Saint Louis University will host a two-day conference, "Language, Culture, and Identity: The Legacy of Walter J. Ong, S.J.," April 7-8, 2005.

The registration fee of $50 includes a box lunch on Thursday, refreshments after all sessions, and a gala dinner on Thursday evening. Capacity at Cupples House, site of the dinner, is limited, so reservations must be made no later than March 17. If you choose not to attend the dinner, the registration fee is $15.

A block of rooms at The Water Tower Inn on the SLU campus for those who will be visiting St. Louis for the conference. Please contact Susan Manning to register and to ask about hotel reservations at The Water Tower Inn or for recommendations for other area accommodations. Her e-mail address is Mannings@slu.edu.

Schedule of Events

Thursday, April 7, 2005
9:30 a.m. van transportation from Water Tower Inn to Busch Student Center

10-11:30 a.m. Panel: Current Research (St Louis Room, Busch Student Center)
Kathleen Welch
Paul Soukup, S.J.
Lance Strate
Stephen Casmier
Thomas Farrell, Moderator

Noon-1 p.m. box lunch (BSC 170)

1-2:30 p.m. Catherine Snow, plenary lecture (St Louis Room)
Introduction: Ron Kellogg

3-4:30 p.m. Roy Schafer, plenary lecture (St. Louis Room)
Introduction: Sara van den Berg

5-6 p.m. Exhibit, Walter J. Ong Archive (Pius XII Library)
John Waide, SLU Archivist
John Walter, Ong Archive Research Assistant

6:30-8:30 p.m. Dinner (Cupples House)
Welcoming Remarks: Tom Shippey, Ong Professor of Humanities

8:30 p.m. van transportation to Water Tower Inn

Friday, April 8, 2005

9:30 a.m. van transportation to from Water Tower Inn to Busch
Student Center

10-11:30 a.m. Panel: Current Research (St. Louis Room)
C. Jan Swearingen
Walter Jost
John Miles Foley
John Pauly
Paul Acker, Moderator

11:30 van transportation to LRC

Noon-1:30 Tod Chambers, Drummond Lecture in Bioethics:
"The Bioethicist's Audience Is Always a Fiction" (LRC
Auditorium)

1:45 p.m. van transportation to Busch Student Center

2-3 p.m. Remembering Walter Ong: A Panel Discussion (St. Louis Room)
John Padberg, S.J.
Thomas Zlatic
Thomas M. Walsh
Vincent Casaregola, Moderator

3:30-5 p.m. Charles Taylor, plenary lecture (St. Louis Room)
Introduction: James Bohman

5:30-7 p.m. Closing Reception (Jesuit Hall, first floor
lounge)

7 p.m. van transportation to Water Tower Inn