Societas Ethica Newsletter Fall 2021
Martin Langby
Dear members of Societas Ethica,
We hope that you are well during these times.
Topics
· A note from the president
· New presidium
· Societas Ethica’s 57th annual conference 2021
· Societas Ethica’s 58th annual conference 2022
· De Ethica - A Journal of Philosophical, Theological, and Applied Ethics
· De Ethica Special Issue: “Health care priority setting – lessons learned from covid-19” – Publication 2022
· De Ethica Special Issue: “The Foundations of Equal Moral Standing” – Publication 2022
· De Ethica “general application.”
A note from the president
Dear members of Societas Ethica,
It is a great honor for me to address you as the president of Societas Ethica for 2021-2024. I am confident that the board and the presidium will serve the society and organize annual conferences of high academic quality and social importance.
Societas Ethica is a generous and constructively challenging environment. We all – members from different countries, traditions, and academic contexts – are trained to enjoy critique and questioning, scrutiny of positions, arguments, and assumptions of others, but most importantly, our own. But we also cultivate the ability to support each other and show solidarity towards others whose uniqueness is a treasure and not a threat. In research and functional democracy, differences and not likeness are the source of energy and progress.
Therefore, my vision for the coming three years is, together with my team – doctor Johanna Ohlsson and doctoral student Martin Langby – the board, and most importantly with you – members of the society, to further develop the scientific and humanistic heritage of Societas Ethica. I believe that research in ethics demands international cooperation and cooperation between ethicists from different academic traditions. I also believe that high qualitative and free research in ethics, although not alone, strengthens humanistic, emancipatory elements of European cultures and counteracts racism and desire to dominate.
We have new wonderful meetings to look forward to – Zurich, Sarajevo, and Uppsala, to begin with, are ready to welcome Societas Ethica’s members for their annual conferences. Vulnerability and integrity; Challenges from inter-religious perspectives on ethics; Moral philosophical and moral theological critique of human rights are themes that, I hope, correlate with your theoretical interests. But even when they don’t, we will secure the possibility to present and discuss the results of novel research projects conducted by ethicists all across Europe.
I look forward to developing Societas Ethica’s cooperation with other societies, such as the Society for Christian Ethics. I also want to ensure all of you that the board and I hope for new initiatives and suggestions from all of you.
I wish you an excellent academic year. On behalf of the board and Professor Michael Coors’s team, I invite you all to join us in Zurich for the conference on Vulnerability and Integrity.
New presidium
Societas Ethica has a new presidium for the period 2021-2024. Professor Dr. Elena Namli is president. She is the professor of theological ethics at the Department of Theology, Uppsala University, Sweden. Dr. Johanna Ohlsson is questor. She holds a post-doc position at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies (IRES), Uppsala University, Sweden. Martin Langby is scriba. He is a Ph.D. candidate in ethics at the Department of Theology, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Societas Ethica’s 57th annual conference 2021
This year’s annual conference, the 57th in the order, was held digitally over Zoom on August 19th-21th. We are all grateful for the presentations on the theme “Time of Crisis - Time of Hope.” We also wish to form a special thank you to the presidium and staff who made the conference possible! We also want to congratulate LaShaunda Reese, who won this year’s Youch Scholars Award. The recorded presentations are now available on the following link: https://moodle.evhn.de/course/view.php?id=4672
Societas Ethica’s 58th annual conference 2022
The following year’s annual conference will be in Zürich from Thursday the 25th to Sunday 28th August 2022. The theme of the conference is “Vulnerability and Integrity.” We will announce more information and calls for papers on www.societasethica.info soon.
De Ethica - A Journal of Philosophical, Theological, and Applied Ethics
The academic journal associated with Societas Ethica currently has three calls for papers open. The editorial staff will soon announce these open calls for papers more in-depth. De Ethica also has a new executive editor, Dr. Lars Lindblom, who assumed this position in spring. He is a senior lecturer in ethics at Linköping University, Sweden.
De Ethica Special Issue: “Health care priority setting – lessons learned from covid-19” – Publication 2022
Closing date for submissions: 31st December 2021
https://de-ethica.com/announcement/view/14
De Ethica Special Issue: “The Foundations of Equal Moral Standing” – Publication 2022
Closing date for submissions: 31st January 2022
https://de-ethica.com/announcement/view/15
De Ethica “general application.”
You are always encouraged to submit your manuscripts for the standard issues. Please see the De Ethica website for more information.
https://de-ethica.com/announcement/view/12
For inquiries, please, don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Scriba, Martin Langby at martin.langby@teol.uu.se.
With kind regards,
President Prof. Elena Namli with staff