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# 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

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## Announcements

#### 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…](https://www.spep.org/2024/05/thomas-flynn-in-memoriam/)

#### 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…](https://www.spep.org/2024/04/calvin-o-schrag-in-memoriam/)

#### 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…](https://www.spep.org/2024/01/johanna-meehan-in-memoriam/)

#### 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…](https://www.spep.org/2023/06/mari-ruti-in-memoriam/)

#### 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…](https://www.spep.org/2023/04/in-memoriam-veronique-foti/)

#### 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…](https://www.spep.org/2023/03/wayne-froman-in-memoriam/)

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## Upcoming Conference Dates

- **2024: Rochester Institute of Technology**
- Rochester, NY

- September 26-28, 2024.

- **2025: SPEP 63**
- Online

- October 17-18 and 24-25, 2025.

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## Calls for Papers

- [Aesthetics in Times of Turmoil: A Conference on Intersections between Art and Ecology](https://www.spep.org/papers/aesthetics-in-times-of-turmoil-a-conference-on-intersections-between-art-and-ecology/)
- [Experience of crisis – crisis of experience: Research conference of the PhD students of the Hans-Böckler-Foundation](https://www.spep.org/papers/experience-of-crisis-crisis-of-experience-research-conference-of-the-phd-students-of-the-hans-bockler-foundation/)
- [Nature, Thinking: From Romanticism and Idealism to Ecological Philosophy](https://www.spep.org/papers/nature-thinking-from-romanticism-and-idealism-to-ecological-philosophy/)
- [International Merleau-Ponty Circle Conference 2024 – Call for Papers](https://www.spep.org/papers/international-merleau-ponty-circle-conference-2024-call-for-papers/)
- [53rd Annual NTPA Call for Papers](https://www.spep.org/papers/53rd-annual-ntpa-call-for-papers/)
- [Call For Papers – The Human Being and Time: From Kant to Existentialism (second call)](https://www.spep.org/papers/call-for-papers-the-human-being-and-time-from-kant-to-existentialism-second-call/)
- [Call for Papers — Chiasma Volume 9:Philosophy / Fascism / State](https://www.spep.org/papers/call-for-papers-chiasma-volume-9philosophy-fascism-state/)
- [Call For Papers – Towards a Dialogue Between Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO) and Science](https://www.spep.org/papers/call-for-papers-towards-a-dialogue-between-object-oriented-ontology-ooo-and-science/)

## Recent Posts

- [Thomas Flynn, In Memoriam](https://www.spep.org/2024/05/thomas-flynn-in-memoriam/)
- [Calvin O. Schrag, In Memoriam](https://www.spep.org/2024/04/calvin-o-schrag-in-memoriam/)
- [Johanna Meehan, In Memoriam](https://www.spep.org/2024/01/johanna-meehan-in-memoriam/)
- [Call for Papers for the 62nd Annual SPEP Conference](https://www.spep.org/2023/11/call-for-papers-for-the-62nd-annual-spep-conference/)
- [Open SPEP Executive Committee Position for Secretary-Treasurer](https://www.spep.org/2023/10/open-spep-executive-committee-position-for-secretary-treasurer/)

## Books

- [Stop Thief!: Philosophy and Anarchism](https://www.spep.org/books/stop-thief-philosophy-and-anarchism/)
- [Dialogue on the Threshold: Heidegger and Trakl](https://www.spep.org/books/dialogue-on-the-threshold-heidegger-and-trakl/)
- [Schelling, Hegel, and the Philosophy of Nature: From Matter to Spirit](https://www.spep.org/books/schelling-hegel-and-the-philosophy-of-nature-from-matter-to-spirit/)
- [The Healing Body: Creative Responses to Illness, Aging, and Affliction](https://www.spep.org/books/the-healing-body-creative-responses-to-illness-aging-and-affliction/)
- [Dispositif. A Cartography](https://www.spep.org/books/dispositif-a-cartography/)

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- [Assistant Professor (tenure-track): Emory University](https://www.spep.org/jobs/assistant-professor-tenure-track-emory-university-2/)
- [Assistant Professor of Philosophy](https://www.spep.org/jobs/assistant-professor-of-philosophy-3/)
- [Assistant Professor, University of Memphis](https://www.spep.org/jobs/assistant-professor-university-of-memphis/)
- [Assistant Professor of Philosophy](https://www.spep.org/jobs/assistant-professor-of-philosophy-2/)

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