These titles were presented (as far as we know) at meetings of the Eric Voegelin Society. This list was assembled by Rhydon Jackson from back issues of Voegelin–Research News and by David Beam from issues of the Society newsletter.
2nd Annual Meeting, August 30-3l, 1986, Washington, DC Panel 1: ROUNDTABLE ON VOEGELIN'S PHILOSOPHY: THE LATE WORK Chair: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University Participants: Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace William C. Havard, Vanderbilt University Gerhart Niemeyer, University of Notre Dame Thomas A. Hollweck, University of Colorado, Boulder Dante Germino, University of Virginia Panel 2: VOEGELIN AND OTHERS Chair: Kent Myers, George Mason University Papers: Anibal A. Bueno, Morehouse State College Ronald Angres, George Washington University John Felczak, Catholic University of America ================================================================== 3rd Annual Metting, Sept. 5, 1987, Chicago Panel 1: ERIC VOEGELIN AND THE SCIENCES OF SUBSTANCE Chair: David Walsh, Catholic University of America Papers: "History" Stephen A. McKnight, University of Florida "Psychology" Brendan Purcell, University College, Dublin "Theology" William Thompson, Dusquesne University Discussants: David Walsh, Catholic University of America Eugene Webb, University of Washington Panel 2: Chair: James L. Wiser, Loyola University, Chicago Participants: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary John G. Gunnell, SUNY at Albany Kenneth W. Thompson, University of Virginia Dante Germino, University of Virginia ================================================================== 4th Annual Meeting, Sept. 3, 1988, Washington, DC Panel 1: UNFINISHED DIRECTIONS IN VOEGELIN'S THOUGHT Chair: Stephen A. McKnight, University of Florida Papers: "Outline of a Theory of Ethics and Politics" James M. Rhodes, Marquette University "Toward a New Conception of Myth" Anibal A. Bueno, Morehouse State College Discussants: Kent Moors, Dusquesne University James L. Wiser, Loyola University, Chicago Panel 2: VOEGELIN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES Chair: David Freeman, Washburn University Papers: "Voegelin and Schutz" Stephen F. Schneck, Catholic University of America "Voegelin and Other Interpreters of Plato" Peter Emberley, Carleton University "Voegelin and Oakeshott on History" Athanasios Moulakis, Harvard University Discussant: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary ================================================================== 5th Annual Meeting, Sept. 3, 1989, Atlanta Panel 1: ROUNDTABLE ON ERIC VOEGELIN & LEO STRAUSS ON RELIGION AND ITS PLACE IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Co-sponsored by "Religion & Politics" Panel 12-13 Chair: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary Participants: Ernest L. Fortin, Boston College Paul Grimley Kuntz, Emory University James M. Rhodes, Marquette University Panel 2: DIMENSIONS OF MODERNITY Chair: David Walsh, Catholic University of America Papers: "The Life of Order and the Order of Life: Eric Voegelin on Modernity and the Problem of Philosophical Anthrology" David J. Levy, Middlesex Polytechnic, London "The Contribution of Sir Francis Bacon" Stephen A. McKnight, University of Florida "Orestes Brownson and the American Polity" Gregory Butler, Catholic University of America "Solzhenitsyn's Anamnetic Recovery of Order" Brendan Purcel, University College, Dublin Discussants: David Walsh, Catholic University of America Michael Franz, Loyola College, Maryland ================================================================== 6th Annual Meeting, Sept 1, 1990, San Francisco Panel l: WHAT IS HISTORY AND IS IT AT AN END? Chair: Thomas A. Hollweck, University of Colorado, Boulder Participants: Gerhart Niemeyer, University of Notre Dame Athanasios Moulakis, University of Colorado, Boulder Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii, Manoa Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace Anibal A. Bueno, Morehouse State College Panel 2: ERIC VOEGELIN AND LEO STRAUSS ON RELIGION AND ITS PLACE IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: ROUND 2 Chair: David Walsh, Catholic University Participants: Gerhart Niemeyer, University of Notre Dame Harry V. Jaffa, Claremont Graduate School James L. Wiser, Loyola University, Chicago Stephen A. McKnight, University of Florida Barry Cooper, University of Calgary ================================================================== 7th Annual Meeting, August 30-3l, 199l, Washington, DC Panel 1: MODERNITY AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: ERIC VOEGELIN, HANNAH ARENDT, AND MARTIN HEIDEGGER Chair: Kennneth L. Deutsch, SUNY at Geneseo Papers: "Arendt and Heidegger" John Francis Burke, University of Houston-Downtown "Voegelin's Theory of Modernity and his Critics" William Luckey, Christendom College "Voegelin, Heidegger, and the Pre-Socratics" David Mason, Mary Baldwin College Discussants: Kenneth L. Deutsch, SUNY at Geneseo Wayne F. Allen, Louisiana State University Panel 2: POLITICS, MYSTICISM, AND SCIENCE Chair: Stephen A. McKnight, University of Florida Papers: "Voegelin's Account of Equivalences" Noreen O'Carroll, University College, Dublin "Mysticism and Politics from the Christian Perspective" William Thompson, Duquesne University "Voegelin and Theology" Michael Morrissey, University of St. Thomas "Mind, Reason, and Social Forms: A Medical Perspective" Lalla Iverson, M.D., ARAM Research Office "Myth, Voegelin , and the Recovery of Hawaiian Local Knowledge" Kehaulani K. Kealoha, University of Hawaii, Manoa Discussants: Stephen A. McKnight, University of Florida David Walsh, Catholic University of America Owen Jones, Foundation for Faith in the Search of Understanding Panel 3: ROUNDTABLE ON THE RECOVERY OF HUMAN AGENCY: HANNAH ARENDT, ERIC VOEGELIN AND REVOLUTION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Chair: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University Participants: Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii, Manao Martin Palous, Deputy Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (CSFR) and Charles University Zdravko Planinc, McMaster University Paul Carimgella, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University ================================================================== 8th Annual Meeting, Sept. 4-5, 1992, Chicago Panel 1: ROUNDTABLE ON SCIENCE, PSEUDO-SCIENCE AND UTOPIANISM Chair: Stephen A. McKnight, University of Florida Participants: Wilbur Applebaum, Illinois Institute of Technology Barry Cooper, University of Calgary David Walsh, Catholic University of America Panel 2: VOEGELIN AND THE RENEWAL OF THE VISION OF THE COSMOS Chair: Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace Papers: "The Cosmos as Faith: Voegelin's Primary Symbol of the Cosmos" Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace "The Cosmos of Modernity" Anibal A. Bueno, Morehouse State College "Cosmos or Akosmia: Quantum Physics--A Crisis for Philosophy" Kenneth Quandt, A. Quandt & Son, Inc. "The New Universe Story" Thomas Berry, The Riverdale Center Discussants: Michael Gibbons, University of California-Berkeley & University of Manchester Claire Rawnsley, The University of Queensland Panel 3: ROUNDTABLE: REFLECTIONS ON VOEGELIN'S _THE NATURE OF LAW_ Chair: David Granfield, Catholic University of America Participants: Robert A. Pascal, Louisiana State University Gerard V. Bradley, University of Illinois Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University Chair: Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii-Manoa Participants: Kenneth Keulman, Loyola University of the South Michael G. Franz, Loyola College Andrew Hoffman, University of Hawaii-Manoa Allen A. Huemer, Central Wyoming College ================================================================== 9th Annual Meeting, Sept. 3-4, 1993, Washington, DC Panel l: ROUNDTABLE ON ETHNIC TRANSFORMATION & THE RE-SYMBOLIZATION OF AMERICA: IS A "MULTI-CULTURAL" NATION POSSIBLE? Chair: Lawrence Auster, New York Participants: Rabbi Mayer Schiller, Yeshiva School for Boys Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii-Manoa Kenneth L. Grasso, Southwest Texas State University Athanasios Moulakis, University of Colorado-Boulder Panel 2: CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIC CULTURE & MODERNITY Chair: Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii, Manoa Papers: "Civil Society in Germany" Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii, Manoa "John Quincy Adams & Civil Theology: The Religious Foundations of American Liberty" Gregory Russell, University of Oklahoma & Nathalie Gagnere University of Oklahoma "The Quest for Civil Society & Civic Consciousness in Central Europe" Martin Palous, Charles University, Prague "Civil Society in the Scandinavian Experience" Bernd Henninsen, Humboldt University, Berlin Discussant: William Barclay Allen, Michigan State University Panel 3: VOEGELIN AND THE LITERARY IMAGINATION Chair: Michael G. Franz, Loyola College Maryland Papers: "Ishmael's 'Wisdom' and Ahab's 'Magic of the Extreme' " Helen P. Trimpi, Independent Scholar "Voegelin's Concept of the Language of Being" James L. Babin, Louisiana State University "Gnostic Self-creation in Shakespeare's _Richard III_" Jack E. Trotter, Vanderbildt University "James Joyce, Eric Voegelin and 'It-Reality' " Robert A. Watson, Yale University "Fernando Pessao: To Be or Not to Be a Gnostic" Mendo Castro Henriques, Universidad Catolica Portuguesa Discussant: Thomas A. Hollweck, University of Colorado, Boulder Panel 4: VOEGELIN AND THE NATIONAL SOCIALISTS Chair: Thomas Heilke, University of Kansas Papers: "Ethos and Ethnos: Race and State in the Politics and History of Europe" David J. Levy, Middlesex University, London "Eric Voegelin's 'History and Deutschen' Lectures (1966): Philosophical Diagnosis and Judgement" Brendan Purcell, University College, Dublin "Philosophy and Resistance? Voegelin's Treatment of European Racism" Thomas Heilke, University of Kansas Discussants: Jürgen Gebhardt, University of Erlangen, Nürnberg Murray Jardine, Louisiana State University Panel 5: WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY: RATIONALISM, NOESIS, MYSTICISM? THE STRAUSS-VOEGELIN DEBATE--ROUNDTABLE I * Panels 5 & 6 are devoted to issues that arise from the important new book _Faith and Political Philosophy: The Correspondence Between Leo Strauss & Eric Voegelin 1934-1964_, trans. & ed. Peter Emberley & Barry Cooper (University Park: Penn State University, 1993.) Chair: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary Participants: James L. Wiser, Loyola University, Chicago Ernest L. Fortin, Boston College Daniel Mahonery, Assumption College Jürgen Gebhardt, University of Erlangen, Nürnberg John von Heyking, University of Calgary Walter J. Thompson, University of Notre Dame Panel 6: WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY: RATIONALISM, NOESIS, MYSTICISM? THE STRAUSS-VOEGELIN DEBATE--ROUNDTABLE II Chair: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University Participants: Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace Ralph McInerny, University of Notre Dame Shadia B. Drury, University of Calgary Daniel J. Elazar, Temple University Glenn Hughes, St. Mary's University Donald Livingston, Emory University ================================================================== 10th Annual Meeting, Sept. 5-6, 1994, New York Panel l: VOEGELIN AND HEGEL IN DIALOGUE Chair: Clarence F. Sills, Jr., U.S. Naval academy Papers: "What is living and what is dead in Voegelin's critique of Hegel?" Cyril O'Regan, Yale University "In Defense of Hegel" Shadia B. Drury, University of Calgary "Hegel as Critic of Voegelin" Clarence F. Sills, Jr., U.S. Naval Academy Discussants: Paul Gottfried, Elizabethtown College Stanley Rosen, Pennsylvania State University Panel 2: VOEGELIN AND SAINT AUGUSTINE Chair: Peter von Sivers, University of Utah Papers: "Remembering: The Young Augustine and the Young Voegelin" Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution& Peace "Recollecting Reality: Augustine's _Confessions_ and Voegelin's _Order and History_" Robert C. McMahon, Lousiana State University "Questions for Reflection in Voegelin and Augustine" Geoffrey L. Price, Manchester University "The Role of Faith and Love in the Formation of the Heart: Voegelin's Mystical Epistemology" Charles W. Burchfield, Louisiana State University Discussant: Peter von Sivers, University of Utah Panel 3: DEMOCRACY AND CHRISTIANITY IN THE MODERN WORLD Chair: Robert P. Kraynak, Colgate University Papers: "Religion and Postmodern Reform: The Dissident Criticism of American democracy by Solzhenitsyn and Havel" Peter Augustine Lawler, Berry College "Liberalism and Christianity: Locke's Christian Setting" David Walsh, Catholic University of America "On the Compatibility of Democracy and Christianity: An Analysis of the Political Theologies of Glen Tinder and Jacques Maritain" Robert P. Kraynak, Colgate University Discussants: Ernest L. Fortin, Boston College Susan Orr, Claremont Graduate School Panel 4: ROUNDTABLE: ON VOEGELIN AND THE MEANING OF LAW Chair: Jene M. Porter, University of Saskatchewan Participants: Henrik Syse, University of Oslo William T. Tête, Loyola University of New Orleans Law School William Thompson, Duquesne University Jene M. Porter, University of Saskatchewan Panel 5: SPIRITUAL & PHILOSOPHICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE AMERICAN MIND Chair: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary Papers: "Tragedy in American Statecraft" Gregory Russell, University of Oklahoma "John C. Calhoun and Popular Rule" H. Lee Cheek, Catholic University of America "Voegelin's Early Vision: _The Form of the American Mind_" Barry Cooper, University of Calgary Discussants: George K. Romoser, University of New Hampshire Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University Panel 6: ROUNDTABLE ON CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE'S DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS Chair: Donald S. Lutz, University of Houston Participants: Ken Whelan, Peripatetic Productions Martin Palous, Charles University, Prague A.E. Dick Howard, University of Virginia Law School Joseph R. Marbach, Seton Hall University Panel 7: ROUNDTABLE ON VOEGELIN AND THE LITERARY IMAGINATION Chair: Glenn Hughes, St. Mary's University, San Antonio Participants: Calder Willingham, Independent Writer Eugene Webb, University of Washington Mary Pope Osborne, Author's Guild of America Thomas D'Evelyn, Thomas D'Evelyn Literary Agency, Inc. Steven Shankman, University of Oregon Panel 8: ROUNDTABLE ON VOEGELIN'S _THE ECUMENIC AGE_: A 20-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE Chair: Michael Franz, Loyola College, Maryland Participants: Stephen A. McKnight, University of Florida Gerhart Niemayer, University of Notre Dame James M. Rhodes, Marquette University James L. Wiser, Loyola University, Chicago ================================================================== 11th Annual Meeting, Sept. 1-2, 1995, Chicago Panel 1: NOMINALISM, REALISM, POST-MODERNISM--AND ERIC VOEGELIN Chair: Clarence F. Sills, Jr., U.S. Naval Academy Papers: "Telling Tales: Intention, Participation & Narrative in Voegelin's Theory of Consciousness" Thomas Heilke, University of Kansas "Kicking the Rock & Viewing the Icon: Epistemology Between Heaven & Earth" Jonathan Chaves, George Washington University "The Real Nominalism of Post-Modernity" J. Bottum, Associate Editor of First Things "Consciousness and Reality: Eric Voegelin's Mitigated Realism" Clarence F. Sills, Jr., U. S. Naval Academy Disc: Stuart D. Warner, Roosevelt University Panel 2: VOEGELIN AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE Chair: Glenn Hughes, St. Mary's University, San Antonio Papers: "The Figure of Experience and Expression in Voegelin's Philosophy of Religion" Frederick Lawrence, Boston College "Voegelin and Creatio ex Nihilo" Ken Whelan, The Peripatetic Porch "Grounding Public Discourse: Eric Voegelin's Contribution" John Ranieri, Seton Hall University Disc: Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution Michael Morrissey, University of St. Thomas Michael P. Federici, Mercyhurst College Panel 3: THE NOTION OF POLITICS IN VOEGELIN'S POLITICAL THEORY Chair: Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii at Manoa Papers: "Between Philosophy and Common Sense: Voegelin's Evasion of Politics" Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii at Manoa "Voegelin and the Politics of Rebellion," Cindy Kobayashi, University of Hawaii at Manoa "Transcendence and Politics: Voegelin's Critique of Modernity" Louis Herman, University of Hawaii at West Oahu Disc: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary Juergen Gebhardt, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg PANEL 4: MAN AND NATURE IN CHRISTIAN THOUGHT Chair: Robert P. Kraynak, Colgate University Papers: "Science and Gnosticism: Walker Percy and Vaclav Havel on Man in the Cosmos" Peter Augustine Lawler, Berry College "The Experience of Totalitarianism & the Recovery of Nature: Thoughts on Solzhenitsyn, Havel, & Strauss" Daniel J. Mahoney, Assumption College "The Christian View of Human Dignity: Ancient and Modern Perspectives" Robert P. Kraynak, Colgate University Disc: Cecil L. Eubanks, Louisiana State University Martin Palous, Charles University Panel 5: THE PERSISTENCE OF GNOSTIC ELITES DURING DEMOCRATIC REGIME TRANSITIONS IN LATIN AMERICA Chair: David C. Jordan, University of Virginia Papers: "Oligarchy and the Argentine Privatization" Lowell S. Gustafason, Villanova University "Obstructing Transitions: The Case of Mexico" David C. Jordan, University of Virginia "Bolivia and Ecuador: Successes & Failures in Democratization" Edward A. Lynch, Hollins College "The Orthodox Catholic View of Neoliberalism" Craig Waggaman, Radford University Disc: Robert A. Packenham, Stanford University Emilio Pacheco, Liberty Fund, Inc. Panel 6: ROUNDTABLE ON VOEGELIN'S "HISTORY OF POLITICAL IDEAS" Chair: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University Parts: Thomas Hollweck, University of Colorado, Boulder Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution Peter von Sivers, University of Utah Athanasios Moulakis, University of Colorado, Boulder David Walsh, Catholic University of America Panel 7: ANCIENTS, MEDIEVALS AND MODERNS IN VOEGELIN'S PHILOSOPHY Chair: Jene M. Porter, University of Saskatchewan Papers: "Voegelin on Aristotelian Noesis" Gerald Day, McMaster University "Axis History and Participation in St. Augustine: Memory, Time, Mystery & Ascent" Mark L. Johnson, Louisiana State University "Voegelin and Thomas Hobbes" Henrik Syse, University of Oslo. "Plato's Metaxy in the Thought of Voegelin and Simone Weil" William P. Simmons, Louisiana State University "Voegelin and Analytic Philosophy" Jene M. Porter, University of Saskatchewan Disc: John von Heyking, Notre Dame University Panel 8: VOEGELIN'S FROM ENLIGHTENMENT TO REVOLUTION AFTER 20 YEARS Chair: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary Papers: "Voegelin's Analysis of the Deformation of Consciousnes In Voltaire" Barry Cooper, University of Calgary "The Moral Blindness of Scientific Man: Eric Voegelin & Hans Morganthau on the Ethics of Modernity" Greg Russell, University of Oklahoma "The Secularization of Natural Law and Its Consequences" William Tete, Loyola University of New Orleans Disc: Michael G. Franz, Loyola College of Maryland Murray Jardine, Louisiana State University ================================================================================== 12th Annual Meeting, Aug. 30-31, 1996, San Francisco Panel 1: VOEGELIN CONTRA HEIDEGGER: WHERE DO THE DIFFERENCES LIE? Chair: William Tete, Loyola University of New Orleans Papers: "Two Faces of Plato: Voegelin and Heidegger" Stuart Warner, Roosevelt University "Authoritarian Thought" Shadia B. Drury, University of Calgary "Reading Voegelin As A Response to Heidegger" William Tete, Loyola University of New Orleans Disc: Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii at Manoa Martin Palous, Charles University, Prague Panel 2: VOEGELIN, KANT AND THE MEANING OF REASON Chair: Clarence F. Sills, United States Naval Academy Papers: "The _Non-Experientiable_ Ordering Force: Reflections on the Kantian Baggage and In Search of Order" Peter von Sivers, University of Utah "Concept and Symbol in Kant and Voegelin" Clarence F. Sills, United States Naval Academy "Voegelin, Gadamer and Marburg Neo-Kantianism" Gerald L. Day, McMaster University Disc: Phillip Goggans, Seattle Pacific University Cecil L. Eubanks, Louisiana State University Panel 3: VOEGELIN'S READING OF THE ANCIENTS Chair: Zdravko Planinc, McMaster University Papers: "The Derailment of the Mystic Philosophers: or, Sophistic Thinking in a Technical Sense" Thomas Chance, Independent Scholar "The Uses of Plato in Voegelin's Philosophy" Zdravko Planinc, McMaster University "Meditation and the Paradox of Consciousness: Voegelin and Augustine" Robert McMahon, Louisiana State University Disc: Kenneth Quandt, Independent Scholar Athanasios Moulakis, University of Colorado, Boulder PANEL 4: THERAPY, POLITICAL AND PERSONAL: VOEGELIN'S ANALYSIS OF CONSCIOUSNESS Chair: Glenn Hughes, St. Mary's University Papers: "Therapies in Voegelin's Vienna" Reinhold Knoll & Gilbert Weiss, University of Vienna "Consciousness or Psyche? Voegelin's Advances in Analysis" Thomas A. Hollweck, University of Colorado, Boulder "Order of Psyche & Order of Society" Glenn Hughes, St. Mary's University "Voegelin and Therapy: An Analyst's Caveats" David Tresan, M. D., C. G. Jung Institute of Northern California Disc: Eugene Webb, University of Washington John von Heyking, University of Notre Dame Panel 5: POLITICAL THEORY, RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY IN VOEGELIN'S WORK Chair: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary Papers: "Augustine and Vico in Voegelin's Philosophy of History" Geoffrey Price, University of Manchester "The 'People of God' and the Rise of Ideological Politics" Thomas W. Heilke, University of Kansas "Voegelin on Hitler and the Germans" Brendan Purcell, University College, Dublin "Christian Realism and American Democracy: Reinhold Niebuhr and Eric Voegelin" Greg Russell, University of Oklahoma Disc: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary Peter von Sivers, University of Utah Panel 6: VOEGELIN'S ISRAEL AND REVELATION AFTER 40 YEARS: A ROUNDTABLE Chair: William M. Thompson, Duquesne University The topics for the "Israel & Revelation" Roundtable (a 40th Anniversary Reappraisal) 1) A "Second Look" at My Earlier Review-Essay (Bernhard Anderson, Princeton) 2) The Place of "Israel & Revelation" in Voegelin's "Werk" (Ellis Sandoz, LSU) 3) A Jewish Perspective (Aaron Mackler, Duquesne U) 4) Revisiting Isaiah and "Metastasis" (David Morse, Duquesne U -- Co-chair of Roundtable) 5) Christ & Christianity in "Israel & Revelation" (William M. Thompson, Duquesne U -- Co-Chair of Roundtable) 6) Perspectives from Contemporary Political Theory (John Jordan, U of Virginia -- replacing Dante Germino) 7) A Levinasian Reading (Marie Baird, Duquesne U) Response: Paul Caringella (Hoover Inst.) Panel 7: HUMAN NATURE, CONSCIOUSNESS AND POLITICS IN RECENT PHILOSOPHY Chair: Jene M. Porter, University of Saskatchewan Papers: "Voegelin and the Frankfurt School" Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii at Manoa "Husserl, Patocka and Voegelin: The Crisis of Political Consciousness" Martin Palous, Charles University, Prague "Charles Taylor, John R. Searle and Eric Voegelin: What is Mind?" Jene M. Porter, University of Saskatchewan "Voegelin and Emmanuel Levinas: A Comparison" Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution Disc: Steven R. McCarl, University of Denver Panel 8: WHAT IS MODERNITY? Chair: Stephen A. McKnight, University of Florida Papers: "Blumenberg, Loewith and Voegelin on Secularization" Henrik Syse, University of Oslo "Modernity and the Problem of Transcendence" Eugene Webb, University of Washington "Francis Bacon, Puritan Gnosticism and Modernity" Stephen A. McKnight, University of Florida "Between Sacralization and Secularization: Cudworth's Alternative to the Modern Conscience" Lenore Thomas Ealy, The Johns Hopkins University Disc: David J. Walsh, Catholic University of America ================================================================================== 12th Annual Meeting, Aug. 29-30, 1997, Washington, DC Panel 1: VOEGELIN AND PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND CONSCIOUSNESS Chair: Jene M. Porter, University of Saskatchewan Papers: "Eric Voegelin and the Schelling Renaissance" Gerald L. Day, McMaster University "Charles Taylor, John R. Searle, and Eric Voegelin: What is Mind?" Jene M. Porter, University of Saskatchewan "The Nexus of Politics: Camus' First Man and Voegelin's Anamnetic Recovery" John Randolph LeBlanc, Louisiana State University "Voegelin and Rosenstock-Huessy on History & Revolution" Wayne Cristaudo, University of Adelaide Disc: Henrik Syse, University of Oslo Geoffrey L. Price, University of Manchester Panel 2: ERIC VOEGELIN'S HISTORY OF POLITICAL IDEAS: A ROUNDTABLE Chair: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University Participants: Athanasios Moulakis, University of Colorado, Boulder David Walsh, Catholic University of America Barry Cooper, University of Calgary Thomas Hollweck, University of Colorado, Boulder James L. Wiser, Jr., Loyola University of Chicago John Agresto, St. John's College in Santa Fe Panel 3: ERIC VOEGELIN'S "THE GOSPEL AND CULTURE": A ROUNDTABLE Chair: William M. Thompson, Duquesne University Participants: Henrik Syse, University of Oslo William M. Thompson, Duquesne University David L. Morse, Duquesne University V. Bradley Lewis, Catholic University of America PANEL 4: PHILOSOPHY AND FICTION: ERIC VOEGELIN & MODERN LITERATURE Chair: Charles R. Embry, Texas A & M University, Commerce Papers: "The Mirth of Angels and Devils: Activist Dreaming and the Poles of Utopianism and Absurdity in Milan Kundera's The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" Polly Detels, Texas A & M, Commerce "'Farewell cool reason and fair discretion!' Or, Apperzeptions-verweigerung and Second Reality in Heimoto von Doderer and Eric Voegelin" Charles R. Embry, Texas A & M, Commerce "Experience and Symbolization of 'Politics' in Dazai Osamu's Shayo [Setting Sun]" Timothy Hoye, Texas Woman's University "A Novelist's Exploration of the Depth: Hermann Broch's The Sleepwalkers" Jodi Cockerill, University of Notre Dame "Political Theory and Representation in Robert Penn Warren" Steven D. Ealy, Liberty Fund, Inc. Disc: Martin Palous, Charles University, Prague Cecil L. Eubanks, Louisiana State University Panel 5: GNOSTICISM IN ITS MODERN MANIFESTATIONS Chair: Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Papers: "Harold Bloom's Gnostic America" Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution, Stanford University "The Romance of the Soul: Literature and the Gnostic Psychodrama" Thomas A. Hollweck, University of Colorado at Boulder "Participation and Its Discontents: Gnostic Anxiety" Glenn Hughes, St. Mary's University at San Antonio "History and Gnosis: Voegelin's Reply to Bultmann" Christopher Colmo, Rosary College "Hyperdemocracy and the Gnostic Impulse" William D. Gairdner, Independent Scholar Disc: John von Heyking, University of Notre Dame Todd Breyfogle, University of Chicago & Liberty Neal Fuller, Louisiana State University Panel 6: ETHICS AND REALITY: VOEGELIN, LEVINAS AND LONERGAN Chair: Glenn A. Hughes, St. Mary's University Papers: "PERIAGOGE: Conversion and Differentiation in Voegelin and Lonergan" Fred Lawrence, Boston College "Equivalence of Meaning: Cognitional Theory and the History of Symbols" Thomas J. McPartland, Whitney Young College, Kentucky State University "Human Subjectivity as a Partnership in Being: A Dialogue Between Voegelin and Levinas" Marie L. Baird, Duquesne University Disc: David Walsh, Catholic University of America Steven McCarl, University of Denver Kenneth Keulman, Loyola University of New Orleans Panel 7: NOESIS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY: VOEGELIN, HAYEK, MISES, & ROEPKE Chair: Clarence F. Sills, U. S. Naval Academy Papers: "Reflections on Prospects for 'Ordered Liberty' in Voegelin, von Mises and Roepke" Clarence F. Sills, U. S. Naval Academy "Anti-Scientism and Liberty in the Thought of Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek and Wilhelm Roepke" William F. Campbell, Louisiana State University "Against A Scientism of Management, Again!" Nathan W. Harter, Purdue University Disc: William T. Tete, Loyola University of New Orleans Michael G. Franz, Loyola College of Maryland ================================================================================== 13th Annual Meeting, Sept. 4-5, 1998, Boston Panel 1: Multiple Modernities: Voegelin's Relevance to Contemporary International Political Theory-A Roundtable Chair: Mendo Castro Henriques, Catholic University of Portugal Papers: "Is Modernity Gnostic?" David J. Levy, Middlesex University, London "Modernity and Philosophy: The Italian Reception of Voegelin" Sandro Chignola, University of Verona, Italy "Voegelin and French Philosophy: There and Back" Jacob Schmutz, Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales, Paris "Voegelin & Current Trends in Portuguese Political Theory" Mendo Castro Henriques, Catholic University of Portugal "Multiple Modernities" Shmuel Eisenstadt, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute "Voegelin and Democratization Issues" Paul Rich & Guillermo de los Reyes, University of the Americas, Peublo Panel 2: Voegelin's "Race" books As A Critique of Nazi Ideology Chair: Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii Papers: "Contemporary Responses to Voegelin's 'Race' Books: A Critical Overview" Thomas A. Hollweck, University of Colorado-Boulder "Hannah Arendt and Eric Voegelin on Race Thinking and Modernity" Leah Bradshaw, Brock University, Ontario "The Philosophical Anthropology of Race: A Voegelinian Encounter" Thomas W. Heilke, University of Kansas "Voegelin's Overcoming of Race as _Ersatzpolitik_" Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii Respondant: Klaus Vondung, University of Siegen, Germany Panel 3: Voegelin, the Ancient Greeks, and the Nature of Philosophy Chair: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University Papers: "Literature and Transcendence in Plato, Pseudo-Longinus, and Voegelin" Richard F. Moorton, Connecticut College "Mystic Philosophy in Plato's Seventh Letter" James M. Rhodes, Marquette University "Plato on Suffering and Salvation: A Voegelinian Reading" Zdravko Planinc, McMaster University (Ontario) "Voegelin's Reading of the Parmenides: Some Critical Reflections" Mark W. Sinnett, First Presbyterian Church of Stephenville, Texas Disc: Athanasios Moulakis, University of Colorado-Boulder Panel 4: Reason and Revelation in Voegelin's Philosophy Chair: John Ranieri, Seton Hall University Papers: "Does Athens Need Jerusalem? The Bible in Voegelin's Later Thought" John Ranieri, Seton Hall University "Is the Distinction Between Reason and Revelation Obsolete?" Frederick G. Lawrence, Boston College "Restoring the Conversation: Socratic Dialectic in Kierkegaard" Mark W. Sinnett, First Presbyterian Church of Stephenville, Texas "Religion in the Thought of John Stuart Mill" Linda Raeder, Catholic University of America Disc: David Walsh, Catholic University of America Cecil L. Eubanks, Louisiana State University Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace Panel 5: Voegelin and the Diversity of Politics Chair: Jene M. Porter, University of Saskatchewan Papers: "Voegelin, Violence, and Gnosticism" Dante Germino, University of Amsterdam "The Transcendental in American Statecraft: The Political Theory of Theodore Roosevelt" Greg Russell, University of Oklahoma "Just Law Theory in Light of Voegelin," Henrik Syse, University of Oslo "Understanding Totalitarianism After the Velvet Revolution" Martin Palous, Charles University Disc: Lee Trepanier, Louisiana State University Jene M. Porter, University of Saskatchewan Panel 6: Cosmos and World, Myth and Dedivinization in Voegelin's Late Work Chair: Glenn Hughes, Saint Mary's University Papers: "Voegelin on the Significance of Plato's Myths of Immortality" Mark Morelli, Loyola Marymount "Voegelin's Late Work as an Approach to Education" Thomas D'Evelyn, Brown Learning Community "Logos and Community in Eric Voegelin and Simone Weil" Margaret S. Hrezo, Radford University "Twilight of the Gods: the Problem of Divine Presence in the World after Differentiation" Glenn Hughes, Saint Mary's University, San Antonio Disc: Eugene Webb, University of Washington Thomas McPartland, Whitney Young College, Kentucky State University Panel 7: Experience and Reality in Ethics and Politics Chair: Steven Ealy, Liberty Fund, Inc. Papers: "Transcendence and Subjectivity: A Comparison of Voegelin with Emmanuel Levinas" Marie Baird, Duquesne University & Steve McCarl, University of Denver "Voegelin's Debt to Schelling" Gerald L. Day, McMaster University, Ontario "Voegelin and Marx" Michael Franz, Loyola College of Maryland Disc: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary, Alberta Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace Steven Ealy, Liberty Fund, Inc. ================================================================================== 15th Annual Meeting, Sept. 3-4, 1999, Atlanta Panel 1. Nietzsche and Husserl in the Political Theory of Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss Chair: Cecil Eubanks, Louisiana State University Papers: "Beyond Nature and Convention: Voegelin's Political Theory as an Alternative to Straussian Objectivism and Nietzschean Subjectivism" Murray Jardine, Auburn University "Voegelin's Nietzschean Critique of Modernity" Zdravko Planinc, McMaster University "Voegelin, Patoka, and Husserl's "Crisis of European Sciences" Edward F. Findlay, Louisiana State University "Leo Strauss's Understanding of Nietzsche" Horst Mewes, University of Colorado, Boulder Disc: Gilbert Weiss, University of Vienna Clarence Sills, Independent Scholar Panel 2. Ethnicity and Universality: Voegelin and Contemporary Theory in Dialogue Chair: William M. Thompson, Duquesne University Papers: "The Improbability of a 'Clash of Civilizations'" Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii "Old Wine in New Skins? The Religious Challenge to Political Order in Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations " Dennis Marshall, Aquinas College "A Voegelinian Reading of Miroslav Volf's Exclusion and Embrace..." David L. Morse, Duquesne University "'Human nature,' 'humankind,' and 'history' in Voegelin's Philosophical Anthropology" Stefan Rossbach, Rutherford College, University of Kent at Canterbury Disc: Marie Baird, Duquesne University William M. Thompson, Duquesne University Greg Russell, University of Oklahoma Panel 3: Voegelin's Augustinian Assumptions Chair: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University Papers: "The Anatomy of Remembrance: Voegelin's Debt to St. Augustine" Todd Breyfogle, Liberty Fund, Inc. "Voegelin's Philosophy of History and Augustine" Henrik Syse, University of Oslo "Political Friendship in Voegelin and Augustine" John F. von Heyking, University of Calgary "Participation and Creation: Voegelin and Augistine's Confessions" Robert C. McMahon, Louisiana State University Disc: Paul Grimley Kuntz, Emory University Elizabeth Campbell Corey, Louisiana State University Panel 4: Voegelin and Christianity Chair: John Ranieri, Seton Hall Papers: "What Voegelin Missed in the Gospels" John Ranieri, Seton Hall "Is Paul Tillich Hiding? The In-Between Structure of (Existential) Correlation" Mark W. Sinnett, Clemmons Presbyterian Church "The Inseparability of Faith and Reason" David Walsh, Catholic University of America Disc: Glenn Hughes, St. Mary's University, San Antonio Brian J. Braman, Boston College Panel 5: Totalitarianism: The Voegelin-Arendt Controversy Chair: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary Papers: "Voegelin's Review of Arendt's Book The Origins of Totalitarianism Manfred Henningsen, University of Hawaii at Manoa "The Voegelin-Arendt Controversy over Totalitarianism" Martin Palous, Charles University, Prauge "Voegelin's Second Look at Totalitarianism: The Munich Lectures on Hitler and the Germans" Brendan Purcell, University College Dublin "The Relevance of Voegelin's Concept 'Political Religion'" Friedemann Buettner, Free University Berlin Disc: Jeffrey C. Isaac, Indiana University Panel 6: Are There Practical Applications of Voegelin's Political Philosophy? Chair: Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution Papers: "Why Eric Voegelin Can Assist Empirical Political Science" Barry Cooper, University of Calgary "Teaching Voegelin to Undergraduates: Labor of Sisyphus or No Alternative To It?" Nicholas John Pappas, Radford University "The Breakup of Yugoslavia: A Voegelinian Perspective" James K. Bruton, Independent Scholar "Voegelin and Donald Winnicott on the In-Between in Human Life" Robert S. Seiler, Jr., Independent Scholar Disc: David D. Corey, Louisiana State University Paul Rich, University of the Americas, Pueblo Panel 7: Beyond Good and Evil: Spiritualism, Violence, and the Destruction of Order Chair: Thomas Hollweck, University of Colorado, Boulder Papers: "Between Birds of Prey: Violent Thought Beyond Good and Evil" Thomas Hollweck, University of Colorado, Boulder "Gnosticism and Violence in 20th Century Politics" Dante Germino, University of Virginia "Apocalypse and Violence" Klaus Vondung, University of Siegen Disc: Michael Henry, St. Vincent's College, St. John's University Michael Franz, Loyola College of Maryland ================================================================================== 16th Annual Meeting, Sept. 1-2, 2000, Washington, DC Panel 1. Representation, Ethics, and Sources of Order in the Thought of Eric Voegelin, Paul Ricouer, Emmanuel Levinas, Gilles Deleuze, and Xavier Zubiri Chair: Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution Papers: "Levinas and Voegelin on the 'Foundations' of Politics" William Paul Simmons, Bethany College "Transcendence and Immanence: Eric Voegelin and Gilles Deleuze on Conditions for Political Order" Jeff Bell, Southeastern Louisiana University "Sight, Sound, and Postmodernity: The Role of Speech in Reconstructing Ethical Discourse" Murray Jardine, Auburn University "Phenomenology, Representation, and Symbols in the Thought of Voegelin and Paul Ricoeur" Peter A. Petrakis, Southeastern Louisiana University "Voegelin, Levinas, and Zubiri: Beginning A Conversation" Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution Disc: Marie Baird, Duquesne University Oona Ajzenstat, McMaster University Panel 2. Voegelin and the Study of Machiavelli Chair: Athanasios Moulakis, University of Colorado, Boulder Papers: "Was Machiavelli a Spiritual Realist?" Dante Germino, University of Virginia "Machiavelli: the Father of Leadership Studies" Nathan W. Harter, Purdue University "Strauss and Voegelin on Machiavelli" Athanasios Moulakis, University of Colorado at Boulder "Machiavelli on Growth as an End" William Connell, Seton Hall University "Voegelin's Interpretation of Machiavelli's Castruccio Castracani" Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Thammasat University, Bangkok Disc: John von Heyking, University of Calgary Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., Harvard University Panel 3. Voegelin's Science of Human Affairs and German Geisteswissenschaft Chair: Gerald Day, McMaster University Papers: "History as Horizon: Eric Voegelin's Philosophical Wissenschaft" Thomas Hollweck, University of Colorado "Eric Voegelin and Karl Jaspers on History" Harald Bergbauer, University of Augsburg "Social Science and Salvation: Notes on one Branch of German Sociology" William Petropulos, The British Council "Recovering the Spiritual Science of Philosophical Anthropology: F.W.J. Schelling and Voegelin" Gerald L. Day, McMaster University Disc: Klaus Vondung, University of Siegen Hans-Jörg Sigwart, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Panel 4. Philosophy, Science, and Modernity Chair: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University Papers: "Eric Voegelin and Martin Heidegger as Critics of Modernity" Arno Baruzzi, University of Augsburg "The Phenomenology of Moral Life: The Retrieval of the Christian-humanism in the Work of Scheler, Hartmann, and Hildebrand" Andreas A. M. Kinneging, University of Leiden "Episteme: Reflections on Voegelin, Hegel, and Modernity" Clarence Sills, Independent Scholar Disc: Glenn Hughes, St. Mary's University, San Antonio Edward Findlay, Louisiana State University William Petropoulos, The British Council Panel 5. Voegelin, the Great Reformation, and Its Aftermath: A Critical Assessment Chair: Mark W. Sinnett, St. John's College, Annapolis Papers: "Voegelin the Faithless: Thoughts from Luther" Joshua Mitchell, Georgetown University "Was Eric Voegelin Fair to the Lutheran Reformation?" Henrik Syse, International Peace Institute (PRIO), Norway & Asbjörn Bjornes, University of Oslo "Calvin, Gnosis and Anti-Philosophy: Voegelin's Treatment of the Reformation" Thomas W. Heilke, University of Kansas "An Agnostic View of Voegelin's Gnostic Calvin" William Stevenson, Calvin College "History and Faith: Eric Voegelin and Historical Jesus Research" Aaron D. Hoffman, Catholic University of America Disc: David L. Morse, Duquesne University William M. Thompson, Duquesne University Panel 6. Roundtable on Eric Voegelin and the Foundations of Modern Political Science, by Barry Cooper (University of Missouri Press, 1999) Chair: Jene M. Porter, University of Saskatchewan Parts: Martin Palous, Charles University, Prague Steven Ealy, Liberty Fund, Inc. Michael Franz, Loyola College of Maryland David Walsh, Catholic University of America Walter J. Nicgorski, University of Notre Dame Respondent: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary Panel 7. Order and History, vol. 5, and the Scope of Noetic Science Chair: Glenn Hughes, St. Mary's University, San Antonio Papers: "Implications for Education of Voegelin's 'In Search of Order'" Thomas D'Evelyn, Providence College "The Experience of History and Place: A Voegelinian Perspective" Jack D. Elliott, Miss. Dept. of Archives and History "Aristotle, Voegelin, and Noesis" David D. Corey, Louisiana State University "What is Noetic Science?" Thomas J. McPartland, Kentucky State University Disc: William M. Thompson, Duquesne University Brian J. Braman, Boston College ================================================================================== 17th ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM, San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2001. Panel 1. Voegelin, Literature, and Philosophy Chair: Margaret Hrezo, Radford University Papers: "Spirit and Power: Political Order in Dostoevsky and Nietzsche" Todd Meyers, University of Phoenix, "Bedeviled by Boredom: A Theory of Consciousness in Dostoevsky's Possessed" Richard Avramenko, Georgetown University, "The Poetic Core of Eric Voegelin" Max Arnott, Independent Scholar "Voegelin and Michael Polanyi on the Relationship Between Epistemology and Politics" Mark Mitchell, Georgetown University Discussants: Steve Ealy, Liberty Fund Gilbert Weiss, University of Vienna Hans-Jörg Sigwart, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Panel 2. Medieval Theory, Ideology and Modern Political Philosophy Chair: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University Papers: "Nicholas of Cusa and the Grounds of Toleration" John von Heyking, University of Lethbridge "The Political Thought of Joachim de Fiore" Matthias Riedl, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg "'Entzauberung' and 'Verzauberung:' Some Problems of the Concept of Immanentization" Govert J. Buijs, Free University of Amsterdam "Voegelin and the Political" Jürgen Gebhardt, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Discussants: Todd Breyfogle, University of Denver Peter von Sivers, University of Utah Tilo Schabert, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Stephen Varvis, Fresno Pacific University Panel 3. Voegelin on Plato and Aristotle Co-Chairs: Dante Germino, University of Amsterdam & James M. Rhodes, Marquette University Papers: "Voegelin's Theory of Interpretation as Applied to Plato and Aristotle" Dante Germino, University of Amsterdam "An Old Obligation" James M. Rhodes, Marquette University "The Erotics of Recognition in Plato" Zdravko Planinc, McMaster University "Plato, the Prophet" Tilo Schabert, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg "Voegelin's Aristotle and Conservative Reform" Timothy Collins, University of North Alabama Discussants: George Klosko, University of Virginia Dietmar Herz, University of Erfurt James L. Wiser, University of San Francisco Panel 4. Voegelin and the Pre-Socratics Chair: Richard G. Geldard, Yeshiva University Papers: "Voegelin, the Pre-Socratics, and the Noetic Quest" Richard Geldard, Yeshiva University "Hesiod as Precursor of the Pre-Socratic Philosophers" Richard Moorton, Connecticut College "The Pre-Socratics: Dynamics and Psychological Implications of the Leap in Being" David I. Tresan, Independent Scholar Discussants: Kenneth Quandt, Independent Scholar Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution Thomas J. McPartland, Kentucky State University Panel 5. Ethics and the Law Chair: Andreas A. M. Kinneging, University of Leiden Papers: "Voegelin's Conception of the Moral Order" Andreas A. M. Kinneging, University of Leiden "Comparing Voegelin's 'Representation' and the Constitutional Lawyer's 'Interpretation'" Lewis H. LaRue, Washington & Lee University "Voegelin and Constitutionalism," Paul B. Cliteur, University of Leiden "Thoughts on Voegelin's The Nature of the Law" Patrick H. Martin, Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Discussants: Patrick B. Brown, Seattle University David J. Walsh, Catholic University of America Panel 6. Perspectives on Hitler, National Socialism, and the Holocaust Chair: Marie Baird, Duquesne University Papers: "Anamnesis and the Gray Zone: A Voegelinian Meditation on Holocaust Survival" Marie Baird, Duquesne University "National Socialism as a Political Religion" Michael Burleigh, Washington and Lee University "'Heidegger and the Germans': Voegelin on Ontotheology and Nazism" Oona Ajzenstat, University of Toronto "Voegelin's Analysis of Nazism in the Light of Recent Historical Research" Clifford F. Porter, Defense Language Institute and Presidio of Monterey Discussants: Klaus Vondung, University of Siegen Brendan Purcell, University College Dublin Panel 7. Gnosticism and Varieties of Modernity Chair: Stephen A. McKnight, University of Florida Papers: "Voegelin's View of Gnosticism and Modernity in Two Keynote Lectures from 1971 and 1975" Stephen A. McKnight, University of Florida "'Gnosis' in Eric Voegelin's Philosophy" Stefan Rossbach, University of Kent at Canterbury "Experience and Symbolization in Qumran: Are There Modern Equivalences?" Mark W. Sinnett, St. John's College, Annapolis "Clarity Before Currency: Gnosticism and the Analysis of Spiritual Disorder" Michael G. Franz, Loyola College of Maryland Discussants: Thomas Heilke, University of Kansas Klaus Vondung, University of Siegen ================================================================================== 18TH ANNUAL MEETING, Boston, Aug. 29 - Sept. 1, 2002 Panel 1. The Mythic Horizon: Eric Voegelin and Hans Jonas on Religion, Myth and Truth Chair: Glenn Hughes, St. Mary's University (San Antonio) Papers:"Narrative and Conversion" Frederick Lawrence, Boston College "Mythic Truth and the Art of Science" David J. Levy, Middlesex University "Myth, Aberrant Myth, and Ambient Vision" Glenn Hughes, St. Mary's University (San Antonio) Disc.: Thomas J. McPartland, Whitney Young College, Kentucky State University Brendan Purcell, University College, Dublin Panel 2. How Voegelin, Strauss and Oakeshott Use Hobbes to Understand Modernity Chair: Timothy Fuller, Colorado College Papers: "Coming to Terms with Hobbes and Modernity" Nicholas Capaldi, University of Tulsa "Three Views of Leviathan: Oakeshott, Strauss, Voegelin" W. John Coats, Connecticut College "Oakeshott and Voegelin on Hobbes: Gnostic but not Rationalist?" Elizabeth C. Corey, Louisiana State University "A Comparison and Evaluation of Interpretation: Voegelin and Strauss on Thomas Hobbes" Jeremy Mhire, Louisiana State University Panel 3. Hermeneutics, Interpretation and Science in Political Philosophy Chair: TBA Papers: "Hermeneutics and Political theory: Voegelin and Gadamer" Jürgen Gebhardt, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg "Reading Voegelin: A Deconstructionist Perspective" Thomas Hollweck, University of Colorado-Boulder "Interpreting Plato: Gadamer versus Voegelin" Andreas Kinneging, University of Amsterdam Disc.: Athanasios Moulakis, Virginia Tech University Panel 4. Liberal Democracy, Secularization, and "the end of metaphysics" Chair: Horst Mewes, University of Colorado Papers: "Secularization and the foundations of modern liberal democracy" Horst Mewes, University of Colorado "The Question of Transcendence in a Secularizing Age." Timothy Fuller, Colorado College "Liberal Democracy and political theology: Voegelin vs. Carl Schmitt" Hans-Joerg Sigwart, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg "Descartes: foundations of modernity and liberal democracy." Michael Gillespie, Duke University Disc.: Juergen Gebhardt, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Panel 5. "The Consciousness of the Storyteller:" Eric Voegelin and Literary Criticism Chair: Timothy Hoye, Texas Woman's University Papers: "Une Manière Peinée? Emplotment, Storytelling, and Consciousness in LaClos' Les Liaisons dangereuses" Polly Detels, Texas A&M University-Commerce "`An exceedingly ordinary thing:' History and Consciousness in A Book of Memories by Peter Nadas and Anamnesis by Eric Voegelin" Charles Embry, Texas A & M University-Commerce "Order and Estrangement in Meiji Japan: Reservoirs of Reality in the Literary Consciousness of Natsume Soseki" Timothy Hoye, Texas Woman's University "`In-Between' Cultures: Voegelin, Bhabha, and the Temporality of the Political" Randy LeBlanc, University of Texas at Tyler Disc.: Peter A Petrakis, Southeastern Louisiana University Benjamin L. Wren, Loyola University in New Orleans Panel 6. Civilization, Culture and World Order Chair: Greg Russell, University of Oklahoma Papers: "Politics Among Civilizations" David Clinton, Tulane University "Civilization and International Order: The Ethnonational Dimension in the Arab_Israeli Conflict" Shmuel Sandler, Bar-Ilan University "Civilization as Paradigm: An Inquiry into the Hermeneutics of Conflict" Mark Gismondi, Northwest Nazarene University "Civilizational Orders and Disorders" Michael Franz, Loyola College of Maryland mailto:dr_franz@msn.com Disc.: Michael Desch, University of Kentucky Timothy J. Lomperis, Saint Louis University Panel 7. Modernity and Themes in Political Theory Chair: Jene M Porter, University of Saskatchewan Papers: "What is Modernity and How did it Arise?" Jene M. Porter, University of Saskatchewan "Reflections on the Transparence of the Modern World" David J. Walsh, Catholic University of America "On Some Sources of Modernity: Eschatology, Asceticism, Gnosticism" Arpad Szakolczai, University College Cork "Reflections on Voegelin's Philosophy of History and on Central Europe after Communism" Martin Palous, Charles University Disc.: Michael P. Federici, Mercyhurst College John von Heyking, University of Lethbridge Maben Walter Poirier, Concordia University Panel 8. Voegelin and Christianity: A Roundtable Chair: Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace Parts.: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University Glenn Hughes, Saint Mary's University (San Antonio) Frederick Wagner, Independent Scholar Thomas D'Evelyn, Brown Learning Community Theodore R. Weber, Emory University Panel 9. Conflict, History, and Political Theory Chair: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University Papers: "Voegelin's Early Unpublished Writings: Some Enduring Themes" William Petropulos, Independent Scholar "Niemeyer and Voegelin on Tolerable and Intolerable Evil" Michael Henry, St. John's University "Memory and Conflict in Augustine, Dante, and Voegelin" Henrik Syse, International Peace Research Institute (PRIO) and Asbjörn Bjornes, University of Oslo "Voegelin's Account of Tragedy in the New World Disorder" Paul Corey, McMaster University Disc.: Jennifer K. Thompson, Liberty Fund Lee Trepanier, Southern Utah University Peter McMylor, University of Manchester Panel 10. Literary and Psychological Dimensions of Political Philosophy Saturday, Aug. 31, 3:30 p.m. Chair: Steven Ealy, Liberty Fund Papers: "Compactness, Poetic Ambiguity, and the Equivalences of Experience" Steven Ealy, Liberty Fund "Voegelin as a Psychopathologist" Robert S. Seiler, Jr., Independent Scholar "Voegelinian Themes in Henrik Ibsen" Tor Richardsen, Independent Scholar and Henrik Syse, International Peace Institute (PRIO) "Reading Plato: The Digression in Seventh Letter" John Baltes, Louisiana State University Disc.: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary Richard G. Avramenko, Georgetown University