The thirty-seventh annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference is scheduled
for Friday afternoon and Saturday\, February 15-16\, at Rhodes College
in Memphis. \;Papers in any area are welcome. \;
Papers must not exceed a length of \;3000 words. On the first page of your paper\, include the following eleven items:
\n(1) word count - \;3000 words maximum!
(2) author's name
(3) academic status (professor\, unaffiliated\, graduate student)
(4) higest earned degree (PhD\, MA\, BA) \;
(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?
Submissions which do not include all eleven items will not be considered. \;No more than one submission by the same author will be considered.
\nSubmit \;your paper to \;https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mspc2013
Title your paper like this: YourLastName_YourFirstName -- examples:
Hegel_Georg.doc
Locke_John.rtf
Russell_Bertrand.pdf
Papers must be submitted by \;January 4. 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.
\nEach paper will have a commentator. Persons whose papers are accepted are expected to serve as commentators if asked. Others interested in commenting should send a note to \;midsouth@lclark.edu \;by January 4 of availability and areas of interest\; graduate students who are not yet ABD are especially encourged to volunteer.
\nFurther information about the conference:
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).
The conference will bein 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 will not be able to accommodate
special scheduling requests. \;You should submit a paper only if you
can attend the entire conference.
Thomas Nenon has reserved rooms for Thursday (2/14) through Saturday
(2/16) 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 goes to the Comfort Inn for about $15\,
http://www.tenncoexpress.com
taxis for about $30.
http://www.rhodes.edu/about/22757.asp
has travel directions to Rhodes College.
http://www.rhodes.edu/campusmap/
has a map of the campus.
http://www.rhodes.edu/campussafety/13120.asp
has a map of campus parking.