Southwest Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

 

 

 

 

 

22 February 2014

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

 

 

 

Featuring Invited Speaker:

Margaret Atherton

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

 

 

 

 

We are pleased to announce that the eighth annual meeting of the Southwest Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy will be held 22 February 2014 at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM.  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.

 

Submission Deadline:

26 September 2013

 

 

Call for Papers pdf version

Papers on any subject in early modern (pre-Kantian) philosophy are welcome for presentation.  Reading times should not exceed 40 minutes.

 

Abstracts of no more than 750 words should be sent to Mary Domski at southwestseminar@gmail.com by Thursday 26 September 2013.  Abstracts should be prepared for blind review and sent in either .doc or .rtf format.  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 in early November.

 

 

Friday Talk

In conjunction with the Seminar, Robert Pasnau (UC, Boulder) will be presenting a colloquium talk to the UNM Philosophy Department on the afternoon of Friday 21 February 2014.  This event is free and open to the public, and all those traveling to Albuquerque for the Seminar are welcome to attend.  The time and location of the talk will be posted here at a later time.

 

 

Registration

Registration is not required but is highly encouraged.  Those planning to attend the Seminar should contact Ericka Tucker (eltucker@csupomona.edu) no later than 1 February 2014.  Please indicate which days you plan to attend.

 

 

Travel

Participants flying into Albuquerque for the Seminar can easily access the downtown area and the UNM campus from the Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ).  A taxi ride from the airport to the downtown area is roughly $20.  You can also use the #50 bus to get from the airport to either downtown or the UNM campus.  The #50 bus runs every half hour on weekdays, and the fare is $1 each way. 

 

Maps of Albuquerque can be found here.  (The UNM campus is located in the Midtown/University map.)  A detailed map of the UNM campus can be found here.

 

 

Lodging

Information about lodging options for Seminar participants will be available in October.

 

 

Contact Information

If you have any questions about the 2014 meeting of the Southwest Seminar, feel free to contact either Mary Domski (mdomski@unm.edu) or Ericka Tucker (eltucker@csupomona.edu).