Theoria

The call for papers for the annual meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association has been posted here. A few more sessions should appear over the coming days. Unfortunately, all presenters must be members of the CSA by the time of the conference. I am organizing a session on “Social Theory and History,” which already has [...]

Call for Papers: An Interdisciplinary Collection of Essays on the Zombie We are seeking proposals for an interdisciplinary edited volume discussing the zombie from a wide variety of perspectives and within a wide range of contexts. We encourage submissions from any discipline, including but not limited to English literature, film studies, media studies, cultural studies, [...]

Call for Participation Pedagogical Encounters in Law, Culture and the Humanities Academics in law, culture and the humanities find the “law” in a wide array of cultural sites – from Victorian diaries, to Hollywood blockbusters, to children’s literature, to memorial architecture. This richness poses incredible opportunities but also daunting challenges for us in the classroom. [...]

Papers are invited for a thematic issue on Carl Schmitt and the Event to appear in Telos: A Quarterly Journal of Politics, Philosophy, Critical Theory, Culture, and the Arts in 2009. Guest-edited by Michael V. Marder (University of Toronto), the journal invites papers that explore the political, philosophical, and theological dimensions of the “event” in [...]

I haven’t had the opportunity to read this book yet, but it is worth mentioning not only because the topic is intrinsically interesting, but also because I audited Vernon’s seminar on Kant’s First Critique one summer. Jere O’Neill Surber review’s Jim Vernon’s Hegel’s Philosophy of Language (Continuum, 2007) at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews: Hegel’s views [...]