Call for Papers

34th International Hume Conference
Boston University
August 7-12, 2007

 


Conference Organizers
Prof. Manfred Kuehn (Boston University)
Prof. Aaron Garrett (Boston University)
Prof. Kate Abramson (Indiana University)

 

The Hume Society is pleased to announce its thirty-fourth annual conference, to be held August 7-12, 2007, in Boston Massachusetts, hosted by Boston University.

We are looking for papers in all areas of Hume studies.  The following topics will be the special themes of this conference: 

The Four Dissertations (published 1757)
Hume on Economics and Politics
The Union of 1707
 

Papers should be no more than thirty minutes reading length with self-references deleted for blind reviewing; the author's name should appear only on a front cover sheet.   Papers may be submitted in French, Spanish, German, or English, but must include an English-language or French-language abstract.   Authors are requested to submit cover sheets, abstracts, and papers in one file in either MS Word or rich text format (RTF).  Cover sheets should include the author�s contact information.  Papers can be submitted by using the electronic submission feature of this website (highly recommended) or as as email attachment addressed to  secretary@humesociety.org.

 

The Hume Society has set aside up to $2000 for the support of graduate students reading papers at the annual Hume Society meetings, to be given to qualifying students whose papers have been accepted through the normal blind-review process.

 

Submissions must be sent  by November 1, 2006.  Authors will be notified that their submissions have been received.   If you submit a paper and do not receive an acknowledgement by November 15, please email secretary@humesociety.org.