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    The Quebec seminar in early modern philosophy is a bilingual annual conference in the history of early modern philosophy (roughly, the period from Descartes to Kant). Its specific aim is to foster the exchange of ideas among scholars of early modern philosophy from French and English language, particularly from Canada, the United States, and Europe.    Papers on any topic in the history of early modern philosophy are welcome for presentation at the Quebec Seminar. The reading time should be approximately 45 minutes. The meetings will take place on the first day at the Université de Sherbrooke, and henceforth at the Hovey Manor in North Hatley, a village 30 minutes away from Sherbrooke (see the website of the Hovey Manor where participants are invited to reserve their accommodations at the negotiated conference rates : http://pages.usherbrooke.ca/sqpm/english/lodging.html).Anglophone keynote speaker: Steven Nadler, University of Wisconsin at MadisonFrancophone keynote speaker: TBACall for Papers:Please submit an abstract of 500 to 750 words (1 to 1,5 page, single-spaced) to Syliane Malinowski-Charles (for English submissions) or Sébastien Charles (for French submissions) no later than April 1st, 2012. People submitting an abstract in English are expected to be able to follow the papers that will be presented in French.Conference organizers:Sébastien Charles, Université de Sherbrooke (sebastien.charles@usherbrooke.ca)Syliane Malinowski-Charles, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (sy_charles@yahoo.ca or syliane.charles@uqtr.ca)Conference Website:http://pages.usherbrooke.ca/sqpm/index.html