The Søren Kierkegaard Society

The Søren Kierkegaard Society (U.S.A.)

Calls for Papers and APA Conference Announcements

APA
AAR
SK Library (St. Olaf)
SK Society UK
SK Research Center
Kierkegaard Circle

President:
Lee Barrett
lbarrett@
lancasterseminar.edu

Vice-President:
John Davenport
davenport@
fordham.edu

Secretary-Treasurer:
Louise Carroll Keeley
lkeeley@assumption.edu

AAR Rep:
Amy Laura Hall alhall@
div.duke.edu

APA Rep:
John Davenport
davenport@
fordham.edu

General Information about the Kierkegaard Society Sessions at
the American Philosophical Association (APA) Meetings

The Kierkegaard Society (U.S.A.) currently plans to hold sessions at two out of three APA meetings each academic year. During the 07-08 academic year, we will run sessions at the Eastern APA in Baltimore, and the Central APA in Chicago (see details below). During the 08-09 academic year, we will run sessions concurrently with the Eastern APA and the Pacific APA (see call for papers below). This rotation will continue for the foreseeable future, at the discretion of the Society's APA representative, with a session at the Eastern APA each year, and the Central and Pacific every other year in alteration.

The topics and themes are chosen by the APA representative in consultation with the Society President, and noteworthy scholars are often invited to give keynote addresses. Sometimes themes connected with work by a particular scholar will be the focus of a session (see the history of recent sessions below). Suggestions for topics and keynote speakers are welcome.

If you do not see or receive a call for papers by March of the academic year before the conference for which you want to submit, please contact the Society’s APA representative:

John Davenport, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy,
Fordham University, Davenport@Fordham.edu, 212-636-7928

The Society would also like to thank Noel Adams of Marquette University for regular help in paper selection during the past two cycles.

The deadline for the Eastern APA will generally be in late April.
The deadline for the Pacific or Central will generally be June 15

Since we do not have an email for everyone who may be interested, this Call for Papers will also be posted on the Society’s webpages, and we will try to include it in SK Society Newsletters, as well as bulletins from the Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College. Please circulate this page. Those who have not spoken at recent Society sessions at the APA and AAR, and European scholars, are especially encouraged to submit.

CALL FOR PAPERS (for 2008 - 2009)

Søren Kierkegaard Society Meeting at the Eastern APA
December 27‑30, 2008, Philadelphia , PA. ‑ Marriott Hotel
Session Theme: C. Stephen Evans. on Kierkegaard, Faith, Love, and Divine Command Ethics
Respondent: C. Stephen Evans
Reading time: 20-25 minutes max.
Deadline for submission: April 30, 2008. Three open slots.

Søren Kierkegaard Society Meeting at the Pacific APA
Late March or early April, 2009 (city to be announced, but probably LA).
Session Theme: Kierkegaard, Free Will, and Autonomy
Reading time: 20-25 minutes max.
Deadline for submission: June 15, 2008. Three open slots.

Any submission broadly related to these topics will be considered. Scholars, including graduate students, who have not spoken recently at an APA group meeting of the SK Society are especially encouraged to submit. No more than one submission per person, please.

Please submit papers in Word or Wordperfect electronic form (as an email attachment) to John Davenport, Department of Philosophy, Fordham University, Davenport@fordham.edu. Please also circulate this Call for Papers to any relevant parties. (Submissions from anyone connected with Fordham will be evaluated by a separate outside referee).

SK Society Sessions Planned for Upcoming APAs in 2007-2008:

Kierkegaard Society Group Meeting

Central APA, April 18, 2008 (7 - 10pm) (Program pp.54-55)

Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL

Session Title: Kierkegaard and German Idealism

Chair: Dan Johnson (Baylor University)

Presenters:

1. Keynote Address : Ulrich Knappe (University of Copenhagen): "To Kant and Kierkegaard's Conceptions of Theoretical Truth."

2. Antony Aumann (Indiana University), "Kierkegaard on the Irrelevance of Philosophy"

3. Shannon Nason (Purdue University), "Contradiction, Opposition, and Mediation in Hegel & Kierkegaard"

4. Michael Matthis (Lamar University), "Autonomy and Heteronomy: Kant and Kierkegaard on Freedom"

Comments: Noel Adams (Marquette University)

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Kierkegaard Society Group Meeting

Eastern APA, December 28-30, 2007

Baltimore, Maryland.

Time: Friday Dec. 28; 8:15 – 11:15 pm James room (4^th floor): See APA program p.58, session GVI-12.

Session Title: Kierkegaard and World Religions

Chair: C. Stephen Evans (Baylor University)

Presenters:

1. Keynote Address : Steven Emmanuel (Virginia Wesleyan College): "Kierkegaard and Buddhism."

2. Peter Mehl (University of Central Arkansas): "Can Kierkegaard Speak to a Theologically Pluralistic World?"

3. J. Michael Tilley (University of Kentucky): "Divided Against Oneself? Faith and Politics in Qutb and Kierkegaard"

Comments: David Cain (University of Mary Washington)

Past SK Society Group Sessions at Recent APAs:

Pacific APA, April 5, 2007

St. Francis Hotel: San Francisco, CA.

Session Title: Furtak and Others on Kierkegaard, Wisdom, and Love

Chair: Noel Adams (Marquette University)

Presenters:

1. Keynote Address: Robert C. Roberts (Baylor University), "Emotions as Epistemic Ground: Comments on Furtak’s Wisdom in Love"

2. Michael Strawser (University of Central Florida), "Striving for Love in Spinoza and Kierkegaard"

3. Mark McCreary (Loyola University -- Chicago), "Kierkegaard on the Obstacles to Faith and Love:
The Terrifying Truth and the Possibility of Offense"

Response to Critics: Richard Anthony Furtak (Colorado College)

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Eastern APA, December 29, 2006

Washington, D.C. Marriott Wardman Hotel.

Session Title: Faith and Despair: Fear and Trembling and Sickness Unto Death

Chair: Martin B. Matustík (Purdue University)

Presenters:

1. Keynote Address: Sheridan Lynneth Hough (The College of Charleston): "To Begin Where Thought Stops: Faith’s Knowledge as Epistemic Flexibility."

2. Andrew Nam (Baylor University), "Does Choosing Despair Mean Annihilation of the Self? A Critique of Poul Lübcke View of Despair and the Self."

3. Michael Cantrell (Baylor University), "The Unbearable Anxiety of Belief: Fear and Trembling as a Study in the Sociology of Knowledge"

Comments: Merold Westphal (Fordham University)

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Central APA, April 28, 2006

Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL.

Session Title: Kierkegaard and Epistemology

Chair: Ian Duckles (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Presenters: (Ulrich Knappe was not able to present at this conference, due to personal reasons).

1. Mark Tietjen (Baylor University), "Doubts about Doubting: Kierkegaard's Response to Skepticism in Works of Love."

2. Thomas Carroll (Boston University), "Fideism and the Nature of Truth in Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments and Concluding Unscientific Postscript"

Comments: Rick Furtak (Colorado College)

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Eastern APA, December 29, 2005

Hilton New York City

Session Title: James Conant and his Critics on Kierkegaard's Authorship(s)
Chair: M. Jamie Ferreira (University of Virginia)
Presenters:

1. Edward Mooney (Syracuse University): "To Revoke a Text and Keep It Too: A Curtain Call for Climacus."

2. Paul Muench (Williams College): "Understanding Kierkegaard=s Climacus in the Postscript: Mirror of the Reader's Faults or Socratic Exemplar?"

3. Colin Patrick (University of Chicago): "Reflected Existence: The Difficulties of the Concluding Unscientific Postscript."

Comments: Genia Schönbaumsfeld (University of Southampton, UK)
Response: James Conant (University of Chicago).

	The Søren Kierkegaard Society (U.S.A.) Calls for Papers and APA Conference Announcements
APA AAR SK Library (St. Olaf) SK Society UK SK Research Center Kierkegaard Circle President: Lee Barrett lbarrett@ lancasterseminar.edu Vice-President: John Davenport davenport@ fordham.edu Secretary-Treasurer: Louise Carroll Keeley lkeeley@assumption.edu AAR Rep: Amy Laura Hall alhall@ div.duke.edu APA Rep: John Davenport davenport@ fordham.edu	General Information about the Kierkegaard Society Sessions at the American Philosophical Association (APA) Meetings The Kierkegaard Society (U.S.A.) currently plans to hold sessions at two out of three APA meetings each academic year. During the 07-08 academic year, we will run sessions at the Eastern APA in Baltimore, and the Central APA in Chicago (see details below). During the 08-09 academic year, we will run sessions concurrently with the Eastern APA and the Pacific APA (see call for papers below). This rotation will continue for the foreseeable future, at the discretion of the Society's APA representative, with a session at the Eastern APA each year, and the Central and Pacific every other year in alteration. The topics and themes are chosen by the APA representative in consultation with the Society President, and noteworthy scholars are often invited to give keynote addresses. Sometimes themes connected with work by a particular scholar will be the focus of a session (see the history of recent sessions below). Suggestions for topics and keynote speakers are welcome. If you do not see or receive a call for papers by March of the academic year before the conference for which you want to submit, please contact the Society’s APA representative: John Davenport, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Fordham University, Davenport@Fordham.edu, 212-636-7928 The Society would also like to thank Noel Adams of Marquette University for regular help in paper selection during the past two cycles. The deadline for the Eastern APA will generally be in late April. The deadline for the Pacific or Central will generally be June 15 Since we do not have an email for everyone who may be interested, this Call for Papers will also be posted on the Society’s webpages, and we will try to include it in SK Society Newsletters, as well as bulletins from the Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College. Please circulate this page. Those who have not spoken at recent Society sessions at the APA and AAR, and European scholars, are especially encouraged to submit.
	CALL FOR PAPERS (for 2008 - 2009) Søren Kierkegaard Society Meeting at the Eastern APA December 27‑30, 2008, Philadelphia , PA. ‑ Marriott Hotel Session Theme: C. Stephen Evans. on Kierkegaard, Faith, Love, and Divine Command Ethics Respondent: C. Stephen Evans Reading time: 20-25 minutes max. Deadline for submission: April 30, 2008. Three open slots. Søren Kierkegaard Society Meeting at the Pacific APA Late March or early April, 2009 (city to be announced, but probably LA). Session Theme: Kierkegaard, Free Will, and Autonomy Reading time: 20-25 minutes max. Deadline for submission: June 15, 2008. Three open slots. Any submission broadly related to these topics will be considered. Scholars, including graduate students, who have not spoken recently at an APA group meeting of the SK Society are especially encouraged to submit. No more than one submission per person, please. Please submit papers in Word or Wordperfect electronic form (as an email attachment) to John Davenport, Department of Philosophy, Fordham University, Davenport@fordham.edu. Please also circulate this Call for Papers to any relevant parties. (Submissions from anyone connected with Fordham will be evaluated by a separate outside referee).
	SK Society Sessions Planned for Upcoming APAs in 2007-2008: Kierkegaard Society Group Meeting Central APA, April 18, 2008 (7 - 10pm) (Program pp.54-55) Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL Session Title: Kierkegaard and German Idealism Chair: Dan Johnson (Baylor University) Presenters: 1. Keynote Address : Ulrich Knappe (University of Copenhagen): "To Kant and Kierkegaard's Conceptions of Theoretical Truth." 2. Antony Aumann (Indiana University), "Kierkegaard on the Irrelevance of Philosophy" 3. Shannon Nason (Purdue University), "Contradiction, Opposition, and Mediation in Hegel & Kierkegaard" 4. Michael Matthis (Lamar University), "Autonomy and Heteronomy: Kant and Kierkegaard on Freedom" Comments: Noel Adams (Marquette University) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kierkegaard Society Group Meeting Eastern APA, December 28-30, 2007 Baltimore, Maryland. Time: Friday Dec. 28; 8:15 – 11:15 pm James room (4^th floor): See APA program p.58, session GVI-12. Session Title: Kierkegaard and World Religions Chair: C. Stephen Evans (Baylor University) Presenters: 1. Keynote Address : Steven Emmanuel (Virginia Wesleyan College): "Kierkegaard and Buddhism." 2. Peter Mehl (University of Central Arkansas): "Can Kierkegaard Speak to a Theologically Pluralistic World?" 3. J. Michael Tilley (University of Kentucky): "Divided Against Oneself? Faith and Politics in Qutb and Kierkegaard" Comments: David Cain (University of Mary Washington)
	Past SK Society Group Sessions at Recent APAs: Pacific APA, April 5, 2007 St. Francis Hotel: San Francisco, CA. Session Title: Furtak and Others on Kierkegaard, Wisdom, and Love Chair: Noel Adams (Marquette University) Presenters: 1. Keynote Address: Robert C. Roberts (Baylor University), "Emotions as Epistemic Ground: Comments on Furtak’s Wisdom in Love" 2. Michael Strawser (University of Central Florida), "Striving for Love in Spinoza and Kierkegaard" 3. Mark McCreary (Loyola University -- Chicago), "Kierkegaard on the Obstacles to Faith and Love: The Terrifying Truth and the Possibility of Offense" Response to Critics: Richard Anthony Furtak (Colorado College) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eastern APA, December 29, 2006 Washington, D.C. Marriott Wardman Hotel. Session Title: Faith and Despair: Fear and Trembling and Sickness Unto Death Chair: Martin B. Matustík (Purdue University) Presenters: 1. Keynote Address: Sheridan Lynneth Hough (The College of Charleston): "To Begin Where Thought Stops: Faith’s Knowledge as Epistemic Flexibility." 2. Andrew Nam (Baylor University), "Does Choosing Despair Mean Annihilation of the Self? A Critique of Poul Lübcke View of Despair and the Self." 3. Michael Cantrell (Baylor University), "The Unbearable Anxiety of Belief: Fear and Trembling as a Study in the Sociology of Knowledge" Comments: Merold Westphal (Fordham University) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Central APA, April 28, 2006 Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL. Session Title: Kierkegaard and Epistemology Chair: Ian Duckles (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) Presenters: (Ulrich Knappe was not able to present at this conference, due to personal reasons). 1. Mark Tietjen (Baylor University), "Doubts about Doubting: Kierkegaard's Response to Skepticism in Works of Love." 2. Thomas Carroll (Boston University), "Fideism and the Nature of Truth in Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments and Concluding Unscientific Postscript" Comments: Rick Furtak (Colorado College) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eastern APA, December 29, 2005 Hilton New York City Session Title: James Conant and his Critics on Kierkegaard's Authorship(s) Chair: M. Jamie Ferreira (University of Virginia) Presenters: 1. Edward Mooney (Syracuse University): "To Revoke a Text and Keep It Too: A Curtain Call for Climacus." 2. Paul Muench (Williams College): "Understanding Kierkegaard=s Climacus in the Postscript: Mirror of the Reader's Faults or Socratic Exemplar?" 3. Colin Patrick (University of Chicago): "Reflected Existence: The Difficulties of the Concluding Unscientific Postscript." Comments: Genia Schönbaumsfeld (University of Southampton, UK) Response: James Conant (University of Chicago).