Spindel Conference

Murray Spindel, who died of cancer on July 7, 1999, was a great friend to the University of Memphis and to the faculty members and students in the Philosophy Department who came to know him. In the fall of 1981, Murray gave an endowment to the University of Memphis that has been used by the Philosophy Department to fund an annual conference on varying philosophical topics. Directed by faculty, the conference is held each fall (usually late September or early October); the proceedings are published as a supplement to The Southern Journal of Philosophy. The Spindel Philosophy Conference has become an internationally renowned event, and the Spindel Supplements offer timely and important contributions to philosophy.

Upcoming and Recent Spindel Conferences

2025 - Feminist Universalism(s) in Philosophy, Jameliah Inga Shorter-Bourhanou

2024 - The Status of First Principles in Philosophy, James Bahoh

2023 - On the History of Philosophy, Daniel Smith