41st Conference on Value Inquiry
Sport and Values
16 - 18 April 2015
Neumann University
Aston, Pennsylvania
**Call for Papers**
The Neumann University Institute for Sport, Spirituality
and Character Development (http://isscd.org), in
conjunction with the Neumann University Philosophy Department will host the
41st Conference on Value Inquiry: Sport and Values at Neumann University in
Aston, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, 16-18 April 2015.
Broad participation is sought. We welcome papers that address various
aspects of sport and values. Most
accepted papers will be primarily directed to a scholarly audience, yet the
conference will have presentations that fall into the following three categories:
(a) Papers
primarily directed to a scholarly audience.
(b) Interactive
presentations primarily directed to an undergraduate student audience.
(c) Graduate and
undergraduate student presentations (e.g., paper, poster, or TED-style talk of no
more than 15 minutes).
Please indicate the category (a, b, or c) for which the
submission should be considered. Papers
and interactive presentations should be between 20-25 minutes long. Submissions of papers (a), or detailed
outline of presentation including learning outcomes for students (b), or
abstracts of student presentations (c), must be received by January 15, 2015
for first consideration.
Presentations may be practically or theoretically
oriented. Topics may be disciplinary, or
interdisciplinary, ranging over issues between two or more fields of value
inquiry. Drew Hyland, Trinity College,
author of Philosophy of Sport, and Fr. Patrick Kelly, SJ, Seattle University,
author of Catholic Perspectives on Sports: From Medieval to Modern Times, will
be among the keynote speakers.
Please submit to:
Professor John Mizzoni
Neumann University
One Neumann Drive
Aston, PA 19014-1298
(610) 361-5496 and (215) 407-4259
