CFP: An International Conference on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

Friday, October 24 - Sunday, October 26, 2014
Fordham University, Lincoln Center, 113 W. 60th St. New York, NY10023
Including the annual meetings of scholarly societies in the history of ancient, medieval, and Asian philosophy  

SAGP and SSIPS invite the submission of abstracts for conference papers to be presented at their annual meeting at Fordham University. We invite paper, panel, and roundtable submissions from faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars, although all speakers on panels sponsored by SAGP must be dues-paying members of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy.  We especially encourage panel and roundtable proposals.  Proposals for panel or roundtable discussions are due by MAY 15, 2014; proposals for individual papers are due by JUNE 2, 2014.  

Panel (and roundtable) proposals

Please fill out the submission form at https://sites.google.com/site/pjmooneyphil/home/sagp-papersno later than May 15. Note that presenters on panels and roundtables will need to submit abstracts of their papers, using the individual paper proposal link below, by June 2.

Individual paper proposals

Please fill out the submission form at https://sites.google.com/site/pjmooneyphil/home/sagp-papersno later than June 2.  Include an abstract of no more than 500 words.

Questions?

If you have questions about the conference, the submission forms, or about the Ancient Greek and philosophy panels, contact Patrick Mooney ([email protected]).  

For questions concerning other panels, contact: -         

Neoplatonism: Geoff Bowe ([email protected]) -         

Islamic philosophy or science: Parviz Morewedge ([email protected]) -         

Medieval Western: Thornton Lockwood ([email protected])  -         

Chinese philosophy: Hyun Höchsmann ([email protected]) -         

[Mainland PRC only]: Parviz Morewedge ([email protected]) -         

Indian Philosophy: Vishwa Adluri ([email protected]) -         

Korean Philosophy: Hwa Yol Jung/Parviz Morewedge  ([email protected]) -         

Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy: Marie Friquegnon ([email protected])  

For questions about membership in SAGP or submission to meetings of SAGP with the American Philosophical Association or American Philological Association, contact Tony Preus ([email protected]).

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Panel Abstract (SAGP 2014): “Neoplatonism, Eschatology, and the Afterlife”

Deepa Majumdar, Purdue University North Central

In this panel we invite papers that address the question of the afterlife as conceived by Neoplatonic philosophers. We welcome other related topics as well. These might include the meaning of embodiment, death, cosmic justice, the role of eschatology, the options for the afterlife and the moral purpose determining these futures, the doctrine of reincarnation, and the relationship of the afterlife to the salvific goal of return to the First Principle. We also welcome papers on the nature of the respites (temporal and otherwise) from reincarnation, through death, forelife, afterlife, and mystical ascent. Finally, we also welcome papers that explore the broad relationship between time, becoming, reincarnation, and finitude.

Dr. Deepa Majumdar
Associate Professor, Philosophy
S202, Purdue University North Central
1401 South U. S. Highway 421
Westville, IN 46391-9542
Tel: (219) 785-5693
Fax: (219) 785-5526
www.pnc.edu/ss/faculty/majumdar/dmajumdar.html
[email protected]