St. Petersburg State University
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
CENTRE FOR MEDIEVAL CULTURE STUDIES
Mendeleevskaya, 5, St. Petersburg, 199034, RUSSIA.
Phone: (812) 328 94 39; fax: (812) 328 08 71
E-mail: odushin@mail.ru
Internet: http: \\ philosophy. pu. ru
INFORMATION
The Center for Medieval Culture Studies is an independent union of St. Petersburg
scholars created in 1997 at the Faculty of Philosophy in St. Petersburg State
University for extracurricular research of Medieval Culture.
MAIN IDEA:
* To promote both individual and collective research into philosophy, theology,
history, philology, art of European and Russian Middle Age;
* To surmount ideological stereotypes concerning theologically determined forms
of culture;
* To renew traditions of Russian Mediaeval studies in the contemporary spiritual
situation;
* To set up the fruitful dialogue between secular and religious scientists.
INVESTIGATIONS:
Educational activities include regular open problem-seminars and discussions for
wide range of participants.
Research activities involve translations, commentaries and publishing of the
Middle Age heritage including both Western-European and Byzantine-Russian
traditions.
CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTER
Prof. Dr. Yuri SOLONIN,
Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy,
St. Petersburg State University
Specialty: Antropology of Byzantine Fathers
MEMBERS OF THE CENTER
Dr. Oleg DUSHIN,
Coordinator of the Center,
Associate Professor, Dept. of History of Philosophy,
Faculty of Philosophy, St. Petersburg University
E-mail: odushin@mail.ru
Specialty: Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas
Dr. Alexander POGONIAYLO
Associate Professor, Dept. of History of Philosophy,
Faculty of Philosophy, St. Petersburg University
E-mail: pogoniaylo@mail.ru
Specialty: Philosophy of Augustinus and Duns Scotus
Dr. Igor YEVLAMPIEV
Professor, Dept. of Philosophy,
Northern-West Academy of State Service
E-mail: yevlam@mail.ru
Specialty: Byzantine Heritage in Russian Culture
Dr. Lada TSIPINA
Associate Professor, Dept. of History of Philosophy,
Faculty of Philosophy, St. Petersburg University
E-mail: tsipina_lada@mail.ru
Specialty: Medieval mysticism; Philosophy of Franciscans
Dr. Dmitry SHMONIN
Associate Professor, Dept. of Philosophy,
Faculty of Fundamental and Humanitarian sciences,
St. Petersburg Mining Institute (Technical University)
E-mail: shmonin@spmi.edu.ru
Specialty: Second Scholasticism, Philosophy of Jesuits
FOREIGN MEMBERS OF THE CENTER:
Dr. Ricardo PINERO MORAL
Professor, Dept.of Ancient and Medieval Art
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Salamanca (Spain)
E-Mail: rpm@usal.es
Specialty: Medieval bestiary.
ACTIVITY (1997-2002):
35 seminars and discussions dedicated to different philosophical, theological,
historical, philological problems of the Medieval Culture.
3 All-Russian conferences:
"Francisco Suarez and European Culture of XVI-XVII centuries" (1998);
"Middle Ages' Heritage and Contemporary Culture (dedicated to Prof. E. Gilson)"
(1999).
"Universities and traditions of European education" (1999)
3 International Conferences:
"Philosophy of W. Ochkam: Traditions and Contemporeity" (2000)
"Byzantine Theology and Traditions of Religious and Philosophical Thought in
Russia" (2000)
"Aristotle and the Medieval Metaphysics" (2001)
Main speakers in these seminars and conferences (1997-2001) were:
Prof. Y. Solonin (St. Petersburg)
Prof. J.-C. Schmidt (Paris)
Dr. S. Ebbessen (Copenhagen)
Prof. C. Panaccio (Quebec)
Prof. V. Kolesov (St. Petersburg)
Prof. I. Medvedev (St. Petersburg)
Prof. G. Lebedeva (St. Petersburg)
Prof. T. Stichiel (M?nster)
Prof. S. Khoruzhy (Moscow)
Prof. S. Franklin (Cambridge)
Prof. G.Podskalsky SJ (Frankfurt-upon-Main)
Prof. B. Markov (St. Petersburg)
Prof H.V. Beyer (Vienna - Ekaterinburg)
Prof. H.W.M. Rikhof (Utrecht)
Prof. A. Kaumantas (Athens)
PUBLICATIONS:
Published:
Almanac "VERBUM"
* Issue 1 (1999) "Francisco Su?rez and European Culture of XVI - XVII
centuries".
* Issue 2 (2000) "Middle Ages' Heritage and Contemporary Culture".
* Issue 3 (2000) "Byzantine Theology and Traditions of Religious and
Philosophical Thought in Russia".
* Second Edition (2001)
* Issue 4 (2001) "Philosophy of W. Ochkam: Traditions and Contemporeity".
* Issue 5 (2001) "Cultural Images and Intellectual Stiles: Iberian Experiance".
* Issue 6 (2002) "Aristotle and the Medieval Metaphysics".
Translated into Russian and published (1997-2002):
St. Thomas Aquinas.:
De esse et essentia;
Summa Theologiae. I. VIII;
Summa Theologiae. I. XLIX;
Guillelmus de Ockham:
Summa totius Logicae. I, c. XXXVIII;
Summa totius Logicae. III, II, c. XXVII;
Questiones super libros Phisicorum. II.
Francisco Suarez.:
Disputationes Metaphysicae. Disp. V.;
Disputationes Metaphysicae. Disp. XXXI;
Commentaria "De Anima". Proemium.
Etienne Gilson.
History of the Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages.
Chapter III. St. Thomas Aquinas.
PLANS. PROJECTS
(2003):
The Center for Medieval Culture Studies plans:
* To continue seminars and discussions dedicated to different fields of Medieval
Culture studies;
* To continue a promotion to all forms of researches into the Medieval Culture at
St. Petersburg;
* To prepare textbook "Medieval Philosophy and Culture: Heritage and
Traditions" for students of Humanitarian specialization's.
The Center for Medieval Culture Studies at St. Petersburg State University is
interesting in a widening of cooperation with Universities, Institutes other science
centers researching all aspects of the Medieval Culture.
Dear colleague:
For more information you may contact following address:
Dr. Oleg Dushin, Coordinator of
Center for Medieval Culture Studies,
Associate Professor, Dept. of History of Philosophy,
Faculty of Philosophy.
St. Petersburg State University.
Mendeleevskaya 7/9.
St. Petersburg, 199034, RUSSIA
Fax: 007 812 328 08 71
E-mail: odushin@mail.ru
St. Petersburg State University
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY
CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL CULTURE STUDIES
ARISTOTLE AND MEDIEVAL METAPHYSICS
International Conference
October 25 2003
Welcome address Prof. Dr. Yuri Solonin, Dean of Faculty of Philosophy
(Auditorium 24) 11.30-13.00 Session I (Auditorium 24)
Prof. Dr. Y. Slinin (St. Petersburg) The Aristotle's principle of individuation
Prof. Dr. H. Rikhof (Utrecht) The creativity of a theologian: Aquinas' theological
transformation of the Aristotelian concept of virtue
Dr. I. Lupandin (Moscow) "Disputationes Metaphysicae" of Francisco Suarez as
an attempt of axiomatization of Aristotelian Metaphysics
Dr. H. Goris (Utrecht) Reception of Aristotle's "De Interpretatione" 9 in the Latin
West: Boethius and the scholastics
Dr. L. Tonoyan (St. Petersburg) Roman fate of Aristotle's logical legacy (From
Cicero to Boethius)
Dr. E. Lissaniouk (St. Petersburg) Boethian legacy to Aristotelian logic.
M. Guseva (St. Petersburg) Boethius' "Commentary" to Porphyry
H. Geybels (Leuven) At the Gates of the Middle Ages: Augustine's Reception of
Aristotle
Dr. I. Dvorkin (Jerusalem) Metaphysics of the Bible and Metaphysics in
Maimonides' philosophy
Dr. A. Cherniakov (St.Petersburg) Time and eternity in Aristotle and Thomas
Aquinas Prof.
Dr. V. Kostetsky (St. Petersburg) The influence of the Aristotelian theory of
meaning to the forming of the concept of "intention" in the Medieval philosophy
D. Fedchuk (St. Petersburg) Distinction in understanding concept "substance" for
Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle
Dr. I. Ivanova (Bishkek)Aristotle and philosophical heresies of the Middle Ages
A. Smirnova (St. Petersburg) Aristotelian influence on the teaching of Maister
Echart
E. Razova (St. Petersburg) Gothic Cathedral: Aristotelian philosophical system and
shapes of everyday life in the medieval Europe Friday,
October 26
Fr. N. McCay-Morrissey (Dublin) The notion of 'hexis' in Aristotle, St. Thomas
Aquinas and Selected Contemporary Virtue Theorists
Dr. M. Pozdnev (St. Petersburg) "Catharsis" in the mid-XVI century (First
Renaissance Comments on the Aristotelian definition of tragedy)
Dr. D. Shmonin (St. Petersburg) Knowledge of singular things in the treatise "De
Anima" of Francisco Suarez
Dr. A.Tolstenko (St. Petersburg) Eriugena's "ontological grammar"
Dr. O. Dushin (St. Petersburg) Philosophus: Between Doctor Angelicus and the
Reformer
Fr. Gregory (St. Petersburg) Varlaam of Kalambra and Byzantine tradition of
Aristotelism
V. Baranov (Budapest) Aristotle in discussions on icons
Dr. N. Baloshina (St. Petersburg) Philosophy of Aristotle in the system of
education in Russia of the end of the XVII - beginning of the XVIII century
Dr. T. Chumakova (St. Petersburg) Reception of Aristotle in Old Russia (XI-XVI
cent.)
Dr. E. Ovchinnikova (St. Petersburg) Aristotelian tradition in the development of
ethics in Russia of the end of the XVII - beginning of the XVIII century
Prof. Dr. I. Yevlampiev (St. Petersburg) Being and raising: from Aristotle to Henry
Bergsonne
St. Petersburg State University
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
CENTRE FOR MEDIEVAL CULTURE STUDIES
Mendeleevskaya linia, 5, St. Petersburg, 199034, RUSSIA.
Phone: (812) 328 94 21
Fax: (812) 328 08 71
E-mail: odushin@mail.ru
Internet: http: \\ philosophy. pu. ru
First Call for Papers
The Centre for Medieval Culture Studies is organizing an International Conference
with the topic:
"From Feasting to Fasting: transformations of the cultural procedures from
Antiquity to the Middle Ages".
We are planning to discuss the following topics:
 Ethos of Antiquity and the moral prepositions of Christianity: changes in the
philosophical paradigms and strategies of daily conduct;
 Athens’ Agora and the Medieval monastery: transformations of social
Institutions;
 Freedom of Spirit and Freedom of Body: speech and silence;
 Citizen and ascetic: models of corporal practices;
 Philosophical and Christian Ascetics in Medieval and Byzantine Philosophy
and Theology;
 Monastic Canons in the East and the West.
The Conference will be at the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science of the
St.-Petersburg State University 20 - 22 November of 2008. We invite to
participation of all interested scientists! For the application, it is necessary to
present an abstract (350-500 words) and author's information no later than 1 June
2008. The papers will be published in the almanac "Verbum" after the Conference.
All materials should be sending to:
Ass. Prof., Ph. D. Oleg E. Dushin
Chair of the History of Philosophy,
Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science,
St. Petersburg State University,
Mendeleevskaya linia, 5,
St. Petersburg 199034 RUSSIA
Fax: (812) 328-0871
E-mail: odushin@mail.ru
APPLICATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION:
To participate in the Conference you should send registration form and an abstract
(350-500 words) in Russian, German or English. Registration forms should be sent
to the Organizing Committee no later than 1 June 2008 (it is a real deadline).
Participants should register and send texts of papers by E-mail. The Organizing
Committee has rights to reject sent materials. We have to notice that regular mail
from Europe to Russia normally takes about 2-3 weeks.
Registration fees for foreign participants:
80 Euro - for participants;
40 Euro - for students.
Registration fees should pay after arriving at St. Petersburg.
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