6.0289 Conf: European Philosophy and the American Academy (1/51)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sun, 11 Oct 1992 21:55:11 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0289. Sunday, 11 Oct 1992.
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 15:32:59 BST
From: GGW10@phx.cam.ac.uk
Subject: conference announcement
THE MONIST COLLOQUIUM SERIES
EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY
February 12-14, 1993
A conference on the influence of Jacques Derrida and French philosophy
and literary theory on American universities and disciplines, held under
the auspices of The Monist: An International Journal of General
Philosophical Inquiry.
The conference will be held at the Wingspread conference facility,
a Frank Lloyd Wright villa-complex in Racine, Wisconsin.
Participants will include:
Pascal Engel (Paris)
J. Claude Evans (Washington University)
Newton Garver (SUNY Buffalo)
Gerald Graff (Chicago)
Christopher Norris (Cardiff)
Herman Philipse (Leiden)
Dallas Willard (University of Southern California)
Tomas Pavel (Princeton)
as well as a number of academic administrators and educational policy-makers.
Conference Director: Barry Smith (International Academy of Philosophy and
State University of New York at Buffalo)
Conference Coordinator: Todd Volker (Hegeler Institute)
ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPEN STUDENT COMPETITION
An open competition will be held among presently-enrolled graduate philosophy
students for attendance at the colloqium, including full room and board and
a travel stipend. Competition entrants must submit the following to the
Hegeler Institute before January 1, 1993:
(a) a sample of relevant written work
(b) one or more letters of recommendation
(c) curriculum vitae
Further information may be obtained from: The Hegeler Institute,
Box 600, La Salle, IL 61301, Tel.: 815 223 1500, Fax: 815 223 4486.