■メルロ＝ポンティ・サークル（米）の第２４回大会発表公募
CALL FOR PAPERS: The 1999 Meeting of the Merleau-Ponty Circle
MERLEAU-PONTY, MIND AND BODY:
PHILOSOPHICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH STUDIES
July 29-August 2, 1999
Deadline for submissions: March 15, 1999
Papers should be 12-15 double spaced pages to be read in 20-30 minutes.
Title of paper, name of author, address, and an abstract should be typed on a separate page.
The purpose of this year's conference venue in Britain is to facilitate a productive exchange with European colleagues and to promote Merleau-Ponty studies to as diverse an audience as possible. To this end, papers from all disciplines and aspects of Merleau-Ponty studies will be considered primarily on the basis of academic quality. Furthermore, because the summer venue will provide increased program space, it may be possible to include more papers than is usually the case. Well written abstracts will be considered for inclusion, though full drafts will receive priority. French language panels will be possible so long as abstracts are provided in English.
Conference Publication:
Several major publishing houses are encouraging contributions in the area of psychology and philosophy. There is an acknowledged paucity of publications on Merleau-Ponty and psychology at a time when interest in this area is increasing; a publication of a selection of papers on this theme is expected to find a wide audience. The interdisciplinary nature of the book will appeal both to health care specialists and a general academic audience. Psychology would, in this context, be understood in broad terms to include existential-phenomenology, gestalt theory, psychoanalysis and psychiatry generally, as well as neuropsychiatry, cognitive science, theoretical biology and all forms of systems theory. Because these latter fields stand to benefit most from Merleau-Ponty scholarship, paper submissions that critically engage with natural science from the perspective of Merleau-Ponty's philosophical psychology are most likely to be considered for the publication.
Wrexham has good transportation facilities and comfortable, cheaply priced accommodations will be available. See the conference web page for all details:
http//www.newi.ac.uk/morleyj/
Please send submissions and inquiries to:
James Morley, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
N.E. Wales Institute, p.p. 20
Wrexham, LL11 2AW, UK
Fax: 00-44-1978-290008;
E-mail: morleyj@newi.ac.uk
■メルロ＝ポンティ・サークル（米）の第２３回大会発表公募
Call For Papers for the 1998 meeting of The Merleau-Ponty Circle
The Merleau-Ponty Cirele will hold its Twenty-Third Annual Interuatioual
Couference from September 17-19, 1998 at Salisbury State University Salisbury,
MD.
Tbe Circle iuvites papers on the theme of Ethical Bodies Participants should limit their papers to a maxinum of 30 minutes reading time and submit their completed papers by May 15, 1998.
Please address your correspondence to the 1998 conference coordinator: James Hatley (Department of Philosophy,l101 Camden AvenueSalisbury State UniversitySalisbury, MD 21801. Phone: 410-2 19-2870 Fax: 410･543-6068 e-mail: jdhatley@ssu.edu)
■メルロ＝ポンティ学会（伊）国際セミナー開催予定
Chiasmi is now organizing an intemational seminar on the topic of "Merleau-Ponty's Heritage" to be held in March 1998. for information, contact the Seminar Director:Mauro Carbone (Cattedra di EsteticaDipartitnento di Filosophia Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italia Email: mcarbone@imiucca.csi.unimi.it Fax: +39 2 58304755)
■論集『自然とロゴス』論文公募
Patrick Burke will be bringing out a volume relative to the Seattle conference held this year. The title of the volume is "Nature and Logos. All participants who can make their papers pertinent to that theme should submit them to Professor Burke before 15 January l998. Professor Burke is also interested in receiving any papers by the membership which deal the concept of uature and which make use of La Nature. ( Patrick Burke, Department of Philosophy, Seattle University, Seattle, WA 98122. Phone:(206) 296-5470; Fax: (206) 296-5997)
■「メルロ＝ポンティとドゥルーズ」学会開催
At the business meeting, Patrtck Burke indicated his intention to organize a conference in February or March of 1999 on Merleau-Ponty and Deleuze. The tentau've theme is 'Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze, and Nietzsche on the Body.' Professor Burke would like to hear from those interested in this topic and asks that they say whether February or March would be congenial to international travel.
■メルロ＝ポンティ・サークル（米）ウェブサイト構築中
A Website for the Circle is now under construction and should be on line in the near future. It will provide a brief description of the Circle's purpose, activities , and administration together with files containing programs from recent and future meetirrgs, the current newsletter, a bibliography of publications by Circle members, announcememnts of forthcoming events relevant to Merleau-Ponty scholarship, etc. If anyone is in possession of a photographic portrait of Merleau-Ponty suitable for use on the Website, please contact the Circle's secretary.
