The 27th North Texas
Heidegger Symposium

Friday, April 17th and Saturday, April 18th, 2009
The University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
Gorman Lecture Center Faculty Lounge

Organized by the Dallas Area Seminar on European Inquiry (DASEIN)

Professor Richard Owsley
founded the North Texas
Heidegger Symposium in
1980, and hosted it for over
twenty years.

He also helped to develop the
Department of Philosophy and
Religious Studies at the
University of North Texas.

Although he retired in 1995,
he continued to teach and
participate in philosophical
discourse until shortly before
his death.

In December of 1999, Professor
Owsley was elected president
of the Karl Jaspers Society.
In April of 2000, he
delivered his last opening
address at the 20th Heidegger
Symposium, on "The Meaning
of Truth in Husserl and
Heidegger."

Richard Owsley died on February
16, 2003, at the age of 79.

photo courtesy Robyn Lee

Program Archive

2008

2007

This year’s theme is:

“The Later Heidegger”

This year’s speakers will include:

John Sallis (Boston College)
Presenting the Fourth Richard Owsley Memorial Address: "The Logic of Thinking"

Walter Brogan (Villanova University)
Nancy Weston (UC Berkeley)
Holger Zaborowski (Catholic University of America)
Ingo Farin (University of Tasmania)
Michael Bowler (Michigan Tech)
Wanda Torres-Gregory (Simmons College, Boston)
Michael Eldred (Independent Scholar, Cologne)
Robert Wood (University of Dallas)
Charles Bambach (University of Texas at Dallas)
Luanne Frank (University of Texas at Arlington)
Dale Wilkerson (University of North Texas)

Conference Program:
available in .rtf (Word) and .pdf (Acrobat)

Conference Fee: The conference fee, from which we derive most of the income for the Symposium, will be $40.00 ($20.00 for students). Part of the fee will cover the cost of coffee and pastries and a ticket for lunch each day. This is so that participants will have no need to leave the conference site until the end of each day's activities. On Friday evening we will retire together to a nearby restaurant for drinks and dinner. On Saturday evening there will be a banquet in the Haggar Center for all participants.

Checks made out to "Heidegger Symposium" or "NTHS" may be sent to Rod Coltman, Professor of Philosophy, Division of Communications and Humanities, Collin College
2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, Texas 75074

or, click on the "make a donation" button below to pay online.

The conference is organized by the Dallas Area Seminar on European Inquiry (DASEIN). Contact Rod Coltman at Collin College for further information.

The University of Dallas
Collin College Division of Communications and Humanities
Austin College, Sherman, Texas
University of North Texas

For ground travel information to and from the University, please go to the following link:

www.udallas.edu/about/directions.cfm

campus map

The following links will provide additional travel information to and from the two airports:

DFW Airport
Southwest Airlines Travel Center

Accommodation: the following link connects to the UD web page listing area hotels that offer special UD rates. Because the Byron Nelson golf tournament will be held the same weekend as the Heidegger Symposium, please make your reservations as soon as possible. Be sure to mention the University of Dallas when you request a room, and try to book a hotel that offers transportation to the college.

http://www.udallas.edu/visit/hotels.cfm

Note: When booking rooms at the Wyndham Las Colinas, be sure to ask for "In-house Reservations" (otherwise you'll be sent through the corporate reservation system, which has no record of the UD rates)