> 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: > > [log in to unmask] > > 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