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    • 27 Jun 2013
    • 29 Jun 2013
    • Wake Forest University

    Eighteenth Biennial Colloquium of the Rousseau Association/

    Dix-huitième Colloque bisannuel de l’Association Rousseau

    Revisiting Emile / Retour sur Emile

    Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 27-29, 2013


        Jean-Jacques Rousseau considered his Emile, or On Education to be “the best and most important” of all of his writings. Despite the author’s own judgment of the work, (and studies by Peter D. Jimack, Jean Terrasse, Jean Bloch, Robert Thiéry and Laurence Mall among others), Emile has received less attention from scholars than his other major writings.  Especially since 2012 marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of the work, it seems appropriate to devote attention to Emile.

     

        We invite papers examining various facets of Rousseau’s multi-faceted work. Part educational treatise, part work of moral psychology, part novel: Emile is a demanding text that needs to be examined from a variety of angles.  In addition to being an educational treatise, Emile contains some of Rousseau’s most important reflections on human nature, psychology and morality.  Any of these topics are worthy of exploration, both with regard to what Rousseau argues in Emile itself or in relation to his other writings.  The “Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar” is one of Rousseau’s most extended discussions of theology and religion, and apart from analyzing the arguments of the “Profession,” questions arise from its semi-detached character about the relation of the “Profession” to Emile as a whole.  The hybrid character of Emile as part treatise, part novel invites exploration of questions regarding genre, composition, and audience.

     

        Proposals (title and short summary), in English or French, for papers of 20 minutes duration should be sent to the Program Director, Prof. Byron Wells, by electronic mail at: wells@wfu.edu

     

        The deadline for proposals is January 7, 2013.

     

         Proposals will be reviewed by a Selection Committee chaired by Byron Wells and a decision will be communicated by February 4, 2013.  A preliminary program will be available in March.

     

         Appel à Communications

     

         Jean-Jacques Rousseau considérait son Emile, ou de l’Education comme « le meilleur de ses écrits, ainsi que le plus important ». En dehors d’études classiques comme celle de Peter D. Jimack, ou de plus récentes comme celles de Jean Terrasse, Jean Bloch, Robert Thiéry, ou Laurence Mall, et en dépit du jugement de Rousseau sur son œuvre, Emile a relativement moins retenu l’attention critique que ses autres écrits. Puisque 2012 marque le 250e anniversaire de la publication du traité, il semble particulièrement opportun de consacrer ce colloque à Emile.

     

         Le colloque s’interrogera sur l’interdisciplinarité de Rousseau. En partie traité d’éducation, en partie ouvrage de psychologie morale, et en partie roman: Emile est un texte exigeant qui nécessite d’être étudié sous plusieurs aspects. Emile n’est pas seulement un traité sur l’éducation, mais contient certaines des réflexions les plus importantes de Rousseau sur la nature humaine, la psychologie, et la morale. On abordera la pensée de Rousseau sur ces sujets dans l’Emile lui-même mais aussi par rapport à ses autres écrits. De même, « La Profession de foi du Vicaire savoyard » représente l’une des discussions les plus élaborées de Rousseau sur la théologie et la religion, et en dehors de l’analyse des arguments de la « Profession », des questions se posent (en raison du caractère détachable de cet extrait) sur le rapport de la « Profession » au reste de l’Emile. L’hybridité de l’Emile, à la fois traité et roman, invite également des études sur le genre, l’écriture, le lectorat, et l’histoire du livre.

         Les communications au colloque, en français ou en anglais, seront de vingt minutes. Les propositions (titre et résumé) devront être envoyées à Prof. Byron Wells, Directeur des Programmes, par courrier électronique : wells@wfu.edu

          La date limite de réception des propositions est le 7 janvier 2013.

          Les propositions seront examinées par le comité scientifique présidé par Byron Wells, et les décisions communiquées avant le 4 février 2013. Un programme préliminaire de la conférence sera établi en mars.

     

    • 05 Jul 2013
    • 08 Jul 2013
    • South Africa

    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: KANT ON ANIMALS

    The conference will be held 5-8 July 2013, and is hosted by the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Meetings will take place at the Protea Hotel, Kruger Park Gate.

    Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2013.

    This conference will be the first one devoted solely to the topic of the status of non-human animals within Kant’s philosophy. It will explore the place of animals in Kant’s Pre-Critical and Critical writings, and with regard to Kant’s epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and natural science. 

    Topics to be examined will include: 

    · animal cognition (especially animal sensations and spatial representation) and the implications of thinking about animals for Kant's account of human cognition.

    · duties to animals

    · the role of animals in Kant’s biology;

    · the contrast with animals in Kant’s anthropology.

    Confirmed Speakers:

    • John Callanan (KCL)
    • Steve Naragon (Manchester)
    • Jon Garthoff (Tennessee)
    • Sacha Golob (KCL)
    • Ina Goy (Concordia)
    • Patrick Kain (Purdue)
    • Thaddeus Metz (Johannesburg)
    • Colin McClear (Cornell)
    • Nick Stang (Florida)
    • Sergio Tenenbaum (Toronto)
    • Clinton Tolley (UCSD)
    • Jennifer Uleman (Purchase College)
    • Helga Varden (Illinois)
    • Eric Watkins (UCSD)

    Papers, suitable for presentation in 30 minutes, should be sent to Professor Lucy Allais (Lucy.Allais@wits.ac.za) no later than March 31st 2013.

    • 28 Aug 2013
    • 30 Aug 2013
    • Heythrop College, University of London

    2013 UK KANT SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE    

    Kant's Philosophy of Religion

    Heythrop College, University of London
    28-30 August 2013

    Keynote speakers:

    · Pamela Sue Anderson (Oxford)

    · Paul Guyer (Brown)

    Papers are invited from academics, undergraduate and postgraduate students on any aspect of Kant's philosophy. While papers in all areas of Kant's philosophy are welcome, we encourage the submission of abstracts dealing specifically with Kant's philosophy of religion.

    If you are interested in giving a presentation, please email to Alberto Vanzo (alberto.vanzo@email.it) two files: one including your name and affiliation, and a second one with an abstract of 800-1200 words and excluding any self-identifying information. Deadline: 15 May. We aim to announce which papers have been accepted by 1st June.

    For information, please email the conference organiser, Rory Phillips (Rory.Phillips@heythropcollege.ac.uk) or the UKKS Conference Convenor, Alberto Vanzo (alberto.vanzo@email.it).

    • 03 Oct 2013
    • 04 Oct 2013
    • Lehigh University

    CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: “THE LAST CHAPTER”

    October 3-4, 2013

    Lehigh University

    Submission deadline: May 1, 2013

    The Lehigh University Philosophy Department invites submissions for our first annual philosophy conference.  Submissions should address one of two dimensions of the conference theme: either aspects of the often under-read or overlooked final chapters, sections, or moments of philosophical texts, or philosophy's relation to the idea of its own "final chapter" or of that of some other domain.

    Topics for submissions focusing on the theme’s first dimension – texts -- include , but are not limited to:  How do the text's concluding thoughts stand in relation to the remainder of the work? How do they inform or deform the coherence of the philosophical project at hand?  How does one properly end a philosophical work? Is it important to attend to the last chapter? Papers may treat specific texts or specific oeuvres: e.g., the Critique of Pure Reason or Kant's oeuvre, Tractatus 7 or Wittgenstein's oeuvre, Leviathan or Hobbes’s oeuvre.  Submissions are welcome on any period of philosophy or employing any method of following philosophical inspiration. 

     Papers focusing on the theme’s second dimension might address such questions as these: Does or should philosophy see itself as aiming for a concluding chapter or as eventually reaching an end?  Is our enterprise necessarily interminable? If not a conclusion, what other ends, if any, does or should philosophy seek? How does or might philosophy distinctively address the end(s) or endings in other disciplines or domains of life?

    Electronic submission of detailed abstracts (750-1000 words) should be in MSWord or pdf format.  Reading time for presented papers is 30 minutes. Send abstracts as attachments to <amy206@lehigh.edu>, with “conference submission” as the subject. Please include in body of e-mail your name, paper title, institutional affiliation, and contact information. For further information, please contact: http://philosophy.cas2.lehigh.edu/

    Keynote speakers:


    •  Paul Guyer, Jonathan Nelson Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, Brown University

    • Nancy Sherman, University professor, Georgetown University

    • 02 Nov 2013
    • 03 Nov 2013
    • University of California, Riverside

    PACIFIC STUDY GROUP OF THE NORTH AMERICAN KANT SOCIETY

    Dates: November 2-3, 2013 (please note that these dates are tentative, and subject to change)

    Place: University of California, Riverside (further details about accommodations will be published in the June NAKS newsletter)

    Schedule: To be announced

    Call for Papers: The program will include one spot for a paper submitted by a graduate student; the author of the accepted paper will receive a stipend and be eligible for the Markus Herz Prize offered by the NAKS.  Works on any area of Kant’s philosophy are welcome, though papers read at other NAKS meetings will not be accepted.  The deadline for submissions is July 15, 2013.  Authors will be provided a decision by mid-August.  Please send papers to: Peter Thielke, peter.thielke@pomona.edu.

 
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