The next edition of the Sedes Sapientiae Symposium is on Mary and the philosophy of economics. It takes place at the Irish college in Leuven, December 12th-13th. Registration is open until December 5th.
Mary and the philosophy of economics
CMS research seminar: Did God create the world for Mary?
The Centre for Marian Studies has just announced its 2025-2026 series of research seminars. I’ll be presenting on November 12th 2025 on the topic: Did God create the world for Mary? By the way, the October seminar (also ;-)) looks fascinating: Wisdom’s Apex: Mary’s Role in the American Evolution Controversy.
On the metaphysics and economics of the Trinity
Upcoming presentation at the ETF/EUR conference on ‘Human nature and community‘.
Governmental responsibility and personal ethos
In the framework of “European Future Talks” on “Values and Europe”, former President of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy, will deliver a keynote on ‘Governmental Responsibility and Personal Ethos.’ The event will be held on Wednesday, 5 June 2024, from 18:00 to 20:00 (CET) at the Chapel for Europe, Brussels. More info and registration
Lees verder “Governmental responsibility and personal ethos”A Marian hermeneutic for Vatican II
Upcoming paper presentation for the 2024 Mariological Society of America Meeting, May 21-24, 2024, Washington.
Lees verder “A Marian hermeneutic for Vatican II”The social ontology of sovereignty: timeless and timely perspectives
Upcoming conference on the social ontology of sovereignty, in Navarra, Spain, March 14-th-16th. Invited keynote speakers are Hans-Bernhard Schmid, Thomas Pink and Jenny Pelletier. See the website in Spanish or English and download the CFP (English). Organized by Mark Hoipkemier (Navarra), Michaël Bauwens (Antwerp), David Thunder (Strasbourg), Sergio Clavero (Navarra).
Lees verder “The social ontology of sovereignty: timeless and timely perspectives”Thomas More studieprogramma
De Nederlandse stichting Thomas More organiseert ook dit jaar weer een boeiend kosteloos studieprogramma voor studenten met huiskamercolleges en een studiereis naar Rome. Warm aanbevolen!
Lees verder “Thomas More studieprogramma”International Theological Conference: Co-redemptrix
Just spreading the word about this wonderful upcoming conference, 14-15 September 2023, Dundee, Scotland.
Lees verder “International Theological Conference: Co-redemptrix”Sedes Sapientiae Symposium
An upcoming Symposium that I’m organizing, occasioned by the 25th anniversary of Fides et Ratio, on September 16th 2023, in Leuven.
Conference announcement: New Beginnings: A Celebration Of Marian Scholarship
Just spreading the word about this wonderful upcoming conference, March 25th, 2023, London.
Apprehending the value of an argument
Forthcoming presentation for the two-day conference “Apprehending Value” 15 & 16 September 2022, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Lees verder “Apprehending the value of an argument”Weber, time and the economics of the eucharist
Upcoming presentation for the 23rd Biennial Conference of the European Society for Philosophy of Religion: God, Time and Change, September 3-5, 2022, Oxford, UK.
Lees verder “Weber, time and the economics of the eucharist”Philosophizing in Mary: the test case of Anselm’s argument
(Image © Bradi Barth)
Upcoming presentation for the hybrid conference on Christian philosophy and its challenges, Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow (Poland), September 2022.
Lees verder “Philosophizing in Mary: the test case of Anselm’s argument”A spousal metaphysics of the eucharist: persons, powers and Mary
Upcoming presentation for the annual conference of the European Academy of Religion, Bologna, June 20-23, in the panel on a eucharistic metaphysics.
Lees verder “A spousal metaphysics of the eucharist: persons, powers and Mary”Where is the King of France? On the location problem in social ontology
Presentation for the upcoming Social Ontology/Collective Intentionality 2022 conference in Vienna.
Lees verder “Where is the King of France? On the location problem in social ontology”Time, Money and God: Antwerp Summer University
Upcoming Summer University at the University of Antwerp, July 4-8, 2022, on the ethical, metaphysical and religious aspects of the usury debate in relationship to sustainable finance.
Lees verder “Time, Money and God: Antwerp Summer University”Non quoad nos? Anselm and Aquinas on the knowability of God
Presentation for the upcoming XVth international congress of the SIEPM, Paris 22-26 August 2022.
Lees verder “Non quoad nos? Anselm and Aquinas on the knowability of God”The future of Christian thinking
Just spreading the word about an interesting upcoming conference in Maynooth, Ireland.
Truth, contingency and revelation: some Scotistic considerations on the possibility of progress in theology
Presentation for the upcoming Winter Seminar on Progress in Theology, January 27-28-9 2022, at the Abraham Kuyper Center of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Lees verder “Truth, contingency and revelation: some Scotistic considerations on the possibility of progress in theology”The Liar and the Saint: Reconsidering Anselm’s argument
Upcoming presentation for the online conference “New Perspectives in Philosophy of Religion”, to be held on the 12th, 13th, and 14th of July 2021. Organized by the Centre for Logic, Epistemology, and the History of Science (CLE) of the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil.
Lees verder “The Liar and the Saint: Reconsidering Anselm’s argument”Five ways to the one argument? Revisiting Thomas and Anselm on demonstrating God
Presentation for the upcoming Eleventh International Thomistic Congress, Sponsored by the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Thomistic Institute Angelicum, 19-24 September 2022 in Rome.
Lees verder “Five ways to the one argument? Revisiting Thomas and Anselm on demonstrating God”
On the metaphysics of property and exchange: a dispositional account
Presentation for the upcoming Social Ontology 2021 conference, August 9-21. See the talk here.
Lees verder “On the metaphysics of property and exchange: a dispositional account”Realism, nominalism and contingent creation: on the metaphysical foundations and theological contours of the social sciences
Guest lecture for a colloquium at the Université d’Angers and the Université Catholique de l’Ouest
Exploring the argument for God from truth
Presentation at the Rationality, Theism and Atheism conference in Tehran, Iran.
Webinar geloof en rede
Reeks webinars voor Jong Katholiek over geloof en rede, vanaf 1 februari 2021.
The mystery and metaphysics of capital
Presentation at the 2020 International Social Ontology Conference to be held online. July 13–16, 2020, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Fittingness, affordances, providence
Abstract accepted for the ETF conference Towards an Environmental Ethic of ‘Fittingness’ (2-3 October, online)
Mary, Queen of Europe: Towards a Marian Political Theology
LEST conference at the KU Leuven faculty of Theology: https://theo.kuleuven.be/en/lest/lest-xii/short-paper-sessions
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Michaël Bauwens 