Wednesday 25 May 2016

In Memoriam Professor Maureen Tilley



With great sadness, we have learned from her Husband Terry that our colleague and presenter of last year's conference, Professor Maureen Tilley has died. She was professor of theology, doing research on early Christianity, late antiquity, but was also an expert on the formation of the modern Catholic church. She died on 3 April of pancreatic cancer. Her paper ('Pseudo-Cyprian and the rebaptism controversy in Africa'), given at the conference, she had, however, submitted and we are glad that it will be published in the forthcoming conference proceedings.
Maureen was a long-standing participant of our conference, let me only remind us of a few earlier contributions of her: In SP 27 (1993), 405-8 she published 'Understanding Augustine Misunderstanding Tyconius', in SP 33 (1997), 260-5 'From Separatist Sect to Majority Church: The Ecclesiology of Parmenian and Tyconius', in SP 35 (2001), 330-7 'Theologies of Penance during the Donatist Controversy', in SP 40 (2006), 121-6 'Mary in Roman Africa: Evidence for Her Cultus'. We will all dearly miss her.

For her obituary of Fordham University, see here

Thursday 17 March 2016

Patristic Seminar on the relationship between Patristics and Philosophy, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome

On the 8th and 9th of April 2016 a special Patristic Seminar on the relationship between Patristics and Philosophy will be held at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.

The main speakers will be Mark Edwards (Christ Church, Oxford) and Matyáš Havrda (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague).

The Seminar is open to PhD students and young researchers.

Programme:

April 8    16.00-18.00 Hypostasis and Hypokeimenon in Gregory of Nyssa by
                                    Mark Edwards Christ Church, Oxford
April 9    9.00-11.00 Clement of Alexandria’s Project of Christian Philosophy
                                  Matyáš Havrda, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
               11.00-12.00 Discussion Chair: Giulio Maspero, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross,                                          Rome

The number of participants is limited. Please send an email to
vigorelli@pusc.it