SPEP 62
The 62nd Meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
THURSDAY – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 – 28, 2024
Hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
The SPEP 62 Program is available for download here.
Hotel Accessibility Information can be found here, while Transportation and Airport Accessibility is available here.
Announcements
De Gruyter Brill offers special discount to SPEP members
De Gruyter Brill and the SPEP share a strong commitment to the publication and enablement of philosophical work in general as well as a particular dedication to encourage new perspectives moving beyond the philosophical canon! Thus, we are delighted to offer you an exclusive discount of 40% on any title of your choice. Visit De Gruyter Brill’s philosophy collection to obtain the SPEP discount code.
Thomas Flynn, In Memoriam
by David Carr, Emory University
With sadness we learned of the death on Feb. 29, 2024, of Thomas R. Flynn, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Emory University. He was 87. Tom joined the Emory department in 1978, after study at the Gregorian University in Rome and at Columbia University, where he received his Ph.D in 1970. Tom was an esteemed scholar and a beloved and gifted teacher. Known for his work on Sartre, on Existentialism and Marxism and on Michel Foucault, he contributed much to our understanding of French philosophy. Read more…
Calvin Schrag, In Memoriam
by William McBride, Purdue University
The recent death of Calvin O. Schrag at an advanced age is an unhappy milestone in the history of SPEP. The offspring of a Dakota Mennonite family with impressive intellectual credentials, Cal earned a Master’s degree at Yale Divinity before graduating with a Doctorate in philosophy from Harvard, where he famously served as teaching assistant to University Professor Paul Tillich (the source of many of Cal’s stories). Read more…
Johanna Meehan, In Memoriam
It is with shock and profound sadness that we share with SPEP the news that Johanna Meehan died unexpectedly on January 8, 2024 from complications of a bacterial infection. Johanna was McCay-Casady Professor of Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at Grinnell College, where she had taught since 1990 and had just begun a phased retirement plan. Johanna was a scholar of the highest rank. Her primary focus was on the Critical Theory tradition, and she published articles in leading journals, including Philosophy and Social Criticism, Constellations, and Human Studies. Read more…
Mari Ruti, In Memoriam
It is with a heavy heart that we share that Professor Mari Ruti, a year shy of turning 60, has died after a long battle with cancer. Mari was Distinguished Professor of Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis at the University of Toronto. The author of 13 books, with others likely to be published posthumously, Mari was known for her lucid and compelling writings on Lacanian psychoanalysis, critical theory, and queer theory. Read more…
Veronique Fóti, In Memoriam
We are deeply saddened to share the news that longtime SPEP member Véronique Fóti passed away recently. After teaching at New School University for four years, Véronique joined the Penn State Philosophy Department in 1985, and she retired in 2013. She was the author of many well-known books including Merleau-Ponty at the Gallery (SUNY, 2021); Tracing Expression in Merleau-Ponty (Northwestern, 2013); Epochal Discord (SUNY, 2012); Vision’s Invisibles (SUNY, 2003), and Heidegger and the Poets (Humanities, 1992). Read more…
Wayne Froman, In Memoriam
It is with sadness that SPEP shares the news of the death of long-standing SPEP member, Wayne Froman, who passed away on March 6 2023 after a long and fruitful career in philosophy at George Mason University. Wayne was a leading scholar of 20th century European philosophy, especially the thought of Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Emmanuel Levinas, and Franz Rosenzweig. At the time of his death, he was working on a book-length study of the philosophical contributions of Rosenzweig and Heidegger. Read more…
