The Eighth Annual Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Stduent Conference in Patristi Studies March 8-10, 2012 at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Thursday, March 08, 2012 Brookline, Massachusetts 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration: Maliotis Center 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Chapel Service: Great Compline 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Dinner: Condakes Refectory 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM Opening Reception: Maliotis Center 7:30 PM - 7:45 PM Announcements: Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Maliotis Center 7:45 PM - 8:25 PM Parallel Sessions: 1 Matthew Keil, Fordham University Maliotis - Right On the Relationship Between the Symposia of Plato and Saint Methodius of Olympus Respondent: Mitchell Kosht, Harvard Divinity School Petros N. Toulis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Maliotis - Left The will of Christ s two natures and the deliberative will according to Saint John Damascene Respondent: L. Joshua Sales, Boston College Friday, March 09, 2012
Friday, March 09, 2012 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Orthros: Orthros 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM Breakfast: Condakes Refectory 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM Announcements 9:30 AM - 10:10 AM Parallel Sessions: 2 Cara Polk, University of Notre Dame Maliotis - Right The Refrigerium: Its Relationship to Roman Funerary Practices and the Christian Cult of the Martyrs Respondent: Joshua R. McManaway, University of Notre Dame Nick Marinides, Princeton University Maliotis - Left Some theological prolegomena to a study of Byzantine lay piety Respondent: Jennifer Jamer, Fordham University 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM Parallel Sessions: 3 Joshua R. McManaway, University of Notre Dame Maliotis - Right Ephrem s Hymns Against Julian : Scripture as a Hermeneutic of History Respondent: Jason Scully, Marquette University Jennifer Jamer, Fordham University Maliotis - Left The Ομφαλοψυχοι of the Fourteenth Century: The Monk, the Navel, and the Public Imagination of the Byzantine Christian Subject Respondent: Petros N. Toulis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Break 11:30 AM - 12:10 PM Parallel Sessions: 4 Marshall Evans, Andover Newton Theological Seminary On the Necessary Ambiguity of Angels Respondent: Sean Moberg, Catholic University of America Maliotis - Right Rev. Stefanita BARBU, KU Leuven Faculty of Theology Maliotis - Left Byzantium, Rome and the Papal Primacy in the First Fourteen Centuries: Historical and Cultural Factors that Contrived to Building up an Ecclesiological Crisis Respondent: Matt Briel, Fordham University 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Meal: Condakes Refectory 1:10 PM - 2:00 PM Free Block: Bookstore/Library
Friday, March 09, 2012 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM Parallel Sessions: 5 Matt Briel, Fordham University Maliotis - Right An Orthodox Thomist? Gennadios Scholarios II (1400-1472) on Providence Respondent: John Taylor Carr, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Yelena Borisova, Baylor University Maliotis - Left Doctrinal Development as a Theandric (Divine-human) Act: Vladimir Soloviev's Appropriation of Maximus the Confessor's Christology Respondent: Fr. Timothy Cremeens, PhD, Assumption College 2:50 PM - 3:30 PM Parallel Sessions: 6 Brandon Wanless, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity (University of St. Thomas) Maliotis - Right St. Thomas Aquinas and the Eastern Fathers on the Union of the Incarnation Respondent: Nick Marinides, Princeton University Mitchell Kosht, Harvard Divinity School Maliotis - Left The Contraction of Messianic Time: Giorgio Agamben, St. Paul and Dionysius the Areopagite Respondent: Dan Salyers, Fuller Theological Seminary 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Break 4:00 PM - 4:40 PM Parallel Sessions: 7 John Taylor Carr, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Maliotis - Right The Rationality of Creation According to St Maximus the Confessor and Fr Dumitru Stăniloae Respondent: Rev. Stefanita BARBU, KU Leuven Faculty of Theology L. Joshua Sales, Boston College Maliotis - Left Rethinking Evil Respondent: Travis Pickell, University of Virginia 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Chapel Service: Salutations Second Stasis 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Meal: Condakes Refectory 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Discussion: Sheraton Hotel 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast: Maliotis Center
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Announcements: Maliotis Center 9:15 AM - 9:55 AM Parallel Sessions: 8 John P. Fulton, OFS, Providence College Maliotis - Right Tertullian s Adversus Judaeos: a Tale of Two Treatises Respondent: Rachel Nelson, Boston College Jordan Rudder Jenkins, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary Maliotis - Left Clarification of Modern Perspectives on Various Non-Chalcedonian Christologies Respondent: Bishoy Dawood, University of St. Michael s College in the University of Toronto 10:05 AM - 10:45 AM Parallel Sessions: 9 Rachel Nelson, Boston College Maliotis - Right Martyrdom as a Christian Spectaculum Respondent: Dr. Bruce Beck, Pappas Patristic Institute of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Chris Jones, Boston College Maliotis - Left The Pure in Heart Will See God : Purification and Contemplation in Augustine s De Trinitate Respondent: John P. Fulton, OFS, Providence College 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Break: Maliotis Center lobby 11:15 AM - 11:55 AM Parallel Sessions: 10 Sean Moberg, Catholic University of America Maliotis - Right Of First and Second Principles: Gregory of Nyssa, Plotinus, and the Relationship of Philosophy and Theology Respondent: Matthew Keil, Fordham University K. Andrew Temple, St. Tikhon s Orthodox Theological Seminary. Maliotis - Left A Patristic Understanding of Wisdom as a tree of life in Proverbs Respondent: Chris Jones, Boston College 11:55 AM - 12:55 PM Meal: Condakes Refectory
12:55 PM - 1:35 PM Parallel Sessions: 11 Erik M. Bolt, Pennsylvania State University Maliotis - Right A Great Divide in the Stars: From the Astrology of Clement and Firmicus Maternus to the Angelology of Pseudo-Dionysus and Stephen Bar-Sudaili Respondent: Marshall Evans, Andover Newton Theological Seminary Stefaan Deschrijver, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Maliotis - Left Covenantal Performance of Pastors turns Pastorants toward Appropriation of God s Incarnational Action and Leads Them through Perichoresis to Transcendental Theosis Respondent: Yelena Borisova, Baylor University 1:45 PM - 2:25 PM Parallel Sessions: 12 Jason Scully, Marquette University Maliotis - Right The Bible as Divine Pedagogy: Origen s Interpretation of the Samaritan Woman at the Well in John 4:13-26 Respondent: Cara Polk, University of Notre Dame Scott Fennema, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology Is Your God Universal or Not? Maliotis - Left Respondent: Brandon Wanless, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity (University of St. Thomas) 2:25 PM - 2:55 PM Break: Maliotis Center lobby 3:25 PM - 4:05 PM Parallel Sessions: 13 Bishoy Dawood, University of St. Michael s College in the University of Toronto Maliotis - Right East and West: The Understanding of the Fall and its Effects according to Irenaeus and Augustine Respondent: Joseph Grabau, University of Kentucky Travis Pickell, University of Virginia Maliotis - Left Schleiermacher s Second-Adam Christology Heterodoxy or Proto-orthodoxy? Respondent: Erik M. Bolt, Pennsylvania State University 4:15 PM - 4:55 PM Parallel Sessions: 14 Joseph Grabau, University of Kentucky Maliotis - Right The Devotional Use of Augustine s Confessions: Manuscript Evidence from Medieval England Respondent: Jordan Rudder Jenkins, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 4:55 PM - 5:55 PM Chapel Service: Great Vespers
5:55 PM - 6:55 PM Meal: Condakes Refectory