Society for Women in Philosophy. For information on SWIP membership, which includes receiving program announcements, the national SWIP newsletter, and a discount subscription to Hypatia, contact the SWIP chapter in your area:
Eastern SWIP: Executive Secretary: Wendy Lee-Lampshire, Department of Philosophy, 219 Bakeless Center for the Humanities, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. (lampshire@planetx.bloomu.edu). Treasurer: Nancy Stanlick, Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies, University of North Florida, 4567 St. John's Bluff Road, South, Jacksonville, FL 32224. (nstanlic@osprey.unf.edu).
Midwest SWIP: Executive Secretary: Jacqueline Anderson, Dept. of Humanities, City College of Chicago, Olive-Harvey College, Chicago, IL 60628. Treasurer: Lorraine Ironplow, P.O. Box 251, Elmira, OR 97437. (ironplow@efn.org).
Pacific SWIP: Executive Secretary: Wanda Teays, Mt. St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Treasurer: Renee Lewis, Philosophy Department, California State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032-8114.
Call for Papers: Papers are invited for an anthology exploring the experience of philosophers who consider themselves to be feminists as well as participants in traditional religious faiths. Essays should explore the ways in which these three different commitments (philosophy, feminism, and faith) play out in the lives and scholarship of the authors. Religious faith and philosophical inquiry are often seen to be in tension; feminism and traditional religious faiths are widely thought to be incompatible; and commitment to the discipline of philosophy is considered by some to belie a firm commitment to feminist principles. This collection of essays will enable the contributors to reflect critically on the tensions and awards that arise from the interplay of these three vital aspects of their identities.
Two copies of completed papers (15-20 pages in length) should be sent to E. Marya Bower, Philosophy-Drawer 61, Earlham College, 801 National Road West, Richmond, IN 47374-4095, by May 1,1998. E-mail submissions are also welcome; please send them to bowerma@earlham.edu. For further information, please contact Marya Bower (1-765-983-1438/bowerma@earlham.edu) or Ruth Groenhout (1-616-957-6412/rgroenho@calvin.edu).
8th Symposium of the International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPh), to be held August 6-10, 1998 in Boston, MA just prior to Paedeia: 20th World Congress of Philosophy: Philosophy Educating Humanity. In keeping with that theme, the IAPh Symposium is titled Lessons from the Gynaeceum: Women Philosophizing—Post, Present, and Future. Over 200 papers and panels will be presented by women philosophers from every continent. For further information and registration materials see the IAPh website at: http:web.bu.eduWCPIAPHindex.html or write Linda Lopez McAlister, Department of Women's Studies, University of South Florida, HMS 413, Tampa, FL 33620 or mcaliste@chuma.cas.usf.edu.
SWIP'L, an electronic mail list for feminist philosophers is the e-mail information and discussion list for members of the Society for Women in Philosophy and others who are interested in feminist philosophy. To subscribe to this list send the following one-line message: SUBSCRIBE SWIP-L <YOUR NAME> to LISTSERV@CFRVM (Bitnet) or to LISTSERV@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU (Internet). When you want to post messages on the list send them to SWIP-LOCFRVM or to SWIP-L@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU. The purpose of the list is to provide a place to share information about SWIP and other feminist philosophy meetings, calls for papers, jobs for feminist philosophers, etc., as well as to engage in more substantive discussions related to feminist philosophy. While the list is open to both SWIP members and non-members, it is meant for feminist philosophers and theorists. It is free of charge. The SWIP-L's “owner” is Linda Lopez McAlister. If you have questions please e-mail her at (mcaliste@chuma.cas.usf.edu).
