{"id":388,"date":"2009-02-26T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2009\/02\/summer-plans-courses-conferences-and-more\/"},"modified":"2009-02-26T20:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T20:45:00","slug":"summer-plans-courses-conferences-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2009\/02\/summer-plans-courses-conferences-and-more.html","title":{"rendered":"Summer Plans &#8211; Courses, Conferences, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Spring is not yet here (definitely not in Missoula as we just received a massive flurry of snow) and I\u2019m already planning for summer.  It\u2019s a bit unlike me, but lets give it a whirl.<\/p>\n<p>Some conferences\/classes I\u2019d like to be in\/at this summer (and spring):<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;color:#3366ff\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Theory  and Philosophy Summer School <\/span><br>4-8 May  2009<br>Organised by the School of Sociology and Philosophy, University College  Cork<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:85%\"><span><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>   The Theory and Philosophy  Summer School is an intensive course in theories, concepts and methods of  inquiry designed for the needs of postgraduate students &amp; researchers,  especially doctoral candidates, in the Arts, Humanities, &amp; 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. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-size:130%;color:black\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size: 14pt;color: black\"><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Application deadline:  March 31st,  2009  <br>Application details and  programme information can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tapss.ie\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.tapss.ie<\/a> <br>Applications and  inquiries to: admin@tapss.ie<b><span style=\"font-size:130%;color:black\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size: 14pt;color: black\"><a href=\"mailto:admin@tapss.ie\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/b><br><b><span style=\"font-size:100%\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size: 12pt\" lang=\"GA\">Location:  <\/span><\/span><\/b><span lang=\"GA\">Blackwater Castle, Cork<span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff\">,<\/span><\/span>  Ireland<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">UNDERSTANDING SUSTAINABILITY: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE HUMANITIES <\/span><br>Inaugural National Conference on Sustainability and the Humanities<br>Keynote Speaker: Carolyn Merchant<br>May 14-16, 2009 \u2014 Portland State University  \u2014 Portland, Oregon<br>Please send 250-word proposals by <b>March 1, 2009<\/b> to: <a href=\"mailto:Publichumanities@pdx.edu\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Publichumanities@pdx.edu<\/a>. Please write \u201cUnderstanding Sustainability\u201d in the subject line<\/p>\n<p>13th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE BRITISH POSTGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY ASSOCIATION<br>14th-15th JULY 2009 Kings College London<br>Submissions should be no longer that 4000 words and can be submitted to<br><a href=\"mailto:michael.gabbay@kcl.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">michael.gabbay@kcl.ac.uk<\/a> by 15th March 2009.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/schools\/humanities\/depts\/philosophy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/schools\/humanities\/depts\/philosophy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">SPP Philosophical Counselling Course 2009<\/span><br>Lingfield, Surrey, UK between Friday July 24th (4pm) -Sunday July 26th 2009<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.practical-philosophy.org.uk\/joomla\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=95&amp;Itemid=100\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">COURSE DETAILS<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/joomla\/media\/docs\/forms\/PC-level1-course-2009.doc\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Booking Form<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/joomla\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=96&amp;Itemid=100\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Programme<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/joomla\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=97&amp;Itemid=100\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">FAQs<\/a><br><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><br>WOODENFISH SUMMER SCHOOL: CHINA, Chang\u2019an*<\/span><br>*July 20 through August 9, 2009*<br>*Application deadline: March 30, 2009*<br>For further information, including a detailed program itinerary and<br>application form, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodenfish.org\/china\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.woodenfish.org\/china<\/a>.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/joomla\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=97&amp;Itemid=100\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERSONS<\/span><br>August 6-10th, 2009<br>Derby Hall, The University of Nottingham, England<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcps.org.uk\/intlconf.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.spcps.org.uk\/intlconf.html<\/a> has full details of the Conference<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Papers in any area or discipline are welcome, so long as their themes relate<br>to the ideas and concepts of persons, personhood, and personality as a<br>philosophical, theological, psychological, social, political, historical,<br>creative or linguistic topics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>and finally, the<span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Center for American Progress<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/aboutus\/intern\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">American Progress Internship Program<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">~<\/div>\n<p>Journal articles and book chapters I hope to write:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Christmas &amp; Philosophy:The Perfect Stocking Stuffer <\/span>(a book)<br>Scott C. Lowe, Bloomsburg University slowe@bloomu.edu<br><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:11\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39pt;text-align: justify;text-indent: -0.25in\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;font-size:11\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00b7       Abstract of paper (approximately 250 words) due by March 15, 2009<br>\u00b7       Accepted authors will receive notification by April 15, 2009<br>\u00b7       Accepted papers must be submitted by September 1, 2009<br>\u00b7       Final papers must be between 4000-5000 words <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 39pt;text-align: justify;text-indent: -0.25in\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:11\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">The UK Association of <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/buddhism' target='_blank'>Buddhist<\/a> Studies<\/span><br>will hold its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukabs.org.uk\/news.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">2009 conference some time in July in London<\/a> (hopefully I can be there then!)<\/p>\n<p>Actually I think that\u2019s 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 \u201cBuddhist Meditation as a Moral Activity\u201d coming up in April.  Oh, and then there\u2019s that pesky thesis work\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Looks like there are a couple deadlines looming, so I\u2019d best be off to work!   The idea of jumping from a Castle in Cork to London and China dies sound appealing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Any suggestions are always welcome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7907151-6752940985447341376?l=americanbuddhist.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is not yet here (definitely not in Missoula as we just received a massive flurry of snow) and I\u2019m already planning for summer. It\u2019s a bit unlike me, but lets give it a whirl. 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