Universality of Reason - Plurality of Philosophies in the Middle Ages
XIIth International Congress of Medieval Philosophy

The Twelfth International Congress of Medieval Philosophy will be held in Palermo (Italy), 16-22 September 2007. The general theme of the Congress is: Universality of Reason - Plurality of Philosophies in the Middle Ages. There are six Plenary Sessions scheduled for the Congress. Lecturers invited by the Bureau of the SIEPM and by the Organising Committee will speak on the following topics:
1. Introduction: Universality of Reason – Plurality of Philosophies in the Middle Ages (Loris Sturlese)
2. Reason and Universality in the Middle Ages (Olivier Boulnois, Stephen Gersh, Pasquale Porro)
3. Religion and Plurality (Georgi Kapriev, Charles Manekin, Marwan Rashed)
4. Plurality of Philosophical Traditions (Paolo Lucentini, Constant Mews, Thomas Ricklin)
5. Language and Plurality (Cristina D'Ancona, Dag Hasse, Irène Rosier)
6. Region and Plurality (Giulio d'Onofrio, Richard Cross, Josep-Ignasi Saranyana)

More details can be found at the following address:
http://www.siepm.uni-freiburg.de/congress/congr_congress_2007_2nd_en.html

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A preliminary programme has been made available here.

Personally, I think this is the biggest event in the field and its contribution to imposing research directions is essential. Unfortunately, only members of the SIEPM may present papers at this event.