All events were located in McKenna Hall unless otherwise noted.
7:30 p.m. Welcoming Remarks
McKenna Hall Auditorium
7:40 p.m. Keynote Address
"Shouts or Whispers? Faith and Doubt in Contemporary American Literature"
Gregory Wolfe, Seattle Pacific University/Publisher and Editor
of Image
8:00-9:10 a.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: Examining the Works of Flannery O'Connor
Room 200
Chair: Ralph Wood, Baylor University
"Epiphanies of Beauty: Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories in the Interpersonal Communication Classroom"
Janie Harden Fritz, Duquesne University
"A Good War is Hard to Find: Flannery O'Connor, Abu Ghraib and the Problem of American Innocence"
David Griffith, University of Pittsburgh
"Flannery O'Connor's Art of Conversion: Unlikely Sacraments for the Post-Christian Reader"
Joseph Quinn Raab, STL, Santa Catalina SchoolSession 2: Art and Nature
Room 202
Chair: Margaret Watkins Tate, Baylor University
"Artificial Nature and the Beauty of Species"
Edwin Bagley, Wingate University
"In Light of Metaphor: Poetry and Environmental Humility"
Deborah Bowen, Redeemer University College
"Fibonacci and Other Natural Forms in Music"
Marjorie Bagley, Ohio University School of MusicSession 3: Architecture and Urban Planning
Auditorium
Chair: Philip Bess, University of Notre Dame
"Everyday Epiphanies: Beauty, Meaning, & the Urban Experience"
David Mayernik, University of Notre Dame
"Designing and Building Homes to Foster the "Domestic Church": Catholic Principles of Residential Home Design"
Sara Freund, University of St. Thomas/Trinity School at River Ridge
"Architectural Modernism and Modern Catholic Architecture"
Randall Smith, University of St. ThomasSession 4: The Visual Arts and the Imagination
Room 112-114
Chair: Jeff Langan, University of Notre Dame
"The Artistic Imagination and its Interpretive Influence on Tradition"
George S. Matejka, Ursuline College
"Kierkegaard and Barocci on the Aesthetic Validity of Marriage"
Greg R. Beabout, St. Louis University
"Creativity and Creation: Nature, Spirituality and the Paradox of Size in Adam Elsheimer's Flight into Egypt"
Michelle A. Lang, University of Nebraska at KearneySession 5: Theology and the Arts
Room 210-214
Chair: Cristian Mihut, University of Notre Dame
"He Loved Rachel More than Leah: Genesis 26 and 34 as Covenantal Reminders"
Thomas Wetzel, Marquette University
"Christian Art: Beyond Presumption and Despair to Hope"
Douglas Henry, Baylor University
"Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge: Towards a Biblical Theology of the Arts"
Donald Uitvlugt, University of Notre DameSession 6: Philosophy and Literature
Room 106
Chair: Peter Wicks, University of Notre Dame
"Purifying the Source: Flannery O'Connor and Caroline Gordon On the Trail of Jacques Maritain"
Ryan J. Jack McDermott, Duke University
"How to Live a Life: The Quest for the Authentic in the Novels of Walker Percy"
Paul Foster, The Heights School
"The Tragic Hero and Christian Dignity"
Catherine Jack Deavel, University of St. ThomasSession 7: Case Studies in Film
ETS Theater
Chair: Daniel McInerny, University of Notre Dame
"Night Light: Beauty and Truth in the Films of M. Night Shyamalan"
Brian Clayton, Gonzaga University
"The Truman Show and Beyond: Andrew Niccols' Platonic Craft"
Michael Foley, Baylor University
"Beauty and the Divine"
Rev. Robert E. Lauder, St. John's University
9:10-9:40 a.m. Break, Refreshments
9:40-10:50 a.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: Medicine and the Arts
Room 200
Chair: Rick Garnett, Notre Dame Law School
Rev. W.P. Grogan and Sr. Judy Niemet, RSM, Provena Health
"Medicine as Art: Dialectic Between Creativity and Methodology?"
Fabrice Jotterand, Rice University
"Icons, Law, and Life"
Richard Stith, Valparaiso University School of LawSession 2: Case Studies in Literature
Room 202
Chair: Rev. Michael Heintz, University of Notre Dame
"'Getting Religion': Flannery O'Connor and Conversion in the Society of the Spectacle"
Agnes Kramer-Hamstra, McMaster University
"Gollum, Instrument of Providence"
Tom Harmon, Freelance Journalist
"Structural Ideation: The Methodology of Christian Meaning in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien"
Jana Tuzar, Benedictine UniversitySession 3: Sacred Architecture
Auditorium
Chair: Bill Westfall, University of Notre Dame
"Learning from Light: What Painting on the Premises of a Gothic Cathedral Has Taught Me about the Nature of Art, Beauty and the Creative Process"
Gael Mooney, MFA, Painter
"Ever Ancient, Ever New: Thoughts on Creating Contemporary Sacred Architecture"
Steven Schloeder, PhD, Institute for Studies in Sacred Architecture
"Art and the Parish Madonna Chapel"
Rev. Timothy Sauppe, STLSession 4: Philosophical Perspectives on the Arts
ETS Theater
Chair: Fred Crosson, University of Notre Dame
"Destructive Epiphanies, Desecrating Art, Godless Culture: Confronting Rousseau's Discourse on the Arts"
John Prellwitz and Kathleen Glenister Roberts, Duquesne University
"Reflections on Newman on Literature"
Ronald Hustwit, The College of Wooster
"Toward an Aristotelian Theory of Art and the Fine Arts"
Matthew P. Lomanno, University of St. ThomasSession 5: The Arts in Modern Society
Room 106
Chair: Maura Ryan, University of Notre Dame
"Wellsprings of Beauty: Nurturing the Artistic Soul"
Dolores Flessner, Artists for a Renewed Society
"Mass Enlightenment in a Capitalistic Age"
Jason M. Bell, Vanderbilt UniversitySession 6: Case Studies in Painting
Room 210-214
Chair: Kevin McDonnell, St. Mary's College
"Salvador Dali's The Sacrament of the Last Supper: A Theological Re-Assessment"
Michael Anthony Novak, Marquette University
"Nature, Myth, and Sacrifice in the Paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe"
Ann Astell, Purdue University
"Jean Charlot and Paul Claudel: Apocalyptic Visions"
Marcia Rickard, Saint Mary's CollegeSession 7: Depicting the Human Face
Room 112-114
Chair: Rev. David Burrell, CSC, University of Notre Dame
"Ethiopian Women are the Most Beautiful Women in the World"
Susan L. Sprecher, University of Notre Dame
"Old Man of the Middle East: Son of Abraham? Son of Ibrahim?"
Gloria Smith and Peter Carney, MD
"Icons, Advertising, and the Human Face"
Scott Davison, Morehead State University
10:50-11:20 a.m. Break, Refreshments
11:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Invited Papers
Session 1: "What Makes a Painting a Religious Painting?"
Alasdair MacIntyre, University of Notre Dame
Chair: Thomas Hibbs, Baylor University
AuditoriumSession 2: "Isolation, Community and the Artistic Life"
Barbara Nicolosi, Act One: Writing for Hollywood
Chair: Mary Keys, University of Notre Dame
Room 112-114Session 3: "J.R.R. Tolkien: Our Post-Modern Contemporary"
Ralph Wood, Baylor University
Chair: David Fagerberg, University of Notre Dame
Room 210-214
12:45-1:45 p.m. Lunch
2:00-3:10 p.m. Invited Papers
Session 1: Jorge Garcia, Boston College
"Chance or Providence? Kieslowski, God, and Contemporary Film"
Thomas Hibbs, Baylor University
Chair: David O'Connor, University of Notre Dame
Room 210-214Session 2: "Poetry and Evangelizing"
Kevin Hart, University of Notre Dame
"The Epiphany of Fiction"
Ralph McInerny, University of Notre Dame
Chair: Donald Schmeltekopf, Baylor University
AuditoriumSession 3: "First, Kill All the Lawyers: Intellectual Property and the Re-Feudalization of Culture"
Leo Linbeck III, Rice University / President and CEO, Linbeck Corporation
Chair: Daniel McInerny, University of Notre Dame
Room 112-114
3:10-3:40 p.m. Break, Refreshments
3:40-4:50 p.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: Musical Performances
ETS Theater
Chair: Charlotte Kroeker, University of Notre Dame
James Falzone
Marjorie BagleySession 2: Art and Politics
Room 210-214
Chair: Fred Dallmayr, University of Notre Dame
"Liberating Art and the Individual"
Raquel Frisardi, Princeton University
"Art: Truth and Politics"
Garth Gillan, Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University
"Why I Can Never Own The Last Supper: Lockean Property and Artistic Creation"
Jeremy Garrett, Rice UniversitySession 3: Relating Art and Religion
Room 112-114
Chair: Adrian Reimers, University of Notre Dame
"Enthusiastic Poetry and Rationalized Christianity: The Critical Theory of John Dennis (1657-1734)"
Phillip J. Donnelly, Baylor University
"Notes from a Catholic Pilgrimage to the Temple of Art"
Robert D. Meadows-Rogers, Fordham University
"Shiva the Destroyer v. Scotland Yard: Unique Problems in Interpreting Religious Art"
David Vessey, University of ChicagoSession 4: The Soul of the Artist
Auditorium
Chair: Fred Rush, University of Notre Dame
"Setting a Libertine to Music: Some Questions about the Portrayal of the Hero in Mozart's Don Giovanni"
Joseph Orchard, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
"The DaVinci Code, The Passion of the Christ and Lord of the Rings: Art as a Reflection of the Soul of the Artist"
Jeff Langan, University of Notre Dame
"Art and a Monastic Practice: Drawing and Lectio Divina"
Iain MacLellan, OSB, MFA, St. Anselm CollegeSession 5: Working Artists Discuss Their Methods
Room 200
Chair: Austin Collins, University of Notre Dame
"Ideas to Images"
Jacqueline Belfort-Chalat, LeMoyne College
"Outside of Beautiful: A Painter's Raw Approach"
Don Swartzentruber, Grace College
"Art as an Invitation to Prayer"
Kathleen Walsh, Working ArtistSession 6: The Place of Art in Philosophy
Room 202
Chair: Thomas Flint, University of Notre Dame
"The Heart of Speculative Thought: On the Place of Art and Aesthetics in Philosophy"
Robert Wood, University of Dallas
"The Cosmos as a Work of Art: Sketches Towards a Response to the Problem of Evil"
Alexander Pruss, Georgetown UniversitySession 7: Tour of the Snite Museum: Christian Images in History
Snite Museum of Art
This tour, led by Prof. Diana Matthias of the Snite Museum, will offer a look at some of the amazing and diverse art collection housed at the museum here on the Notre Dame campus.
6:00-7:15 p.m. Dinner
7:30-9:00 p.m. Lecture-Concert: Olivier Messiaen's Visions de l'Amen
Pianists: Hyesook Kim, Calvin College
Stephane Lemelin, University of Ottawa
Lecturer: Stephen Schloesser, Boston College
Location: Annenberg Auditorium
Olivier Messiaen, one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century, wrote his seven meditations on the word "Amen" for two pianos in 1943 in Nazi-occupied Paris. His inspiration for the piece came from a book given him by his brother entitled Words of God by the 19th century Catholic Revivalist writer Ernest Hello. "Amen" is the final "word," of course --- but it is also the beginning word of creation. In the darkest hours of the twentieth century, then, Messiaen wrote this brilliant work -- thunderous in its lower ranges and dazzling in its upper -- about the origins and ends of the created world.
The concert will be preceded by a half-hour lecture by Stephen Schloesser, a professor in Boston College's History Department, laying out Messiaen's connections to French Catholic Revivalism in particular and to the Symbolist movement in general. Many listeners find Messiaen's music initially difficult to grasp, and it is hoped that this lecture will make this piece much more accessible to audience members who are not already acquainted with his work. One thing is certain: those who watch and hear these live performers will be astonished by the sheer physical stamina required to produce such passionate sounds.
9:00 p.m. Reception
9:30 p.m. Musical Performance: Mark Lang and Nadina Bembic
Location: LaFortune Ballroom
Featuring songs from ND alumnus Mark Lang's debut folk-rock album Simplicity.
Nadina Bembic's debut album is due out in December. Demo copies
will be available for sale. This performance is free and open to the public,
and undergraduates in particular are encouraged to attend.
8:00-9:10 a.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: Music and Culture
Room 210-214
Chair: Ed Goehring, University of Notre Dame
"Ethnic Music as the Antidote to Globalism"
E. Michael Jones, Culture Wars
"Epiphany in Word and Tone in The Wild Swans at Coole"
Paul Johnson, University of Notre Dame
Margaret Keefe, Montrose SchoolSession 2: Conversion Narratives
Room 200
Chair: Walter Nicgorski, University of Notre Dame
"I and Thou and We: The Catholicity of the Conversion Narrative"
David P. Deavel, University of St. Thomas
"Brideshead Revisited: The Dialogue of Conversion"
Marianne Peracchio, University of Notre Dame
Session 3: Expressing Catholicity through Culture
Room 112-114
Chair: Katherine Tillman, University of Notre Dame
"Emblems for a Season of Fury: The Art of Thomas Merton"
Paul Pearson, Thomas Merton Center
"Combing the Tradition: Ralph Fasanella and the Persistence of the Catholic Imagination"
Fred Herron, St. John's University
"John Henry Newman and Romanticism's Redemption"
Damon McGraw, University of Notre DameSession 4: Relating Beauty to Truth and Goodness
Room 106
Chair: Alfred Freddoso, University of Notre Dame
"The Virtue of "Lying": Recovering the "Saving Beauty" of Plato's Poetic Vision"
Nathan Schlueter, St. Ambrose University
"Iconography as Ethics"
Rev. Oliver Herbel
"Hans Urs von Balthasar's Archaeology of Alienated Beauty"
Rev. Edward Oakes, University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein SeminarySession 5: Educating Young People through the Arts
Auditorium
Chair: Catherine Zuckert, University of Notre Dame
"Catholic Formation Through Children's Literature: The Works of Hilda Van Stockum"
Christine Marlin, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy
"Facts, Values and Reading Skills"
Mark Roberts, Franciscan University of Steubenville
"Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Forging Ties That Bind Here and Hereafter"
Christopher Collins, SJ, Weston Jesuit School of Theology
Session 6: Appreciating Religious Themes in the Arts
Room 202
Chair: Michael Scaperlanda, University of Oklahoma College of Law
"Federico Garcia Lorca's Theory and Game of the Duende"
Cecilia Gonzalez-Andrieu, The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
"'Hotly In Pursuit of the Real': A Novelist's Perspective"
Mick Cochrane, Canisius CollegeSession 7: Art as Cultural Expression, Part I
ETS Theater
Chair: Rev. Pat Gaffney, CSC, University of Notre Dame
"From the Mask to the Icon: The Fulfillment of Alaskan Native Art"
V. Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield, St. Herman Theological SeminarySession 8: Philosophy, Faith and Fiction
Hesburgh Center Auditorium
Chair: James Krueger, University of Redlands
"Catastrophe and Eucatastrophe: Russell and Tolkien on the True Form of Fiction"
Christopher Toner, Air University
"The Consolations of Fiction and Philosophy: Iris Murdoch's Reluctant Concession"
Scott Moore, Baylor University
"Blessed With Awareness: Wolterstorff, Danto and Hornby on Responding to Art"
Edward G. Lawry, Oklahoma State University
9:10-9:40 a.m. Break, Refreshments
9:40-10:50 a.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: Educating the Imagination
Room 112-114
Chair: Mary Jane Rice, Montrose School
"The Schooling of Desire: Awakening the Moral Imagination through Literature"
Karen Bohlin, Head of Montrose School
"The Restoration of the Catholic Historical Imagination"
Rollin Lasseter, Catholic Schools Textbook Project
"Literature and the Shaping of Character: Plato and Tolstoy"
Andrew Payne, St. Joseph's UniversitySession 2: The Arts and Language
Room 200
Chair: Daniel Philpott, University of Notre Dame
"Language, Art, Community"
Paolo Monti, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
"Which Conversation? Whose Language?"
Jerry Bleem, OFM, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
"Renewing Language: Walker Percy and the Task of the Saint in a Post-Christian Age"
Kevin Haley, University of Notre DameSession 3: Christian Aesthetics and Literature
Room 202
Chair: Douglas Henry, Baylor University
"Painting with Shadows: Re-envisioning Christian Aesthetics"
Cameron Jorgenson, Baylor University
"Sacramentality and Aesthetics in Waugh's Brideshead Revisited"
George Piggford, CSC, Stonehill College
"The Beauty that Saves: Brideshead Revisited as a counter-Portrait of the Artist"
Dominic Manganiello, University of OttawaSession 4: Image and Word
Room 210-214
Chair: Chris Toner, Air University
"Visions of the Word: The Bible in Sculpture"
Scott Sullivan, Sculptor
"Image and Word: The Language of Incarnation"
Tyrus Clutter, Christians in the Visual Arts
"Rembrandt: Narrative to Lyric, History to Self"
Stephen Frech, Millikin UniversitySession 5: Goodness and Beauty in Secular Films
Auditorium
Chair: Pedro Pallares, Universidad Panamericana
"Beauty and the Judge: Reflections on Kieslowski's Tri-Colors: Red"
Paul Santilli, Siena College
"Reclaiming American Beauty"
James Krueger, University of Redlands
"Baby in the Underworld: Beauty and Tragic Vision in Dirty Dancing"
William Wians, Merrimack CollegeSession 6: Panel Discussion: The 20th Century Catholic Novel and Christian Morality in a Post-Christian Culture: Three Studies
Hesburgh Center Auditorium
Chair: James Walton, University of Notre Dame
"The Cross and the Subversion of the Constantinian Question: Evelyn Waugh's Helena"
Paul Martens, University of Notre Dame
"The Mundane and the Transcendent: Graham Greene's Vision of the Moral Life"
Geoffrey Keating, University of Notre Dame
"A Prophetic Vision: Faith and the Grotesque in Flannery O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away"
William Jarrod Brown, University of Notre DameSession 7: Art as Cultural Expression, Part II
Room 106
Chair: Rev. John Coughlin, OFM, Notre Dame Law School
"Landscape, Illusion, and Injustice: The Platonic Case Against Painting"
Irfan Khawaja, The College of New Jersey
"Folksongs as Situated Voice in a Culture of Life"
Ronald C. Arnett and Janie Harden Fritz, Duquesne UniversitySession 8: Panel Discussion: "The Moral and the Aesthetic"
ETS Theater
Chair: Rebecca Stangl, University of Notre Dame
Margaret Watkins Tate, Baylor University
Darin Davis, St. Norbert College
10:50-11:20 a.m. Break, Refreshments
11:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Invited Papers
Session 1: "Worship as High Art: The Liturgy as the Epiphany of Beauty and Truth"
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Rice University
Chair: Kevin McDonnell, St. Mary's College
Room 210-214Session 2: “Creating Epiphanies of Beauty”
William Schickel, Schickel Studios
"William Schickel: Metaphysical Realist"
Gregory Wolfe, Seattle Pacific University/Publisher and Editor of Image
Chair: Margaret Watkins Tate, Baylor University
AuditoriumSession 3: "The Strength, Function, and Beauty of Catholic Architecture"
Thomas Gordon Smith, University of Notre Dame
"Pilgrimage and Transcendence: Towards an Epiphanic Architecture"
Duncan Stroik, University of Notre Dame
Chair: John O'Callaghan, University of Notre Dame
Room 112-114
12:45-1:45 p.m. Lunch
2:00-3:10 p.m. Invited Papers
Session 1: "The City is Also an Aesthetic Object"
Philip Bess, University of Notre Dame
Chair: Nicole Garnett, Notre Dame Law School
Room 210-214Session 2: "Love's Labor: The Poetry of John Paul II"
Laura Garcia, Boston College
Chair: Ralph McInerny, University of Notre Dame
Room 112-114Session 3: "Epiphanies, Beauty, and a Father's Love"
David Lyle Jeffrey, Baylor University
Chair: David Solomon, University of Notre Dame
Auditorium
3:10-3:40 p.m. Break, Refreshments
3:40-4:50 p.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: Developing Artistic Sensibilities
Room 210-214
Chair: Gerard Bradley, Notre Dame Law School
"Pseudo-catharsis and the Art of Scriptwriting"
Paolo Braga, Universita Cattolica di Milano
"Educating Teens in the Arts to Decrease the Allure of Television"
Alessandra Bouchard, Montrose School
"The Legion of Decency: Rhetorical Capital in a Post-Christian Age"
Eric Grabowsky, Duquesne UniversitySession 2: Renewal through Literature
Room 106
Chair: Rev. Robert Sullivan, University of Notre Dame
"Bridging the Modern Gap: Tolkien's Reintroduction of the Medieval World to a Post-Modern World"
Helen Lasseter, Baylor University
"The Relevance of Recusance: Literature of the English Catholic Spiritual Tradition as a Resource for the Post-Christian Era"
Michael Tomko, Erasmus Institute, University of Notre DameSession 3: Images, Ideas and Imagination
Auditorium
Chair: Michael Garvey, University of Notre Dame
"Erotic Dimensions of Art and the Pursuit of Chastity: Mixed Signals in the 'Epiphanies of Beauty'"
Corinna Delkeskamp-Hayes, International Studies in Philosophy and Medicine
"Thomas Aquinas on Radiance, the Divine Artist's Impress, and the 'Ontological Secret' of a Thing"
Matthew Cuddeback, Providence College
"The Hospitality of Images: the Play of the Visible and the Invisible"
John B. Brough, Georgetown UniversitySession 4: Placing Works of Art in Historical Context
Room 112-114
Chair: Sheryl Overmyer, Duke University
"Toward a 21st Century St. Francis"
Janet McCann, Texas A&M University
"Crucifixions: Serene, Surreal, and Subversive"
Ann M. Nicgorski, Willamette UniversitySession 5: The Arts and the Absurd
Room 202
Chair: Kaitlyn Dudley, University of Notre Dame
"Art and the Fool's Truth"
Benjamin Huff, University of Notre Dame
"So What's Wrong With a Little Fun? Satire and Comedy"
William Cashore, MD, Brown University Medical SchoolSession 6: The Arts and Spiritual Formation
ETS Theater
Chair: William Schmitt, University of Notre Dame
"The Role of the Fine Arts in the Spiritual Life"
Rev. Basil Cole, OP, STD, Dominican House of Studies
"Signals of Transcendence: Christian Art at the Service of Catechesis and Evangelization"
Jem Sullivan, PhDSession 7: The Arts in the Protestant Tradition
Room 200
Chair: Karl Ameriks
"All That Is Seen and Unseen"
Anne Emmons, Artist, Instructor: Colorado Christian University/Red Rocks Community College
"Evangelicals and the Buildings They Build"
Jeff Green, University of Notre DameSession 8: Tour of the Snite Museum: Christian Images in History
Snite Museum
This tour, led by Prof. Diana Matthias of the Snite Museum, will offer a look at some of the amazing and diverse art collection housed at the museum here on the Notre Dame campus.
5:00 p.m. Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart
7:00 p.m. Banquet
