Index of program years
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FoundingApril 1986.Baltimore, MD, the Gabriel Marcel Society was founded by consensus at a meeting convoked by Prof. Thomas Anderson of Marquette University.
1988 ProgramsMarch 27, 1987. Buffalo, NY. Program: Professor Kenneth Gallagher, Fordham University, (author of The Philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, NY, Fordham Univ. Press, 1965, 1972 with a foreword by Gabriel Marcel.) "Gabriel Marcel: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow". Respondent: Professor Robert Lechner, De Paul University, Prof. Thomas Anderson, Marquette University, Chairperson.
April 9, 1988. Louisville, KY. Program: Professor Thomas Busch, (author of The Participant Perspective: A Gabriel Marcel Reader, Univ. Press of America, 1987). "Marcel and the Death of Man", and Prof. Robert Gibbs, Prof. at St. Louis University, "Substitution: Marcel and Levinas", Prof. K. R. Hanley, Chairperson.
August 25, 1988. Brighton, UK. At the 18th World Congress of Philosophy, Round Table on Gabriel Marcel: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Program: Prof. Joseph Godfrey, S.J., St. Joseph's University, "Hoping in Human Institutions," Prof. K. R. Hanley, Le Moyne College, "Theater and Philosophy Parallels in Gabriel Marcel's Search for a Meaning to Human Existence", Prof. Clyde Pax, Holy Cross College "Marcel's Concept of Homo Viator", Prof. Ablert B. Randall, Austin Peay State Univ., "Hope and Rebellion: A Comparison of Gabriel Marcel's Homo Viator and Camus' Rebel". Remarks: Prof. Jeanne Parain-Vial, Univ. of Dijon; Prof. Francis Jacques, Univ. of Dijon, Professor Thomas Anderson, Marquette University, Chairperson.
1990 ProgramsApril 1, 1989. New Orleans, LA. A meeting celebrating the centenary of Gabriel Marcel's birth. Program: A Dramatic Reading of Dot the I presented by the theater department of Loyola Univ. Talk by Mme. Guillemine de Lacoste, "Marcel's Notion of Creativity: An Antithesis of Simone de Beauvoir's", "Gabriel Marcel Piano Compositions" played by Mme. Janet Kawa. Talk by Prof. Robert Lauder, "The Implicit Presence of God: Secular Humanism, Transcendental Thomism and Marcel's Mystery of Being", Prof. Thomas Anderson, Chairperson.
1991 ProgramsMarch 31, 1990. Toronto, Canada. Program: Prof. Kathleen Scullin, Mount Saint Mary's College, " The Philosophical Kinship of Walker Percy and Gabriel Marcel", Mme. Janet Kawa played the piano compositions of Gabriel Marcel: Le Double, Laurence Endormie, Hommage to Life; Prof. Thomas Michaud , Wheeling Jesuit University spoke on "Secondary Reflection and Marcelian Anthropology".
1992 ProgramsApril 5, 1991. Boston, MA. Program: Prof. Clyde Pax, Holy Cross College, "The Denial of Hope"; Dramatic Reading of Gabriel Marcel's One Act Play The Lantern by members of Boston College Theater Dept. with Prof. Denis P. Moran, S.J. Directing. Comments by Prof. Denis P. Moran, S.J., Boston College, Mme. Guillemine de Lacoste, Prof. Thomas Flynn, Emory Univ., and Prof. Clyde Pax, Holy Cross College, Prof. K. R. Hanley, Chairperson.
1993 ProgramsMarch 28, 1992. San Diego, CA. Program: Prof. Seymour Cain, (author of Gabriel Marcel, South Bend, IN, Regnery/Gateway, 1963 and 1979) shared reflections drawn from letters he received from Gabriel Marcel over the many years of their friendship. Cain spoke of Marcel's thought in relation to that of M. Buber, M. Heidegger, E. Hocking, E. Husserl, E. Levinas, and M. Scheler. Cain's talk was entitled, "Encounters with Gabriel Marcel, the Person and His Thought". Prof. Brendan Sweetman, Loyola Marymount, spoke on "Gabriel Marcel's Critique of Descartes and its Significance for classical philosophical problems". There followed a dramatic reading of The Double Expertise, a one-act comedy by Gabriel Marcel, delightfully interpreted by a group from the College of Theater Arts at the University of San Diego, under the direction of Prof. Eric Grischkat, Prof. K. R. Hanley, Chairperson.
1994 ProgramsMarch 26, 1993. St. Louis, MO. Program: Prof. Francis M. Oppenheim, S.J., Xavier Univ. in Cincinnati, OH gave a remarkable presentation "Does Accelerating Change demand an intensification of Fidelity? - A Study of Loyalty in Josiah Royce's Thought and Creative Fidelity in Gabriel Marcel's Thought". Commentators: Prof. Bernard Gendreau, Xavier Univ., and Prof. Robert O'Brien, Fordham Univ., Prof. K. R. Hanley, Le Moyne College, Chairperson.
August 1993. Montreal, CA. At The Second World Congress on Violence and Human Coexistence, session on Gabriel Marcel, Program: Prof. Bernard Gendreau, "An Ontology of Peace in the Philosophy of Gabriel Marcel" Prof. Katharine Rose Hanley: "Sources of Violence and Resources for Peace in the Philosophy of Gabriel Marcel". Prof. James and Sunny Kidd, "The Intersubjective Heart", and Prof. Danna Polk, "Respect for the Earth, the roots of Eco-Philosophy in Gabriel Marcel's Thought", Prof. K. R. Hanley, Le Moyne College, Chairperson.
Dec. 29, 1993. Atlanta, GA.With the APA, Program: Prof. Joseph Godfrey, S.J., "The Phenomena of Trusting and Relational Ontologies". Commentators: Prof. Thomas Flynn, Univ. of Emory, and Prof. Albert Randall, Austin Peay State Univ., Prof. Patrick L. Bourgeois, Loyola University of New Orleans, Chairperson.
1995 ProgramsMarch 27 1994. Atlanta, GA. With the ACPA, in a dramatic reading of excerpts from Gabriel Marcel's four act play, The Broken World ,performed by the Emory University Theater Studies Program. An In Memoriam Tribute for Prof. Denis P. Moran, S.J. delivered by Prof. K. R. Hanley. Then Prof. Albert Randall, Austin Peay State Univ., spoke on "Suicide, Hope and Love: Ontological Foundations for a Concrete Philosophy". Commentators Prof. James Marsh, Fordham Univ. and Prof. Teresa Reed, Rockhurst Jesuit College, Prof. Patrick L. Bourgeois, Loyola University of New Orleans, Chairperson.
December 29, 1994. Boston, MA. With the APA, Program, Prof. Joseph Godfrey, S.J., St. Joseph's University, (President of the recently founded Association of Philosophers in Jesuit Education), "The Phenomenon of Trusting and Relational Ontologies". Commentators, Prof. Thomas Flynn, EmoryUniv., and Prof. Albert B. Randall, Austin Peay State Univ.
December 29, 1994. New York, NY.With the APA , Program, Prof. Kenneth T. Gallagher, Fordham Univ. analyzed the notions of "Mystery and Creaturehood". Commentators, Prof. Thomas W. Busch Univ. of Villanova, Prof. Lloyd W. J. Aultman-Moore, Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales, Prof. Patrick L. Bourgeois, Loyola Univ. of New Orleans, LA chaired the session.
March 25, 1995 Wash., D.C. With the ACPA, Program: Dramatic interpretation of Dot the I, directed by Prof. Roland Reed, Catholic University of America, followed by a discussion including actors, actresses and philosopher. Then Prof. Fred Crosson , Notre Dame Univ. spoke on "Drama in Gabriel Marcel's Work". Quotes included in this talk were presented in Gabriel Marcel's voice as recorded when he delivered the William James Lectures at Harvard University on ' The Existential Background of Human Dignity", Respondent Prof. K. R. Hanley, Le Moyne College, Prof. Patrick L. Bourgeois, Chairperson.
December 29, 1995. New York, NY. With the APA, Program: Prof. James Marsh, Fordham Univ. "Being and Having/ Marcel and Marx" and Prof. Thomas Flynn, Emory Univ. spoke on "Marcel and Postmodern Politics", Prof. Patrick L. Bourgeois, Loyola Univ. of New Orleans, Chairperson.
March 22, 1996. Redondo Beach, CA. With the ACPA, presided by Prof. Patrick L. Bourgeois, GMS President. Program, Dramatic reading of The Lantern staged by Hollywood actors and actresses under the direction of Sister Judith Royer of Marymount-Loyola Univ. Then Prof. Thomas Busch gave a talk on "Second Reflection: Interpretation, Narrative and Art", Respondent Prof. Brendan Sweetman , Rockhurst Jesuit University, Prof. Patrick L. Bourgeois, Loyola Univ. of New Orleans Chairperson.1997 ProgramsDecember 28, 1996. Atlanta GA. With the APA, Program on Gabriel Marcel and Jean-Paul Sartre: Prof. Thomas R. Flynn "Marcel's Necessary (Mis)reading of Sartre: Corrected", and Prof. Constance Mui "The Feminist Critique of Embodiment in Marcel and Sartre: a Re-evaluation".
March 22, 1997. Buffalo, NY. With the ACPA, Program: Prof. Robert E. Wood, "The Dialogical Principle and the Mystery of Being", Respondent: Prof. James Moran, Daemen College, Amherst, NY, Prof. Patrick L. Bourgeois, Loyola University of New Orleans, Chairperson.1998 ProgramsDec. 28 1997. with the APA, a Round Table discussing "Postmodernism and Marcel". Moderator: Prof. Thomas Michaud, Wheeling Jesuit University, Participants: Professors Thomas Busch, Villanova Univ.; James Marsh, Fordham Univ.; Peter Caws, George Washington Univ.; Thomas Michaud, Wheeling Jesuit Univ.' Victor Taylor, Le Moyne College; Erik Vogt, Loyola Univ. of New Orleans.
1999 ProgramsMarch 27, 1998. Pittsburgh, PA. With the ACPA, Program: Prof. John Crosby, Franciscan University of Steubenville, "Reflections on Marcelian Hope", Respondent: Prof. Tim Weldon, Kansas Newman University, and Prof. Clyde Pax, College of the Holy Cross, "Homo Viator or Homo Absurdus: the Need for a Decision", Respondent: Prof. Robert Madden, Duquesne University.
August 13, 1998. Boston, MA. Met with the 20th World Congress of Philosophy on "Paideia", Philosophy Educating Humanity. Prof. Patrick L. Bourgeois, Loyola Univ. of New Orleans, Chairperson. in at the Copley Plaza.
December 28, 1998. Wash., D.C. With the APA, Program: "Gabriel Marcel and Technology". Panelists: Prof. Thomas Anderson, Marquette Univ., Prof. Thomas Michaud, Wheeling Jesuit University, Prof. Vincent Punzo, St. Louis University, Prof. Teresa Reed, Rockhurst Jesuit University, Prof. James O'Brien, S.J., Wheeling Jesuit University, Chairperson.
23 janvier 1999. L'Association Intérnationale Présence de Gabriel Marcel- Réunion le samedi à L'Institut de France, 23 Quai Conti, 75006 Paris. Salle Hugot Entrée Libre "Un intellectuel en son siècle Gabriel Marcel" Journée d'études
9h15-12h30 Etienne Fouilloux, (Univ. Lumière Lyon 2, Centre Andé Latreille), "Un philosophe présent à la culture de son temps" Michèle Sacquin, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, "Le milieu familial" Annette Becker, (Univ. Charles de Gaulle, Lille III), "La guerre de 1914" Francois Chaubet, (Univ. de Tours), "L'Union pour la Vérité"
14h30-17h30 Frédéric Gugelot, (Univ. de Reims Champagne-Ardenne), "Les liens de Gabriel Marcel avec la Nouvelle Revue Francaise Maraget Teboul, (Lycée Michelet de Vanves), "Amitiés philosophiques dans les annes 30" Claire Guyot, (Univ. de Nantes), "Une disponibilité intellectuelle en éveil: Gabriel Marcel au Centre Catholique des Intellectuels Francais.
Conclusions de la journée Assemblée Générale de l'Association Présence de Gabriel Marcel
March 31-April 3, 1999. Gabriel Marcel Society Meeting in conjunction with the APA Pacific Division Joint Meeting of the Karl Jaspers Society of North America and the Gabriel Marcel Society. , Claremont Hotel and Spa, Berkeley, CA Session One: Joint Session on Technology Speakers: Professor Greg Walters (St. Paul University, Ottawa); Professor Malek Khazal (California State University, Long Beach, CA);
The Trends of the Weapons of Mass Destruction" Professor Bernard Gendreau, (Xavier University, Cincinnati, Oh)
"The Cautionary Approach to the Technology of Gabriel Marcel", Daniel Guerriere, (California State University, Long Beach, CA)
"The Philosophy of Cypher vs the Philosophy of the Concrete. (The Philosophy of God in both of them.)
August 13, 1999, 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, MA. Gabriel Marcel Session Program: Chair: Professor Patrick L. Bourgeois, Loyola University of New Orleans
Speakers: Professor Guillemine de Lacoste, "Zen and the Way of Gabriel Marcel" Professor K. R. Hanley, "Gabriel Marcel's Paideia" Professor Jeanette Bresson Knox, "Gabriel Marcel's Humanism" Professor Jeanne Parain-Vial, "Remembrances of Gabriel Marcel's Paideia"November 5-7, 1999. Meeting with the ACPA in Minneapolis/Saint Paul, MN ACPA Theme: Insight and Inference. Invited Speakers: John Haldane (University of St. Andrews, Scotland) Hugo Meynell (University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Bas van Fraasen (Princeton University)
March 12, 1965.
Gabriel Marcel Society Topic: "Science and Wisdom" 1.) The audiotape
presentation (with available text) of Marcel delivering this lecture
on at the College of St. Catherine, Minnesota 2.) Commentaries by ThomasAnderson,
Marquette University; Thomas Michaud, Wheeling Jesuit University; 3.)
Chair: Patrick Bourgeois, Loyola University of New Orleans
December 28,1999. Meeting with the APA in Boston. Gabriel Marcel Session Program. Chairs: Professor K. R. Hanley, Le Moyne College, Professor Ron Tacelli, S. J. , Boston College.
Speaker: Professor Peter Kreeft, Boston College "Gabriel Marcel's Argument from the Heart for Immortality" Respondent: Professor Clyde Pax, Holy Cross College
January
15, 2000. L'Association Internationale Presence de Gabriel Marcel
Symposium From the Metapsychical to the Spiritual at the Institute of
France featuring Jean-Pierre Laurant, Marcel Belay, Jean Mambraino S.J.,
Xavier Tilliette S.J.
Jean-Pierre Laurant: Spiritism or the improbable quest always renewed within scientific methods. (H.Bergson, W. James, N. Berdieff, H. Bosco, Lanza del Vasto, H. Clouard, M. Eliade).
Marcel Belay: The theme of the beyond in the theater of Gabriel Marcel (The Iconoclast, The Unfathomable, The Broken World, The Sting).
Jean Mambraino, S.J.: Her and Beyond the Veil. Meeting and Meetins with Gabriel Marcel (1947-1998).
Xavier Tilliette, S.J.: Gabraiel Marcel regarding survival and the hereafter.
Plenary Session of the Association Presence of Gabriel Marcel.
June 18 - 23, 2000. A Personalist Conference occurred June 18-23, 2000 at Western Carolina University. It considered the relations between William Ernest Hocking's and Gabriel Marcel's Lives and Thought. Professor James Mc Lachlan, Department of Philosophy and Religion, coordinated this meeting. Address any questions to him. His e-mail address is: jmclachla@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU
November 3 - 5, 2000. Meeting with the ACPA hosted by the University of Dallas ACPA Theme: Philosophical Theology: Reason and Theological Doctrine.
The Gabriel Marcel Society met Saturday, November 4, 2000, with the American Catholic Philosophical Association, at the Dallas Grand Hotel, Dallas, TX. The Marcel Society Program was: Marcel on Justice and Ethics. Chair: Robert Wood, University of Dallas; Panelists: Teresa Reed, Rockhurst University; Brian Treanor, Boston College; and Thomas Michaud, Wheeling Jesuit University.
December 28, 2000.
APA/Eastern Division Convention, The New York Hilton, New York City
The Gabriel Marcel Society program was: Marcel into the 21st Century Chairperson: Robert O'Brien, Fordham University Speaker: Kenneth Gallagher, Fordham University, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy (The Philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, Fordham University Press, 1975)2001 ProgramsA Special Event took place during this convention: LIVE THEATRE: A Concert Reading, by a Cast of New York Professional Actors, of Two One Act Plays: "DOT THE I" (Drama) & "THE DOUBLE EXPERTISE" (Comedy)
by GABRIEL MARCEL French Philosopher and Existential Playwright (1889-1973). Translated by Katharine Rose Hanley. Directed by John MorrisonOctober 18-21 2001
For the first time the Gabriel Marcel Society met with the annual conference of the American Maritain Association (AMA). The AMA conference was in Boca Raton, Florida. Brendan Sweetman (Rockhurst University) delivered a paper, "Ethics within a Christian Existentialism", and Tom Michaud presented "Marcel on Truth, Justice and Human Fellowship" .
November 9-11, 2001
Meeting with the American Catholic Philosophical Association at the annual national convention, Nov. 9-11, 2001 at the Albany Crowne Plaza Hotel in Albany, NY . Conference Theme: "Soul, Person and Immortality". Plenary Session Speakers: Marilyn Adams (Yale University); Alfred Freddoso (University of Notre Dame); Edwin Curley (University of Michigan). James F. Ross, Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Pennsylvania, ACPA Vice-President/President-Elect.
The GMS session included the playing of an audio tape of Marcel delivering one of his "Willima James Lectures" (published in the volume entitled, "The Existential Background of Human Dignity" and the text of his lecture was distributed. Robert O'BRien (Fordham University) served as chair and discussant for the program; and Raymond Boisvert (Sienna College) was also a discussant.
In conjunction with the November 9-11 ACAP Albany meeting, but separate from the GMS session, there was a "Concert Reading" of "Dot the I" (a drama) and "The Double Expertise" (a comedy), two one act plays by Gabriel Marcel, translated by Katharine Rose Hanley, directed by John Morrison and performed by NY City professional actors,
December 27-30, 2001
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Atlanta, GA.
January 19, 2002
The international society Presence de Gabriel Marcel met Saturday, January 19, 2002, at the Institut de France, Quai Conti, Paris, France. This meeting focused on Gabriel Marcel's Theatre.
October 17-20 2002
The Gabriel Marcel Society met jointly with the American Maritain Association, Oct. 17-20, 2002 at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ . The event was sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University. The Conference Chair was Christopher Cullen, S.J., Fordham University.
The Marcel Society Session: "Marcel the Litterateur", Chaired by K. R. Hanley will had three Presenters, Thomas Michaud, Wheeling Jesuit University, "Marcel the Catholic Writer; Teresa Reed, Rockhurst University, "Parts and Wholes in Marcel's Essays"; and Brendan Sweetman, Rockhurst University, "Marcel and Phenomenology: Can Literature Help Philosophy?"
Gabriel Marcel's one act play, The Lantern, (an Existential Drama), was performed by a full cast of New York City Professional Actors. It is an intriguing inquiry about the light of truth illuminating interpersonal relations. In it Marcel introduces the concept of a loved ones presence after death. The play takes an unexpected turn, in its final scene, and the audience is left with a sense of surprise and wonder.View the promotional poster for this event
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November 1-3, 2002
American Catholic Philosophical Association met in Cincinnati, OH, Nov. 1-3, 2002 : "Philosophy at the Boundary of Reason." Chairperson: Thomas Michaud, Wheeling Jesuit University; Presenter: Fred Crosson, University of Notre Dame; Commentator: Teresa Reed, Rockhurst University; Presenter A. D. Traylor, Assumption College; Commentator: Greg Clark, North Park University.
March 1, 2003
The International Association Présence de Gabriel Marcel, met Saturday, March 1, 2003, at the Bossuet Institute, 6 rue Guynemer, Paris 75006, France.
P.J.R. Armagathe Chair.
"The THOU for Gabriel Marcel and for Mevlana Djalai od-Din RÛMI"
Lecture by Mr. Kenan Gursoy, Professor of Philosophy,
Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey.
"Adapt, translate and edit the Turkish and Ténans Mystiques"
Presentation by Gérard Pfister, Director of Arfuyen Editions
Mr. André A. Devaux, Professor Emeritus at the Sorbonne, Chair
About Xavier Tilliette's book, La mémoire et l'invisible, (Memory and the Invisible)
Testimony by Pierre Colin
Reading Notes by Marcel Belay
Conclusions by Xavier Tilliette
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October 2003The Gabriel Marcel Society met jointly with The American Maritain Association in Chicago, Illinois. The event was co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago. The theme of the conference was: "The Human Person and the Culture of Freedom." Speakers were Jean Bethke Elshtain, Cardinal George, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Ralph McInerny.
October 2003
The Gabriel Marcel Society met jointly with the American Catholic Philosophical Association, in Houston Texas, The theme of the conference was "Philosophy and Intercultural Understanding." Plenary session speakers included: ACPA President David Burrell (University of Notre Dame, and the Tantur Institute, Jerusalem), Deirdre Carabine (Uganda Martyrs University), Faustina Pereira (Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh), Jacques Poulain (UNESCO Chair of Philosophy and the University of Paris). The 2003 ACPA Aquinas Medal was presented to Michael Dummett of Oxford University.
The Gabriel Marcel Society met jointly with the American Catholic Philosophical Association, in Miami Florida, hosted by Barry University. ACPA President Nicholas Rescher set the conference theme as "Reckoning with the Tradition." The plenary session speakers were Bonnie Kent (University of California,Irvine): the Franciscan tradition; Ian Ker (Oxford University): John Henry Newman; Gareth Matthews (University of Massachusetts): Augustine; and James Ross (University of Pennsylvania): Aquinas.
October, 2005
The American Catholic Philosophical Association met at the University of Notre Dame. Its theme is "Social Justice: Its Theory and Practice".
Plenary Session speakers were: James Marsh (ACPA President, Fordham University; Drucilla Cornell (Rutgers University); William Desmond (University of Leuven); Enrique Dussel (Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico). At this meeting the Association's Aquinas Medal wil be presented to Brian Davies of Fordham University. Several satellite sessions are also being organized.October, 2006
The 2006 American Catholic Philosophical Association annual meeting was be held in Granville, Ohio and hosted by Denison University. The conference theme was "Intelligence and the Philosophy of Mind." Plenary session speakers were John Haldane (University of St. Andrews), Anthony Kenny (University of Oxford), and Kurt Pritzl (The Catholic Univewrsity of America). Anthony J. Lisska, is currently President-elect of the ACPA and Maria Theresa Barney, Professor of Philosophy at Denison University is local chairperson.
