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The SAAP 2012 Conference

SAAP 2012 MEETING in NYC (March 15-17, 2012) Details, including LODGING and REGISTRATION are here.

The program for the 2012 Annual SAAP conference is now posted at http://www.american-philosophy.org/openconf-3_5/openconf.php. Most of the papers to be presented are linked to the program.

Those looking for information about SAAP grants for graduate students attending our conferences can find it here: http://american-philosophy.org/about.htm#grants

New site evaluating American philosophy programs: The Pluralist’s Guide to Philosophy (TPGP), available here. (Note: this guide is not an official expression of SAAP's views or officially endorsed by SAAP. It is listed as one more source of information.)

Angus Carmichael Kerr-Lawson, 1932-2011; profile, here.

Summer Institute and Pre-Institute, 2011:

Information is here. Please note: there will be a "Pre-Institute" this year entitled "Cooking with Dewey: Transformative Experience in the Kitchen" and led by Glenn Kuehn and Cynthia Belliveau. Registration form (PDF) is here.

SAAP Grant Program

Those looking for information about the SAAP Grant Program can find it here: http://american-philosophy.org/about.htm#grants
Contact is: Bill Myers

Recent Conference: SAAP 2011 was held in Spokane, Washington, March 10-12, 2011.

SAAP's Journal:

The Pluralist is the official journal of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. In addition to research articles, The Pluralist also includes highlights from the SAAP annual meeting, Presidential addresses, Founders' addresses, and other Society-related information.Pluralist website is here. (12 Oct. 2009)

Recent losses:

Jo Ann Boydston, obituary is here.

Richard Robin, obituary is here.

Michael Eldridge, obituary and Memorial Fund

Audio and Video on Obama as pragmatist are now online, here, under Audio/Video Resources.

Remembering Peter Hare: a tribute can be downloaded, here.

SAAP Bylaws posted.

 

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SAAP 2012 Conference (March 15-17, 2012)

Details, including LODGING and REGISTRATION are here.

The PROGRAM for the 2012 Annual SAAP conference is now posted at http://www.american-philosophy.org/openconf-3_5/openconf.php. Most of the papers to be presented are linked to the program.

Fordham University welcomes participants to the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, to be held March 15-17, 2012, at its Lincoln Center Campus, 60th Street at 9th (Columbus) Avenue in Manhattan, New York, USA. The theme for the conference is "Global Cities, Cultural Crossroads, Centers for the Arts." Our conference hotel will the the Holiday Inn Midtown, 57th Street at 9th (Columbus) Avenue, at which special conference rates are available to participants who register by February 1.

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Philip McReynold's film, American Philosopher

William James: The Psychology of Possibility (an excerpt, with John J. McDermott)

The film is available, here, from Davidson Films.

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...to graduate programs in philosophy with opportunities for coursework and degrees on American philosophy. See our resources page, here.

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