The University
of Memphis
March 4-5, 2011
CALL FOR
PAPERS
The thirty-fifth annual
Midsouth Philosophy Conference is scheduled for Friday afternoon and
Saturday, March 4-5, at The University of Memphis. Papers in any
area are welcome. There will be a $40 registration fee, $30 for graduate students, payable by cash or check at the conference (but not by credit or debit card).
John Bickle (Mississippi State University) will deliver the keynote address.
Papers must not exceed a
length of 3000 words. On the first page of your paper, include the following nine items:
(1) word count - 3000
words maximum!
(2) author's name
(3) academic status (professor, unaffiliated, graduate student)
(4) institutional affiliation (if any)
(5) mailing address
(6) email address
(7) telephone number
(8) the paper's title
(9) and an abstract - 100 words maximum!
Submissions which do
not include all nine items will not be considered. No more than
one submission by the same author will be considered. (Undergraduates should submit papers to the Undergraduate Philosophy Conference; papers by undergraduates submitted to the Midsouth Philosophy Conference will not be considered).
Email a copy of your paper,
as an attachment, in Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format, or Adobe Portable Document
Format to midsouth@lclark.edu
Title your paper like this: YourLastName_YourFirstName
-- examples:
Hegel_Georg.doc
Locke_John.rtf
Russell_Bertrand.pdf
Papers must be received
by January 10. Papers will be reviewed by a committee. Notification
of acceptance will be made via email in early-February. Submissions whose
authors cannot be contacted through email will be rejected.
Each paper will have a commentator.
Those interested in commenting should send a note to midsouth@lclark.edu
by January 15 of availability and areas of interest. Persons whose papers
are accepted will be expected to serve as commentators if asked.
The conference will bein with the keynote address at 1:30 Friday afternoon. The conference will conclude at 5:20 Saturday afternoon.
The University
of Memphis UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE will have parallel
sessions. Please encourage students to attend and submit papers. Papers
in any area are welcome. Submissions must not exceed a length of 3000
words, and must include a cover letter stating the author's name,
university or college, mailing address, telephone number and email
address. Send two printed copies to:
Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Department of Philosophy
327 Clement Hall
University of Memphis
Memphis
TN 38152
Papers for the Undergraduate Philosophy
Conference must be postmarked by January 10. Direct questions to the president of the Undergraduate Philosophy Club, Mollie Owens.
Thomas Nenon has reserved
rooms for Thursday (3/4) through Saturday (3/6) nights at the Comfort Inn on 100 North Front Street. Call 901-526-0583 and identify yourself as a participant in the MidSouth Philosophy Conference by February 15 in order to ensure availability and to receive the conference rate.
The airport shuttle goes to the Comfort Inn for about
$15, taxis for about $30.
Click
here for travel directions to the University of Memphis.
Click
here for a map of the campus.
Click
here for a map of campus parking.