Conference: ‘For the Greater Glory of God and the More Universal Good’
A celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the Foundation of Heythrop College and the Jesuit Educational Tradition
Thursday 19 – Friday 20 June 2014
Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
During the academic year 2013-2014, Heythrop College is celebrating the 400th anniversary of its foundation by the English Jesuits in Louvain in 1614.To commemorate this notable anniversary, Heythrop College and the Institute of English Studies of the University of London are organising a conference, involving leading scholars from Britain and overseas. The conference will explore the history of the College and the impact of Jesuit education on philosophy, theology, science, literature and the arts, with the following speakers:
Professor Michael Barnes SJ (Heythrop College):
The Jesuits and Interreligious Dialogue: The Case of Fr Thomas Stephens
Professor Kathleen Comerford (Georgia Southern University):
The Jesuits and Their Libraries
Dr Guy Consolmagno SJ (Papal Observatory):
The Jesuits and Science
Dr Philip Endean SJ (Centre Sèvres, Paris):
The Reception of Ignatian Spirituality in Britain
Professor John Haldane (University of St Andrews and University of Notre Dame, USA):
The Jesuit Contribution to Philosophy
Professor Dayton Haskin (Boston College):
The Jesuits and English Literature – John Donne and Ignatian Spirituality
Professor Karen Kilby (University of Durham):
Is There a Jesuit Tradition in Theology?
Dr Robert A. Maryks (Jesuit Institute, Boston College):
Jesuit Education and Classical Literature
Professor Nicholas Sagovsky (Roehampton University):
Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ: The Poet as Theologian
Mr Michael Walsh (Heythrop College):
The History of the College: From the Move to Stonyhurst to the Present Day
Professor Maurice Whitehead (University of Swansea):
The History of the College: Until the Move to Stonyhurst in 1794
Dr Rowan Williams (Magdalene College, Cambridge):
Liberal Education: the Jesuit Response to a Theological Imperative
The cost for the two-day conference is £50. Concessions are £35.
Early booking is essential at www.heythrop.ac.uk/400years
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