FYI. Cross-posted from SWIP-L. Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Laura Duhan Kaplan) CALL FOR PAPERS: "TIME, HISTORY, AND SOCIAL CHANGE" Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World meeting at YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, Colorado Likely Dates: July 24-29, 1999 Possible Alternative Dates: August 8-14, 1999 YDates will be finalized in January." SPCW welcomes papers from any philosophical "school" and any ideological perspective. Here are some suggestions for conceptualizing a paper that engages with the 1999 conference theme, "Time, History, and Social Change." *Science, Technology, and Social Change* Electronic Media and Transformations of Space and Time Electronic Media and Social Change Mass Media and the Transformation (or Rewriting) of History Transportation and Social Chage Scientific Knowledge and Social Change Health and Sickness in the New Millenium Death in the New Millenium *Phenomenology and Metaphysics of Time* Lived Time/Clock Time Mental Images of Time Time and the New Physics Perception and Time Narrative Time Memory and Personal Identity Personal Identity and the Personal Past Revisiting the Past through Autobiography Philosophical Theories of Time *Economics, Demographics, and Social Change* Urban Life and Social Change Utopia/Dystopia in the New Millenium Visions of Race and Gender in the New Millenium Humans and Nonhumans in the New Millenium Self and Society in the new Millenium Childhood in the New Millenium Family in the New Millenium Traditional Societies and the Global Economy Tourism and the Transformation of Indigenous Lifestyles *Culture, History, and Change* Tradition Museums and Our Sense of Time and History Education, History and Social Change Cultural Artifacts and Meaning Cultural Visions of Time and History Changing Roles of Women in Philosophy *Philosophies of History* Revisionist Histories Reinterpretations of the History of Philosophy Changing hermeneutics of literary, artistic and philosophical canons The importance (or unimportance) of history The Aim of History: Telos or Chaos *Philosophies of Social Change* The Ethics of Social Change Sociobiology and Evolution Nonviolent Social Change Democracy and Social Change Socialism and Social Change Activism and Social Change Positive Peace and Social Change Papers are due March 15, 1999. Please send 3 copies of your paper, plus a 100-150 word abstract, to Dr. Laura Duhan Kaplan SPCW 1999 Program Chair Department of Philosophy University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223 704-547-2780 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information about the conference, contact Dr. Kaplan. 1999 Program Committee: Laura Duhan Kaplan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lani Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Craig Hanks, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <Sharon Hartline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Carmela Epright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Noel Boulting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. ******* Dr. Laura Duhan Kaplan Associate Professor of Philosophy Coordinator, Women's Studies Program University of North Carolina at Charlotte [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker Division of Environmental Management & Design Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
