The Institute for Advanced Physics

presents its first annual summer conference
with The Jacques Maritain Center
of the University of Notre Dame

A Cultural Renewal of Science
July 31 and August 1, 2003
at The University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
recordings of Conference

    Please join us as eight internationally known speakers reveal the profound negative impact scientism has caused in physics, medical ethics, the humanities, theology, university curriculum, biology, philosophy and politics.
    Scientism, the misuse of the scientific method and of its conclusions, even threatens to undermine the sciences themselves by the spread of the subjectivism that is its natural outgrowth.
    We will thus see the urgent need for a premiere physics undergraduate, graduate and research institution that fully incorporates the moral, spiritual and philosophical patrimony given us by the home of science, the Catholic Church.

See below for the schedule , information about conference speakers , registration information and click here for
registration form . Space is limited so we encourage you to register early.

SCHEDULE
(information about conference speakers below)

Wednesday, July 30

5:00-7:00pm Informal gathering

Thursday, July 31

8:00am                Mass
8:45-9:45am        Breakfast (not included in conference fee)
9:00-10:00am      Registration
10:00am              Opening Prayer
10:05am              Welcome and Introduction: Dr. Anthony Rizzi
10:30am              Professor Ralph McInerny on the Humanities
11:30am              Lunch
1:30pm                Professor James Stoner on Political Science
2:20pm                Dr. Anthony Rizzi on Physics
3:10pm                Break
3:40pm                Professor Jude Dougherty on Philosophy
4:30pm                Video interview of Professor Robert George on Medical Ethics
5:00pm                Closing prayer
6:30pm                Dinner

Friday, August 1

8:00am                Mass
8:45am                Breakfast (not included in conference fee)
10:00am              Opening Prayer
10:05am              Fr. Benedict Ashley on Theology
10:55am              Dr. Benjamin Wiker on Biology
11:50pm              Lunch
1:50pm                Dr. John Hittinger on University Curriculum
2:40pm                Bringing It All Together: Dr. Anthony Rizzi
3:40pm                Closing Prayer
3:45pm                Informal conversation
6:30pm                Dinner

Saturday, August 2

8:00am Mass
8:45am Breakfast (not included in conference fee)

MEET OUR CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

Fr. Benedict Ashley, O.P., is Professor of Philosophy at St. Louis University, fromerly Professor of Theology at the Insitute of Religion and Human Development, Houston, and President of the Aquinas Institute of Theology. He is author of over 20 books including the soon to be realised book, The Way towards Wisdom: An Introduction to Metaphysics and Theology of the Body: Humanist and Christian and an internationally known medical ethics textbook.

Jude Dougherty, Ph.D., is an Emeritus Dean of the Philosophy Department at Catholic University. He is author of several books.

Robert P. George, Ph.D., is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Professor of Politics and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He currently serves on President Bush's Council on Bioethics. He has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and D.Phil. from Oxford University. His many books include Natural Law, Liberalism, and Morality .

John Hittinger, Ph.D., is Vice-President and Provost of St. Mary’s College, Michigan.

Ralph McInerny, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame, was recently appointed by President Bush to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. He was a Gifford Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. He is author of over 50 books including the internationally famous novels, the Father Dowling Mysteries , which have been serialized for television.

Anthony Rizzi, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Advanced Physics, gained worldwide recognition in theoretical physics by solving an 80-year old problem in Einstein's theory. With physics degrees from MIT and Princeton University, he has been senior scientist for the California Institute of Technology at the Laser Interferometer Gravitional-wave Observatory (LIGO), adjunct professor at LSU and has participated in NASA experiments with Martin Marietta Astronautics. He is author of the soon to be released The Science Before Science: A Guide to Thinking in the 21st Century.

James Stoner, Ph.D., has a Ph.D. from Harvard and is Associate Professor of Political Science at Louisiana State University. He is currently a James Madison Program Fellow at Princeton University. He is a member of President Bush's National Council on the Humanities and author of Common Law and Liberal Theory: Coke, Hobbes, and the Origins of American Constitutionalism .

Benjamin Wiker, Ph.D., is a lecturer in theology and science at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, Ohio. He is the author of Moral Darwinism: How We Became Hedonists and of numerous scholarly articles appearing in the New Oxford Review, Crisis, Catholic World Report and the National Catholic Register.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Please register for the conference by completing the Registration Form (click) and mail it with your check or money order with conference fees only to The Institute for Advanced Physics. We will send you confirmation if you include your email address. If you need lodging, please make your reservations early as space is limited.

Conference and meal fee:
Two Day Conference fee (all sessions, 2 lunches, 2 dinners): $55
One Day Conference fee (choose a day, 1 lunch, 1 dinner):    $30
Breakfast:
    The Jamison Inn serves a free hot breakfast (Th/F 6-10am and Sat 7-10:30am) for hotel guests.
    Breakfast in the campus cafeteria may also be purchased for $8 using the Registration Form (click) .
Lunches and dinners:
    will be in the campus cafeteria and are included in the conference fee.

Lodging:
The Jamison Inn (prices include taxes and hot breakfast )
$78.40 per night rooms and $100.80 per night suites
1404 N. Ivy Road, South Bend, IN 46637 (click here for map) (0.5 mile walk to campus)
(574) 277-6500

The Morris Inn (located in the center of campus, convenient to conference facilities)
Prices starting at approx. $110 per night
(574) 631-2000

A limited number of dorm rooms are available for $36.50 per night.
For availability, please contact Mrs. Alice Osberger at The Jacques Maritain Center
(574) 631-5825

After Friday July 18 email registration, and pay fees on site.

Questions or comments: info@iapweb.org

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