CfP ‘Ministerium Sermonis’ Leuven, May 2020

Call for Papers: ‘Ministerium Sermonis: An International Colloquium on St. Augustine’s Sermons,’ which will be held at Hollands College, KU Leuven, from 27–29 May 2020.
This conference will bring together scholars who have recently made important contributions to the study of Augustine’s sermons. It is a sequel to the series of Ministerium Sermonis–conferences organised in Leuven-Turnhout (2008), Rome (2011) and Malta (2015), the proceedings of which have been published in the series Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia 53, 65 & 75 (Turnhout: Brepols 2009, 2012, 2017). The main focus will be on three areas of research: (1) The transmission and reception of Augustine’s sermons, (2) Augustine’s argumentation (doctrine, exegesis and rhetoric), (3) Political doctrine(s) and praxis in Latin Patristic sermons.
If you would like to deliver a lecture during this conference, please send the provisional title, abstract (max. 500 words) and a concise CV (max. 500 words) before 31 May 2019, to Shari Boodts at s.boodts@let.ru.nl.
For more information, please see the file.