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Keynote Speakers:

Alan Bass: New School for Social Research

Rudolf Bernet: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

James Dodd: New School for Social Research

3:00pm – 9:00pm in EST

(3:00pm – 4:50pm)
James Dodd, “Violence and Religion (On Levinas)”

(5:00pm – 6:50pm)
Rudolf Bernet (K.U. Leuven), “Husserl on Desires, Drive, and Affect”

(7:00pm – 8:50pm)
Alan Bass, “The Handkerchief and the Fetish: ‘Being and Time’ §17”

Beginning in 2003, a seminar or lecture course connected to the Husserl Archives has been occasionally offered by the Department of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. Scholars and advanced students in the field of phenomenology and phenomenological philosophy have been invited to present and discuss their work.
The topic of the fall 2015 seminar will be: Intersections between Phenomenology and Psychoanalysis. This year’s seminar will place the works of Husserl, Heidegger, and Levinas in conversation with psychoanalytic thought through a close reading of selected texts. Our speakers this year will be James Dodd, Rudolf Bernet, and Alan Bass.

(Prof. Dodd’s paper will be circulated in advance – along with a selection from Bataille’s Theory of Religion. We are also soliciting questions for this portion of the seminar. Email P.J. Gorre [gorrp967@newschool.edu] to receive the appropriate materials and to send your questions).

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Presentations will tackle the issue of vulnerability and reassess the ontological framework of philosophical and psychological theories in dialogue with the phenomenological tradition and contemporary moral theory. This event is aimed at (1) facilitating institutional cooperation between American and European philosophers working on phenomenology; (2) creating a transatlantic research network for young researchers interested in phenomenology; (3) showcasing the importance of phenomenology for understanding vulnerability in dialogue with other philosophical areas or other fields (anthropology, feminist theory, cognitive science, mind theory etc.); and (4) raising awareness among the general public and promoting contemporary philosophical research on vulnerability and its potential impact on society.

The Husserl Archive at the New School for Social Research was established in 1966 in honor of Alfred Schütz in an effort to promote the philosophy of Edmund Husserl, as well as the phenomenological tradition more generally. To this end, the center hosts small research groups, seminars, workshops, and conferences that bring together international students and scholars working in or near the phenomenological tradition. In concert with this aim, the conference seeks to further establish the Archive as a center for phenomenological research on the east coast for junior scholars working in phenomenology and to strengthen scholarly ties to the Husserl Archives in Leuven and Paris. This conference is the inaugural event of this organization in an effort to facilitate cross-continental collaboration between American and European scholars in addition to strengthening research activities in the area of phenomenology in the U.S. The groundwork for this organization and conference is already in place to the extent that many of the scholars The New School intends to invite already have a record of collaboration. Nonetheless, there has not yet been an umbrella research group linking the Husserl Archives in Louvain, New York, and Paris and affiliated researchers. The two-day conference will include a total of twelve (12) invited presentations with representatives from these respective research centers and others.

Phenomenology is often hailed as one of the most important philosophical movements of the 20th century, impacting virtually every area of continental philosophy, including post-structuralism, deconstruction, feminist theory, as well as areas of psychology, anthropology, and sociology. Today, phenomenology has become influential in philosophical psychology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science for questions of consciousness, and we aim to create a forum for the discussion of phenomenology’s cross and interdisciplinary relevance. Today, the problem of vulnerability has currency for feminist theory, care studies, moral philosophy, as well as for questions of inter-subjectivity and empathy in cognitive science. We hope to reach a wide audience with the conference and to make explicit the importance of phenomenological method and thought for the question of vulnerability, particularly as it relates to the intersection of phenomenology and global issues today.

This event is sponsored by the Husserl Archive, the Department of Philosophy, at The New School for Social Research.

The North American Society for Early Phenomenology

in conjunction with

The Max Scheler Society of North America

Presents 

Feeling, Valuing, and Judging: Phenomenological Investigations in Axiology

May 19th-21st, 2016

St. John’s University – Manhattan Campus

Invited Speakers

• Anthony Steinbock (Southern Illinois University – Carbondale)
• John Drummond (Fordham University)
• James Dodd (New School for Social Research)

Call for Abstracts

Feelings, values, and judgements all played central roles in the philosophical writings of the early phenomenologists – from their discussions of formalism in ethics, to social ontology, the phenomenology of moods and emotions, and even the phenomenology of religion. Though heavily inspired by the work of Edmund Husserl, Max Scheler and the Munich phenomenologists conceived phenomenology as less a method and more an attitude, and developed their phenomenological investigations accordingly. With the phenomenological attitude, the meaning of the object of cognition is revealed. Doxic, volitional, and affective intentional attitudes gives rise to phenomenological descriptions of the world in terms of its meaning and value. Understood in this way, the early phenomenologists saw questions of value as arising alongside questions of ontology.

The theme of this conference will be phenomenological studies in axiology (ethics and aesthetics), and will look at the relationship of intuition, the emotions, and intersubjectivity to acts of feeling, valuing, and judging. Topics include phenomenological theories of valuation, the departure of later phenomenologists from Husserl’s and Brentano’s distinctions of types of mental phenomena, axiological properties of intentional objects, the self as a member of a community, sympathy and empathy, criteria for correct and incorrect value judgments, the difference between axiological and ontic characteristics and fact-value differentiation, axiology in universals and particulars, judgments of value and the role of implicit beliefs, phenomenological descriptions of striving, volition, emotions, moods, the beautiful and the sublime, etc. We encourage papers on the work of Franz Brentano, Edmund Husserl, Theodor Lipps, Max Scheler, Alexander Pfänder, Moritz Geiger, Josef Geyser, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Siegfried Hamburger, Nicolai Hartmann, Waldemar Conrad, Aurel Kolnai, Roman Ingarden, Edith Stein, Emmanuel Levinas, Hans Reiner, and others. We are also interested in papers proposing original phenomenological descriptions of emotions, feelings, volition, and judgments that follow the phenomenological tradition, and build upon these historical antecedents in new and interesting ways.

Abstracts should be 500-700 words, and include a short bibliography of primary and secondary sources.  All abstracts must be prepared for blind review and sent via email in .doc or .docx format to Dr. Rodney Parker at: (rodney.k.b.parker@gmail.com).

Both senior researchers and graduate students are encouraged to submit.

Deadline for submissions is: December 15, 2015.

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The Max Scheler Society of North America (MSSNA) invites members of the international community of scholars to participate in their biannual meeting, which will be held at St. John’s University, Manhattan Campus. The 2016 meeting will take place in conjunction with the North American Society for Early Phenomenology (NASEP), with sessions from each society running concurrently.

Broadly conceived, the general theme of the meeting is the phenomenology of value or axiology. The MSSNA is particularly interested in papers examining Max Scheler’s contribution to the study of value and the relevance of his work to recent investigations. Papers examining the significance of value in Scheler’s thought are not restricted to his ethics and may concern any aspect of his work. For this meeting, the intent is to have a program that reflects the tremendous diversity of Scheler’s thought and relevance of value in human existence.

Participants will have approximately 35 minutes to present their work. Though completed papers are preferred, abstracts of at least 500 words in length will also be considered. Deadline for submission is December 15, 2015.

All submissions should be sent electronically to Dr. Zachary Davis (davisz@stjohns.edu). Because all submissions will be reviewed blindly by the selection committee, submissions should have a separate cover sheet with name and contact information. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by January 31.

Preliminary Program Here

9th Meeting of the SIPP-ISPP

Our next meeting on ‘Any Body, Anybody : The Matter of the Unconscious’ will take place from November 9-12, 2016, at the New School for Social Research, New York.
With this title, we invite reflections on the body and the materiality of the unconscious. How does psychoanalysis help us think about how bodies become laden with and deprived of identity in a social and political space? The term “Anybody” also asks us to think about how the unconscious is not bound to a known identity but rather emerges from and belongs to a “nobody” that is nevertheless material; the phrase “Any body,” conjures up the psychic ambiguities subtending the way sexuality affects every body including but not limited to trans-sexual bodies. This conference also offers us an opportunity to think about how the targets of recent acts of terrorism are construed as “anybodies” and/or “nobodies.”
For more information, please read our CFP or write to 16SIPP@gmail.com.

The Interdisciplinary Coalition of North American Phenomenologists (ICNAP) invites abstracts/paper summaries to be submitted for inclusion in our 9th annual  meeting at Ramapo College of New Jersey May 25-28, 2017.  The event is also hosted by Krame Center for Comtemplative Studies and Midful Living at Ramapo College (http://www.ramapo.edu/kramecenter/).

ICNAP is committed to cultivating connections between teachers,students and researchers in phenomenology across the disciplines. Founded in 2008 by colleagues from Architecture, Communicology, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology, ICNAP has had its annual conferences enriched by the contributions of colleagues from Education, Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Literature, Musicology, Nursing and Health Care, Social Work and Psychiatry. Fruitful research from other fields as well continues to expand our horizons.

Conference Theme

We welcome not only theoretical studies but also, and especially, applied research, particularly that which is conducted by using phenomenological methodologies, as well as reflective discussions of the state of mindfulness generally.  Our organization is interdisciplinary and phenomenological, so we aim to organize a conference that generates an inclusive and rigorous dialogue on the many paths to mindfulness.

Possible Topic Focus for Paper, Panel and Poster Proposals

(suggestive but not exhaustive)

Contemporary: relationships between phenomenology and contemporary mindfulness-based clinical practices, e.g., Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, etc.

Contemplative: relationships between phenomenology and South and East Asian mindfulness traditions, e.g., classical yoga, Taoism, Jainism and Tantrism; between phenomenology and Buddhist mindfulness traditions and practices; between phenomenology and European as well as indigenous contemplative traditions; etc.

Religious: the phenomenology of religious experience in mindfulness or spiritual practices; the relationships between the sacred and the secular in phenomenological procedures and mindfulness or spiritual  practices; between phenomenological methodology and Christian, Jewish and Islamic contemplative traditions; etc.

Scientific: qualitative and empirical phenomenological research on the experience of mindfulness or meditation; the relationships between the phenomenological method and various experimental or natural scientific methods for studying mindfulness and meditation; etc.

Systematic: approaches to embodiment, space, time and relations with others, e.g., in phenomenological procedures and mindfulness practices.

Historical: potential relationship between the thought of figures of the phenomenological movement, e.g., Bretano, Husserl and Heidegger, and that of figures of the contemporary mindfulness movement, e.g., Goenka and Kabat-Zinn.

Prospective: new meditative or mindfulness procedures that could contribute to phenomenological methodology.

Submission Instructions

We accept proposals for papers, panels and posters. Participants have 30 minutes or presentation and 20 minutes for discussion. We welcome volunteers to serve as moderators. Please indicate whether you are willing to serve in this function. Paper submissions should consist of two pages. The first page should include the title, a 250–500 word abstract of the paper, the presenter’s name, discipline and contact information. The second page should contain, for anonymous review, only the title of the paper, the abstract and the presenter’s discipline.

Panel submissions should consist of two parts. The first part should include the titles of the panel and papers, a rationale of 250–500 words for the panel, abstracts of 250–500 words for the papers, the names of the chair and presenters, their respective disciplines and contact information. The second part should contain, for anonymous review, only the titles of the panel and papers, the rationale for the panel, the abstracts of the papers and the disciplines of the presenters.

Poster submissions should follow similar guidelines as paper and panel submissions.

All proposals should exhibit both a phenomenological and an interdisciplinary focus. Priority will be given to those that clearly demonstrate a solid familiarity with, or a genuine interest in, phenomenology, and to those that clearly transcend disciplinary boundaries in their focus on phenomenology and mindfulness. Proposals on topics other than mindfulness will also be considered.

Please send submissions as email attachments to George Heffernan, Program Committee Chair: George.heffernan@Merrimack.edu.  Please also put ICNAP IX SUBMISSION in the subject line, and format submissions in Word.doc or Docx (not PDF) to facilitate anonymous review.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MARCH 15, 2017.

Notification of acceptances will be sent by April 1, 2017.

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