From the Crucible: Reconsidering the Medieval Legacy in European Political Thought
Colloquium in Honour of Professor Cary J. Nederman
Academic Common Room, St Margaret’s College, University of Otago
12-14 February, 2017
Sponsored by the Department of History and Art History, University of Otago
Professor Cary J. Nederman (Texas A&M University) has been an international leader in the scholarship on medieval and early modern European political thought for more than three decades. His works explore the Aristotelian and Ciceronian traditions in European political thinking, medieval discourses on toleration, varieties of republicanism, and the medieval origins of political economy among others. In this colloquium, his friends and colleagues from the USA, France, Germany, Italy, Australia and New Zealand will engage with his work by enquiring into a set of key questions: What is distinctively medieval about medieval political thought? And how do the medieval elements relate to modern political thought?
The colloquium is open to the public. Registration is required by Monday 30 January by emailing to: conference@stmargarets.college. Registration fee is $32.15, which is payable in advance of the colloquium. Lunch can also be served at the price of $20 ($40 if you wish to attend lunch for two days).
For further information about the colloquium, please email Professor Takashi Shogimen at takashi.shogimen@otago.ac.nz.
The full colloquium programme can be found online: http://www.otago.ac.nz/historyarthistory/news/researchseminars/otago629579.html.
