At Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology,
Brookline, Massachusetts
The Stephen and Catherine Pappas Patristic Institute
of the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is pleased to announce its
ninth annual Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Student Conference in Patristic
Studies on March 7-9, 2013. The purpose of the conference is to bring graduate
students together from the fields of Patristic Studies, Historical Theology,
and the History of Christianity in Late Antiquity in a collaborative and
theological setting to hear and discuss peer research. The conference will begin on Thursday, March
7, at 5:00 p.m., and ends with dinner on Saturday, March 9.
We now call for paper proposals. We encourage all doctoral and masters students
with research interests in Patristic Studies, Historical Exegesis or Theology,
or the History of Christianity in Late Antiquity, to submit a paper abstract of
approximately 250 words. Topics
relating to eastern Christianity, including Syriac-speaking Christianity, are
particularly encouraged. Each presenter
will have up to 20 minutes to present her or his paper, followed by a
respondent’s prepared comments and group discussion. Please send an abstract of your paper to the
Institute’s Director, Dr. Bruce Beck, at pappaspatristic@comcast.net by Monday,
February 4, 2013. Participants will be informed about the status of paper
proposals by Sunday, February 10th. The deadline for completed papers for
distribution to the respondents is Friday, March 1st.
For those who live outside the Boston area that might
need financial assistance to attend the conference, partial financial aid is
again available upon request to assist with your expenses. To request aid, please pre-register for the
conference at your earliest convenience (but no later than February 1st) and
please mention that you need financial assistance in order to participate.
To help with our planning, please pre-register at your
earliest convenience. The registration fee is $25 to help offset the cost of
meals during the conference, and will be collected at registration upon
arrival. To pre-register, please send an email to Dr. Beck
(pappaspatristic@comcast.net) with your personal information, including
address, phone number, institution, degree program, area of study, and
dissertation topic (if applicable).
Conference lodging will be at the Needham
Sheraton. If you will need lodging,
please register as early as possible to facilitate reserving a place for you to
stay. We will make the reservation for
you at the hotel in order to facilitate sharing of rooms. The discounted
conference rate per night is $98 plus taxes, or $55 for those who wish to share
a room. Let us know if you there is someone with whom you would like to share a
room.
Lastly, please make every effort to attend the entire
conference, since the conference’s success lies largely in the collegial
feedback and support of each paper presenter and the discussion engendered by
the paper respondent.
I hope you will be able to join us this year for this
year’s graduate student conference in patristic studies at Holy Cross Greek
Orthodox School of Theology.
Sincerely,
Bruce Beck, ThD.
Director, Pappas Patristic Institute of Holy Cross
Greek Orthodox School of Theology, and Assistant Professor of New Testament