CFP: North American Sartre Society

16TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN SARTRE SOCIETY
HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY of MARY WASHINGTON, FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA
APRIL 4-6 (FRIDAY-SUNDAY) 2008

The University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia, is located an hour south of Washington, D.C. Papers in any area of Sartrean scholarship are welcome (philosophy, literature, psychology, politics, literature). Reading time for a paper should be 25-30 minutes (to be followed by the respondent’s commentary (optional) and 10 minutes of discussion). In addition to individual papers, we would be most interested in receiving suggestions for panel topics. Panel topics that deal with any aspect of Sartre’s work; its relationship to other authors as well as those that deal with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir (we are celebrating the centenary of her birth in 2008) will be seriously considered. Graduate students are encouraged to submit papers. A number of stipends will be available to help defray the cost of travel and lodging.

BEFORE OCTOBER 15, 2007: Please email – in the form of an attachment – a copy of your paper (or a two-page summary) and suggestions for panels to: (These will be forwarded to the Program Committee): vdhoven@uwindsor.ca

Fredericksburg is a historic little city, situated on the Rappahannock River, with a thriving arts community, and lots of antique stores. It is the boyhood home town of George Washington, and was a major site of Civil War battles, located halfway between Washington D.C. and Richmond. Thomas Jefferson wrote the draft of the Virginia Statute on Freedom of Religion in Fredericksburg; this became the First Amendment to the US Constitution. The university is named after Washington’s mother, and is a state-supported liberal arts college of about 4000 students. Local hotel accommodations will run $60/night for Best Western. Amtrak services Fredericksburg, and National and Richmond airports are equidistant. Information and maps can be found at http://www.umw.edu or at Fredericksburg.com.