Oxford Thomistic Metaphysics Seminar

Monday, June 9 - Tuesday, June 10, 2025
University of Oxford | Oxford, United Kingdom

A seminar for faculty, graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, and postdocs in philosophy and related disciplines.

What? An in-person, two-day seminar of Thomistic Metaphysics

Where? University of Oxford, United Kingdom

When? Monday, June 9 to Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Who? Graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, faculty, and postdocs are invited to apply.

Apply by Monday, March 31, 2025.

Schedule:

Day 1: Arguments for the Real Distinction between Esse and Essentia

• Daniel De Haan (University of Oxford)

• Gaven Kerr (St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth)

• Joshua Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University)

• Dominic LaMantia (University of Notre Dame)

• Michael Gorman (The Catholic University of America)

• Turner Nevitt (University of San Diego)

Day 2: How does esse relate to essentia?

• Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P. (Angelicum)

• Thomas Osborne (University of St. Thomas, Houston)

• Domenic D’Ettore (University of St. Thomas, Houston)

• Brian Carl (University of St. Thomas, Houston)

• Francesco Banfi (University of Oxford)

Co-sponsors:

• Thomistic Institute

• Aquinas Institute - Blackfriars, Oxford