Conference
The 2008 annual meeting of the North American Patristics Society is scheduled to be held at

The Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza
Thursday, May 22, 2008 through Saturday, May 24, 2008

Those members who wish to register early may use this website or this registration brochure (pdf). Hard copies of the registration brochure have also been mailed to NAPS members. PLEASE BE AWARE, registration for housing at the hotel does NOT include registration for the meeting itself!

Conference Program (final draft)

Conference Registration Website

Registration and Conference Preview Brochure (pdf)

Letter from the NAPS VP (pdf)

Prospective book exhibitors for the conference will find relevant information in this brochure (pdf).

All other inquiries about the meeting may be addressed to the office of the NAPS Secretary.

Hotel Reservation Instructions

Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza
Phone: 312-836-5000 or 1-800-HOLIDAY
Rate: $134 (plus taxes) per night for up to 4 people

Please make your reservation by April 30, 2008, to ensure availability and rate.

Click here to make reservations online. (You may need to tell your browser, especially IE7, to allow scripts for this link to function with the discount code.)

You may also call the hotel reservation directly and tell them you are with the North American Patristics Society. Phone: 312-836-5000 or 1-800-HOLIDAY

Note to students: Student rate is $99 per room night (single, double, triple, or quad occupancy). To make a reservation as a student, please call the Conference Office at 303-756-8380, or email: naps@conferenceoffice.com. The hotel will not be able to make student reservations directly.

CALL FOR PAPERS (Annual Meeting of the NAPS, 22-24 May 2008)

Please send all proposals for papers (including 300-word abstract) and all inquiries concerning proposed special sessions to:

Dr. Paul M. Blowers
c/o Emmanuel School of Religion
One Walker Drive
Johnson City, TN 37601
blowersp@esr.edu

All proposals must be received by 15 January 2008. Please be reminded that only NAPS members in good standing are permitted to present papers at the annual meeting.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN PATRISTICS SOCIETY

The nominating committee of NAPS is charged with presenting a new slate of officers to the membership at the annual meeting (May 2007). Please forward your nominations for the following positions to any member of the committee (contact information below):

TWO (2) MEMBERS-AT-LARGE of the Board of Directors, each of whom will serve a two-year term

ONE (1) VICE-PRESIDENT of the Society, serving a one-year term followed by a one-year term as President of the Society

ONE (1) SECRETARY-TREASURER, who is responsible for the financial and clerical maintenance of the Society and will serve for a three-year term (renewable for a second three-year term). (A list of duties and responsibilities for the Secretary-Treasurer is available from Andrew Jacobs upon request).

Self-nominations and multiple nominations are acceptable.

Please send all nominations to any committee member at:

Andrew Jacobs, Chair (andrew.Jacobs@ucr.edu)
Kate Cooper (kate.cooper@man.ac.uk)
Rick Layton (rlayton@uiuc.edu)