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Call for Papers "From Feasting to Fasting: Transformations of the Cultural Procedures from Antiquity to the Middle Ages" International Conference Centre for Medieval Culture Studies, St. Petersburg State University St. Petersburg (Russia) 20-22 November 2008 __________________________________________________ The Conference will be at the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science of the St.-Petersburg State University, 20-22 November 2008. We invite the participation of all interested academics! 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. 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 Contact: Ass. Prof. Oleg E. Dushin Centre for Medieval Culture Studies Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science St. Petersburg State University Mendeleevskaya linia, 5 St. Petersburg 199034 Russia Fax: +7 (812) 328-0871 E-mail: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
