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Conferences and Symposia
South Africa
DATE: 28 July-1 August 1996
DESCRIPTION: The 11th World Congress on Medical Law
LOCATION: Sun City
CONTACT: Congress Secretariat, International Centre of Medicine & Law, 51 Buhrmannsdrif 2867, South Africa (tel.: 27 140 842470/1; fax: 27 140 24894)
United Kingdom
DATE: 2-4 April 1996
ORGANIZATION: British Society for the History of Philosophy
DESCRIPTION: Conference
LOCATION: University of Cambridge
CONTACT: James Giles, Madingley Hall, University of Cambridge, Madingley, Cambridge CB3 A8Q, England (e-mail: jlg21@cam.ac.uk)
DATE: 15-19 July 1996
ORGANIZATION: Twenty-Third Hume Society Conference and The British Society for the History of Philosophy
DESCRIPTION: Conference
LOCATION: University of Nottingham
CONTACT: Saul Traiger, Philosophy, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041-3392, U.S.A.
DATE: 20-22 September 1996
ORGANIZATION: Royal Institute of Philosophy
THEME: Thought and Language
LOCATION: University of Reading
CONTACT: John Preston, Philosophy, University of Reading, Reading RG6 2AA, England (e-mail: j.preston@reading.ac.uk)
U.S.A.
DATE: 3-6 April 1996
ORGANIZATION: American Philosophical Association—Pacific Division
DESCRIPTION: Regional Annual Meeting
LOCATION: Seattle, Washington
CONTACT: Anita Silvers, Philosophy, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, U.S.A.
DATE: 3-6 April 1996
ORGANIZATION: Soren Kierkegaard Society
DESCRIPTION: Regional Annual Meeting
LOCATION: Seattle, Washington
CONTACT: Vanessa Rumble, Philosophy, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167, U.S.A.
DATE: 5-7 April 1996
DESCRIPTION: Conference
TITLE: Phenomenology and Metaphysics East and West
LOCATION: Rice University
CONTACT: Steven G. Crowell, Philosophy, MS-14, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005-1892, U.S.A. (e-mail: crowell@ruf.rice.edu)
DATE: 11-12 April 1996
DESCRIPTION: Conference
TITLE: Conference on Political Violence
LOCATION: Atlanta, Georgia
CONTACT: J. Angelo Corlett, Center for Ethics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, U.S.A. (e-mail: jac@gsusgi2.gsu.edu)
DATE: 24-27 April 1996
ORGANIZATION: American Philosophical Association—Central Division
DESCRIPTION: Regional Annual Meeting [End Page 353]
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois
CONTACT: Hugh McCann, Philosophy, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, U.S.A.
DATE: 4-5 May 1996
ORGANIZATION: Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry
DESCRIPTION: Annual Meeting
LOCATION: New York City
CONTACT: Linda Muncy, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75235-9070, U.S.A. (tel.: 214-648-3390; fax: 214-648-7980; e-mail: lmuncy@mednet.swmed.edu)
Networks and Local Groups
Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry
ORGANIZATION: Local Chapters (United States)
DESCRIPTION: Cleveland, Ohio
CONTACT: Michael Alan Schwartz, Department of Psychiatry, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106
DESCRIPTION: Dallas, Texas
CONTACT: John Z. Sadler, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75235-9070
DESCRIPTION: New Haven, Connecticut
CONTACT: James Phillips, 88 Noble Avenue, Milford, CT 06460
DESCRIPTION: Seattle, Washington
CONTACT: Mark D. Sullivan, Department of Psychiatry, RP-10, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
DESCRIPTION: Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Brad Lewis, 2112 F Street, N.W., No. 201, Washington, D.C. 20009
Society for Philosophy and the Science of Psyche, Berlin, Germany
CONTACT: Christian Kupke, Leibnir Str. 86, D-10625, Berlin; Dr. Martin Heinze, Department for Social Psychiatry, Platanenalle 19, D-14050, Berlin
Network for Bioethics
DESCRIPTION: Centre D'Etudes Sur La Reconnaissance De La Personne Humaine—C.E.R.P.H. (Centre for Human Personhood Recognition Studies)
CONTACT: Dr. P. Goube de Laforest, C.E.R.P.H., BP 577, 86021 Poitiers, France (tel: (33) 49 46 17 30; fax: (33) 49 44 38 361)
Network for Psychiatric Ethics
DESCRIPTION: International Association of Bioethics (IAB)
CONTACT: Professor George Agich, Department of Medical Humanities, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 19230, Springfield, IL 62794-9230, U.S.A.; Professor Nalaka Mendis, University Psychological Medicine Unit, General Hospital, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka; or Dr. K. W. M. Fulford, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom
Network for Teachers of Psychiatric Ethics
DESCRIPTION: The Royal College of Psychiatrists Philosophy Group
CONTACT: Dr. Tony Hope or Dr. K. W. M. Fulford, Oxford Practice Skills Project, Medical School Offices, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
