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16TH ANNUAL ISNS CONFERENCE, LOS ANGELES, CA, JUNE 13-16, 2018Call for panels for the 16th annual ISNS conference, to be held in Los Angeles on June 13-16, 2018, in conjunction with Loyola Marymount University.Anyone interested in organizing a panel at the conference should send a brief description of the panel along with its title and the name(s) and email address(es) of the contact person(s) to the conference organizers:Eric Perl: Eric.Perl@lmu.eduDavid Albertson: dalberts@usc.eduMarilynn Lawrence: pronoia12@gmail.comJohn Finamore: john-finamore@uiowa.eduPanel descriptions are due to us by January 22, 2018. I will email the list of proposed panels to the ISNS membership before February 5. Panel organizers are responsible for choosing and collecting abstracts for their panels. They should notify the organizers of their decisions by February 26. Abstracts should be no more than one page, single spaced.We also welcome individual abstracts for papers that do not fall under any of the announced panels. Please send those abstracts (again, one-page maximum) to the four conference organizers above.All abstracts, whether individual or for inclusion in panels, are due by February 26, 2018. Papers may be presented in English, Portuguese, French, German, Spanish, or Italian. It is recommended that those delivering papers in languages other than English provide printed copies to their audience at the conference.Please note that anyone giving a paper at the conference must be a member of the ISNS. You may sign up and pay dues on the website of the Philosophy Documentation Center Note: If the page doesn't show up, try pasting this address into your browser:https://www.pdcnet.org/isns/International-Society-for-Neoplatonic-Studies-%28ISNS%29Dues are $60.00 per year ($20.00 for students and retirees).Participants may give only one paper at the conference and therefore should submit only one abstract.(Text by the organizers)