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ATLANTIC CANADA
SEMINAR IN EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY
The eighth annual
meeting of the Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern
Philosophy will be held at Dalhousie
University, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
June 25-28, 2012. Note that this conference is not being held at its
usual
time, during the second week of July, but at the announced time in
order to
coordinate with the History and Philosophy of Science Association
(HOPOS)
annual meeting held in Halifax from June 21-24, 2012. It is the
organizers’
hope that by scheduling the conferences adjacent to one another that
some
participants in one conference will find it convenient and attractive
to attend
some of the events in the other. Among these events is a trip scheduled
for
June 24 to Joggins, on the Bay of Fundy, one of the premiere fossil
sites in
North America in a beautiful seaside situation.
Like
similar seminars in other parts of North America, the Atlantic Canada
Seminar is
an informal group, formed to foster interaction among scholars of
seventeenth
and eighteenth century philosophy. Papers on any subject in early
modern philosophy
(roughly, the period from Montaigne up to Kant) are welcome. Reading
times are approximately 50 minutes with 30
minutes for discussion. There are no concurrent sessions. A few
speakers are
invited, though most will be vetted through a selection process that
includes
external refereeing. Reports will
usually be available to authors. We make space for some graduate
students. (If
you are a graduate student, please indicate.) Non-presenters are also
welcome
to attend and will be included in all our activities and listed on the
program.
We sometimes have chairs for our sessions; if you are interested in
chairing in
lieu of presenting, please let us know. No
funding is
provided (this also applies to invited speakers) but inexpensive
accommodations
in university residence housing is available, in addition to a variety
of hotel
accommodation in the vicinity of the conference.
Halifax is a beautiful port city, and late
June is
temperate with generally fair weather. For
more information on Halifax,
visit:
http://www.halifaxinfo.com
The deadline for submitting abstracts (of
approximately 750 words) is 07
March 2012. We will try to have the program available by April 25,
2012. Information
on accommodations and travel will be available at that time.
To obtain further information, please contact
Tom Vinci at the following address.
Professor Tom Vinci (vinci@dal.ca)
Department of Philosophy
Dalhousie University
6135 University Ave, Rm 1142
Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2
Canada.
Phone: 902 494-3525
vinci@dal.ca
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