IDIBVS·NOVEMBRIS

Augustine, De beata vita I, 6

2026 programme

, Carthage

7th edition

“An Augustinian Charter for Perpetual Peace”

The 7th edition asks what Augustine’s thinking on peace, the “tranquillity of order” (City of God XIX.13), and on just war can bring to projects for perpetual peace, from Kant’s essay (1795) to present-day proposals. The work is to continue until 2030, the 1600th anniversary of Augustine’s death, with the aim of publishing a charter then.

Programme as of 21 October 2026, subject to change. “To be confirmed” marks a point the organisers have not yet settled.

Add to my calendar.ics file: the eve, the six sessions and the excursion

ante diem III Idus Novembres

(eve)Espace Sophonisbe, Carthageto be confirmed

  1. Eve of the Days

    –

    1. to be confirmed

      Via Augustina in Carthage, guided walkto be confirmed

      Mohieddine Chaouali, Institut national du patrimoine, Tunis

    2. –

      Opening of the exhibition

      De Carthage à Carthage

      Abdelhamid Larguèche, professeur émérite d’histoire et de patrimoine, Université de la ManoubaSamia Nabli

pridie Idus Novembres

Beït al-Hikma, Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts

  1. –

    Registration

  2. Session 1 · Opening and lectures

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    1. –

      Opening

      Salah Hannachi, founder of the Augustinian Days of Carthage

    2. –

      Address

      Hamadi Ben Jaballahto be confirmed

    3. –

      Address

      Raja Yassine Bahrito be confirmed, President of Beït al-Hikma, Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts

    4. –

      Chair’s remarks

      The History, Psychology, and Concept of Peace

    5. War and Peace

    6. –

      Paper 1

      Just War in Light of Recent Developments in Geostrategy

      Nabil Smida, École supérieure de guerre, Tunis

    7. –

      Paper 2

      Is Augustine’s Theory of Just War “Outdated”?

      Colleen Mitchell, Assistant Teaching Professor, Villanova University

    8. –

      Questions and discussion

    9. –

      Coffee break

    10. Psychology and Sociology of Peace

    11. –

      Paper 3

      Augustine and the Enduring Bond of Relationships

      Carol Harrison, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford

    12. –

      Paper 4

      From Patria Potestas to Pax Domestica: Christian Fatherhood and the Formation of Peace in Augustine of Hippo

      Marcin Wysocki, Professor, Chair of Greek and Latin Patrology, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

    13. –

      Paper 5

      Authority and Peace in Augustine

      Tomoki Ishikawa, University of Oxford

    14. –

      Questions and discussion

  3. –

    Lunch

  4. Session 2 · Papers

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    1. –

      Paper 6

      Au-delà de la nuit : aspects intérieurs de la paix dans l’expérience spirituelle de saint Augustin

      Nicolas Lhernould, archevêque de Tunis

    2. –

      Paper 7

      « Amabam amare » selon saint Augustin au prisme de la littérature française

      Hédia Khadhar, professeure émérite, Université de Tunis

    3. –

      Paper 8

      Paix désarmée et désarmante : Augustin, l’Afrique et le désarmement des cœurs

      Kolawole Chabi, OSA, Professor, Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Rome

    4. –

      Questions and discussion

  5. –

    Coffee break

  6. Session 3 · Book review and Augustine Prize

    –

    Prize names to be confirmed.

    1. –

      Welcome

    2. –

      Book review, in English

      How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind, Thomas C. Oden, InterVarsity Press, 2007

      Michael Glerup, Executive Director, Project on Religion & Society in Africa, Yale University

    3. –

      Questions and discussion

    4. –

      Introduction to the Augustine Prize

      Larbi Ben Attia, MED 21Salah Hannachi, founder of the Augustinian Days of Carthage

    5. –

      International Prize

      Ancient African Christianity: An Introduction to a Unique Context and Tradition, Routledge, 2017

      David E. Wilhite, Professor of Historical Theology, Truett Seminary, Baylor University

    6. –

      Questions and discussion

    7. –

      North Mediterranean Prize

      Saint Augustin : pasteur, théologien et maître spirituel, Nouvelle Cité, 2019

      Marie-Anne Vannier, professeure émérite, Université de Lorraine

    8. –

      Questions and discussion

    9. –

      South Mediterranean Prize

      Saint Augustin, fils de Numidie. Une histoire d’amour et de grâce, 2026

      Lylia Nezar, écrivaine, Annaba

    10. –

      Questions and discussion

    11. –

      Host Country Prize

      Saint Augustin, une histoire africaine, 2026to be confirmed

      Abdelhamid Larguèche, professeur émérite d’histoire et de patrimoine, Université de la Manouba

    12. –

      Questions and discussion

    13. –

      General discussion and conclusion

Idibus Novembribus

Higher Institute of Languages of Tunis (ISLT)

  1. Departure from Beït al-Hikma to ISLT, Tunis

  2. Session 4 · Papers

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    1. –

      Welcome

      Hichem Messaoudi, directeur de l’Institut supérieur des langues de Tunis

    2. –

      Introduction

      Salah Hannachi, founder of the Augustinian Days of Carthage

    3. –

      Chair’s remarks

    4. Concepts of Peace

    5. –

      Paper 9

      Saint Augustin : la paix comme tranquillité de l’ordre

      Silvio Moreno, prêtre, Institut du Verbe Incarné

    6. –to be confirmed

      Paper 10

      Eastern and Western Philosophies of Peace: Augustine, Aquinas, Confucius, and Lao Tzu

      Philip Yang, OSA, Vocation Director, Augustinians of the Western Province (California)

    7. –to be confirmed

      Questions and discussion

    8. –

      Paper 11

      War, Peace, and the Rejection of Paganism: Augustine and Orosius in the Crucible of Christian Polemic

      Emna Jeblaoui, professeure de civilisation arabo-islamique, Université de la Manouba

    9. –

      Paper 12

      Augustine’s Invitation to Christian Protreptic

      Richard A. Brumback III, Professor of Bible and Historical Theology, Freed-Hardeman University

    10. –

      Questions and discussion

    11. –

      Coffee break

    12. –

      Paper 13

      Dialectics, Truth, and Peace: Towards a Proposal for Dialogue in Augustine of Hippo’s Contra Cresconium

      Silvia Mas, Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Roma

    13. –

      Paper 14

      War and Hesychasm

      Cyril Hovorun, Director, Huffington Ecumenical Institute, Loyola Marymount University

    14. –

      Paper 15

      Peace and Agonism in Augustine’s Anthropology: His Response to Manichaeism

      Thomas Clemmons, Associate Professor of Latin Patristics, The Catholic University of America

    15. –

      Questions, discussion and conclusion

  3. –

    Lunch

  4. Session 5 · Via Augustina

    – · Confucius Institute of the University of Carthage, at ISLT

    1. –

      Talk

      Augustine: An African and a World Heritage

      Abdenasser Smail, chercheur, essayiste et historiographe, Centre culturel universitaire, Alger

    2. –

      Talk

      Concept d’un Institut méditerranéen des itinéraires culturels

      Salah Hannachi, founder of the Augustinian Days of Carthage

    3. –

      Talk

      Via Augustina

      Boutheïna Hannachi, architecte

    4. –

      Talk

      Digital Via Augustina

      Ines Hassoumi, IPEST, Université de Carthage

    5. –

      Questions and discussion

  5. –

    Coffee break

  6. Departure for St George’s Church

  7. Session 6 · Cultural evening and dinner

    – · St George’s Anglican Church, Tunis

    1. –

      Documentary screening

      Saint Augustin, fils de Thagaste et de Numidie, 2001to be confirmed

      Mahmoud Djedaiet, auteur et documentariste

    2. –

      Questions and discussion

    3. –

      Dinner

  8. Return to Carthage

ante diem XVIII Kalendas Decembres

Bulla Regia archaeological site

  1. Via Augustina excursion: Carthage – Bulla Regia

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    1. Departure from Beït al-Hikma

    2. –

      Augustine at Bulla Regia, guided tour

      Mohieddine Chaouali, Institut national du patrimoine, Tunis

    3. –

      Lunch at Beni M’tir

    4. to be confirmed

      Return to Carthage

Speakers

  1. 12 Nov 09:25

    Raja Yassine Bahrito be confirmed, President of Beït al-Hikma, Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts

  2. 12 Nov 16:30

    Larbi Ben Attia, MED 21

  3. 12 Nov 09:10

    Hamadi Ben Jaballahto be confirmed

  4. 13 Nov 11:00

    Richard A. Brumback III, Professor of Bible and Historical Theology, Freed-Hardeman University

  5. 12 Nov 14:30

    Kolawole Chabi, OSA, Professor, Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Rome

  6. 11 Nov 16:3014 Nov 09:30

    Mohieddine Chaouali, Institut national du patrimoine, Tunis

  7. 13 Nov 12:15

    Thomas Clemmons, Associate Professor of Latin Patristics, The Catholic University of America

  8. 13 Nov 18:00

    Mahmoud Djedaiet, auteur et documentariste

  9. 12 Nov 16:00

    Michael Glerup, Executive Director, Project on Religion & Society in Africa, Yale University

  10. 12 Nov 09:0012 Nov 16:3013 Nov 09:1513 Nov 15:15

    Salah Hannachi, founder of the Augustinian Days of Carthage

  11. 13 Nov 15:30

    Boutheïna Hannachi, architecte

  12. 12 Nov 11:15

    Carol Harrison, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford

  13. 13 Nov 15:45

    Ines Hassoumi, IPEST, Université de Carthage

  14. 13 Nov 12:00

    Cyril Hovorun, Director, Huffington Ecumenical Institute, Loyola Marymount University

  15. 12 Nov 11:45

    Tomoki Ishikawa, University of Oxford

  16. 13 Nov 10:45

    Emna Jeblaoui, professeure de civilisation arabo-islamique, Université de la Manouba

  17. 12 Nov 14:15

    Hédia Khadhar, professeure émérite, Université de Tunis

  18. 11 Nov 17:0012 Nov 18:15

    Abdelhamid Larguèche, professeur émérite d’histoire et de patrimoine, Université de la Manouba

  19. 12 Nov 14:00

    Nicolas Lhernould, archevêque de Tunis

  20. 13 Nov 11:45

    Silvia Mas, Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Roma

  21. 13 Nov 09:00

    Hichem Messaoudi, directeur de l’Institut supérieur des langues de Tunis

  22. 12 Nov 10:15

    Colleen Mitchell, Assistant Teaching Professor, Villanova University

  23. 13 Nov 09:45

    Silvio Moreno, prêtre, Institut du Verbe Incarné

  24. 11 Nov 17:00

    Samia Nabli

  25. 12 Nov 17:45

    Lylia Nezar, écrivaine, Annaba

  26. 13 Nov 15:00

    Abdenasser Smail, chercheur, essayiste et historiographe, Centre culturel universitaire, Alger

  27. 12 Nov 10:00

    Nabil Smida, École supérieure de guerre, Tunis

  28. 12 Nov 17:15

    Marie-Anne Vannier, professeure émérite, Université de Lorraine

  29. 12 Nov 16:45

    David E. Wilhite, Professor of Historical Theology, Truett Seminary, Baylor University

  30. 12 Nov 11:30

    Marcin Wysocki, Professor, Chair of Greek and Latin Patrology, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

  31. 13 Nov 10:00

    Philip Yang, OSA, Vocation Director, Augustinians of the Western Province (California)

Venues

  1. 11 Nov

    Espace Sophonisbe, Carthage, rue Sophonisbe, Carthage

  2. 12 Nov13 Nov

    Beït al-Hikma, Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts, 25, avenue de la République, 2016 Carthage Hannibal

  3. 13 Nov

    Higher Institute of Languages of Tunis (ISLT), avenue Ibn Maja, Cité El Khadra, Tunis

  4. 13 Nov

    Confucius Institute of the University of Carthage, at ISLT, avenue Ibn Maja, Cité El Khadra, Tunis

  5. 13 Nov

    St George’s Anglican Church, Tunis, 198, rue Mongi Slim, Tunis

  6. 14 Nov

    Bulla Regia archaeological site, près de Jendouba

    Pleiades

Partners list to be confirmed

  1. Beït al-Hikma, Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts (host)

  2. MED 21 (Augustine Prize)

  3. Higher Institute of Languages of Tunis and Confucius Institute of the University of Carthage

  4. National Heritage Institute

  5. St George’s Anglican Church, Tunis