The Universidad de Chile is advertising a professorship in medieval philosophy. The application deadline is the end of this week, January 31, 2025.

The SIEPM, in conjunction with the Notre Dame History of Philosophy Forum, is advertising a research grant tenable at Notre Dame for scholars who work outside the US. The application deadline is the end of this week (February 1, 2025). Details here.

Durham is advertising a three-month senior fellowship at their Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. For information see here. The deadline is the end of this week (January 31, 2025).

Thomas Aquinas College is once again hosting a Thomistic Summer Conference, this year on Thomism in an Age of Renewal (Santa Paula, CA, June 5-8, 2025). The cfp deadline is — I’m afraid! — tomorrow, January 28, 2025.

The Society for the Study of Medieval Emotions — yes, it exists! — is holding a conference this June in St. Andrews, on Emotion and Politics in the Medieval World (June 26-27, 2025). The application deadline is the end of this week, January 31, 2025. Details about the society and their events are here.

At the early margins of our field, there’s a day-long conference in a few weeks, in Toronto, on John Philoponus. Online participation is possible. (February 14, 2025). Details here.

The Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas has issued issued a call for papers for its upcoming plenary session, dealing with Thomistic conceptions of hope (Rome, June 12-14, 2025). Deadline for submissions is March 1.

The Journal of the History of Philosophy is advertising its annual summer seminar, on “The Form of the Good in and after Plato.” Christopher Shields is the instructor. It is aimed at junior scholars, and there is some funding available to cover expenses. It will take place in San Diego, July 7-11, 2025). The application deadline is February 15. Details here.

Indiana University is running various intensive language programs this summer, including in Arabic. That program is in person, in Indiana. Details are here. The deadline to apply for funding is the end of this week, January 31, 2025. Applications, without funding, are still possible beyond this week.

The University of Toronto is running a one-week summer program in Qur’anic Arabic, aimed at scholars with intermediate Arabic. The fee to participate is modest, but the program is in person (July 23-July 31, 2025). Details here.

There’s a three-day international conference in Würzburg this March on medieval theories of consciousness (March 11-13, 2025). Details here.

There’s a three-day conference in Croatia this April, celebrating the 800th birth anniversary of Thomas Aquinas (Split, April 3-5, 2025). Details here. The application deadline is February 7.

Jenny Pelletier (Leuven) has joined Cary Nederman (Texas A&M) as an editor of the Brepols book series, Disputatio, which “publishes interdisciplinary scholarship about the intellectual culture and intellectual history of medieval Europe.” Professor Pelletier tells me they are especially keen to receive submissions in the area of philosophy.

American scholars involved in the APA might consider the opportunity just advertised to serve as secretary-treasurer of the Central Division of the APA. It’s an important job, reasonably well compensated, meant to be held in conjunction with an ordinary academic position.

Congratulations to Dominic Dold (Max Planck PhD, Notre Dame postdoc), who won the SIEPM’s Jacqueline Hamesse Award for 2024, awarded to a paper by a junior scholar. The title of his paper is “The Summa Halensis on the Composition of the Human Body.” Runners up for the prize were Marco Signori (Lucca) and Marco Vorcelli (Padua).

Congratulations to Therese Cory (Notre Dame) and Gloria Frost (St. Thomas, MN), each of whom won NEH grants for work on their books in progress. See the post at the Daily Nous. I might add that it’s been striking in recent years how receptive the NEH has been to work in medieval philosophy. American scholars should bear this in mind!