Announces 2003 Annual Meeting
Hyatt Regency Hotel
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
"The Human Person and A Culture of Freedom"
October 16-19
Co-Sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute
of the University of Chicago
The Association invites papers that address the relevance of Jacques Maritain's thought and of the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition to the ethical and political predicaments facing the human person, society, and the world today. Presentations at the meeting will be limited to 25 minutes reading time. The conference theme for the year 2003 is broad enough to be examined by different academic disciplines, as well as various faith traditions. Papers might examine topics such as: the reaffirmation of human dignity and reason; universal human rights and duties; bioethical issues surrounding the human person; science, philosophy, and religion; modernity and freedom; freedom and truth; freedom of indifference vs. freedom for excellence; freedom and democracy; religious freedom; religion, democracy, and pluralism; liberal democracy and Christianity; the American constitutional order and Christianity; race, ethnicity, and human identity; feminism and liberation; Christian freedom and liberation; religion in education, morality, and culture; different cultures as different expressions of the meaning of human existence; Maritain's The Person and the Common Good, True Humanism, etc.
By June 1, please send paper or an essay proposal of no more than two pages in length (doublespaced) to the Program Chair, Christopher Cullen, S.J., Fordham University, Spellman Hall, Bronx, New York, 10458, or by email to ccullen@fordham.edu.
A special invitation is extended to graduate students. A stipend of $250 together with waiver of registration fee will be awarded to a graduate student for paper presentation. Students interested in competing for this stipend are requested to submit a full draft of their proposed essay, not to exceed 12 double spaced pages, by June 1 to the Program Chair.
In addition, the AMA extends an invitation to societies or individuals interested in organizing a session at the 2003 conference. Those who might wish to coordinate a session or serve as chair of a session are asked to contact the Program Chair.
Any questions may be addressed to the Conference Chair at the above address or by e-mail: ccullen@fordham.edu.
