SOCIETY OF PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF EDUCATION

SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING

and

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EDUCATIONAL BIOGRAPHY

October 1 - October 3, 2026

 

Courtyard Marriott Bricktown, Oklahoma City

http://sopheconference.com/

https://isebio.com/index.html

 

SOPHE

President, Francesco Giuseffi, William Woods University

President Elect, Evans Akpo, Wayland Baptist University

Past President, Donna Sayman, Wichita State University

Editors, Journal of Philosophy and History of Education,

               Donna Sayman, Wichita State University

               Francesco Giuseffi, William Woods University

Webmaster, Ralph Olliges, Webster University

Program Chair, David Snelgrove, Oklahoma State University

 

ISEB

President, Jared Stallones, Northern Colorado

Vice President, Ivy Tyson,  ISEB Scholar

Past President, Yacine Kout, University of North Georgia

Secretary, Penny Craig, Ball State University

Treasurer, Prairie Parnell, Tarleton State University

Vitae Scholasticae Editor, Lucy Bailey, Oklahoma State University

 

HOUSING: Reservations by Sept. 10, Identify SOPHE Conf. for $159/Night, Courtyard Marriott, Self-Parking, $18/day.

2 West Reno, Oklahoma City, OK  73102

Sales Phone: (405) 605-7605

Main Line: (405) 232-2290 Main Fax: (405) 232-2202

www.marriott.com/okcdt 

 

The Martha Tevis Educational Foundations Society meeting will be at 9:00 AM Thursday followed by Annual Drake Lecture by Don Murray, Oklahoma State.

 

SOPHE/ISEB presentations begin 1:00 PM Thursday.

Depending on focus of submissions, the program will have topical sessions that include philosophy of education, history of education, educational praxis, issues in education, and educational biography, among others.

Thursday Evening, ISEB Presidential Address and Banquet, 

Friday Noon, SOPHE Presidential Address and Luncheon,

Friday Evening, SOPHE/ISEB Reception

SOPHE/ISEB ends noon Saturday.

 


 

SOPHE CALL FOR PAPERS AND CONFERENCE INFORMATION

PAPER and PANEL PRESENTATION PROPOSALS DUE BY SEPT. 1, 2026

 

SOPHE is an international organization to encourage and provide a forum for scholarship in the philosophical, historical, and social foundations of education, educational biography, pedagogical praxis, and the education-liberal arts nexus.

 

For its scholarly presentations, SOPHE prefers argumentative, thesis-driven papers, clearly linked to larger philosophical, historical, and social issues concerning education (including higher education) as a social institution and the connections between education and the liberal arts including biography, history, literature, the sciences, and mathematics. Depending on focus of submissions, the program will have topical sessions that include philosophy of education, history of education, educational praxis, issues in education, and educational biography, among others. We invite proposals from scholars in colleges of education and arts and sciences, graduate students, and independent scholars.

 

Individual presentations should be timed to finish within the strict limit of TWENTY (20) MINUTES. Panel Presentations (three or more presenters) should be timed to finish in FIFTY (50) MINUTES.

Graduate student presentations are encouraged.

 

Proposals should be 200-300 word abstracts or summaries of the presentation. Versions of presentations may be submitted for publication in the refereed Journal of Philosophy and History of Education and may be up to 30 double-spaced, 12 point pages.

 

SOPHE CALL FOR PAPERS

 

PRESENTER(S): _________________________________________________________

 

ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________

 

EMAIL ADDRESS: _______________________________________________________

 

TITLE OF PAPER OR PANEL _____________________________________________

 

RETURN TO: DAVID C. SNELGROVE

4520 ZELLA WAY, NE

PIEDMONT, OK 73078

dcsnelgrov@aol.com

cell/txt 405-830-1086

 

ISEB Proposals https://isebio.com/ourconference.html#

 

REGISTRATION includes membership, journal, conference, ISEB Presidential Address banquet, and SOPHE Presidential address luncheon, and ISEB/SOPHE reception.

 


 

ADVANCE REGISTRATION (before Sept. 15):

2026 Conference Registration $300, ($250 + SOPHE Membership $50)

Graduate Student and Companion registration $75.

 

ON-SITE REGISTRATION:

2026 Conference Registration $325

Graduate Student and Companion registration $75.

 

ISEB REGISTRATION and ISEB Proposals https://isebio.com/ourconference.html#

 

REGISTRATION required for presentation.

NAME: _______________________________________________________________

 

ACADEMIC AFFILIATION: ________________________________________________

 

EMAIL ADDRESS: ______________________________________________________

 

Make checks to SOPHE, SEND REGISTRATION TO:

DAVID SNELGROVE

4520 ZELLA WAY NE

PIEDMONT, OK 73078