Eric Voegelin Society Meeting 2023
39th International Meeting of THE ERIC VOEGELIN SOCIETY
[PDF of program]
American Political Science Association Meeting
August 31-September 3, 2023
Los Angeles, CA
Friends,
Thank you for your submissions that have made the upcoming program of the Eric Voegelin Society possible. It is gratifying to see the range of Voegelin and Voegelin related studies that are abundantly on display. As you know we have continually enlarged our range of interests beyond what an association with a name like ours might suggest. I can only imagine that Voegelin would approve. He always wanted to be on the frontiers of science, never merely curating past accomplishments. We carry on his work by forging ahead along new lines of inquiry that demonstrate we are engaged in a living enterprise. Yet we are also conscious of the need to appropriate what we have received, and therefore to ensure we possess a sufficiently solid basis on which the forward movement can proceed. None of us can do this alone. We rely on the conversation and support of others who are travelling the same road. This is the principal justification for our annual meetings and one of the main reasons I am pleased to play a small part in facilitating them. I look forward to seeing you in the City of Angels, even as I am well aware that it has not been the most convenient venue for many. You will notice that we have not been able to fill all our panels completely. So there is still time to encourage colleagues or students who may wish to participate to get in touch. In the meantime, do not forget to circulate your papers to me and your fellow panelists well in advance of our meeting. I remind you also to register with our host, the American Political Science Association, indicating EVS as your preferred Partner Association. The latter step does not incur any financial obligation, but you should be aware that we too require financial support. Please consider using our donate button found here, or you may contact our treasurer, David Whitney, david.whitney@nicholls.edu. Among our pressing expenses is the support of VoegelinView which under the innovative leadership of our new editor, Paul Krause, has seen its readership significantly increased in the past year. As a closing note I want acknowledge the appearance of vol.2 of Eric Voegelin Studies: Democracy and Representation, edited by Giuliana Parotto, a handsomely produced volume from Brill, with Harald Bergbauer as managing editor of the series.
Thurs. 8:00-9:30
Panel 1. Science and American Political Thought
Chair: Barry Cooper, bcooper@calgary.edu; University of Calgary
Scientism, Liberalism, and the Response to COVID-19 in the United States
David Whitney, david.whitney@nicholls.edu; Nicholls State University
“Gorgons, Hydras, and Chimeras Dire”: Literary Limits in the Federalist
Matt Cantirino, mt.cantirino@assumption.edu; Assumption University
A Kathechontic Approach to White Christian Nationalism
Juan Pablo Aranda Vargas, juanpablo.aranda@upaep.mx; Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla
Discussant: Barry Cooper, bcooper@calgary.edu; University of Calgary
10:00-11:30
Panel 2. Eric Voegelin and his Interlocutors
James R. Stoner, Jr., poston@lsu.edu; Louisiana State University
Voegelin and Heidegger: Apocalypse Without Apocalypse
David Walsh, walshd@cua.edu; Catholic University of America
Harald Bergbauer, Eric Voegelin’s View of Friedrich Nietzsche
Harald Bergbauer, dr.hb@web.de; University of Applied Sciences Munich
Voegelin and Strauss
Daniel Mahoney, dmahoney@assumption.edu; Assumption University
Voegelin, Schelling, and Husserl: A Dialogue on Modes and Limits of Consciousness
Gustavo Santos, gadolfo1917@gmail.com; Catholic University of America
Discussants: Zdravko Planinc, planincz@mcmaster.ca; McMaster University
James R. Stoner, Jr., poston@lsu.edu; Louisiana State University
12:00-1:30
Panel 3. Rulers and Scholars in Medieval Islamic Political Thought
Chair: Alex Orwin, Louisiana State University; aorwin1@lsu.edu
Softening Plato: Alfarabi’s Unplatonic Philosopher Rulers
Alex Orwin, Louisiana State University; aorwin1@lsu.edu
Rulership in the Virtuous City: A Comparison between Alfarabi’s Political Regime and the Virtuous City
Leo Moradi, Boston University; moradi@bu.edu
Between Divine Law and Human Wisdom: Notes on a Trilogy of Averroes’s Works
Karen Taliaferro, Arizona State University; karentaliaferro@asu.edu
The Caliphate will Last Thirty Years: Political Debates over a Prophetic Hadith
Han Hsien Liew, Arizona State University; han.hsien.liew@azu.edu
Discussants: Alex Orwin, Louisiana State University; aorwin1@lsu.edu
2:00-3:30
Panel 4. Author Meets Critics: The History of Experience by Wolfgang Leidhold
Chair: John von Heyking, vonheyking@uleth.ca; University of Lethbridge
Thomas Heilke, thomas.heilke@ubc.ca, University of British Columbia
McPartland, T_mcpartland@msn.com, Kentucky State University
Glenn Hughes, drchiptex@gmail.com; St. Mary’s University
Wolfgang Leidhold, wolfgang.leidhold@uni-koeln.de, University of Cologne
4:00-5:30
Panel 5. The Founding and Refounding of America
Chair: Steve McGuire, sfmcguire@gmail.com ; American Council for Trustees and Alumni
Natural and Traditional Rights in the American Founding
Scott Robinson, SRobinson@schreiner.edu; Schreiner University
The Politics of American Pluralism
Samuel Sprunk, samuel.sprunk@nicholls.edu; Nicholls State University
Politics, More Art than Science: Recovering the Non-Humean James Madison
Aaron Alexander Zubia, azubia@princeton.edu; Furman University
Discussant: Steve McGuire, sfmcguire@gmail.com; American Council for Trustees and Alumni
Friday, September 1
8:00-9:30
Panel 6. Medieval Continuities in Modern Politics
Chair: James Greenaway, jgreenaway@stmarytx.edu; St. Mary’s University of Texas
Art as God’s Grandchild: Dante’s Aristotelian Case Against Usury
Monica Jeffery burkemg@cua.edu; Catholic University of America
Religious Liberty and the Natural Law in the Scholastic Tradition
Steven Waldorf, sdwaldorf@gmail.com; University of Chicago
Discussant: James Greenaway, jgreenaway@stmarytx.edu; St. Mary’s University of Texas
10:00-11:30
Panel 7. Roundtable: Totalitarianism in the Past and Its Echoes in the Present
Chair: Martin Palouš, martin.palous@gmail.com; Florida International University
Barry Cooper, bcooper@calgary.edu; University of Calgary
James Greenaway, jgreenaway@stmarytx.edu; St. Mary’s University
Daniel J. Mahoney, dmahoney@assumption.edu; Assumption University
Steve McGuire, sfmcguire@gmail.com; American Council for Trustees and Alumni
12:00-1:30
Panel 8. Taking the Pulse of American Politics
Chair: James R. Stoner, Jr., poston@lsu.edu; Louisiana State University
“The Compromise of 1850: The Statesmen of the Senate and the Price of Union”
Kevin J. Burns, kevinjvburns@gmail.com; Christendom College
Escaping Isolation: Harry Truman and the Sources of Modern Presidential Authority
Jordan Cash, cashjor1@msu.edu;Michigan State University
Liberalism’s Separationism: Views from Rawls and Tocqueville”
Sarah Gustafson, sarahgustafson@g.harvard.edu; Harvard University
Deliberation, Negotiation, and the Common Good: What Law Does a Representative Legislature Make?
James R. Stoner, Jr., poston@lsu.edu; Louisiana State University
Discussants: Lucas Morel, Washington & Lee University <morell@wlu.edu> [on Burns & Stoner]
James Patterson, Ave Maria University <james.patterson@avemaria.edu> [on Cash & Gustafson]
2:00-3:30
Panel 9. Ramifications of Voegelin’s Project
Chair: Thomas Heilke, thomas.heilke@ubc.ca, University of British Columbia
Political Symbols of the Northeast Neolithic
Barry Cooper, bcooper@calgary.edu; University of Calgary
Eric Voegelin and Austria’s Authoritarian Regime: A Reappraisal
Bruno Godefroy, bruno.godefroy@gmx.de; Erlangen University
Language in Eric Voegelin’s Thinking
Pierre-Alain Drien, pierre-alain.drien@wanadoo.fr; University of Jean Moulin – Lyon 3
Who Owns the Timeline? Covenant in Voegelin, Buber and Ourselves
Abigail L. Rosenthal, alr.martin@verizon.net; Brooklyn College of the City of New York
Discussants: Thomas Heilke
John McNerney, john.mcnerney@ucd.ie; Catholic University of America
6:30-7:0 Business Meeting
7:30-9:00 Reception
Saturday, September 2
8:00-9:30
Panel 10. The Person as the Heart of the Political
Chair: Carol Cooper, The Honors College, University of Houston; cbcooper@central.uh.edu
The Promise and Vision of Weil’s The Need for Roots
Sarah Dunford, dunford@cua.edu; Catholic University of America
Radically Personal? Challenges from Robert Bellah, Charles Taylor, and Linda Zagebski
| Jerry L. Martin, jerry.martin@verizon.net; University of Colorado at Boulder
John Bassett Moore and the Modest Virtues of International Law David Clinton, David_Clinton@baylor.edu ; Baylor University
Discussants: Stephen Sims, sxgm@rit.edu;Rochester Institute of Technology Carol Cooper, The Honors College, University of Houston; cbcooper@central.uh.edu
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12:00-1:30
Panel 11. Friendship, Universal Love, and Pluralism
Chair: Carol B. Cooper, The Honors College, University of Houston; cbcooper@central.uh.edu
Pluralism, Generosity, Charity, and Friendship
Thomas Heilke, thomas.heilke@ubc.ca, University of British Columbia
Friendships in a Friendly Cosmos
Glenn Hughes, drchiptex@gmail.com; St. Mary’s University
Universal Humanity: History as Belonging in the Cosmos
James Greenaway, jgreenaway@stmarytx.edu; St. Mary’s University of Texas
The Forgotten Dimension: Bonhoefferian Perspectives on ‘Fraternity’
John McNerney, john.mcnerney@ucd.ie; Catholic University of America
Discussants: Carol Cooper, The Honors College, University of Houston; cbcooper@central.uh.edu
Holly Elizabeth Ching, heching@wisc.edu; University of Wisconsin-Madison
2:00-3:30
Panel 12. Tocqueville on Religion, Civic Education, and the Nation
Chair: Susan McWilliams, susanmcwilliams@pomona.edu; Pomona College
Did Tocqueville’s Catholicism Change America, or Vice Versa?
Jeremy Seth Geddert, j.geddert@assumption.edu; Assumption University
Tocqueville’s Catholic Social Science
Richard Avramenko, avramenko@wisc.edu; University of Wisconsin
Discussants: James R. Stoner, Jr., poston@lsu.edu; Louisiana State University
4:00-5:30
Panel 13. Prudence and Ethics in Foreign Policy and International Politics
Chair: David Clinton, Baylor University, David_Clilnton@baylor.edu
The Moral Foundations of Isolationism and Empire
Stephen Sims, Rochester Institute of Technology, sxgm@rit.edu
The Tragedy of Small Power Politics: Statesmanship in Rousseau’s Poland and Corsica
Joshua King, United States Military Academy at West Point, joshua.king@westpoint.edu
The Philosophical Problems Posed by Divided Sovereignty in the Annexation of Texas: Sectional Interests and American Foreign Policy
Joseph Natali, Baylor University, joe_natali1@baylor.edu
Should Like Cases Be Decided Alike?
Richard Jordan, Baylor University, Richard_Jordan@baylor.edu
Discussant: David Clinton, Baylor University, David_Clinton@baylor.edu
Sunday, September 3
8:00-9:30
Panel 14. Friendship, Loneliness, and the Philosophical Life
Friendship and Loneliness: What does it mean to be a friend with oneself?
Holly Ching, University of Wisconsin-Madison, heching@wisc.edu
Return To The Cave: Philia, Eros, And The Erotic-Hermetic Structure Of The Philosophical Life
Thomas Holman, Catholic University of America
Love and Justice from Aristotle to Abolition
Carol Cooper,The Honors College, University of Houston; cbcooper@central.uh.edu
What Do We Give When We Give of Ourselves?
John von Heyking, vonheyking@uleth.ca; University of Lethbridge
Discussants:
James Greenaway, University of St. Mary’s
Steve McGuire, sfmcguire@gmail.com; American Council for Trustees and Alumni
10:00-11:30
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Panel 15. The Primacy of Practice within Theory
Chair: David Sollenberger, dms7445@psu.edu; Pennsylvania State University
David Walsh as American Philosopher David Sollenberger, dms7445@psu.edu; Pennsylvania State University
Immanuel Kant on the Relationship of Law and Morals Thomas E. Lordan, tomlordan@q.com; Catholic University of America
Institutions and Persons within Politics Dennis Coyle, The Catholic University of America, coyle@law.edu |
Discussants: Steve McGuire, sfmcguire@gmail.com; American Council for Trustees and Alumni
David Walsh, Catholic University of America, walshd@cua.edu