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Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) was one of the most illustrious figures of the fifteenth century. Trained as a canonist, he first made his mark in political thought. Later, Nicholas became a papal envoy, a cardinal and an original speculative thinker. His ideas of learned ignorance, coincidence of opposites and enfolding / unfolding still attract attention today. The American Cusanus Society, founded in 1983, promotes the study
of Nicholas and his times. It holds sessions at the International
Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in
May of each year, and it has held conferences at the Lutheran
Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and at the
Catholic University of America. [List
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In Remembrance of Morimichi Watanabe Morimichi Watanabe, president emeritus of the American Cusanus Society, passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 1, 2012 at his home in Port Washington, New York. He is survived by his wife, Dr. Kiyomi Watanabe, M.D., his son, Tsugumichi D. Watanabe of New York City, and a granddaughter, Izumi Watanabe. He was a retired Professor of History and Political Science from the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. He served as President of the American Cusanus Society from 1983-2008 and was also editor of the American Cusanus Society Newsletter from its debut in 1984 to the present. His research on the historical context of the life and political thought of Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) set the standard for all work done in this field in the English language.
Editions:
The most authoritative edition of Nicholas' works is the
Heidelberg Academy edition: Cusanus Bibliographie [http://urts173.uni-trier.de/~leicht/bib/] Ashgate Publishing Group page for the American Cusanus Society: www.ashgate.com/ACS Kalamazoo, 2014:
The Society is sponsoring 1 session and the Watanabe Lecture by Thomas Burman at the 49th Annual Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 8-11, 2014. Peter
Casarella, DePaul University Former Presidents: Morimichi Watanabe†, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University Gerald Christianson, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg Secretary: Donald F. Duclow, Gwynedd-Mercy College Treasurer: Thomas M. Izbicki, Rutgers University Executive Committee: David Albertson, University of Southern California Jason Aleksander, Saint Xavier University Christopher Bellitto, Kean University Elizabeth Brient, University of Georgia Clyde Lee Miller, SUNY Stonybrook K. Meredith Ziebart, Loyola University, Maryland Advisory Board: Louis Dupré, Yale University Wilhelm Dupré, University of Nijmegen Walter Andreas Euler, University of Trier Bernard McGinn, University of Chicago Erich Meuthen, University of Cologne John Monfasani, SUNY at Albany Francis Oakley, Williams College Hans Gerhard Senger, University of Cologne Paul Sigmund, Princeton University Brian Tierney, Cornell University Kazuhiko Yamaki, Waseda University Return
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