Conferences
Upcoming Conference
In the 2009-2010 academic year, the MPA will host its conference in the spring of 2010 at Mississippi State University. The program chair will be Dr. Trisha Phillips of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. More information about the conference will be posted here when available. Past Conferences
2008 M.P.A. Medical Ethics Conference
For the 2008-2009 academic year, the MPA held its conference in the fall at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. The theme of the conference was Medical Ethics.
NEW: See photos of the event here. See a photo collage here.
You can download a printable Conference Program here.
Conference Details:
When: Thursday, November 20th through Saturday, Nov. 22nd of 2008.
Where: The Ole Miss University Medical Center in Jackson, MS. All events, except for Friday night's dinner will be held at the Student Union, here:
http://maps.umc.edu/maps/page/student_union.html
Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Sharon Douglas (M.D.), Assoc. Professor of Medicine and Asst. Dean for VA Education, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Associate Chief of Staff for Education and Ethics, Certified in Healthcare Ethics, teaching ethics to medical students, specialist in Pulmonary Medicine, and Trainer on End-of-Life Care.
Dr. Carl Elliott (M.D., Ph.D.), Professor, Center for Bioethics and Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, and Department of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota.
Dr. Gregory E. Pence (Ph.D.), Professor, Department of Philosophy and School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Director of the UAB Medical School’s Medical Ethics Course, and Director of the UAB BS/MD Program.
Accommodations:
The MPA has reserved rooms at the Cabot Lodge Millsaps hotel, which you can learn about here:
http://www.cabotlodgemillsaps.com/
The Cabot Lodge has been recently renovated, and is the closest hotel to the University Medical Center. We have secured a discounted rate for rooms there despite the unavoidable football game schedule in Jackson. Mention the MPA Philosophy conference to get the discount rate. The discounted rate comes with a charge of $89 for the first night and $119 for the second night. The price is the same whether the room is a single or a double. The cutoff date for reserving a room at the discounted rate is 11/6/08. If you are interested in sharing a room with another conference presenter, let me know, and I will see whether I can get people in touch with one another to setup such arrangements.
For those interested in a lovely but pricy bed and breakfast location, the Fairview Inn is well liked and is also close to the University Medical Center. Here is its Web site:
A variety of hotels are nearby, and can be found here:
Opportunities and Instructions for Submissions:
The original call for papers is here: Call for Papers, but the deadline has passed.
In academic year 2008-2009, the Mississippi Philosophical Association met in November, rather than in the spring. The conference theme was Medical Ethics. We offered awards of $250 each for the two strongest papers by students (undergraduate or graduate), as well as $100 travel grants for each presenter coming from out of town (except for student award winners).
Papers submitted for the conference should be prepared for blind review, with no identifying markings in the text of the paper. We are only accepting emailed submissions. In the subject line of your emails about the conference, please type MPA. In the text of your email, please include the name of your paper, an approximate word count, and if interested, your eligibility and request to be considered for the graduate student awards (Clarification of original CFP: all traveling presenters will be offered the travel grants, except the student award winners). Papers should be no longer than 3,000 words.
Email the Program Chair, or call with questions:
Dr. Eric Thomas Weber, Public Policy Leadership, U. of Mississippi, 662.915.1336, etweber@olemiss.edu
Thank Yous!
We secured commitments of support for the conference from:
Millsaps College's Dept. of Philosophy
Mississippi State University's Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
The University of Southern Mississippi's Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
from The University of Mississippi's:
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
Dept. of Public Policy Leadership
Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
and from the Mississippi Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Mississippi Humanities Council is an independent, non-partisan, nonpolitical organization funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and private donations. The Council's primary objective is to shed light, not heat, on the public policy issues of today by examining the larger value questions involved through the use of philosophy, literature, history, and other disciplines in the humanities.
Programs and Records
See the "minutes" page for more information on past conferences, and to find a link to a book collection of the invited and presidential addresses of the Mississippi Philosophical association.Fall 2008 Program (Medical Ethics Conference). See photos of this event! See a photo collage here.