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Executive Committee Members Elected

At Saturday’s business meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society, the Society elected Sean Kirkland, DePaul University, as the next co-director of the Society, joining current co-director, Martha Woodruff, Middlebury College, and replacing me, Christopher Long, The Pennsylvania State University, outgoing co-director of the Society.  I will remain on the executive committee, however, having been elected Treasurer. In this capacity I will continue to serve as webmaster of the APS blog here.

The Society also elected Rob Metcalf, University of Denver at Colorado, as the incoming at-large member of the Executive Committee, joining current at-large member of the Society, Sara Brill, Fairfield University.

We are currently enjoying a wonderful conference here at Loyola College in Maryland, where we have been generously hosted by Gary Scott and his wife Hilde.

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Loyola Conference This Week!

For those of you attending this week’s 9th Annual Conference hosted by Loyola College in Maryland, I thought it would be nice to link to some of the resources we have posted here related to the logistics of the conference:

Click below for information concerning:

We look forward to another excellent gathering this year.

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Travel to the APS Conference

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For those of you traveling by air to Baltimore for the 2009 APS conference, we would like to encourage you to use the light rail service from BWI to the Timonium Business Park stop which is a block from the Crowne Plaza Baltimore North-Hunt Valley hotel.

We understand that the ride on the light rail does not require a transfer and will take about an hour to an hour and 20 minutes from BWI to the Timonium Business Park. To take a cab from BWI would not take significantly less time.

To encourage this, we want to link here to:

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9th Annual Conference Early Registration

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As the program committee is in the process of accepting papers and establishing the final program for the 2009 APS conference to be held April 23-26, 2009 at Loyola College in Maryland, I would like to remind people to register for the conference online as soon as possible.  

Early registration online through our conference registration page with the Philosophy Documentation Center is available through March 28, 2009.  After that date, registration will cost an extra $20.

Don’t forget also to reserve your room at the Crowne Plaza Baltimore North-Hunt Valley, 2004 Greenspring Drive, Timonium, MD 21093, 1 (800) 261-9168; Front Desk: 1 (410) 252-7373.  A block of rooms is saved under the name of the Ancient Philosophy Society.  The group rate should be $119 per night with a maximum of two people per room.

For directions to the hotel, see http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/BALLT/transportation

The conference will be held at:

Graduate Centers Loyola Campus
2034 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093 

Driving directions to the Graduate Center Loyola Campus
I-695 to I-83 North (Harrisburg Expressway).
Exit 16A, Timonium Road East.
Greenspring Drive is the first right turn after leaving I-83.
The Graduate Center parking lot is the second right turn.

The Grad Center is right next to the hotel. There is free parking.

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Program Status

The program committee has completed its work and we are in the process of determining which of the many excellent papers we received will make it onto the program.  This year we are considering adding a few concurrent sessions so as to accommodate more papers.

We recognize that those of you who have submitted papers are waiting to hear about the status of your paper.  We ask for your patience as we consider how best to include as many papers as we can. We should have the program set and contact those on it within the next two weeks.

Related Interest

Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue CFP

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The Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue™ (JIRD) is pleased to issue a call for submissions for its inaugural edition. The Journal is a forum for academic, political, and social discussions related to the unique experiences and interactions of different religious traditions. Students, faculty, and alumni from seminaries of all affiliations are welcome to submit an original article.

The Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue™ seeks to increase interchanges between religious communities, starting with clergy and leaders in inter-religious work. Although it aims to become a vehicle for improving relations between groups, the Journal encourages those interested in submitting pieces not to shy away from controversial issues. Prospective authors should feel welcome to address these topics head-on, though in a respectful and informed way.

Click here for the Call for Papers (.doc).

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Happy New Year 2009

The Executive Committee wishes everyone associated with the Ancient Philosophy Society a very happy and productive new year.  This year we are looking forward to our ninth annual independent meeting hosted by Gary Scott and Loyola College in Maryland, April 23-26, 2009.

The program committee is hard at work reviewing all 78 submissions to this year’s conference and we look forward to having the program set by the middle of February.

To register for the conference online, click here.  The hotel for the conference will be the Crowne Plaza Baltimore North-Hunt Valley, 2004 Greenspring Drive, Timonium, MD 21093, 1 (800) 261-9168.  A block of rooms is saved under the name of the Ancient Philosophy Society.

Thanks to all who make this society the supportive and intellectually stimulating community it is.

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2009 Conference Online Registration Now Available

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The online registration page for the Ninth Annual Independent meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society to be held in Baltimore, Maryland and hosted by Gary Scott at the Loyola College in Maryland on April 23-26, 2009 is now available.

Please visit the our registration page hosted by the Philosophy Documentation Center at: http://www.pdcnet.org/2009-APS-Conference.html to register for the conference.

For more information about the 2009 conference, including information related to the Crowne Plaza Baltimore North-Hunt Valley hotel, please click here.