The Body, Vulnerability, and Bioethical Implications
June 24th - 28th, 2024
The contemporary ethos views bodily constraints as arbitrary and manipulable through technology. Are bodily limitations problems to be overcome, or meaningful in their own right? This course will explore classical themes concerning the body and matter, put them in conversation with modern and post-modern approaches, and conclude with two concrete applications. Readings will include Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Galileo, Bacon, Descartes, Locke, Heidegger, Beauvoir, Deleuze, Butler, and more.
Logistics
Location: Harvard College, Cambridge MA
Meals: Breakfast & lunch will be provided during the seminar, along with two evening dinners.
Cost: A registration fee of $550 is requested for overhead purposes and represents a small fraction of the true cost of the program. Reading material will be made available free of charge to the accepted applicants at least a month before the seminar.
Who Should Apply?
The seminar is open to advanced undergraduates (including graduating seniors), graduate students, and professionals. Sessions begin at 9:30am. The seminar will be capped at eighteen participants, with possible exceptions. Applications steps are below:
Complete this online application. After completion of the application you will be directed to upload the following items:
Resume or CV with relevant coursework.
A writing sample from 500 to 2,000 words.
Arrange to have a short letter of recommendation (academic or professional) sent to director@AAICambridge.org
The priority application deadline for the seminar is March 21st, 2024. After the deadline, all additional applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
- Seminar Faculty -
Angela Franks PhD
Angela Franks, Ph.D., is a theologian, speaker, writer, and mother of six. She serves as Professor of Theology at the Theological Institute for the New Evangelization at St. John's Seminary in Boston. Her areas of specialty include the theology of the body, the New Evangelization, the Trinity, Christology, and the thought of John Paul II and Hans Urs von Balthasar.
Rachel M. Coleman
Rachel is Assistant Professor of Theology at Assumption University in Worcester, MA. Her areas of specialization are metaphysics (ancient to modern), the philosophy of nature, and philosophical anthropology. Her work has been published in Communio, First Things, and Humanum, and she has presented papers on continental metaphysics across North America and Europe.
- Questions -
If you have any questions about the seminar or the application process please do not hesitate to send your queries to director@AAICambridge.org