Program
This is the preliminary program for the Symposium, changes are possible – though not hoped for.
Thursday December 11th
19:00 Informal dinner and drinks | For those already in town
Friday December 12th
09:00 Registration with tea and coffee
10:00 Welcome | Michaël Bauwens
10:15 Lecture 1 | Catherine Pakaluk: Ave Maria Gratia Plena: Motherhood, Gratitude, and the Divine Economy
11:15 Lecture 2 | Guido Hülsmann: The Doctor of Love and the Economics of Gratuitousness
12:15 Lunch break | Lunch provided on-site for all participants
13:30 Paper session 1
Xavier Meulders | From Mises to Mary: towards a praxeology of eternity
Alexis Versele | The City of Mary and its civic relevance in today's urban planning
Drs. Servaas Bosch | From Creative Destruction to Creative Receptivity: Mary, Lonergan, and the Redemption of Economic Reason
Andrew Clubine | Fiat moneta: musing on Mary, Money, and Bitcoin
15:30 Break | Tea and coffee
16:00 Lecture 3 | Mark Hoipkemier: From Fraternity to Maternity in Exchange
17:00 Lecture 4 | Luigino Bruni: Mary in the gospel of John and the social implications
18:30 Free night | Joint dinner in town for those interested
Saturday December 13th
10:00 Lecture 5 | Prof. Dr. Em. Bart Koet: Mary as Hermeneut of the Economy of Salvation (Luke 1–2).
11:00 Lecture 6 | Prof. Dr. Rocco Buttiglione: Reflections on the methodological status of philosophari in Maria.
12:00 Lunch break | Lunch provided on-site for all participants
13:30 Paper session 2
Ana Machado | Mary: a relational woman for a relational economy
Dr. Bart Nelissen | Doctissima Gratitudinis : Socio-Economic (Un)Sustainability (Un)Following Mother Mary's [Exemplary Gratitude]
Prof. Dr. Alexander Taylor | “Mother, My Atmosphere”: Gerard Manley Hopkins and Flannery O’Connor on the Marian Gift Behind Economic Life
Prof. Dr. Joseph Arias | Fertilitas Virginitatis: A Thomistic Account of Mary's Vocational Discernment and the Fruitfulness of an Undivided Heart
15:30 Break | Tea and coffee
16:00 Lecture 7 | Dr. Michaël Bauwens: Mary and the metaphysics of capital(ism)
17:00 Lecture 8 | Prof. Dr. Em. William Desmond: Mary's "Yes" and Serviceable Disposability: On Being Graced and Economy
18:00 Little Office of the Immaculate Conception | At Saint Damiaan crypt. See a recording, and PDF scores.
18:30 Conference Dinner | On-site, with closing words and announcement of next year's theme