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News G. JOHN M. ABBARNO Associate Editor The Eleventh Annual Summer Institute in American Philosophy will be held 7–12 July 2008 at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. The Institute is sponsored by the Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy; and the Departments of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder and Denver. Among the participants are: Roberto Frega, Robert Innis, Alison Jaggar, Alison Kadlee, Lenore Langsdorf, Bill E. Lawson, Joseph Margolis, Phillip McReynolds, Robert Neville, Nicholas Rescher, Sandra Rosenthal, Thomas L. Short, Shannon Sullivan, and Roger Ward. There will be several one-hour Works in Progress sessions, at which interested scholars may present their current projects, especially books, and receive critical feedback from Institute attendees. Scholars wishing to present their work should submit, by 1 May 2008, a short abstract to Ken Stikkers, either by e-mail, at [email protected], or at Department of Philosophy, Mailcode 4505, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA. Submissions will be blindly reviewed, and persons submitting them will be notified as soon as possible. In addition, there will be Dissertations in Progress sessions, at which graduate students, at any stage in writing their dissertations, may offer brief summaries of their work and receive critical comments from Institute attendees. Students interested in participating in these sessions should contact Ken Stikkers. For further information and to register, see: http://american-philosophy.org/events/ summer_institute2006.htm, or contact Ken Stikkers, [email protected], 618/536–6641. The Third Roundtable on Latina Feminism will be held 17 to 19 April 2008 at John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio. The keynote speaker is Ofelia Schutte. The Roundtable is a forum for discussion of ideas related to Latina feminist theory as well as Latina feminism in general. For more information, contact: Dr. Mariana Ortega, Philosophy Department, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH; e-mail: [email protected].
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The American Society for Aesthetics Eastern Division Meeting will be held 4–5 April 2008 in Philadelphia. The keynote speaker is Jenefer Robinson of University of Cincinnati. The Monroe Beardsley Lecture will be presented by Kwame Anthony Appiah of Princeton University. For more information contact the Program Co-Chairs: Bill Seeley of Franklin & Marshall College at [email protected] or David Clowney of Rowan University at [email protected]. ‘‘Confucianism and Contemporary Virtue Ethics’’ is the theme of the National Endowment of Humanities Summer Seminar 7 July to 15 August 2008 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Confucian and Neo-Confucian ethics are increasingly regarded as forms of virtue ethics. In recent decades there has been a revival and renaissance of virtue ethics in Anglo-American philosophy. These facts, together with the emergence of China as a great world power, make it sensible, even imperative, for Western thinkers interested in virtue ethics to learn more about the great traditions of Chinese ethics. This Summer Seminar will bring together American philosophers with backgrounds in virtue ethics or related areas to learn from the great texts of Chinese philosophy under the guidance of experts in the field. In addition, scholars attending the seminar will be invited and offered financial support to give a paper at a conference on ‘‘Confucianism and Virtue Ethics’’ that will bring Chinese and American scholars together in Beijing during the summer of 2009. Co-directors of the Seminar are Stephen Angle of Wesleyan University and Michael Slote of University of Miami. For more information, see http://neh08.wesleyan.edu; e-mail [email protected]; telephone 860-6853394. The 25th Annual International Social Philosophy Conference, sponsored by the North American Society for Social Philosophy, will convene 17–19 April 2008 at the University of Portland in Oregon. Special attention will be devoted to the theme ‘‘Gender, Inequality, and Social Justice.’’ The program committee will be chaired by Professor Jordy Rocheleau of Austin Peay State University and Professor Richard Buck of Mount Saint MaryÕs University. For more information contact either Jordy Rocheleau, Department of Philosophy, Austin Peay State University, Box 4486, Clarksville, TN 37044, USA, telephone 931-221-7925, rocheleauj@ apsu.edu; or Richard Buck, Department of Philosophy, Mount Saint MaryÕs University, 16300 Old Emmitsburg Road, Emmitsburg, MD 21727, USA, telephone 301-447-5368, [email protected]. The Society for Women in Philosophy will hold their Eastern Spring Meeting and Conference 2008 entitled ‘‘Feminist Philosophy,
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Undisciplined’’ Saturday, 12 April 2008 at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. Keynote address: ‘‘Sexism, Identity, and Intimacy in a Pornographic Culture’’ by Gail Dines, Professor of Sociology and WomenÕs Studies at Wheelock College, Boston. There will be one special student session at the meeting that highlights the work of undergraduate scholars and encourages them to get more involved in the profession. Small travel stipends of $100 to $200 are available for undergraduate and graduate students whose work is accepted at the conference, and alternate rooming accommodations may be arranged for students. For more information contact: Jen McWeeny at [email protected]. Episteme, the Journal of Social Epistemology, will hold its fifth annual conference at Dartmouth College on 20–21 June 2008. The focus of the meeting is law and evidence. Participants include: Susan Haack, University of Miami; Larry Laudan, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Jennifer Mnookin, UCLA; Dale Nance, Case Western Reserve; Michael Saks, Arizona State University; Frederick Schauer, Harvard University; Edward Stein, Cardozo School of Law; and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Dartmouth College. For more information contact: Walter SinnottArmstrong, [email protected]. The American Association of Philosophy Teachers announces the Seventeenth International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, to be held at University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 6–10 August 2008. For more information, write to Kevin Hermberg, Department of Philosophy, Dominican College, 470 Western Highway, Orangeburg, NY 10962, telephone 845-359-5771. For additional information, see http: //www.philosophyteachers.org. The Fourth Annual New England Undergraduate Philosophy Conference will be held at Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, on 19 April 2008. For more information or to volunteer to serve as a commentator or moderator, contact Dr. Peter Costello at 401-865-2188, Dr. Christopher Arroyo at 401-865-2235, or the student organizer Michael Bonnel at [email protected]. The Dartmouth Undergraduate Philosophy Conference will be held 4-6 April 2008 at the Haldeman Center, Dartmouth College. Students from across the country will come together to explore and challenge ideas. The conference includes presenters, commentators, panel discussions, social events, dinner, and graduate school sessions. The keynote speaker is Harry Frankfurt. For registration and submission information: www.dartmouth.edu/aporia.
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The Society for the Study of Women Philosophers invites proposals for its sessions to be held at the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association in Philadelphia, 27–30 December 2008. Presentations on philosophical ideas in the work of women from any of the worldÕs traditions are welcomed. Proposals for panel discussions are encouraged; abstracts for each panelistÕs presentation must be included with panel proposals. Proposals may focus on any aspect of the thought of a woman in the history of philosophy, any aspect of the thought of a contemporary woman philosopher, discovery of work by a previously unrecognized woman philosopher, how women philosophers have defined what it means to be a woman, how women have redefined the nature of philosophical work, reflections on the interrelatedness of womenÕs lives and philosophers, and reflections on teaching the work of women philosophers. Two-page abstracts may be sent to Dorothy Rogers: [email protected]. Loyola University of Chicago announces a conference on ‘‘Corporate Boards: Managers of Risk; Sources of Risk.’’ This annual conference on Risk Management and Corporate Governance will be held 16–17 April 2008 at Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois. All disciplines are welcome to participate to create a multi-disciplinary perspective on this timely topic. Participation from scholars in the areas of finance, economics, management, law, business ethics, psychology, and sociology are especially welcome. Corporate charters give boards an important role in managing risk, but recent events have also shown that corporate boards and their members can be creators and sources of risk as well. The aim of the conference is to contribute to the study of the relationship between boards and risk in its full complexity. Likely topics might include: the role of corporate boards in overseeing increasingly complex risk management techniques; accurately communicating the risk exposure of the firm to board members; how corporate boards determine the firmÕs appetite for risk; managing corporate boards to control the risk that their activities impose on the firm and on society; the ethical dimensions of corporate board behavior in managing risk and imposing risk on the firmÕs various stakeholders. For more information write to Robert W. Kolb at rkolb@ luc.edu or at Professor of Finance, Considine Chair, and Applied Ethics, School of Business, Loyola University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Realia, the Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, announces that Contemporary Philosophy is looking for papers concerned with philosophy in, of, and about literature. Deadline for submissions is 10 May 2008. Original MLA or Chicago-style manuscripts may be submitted to [email protected].
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Realia announces its 2008 Conference on the theme ‘‘Philosophy and Global Crisis,’’ 3–8 August in South Portland, Maine. Ours is an age of great possibilities that generates both opportunities and challenges. Some of the challenges, however, are now approaching the level of crisis. Possibilities to be explored for the 48th Annual Conference may include environmental wisdom, the optimism of science, war and peace, faith and belief, faith in humanity, the work of ethics, and a role for religion. See www.realia-philosophy.com for details. The International EcoHealth Forum of 2008 with the theme ‘‘EcoHealth: Healthy Environments, Healthy People’’ will be held 1–5 December 2008 in Me´rida, Me´xico. Researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners are invited to share evidence and ideas about EcoHealth approaches. The objective is to learn about improvements in environmental or ecosystem management and community health through concrete experiences on how projects were implemented and outcomes used by policy-makers, other stakeholders, and community representatives. The Forum will provide opportunities for scientists and non-scientists alike to engage with one another about research findings, methodological advances and theoretical developments. There are a variety of ways to participate: oral communications, poster, video, and other media presentations, complete symposia or training workshops or short courses. Details on the various possible presentation formats can be found at www.ecohealth2008.org. Themes for submissions include: International Development, Community Health and the Environment, including Eco-health Approaches to Sustainable Health; systems-based strategies to mitigate emerging communicable diseases; environmental degradation, migration, mobility, and human health; energy, global change, and human health; environmental and ecological economics of energy and water supply and demand; and social movements and community health in sustainable ecosystems; Climate Change and Eco-health, including climate and land use change modeling for disease risk assessment; adaptation to climate change and vulnerability in developing countries; natural disasters, ecosystems, and health impacts; and climate change and emerging infectious diseases among plants, wildlife, and human beings; Conservation Medicine, including connections between biodiversity conservation and health; diseases which cause extinction or threaten endangered species; evaluating health verus unhealthy ecosystems; and protected areas and wildlife health; Disease Emergence and Re-emergence, including ecosystems and disease emergence; land use change and emerging infectious diseases; and population vulnerabilities, fragile ecosystems, social outreach; Agricultural Transformation, Biodiversity, and Human Health, including biodiversity, food,
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nutrition and sustainable agriculture; agricultural intensification, pesticides, and human health; food security and HIV-AIDS; agriculture and malaria; and common pool resources: sustaining healthy communities and livelihoods; Ecosystems and Environmental Pollution, including vulnerable population in degraded ecosystems; economic development, ecosystem health and human health; health, environment, and sustainable development; water scarcity and quality, and environmental degradation and air quality; Eco-health in the Urban Environment, including ecosystem approaches to urbanization, urban slums and human health; ecosystem degradation and migration in developing countries; growth of the informal sector and health of workers especially in slums; solid waste management: health risks and environmental impacts; healthy cities; urban agriculture and livelihoods; and changing contexts of urban-rural linkages; Policies, Values and Ethical and Cultural Dimensions of Health and Environmental Rights, including the right to health; indigenous perspectives and knowledge on ecosystem sustainability and health; cultural disruption, environmental change, health and health systems; historical perspectives on Eco-health; violence and conflict dimensions of Eco-health; gender inequities and women as agents of change; ecosystem remediation, poverty and health, the role of social movements; environmental impact assessment; health impact assessment; and children, health and the environment; Governance for Eco-health, including integrating ecosystems and health systems approaches; governance challenges: linking health, health systems and ecosystems in policy and decision-making; formal and informal institutions and policy-making: constraints and opportunities; economics or Eco-health; evidence base of local changes on regulatory interventions; community empowerment impact on ecosystem and human health; international donor and policy institutions; and hard and soft law instruments for achieving sustainability and healthy development; Building Capacity for Integrated Methods on Eco-health, including education, training innovations and publication of developing country researcher work; Eco-health communities of practice and networks; strengthening institutional capabilities for producing and using Eco-health research; environmental and health economics in Eco-health research; analytical tools for integrated approaches to health and environment; applying environmental epidemiology in Eco-health, methodological challenges; transdisciplinary evaluation tools; and communication methods for transdisciplinary knowledge; Healthy Oceans, Healthy People, including marine diseases; Eco-health at the land-sea interface; oceans and the trickle down effect: over-fishing and sustainable fisheries; and wetlands and health. For more information, see www.ecohealth.net or
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[email protected]. The deadline for the submission of abstracts and symposia is 1 June 2008. The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty is presented every other year by the Cato Institute to an individual who has made a significant contribution to advance human freedom. The Friedman Prize went to the late British economist Peter Bauer in 2002, to the Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto in 2004, and to former prime minister of Estonia, Mart Laar, in 2006. The prize, a cash award of $500,000, is presented at the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing LibertyÕs Biennial Dinner. In 2008, the dinner will be held 15 May 2008 in New York City at the WaldorfAstoria Hotel. For additional information email [email protected] or see www.cato.org. The WomenÕs History Network Midlands Region Conference will be held 3 May 2008, at University of Worcester in England. The theme is ‘‘The Unexplored Expertise of Women.’’ The conference offers a forum for the presentation of papers that present women in perhaps unexpected places and undertaking jobs or leisure activities with authority, expertise, skill, and enjoyment, such as The Victorian Female Angler. For information contact: Sue Johnson, AHSS Department of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester WR26AJ; e-mail: [email protected]. The 17th Annual Conference of the WomenÕs History Network will meet on the theme ‘‘Gender and Generations: Women and Life Cycles’’ at University of Glasgow, 5–7 September 2008. Concepts and experiences of the life-course have been critical to making sense of gender difference and womenÕs lives in the past, and have traditionally been a central concern of historians of women. Integral to pioneering work on the history of reproduction and the family, work and leisure, and the body, science and medicine, analysis of the life cycles of women has nonetheless left many questions yet to be explored. The conference will include comparison of womenÕs life-cycle experiences both across the widest possible range of times and places, and with the life-cycle experiences of men. The focus will also be on intergenerational relations as an important, yet often neglected, explanatory factor in either continuity or change over time. Keynote speakers include Professor Lynda Coon, University of Arkansas, and Dr. Michael Roper, University of Essex. Possible themes include fertility and virility; reproductive rituals; the history of the body; motherhood and fatherhood; productive and reproductive divisions of labor; inheritance, women, and property; the history of childhood; youth culture; courtship and marriage; gender and old age; death and dying; family histories; sibling relationships; intergenerational conflict; generations and change.
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Proposals for individual papers of no more than twenty minutes or for panels of up to three papers are welcome. Panel proposals should be thematic in focus with cross-cultural coverage or the inclusion of papers that enable comparison across chronological boundaries. For details on how to submit abstracts and panel proposals see http://www.women shistorynetwork.org/conference2008.htm or contact Dr. Rosemary Elliot at 0141-300-8635 or [email protected]. The British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group will hold its 40th annual conference 4–6 September 2008 at the University of Sussex, Brighton. The conference includes a plenary panel with speakers including Mildred Blaxter of the Department of Social Medicine at the University of Bristol and Mike Bury of Royal Holloway at the University of London. Further details and abstract submission form are available at: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/msconf and [email protected]. The 31st Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology will meet 16–19 April 2008 at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. For more information, see www.ethnobiology.org. Rutgers University will sponsor the 2008 Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy, 27 July-3 August 2008. This seven-day program is designed to introduce undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds to the various areas of specialization within the discipline of philosophy, give students a better idea of what graduate studies in philosophy is about, and explore various views about what it means to be a professional philosopher. Up to fifteen students will be given the opportunity to interact in formal and informal settings with a group of talented graduate students and distinguished faculty members from a number of universities. In the past, presenters have included prominent faculty from the University of Arizona, Boston College, Bowling Green, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, CUNY, Georgia State University, Howard, Loyola-Marymount, MIT, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, Notre Dame, NYU, Rutgers, San Diego State University, San Jose State University, Spelman, Stanford University, St. Cloud University, SUNY at Stony Brook, Syracuse, University of Central Florida, University of Colorado, University of Illinois, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Memphis, University of Minnesota, UNC-Chapel Hill, University of Oregon, University of Washington-Seattle, Vanderbilt, Vassar College, and Yale. Eligible students must demonstrate how their experiences and background foster greater diversity in the discipline of philosophy and be full-time students in a college or university in the United States. Preference will be given to sophomores and juniors, though
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other students are eligible. Interested students must be in good academic standing and be interested in philosophy as a career. The Institute will provide travel, room and board, and a $250 stipend. The program will be held at the University Inn and Conference Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Applications must be completed and submitted to the 2008 Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy and postmarked no later than 2 May 2008. For more information, contact: Professor Howard McGary, 2008 Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy, Philosophy Department, Rutgers University, 26 Nichol Avenue, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901–2882, USA; telephone: 732-932-9861 ext. 141; Fax: 732-932-8617; e-mail: [email protected] or Ms. Mercedes Diaz at thesame address; telephone: 732-932-9861 ext. 115; Fax: 732-932-8617; e-mail: [email protected]. To apply online, see http://philosophy. rutgers.edu/EVENTS/SUMINST. The Journal of International Business Studies invites submissions to a Special Issue on Conflict, Security and Political Risk: International Business in Challenging Times. The recent growth in diplomatic, civil, and military conflicts presents evolving challenges for international trade and investment. Civil wars, domestic instability and regime change, terrorist attacks, narco-trafficking and laundered funds across borders create new sources of political risk. At the same time, more traditional topics in international business research, such as business-government relations, have taken on new dimensions with the revival of economic nationalism in countries such as Russia, Bolivia, and Venezuela and the rise of civil society onto the global stage. As a result, concepts such as liability of foreignness, distance, ally, and security may take on a very different cast. The focus of this special issue is research on the issues facing firms in an uncertain world where traditional boundaries between international relations and international business have blurred. The new global environment presents opportunities as well as challenges for international business. Defense contractors are in harmÕs way on the battlefield, raising international human resources and governance issues. Provision of security services is a booming worldwide industry. Political-risk and emergency-management consultancies are seeing increased demand for their services at the same time that experts in these areas are sought by firms operating in insecure regions. Both the military and multinational enterprises are reaching out to anthropologists and sociologists to help them better understand, react to, and ultimately, influence local cultural and social structures with the aim of improving security. While some observers felt that the decision to invade Iraq underscored the ineffectiveness of economic sanctions, others have argued that sanctions remain
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a key tool of statecraft. The list of topics below is merely suggestive of the range of topics appropriate for the Special Issue, which ideally seeks input from scholars across a number of disciplines related to conducting business in a less secure, more risky, conflict-ridden world: the role of international business including trade and investment in military conflicts; the impact of potential economic sanctions on the coordination and configuration strategies of global companies; the relationship between political and diplomatic disputes and international business activity; the impact of terrorism including cyber-terrorism and threats of terrorism on international business; the relationship between international trade and investment and terrorism; the analysis and management of the political risks arising from the new security environment; the impact of resource nationalism and energy security on international business relations; the role of and risks posed to international business in ethnic, sectarian and religious conflict; the responsibilities of multinational firms in failed states; and the human rights responsibilities of multinational firms; Manuscript submissions for the Special Issue will be accepted between 1–17 October 2008 at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jibs. For more information contact the Special Issue Editors or the JIBS Managing Editor ([email protected]). The First World Congress of Environmental History welcomes researchers to discuss their work in environmental history. For the call for papers, see www.wceh2009.org/. The Conference will meet 4–8 August 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This event is hosted by The International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations and Roskilde University, Denmark. Members of the organizing committee are: Poul Holm, Chair; Verena Winiwarter, Lisa Rimstad Jacobsen, and Steven Anderson. For information, see www.wceh2009.org/ or contact Poul Holm at [email protected]; telephone 0045-46742065. The eleventh international Division on Developmental Disabilities will convene 8–10 October 2008. The conference will be held at the Sheraton San Diego & Marina in San Diego, alifornia. For more information, contact Cindy Perras at [email protected] The journal Research in African Literatures is soliciting original submissions for a special issue on the topic ‘‘The Literatures of Southern Africa outside South Africa’’ to be guest edited by Dr. Peter Mwikisa and Dr. Leloba Molema of the English Department at the University of Botswana and Dr. Mary Lederer, formerly of the same department. Like similar area special issues, this special issue welcomes critical essays that examine textual materials in literary, film, video, and musical and graphic media from countries
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that made up the original Southern African Development Coordination Conference: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The countries encompass a great deal of diversity but they also exhibit considerable cohesion as a result of overlapping pre-colonial, colonial, and postcolonial histories and the overarching influence of political, economic, and cultural developments in their giant neighbor, South Africa. The purpose of this issue is to capture both the diversity and the cohesion in the forms of cultural expression that have emerged in the sub-region but have gone virtually unremarked by the outside world that has focused almost exclusively on events in South Africa itself. Emphasis will be on new emergent talent as well as on lines of continuity with established writers and trends. The issue seeks further to uncover the ways in which these forms of cultural expression are responses to some of the sub-regionÕs most urgent issues such as the fight against HIV-AIDS, gender oppression, political and cultural pluralism. Essays should be sent to Dr. Peter Mwikisa or Dr. Leloba Molema, Department of English, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana. The deadline for receipt of articles is 31 July 2008. For questions related to the special issue, e-mail Peter Mwikisa at [email protected]. The Society for Women in Philosophy awarded Joan Callahan the Distinguished Woman Philosopher of 2007. The society continues this tradition by inviting nominations for the 2008 recipient of the Distinguished Woman Philosopher. Each year the Eastern Division of the Society for Women in Philosophy comes together to honor a woman philosopher whose contributions to the support of women in philosophy and to philosophy itself are outstanding and merit special recognition. A panel and reception celebrating the honoreeÕs accomplishments will be organized for the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association in Philadelphia 27–30 December 2008. The British Psychological SocietyÕs annual conference will be held in Dublin, Ireland, 2–4 April 2008. It is hosted by the Royal Dublin Society and features the following keynote speakers: Professors Daniel Kahneman, Susan Carey, Emeritus Lord Richard Layard, Emeritus William Yule, Ian H. Robertson, and Christine Liddell. For full details of the conference, see www.bps.org.uk/ac2008; telephone: 0116-252-9555; Fax: 0116-255-7123; e-mail: [email protected]. Report from the American Society for Value Inquiry The American Society for Value Inquiry will meet in conjunction with the American Philosophical Association, Central Division, 16-19 April 2008 in
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Chicago, Illinois. There will be two sessions. The first session, on the theme Virtue Ethics, will have Judith Andre of Michigan State University speaking on ‘‘Cosmopolitan Virtue: On Becoming Citizens of the World.’’ The second speaker will be Frank Scott McElreath of Peace College, speaking on ‘‘Virtue Ethics and Action-Guiding Objections.’’ This first session is scheduled on Thursday, 17 April 2008, 5:15-7:15 p.m. The second session features the theme Values and Justice. The first speaker is Thomas Magnell, Drew University, who will speak on ‘‘Social Justice and Individual Responsibility.’’ The second speaker is Carlo Felice, State University of New York at Geneseo. His paper is entitled ‘‘A Just Society.’’ This second ASVI session is scheduled for Thursday, 17 April 2008, 7:30-10:30 pm.
Report from the International Society for Value Inquiry The International Society for Value Inquiry is planning a Roundtable at the 22nd World Congress of Philosophy in Seoul Korea 30 July-5 August 2008. The information will be updated in the World Congress website: www.wcp2008.or.kr. It is customary for the International Society for Value Inquiry to have a pre-World Congress of Philosophy Conference in addition to those sessions it organizes at the World Congress of Philosophy. In previous World Congress years, the ISVI convened in Arundel, England; Helsinki, Finland; and Florence, Italy. This summer, 24–27 July 2008, the pre-World Congress Conference of the ISVI will be in XiÕan China. The details for paper submission can be found at a link on the website of the Philosophical Calendar of the Conference on Philosophical Societies at www.crvp.org. For more information, contact David Schrader, at [email protected] or G. John M. Abbarno at [email protected].
Report from the Conference of Value Inquiry The Thirty-fifth Conference on Value Inquiry will be on Values and Medicine, 5–6 April 2008, at The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey. Broad participation is sought. Topics may be disciplinary and range over issues within a single field of value inquiry such as normative ethics, applied ethics, aesthetics, political theory, or economics. Topics may be interdisciplinary and range over issues between two or more fields of value inquiry. Topics may even be meta-disciplinary and range over purely conceptual issues important for fuller understanding of matters of values and medicine. For information regarding papers contact: Review Committee, 35th Conference on Value Inquiry, The College of New
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News Editor Announcement Notices of conferences, awards, available fellowships, or any other relevant professional news items may be sent to G. John M. Abbarno at [email protected].
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News G. JOHN M. ABBARNO Associate Editor The Eleventh Annual Summer Institute in American Philosophy will be held 7–12 July 2008 at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. The Institute is sponsored by the Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy; and the Departments of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder and Denver. Among the participants are: Roberto Frega, Robert Innis, Alison Jaggar, Alison Kadlee, Lenore Langsdorf, Bill E. Lawson, Joseph Margolis, Phillip McReynolds, Robert Neville, Nicholas Rescher, Sandra Rosenthal, Thomas L. Short, Shannon Sullivan, and Roger Ward. There will be several one-hour Works in Progress sessions, at which interested scholars may present their current projects, especially books, and receive critical feedback from Institute attendees. Scholars wishing to present their work should submit, by 1 May 2008, a short abstract to Ken Stikkers, either by e-mail, at [email protected], or at Department of Philosophy, Mailcode 4505, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA. Submissions will be blindly reviewed, and persons submitting them will be notified as soon as possible. In addition, there will be Dissertations in Progress sessions, at which graduate students, at any stage in writing their dissertations, may offer brief summaries of their work and receive critical comments from Institute attendees. Students interested in participating in these sessions should contact Ken Stikkers. For further information and to register, see: http://american-philosophy.org/events/ summer_institute2006.htm, or contact Ken Stikkers, [email protected], 618/536–6641. The Third Roundtable on Latina Feminism will be held 17 to 19 April 2008 at John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio. The keynote speaker is Ofelia Schutte. The Roundtable is a forum for discussion of ideas related to Latina feminist theory as well as Latina feminism in general. For more information, contact: Dr. Mariana Ortega, Philosophy Department, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH; e-mail: [email protected].
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The American Society for Aesthetics Eastern Division Meeting will be held 4–5 April 2008 in Philadelphia. The keynote speaker is Jenefer Robinson of University of Cincinnati. The Monroe Beardsley Lecture will be presented by Kwame Anthony Appiah of Princeton University. For more information contact the Program Co-Chairs: Bill Seeley of Franklin & Marshall College at [email protected] or David Clowney of Rowan University at [email protected]. ‘‘Confucianism and Contemporary Virtue Ethics’’ is the theme of the National Endowment of Humanities Summer Seminar 7 July to 15 August 2008 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Confucian and Neo-Confucian ethics are increasingly regarded as forms of virtue ethics. In recent decades there has been a revival and renaissance of virtue ethics in Anglo-American philosophy. These facts, together with the emergence of China as a great world power, make it sensible, even imperative, for Western thinkers interested in virtue ethics to learn more about the great traditions of Chinese ethics. This Summer Seminar will bring together American philosophers with backgrounds in virtue ethics or related areas to learn from the great texts of Chinese philosophy under the guidance of experts in the field. In addition, scholars attending the seminar will be invited and offered financial support to give a paper at a conference on ‘‘Confucianism and Virtue Ethics’’ that will bring Chinese and American scholars together in Beijing during the summer of 2009. Co-directors of the Seminar are Stephen Angle of Wesleyan University and Michael Slote of University of Miami. For more information, see http://neh08.wesleyan.edu; e-mail [email protected]; telephone 860-6853394. The 25th Annual International Social Philosophy Conference, sponsored by the North American Society for Social Philosophy, will convene 17–19 April 2008 at the University of Portland in Oregon. Special attention will be devoted to the theme ‘‘Gender, Inequality, and Social Justice.’’ The program committee will be chaired by Professor Jordy Rocheleau of Austin Peay State University and Professor Richard Buck of Mount Saint MaryÕs University. For more information contact either Jordy Rocheleau, Department of Philosophy, Austin Peay State University, Box 4486, Clarksville, TN 37044, USA, telephone 931-221-7925, rocheleauj@ apsu.edu; or Richard Buck, Department of Philosophy, Mount Saint MaryÕs University, 16300 Old Emmitsburg Road, Emmitsburg, MD 21727, USA, telephone 301-447-5368, [email protected]. The Society for Women in Philosophy will hold their Eastern Spring Meeting and Conference 2008 entitled ‘‘Feminist Philosophy,
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Undisciplined’’ Saturday, 12 April 2008 at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. Keynote address: ‘‘Sexism, Identity, and Intimacy in a Pornographic Culture’’ by Gail Dines, Professor of Sociology and WomenÕs Studies at Wheelock College, Boston. There will be one special student session at the meeting that highlights the work of undergraduate scholars and encourages them to get more involved in the profession. Small travel stipends of $100 to $200 are available for undergraduate and graduate students whose work is accepted at the conference, and alternate rooming accommodations may be arranged for students. For more information contact: Jen McWeeny at [email protected]. Episteme, the Journal of Social Epistemology, will hold its fifth annual conference at Dartmouth College on 20–21 June 2008. The focus of the meeting is law and evidence. Participants include: Susan Haack, University of Miami; Larry Laudan, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Jennifer Mnookin, UCLA; Dale Nance, Case Western Reserve; Michael Saks, Arizona State University; Frederick Schauer, Harvard University; Edward Stein, Cardozo School of Law; and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Dartmouth College. For more information contact: Walter SinnottArmstrong, [email protected]. The American Association of Philosophy Teachers announces the Seventeenth International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, to be held at University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 6–10 August 2008. For more information, write to Kevin Hermberg, Department of Philosophy, Dominican College, 470 Western Highway, Orangeburg, NY 10962, telephone 845-359-5771. For additional information, see http: //www.philosophyteachers.org. The Fourth Annual New England Undergraduate Philosophy Conference will be held at Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, on 19 April 2008. For more information or to volunteer to serve as a commentator or moderator, contact Dr. Peter Costello at 401-865-2188, Dr. Christopher Arroyo at 401-865-2235, or the student organizer Michael Bonnel at [email protected]. The Dartmouth Undergraduate Philosophy Conference will be held 4-6 April 2008 at the Haldeman Center, Dartmouth College. Students from across the country will come together to explore and challenge ideas. The conference includes presenters, commentators, panel discussions, social events, dinner, and graduate school sessions. The keynote speaker is Harry Frankfurt. For registration and submission information: www.dartmouth.edu/aporia.
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The Society for the Study of Women Philosophers invites proposals for its sessions to be held at the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association in Philadelphia, 27–30 December 2008. Presentations on philosophical ideas in the work of women from any of the worldÕs traditions are welcomed. Proposals for panel discussions are encouraged; abstracts for each panelistÕs presentation must be included with panel proposals. Proposals may focus on any aspect of the thought of a woman in the history of philosophy, any aspect of the thought of a contemporary woman philosopher, discovery of work by a previously unrecognized woman philosopher, how women philosophers have defined what it means to be a woman, how women have redefined the nature of philosophical work, reflections on the interrelatedness of womenÕs lives and philosophers, and reflections on teaching the work of women philosophers. Two-page abstracts may be sent to Dorothy Rogers: [email protected]. Loyola University of Chicago announces a conference on ‘‘Corporate Boards: Managers of Risk; Sources of Risk.’’ This annual conference on Risk Management and Corporate Governance will be held 16–17 April 2008 at Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois. All disciplines are welcome to participate to create a multi-disciplinary perspective on this timely topic. Participation from scholars in the areas of finance, economics, management, law, business ethics, psychology, and sociology are especially welcome. Corporate charters give boards an important role in managing risk, but recent events have also shown that corporate boards and their members can be creators and sources of risk as well. The aim of the conference is to contribute to the study of the relationship between boards and risk in its full complexity. Likely topics might include: the role of corporate boards in overseeing increasingly complex risk management techniques; accurately communicating the risk exposure of the firm to board members; how corporate boards determine the firmÕs appetite for risk; managing corporate boards to control the risk that their activities impose on the firm and on society; the ethical dimensions of corporate board behavior in managing risk and imposing risk on the firmÕs various stakeholders. For more information write to Robert W. Kolb at rkolb@ luc.edu or at Professor of Finance, Considine Chair, and Applied Ethics, School of Business, Loyola University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Realia, the Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, announces that Contemporary Philosophy is looking for papers concerned with philosophy in, of, and about literature. Deadline for submissions is 10 May 2008. Original MLA or Chicago-style manuscripts may be submitted to [email protected].
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Realia announces its 2008 Conference on the theme ‘‘Philosophy and Global Crisis,’’ 3–8 August in South Portland, Maine. Ours is an age of great possibilities that generates both opportunities and challenges. Some of the challenges, however, are now approaching the level of crisis. Possibilities to be explored for the 48th Annual Conference may include environmental wisdom, the optimism of science, war and peace, faith and belief, faith in humanity, the work of ethics, and a role for religion. See www.realia-philosophy.com for details. The International EcoHealth Forum of 2008 with the theme ‘‘EcoHealth: Healthy Environments, Healthy People’’ will be held 1–5 December 2008 in Me´rida, Me´xico. Researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners are invited to share evidence and ideas about EcoHealth approaches. The objective is to learn about improvements in environmental or ecosystem management and community health through concrete experiences on how projects were implemented and outcomes used by policy-makers, other stakeholders, and community representatives. The Forum will provide opportunities for scientists and non-scientists alike to engage with one another about research findings, methodological advances and theoretical developments. There are a variety of ways to participate: oral communications, poster, video, and other media presentations, complete symposia or training workshops or short courses. Details on the various possible presentation formats can be found at www.ecohealth2008.org. Themes for submissions include: International Development, Community Health and the Environment, including Eco-health Approaches to Sustainable Health; systems-based strategies to mitigate emerging communicable diseases; environmental degradation, migration, mobility, and human health; energy, global change, and human health; environmental and ecological economics of energy and water supply and demand; and social movements and community health in sustainable ecosystems; Climate Change and Eco-health, including climate and land use change modeling for disease risk assessment; adaptation to climate change and vulnerability in developing countries; natural disasters, ecosystems, and health impacts; and climate change and emerging infectious diseases among plants, wildlife, and human beings; Conservation Medicine, including connections between biodiversity conservation and health; diseases which cause extinction or threaten endangered species; evaluating health verus unhealthy ecosystems; and protected areas and wildlife health; Disease Emergence and Re-emergence, including ecosystems and disease emergence; land use change and emerging infectious diseases; and population vulnerabilities, fragile ecosystems, social outreach; Agricultural Transformation, Biodiversity, and Human Health, including biodiversity, food,
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nutrition and sustainable agriculture; agricultural intensification, pesticides, and human health; food security and HIV-AIDS; agriculture and malaria; and common pool resources: sustaining healthy communities and livelihoods; Ecosystems and Environmental Pollution, including vulnerable population in degraded ecosystems; economic development, ecosystem health and human health; health, environment, and sustainable development; water scarcity and quality, and environmental degradation and air quality; Eco-health in the Urban Environment, including ecosystem approaches to urbanization, urban slums and human health; ecosystem degradation and migration in developing countries; growth of the informal sector and health of workers especially in slums; solid waste management: health risks and environmental impacts; healthy cities; urban agriculture and livelihoods; and changing contexts of urban-rural linkages; Policies, Values and Ethical and Cultural Dimensions of Health and Environmental Rights, including the right to health; indigenous perspectives and knowledge on ecosystem sustainability and health; cultural disruption, environmental change, health and health systems; historical perspectives on Eco-health; violence and conflict dimensions of Eco-health; gender inequities and women as agents of change; ecosystem remediation, poverty and health, the role of social movements; environmental impact assessment; health impact assessment; and children, health and the environment; Governance for Eco-health, including integrating ecosystems and health systems approaches; governance challenges: linking health, health systems and ecosystems in policy and decision-making; formal and informal institutions and policy-making: constraints and opportunities; economics or Eco-health; evidence base of local changes on regulatory interventions; community empowerment impact on ecosystem and human health; international donor and policy institutions; and hard and soft law instruments for achieving sustainability and healthy development; Building Capacity for Integrated Methods on Eco-health, including education, training innovations and publication of developing country researcher work; Eco-health communities of practice and networks; strengthening institutional capabilities for producing and using Eco-health research; environmental and health economics in Eco-health research; analytical tools for integrated approaches to health and environment; applying environmental epidemiology in Eco-health, methodological challenges; transdisciplinary evaluation tools; and communication methods for transdisciplinary knowledge; Healthy Oceans, Healthy People, including marine diseases; Eco-health at the land-sea interface; oceans and the trickle down effect: over-fishing and sustainable fisheries; and wetlands and health. For more information, see www.ecohealth.net or
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[email protected]. The deadline for the submission of abstracts and symposia is 1 June 2008. The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty is presented every other year by the Cato Institute to an individual who has made a significant contribution to advance human freedom. The Friedman Prize went to the late British economist Peter Bauer in 2002, to the Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto in 2004, and to former prime minister of Estonia, Mart Laar, in 2006. The prize, a cash award of $500,000, is presented at the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing LibertyÕs Biennial Dinner. In 2008, the dinner will be held 15 May 2008 in New York City at the WaldorfAstoria Hotel. For additional information email [email protected] or see www.cato.org. The WomenÕs History Network Midlands Region Conference will be held 3 May 2008, at University of Worcester in England. The theme is ‘‘The Unexplored Expertise of Women.’’ The conference offers a forum for the presentation of papers that present women in perhaps unexpected places and undertaking jobs or leisure activities with authority, expertise, skill, and enjoyment, such as The Victorian Female Angler. For information contact: Sue Johnson, AHSS Department of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester WR26AJ; e-mail: [email protected]. The 17th Annual Conference of the WomenÕs History Network will meet on the theme ‘‘Gender and Generations: Women and Life Cycles’’ at University of Glasgow, 5–7 September 2008. Concepts and experiences of the life-course have been critical to making sense of gender difference and womenÕs lives in the past, and have traditionally been a central concern of historians of women. Integral to pioneering work on the history of reproduction and the family, work and leisure, and the body, science and medicine, analysis of the life cycles of women has nonetheless left many questions yet to be explored. The conference will include comparison of womenÕs life-cycle experiences both across the widest possible range of times and places, and with the life-cycle experiences of men. The focus will also be on intergenerational relations as an important, yet often neglected, explanatory factor in either continuity or change over time. Keynote speakers include Professor Lynda Coon, University of Arkansas, and Dr. Michael Roper, University of Essex. Possible themes include fertility and virility; reproductive rituals; the history of the body; motherhood and fatherhood; productive and reproductive divisions of labor; inheritance, women, and property; the history of childhood; youth culture; courtship and marriage; gender and old age; death and dying; family histories; sibling relationships; intergenerational conflict; generations and change.
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Proposals for individual papers of no more than twenty minutes or for panels of up to three papers are welcome. Panel proposals should be thematic in focus with cross-cultural coverage or the inclusion of papers that enable comparison across chronological boundaries. For details on how to submit abstracts and panel proposals see http://www.women shistorynetwork.org/conference2008.htm or contact Dr. Rosemary Elliot at 0141-300-8635 or [email protected]. The British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group will hold its 40th annual conference 4–6 September 2008 at the University of Sussex, Brighton. The conference includes a plenary panel with speakers including Mildred Blaxter of the Department of Social Medicine at the University of Bristol and Mike Bury of Royal Holloway at the University of London. Further details and abstract submission form are available at: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/msconf and [email protected]. The 31st Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology will meet 16–19 April 2008 at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. For more information, see www.ethnobiology.org. Rutgers University will sponsor the 2008 Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy, 27 July-3 August 2008. This seven-day program is designed to introduce undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds to the various areas of specialization within the discipline of philosophy, give students a better idea of what graduate studies in philosophy is about, and explore various views about what it means to be a professional philosopher. Up to fifteen students will be given the opportunity to interact in formal and informal settings with a group of talented graduate students and distinguished faculty members from a number of universities. In the past, presenters have included prominent faculty from the University of Arizona, Boston College, Bowling Green, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, CUNY, Georgia State University, Howard, Loyola-Marymount, MIT, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, Notre Dame, NYU, Rutgers, San Diego State University, San Jose State University, Spelman, Stanford University, St. Cloud University, SUNY at Stony Brook, Syracuse, University of Central Florida, University of Colorado, University of Illinois, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Memphis, University of Minnesota, UNC-Chapel Hill, University of Oregon, University of Washington-Seattle, Vanderbilt, Vassar College, and Yale. Eligible students must demonstrate how their experiences and background foster greater diversity in the discipline of philosophy and be full-time students in a college or university in the United States. Preference will be given to sophomores and juniors, though
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other students are eligible. Interested students must be in good academic standing and be interested in philosophy as a career. The Institute will provide travel, room and board, and a $250 stipend. The program will be held at the University Inn and Conference Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Applications must be completed and submitted to the 2008 Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy and postmarked no later than 2 May 2008. For more information, contact: Professor Howard McGary, 2008 Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy, Philosophy Department, Rutgers University, 26 Nichol Avenue, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901–2882, USA; telephone: 732-932-9861 ext. 141; Fax: 732-932-8617; e-mail: [email protected] or Ms. Mercedes Diaz at thesame address; telephone: 732-932-9861 ext. 115; Fax: 732-932-8617; e-mail: [email protected]. To apply online, see http://philosophy. rutgers.edu/EVENTS/SUMINST. The Journal of International Business Studies invites submissions to a Special Issue on Conflict, Security and Political Risk: International Business in Challenging Times. The recent growth in diplomatic, civil, and military conflicts presents evolving challenges for international trade and investment. Civil wars, domestic instability and regime change, terrorist attacks, narco-trafficking and laundered funds across borders create new sources of political risk. At the same time, more traditional topics in international business research, such as business-government relations, have taken on new dimensions with the revival of economic nationalism in countries such as Russia, Bolivia, and Venezuela and the rise of civil society onto the global stage. As a result, concepts such as liability of foreignness, distance, ally, and security may take on a very different cast. The focus of this special issue is research on the issues facing firms in an uncertain world where traditional boundaries between international relations and international business have blurred. The new global environment presents opportunities as well as challenges for international business. Defense contractors are in harmÕs way on the battlefield, raising international human resources and governance issues. Provision of security services is a booming worldwide industry. Political-risk and emergency-management consultancies are seeing increased demand for their services at the same time that experts in these areas are sought by firms operating in insecure regions. Both the military and multinational enterprises are reaching out to anthropologists and sociologists to help them better understand, react to, and ultimately, influence local cultural and social structures with the aim of improving security. While some observers felt that the decision to invade Iraq underscored the ineffectiveness of economic sanctions, others have argued that sanctions remain
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a key tool of statecraft. The list of topics below is merely suggestive of the range of topics appropriate for the Special Issue, which ideally seeks input from scholars across a number of disciplines related to conducting business in a less secure, more risky, conflict-ridden world: the role of international business including trade and investment in military conflicts; the impact of potential economic sanctions on the coordination and configuration strategies of global companies; the relationship between political and diplomatic disputes and international business activity; the impact of terrorism including cyber-terrorism and threats of terrorism on international business; the relationship between international trade and investment and terrorism; the analysis and management of the political risks arising from the new security environment; the impact of resource nationalism and energy security on international business relations; the role of and risks posed to international business in ethnic, sectarian and religious conflict; the responsibilities of multinational firms in failed states; and the human rights responsibilities of multinational firms; Manuscript submissions for the Special Issue will be accepted between 1–17 October 2008 at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jibs. For more information contact the Special Issue Editors or the JIBS Managing Editor ([email protected]). The First World Congress of Environmental History welcomes researchers to discuss their work in environmental history. For the call for papers, see www.wceh2009.org/. The Conference will meet 4–8 August 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This event is hosted by The International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations and Roskilde University, Denmark. Members of the organizing committee are: Poul Holm, Chair; Verena Winiwarter, Lisa Rimstad Jacobsen, and Steven Anderson. For information, see www.wceh2009.org/ or contact Poul Holm at [email protected]; telephone 0045-46742065. The eleventh international Division on Developmental Disabilities will convene 8–10 October 2008. The conference will be held at the Sheraton San Diego & Marina in San Diego, alifornia. For more information, contact Cindy Perras at [email protected] The journal Research in African Literatures is soliciting original submissions for a special issue on the topic ‘‘The Literatures of Southern Africa outside South Africa’’ to be guest edited by Dr. Peter Mwikisa and Dr. Leloba Molema of the English Department at the University of Botswana and Dr. Mary Lederer, formerly of the same department. Like similar area special issues, this special issue welcomes critical essays that examine textual materials in literary, film, video, and musical and graphic media from countries
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that made up the original Southern African Development Coordination Conference: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The countries encompass a great deal of diversity but they also exhibit considerable cohesion as a result of overlapping pre-colonial, colonial, and postcolonial histories and the overarching influence of political, economic, and cultural developments in their giant neighbor, South Africa. The purpose of this issue is to capture both the diversity and the cohesion in the forms of cultural expression that have emerged in the sub-region but have gone virtually unremarked by the outside world that has focused almost exclusively on events in South Africa itself. Emphasis will be on new emergent talent as well as on lines of continuity with established writers and trends. The issue seeks further to uncover the ways in which these forms of cultural expression are responses to some of the sub-regionÕs most urgent issues such as the fight against HIV-AIDS, gender oppression, political and cultural pluralism. Essays should be sent to Dr. Peter Mwikisa or Dr. Leloba Molema, Department of English, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana. The deadline for receipt of articles is 31 July 2008. For questions related to the special issue, e-mail Peter Mwikisa at [email protected]. The Society for Women in Philosophy awarded Joan Callahan the Distinguished Woman Philosopher of 2007. The society continues this tradition by inviting nominations for the 2008 recipient of the Distinguished Woman Philosopher. Each year the Eastern Division of the Society for Women in Philosophy comes together to honor a woman philosopher whose contributions to the support of women in philosophy and to philosophy itself are outstanding and merit special recognition. A panel and reception celebrating the honoreeÕs accomplishments will be organized for the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association in Philadelphia 27–30 December 2008. The British Psychological SocietyÕs annual conference will be held in Dublin, Ireland, 2–4 April 2008. It is hosted by the Royal Dublin Society and features the following keynote speakers: Professors Daniel Kahneman, Susan Carey, Emeritus Lord Richard Layard, Emeritus William Yule, Ian H. Robertson, and Christine Liddell. For full details of the conference, see www.bps.org.uk/ac2008; telephone: 0116-252-9555; Fax: 0116-255-7123; e-mail: [email protected]. Report from the American Society for Value Inquiry The American Society for Value Inquiry will meet in conjunction with the American Philosophical Association, Central Division, 16-19 April 2008 in
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Chicago, Illinois. There will be two sessions. The first session, on the theme Virtue Ethics, will have Judith Andre of Michigan State University speaking on ‘‘Cosmopolitan Virtue: On Becoming Citizens of the World.’’ The second speaker will be Frank Scott McElreath of Peace College, speaking on ‘‘Virtue Ethics and Action-Guiding Objections.’’ This first session is scheduled on Thursday, 17 April 2008, 5:15-7:15 p.m. The second session features the theme Values and Justice. The first speaker is Thomas Magnell, Drew University, who will speak on ‘‘Social Justice and Individual Responsibility.’’ The second speaker is Carlo Felice, State University of New York at Geneseo. His paper is entitled ‘‘A Just Society.’’ This second ASVI session is scheduled for Thursday, 17 April 2008, 7:30-10:30 pm.
Report from the International Society for Value Inquiry The International Society for Value Inquiry is planning a Roundtable at the 22nd World Congress of Philosophy in Seoul Korea 30 July-5 August 2008. The information will be updated in the World Congress website: www.wcp2008.or.kr. It is customary for the International Society for Value Inquiry to have a pre-World Congress of Philosophy Conference in addition to those sessions it organizes at the World Congress of Philosophy. In previous World Congress years, the ISVI convened in Arundel, England; Helsinki, Finland; and Florence, Italy. This summer, 24–27 July 2008, the pre-World Congress Conference of the ISVI will be in XiÕan China. The details for paper submission can be found at a link on the website of the Philosophical Calendar of the Conference on Philosophical Societies at www.crvp.org. For more information, contact David Schrader, at [email protected] or G. John M. Abbarno at [email protected].
Report from the Conference of Value Inquiry The Thirty-fifth Conference on Value Inquiry will be on Values and Medicine, 5–6 April 2008, at The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey. Broad participation is sought. Topics may be disciplinary and range over issues within a single field of value inquiry such as normative ethics, applied ethics, aesthetics, political theory, or economics. Topics may be interdisciplinary and range over issues between two or more fields of value inquiry. Topics may even be meta-disciplinary and range over purely conceptual issues important for fuller understanding of matters of values and medicine. For information regarding papers contact: Review Committee, 35th Conference on Value Inquiry, The College of New
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Jersey, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08618, USA; or contact the coordinator, James Stacey Taylor at [email protected].
News Editor Announcement Notices of conferences, awards, available fellowships, or any other relevant professional news items may be sent to G. John M. Abbarno at [email protected].