SPA Annual General Meeting (updated information)

The Scots Philosophical Association Annual General Meeting: Schedule and Information 

University of Dundee

Information:

There is no registration required, but if you would like to attend the dinner (details below) – so that we know the numbers – we ask that you indicate this in advance by emailing Ms Amelie Berger Soraruff: a.a.l.bergersoraruff@dundee.ac.uk

(Please also indicate if you will require a vegetarian option, and any other specific dietary requirements.)

 

Dinner will be held from 7:30 on Thursday the 1^st Dec at Rishi’s Indian Aroma (http://www.rishisdundee.co.uk) 11 Hawkhill Rd Dundee, DD1 5DL. Cost is £20 per person. We ask that you pay in cash to the conference organisers on the day of the dinner.

 

The conference will be held at the Dalhousie building – Room 2F14 on Thursday 1^st, and Room 2F13 on Friday 2^nd. (‘2’ indicates the side of the building, and ‘F’ indicates First Floor.)

You can find a campus map here:

 

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Dalhousie+Building/@56.4583796,-2.984038,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x48865cc765a60f35:0x2d4e6f1d11137606!8m2!3d56.4594378!4d-2.9821926

 

You can also find directions to get to Dalhousie Building from Dundee railway station here:

 

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Dundee+Railway+Station,+South+Union+Street,+Dundee/Dalhousie+Building,+Dundee/@56.458391,-2.9799213,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x48865c957a850ae5:0x1feafb1d1626334b!2m2!1d-2.9710367!2d56.4566822!1m5!1m1!1s0x48865cc76e384b15:0xc4e2c2ff3453a22f!2m2!1d-2.9822402!2d56.4595907!3e2

 

Some suggested nearby accommodation

(in rough descending order of price):

 

Apex Hotel: https://www.apexhotels.co.uk/apex-city-quay-hotel-spa

 

Malmaison: https://www.malmaison.com/locations/dundee/

 

Holiday Inn Express: https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/gb/en/dundee/dndee/hoteldetail

 

Queens Hotel: http://www.queenshotel-dundee.com

 

Travelodge Dundee Central: https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/301/Dundee-Central-hotel

 

Dundee Backpacker: http://www.hoppo.com/dundee

 

For any questions, please contact Ashley Woodward: a.z.woodward@dundee.ac.uk or Amélie Berger Soraruff: a.a.l.bergersoraruff@dundee.ac.uk

 

Schedule:

Thursday Dec. 1:

 

Dalhousie 2F14

 

10:30 Refreshments

11:00 – 1:00 Philosophy Careers Seminar (for Postgraduates)

1:45 – 2:45 Paper 1 TBA

3:00 – 4:00 Annual General meeting (SPA members only)

4:00 Refreshments

4:30 – 6:00 Keynote Address: Prof Jack Reynolds (Deakin): ‘Embodied Cognition, Naturalism and Emergence’

6:00 – 7:30 Drinks

7:30 Conference Dinner

 

 

Friday Dec. 2:

 

Dalhousie 2F13

 

9:30 Refreshments

10:00 – 11:00: Dr Kevin Scharp (St Andrews) Title TBA

11:00 – 12: Paper 3 Prof Nicholas Davey (Dundee): ‘Notes Towards a Relational Hermeneutics’