NASPH 2018 CFP

The Call For Papers for the 2018 meeting of NASPH at North Central College (Naperville, IL) is available here.

Dan Tate
NASPH Secretary (Interim)

Nielsen Joins NASPH EC

Cynthia Nielsen, University of Dallas, is the newly elected member of the NASPH Executive Committee. She will take over the position of Secretary from Dan Tate. Cynthia joins the other members of the EC: Alejandro Vallega, Lawrence Schmidt, and Georgia Warnke. We warmly congratulate Cynthia on her new position and look forward to her contribution to NASPH. 

Dan Tate
NASPH Secretary (Interim)

NASPH 2018 CFP

The Call for Papers for the 2018 meeting of NASPH, which will take place September 13-15 at North Central College in Naperville, IL, is available here. The submission deadline is June 1, 2018. Please note the introduction of a new Hans-Georg Gadamer Essay Prize, to be awarded to an outstanding paper by a graduate student.

NASPH 2017 Conference Program

The full conference program for the 2017 meeting of NASPH is available here. See previous posts for travel and lodging information. Membership dues, registration, and banquet fees can be paid electronically using the paypal buttons on any of the several pages at the NASPH website.


Dan Tate
NASPH Secretary

NASPH 2017 Conference Papers

The submitted conference papers for the 2017 meeting of NASPH are available below. We encourage participants to read them in advance in order to facilitate discussion.

Paul Fairfield, “Hermeneutic Pragmatism”

Greg Lynch, “‘Contemporaneous with Each Present Time:’
                     Gadamer on Understanding Across Contexts”

Carlos Davia, “Gadamer’s Ethics: A Sketch”

Meili Steele, Hermeneutics and the Political: A New Language for Normative Debate”

David Liakos, “Gadamer, Renaissance Humanism, and Perspective in Painting”

Carolyn Culbertson, “From Modern Medical Science to the Art of Healing:
                                  Gadamer and Heidegger on the Critique of Modern Health Care”