INTERNATIONAL SUMMER COURSE

PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS AND RELIGIOUS METAPHORS:
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON PHENOMENOLOGY AND THEOLOGY

27th August - 5 September 2007

Sibiu/Sambata de Sus, Romania

PROFESSORS

Virgil Ciomos (University of Cluj, Romania)
Jad Hatem (Université Saint-Joseph, Lebanon)
Jean-Yves Lacoste (University of Cambridge, UK)
Nicholas Loudovikos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
John Milbank (University of Nottingham, UK)

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The Summer Course will start with a 2 day International Colloquium “Philosophical Concepts and Religious Metaphors: New Perspectives on Phenomenology and Theology”, to be held in Sibiu (27-28 August 2007). The Summer Course and will continue in Sambata (29 August - 5 September 2007).

Languages:
The Summer Course will be held in English and French.

Admission:
The Summer Course is open to 19 young students (enrolled in MA or PhD programs), showing concrete interest in the topic “phenomenology and theology”.

The admission is made on the basis of an application including:
(1) The Curriculum Vitae of the candidate
(2) The statement of purpose reflecting the student’s interest in the topic
(3) The project of a conference to be held during the Summer Course

Structure:
We will have two distinct panels:
(A) Phenomenological investigations of the Religious Life
(B) Theological challenge to Phenomenology.
Teacher courses will alternate with students conference

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This International Summer Course is organized by the Romanian Society for Phenomenology and will start with the International Conference "Religious Metaphors and Philosophical Concepts: New Perspectives on Phenomenology and Theology", Sibiu, 27-28 August 2007

Contact: theology@phenomenology.ro

Date: 27.08-05.09 2007

Place: Sibiu/Sambata

Coordinators:
Catalin Buciumeanu
Cristian Ciocan
Mihail Neamtu

Secretary:
Ioana Nitulescu

Consultant:
Bogdan Tataru-Cazaban

This event is part of

SIBIU 2007. EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE

Sponsors:

Romanian Ministry of Culture and Denominations

"Life for Life" Foundation

Partners: