ATENEO, UST HOST INT'L PHILOSOPHY CONGRESS
The World Congress of Catholic University Institutions of Philosophy (COMIUCAP or Conférence Mondiale des Institutions Universitaires Catholiques de Philosophie) will be holding its 3rd World Congress in Manila on September 11 to 13, 2008.
This will be the first time that the conference, conducted every four years, comes to Asia, with two top universities, the Ateneo de Manila University and the University of Santo Tomas, as hosts. So far, 116 delegates from fifty-one institutions (universities, colleges and seminaries) in the Philippines have registered as well as 30 delegates from twenty-one countries like China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Congo, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Slovakia, Germany, France, Canada and the United States. The conference is expected to draw more than 200 deans, professors and graduate students of philosophy and theology from all over the world.
The COMIUCAP, founded in Rome in April 1999, currently has 80 member institutions
representing 35 countries. The main goals of the COMIUCAP are to promote the exchange of information and cooperation in the teaching of philosophy, and to undertake collaborative research on problems posed by contemporary society. The COMIUCAP Scientific Council consists of the following members: Philippe Capelle (Paris), Richard Cobb-Stevens (Boston), Nestor Corona (Buenos Aires), Vicente Duran (Bogota), Leovino Ma. Garcia (Ateneo de Manila University), Georges N'Dumba (Kinshasa) and Wladyslaw Zuziak (Cracow).
The theme for its 3rd World Congress "Philosophy, Religions & Transcendence" builds on the themes of its two previous conferences. The first one, held in Paris in 2000, focused on "Philosophical Reason and Christianity" while the second one, held in Mexico City in 2004, dealt on "Philosophy as Mediation." The 2008 Manila Congress tackles the notion of transcendence--a notion that both unites and separates philosophical and religious traditions and whose relevance is heightened by the Congress' location in Southeast Asia and its religious realities.
The conference's plenary speakers include Jean-Luc Marion, one of France's best-known living philosophers, and other notable thinkers such as Franck Budenholzer (Taipei), Alfredo P. Co (University of Santo Tomas, Manila), Lorenz Bruno Puntel (Munich), Friedo Ricken (Munich), and Juan Carlos Scannone (Buenos Aires).
The conference is open to anyone with a keen interest in philosophy and theology. To
participate in the conference, one can register online at www.comiucap-reg.tk. The
registration fees are PhP4,500 (for payments received before September 11, 2008) and PhP5,000 (for payments on September 11, 2008). Students can avail of a 50% discount on the above fees.
Interested parties can visit the conference website at www.comiucapmanila.tk for more information, or, can email their inquiries to comiucap@admu.edu.ph.
The World Congress of Catholic University Institutions of Philosophy (COMIUCAP or Conférence Mondiale des Institutions Universitaires Catholiques de Philosophie) will be holding its 3rd World Congress in Manila on September 11 to 13, 2008.
This will be the first time that the conference, conducted every four years, comes to Asia, with two top universities, the Ateneo de Manila University and the University of Santo Tomas, as hosts. So far, 116 delegates from fifty-one institutions (universities, colleges and seminaries) in the Philippines have registered as well as 30 delegates from twenty-one countries like China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Congo, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Slovakia, Germany, France, Canada and the United States. The conference is expected to draw more than 200 deans, professors and graduate students of philosophy and theology from all over the world.
The COMIUCAP, founded in Rome in April 1999, currently has 80 member institutions
representing 35 countries. The main goals of the COMIUCAP are to promote the exchange of information and cooperation in the teaching of philosophy, and to undertake collaborative research on problems posed by contemporary society. The COMIUCAP Scientific Council consists of the following members: Philippe Capelle (Paris), Richard Cobb-Stevens (Boston), Nestor Corona (Buenos Aires), Vicente Duran (Bogota), Leovino Ma. Garcia (Ateneo de Manila University), Georges N'Dumba (Kinshasa) and Wladyslaw Zuziak (Cracow).
The theme for its 3rd World Congress "Philosophy, Religions & Transcendence" builds on the themes of its two previous conferences. The first one, held in Paris in 2000, focused on "Philosophical Reason and Christianity" while the second one, held in Mexico City in 2004, dealt on "Philosophy as Mediation." The 2008 Manila Congress tackles the notion of transcendence--a notion that both unites and separates philosophical and religious traditions and whose relevance is heightened by the Congress' location in Southeast Asia and its religious realities.
The conference's plenary speakers include Jean-Luc Marion, one of France's best-known living philosophers, and other notable thinkers such as Franck Budenholzer (Taipei), Alfredo P. Co (University of Santo Tomas, Manila), Lorenz Bruno Puntel (Munich), Friedo Ricken (Munich), and Juan Carlos Scannone (Buenos Aires).
The conference is open to anyone with a keen interest in philosophy and theology. To
participate in the conference, one can register online at www.comiucap-reg.tk. The
registration fees are PhP4,500 (for payments received before September 11, 2008) and PhP5,000 (for payments on September 11, 2008). Students can avail of a 50% discount on the above fees.
Interested parties can visit the conference website at www.comiucapmanila.tk for more information, or, can email their inquiries to comiucap@admu.edu.ph.
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