Future  Colloquia

Will be announced soon.

Past Colloquia

Thursday, October 6 - Saturday, October 8, 2011

Revelation and Convergence: Flannery O'Connor Among the Philosophers and Theologians

This academic conference brought together Flannery O'Connor scholars and enthusiasts interested in the philosophical and theological influences that shaped her literary imagination.  Presentations focused on particular thinkers upon whom O'Connor drew  directly or figures whose works helped illuminate her artistic vision for readers today.

Sponsored, in part, by:
The Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage
Loyola University Chicago, Office of the President, Office of the Provost,
and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences  

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Flannery O'Connor Among the Philosophers and Theologians

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Music from the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos

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Jesuits were expelled from the Spanish colonies in South America in 1767, leaving behind a remarkable musical legacy that was buried for over two hundred years. But the music did not disappear completely. Tanks to the Chiquitos people of Bolivia, the music was played and preserved throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.

In 1985, Swiss architect Hans Roth discovered 9,000 of these musical manuscripts and in 1990 UNESCO declared the churches of the Chiquitos a “patrimony of humanity”. Dr. Gustavo Leone of Loyola University Chicago's Department of Fine and Performing Arts has painstakingly retrieved and restored four of these incredible manuscripts, preserving a rare and invaluable treasure of the Jesuit and Catholic heritage

Program

Simpson Hall Multipurpose Room

11:00am -12:20pm Lecture: "Reconstructing & Resurrecting the Music of the Jesuit Missions of South America" Dr. Gustavo Leone, Professor, Department of Fine and Performing Arts.

12:45pm - 1:15pm Film: In Search of the Music Manuscripts

1:30pm - 2:30pm Panel: Baroque Music of  Latin America.

Dr. Robert Kendrick, Department of Music, University of Chicago, Fr. Charles Jurgenmeier, S.J., Department of Fine and Performing Arts.

Madonna della Strada Chapel 

3:00pm - 4:00pm Performance: Music from the Archives of Chiquitos: "Baroque Band" and "Bella Voce"

Tuesday March 16, 2010
Spring Irish Festival: Celtic Sites and Sounds

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Celtic Sites: 10:00am “Messages and Missions: Communication Among Celtic Churches” Dr. Benjamin Hudson, Professor of History and Medieval Studies, Pennsylvania State University. Respondents: Dr. Jennifer Ash and Dr. Allen Frantzen, Department of English, Loyola University Chicago.

Celtic Sounds: 1:00pm “The Music of What Happens: The Irish Harp in Myth and Neuroscience” Fr. Richard Woods, O.P. Lund-Gill Chair, Professor of Theology, Dominican University.                                              Irish Harp Performance: 2:00pm - Aislinn Gagliardi

November 12, 2009
Women of the Word: A Colloquium of Catholic Women Poets

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Presented by The Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage
with assistance from:
The Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies, Fordham University
The Gannon Center for Women and Leadership, Loyola University Chicago.

art by Elizabeth Stromme

Program
 
9:15-9:30am Welcome

9:30-10:00am Reading by Carolyn Alessio
10:15-10:45am Reading by Linda Nemec Foster
11:00-11:30am Reading by Angela Alaimo O’Donnell
11:45-12:15pm Reading by Stella Ann Nesanovich

1:30-2:00pm “Catholic and Female: A Poetic of Our Own”
  Angela Alaimo O’Donnell

2:00-4:00pm “Faith and the Poet’s Craft: Four Womens' Perspectives”
  Discussion with Carolyn Alessio,
  Linda Nemec Foster, Angela
  O’Donnell, Stella Ann Nesanovich

4:00-5:30pm Reception
  Piper Hall
  Hosted by the Gannon Center for Women and Leadership

Thursday, April 16, 2009
“Is Belief in God Irrational?”

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A colloquium in cooperation with the Archdiocese of Chicago, Department of Peace and Justice.
Opening remarks by Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago.  Presentations by and discussion with Rev. Edward T. Oakes, S.J. (University of St. Mary of the Lake), Prof. Inamul Haq (Elmhurst College), Frederick Aquino (Assistant Professor, Abilene Christian University), Kenneth Seeskin (Professor, Northwestern University).  

September 18, 2008
"Jesuits and Science"

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12:45 PM   Opening Remarks 

1:00  PM   "The Kerala School, Jesuits, and Calculus"
                 Dr. George Gheverghese Joseph, University of Manchester

2:00 PM    Coffee Break

2:30 PM   "The Jesuit as a Scientist"
                Dr. Mordechai Feingold, California Institute of Technology

3:30 PM    Mid-Afternoon Break

4:00 PM    Panel Responses
                Dr. Florence Hsia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
                Dr. Eli Maor, Loyola University Chicago
                Dr. Paul Mueller, S.J., Loyola University Chicago

September 27 & 28, 2007
Human Sexuality:  A Dialogue Across Discipline

1st Interdisciplinary Panel – 9/27
Dr. Patti Jung, Dr. Robert DiVito, Dr. Fred Kniss, Dr. John McCarthy, Dr. Paul Mueller, Dr. David Ozar
McCormick Lounge – 1:00 pm–3:30 pm

1st Keynote Address – 9/27
“Evolutionary Biology and Human Sexuality”
Dr. Joan Roughgarden, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Crown Center Auditorium – 4:00 pm-5:30 pm

2nd Keynote Address – 9/27
“Human Sexuality, Catholic Intellectual Heritage, and Interdisciplinary Dialogue”
Dr. Stephen Pope, Dept. of Theology, Boston College
Crown Center Auditorium – 6:30 pm-8:00 pm

2nd Interdisciplinary Panel – 9/28
Dr. Anna Vigen, Dr. Frank Catania, Dr. Pamela Caughie, Dr. Anne Figert, Dr. Terry Grande, Dr. Jon Nilson, Dr. Susan Ross
McCormick Lounge – 9:00 am-11:30 am