The University of Nantes is organizing a conference on the life and works of Peter Abelard, born in the village of Le Pallet, near Nantes. The University invites interested scholars to propose communications for the conference, which will be held in Nantes October 3-4, 2001.
The conference will be organized into four half-day sessions; each session will begin with a plenary address to be followed by three or parallel sessions (with 3 participants each). Each of the two afternoons will also have a fourth session directed to a larger, non-specialized audience.
Cultural and artistic activities are planned in conjunction with the conference.
Nantes is sixth-largest city in France; its University serves 30,000 students. Nantes is on the Loire river, 60 km from the Atlantic coast and 400 km West of Paris. Paris is easily reached by car (4 hours), by high-speed trains (TGV; 2 hours) which leave Paris Montparnasse Station hourly, or by plane from Charles De Gaule or Orly airports (50 minutes). There are also direct flights to Nantes from other European airports, including Lyon Satolas, Madrid Barajas, and London Gatwick.
Themes to be addressed
You are invited to submit a contribution on any of the following topics:
--History of Education
--History
--Linguistics
--Literature
--Logic
--Musicology
--Ontology
--Semiotics
--Theology
Official Languages: French and English
Program committee:
Jean Jolivet (President)
Jacques Arsac, Université P. M. Curie, Paris, France
Fabrizio Beggiato, Université Tor Vergata, Rome, Italie
Joël Biard, CNRS, Paris, France
Jeffrey E. Brower, Purdue Unviersity, Indiana, USA
Michael Clanchy, University of London, U.K.
Giles Constable, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
Mariateresa Fumagalli Beonio Brocchieri, Univ. degli Studi di Milano, Italia
M. de Gandillac, Paris, France
Lutz Geldsetzer, Université de Düsseldorf, Allemagne
Kelvin Guilfoy, University of Akron, Ohio, USA
Claudio Leonardi, Florence, Italie
D.E. Luscombe, University of Sheffield, U.K.
John Marenbon, Trinity College, Cambridge, U.K.
Fabio Paola Troncarelli, Université de Viterbo, Italia
Each proposal will be examined by two members of the organizational committee following a system of double-anonymity. Each article chosen will be presented by one of its authors during the conference and will be published in the conference proceedings.
Calendar
January 10, 2001 : Deadline for the intention to submit
May 28, 2001 : Deadline for submission of articles
June 30, 2001: Notification sent to authors
September 3, 2001: Deadline for submission of final versions of articles
Abelard web site : http://abelard.univ-nantes.fr
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Conférence internationale : "Pierre Abélard, à l'aube des universités", octobre 2001, Université de Nantes. Tout sur Pierre Abélard à http://www.abelard.univ-nantes.fr