Photographer: Marcel Amson

Bibliography Note: The "Discussion" section of this web site is currently offline. The Thirty-Fourth Annual Conference of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle will be held at Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi. The dates are October 1-3, 2009 and the theme of the conference is "The Experience and Expression of Space." The conference is co-organized by Rachel McCann (School of Architecture, MSU) and Patricia Locke (St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD). For further information, please go to the 2009 conference web site: http://www.caad.msstate.edu/Merleau-Ponty2009/

The Merleau-Ponty Circle is a loosely knit organization of students, teachers, and scholars interested in the thought of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It convenes once a year, usually in September, at various colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada, and abroad. During this annual three day conference, philosophers, psychologists, historians, social scientists, health care specialists, political theorists, etc. present papers on different aspects of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy. From time to time, collections of these papers are published.


Membership in the Circle is unrestricted; the only requirement is interest in Merleau-Ponty's work.
One becomes a member by e-mailing the Circle's General Secretary, Galen A. Johnson, Professor of Philosophy (University of Rhode Island) and requesting that one's name be added to the listserv.

Send membership requests to merleaufan@yahoo.com.

People on the listserv receive e-mailings of all conference announcements and programs, calls for papers, and the annual newsletter.

There are currently 750 members. There are no membership fees, although there are occasionally registration fees for the annual conference.

For further information:
contact either the General Secretary at merleaufan@yahoo.com or the Associate General Secretary, Larry Hass, Professor of Philosophy (Muhlenberg College) at lhass@muhlenberg.edu.