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Spring 2015 Colloquium Schedule Announced

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We’re happy to announce the Spring 2015 schedule for the Junius Institute Colloquium series. The April Colloquium is devoted to the publication of The Theology of the French Reformed Churches: From Henry IV to the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and will be held in proximity with the Calvin Studies Society 2015 Colloquium here in Grand Rapids:

Spring 2015 Schedule

When: Friday, February 6, 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Presenter: Todd Rester and Andrew McGinnis
Topic: “Roman Law and Mosaic Polity in Reformed Thought: Franciscus Junius’s Approach to Jurisprudence”
Location: Auditorium, Calvin Theological Seminary

When: Friday, March 6, 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Presenter: Jonathon Beeke
Topic: “Leiden University and the Twofold Kingdom of Christ”
Location: Covenant Room, Calvin Theological Seminary

When: Thursday, April 9, 10:00am to 11:30am
Presenter: Martin Klauber, Jeannine Olsen, Theodore Van Raalte, Donald Sinnema, Jason Zuidema
Topic: “The Theology of the French Reformed Churches”
Location: Auditorium, Calvin Theological Seminary

When: Friday, May 8, 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Presenter: Jae-Eun Park
Topic: “Active Justification or Eternal Justification? Reflections on English Antinomianism and Hyper-Calvinism”
Location: Covenant Room, Calvin Theological Seminary

Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Announced

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We’ve posted the details for the Spring 2014 Junius Institute Colloquium series. First up is Dr. Donald Sinnema, professor of theology emeritus at Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL. He’ll be discussing “The Project to Publish a Critical Edition of the Documents of the Synod of Dordt (1618–1619): The Sources, with a Focus on the Drafting of the Canons of Dordt” on Friday, February 7.

Join us if you’re in the area, and check out the rest of the details for the series at the project page here.
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Colloquium: Jay Collier on ‘Troubles after Dort’

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Jay T. Collier

Jay T. Collier

One of the things that Dr. Randy Blacketer’s introduction of Richard Muller last week at the CTS PhD anniversary event made clear was the extent to which Dr. Muller has served as a real mentor to so many of his students. One of his legacies in this regard is the fostering of academic development represented in his encouragement of his students to regularly present their research findings in public lectures and readings of papers at conferences.

To this end, a number of years back Dr. Muller helped to create a graduate studies seminar at Calvin Theological Seminary, focused on the historical theology students. This seminar was relatively informal and yet met with some regularity. Current students would often present their research, and graduates would sometimes return to give an update on their current research. Other times visiting scholars would come and give a special lecture to the CTS community.

With the launch of the Junius Institute this year, these gatherings have been formalized into a Colloquium series, pursued in conjunction with the doctoral program at CTS. The aim of the program remains the same: to provide an outlet for students to present research on their dissertations and to be exposed to research projects in progress from graduates and established scholars.

The inaugural Colloquium lecture was given last month (Friday, September 13, 2013) by Jay T. Collier, a PhD candidate in historical theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. Jay also serves as the director of publishing at Reformation Heritage Books and as the project coordinator for the institute’s Colloquium series. After an introduction by Todd Rester, director of the Junius Institute, Jay presented on the topic, “Troubles after Dort: Augustine, Perseverance, and the Real Story of the ‘Arminian’ Richard Montagu.”

As part of our efforts to disseminate scholarship digitally and foster scholarly discourse, we’re happy to make the audio of this event available below. For more on Montagu, visit his page at PRDL. And check out the Colloquium page for more information about upcoming lectures in the Fall 2013 series.

Colloquium Series Opens This Fall

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Zürcher-Disputation 1523The Junius Institute is pleased to announce the launch of its Colloquium program, pursued in collaboration with the doctoral program at Calvin Theological Seminary. The Junius Institute Colloquium formalizes on a more permanent basis a long-standing practice of the historical theology doctoral students of holding occasional public talks on Reformation and post-Reformation history. I’ll be serving as project director, and CTS doctoral candidate Jay Collier will be acting as project coordinator.

A major purpose of the Colloquium is to provide doctoral students “an outlet to present research on their dissertations and to be exposed to research projects in progress from graduates and established scholars.”

The Fall 2013 series opens this Friday with a talk from Jay Collier on the topic, “Troubles after Dort: Augustine, Perseverance, and the Real Story of the ‘Arminian’ Richard Montagu.” Details about time, location, and the rest of the Fall schedule are available at the project page.