The XIX Symposium Mediterranean Roots of Philosophy: Philosophia Perennis: Celebrating the 800th Birth Anniversary of St. Thomas Aquinas

We are pleased to invite you to the XIX. conference Mediterranean Roots of Philosophy– Philosophia Perennis: Celebrating the 800th Birth Anniversary of St. Thomas Aquinas.

The conference is organized by the Croatian Philosophical Society and the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Split.

It will take place from April 3 to 5, 2025.

This year’s theme honors the monumental legacy of Thomas Aquinas, the greatest medieval thinker of the Mediterranean. His work represents a profound synthesis of philosophy and theology, fostering harmony and mutual respect between philosophy, religion, and science, and highlighting their complementarity. A key feature of Thomistic philosophy is its realistic method, rooted in common-sense experience, while its enduring intellectual appeal lies in its speculative insights into transcendence, which are central to Aquinas’s metaphysics of being. For these reasons, the tradition has fittingly described Aquinas’s philosophy as philosophia perennis—the eternal philosophy.

In addition to this year’s special theme, the symposium is also open to our permanent focus: the exploration of Mediterranean philosophy and culture. Therefore, the program is divided into the following thematic sections:

• Thomas Aquinas – Thomism – Neo-Thomism

• Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue in the Mediterranean

• Mediterranean Roots of Croatian Philosophy

• Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Philosophy in the Mediterranean

• Globalization Challenges and Multiculturalism in the Mediterranean

Interdisciplinary research is welcomed.

Languages of the conference

The working languages of the conference are Croatian (and related South Slavic languages) and English.

Conference structure

All thematic units are interdisciplinary. Individual panels will be organized according to the principle of thematic or methodological alignment.

Venue

The conference will take place in the heart of the historic Diocletian's Palace, at the following address: University of Split, 21000 Split.

Registration fee

The registration fee is 50 euros.

The registration fee covers:

- publication of the abstract in the Book of Abstracts

- hot drinks and light snacks during coffee breaks and lunch (on both days of the conference)

- optional city tour (on April 5th)

Optional city tour (April 5)

For participants staying in Split after the conference, an optional expert-led tour of Diocletian's Palace and the surrounding city center will be organized on April 5, with a special focus on medieval history.

Accommodation

Participants are responsible for arranging their own accommodation, as it is not provided by the

organizers.

Publications

After the conference, participants can submit their papers for publication in the international scientific journals Synthesis Philosophica (https://hrcak.srce.hr/synthesis-philosophica; in English) or Filozofska istraživanja (https://hrcak.srce.hr/filozofska-istrazivanja; in Croatian). Both journals are indexed in major international databases:

a. Synthesis Philosophica: Current Contents Connect - Web Of Science: Arts & Humanities Citation Index – Scopus - Doaj - Scimago Jr - Journal Citation Reports - Erih Plus - The Philosopher's Index - Philosophy Research Index - Socindex - Political Science Complete - Llba - Linguistic And Language Behavior Abstracts – Sociological Abstracts - Social Services Abstracts - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts - Humanities International Complete - Ibz Online - Humanities Source

b. Filozofska istraživanja: Web Of Science Core Collection / Arts And Humanities Citation Index -

Scopus – Erih Plus - The Philosopher's Index - Philosophy Research Index - Clarivate Journal

Citation Reports - Doaj – Ceeol - Scimago Jr - Rilm - Hrčak.

Please prepare your papers in accordance with the journal guidelines, which can be found at the

following links:

a. For Synthesis Philosophica:

https://hrcak.srce.hr/upute/upute_autorima_Synthesis_philosophica.pdf

b. For Filozofska istraživanja:

https://hrcak.srce.hr/upute/upute_autorima_Filozofska_istra%C5%BEivanja.pdf

Application deadline

Please submit your application (form attached below) by email no later than February 7, 2025, to the

following addresses: [email protected] or [email protected].

Alternatively, you may use our online Google Submission Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfwiwZ-e1Q5d2qWC7shp8PCPoXZoIPVes05rqDUMaHpQsogmA/viewform 

Applicants will be notified of the acceptance decision by February 14, 2025.