Submissions should be prepared in accordance with WJS manuscript submission guidelines. All papers must be submitted to WJS Secretary, Alexis Dianda, and received by September 15th, 2026. After the submissions have been considered by the prize committee, the winner will be announced in October.
Psychology is about amassing the vital conditions for living well… Philip Davis, William James (in the My Reading series, Oxford University Press, 2022)
The UAP-haunted world. Two Gifford lecturers would tell us we have nothing to fear open.substack.com/pub/philoliv...
William James Society newsletter, spring/summer 2026
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(1) the opportunity to read the paper during the WJS session at the 2027 meeting of the American Philosophical Association,
Eastern Division in Boston, Massachusetts , (2) $600 to subsidize travel to that meeting, and (3) the possibility of publishing the paper in William James Studies.
Past WJS officer Paul Stob’s new book reviewed:
Was Phrenology Real? Ask the Lump on Your Forehead. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/b...
The WILLIAM JAMES SOCIETY (WJS) would like to announce that it will be offering its annual WJS YOUNG SCHOLAR PRIZE to the young scholar (within five years of the Ph.D.) who submits the essay that best explores the thought of James.The prize will include: