Croatian Philosophical Society
Department of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

XIXth MEDITERRANEAN ROOTS OF PHILOSOPHY

Philosophia Perennis: Celebrating the 800th Birth Anniversary of St. Thomas Aquinas

International scientific conference

Split, April 3-5, 2025

Call for Abstracts

The Croatian Philosophical Society and the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Split cordially 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.

The conference sessions will be held on April 3 and 4. On April 5, participants are invited to join an optional guided tour of the city of Split, with a special focus on its medieval history.

This year’s theme honours 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:

I. Thomas Aquinas – Thomism – Neo-Thomism

II. Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue in the Mediterranean

III. Mediterranean Roots of Philosophy

IV. Philosophy in the Mediterranean

V. Globalization Challenges and Multiculturalism in the Mediterranean

Interdisciplinary research is welcomed.

Call for Abstracts (full document).

Application deadline:

There are two possible ways to register:

i. by filling out the Online form

ii. by sending the completed Application Form to the e-mail address: mkf.ffst@gmail.com or alunic@ffst.hr

Application deadline: February 21st.

Notification of (non)acceptance: February 24th.

Online application form:

Online form

Submission form (via
e-mail):

Application form

Registration fee:
The registration fee for participation in the symposium is 50 euros.

The registration fee includes:

participation in the symposium, publication of the abstract in the Book of Abstracts and Certificate of participation
hot drinks and snacks during coffee breaks (both days of the conference), lunch (both days of the conference)
optional city tour (April 5)
invitation to publish full papers in international scientific journals (Filozofska istraživanja and Synthesis Philosophica; double-blinded peer review; no processing fee)*

Details about the registration fee payment will be e-mailed after the Notification of acceptance/rejection.

Notification of acceptance/rejection will be sent by the 14th of February.

*Important: The deadline for submitting full papers (after presenting at the conference) is April 30th. However, submitting full papers for publication is not mandatory.

Call for Papers

After participating in the conference, participants can submit their papers for publication in 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 included in the most important 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 the papers in accordance with the guidelines of the journal, available 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

Important: The deadline for submitting full papers (after presenting at the conference) is April 30th. However, submitting full papers for publication is not mandatory.

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 organised according to the principle

of thematic or methodological similarity.

The conference part of the symposium takes place on the 3rd and 4th of April. On April 5th, we will organise an optional expert-led tour of Diocletian's Palace and the surrounding city center, with a special focus on medieval history.

Date and venue:

April 3-5, 2025

The conference takes place at the address:

University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,

Poljička cesta 35, 21 000 Split, Croatia

Important: The conference venue is accessible to people with disabilities.

Optional city tour (April 5th)

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.

Organisers:

UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT

FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

Poljička cesta 35, 21000 Split

Tel.: +385-(0)21-541-902
e-mail: mkf.ffst@gmail.com

CROATIAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Filozofski fakultet, Ivana Lučića 3

HR–10000 Zagreb

Tel.: +385-(0)1-6111-808

Fax: +385-(0)1-6117-012

e-mail: hrfd@hrfd.hr

Committees:

Program committee:

Prof. Mislav Kukoč, Chair

Anita Lunić, PhD, Conference secretary

Prof. Hrvoje Relja

Prof. Dževad Zečić

Prof. Marita Brčić Kuljiš

Assoc. Prof. Davor Balić

Assoc. Prof. Bruno Ćurko

Assoc. Prof. Zoran Dimić

Assoc. Prof. Tomaž Grušovnik

Josip Guć, PhD

Antonio Kovačević, MA

Organising committee: