IASS Conference

IASS will co-sponsor a conference with the Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society (ECSS:
Thomas Reid, William Cullen and Adam Smith:The Science of Mind and Body in the Scottish Enlightenment
24-27 June, 2010
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey
Commemorating the tercentenary of the births of the philosopher Thomas Reid (1710–1796) and the physician William Cullen (1710–1790), this conference invites proposals for 20-minute papers on Reid and Cullen themselves, as well as their contemporary Adam Smith (1723–1790), and on the interplay of philosophy, medicine, science, religion, literature, and political economy during the Scottish Enlightenment. Papers on other aspects of eighteenth-century Scottish thought and culture are also welcome, as are papers on connections between Scotland and the Princeton–Philadelphia region. Plenary addresses will be delivered by Aaron Garrett, Boston University, on “Thomas Reid as Historian of Philosophy” and Guenter B. Risse, Emeritus, University of California San Francisco on “William Cullen and His Edinburgh Medical World.”
Email or fax a title and one-page description of your proposed panel or proposed 20-minute paper, along with a one-page cv, by 1 November 2009 to: Richard B. Sher, Executive Secretary, ECSSS, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102-1982 USA; Fax: 973-762-3039 E-mail: sher@njit.edu