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Friday, December 22, 2017

JRS at the Eastern APA

Friday, 01/05, 11:15 AM - 01:15 PM, Savannah Convention Center

G11I Josiah Royce Society
Chair: Daniel Brunson (Morgan State University)


Speaker: Mathew Foust (Central Connecticut State University)
“Loyalty, Justice, and Rights: Royce and Police Ethics in 21st Century America”

Commentator: Daniel Brunson (Morgan State University)

Presidential Address: Jacquelyn Ann Kegley


https://www.facebook.com/events/189067345010473/

JRS at the Central APA

Thursday, 02/22, 07:40-10:40 PM, Palmer House Hilton

G8E. Josiah Royce Society

Topic: Report on Josiah Royce Society activities, report on progress of the Josiah Royce Critical Edition

Speakers:

Michael Brodrick (Arkansas Tech University)
“A Critique of Royce’s Theory of Loyalty”

David E. Pfeifer (Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis)
“Charles Peirce and Josiah Royce’s Semiotic Move”

Monday, December 4, 2017

Royce and Loyalty in the New York Times



"If this is a version of loyalty, it’s loyalty of a low order — fragile, transactional and much closer to simple fealty. It fails Royce’s expectation that real loyalty be based in 'willingness,' rather than in fear."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/magazine/is-loyalty-a-virtue-in-the-trump-era-its-complicated.html

Monday, June 5, 2017

Deadline Extended - JRS at 2018 Eastern APA

Deadline Extended!

Call for papers/abstracts for Josiah Royce Society Sessions at the 2018 Eastern APA, to be held 01/03-01/06 in Savannah, GA.

This session will include two or three paper presentations and possibly brief commentary on each presentation. Topics are open to anything related to the thought of Josiah Royce. Papers should be able to be read in 20-25 minutes (around 2500-3000 words). If submitting an abstract, it should be no shorter than 250 words.

Please prepare your paper or abstract for anonymous review, and attach a separate document with the paper title, author name, and contact information.
Prospective presenters are asked to email their proposals to Daniel Brunson at danieljamesbrunson@gmail.com by June 30th, 2017.

Notification regarding submission status will be made by July 7th, 2017.

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

CFP for 2018 Central APA

Call for papers/abstracts for Josiah Royce Society Sessions at the 2018 Central APA, to be held 02/21-02/24 in Chicago, IL.

This session will include two or three paper presentations and possibly brief commentary on each presentation. Topics are open to anything related to the thought of Josiah Royce. Papers should be able to be read in 20-25 minutes (around 2500-3000 words). If submitting an abstract, it should be no shorter than 250 words.

Please prepare your paper or abstract for anonymous review, and attach a separate document with the paper title, author name, and contact information.

Prospective presenters are asked to email their proposals to David Pfeifer at depfeife@iupui.edu by September 1st, 2017.
Notification regarding submission status will be made by September 15th, 2017.

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Call for Papers---Deadline Extended!

Special issue of The Pluralist dedicated to the legacy of Frank M. Oppenheim, SJ

The Josiah Royce Society in partnership with The Pluralist invites submissions that make substantial use of Oppenheim’s scholarly work and/or substantively address his legacy as a Royce scholar.

Submissions should be approximately 6,000- 8,000 words and prepared for blind review. Please e-mail your submission to michael.brodrick@gmail.com by August 1, 2017. The best submissions will be published in the journal next year.


Monday, May 8, 2017

Call for Proposals - 2018 Eastern APA

Call for papers/abstracts for Josiah Royce Society Sessions at the 2018 Eastern APA, to be held 01/03-01/06 in Savannah, GA.

This session will include two or three paper presentations and possibly brief commentary on each presentation. Topics are open to anything related to the thought of Josiah Royce. Papers should be able to be read in 20-25 minutes (around 2500-3000 words). If submitting an abstract, it should be no shorter than 250 words.

Please prepare your paper or abstract for anonymous review, and attach a separate document with the paper title, author name, and contact information.

Prospective presenters are asked to email their proposals to Daniel Brunson at danieljamesbrunson AT gmail.com by June 15th, 2017.
Notification regarding submission status will be made by July 1st, 2017.

Sunday, February 5, 2017

Please join us at Central APA!

Friday, March 3, 7:00-10:00 PM

Sheraton Kansas City Hotel
At Crown Center
Kansas City, MO

Topic:

Revisiting Royce's The Spirit of Modern Philosophy

Speakers:

Robin Friedman (Independent Scholar)
"Royce, History, and the Nature of Philosophy"

Jacquelyn A. Kegley (California State University Bakersfield)
"Doing Philosophy Today: Lessons from Royce's Spirit of Modern Philosophy"

Kevin Harrelson (Ball State University)
"Appreciation as Historical Knowledge" 

Monday, January 30, 2017

Request for Session Chair


The Royce Society is in search of a Chair for its Central APA session, which is scheduled for 7:00- 10:00 PM on Friday, March 3 in Kansas City, MO. If you are planning to attend Central APA and would not mind serving as Chair of the Royce session, please let us know by writing an e-mail to:  michael.brodrick AT gmail.com.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Call for Papers!

Call for Papers!

Special issue of The Pluralist dedicated to the legacy of Frank M. Oppenheim, SJ



One can hardly study Josiah Royce without coming across and benefiting from the scholarship of Frank M. Oppenheim, and generations of Royce scholars have been recipients of Oppenheim’s brilliant mentoring.

The Josiah Royce Society in partnership with The Pluralist invites submissions that make substantial use of Oppenheim’s scholarly work and/or substantively address his legacy as a Royce scholar.

Submissions should be approximately 6,000- 8,000 words and prepared for bind review. Please e-mail your submission to michael.brodrick AT gmail.com by May 1, 2017. The best submissions will be published in the journal next year.