Eric Voegelin Society Meeting 2014
Washington, DC, Aug. 28 – 31, 2014
110th APSA Annual Meeting, 30th EVS Annual International Meeting
Organizer: David Walsh, Catholic University
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PROGRAM DETAIL – 12 panels
Panel 1. SPIRITUALITY AND POLITICS, Thursday, August 28, 4:15-6:00pm
Omni Congressional B
Chair: Jerry Martin,
Learning to Kneel: Etty Hillesum and Simone Weil as examples of openness to reality
Amanda Achtman, University of Calgary, amanda.achtman@gmail.com
Eric Voegelin and Henri de Lubac: Reason Seeking Transcendence, Nature Longing for Grace
Tom Lordan, Independent Scholar, tomlordan@q.com
Cain and Abel in Torah and Qur’an: Structure, Dialogue, and Meaning
Steve Ealy, Liberty Fund, sealy@libertyfund.org
Voegelin’s Soteriology and Ours
Jerry Martin, University of Colorado at Boulder (emeritus), jerry.martin@verizon.net
Discussants: Macon Boczek Kent State University, maconboczek@aol.com
Geoffrey Sigalets, Princeton University, gsigalet@princeton.edu
Panel 2. ROUNDTABLE HONORING KENNETH W. THOMPSON AND INIS L. CLAUDE Friday, August 29, 8:00-9:45am
Hilton Du Pont
Chair: David Clinton, Baylor University, David_Clinton@baylor.edu
Gale Mattox, United States Naval Academy, Mattox@usna.edu
Farhang Rajaee, Carleton University, Farhang.Rajaee@carleton.edu
John Eastby, Hampden-Sydney College, jeastby@hsc.edu
Daniel Lang, Lynchburg College, lang@lynchburg.edu
Reed Davis, Seattle Pacific University, rdavis@spu.edu
Greg Russell, University of Oklahoma, grussell@ou.edu
Panel 3. THE TIMELESSNESS OF PROUST: ROUNDTABLE
Friday, August 29, 10:15-12:00
Hilton Fairchild East
Chair: Charles Embry
Charles R. Embry, Texas A & M-Commerce, charlesrembry@embarqmail.com
Michael Henry, St. John’s, HENRYM@stjohns.edu
Glenn Hughes, St. Mary’s San Antonio, ghughes@stmarytx.edu
Paulette Kidder, Seattle University, PWKIDDER@seattleu.edu
Tom McPartland, Kentucky State University, tom.mcpartland@kysu.edu
Panel 4. NEW DIRECTIONS IN VOEGELINIAN THOUGHT, Friday, August 29, 2:00-3:45pm
Hilton Fairchild East
Chair: David Walsh, Catholic University of America, walshd@cua.edu
Faith and Reason in Kant’s Political Thought
Steven McGuire sfmcguire@gmail.com
Jean Bodin and the Founding of the Sovereign State
Michael Hickman, University of Mary, micforhic@yahoo.com
Art as a Medium of Discourse in the Public Realm
- Barret Dolph, Zhen Jiang Chinese Cultural Center, Barretdolph@gmail.com
Michael Nafi, Harvard University, mwnafi@gmail.com
Voegelin and Islam: Why Bother ?
Voegelin’s Impact on the Italian Response to Modernity
Bjørn Thomassen, Roskilde University, bthomas@ruc.dk and
Rosario Forlenza, New York University, rf1231@nyu.edu
Discussant: David Walsh
Panel 5. PUBLIC POLICY, LIBERTY AND RESPONSIBILITY: PERSONS, INSTITUTIONS AND THE SOCIAL GOOD, Friday, August 29, 4:15-6:00pm
Hilton Fairchild East
Chair: Henrik Syse
Henrik Syse, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), HENRIK@PRIO.NO
Martin Palous, Václav Havel Library, martin.palous@gmail.com
Glenn Hughes St. Mary’s University, ghughes@stmarytx.edu
James Greenaway, St. Mary’s University, jgreenaway@stmarytx.edu
Franziska Hoppen, University of Kent, franziska.hoppen@gmail.com
Panel 6. CATHOLICS IN AMERICAN NATIONAL IDENTITY, Saturday, August 30, 9:30-11:00am
Hilton Columbia 6
Chair: James Patterson, Hampden-Sydney College, jpatterson@hsc.edu
‘Anti-Papist Catholics in Early America’
Michael D. Breidenbach, Ave Maria University, mike.breidenbach@gmail.com
Anti-Catholicism and the Problem of Religious Liberty in the Early Republic
Ryan McIlhenny, Providence Christian College, mcilhenny@providence.edu
‘The Cross or the Double-Cross’: Catholicism, Anti-Communism, and the Political Theology of Fulton J. Sheen.
James Patterson, Hampden-Sydney College, jpatterson@hsc.edu
Religious Liberty in the Supreme Court: Closely-Held Corporations and Freedom of Conscience
Joe Devaney, University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, 68Devaney@cardinalmail.cua.edu
Discussants: Daniel Mahoney, Assumption College, Mahoney@assumption.edu
Matthew Franck, Witherspoon Institute, Mfranck@winst.org
| Panel 7. SHAKESPEARE, EROS, AND POLITICS, Saturday, August 30, 2:30-4:00pm
Hilton Columbia 6
Chair: Zdravko Planinc
Toward a Definition of Eros Thomas R. Laehn, McNeese State University, tlaehn@mcneese.edu
Eros and Politics: the Political Philosophy of Romeo and Juliet Zdravko Planinc, McMaster University planincz@mcmaster.ca
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| Metis, Myth and Metamorphosis in the Metaxy: Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream as Political Philosophy
Nalin Ranasinghe, Assumption College, nranasin@assumption.edu
The Trickster Recuperated: The Transitions of Shakespeare’s Falstaff Oona Eisenstadt, Pomona College, Oona_Eisenstadt@pomona.edu
Discussants: Matthew D. Dinan, Holy Cross, mdinan@holycross.edu Julianne Marie Romanello, Tulsa Community College,
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Panel 8. CRISIS AS A LENS FOR MODERNITY, Saturday, August 30, 11:30am-1:00pm
Hilton Columbia 6
Chair: Thierry Gontier
Greek and Modern Enlightenments: A Comparison of Crises
Thierry Gontier, Université Jean Moulin – Lyon 3, Thierry.gontier@gmail.com
Eric Voegelin and Karl Löwith on Nietzsche: Symptom or Solution to the Modern Crisis?
Bruno Godefroy Université Jean Moulin – Lyon 3, bruno.godefroy@gmx.de
Crisis and History in Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin
Pierre-Alain Drien, pierre-alain.drien@wanadoo.fr
Apocalyptic Violence and the Vision of Global Crisis
Matthias Riedl, Central European University, matriedl@ceu-budapest.edu
Ambivalent Modernity: A Lefortian Take on Voegelin’s New Science of Politics
Jan Rohgalf, University of Rostock, jan.rohgalf@uni-rostock.de
Discussants: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary, bcooper@ucalgary,ca
John von Heyking, University of Lethbridge, john.vonheyking@uleth.ca
Panel 9. ELECTION 2014: ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS, Saturday, August 30, 4:30-6:00pm
Hilton Columbia 6
Chair: Barry Cooper, University of Calgary, bcooper@ucalgary,ca
Kondik, Kyle, Managing Editor, Sabato’s Crystal Ball, University of Virginia Center for Politics, kdk4n@eservices.virginia.edu
Mark Rozell, George Mason University, rozell2393@msn.com
Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, University of Pennsylvania, tenpas@sas.upenn.edu
Matthew Green, Catholic University of America, greenm@cua.edu
Panel 10. ROUNDTABLE ON LATE PUBLISHED ESSAYS: THE OVERFLOW FROM ORDER AND HISTORY
Sunday, August 31, 8:00-9:45am
Omni Embassy Room
Chair: Michael Franz
Michael Franz, Loyola University of Baltimore, MFranz@loyola.edu
“Wisdom and the Magic of the Extreme”
William Petropulos, Eric Voegelin Arkiv, Munich, william.petropulos@web.de
“Reason: The Classic Experience”
Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, paulcaringella@sbcglobal.net
“Quod Deus Dicitur”
Thomas Heilke, University of British Columbia, thomas.heilke@ubc.ca
“Gospel and Culture”
Henrik Syse, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), HENRIK@PRIO.NO
“Immortality: Experience and Symbol”
Panel 11. THE MUSIC OF POLITICS, Sunday August 31, 10:15-12:00pm
Omni Embassy Room
Chair: John von Heyking
Learning to Dance Together: Political Friendship in Plato’s Laws
John von Heyking, University of Lethbridge, john.vonheyking@uleth.ca
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Arts: The Political Impotence of Poetry
Rene Paddags, Ashland University, rpaddags@ashland.edu
Nietzsche-Zarathustra’s New Song: The Politics of the Dionysian Dithyramb in a World at Once Old and New
Rouven J. Steeves, United States Air Force Academy, derdenker@q.com
The Silent Music of Camus: The Authentic Art of Rebellion
Sarah Shea, McGill University, sarah.shea2@mail.mcgill.ca
In Harmony with Nature”: Music and Drama in Hugo Grotius’ Political Education
Jeremy Geddert, Assumption College, jgeddert@hotmail.com
Discussants: Jeff Polet, Hope College, polet@hope.edu
Wolfgang Leidhold, University of Cologne, wolfgang.leidhold@uni-koeln.de
Panel 12. VOEGELIN AND COMMUNITY SUBSTANCE, Thursday, August 28, 2:00-3:45pm
Hilton Morgan
Chair: Jodi Bruhn
Leo Strauss, Natural Right and American Political Religion
Richard Bishirijan, Yorktown University, rjb@yorktownuniversity.com
Democracy from Bergson to Voegelin
Sylvie Courtine-Denamy, VIPOF (Sciences PO), s.courtine@gmail.com
Voegelin and Talcott Parsons in Correspondence
Brickey LeQuire, Samford University, pblequire@gmail.com
The dynamics of morality in Christian personalism: a dialogue with Kant’s practical philosophy
Gustavo Adolfo P. D. Santos, Oficina Municipal, Brazil, gadolfo1917@gmail.com
Discussants: Tim Fuller, tfuller@coloradocollege.edu
Jodi Bruhn, Independent Scholar, jodi.bruhn@gmail.com
BUSINESS MEETING Saturday, August 30, 6:15-7:15
Marriott Wilson C
RECEPTION Saturday, August 30, 7:15-8:45
Marriott Virginia A