Announcements
2018 SAAP ANNUAL MEETING will
be March 8-10 in Indianapolis, IN.
2018 Summer Institute is 9-14 July in Dayton, OH. A Call for Proposals and complete details is online at http://go.udayton.edu/siap. The summer institute welcomes papers and works-in-progress on American philosophy broadly construed. The deadline for submissions is March 30, 2018. For complete details on submissions see our website: http://go.udayton.edu/siap
2017 Summer Institute was 10-15 July in Eugene, OR. The website can be found at: http://siap2017.uoregon.edu
SAAP 2016 Annual Meeting
most recently was in Portland, Oregon, at the Benson Hotel,
March 3-5, 2016. The program can still be found here.
2016 Summer Institute was
11-16 July in Eugene, OR. Details are here.
2015
Summer Institute in American Philosophy took place June 8-13,
2015 at the University College Dublin. The
final program is here.
MEMBERSHIP: To join or renew a SAAP membership, please go here.
SAAP Grant Program
Those looking for information about the SAAP Grant Program can find it here: http://american-philosophy.org/about.htm#grants
Contact is: Bill Myers
SAAP's Journal:
The Pluralist is the official journal of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. In addition to research articles, The Pluralist also includes highlights from the SAAP annual meeting, Presidential addresses, Founders' addresses, and other Society-related information.Pluralist website is here. (12 Oct. 2009)
Recent losses:
Jo Ann Boydston, obituary is here.
Richard Robin, obituary is here.
Michael Eldridge, obituary and Memorial Fund
Audio and Video on Obama as pragmatist are now online, here, under Audio/Video Resources.
Remembering Peter Hare: a tribute can be downloaded, here.
Angus Carmichael Kerr-Lawson, 1932-2011; profile, here.
New site evaluating American philosophy programs: The Pluralist’s Guide to Philosophy (TPGP), available here. (Note: this guide is not an official expression of SAAP's views or officially endorsed by SAAP. It is listed as one more source of information.)
SAAP Bylaws posted.
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Engage!
SAAP 2018 45th ANNUAL MEETING:
Indianapolis, IN; March 8-10, 2018
Hotel information is
here.
Last year's 2016
program can still be found here.
Watch...
Richard Bernstein talk about the roots of pragmatism at Beloit College.
Connect...
...to graduate programs in philosophy with opportunities for coursework and degrees on American philosophy. See our resources page, here.
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