News and Notes

Conferences and Symposia

Bulgaria

Date: 25–27 April 1997
Organization: Conference on Ethical and Philosophical Issues Confronting the Countries of Southeast Europe (I)
Location: American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad
Contact: Dane Gordon, Philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623 (e-mail: cahies@rit.edu)

Date: 24–25 September 1997
Organization: Conference on Ethical and Philosophical Issues Confronting the Countries of Southeast Europe (II)
Location: American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad
Contact: Dane Gordon, Philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623 (e-mail: cahies@rit.edu)

Canada

Date: 24–26 October 1996
Organization: Laurier Conference on Business and Professional Ethics
Location: Wilfrid Laurier University
Contact: Leo Groarke, Laurier Business and Professional Ethics Conference, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5, Canada (e-mail: lgroarke@machl.wlu.ca)

France

Date: 29 June–1 July 1997
Organization: Congrès International de L’Évolution Psychiatrique
Theme: Vulnerability and Destiny: On the Phenomenology of Schizophrenia
Location: Marseille
Contact: Dr. Jean Naudin, Service de Psychiatrie, Pr Azorin, SHU Sainte-Marguerite, 275 Bd de Sainte-Marguerite, 13008 Marseille (phone: 33-91763284; fax: 33-91713193)

India

Date: 1–4 August 1997
Organization: Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion
Theme: Relativism: Science, Religion and Philosophy
Location: Calcutta
Contact: D. Chakrabarti, Elong College, CB 2336, Elon College, NC 27244, U.S.A.

Israel

Date: 29 December 1996–2 January 1997
Organization: Fifth International Holocaust Conference
Theme: Rescue, Survival, Escape and Guilt
Location: Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Contact: Bernard Klein, History, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn, NY 11235, U.S.A.

Mexico

Date: 30 October–1 November 1996
Organization: Society for the Philosophy and Technology
Theme: Technology, Economic Development, and Sustainability
Location: Puebla
Contact: Paul Durbin, Philosophy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 18716, U.S.A. (e-mail: 18512@strauss.udel.edu)

South Africa

Date: 20–22 January 1997
Organization: Philosophical Society of South Africa
Location: Johannesburg
Contact: G. J. Rossouw, Philosophy, Rand Afrikaans University, P.O. Box 524, Aucklandpark, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa (e-mail: FILOS@rau3.rau.ac.za)

U.s.a

Date: 1–2 November 1996
Description: University of Texas at San Antonio Philosophy Symposium
Location: University of Texas at San Antonio
Contact: English, Classics, and Philosophy, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249 (e-mail: stagore@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu)

Date: 1–2 November 1996
Description: End-of-Life Care in Managed Health Care Systems: State of the Art in Ethics and Quality of Care
Location: Minneapolis
Contact: Steven Miles, Center for Biomedical Ethics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414-3074 (e-mail: lhoekstr@maroon.tc.umn.edu)

Date: 1–3 November 1996
Organization: Philosophy of Science Association
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Contact: Christine A. Kaye, Philosophy, 503 S. Kedze Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1032 (e-mail: kaye@pilot.msu.edu)

Date: 7–9 November 1996
Organization: Philosophy of Literature/Film Association
Description: Conference
Location: Towson State University
Contact: James M. Welsh, Literature/Film Quarterly, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD 21801

Date: 14–17 November 1996
Organization: Radical Philosophy Association
Description: 2nd National/International Conference
Theme: Globalization from Below
Location: Purdue University
Contact: Leonard Harris, Philosophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 (e-mail: harris@mace.cc.purdue.edu)

Date: 22–24 November 1996
Organization: International Association of Bioethics World Congress
Description: Conference
Location: San Francisco
Contact: Alex Capron, Law Center, University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071 (e-mail: acapron@law.usc.edu)

Date: 27–30 December 1996
Organization: American Philosophical Association—Eastern Division (APA)
Description: Meeting
Location: Atlanta
Contact: American Philosophical Association, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716

Date: 27–30 December 1996
Organization: Society for the Philosophic Study of Genocide and the Holocaust
Description: Meeting
Location: Atlanta
Contact: Alan Rosenberg, Philosophy, Queens College, CUNY, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367

Date: 27–30 December 1996
Organization: Society for the Study of Women Philosophers
Description: Meeting
Location: Atlanta
Contact: Therese Dykeman, 47 Woods End Rd., Fairfield, CT 06430 (e-mail: sebenrec@oyster.smcm.edu)

Date: 27–30 December 1996
Organization: Søren Kierkegaard Society
Theme: Kierkegaard and Walker Percy
Description: Meeting
Location: Atlanta
Contact: George Connell, Philosophy, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN 56562

Date: 17–19 January 1997
Organization: Society...