Southwest Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

 

               

28 February – 1 March 2009
California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

               

Featuring Invited Speaker:
Daniel Garber
Princeton University

The fourth annual meeting of the Southwest Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy will be held 28 February – 1 March 2009 at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA. Following the model of similar seminars around the U.S. and Canada, the Southwest Seminar was formed to foster interaction among scholars who work on various topics in the history of early modern philosophy (a period ranging, roughly, from Montaigne to Kant).

 

  

 

 

 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Papers on any subject in early modern philosophy are welcome for presentation.  Reading times should be approximately 45 minutes.

 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
1 November 2008

 

Abstracts of no more than 750 words must be received by 1 November 2008 to ensure consideration.  Email submissions are highly encouraged and can be sent to Mary Domski at mdomski@unm.edu.  Abstracts should be prepared for blind review and sent as either .doc or .rtf files.  If you do not receive confirmation of receipt of your abstract within a week, please resubmit or contact the organizers.  The program for the Southwest Seminar will be announced by the end of December.

 

  TRAVEL AND LODGING INFORMATION 

 

GENERAL TRAVEL INFORMATION

 

For those participants flying into Southern California, there are three airports that are close to CalTech:  Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Burbank Airport (BUR), and Ontario Airport (ONT).  From any one of these airports, you can arrange rides to the CalTech campus with SuperShuttle.  Their roundtrip fare from LAX and Burbank to campus is roughly $45, and the roundtrip fare from Ontario to campus is roughly $100.  You can refer to the CalTech Visitor’s Guide for driving information on getting from these airports to the CalTech campus.  More detailed travel information will be provided by October 2008.

 

LODGING INFORMATION

  

We have secured a special rate for conference participants at The Athenaeum, which is the CalTech Faculty Club.  Further information on our group rate and booking a room will be available by October 2008.  We will also provide information on local hotels where participants may stay at a discounted CalTech rate.

 

 TALK ON FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY

On Friday 27 February, Daniel Garber will be presenting an additional paper at CalTech.  All Seminar participants are invited to attend Professor Garber’s talk as well as the dinner that will follow.  Further information on the talk and dinner will be provided by January 2009.

 

 CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about the 2009 meeting of the Southwest Seminar, feel free to contact the local organizer, Gideon Manning (gmax@hss.caltech.edu), or either one of the general organizers, Donald Rutherford (drutherford@ucsd.edu) or Mary Domski (mdomski@unm.edu).