CFP: Midsouth Philosophy Conference

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:

(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.

Submit 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.

Each 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 [email protected] by January 4 of availability and areas of interest; graduate students who are not yet ABD are especially encourged to volunteer.

Further 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.