Continental Philosophy

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The Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy was established in 1995 as the revamped Australasian Society for Phenomenology and Social Philosophy. Its original aims were to provide a broad intellectual forum for academics, writers, artists, and postgraduates researching topics in Contemporary European philosophy, and to thereby become the region's premier reference point for people working within the diverse fields of Continental/European Philosophy. The Society currently holds an annual conference hosted by different Universities across the Australasian region.

The 2009 ASCP Conference will be themed Philosophy and the Work of Art, to be held in December at Monash University, Melbourne.

About the ASCP
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2009 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair: Robert Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University
Deputy Chair: Jack Reynolds, Latrobe University
Treasurer: Jo Faulkner, UNSW
Secretary/Liaison: Richard Colledge, Australian Catholic University/Marguerite La Caze, University of Queensland
Government/Institutional Representative: Andrew Benjamin, Monash University
AAP Representative: Paul Patton, UNSW
NZ Representatives: Matheson Russell, University of Auckland/Simone Drichel, University of Otago
Postgraduate Representatives: Michaela Baker/Andrew Montin
Web Coordinator: Simone Bignall
Conference Coordinator: TBA






AIMS OF THE ASCP
The Society aims to foster interest and support research in the field of Continental/European philosophy, understood in a broad and interdisciplinary sense, in Australia, New Zealand, and in the Australasian region, and to provide a network for those interested in and/or working in this field both nationally and internationally. The Society endeavours to promote the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas inspired by the diverse traditions of European thought (such as phenomenology, existentialism, critical theory, hermeneutics, feminism, deconstruction, poststructuralism, and so on), and to develop productive links with other international societies and associations that share similar goals and views.

It also remains committed to the development of a pluralistic Australasian philosophical community, linking those working in diverse institutions, disciplines, and areas of inquiry, and encouraging productive and collegial relations between postgraduate students and professional academics and researchers. The Society actively supports principles of gender equity, encouraging the participation of women in philosophy at a professional level, and is further committed to fostering the dialogue between diverse philosophical and cultural traditions both within Australia and internationally.