Aquinas on Evil: 12th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop

Each summer the Thomistic Institute sponsors a four-day workshop for graduate students, advanced undergraduate students and lovers of philosophy. The conference features renowned presenters from prestigious universities around the world and will return this year to Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. The topic for the 12th Annual Summer Philosophy Workshop is "Aquinas on Evil.”

This workshop is co-sponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute.

Registration

Registration is open to graduate students, advanced undergraduates, faculty, and all non-student lovers of wisdom.

Registrations for the workshop have closed.

Registration:

Registration fees cover all meals during the conference, lodging at Mount St. Mary College, lecture sessions, discussion panels, conference materials, and recreations.

Non-student Registration:

Single-occupancy:$445

Student Registration:

Double-occupancy: $365

Single-occupancy: $395

Call for Papers

The Thomistic Institute invites graduate students in philosophy, theology, religious studies, medieval studies, and related disciplines to submit papers for this conference related to the philosophical consideration of evil. Paper proposals may be about questions related to the metaphysics of evil, the problem of evil, sin and virtue, evil in society, and other topics related to evil in general. We will privilege papers in the Thomist tradition, but will consider papers related to other ancient and medieval authors as well as topics related to contemporary philosophy of religion and metaphysics.

The deadline for paper submissions has passed.

General Schedule of Events

A detailed schedule will be shared with registrants.

Wednesday, May 31st

3-6 PM| Registration

Thursday, June 1st

Session 1 | Fr. James Brent, OP “Evil as Privation”

Session 2 | Graduate Student Panel

Session 3 | Fr. James Brent, OP “Types of Evil in Aquinas”

Session 4 | Graduate Student Panel

3-5 PM | Registration

6 PM | Welcoming Dinner & Cocktails

Friday, June 2nd

Session 5 | Prof. Thomas Osborne “God’s Permission of Moral Evil”

Session 6 | Prof. Candace Vogler “Vice and Sin I”

Session 7 | Prof. Steven Jensen “Vice and Sin II”

Session 8 | Discussion Panel

Saturday, June 3rd

Session 9 | Prof. V. Bradley Lewis “Punishment”

Session 10 | Prof. Michael Gorman “Guilt”

Session 11 | Prof. Joshua Hochschild “Social Evil?”

Session 12 | Discussion Panel

Sunday, June 4th

7 AM | Traveler’s Mass

9 AM | Closing Mass

8:30 - 11:30am | Departure