CFP: Midsouth Philosophy Conference

MIDSOUTH PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE
and
Midsouth Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
at
RHODES COLLEGE (http://www.rhodes.edu/), Memphis, TN

March 13-14, 2015

The thirty-ninth annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference is scheduled for Friday afternoon and Saturday, March 13-14, at Rhodes College in Memphis.   Papers in any area are welcome. 

There will be a $60 registration fee, $40 for graduate students, payable by cash or check at the conference (but not by credit or debit card).

Mylan Engel Jr. (Northern Illinois University) will deliver the keynote address, Fishy Reasoning.

The Midsouth Philosophy Conference welcomes submissions from women and members of minority groups.
Papers must not exceed a length of 3000 words. On the first page of your paper, include the following eleven items:
(1) word count - 3000 words maximum!

(2) author's name

(3) academic status (professor, unaffiliated, graduate student)

(4) higest earned degree (PhD, MA) 

(5) institutional affiliation (if any)

(6) mailing address

(7) email address

(8) telephone number

(9) the paper's title

(10) and an abstract - 100 words maximum!

(11) will you need a smart classroom to present your paper?

Papers which do not include all eleven items will not be considered. No more than one paper by the same author will be considered. Title your paper like this: YourLastName_YourFirstName -- example: Russell_Bertrand.pdf

Submit your paper to:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mspc2015

Papers must be submitted January 12.

Papers will be reviewed by a committee.  Notification of acceptance will be made via email in January.  Submissions whose authors cannot be contacted through email will be rejected.
Each paper will have a commentator.  Persons whose papers are accepted are expected to serve as commentators if asked. 

Others interested in commenting should email [email protected] byJanuary 12, stating their availability and areas of interest; graduate students who are not yet ABD are especially encourged to volunteer.

The conference will begin with the keynote address at 1:30 Friday afternoon.  The conference will conclude at 5:20 Saturday afternoon.

Due to the size of the conference, we cannot accommodate special scheduling requests.  You should submit a paper only if you can attend the entire conference.

Thomas Nenon has reserved rooms for Thursday (3/12) through Saturday (3/14) 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 1 in order to ensure availability and to receive the conference rate.

The airport shuttle (http://www.tenncoexpress.com/) goes to the Comfort Inn for $20 one-way and $30 round-trip, taxis for about $40.

Click here for travel directions (http://www.rhodes.edu/about/22757.asp) to Rhodes College.
Click here for a campus map (http://www.rhodes.edu/campusmap/) .
Click here for a map of campus parking (http://www.rhodes.edu/campussafety/13120.asp).

https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/midsouth/ will have additional information.