> CALL FOR PAPERS
> 
> 
> The Philosophy of Adam Smith:
> 
> A conference to commemorate the 250th anniversary of  
> The Theory of Moral Sentiments
> 
> January 6-8, 2009
> Balliol College, Oxford
> 
> Organised by the International Adam Smith Society and The Adam Smith
> Review
> 
> Although Adam Smith is better known now for his economics, in his own
> time it was his first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759),
> that established his reputation. Just as scholarly work on Smith has
> challenged the free market appropriation of Smith's Wealth of Nations,
> so it has also come to appreciate the importance of Smith's moral
> philosophy for his overall intellectual project. This conference, to
> be held at the college Smith himself attended from 1740-46, and at the
> beginning of the year marking the 250th anniversary of the publication
> of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, will provide an opportunity to
> re-evaluate the significance of Smith's moral philosophy and moral
> psychology, the relationship between them and his other writings on
> economics, politics, jurisprudence, history, and rhetoric and belles
> lettres, and the relevance of his thought to current research in these
> areas.  Papers on any of these topics, and from any discipline, are
> welcome.  
>  
> 
> Plenary speakers will include:
> 
> Steven Darwall (Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan)
> Charles Griswold (Professor of Philosophy, Boston University)
> Knud Haakonssen (Professor of Intellectual History, University of
> Sussex)
> David Raphael (Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Imperial College)
> Emma Rothschild (Fellow, King's College Cambridge;  Visiting Professor
> of History, Harvard)
> Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (Professor of Philosophy, University of North
> Carolina)
>  
> 
> Please send detailed abstracts (500-800 words) prepared for blind
> review by September 15, 2007 to:
> 
> 	Samuel Fleischacker
> 	Philosophy Department (M/C 267)
> 	601 South Morgan Street
> 	University of Illinois at Chicago
> 	Chicago, IL 60607-7114
> 	USA 
> 
> 	Or email them (as attachments, prepared for blind review) to:
> 
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> 
> Participants will be notified that their proposals have been accepted
> for the conference by December 1, 2007.  
> 
> 
> Publication
> A selection of conference papers will be published in a special
> commemorative volume of The Adam Smith Review (Routledge)
> [www.adamsmithreview.org], entitled The Philosophy of Adam Smith,
> edited by Vivienne Brown and Sam Fleischacker (planned publication
> date 2009).  To meet the publication schedule of the volume,
> participants who would like their papers to be considered for it
> should submit complete drafts to the editors by September 15, 2008.
> Only new, previously unpublished work will be included in the volume.


V.W.Brown