Seminar on Augustine's anthropology January 15-17, 2018
In January, Aarhus University will host a seminar on Augustine's anthropology with lectures by international scholars working with Augustine. The program includes a number of public lectures to which everybody is welcome.
January 15-17, 2018: Augustine's anthropology
In connection with the stays of visiting researchers from Argentina, Brazil and Chile working on Augustine and Origen, Aarhus University will host two seminars in January and and February 2018. The seminars will present lectures from senior researchers as well as shorter presentations by PhD fellows and postdocs working on relevant topics.
The program for the January seminar is as follows:
Monday, 15th of January (building 1453, 415)
12.00-13.00: Welcome and lunch
13.00-15.00: Paper presentations:
Morten Koch Møller, Protestant Theological Faculty, Charles University, Prague: Augustine, Hilary of Syracuse and Origen: Possible reception of Origen’s Commentary on Romans in Augustine’s Epistle 157
Christian Houth Vrangbæk, Department of Theology, School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University: Erasmus and the Church Fathers: A Critique of the Augustinian Tradition?
15.00-15.30: Coffee
15.30-17.30: Text seminar:
Reading and discussion of Augustine texts on anthropology
19.00: Dinner
Tuesday 16th of January (building 1453, 415)
9.00-11.00: Paper presentations:
Monnica Klöckener: Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Münster: Augustine’s Anthropology in tract. in Ioh. XV
Eva Elisabeth Houth Vrangbæk, Department of Theology, School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University: Text Mining Augustine
11.00-13.00: Lunch in the Faculty Club
13.00-14.30: Public lecture:
Prof. Lenka Karfikova, Protestant Theological Faculty, Charles University, Prague, The Soul-body Relationship in Augustine’s Early Works
14.30-15.00: Coffee
15.00-16.30: Public lecture:
Prof. Fabio Dalpra, The Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology in Minas Gerais Southern, Augustine’s anthropology in De trinitate
19.00: Dinner
Wednesday 27th of January (building 1451, 225)
9.00-10.00: Lecture:
Prof. Anders-Christian Jacobsen, Department of Theology, School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University: Augustine on the resurrection of human beings.
10.00-10.30: Coffee
10.30-12.00: The future of the network, publication etc.
12.00: Lunch and goodbye
If you intend to participate in any parts of the program, please sign up with Birgitte Bøgh (bb@cas.au.dk)