Invitation to an International Conference
The Concept of Love and Its Meaning in
Mystical-Theological, Literary and Philosophical Contexts
Bucharest, Romania
June 19-20,
2020
University Bucharest
Fundación Idente de Estudios e Investigación,
Berlin, Germany
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Theme
The notion of love is a universal theme for all peoples in
all ages across the world. It is perennial as well as acute
because the human being has sought for it since the
beginning of human history and has never ceased this
profound search. What is love? How to understand love in
metaphysical-theological articulation as well as in literary
expression and philosophical analysis? The aim of the
conference is to study this complex concept of love from
different perspectives and to explore ways and possibilities
of how the meaning(s) of love can be socially and
individually actualized in order to help humanity face
various forms of violence which affect not only our daily
life but also our global co-existence and tear our beings
apart.
There will be a set of subthemes for the conference:
(1) Metaphysical and theological understanding of love;
(2) The motif of love in literature and poetry;
(3) Love and philosophy;
(4) life, religious poetry and mysticism; and
(5) Eros in a loveless time: political phenomenology and
art.
The invited
speakers include Santiago Acosta (Universidad Técnica
Particular de Loja), Wilhelm Danca (University of
Bucharest), Herta Nagl-Docekal (University of Vienna),
Cornelia Helfrich (Fundación Idente de Estudios e
Investigación, Berlin), and Ludwig Nagl (University
of Vienna).
The Conference committees also invite scholars who are
interested in this topic to take part in this event. The
conference will be conducted in English and to be held at
the Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology, the University of
Bucharest.
Abstract
Please send an abstract (300 to 500 words) and a brief CV to Wilhelm
Danca [wilhelm.danca@gmail.com] and
[cua-rvp@cua.edu] by April 1, 2020. Full paper will be due
on May 20, 2020. Well-developed papers will be considered to
be published by the RVP in its publication series "Cultural
Heritage and Contemporary Change."
Logistics
There is no registration fee. Participants will cover their
own travel costs and other expenses.
Contact
Wilhelm Danca
The Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology
The University of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
wilhelm.danca@gmail.com
