan, Independent Scholar, tomlordan@q.com
Discussants: Jerry L. Martin, University of Colorado at Boulder, jerry.martin@verizon.net
Tom McPartland, Kentucky State University, tom.mcpartland@kysu.edu
Business Meeting, Saturday, September 3, 6:15 p.m.
Reception, Saturday, September 3, 7:30 p.m.
David Walsh, Meeting Director
walshd@cua.edu
Updated version of the program: https://voegelinview.com/32nd-international-meeting-eric-voegelin-societ...
Professor of Political Science at The Catholic University of America. He is the author of a three-volume study of modernity: After Ideology: Recovering the Spiritual Foundations of Freedom, The Growth of the Liberal Soul, and The Modern Philosophical Revolution: The Luminosity of Existence.
Assistant Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. His books include Eric Voegelin’s Platonic Theology: Philosophy of Consciousness and Symbolization in a New Perspective (Mellen), a translation of Albert Camus, Christian Metaphysics and Neo Platonism (St. Augustine’s Press), and Albert Camus’ Critique of Modernity (Missouri). He is the Editor-in-Chief of Voegelinview.