"Intellectuals and their Publics," Third Annual U.S. Intellectual History Conference, CUNY Graduate Center, October 21-22, 2010.

Original Call for Papers:

This year’s theme is “Intellectuals and Their Publics.” We seek papers and panels reflecting upon the social, political, and cultural impact of intellectuals and their varied relationships to a diversity of publics, such as ethnic or racial groups, professionals, scholars, artists, politicians, or civil rights organizations. Intellectuals have always worked in relationship to their audience. In what ways have intellectuals defined, or been defined by, their audiences? In the pluralistic public culture of the United States, have audience divisions shaped distinctive intellectual traditions or supplemented a common public culture? In general, how have intellectuals—whether scientists or theologians, philosophers or authors, artists or policymakers—sought broader public relevance, as social critics, “public intellectuals,” or in other ways? In what ways have academic intellectuals breached disciplinary boundaries and/or reached non-academic audiences? Have the responsibilities pressed upon, and accepted by, Black, Latino/a, Native American, and Asian-American intellectuals been different from those expected of Euro-Americans? While we solicit papers on these and related issues, we welcome papers and panels on other aspects of U.S. intellectual history as well.

Visit the conference website here: http://us-intellectual-history.blogspot.com/2010/01/cfp-intellectuals-and-their-publics.html.
Download the programme here: http://us-intellectual-history.blogspot.com/2010/07/third-annual-us-intellectual-history.html.

Pub: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PRAGMATISM AND AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY 2.1 (2010).

Symposia: “Individuals” (Guest editor: Anthony J. Graybosch, California State University, Chico):

• Susan Haack, "The Differences that Make a Difference: William James on the Importance of Individuals"
• Rosa M. Calcaterra, "Epistemology of the Self in a Pragmatic Mood"
• Rossella Fabbrichesi, "The Body of the Community: Peirce, Royce, and Nietzsche"
• Robert Main, "From Fancy Amoeba to Fallible Self: Peirce’s Evolutionary Theory of Human Persons"
• Olav Bryant Smith, "The Social Self of Whitehead’s Organic Philosophy"
• Jeroen Gerrits, "Disagreement as Duty: On the Importance of the Self and Friendship in Cavell’s Moral Philosophy"
• Andrea Punzi, "The Practice of the Circle: Individual, World, Permanence in Ralph Waldo Emerson"
• Heidi White, "William James’s Pragmatism: Ethics and the Individualism of Others"
• Anthony J. Graybosch, "Saints? (in Lieu of a Preface)"

Essays:

• Sami Pihlström, "Nordic Pragmatism"
• Susi Ferrarello, "On the Rationality of Will in James and Husserl"
• Barbara Thayer-Bacon, "A Pragmatist and Feminist Relational (E)pistemology"

Book Reviews:

• Sami Pihlström and Henrik Rydenfelt, Pragmatist Perspectives. Acta Philosophica Fennica 86, The Philosophical Society of Finland, Helsinki, 2009;
• Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley, Josiah Royce in Focus (Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2008).

Download the essays here: http://lnx.journalofpragmatism.eu/.

12th Annual Summer Institute in American Philosophy, University of Oregon, July 13-18, 2009.

The Summer Institute in American Philosophy is designed for faculty members and advanced graduate and postdoctoral students in philosophy and related disciplines interested in research and study in the American philosophic tradition. The program consists of a series of lectures and discussions focused on central figures and problem areas in the tradition. Lecture and Discussion Topics Topics for the Twelfth Annual Institute include Rereading William James; Feminism in the American Tradition; Environmental Philosophy; and Philosophy of Education in America. Registration and Program Information For registration forms, up-to-date program information, including speakers, session topics, reading lists, and events in Eugene, Oregon, please go the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy web page at www.american-philosophy.org.

Cfp: "Then and Now," Second Annual U.S. Intellectual History Conference, Center for the Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center, November 12-13, 2009.

The Conference is being organized by the editors of the U.S. Intellectual History (USIH) weblog in coordination with CUNY's Center for the Humanities (The Graduate Center). The theme for 2009 is "Then And Now." The "Now" aspect of the theme invites papers tracing the outlines and intellectual roots of contemporary ideas, institutions, and significant thinkers. "Then" invites both works in U.S. intellectual history broadly conceived and historiographic analyses of U.S. intellectual history—a timely topic with 2009 marking the 30-year anniversary of John Higham and Paul K. Conkin's landmark edited collection of essays, New Directions in American Intellectual History. We seek fresh, interdisciplinary scholarship exploring either new subjects or innovative methodologies in relation to U.S. intellectual life. The potential for inter-disciplinary work honors the mission of this year's host, The Center for the Humanities. Finally, while "Then and Now" constitutes our vision for 2009, feel free to inquire about departures. The first USIH Conference held October 2008 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, attracted 32 paper presenters from 33 different institutions across the United States. Examples of topics covered in the 11 resultant panels include: Cold War liberalism, the politics of publishing and mass media, political conversions, friendship and masculinity, historiography, Progressive Era reform, multiculturalism, higher education, pragmatism, and anti-intellectualism. For the 2009 Conference, please submit digital abstracts for papers, panels, or both by Monday, June 15, 2009. Proposals should be approximately 200 words and include a concise curriculum vitae for each participant. Be sure to include your postal and e-mail addresses, as well as a phone number. Those interested in chairing a session or commenting should send a CV indicating areas of expertise and interests. Papers must take no longer than 30 minutes in a 2-paper session or 20 minutes in a 3-paper session. Sessions will last 120 minutes. Conference headquarters will be The Center for the Humanities in CUNY's Graduate Center. Suggestions for nearby hotel accommodations will be available at a continuously updated USIH link after the new year. Please address all inquiries and abstracts to: Paul Murphy (murphyp@gvsu.edu) or Tim Lacy (timlacy@uic.edu). Further information may be found here: http://us-intellectual-history.blogspot.com/2008/12/2009-usih-conference-useful-information.html.

Summer Institute, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder, July 7-12, 2008.

At the 11th Annual Summer Institute of American Philosophy, leading scholars in various aspects of American philosophy will present seminars on their recent or current work. • Registration Form (including housing) -- .doc file (HERE) • Program for 2008 Summer Institute available ( HERE) • Flyer (and list of presenters) for 2008 Summer Institute available here (HERE) Further information may be found here: http://www.american-philosophy.org/events/summer_institute2006.htm.

CFP: "Conference on U.S. Intellectual History," Grand Valley State University, October 17-18, 2008.

The conference is being organized by the editors of the U.S. Intellectual History (USIH) weblog, in coordination with the 33rd Annual Great Lakes History Conference (GLHC), sponsored by the Department of History at Grand Valley State University. This coordinated conference will hopefully serve as a springboard for an annual (or bi-annual) gathering of scholars with an interest in the context of ideas and intellectual life in the United States. Papers on any aspect of U.S. intellectual history are welcome. Topics might include -- but are not limited to -- studies of particular persons or groups of people, analyses of important or representative works, considerations of the historical significance of ideas (or a particular idea), and the influence of ideas on American cultures, regions, and events. Also welcome are broader meditations on the state of the discipline itself. Themes of interest might cover the meaning of a national subdiscipline in a transnational scholarly climate; the interaction of intellectual history with disciplines such as literature, philosophy, science, math, religion, political science, and education; the teaching of U.S. intellectual history; and the relationship of U.S. intellectual history to questions of race, class, and gender. Please submit digital abstracts for papers, panels, or both, of approximately 200 words and a curriculum vitae, by June 15, 2008. Be sure to include your address, email, and phone number. Those interested in commenting on a session should send a CV and indicate areas of expertise. Papers must take no longer than 30 minutes in a 2-paper session or 20 minutes in a 3-paper session. Sessions will last 90 minutes. Conference headquarters will be at the L.V. Eberhard Center of Grand Valley State University in downtown Grand Rapids. Hotel accommodations will be available at the Days Inn of Grand Rapids, which is across the street from the Eberhard Center. The conference is within easy walking distance of museums and restaurants. Grand Rapids is served by most major and regional airlines. Please address all inquiries and abstracts to: Paul Murphy (murphyp-at-gvsu.edu) or Tim Lacy (timothy.n.lacy-at-gmail.com).