News and events
2018.02.20 | Events
Conference on Origen and the Origenian tradition on progress - Call for Papers
The organizers of a new conference on Origen and the Origenian tradition on progress, co-arranged by the Dipartimento di Storia, Culture, Religioni of Sapienza University of Rome and the ITN The History of Human Freedom and Dignity in Western Civilization, invites for papers - deadline March 8.
2018.02.11 | Events
Network-wide seminar II
In late February, the ITN participants will meet up for another network-wide seminar, this time in Drübeck, Germany. This is going to be an exciting event where some of the ESRs will present their most recent research.
2018.02.09 | Events
February 13-14: Lecture and seminar on Origen in Reading
Everybody is invited to join the team at Reading University for a lecture and a small seminar on Origen reception and theology February 13 and 14. No registration is necessary.
2018.02.07 | Research news
My Stay in Prague - the adventures of an ESR
One of our ESRs, Ilaria Scarponi, recently completed her secondment at the Charles University in Prague. In this report, she writes about the experiences and academic and social adventures she had there during the three months.
2018.02.05 | Knowledge exchange, Events
New ITN Panel on Origen’s Platonism - call for abstracts
We are happy to announce that the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies has accepted the panel proposal of two ESRs, Giovanni Tortoriello and Andrea Bianchi. The ITN panel will take place at the 16th Annual Conference of the ISNS in Los Angeles, June 13-16, 2018. The organizers invite abstracts: deadline February 21.
2018.01.26 | Knowledge exchange
All about Origen: New audios available from AAR 2017 (Boston)
As announced in an earlier post, the ITN team was granted the opportunity to host five AAR seminars focusing on Origen and the Roots of Human Freedom and Human Dignity in the West. You can now listen to three of the presentations from the AAR in Boston 2017 by ESRs Zocchi, Felter and Bunkenborg.
2018.01.24 | People
Meet our new Phd Fellow
Sara Contini is a new PhD fellow in our ITN. Her project focuses on Origen and Bernard of Clairvaux, a work which she carries our at the University of Reading.
2018.01.22 | Events, Knowledge exchange
Research seminar on Origen's theology and philosophy
In February, Aarhus University will host a seminar on Origen's theology and philosophy. The seminar will present lectures from senior researchers as well as shorter presentations by PhD fellows and postdocs working on Origen.
2018.01.19 | People
New PhD fellow
Valeria Dessy is a new PhD fellow in the Marie Curie ITN “History of Human Freedom and Dignity in the Western Civilization”, located at the School of Culture and Society. Her project is entitled Origen and the modern Protestant tradition.
2017.12.22 | Events, Knowledge exchange
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.