International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry (ISME) 12th Annual Conference

The 2018 International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry (ISME) conference (Sunday, 1 July 2018 to Wednesday, 4 July 2018) is being jointly organised by Northumbria and Durham Universities, and hosted by Durham. Located in the North East of England, Durham is the third oldest English University and operates a Collegiate system similar to Oxford and Cambridge. The conference will be based in one of the Colleges – St John's – which is located on the peninsular surrounded by the River Wear and part of the World Heritage Site which includes Durham Cathedral and Castle. The Conference dinner will take place in the Undercroft Restaurant, part of Durham Cathedral.

Confirmed keynote speakers are:

* Professor Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law, Duke University Divinity School, USA
* Professor Joe Dunne, Cregan Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Education, Dublin City University
* Professor Ann Gallagher, Professor of Ethics and Care, University of Surrey

The conference will be preceded by an opportunity to take a tour of the Holy Island of Lindisfarne on Saturday 30th June, and by a Doctoral Symposium on the morning of Sunday 1st July. Accommodation will be available in College from Friday 29th June through to Friday 6th July inclusive. Alternatively, there are a range of hotels available within walking distance.

Conference Organisers:

Geoff Moore, geoff.moore@durham.ac.uk

Ron Beadle, ron.beadle@northumbria.ac.uk

Call for Papers:

We invite papers for the 12th Annual Conference of the International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry jointly organised by Northumbria and Durham Universities, and hosted by Durham, UK, July 1-4 2018.

The Conference Theme is 'Learning from MacIntyre'. We are particularly looking for papers that do one or more of the following, although papers related to other areas and application of MacIntyre's work are also welcome:

1. Review how MacIntyre's theses and arguments have been used and challenged within particular disciplines.

2. Show how other disciplines might learn from these uses.

3. Suggest an agenda for future work that seeks to defend, extend and apply MacIntyre's theses and arguments.

4. Relate MacIntyre's theses and arguments to practices and political activism.

We hope to see a wide range of disciplinary and cross-disciplinary work at the conference, including but not limited to: Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Action, Theology, Thomism, Marxism, Critical Theory, Education, Business, Organization, Medicine, Law, Sociology and Communication.

Abstracts of between 500-1000 words (not including a list of main references) should be sent to geoff.moore@durham.ac.uk by 30th March 2018. Decisions will be made by 1st May following double-blind review.

Other informations: https://www.dur.ac.uk/conference.booking/details/?id=874