To honor, remember, and take up into our own thinking the profound philosophical contribution of the work of Calvin O. Schrag (1928-2024), Volume 18 of Analecta Hermeneutica will be dedicated to essays addressing some aspect of Professor Schrag’s many contributions to hermeneutic philosophy.
Volume 18 of Analecta Hermeneutica will be comprised of two types of essays. First, we seek traditional academic essays (7,000-9,000 words) exploring, expanding, and extending the work of Professor Schrag so as to make an original contribution to hermeneutic philosophy. These essays will undergo the customary anonymous peer-review. The second essay type we seek are shorter pieces (2,000-4,000 words) the execution of which, while entailing memorial and remembrance honoring Professor Schrag, still make claims to advance hermeneutic thinking. These shorter essays will be reviewed and their publication determined by the editors of Analecta Hermeneutica.
Manuscripts may be submitted any time before 15 February 2026 and must follow the Analecta Hermeneutica manuscript submission protocols. Please visit the website for the full call details: https://www.iih-hermeneutics.org/analecta-hermeneutica
Professor Schrag, whose long and illustrious career spanned six decades, played a significant role in bringing continental philosophy to North America. As a founding editor of the journal then called Man and World (now Continental Philosophy Review) and as an early force in creating the premier professional society for the study of continental philosophy in the States (Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy), his work helped to create spaces and opportunities for North American contributions to hermeneutic thinking.
A student of John Wild and Paul Tillich, Professor Schrag’s work addressed many pressing issues salient to hermeneutic philosophy among them questions of ethics, concerns pertaining to religious and theological thought, and hermeneutics as the practice of communication. The last of these led to his creating with colleagues a joint Ph.D. program in Philosophy and Communication at Purdue University. From his leadership position in this program his research made important, fecund, and
lasting contributions to the philosophical study of communication as a life-word practice in line with what European philosophers following Heidegger and Gadamer call Sprachlichkeit.