Conferences

October 2024 Conference – THOMAS MERTON AND RELIGION

CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers are welcome on any aspect of Thomas Merton and religion:

Possibilities may include Merton’s French Influence; Merton and St. John of the Cross;

Merton and the Church Fathers; Merton’s spirituality; Merton’s poetry; Merton’s Asian

Journal; Merton and Tao; Merton and Zen; Merton and Thomas Keating; Merton’s social activism; Merton’s vision of the church….or other aspects of Merton’s work that you have researched. A selection of papers will be published in The Marcellian, the journal of the conference and of the Institute.

Papers or queries to mdelnevo.marcelinstitute@outlook.com

All are welcome, in person or via Zoom

Deadline for proposals: August 15, 2024. It is best to email Matthew Del Nevo (email above) to lodge a proposal and get a go-ahead. This is to ensure we have a miscellany of offerings and to keep a count of possible participants, in case we have too many. So try to get a proposal or paragraph of intent in as soon as possible.

Who can make a proposal? Seasoned academics or graduate students or freelance intellectuals, those in religious orders, etc. We are looking for new angles and critically interesting work on Merton, not accounts of things already well known.

Venue: The Gabriel Marcel Institute of Philosophy Sydney (or on Zoom) 44 Woodside Ave Strathfield, Sydney NSW 2135, Australia.

Date of Conference: Saturday, 26th Oct 2024, 11 am -5.00 pm (there is a chance the conference may extend from the Friday)

Cost: A$50. No cost for Members of the Gabriel Marcel Society (USA) or to those giving papers.

Subscription to The Marcellian (paper copy) A$25. Purchase a back copy of last year’s inaugural conference and copy of The Marcellian issuing from the Conference on T. S. Eliot and Religion. Includes papers by Barry Spurr, Roger Kojecky and others.

Payment: You can pay in advance by PayPal using the email: Nathan Tartak, marking the payment ‘Merton conference’ or ‘subscription.’ Remember if you subscribe to enclose a message on PayPal with your postal address.

Or Bank transfer: Account Name: Nathan Tartak

BSB: 062-256

Acc: 1001 1601

The Gabriel Marcel Institute of Philosophy Sydney

The Institute exists to extend the spirit of Gabriel Marcel’s philosophy into the new century. Marcel’s thought ranges across philosophy, religion, drama and the arts. He wrote 35 plays, was theologically literate, and his philosophical Friday soirees were attended by Paul Ricoeur, Emmanuel Levinas, Jean Wahl, Simone de Beauvoir, Nicolas Berdyaev and JeanPaul Sartre, and others. Marcel was unsystematic (rhizomic we might say today) in his thought yet adept at renewing ideas with fidelity to the past and creativity in terms of the future.

For more information: ntartak.marcelinstitute@outlook.com