International News and Notes

Conferences and Symposia

Australia

DATE: 13–19 July 2005
EVENT: 14th International Society for Chinese Philosophy Conference including Australasian Society for Asian Philosophy Stream
THEME: Chinese Philosophy and Human Development in the 21st Century
LOCATION: University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
CONTACT: Dr. Karyn Lai; e-mail: k.lai@unsw.edu.au; web site: www.incompass.com.au/iscp

DATE: 24–25 September 2005
EVENT: 2005 Meeting of the Australasian Association for Logic
LOCATION: Perth, Western Australia
CONTACT: H. Slater; e-mail: slaterbh@cyllene.uwa. edu.au

Bosnia

DATE: 11–15 July 2005
EVENT: Eighth International Seminar
THEME: Democracy and Human Rights in Multiethnic Societies
CONTACT: Dzemal Sokolovic, Director of the Institute for Strengthening Democracy in Bosnia; e-mail: dzemal.sokolovic@rokkan.uib.no

Finland

DATE: 15–20 July 2005
EVENT: Conference
THEME: Humanity at the Turning Point: Rethinking Nature, Culture and Freedom
LOCATION: The Renvall Institute for Area and Cultural Studies, The Department of Social and Moral Philosophy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
CONTACT: Professor Daniel E. Shannon, Department of Philosophy, DePauw University, 212 Asbury Hall, Greencastle, Indiana 46135 USA; e-mail: deshan@depauw.edu

Greece

DATE: 1–7 August 2005
EVENT: 17th International Conference of Philosophy
ORGANIZATION: International Association for Greek Philosophy
THEME: The Philosophy of Culture in the Age of Globalization
LOCATION: Alimos, Greece
CONTACT: Professor Konstantine Boudouris, President of the Organizing Committee, 5, Simonidou Str., 174 56 Alimos, Greece; e-mail: kboud714@ppp.uoa.gr; web site: www.hri.org/iagp

Iran

DATE: 14–15 May 2005
EVENT: Third International Conference on Human Rights
THEME: Identity, Difference, and Human Rights
LOCATION: Mofid University(s Center for Human Rights Studies, Qom, Iran
CONTACT: M. Moosavi Karimi, Director of Center for Human Rights Studies, Mofid University, Sadoogi Boulevard, Mofid Square, Qom, Iran; e-mail: chrsmu@hotmail.com; web site: www.mofidu.ac.ir/conference

Pakistan

DATE: 31 March–3 April 2005
EVENT: International Conference
THEME: Ethics, Values and Society: Social Transformation
LOCATION: Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan
CONTACT: Ghazala Irfan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy, Social Sciences Department, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Opp. Sector U, DHA, Lahore Cantt.; e-mail: evsst@lums.edu.pk or Dr. Gular Shah, Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, e-mail: gulzar@lums.edu.pk

U.S.A.

DATE: 18–20 February 2005
EVENT: Tenth Annual Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy
THEME: The Socratic Legacy
LOCATION: The University of Arizona, Tucson
CONTACT: Mark McPherran, Philosophy, University of Maine, 270 Main Street, Farmington, Maine 04938; e-mail: mcpheran@main.edu or Lee Shepski, the Colloquium Assistant, Philosophy, P.O. Box 210027, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0027; e-mail: shepski@u.arizona.edu; colloquium web site: http://w3.arizona.edu/~phil/events/ancientphilo.htm

DATE: 21–23 March 2005
EVENT: AAAI Spring Symposium on Metacognition in Computation
LOCATION: Stanford University, Stanford, California
CONTACT: Mike Anderson; e-mail: anderson@cs.umd.edu

DATE: 24–26 March 2005
EVENT: First International Conference
THEME: Politics and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Contemporary Issues
LOCATION: University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast, USA
CONTACT: Dr. Mark Evans, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom; e-mail: M.A.Evans@Swansea.ac.uk or Dr. Bryan Hillard, Department of Philosophy, New England College, Henniker, New Hampshire 03242; e-mail: bhillard@ned.edu

DATE: 1–3 May 2005
EVENT: Conference
THEME: The Arrogance of Power: Being American After September 11th
LOCATION: Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia
CONTACT: e-mail: jromero@mwe.edu or web site: www.mwc.edu/apconference

DATE: 6–9 May 2005
EVENT: The 6th National Conference on Family and Community Violence Prevention
CONTACT: Ed Chamness, Director, Information Clearinghouse, Family and Community Violence Prevention Program, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio 45384, web site: www.fcvp.org

DATE: 7–8 May 2005
EVENT: The Fourth Annual New School for Social Research Graduate Student Philosophy Conference
THEME: Kant and Post-Kantianism
LOCATION: New York, New York
CONTACT: Philosophy Graduate Conference 2005, Box #217, Philosophy Department, New...