24th Annual International Meeting

ERIC VOEGELIN SOCIETY PROGRAM

24^th Annual International Meeting

American Political Science Association (APSA) Related Group

Boston, Mass, Aug. 28-31, 2008

Panel 1. America as Vindicator or Exemplar: The Soul of American Statecraft

Chair: Greg Russell, University of Oklahoma <grussell@ou.edu>

Papers: The Surprising M. Tocqueville

Professor David Clinton, Baylor University

<david_clinton@baylor.edu>

"The Bush Doctrine: America as Vindicator AND Exemplar"

Mackubin Owens, Naval War College

<mackubin.owens@nwc.navy.mil>

Strands of Dissent in America's Rise to Power

David Mayers, Boston University

<dmayers@bu.edu>

Theodore Roosevelt and the Gospel of Strenuosity: Fearing God and Taking One's Part.

Greg Russell, University of Oklahoma

Disc.: Christopher Layne, Texas A&M University <chrislayne@aol.com>

Daniel G. Lang, Lynchburg College <lang@lynchburg.edu>

Panel 2. Voegelin and the Liberal Political Order

Chair: David Walsh, Catholic University of America <walshd@cua.edu>

Papers: Peace and Public Truth: Voegelin and Hobbes

Philip J. Harold, Robert Morris University

<harold@rmu.edu>

Voegelin, Locke, and the Anglo-Saxon Tradition

Joanne Tetlow, J.D., Ph.D., Independent Scholar, Annapolis, Maryland

< joannetetlow@yahoo.com>

Voegelin and the Czech Debate on the Liberal Political Order

Martin Palous, Czech Ambassador to the United Nations

< Martin_Palous@mzv.cz>

Liberty, Liberalism, and Political Representation: The Canadian Experience

Matthew Connell, Louisiana State University

<mconne6@lsu.edu>

Disc: David Walsh, The Catholic University of America

Steven J. Brust, The Catholic University of America < brust@cua.edu>

Jodi Bruhn, Independent Scholar <jodibruhn@mac.com>

Panel. 3. Politics Unto Creativity: Eric Voegelin Applied

Chair: Tilo Schabert, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg <tilo@schabert.org>

Papers: Toward a “Presidential” European Commission? Creativity of Power & Political Leadership in the Barroso mailto::tilo@schabewrt.org Commission

Detlev Clemens, European Commission, Brussels

<Detlev.Clemens@ec.europa.eu>

Between Wisdom and Knowledge: The Politics of Creativity in a Post-Communist World

Andras Lanczi, Corvinus University of Budapest

<andras.lanczi@uni-corvinus.hu>

Using the Backstairs: Dissimulation and Effective Government

Athanasios Moulakis, The American University in Afghanistan

<moulakisa@aol.com>

Boston Politics and Beyond: Applying Voegelin to Comparative Politics

Mark Thompson, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

<mkthomps@phil.uni-erlangen.de>

Disc: Steve McGuire, Catholic University of America <39mcguire@cua.edu>

Matthew Connell, Louisiana State University <mconne6@lsu.edu>

Panel 4. Mysticism and Philosophy in Voegelin’s Work

Chair: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University <esandoz@lsu.edu>

Papers: Man’s Response to Wrongdoing: Is War Natural to the Human Condition?

Henrik Syse, Peace Research Institute Oslo [PRIO]

<hsyse@online.no>

Meister Eckhart and Voegelin’s Mystic Philosophy

Macon Boczek, Kent State University

<MaconBoczek@aol.com>

The Relationship between Mysticism and Science in Voegelin's work

William Petropulos, Eric Voegelin Archiv–Munich

<William.Petropulos@web.de>

God the Creative Ground of Existence in Voegelin, Etty Hillesum and Martin Buber: A Response to Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion

Meins Coetsier, Ghent University EHOC

<meinscoe@hotmail.com>

Disc: Glenn Hughes, St. Mary’s University–San Antonio <ghughes@stmarytx.edu>

Marie Baird, Duquesne University <bairdm@duq.edu>

Thomas A. Hollweck, University of Colorado–Boulder <Thomas.Hollweck@Colorado.EDU>

Panel 5. Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God–Religion & Revolution Revisited

Chair: Glenn A. Moots, Northwood University <moots@northwood.edu>

Papers: Acquiescence or Resistance to Tyranny? A Question of Cosmological or Historical Forms of Order

Kim Ian Parker, Memorial University (Canada)

<kparker@mun.ca>

Cicero’s Republic and Christian Arguments for Rebellion against Tyrants

Greg Forster, Milton Friedman Foundation

greg_forster@hotmail.com

Reformed Theology and the American Founding: The Case of Roger Sherman

Mark Hall,George Fox University (Oregon)

mhall@georgefox.edu

John Witherspoon, Resistance, and Revolution

Jeffry Morrison, Regent University

<jeffmor@regent.edu>

Disc.: Glenn A. Moots, Northwood University <moots@northwood.edu>

Barry Shain, Colgate University <Bshain@mail.colgate.edu>

Panel 6. Three Poets and a Novelist: Voegelinian Readings of Literature

Chair: Charles R. Embry, Texas A&M-Commerce <Charles_Embry@tamu-commerce.edu>

Papers: Images of Transcendence in D. H. Lawrence: A Voegelinian Reading

Rodney Kilcup. independent scholar

<rod.kilcup@gmail.com>

The Laboratory of Anamnesis: The Symbolist Poet Paul Valéry in Search of Consciousness

T. John Jamieson, Independent Scholar

<Jamiesoj@aol.com>

The Refractory Universe of Elizabeth Bishop: A Voegelinian Analysis of Poetic Consciousness

David Palmieri.

<palmiedw@plattsburgh.edu>

The Tension of the Metaxy in Emily Dickinson's Poetry

Glenn Hughes. St. Mary’s University—San Antonio.

<ghughes@stmarytx.edu>

Disc: Paul Corey, McMaster University <coreyp@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca>

Timothy Hoye, Texas Woman’s University <Thoye@mail.twu.edu>

Panel 7. Eric Voegelin and Modern European Continental Thought

Chair: Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution <paulcaringella@sbcglobal.net>

Papers: “Out of such crooked wood”: How Eric Voegelin Read Immanuel Kant

Thomas Heilke, University of Kansas

<theilke@ku.edu>

Voegelin and Schelling on Freedom and the Order of Existence

Steven F. McGuire, Catholic University of America

<39mcguire@cua.edu>

Derrida’s Escape from Language and Metaphysics

Lee Trepanier, Saginaw State University

<ldtrepan@svsu.edu>

Kierkegaard and Voegelin: Consciousness and History

Eugen L. Nagy, Catholic University of America

<09NAGY@cua.edu>

Disc: Rouven Steeves, U. S. Air Force <derdenker@verizon.net>

Michael Henry, St. Johns University <henrym@stjohns.edu>

Panel 8. Reason and Revelation in Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin

Chair: Timothy Fuller, Colorado College <TFuller@ColoradoCollege.edu>

Papers: Religion, Reason & Revelation in Politics

Barry Cooper, University of Calgary

<bcooper@ucalgary.ca>

"A Thomistic View of Strauss and Voegelin on Reason and Revelation."

Paul Carrese, U. S. Air Force Academy

<paul.carrese@usafa.af.mil>

Political Philosophy in Voegelin and Strauss

Peter Emberley, Carleton University

<pemberle@magma.ca>

Man the Questioner: Voegelin's Idea of Religious Experience

Elizabeth Corey, Baylor University

<Elizabeth_Corey@baylor.edu>

Disc.: Thomas McPartland, Kentucky State University <tom.mcpartland@kysu.edu>

Angela Miceli, Louisiana State University <angelamiceli@gmail.com>

Panel 9. China and Contemporary Political Thought

Chair: Barret Dolph, Pegasus International Schools–Taipei <wheds8@ms66.hinet.net>

Symbolic Forms, Political Ideas and the Encounter of Civilizations

Juergen Gebhardt, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Emeritus)

<JNGEBHAR@extern.lrz.muenchen.de>

Voegelin’s Reception in China

Li Qiang, Peking University

<qlipoli@pku.edu.cn>

China’s Pragmatic Nationalism

Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver

<szhao@du.edu>

Disc.: Timothy Fuller, Colorado College <Tfuller@ColoradoCollege.edu>

Chun-Wai Wong, Hua-Fan University , Director of Asian Humanities, Taipei Taiwan <jivaka@cc.hfu.edu.tw>

Klaus Vondung, University of Siegen <vondung@germanistik.uni-siegen.de>