Summer Plans – Courses, Conferences, and more

Spring is not yet here (definitely not in Missoula as we just received a massive flurry of snow) and I’m already planning for summer. It’s a bit unlike me, but lets give it a whirl.

Some conferences/classes I’d like to be in/at this summer (and spring):

Theory and Philosophy Summer School
4-8 May 2009
Organised by the School of Sociology and Philosophy, University College Cork

The Theory and Philosophy Summer School is an intensive course in theories, concepts and methods of inquiry designed for the needs of postgraduate students & researchers, especially doctoral candidates, in the Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences, in Sociology, Philosophy, History, Anthropology, Politics, Languages, Arts, Literature and Classics, from universities throughout Ireland, Europe and North America who are developing theoretical and interpretive paradigms for their research.

Application deadline: March 31st, 2009
Application details and programme information can be found at www.tapss.ie
Applications and inquiries to: [email protected]
Location: Blackwater Castle, Cork, Ireland

UNDERSTANDING SUSTAINABILITY: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE HUMANITIES
Inaugural National Conference on Sustainability and the Humanities
Keynote Speaker: Carolyn Merchant
May 14-16, 2009 — Portland State University — Portland, Oregon
Please send 250-word proposals by March 1, 2009 to: [email protected]. Please write “Understanding Sustainability” in the subject line

13th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE BRITISH POSTGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY ASSOCIATION
14th-15th JULY 2009 Kings College London
Submissions should be no longer that 4000 words and can be submitted to
[email protected] by 15th March 2009.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/philosophy

SPP Philosophical Counselling Course 2009
Lingfield, Surrey, UK between Friday July 24th (4pm) -Sunday July 26th 2009
COURSE DETAILS Booking FormProgramme FAQs

WOODENFISH SUMMER SCHOOL: CHINA, Chang’an*
*July 20 through August 9, 2009*
*Application deadline: March 30, 2009*
For further information, including a detailed program itinerary and
application form, please visit http://www.woodenfish.org/china.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERSONS
August 6-10th, 2009
Derby Hall, The University of Nottingham, England
http://www.spcps.org.uk/intlconf.html has full details of the Conference

Papers in any area or discipline are welcome, so long as their themes relate
to the ideas and concepts of persons, personhood, and personality as a
philosophical, theological, psychological, social, political, historical,
creative or linguistic topics.

and finally, the

Center for American Progress
American Progress Internship Program

Journal articles and book chapters I hope to write:

Christmas & Philosophy:The Perfect Stocking Stuffer (a book)
Scott C. Lowe, Bloomsburg University [email protected]

· Abstract of paper (approximately 250 words) due by March 15, 2009
· Accepted authors will receive notification by April 15, 2009
· Accepted papers must be submitted by September 1, 2009
· Final papers must be between 4000-5000 words

The UK Association of Buddhist Studies
will hold its 2009 conference some time in July in London (hopefully I can be there then!)

Actually I think that’s about it for writing. I should try to get something together for the Journal of Buddhist Ethics by June though, along with my scheduled talk at UM on “Buddhist Meditation as a Moral Activity” coming up in April. Oh, and then there’s that pesky thesis work…

Looks like there are a couple deadlines looming, so I’d best be off to work! The idea of jumping from a Castle in Cork to London and China dies sound appealing…

Any suggestions are always welcome.