The 30th annual Spindel Conference at The University of Memphis started Thursday with guests from universities across the country and overseas.
Hosted by the philosophy department, the conference ends Saturday, Oct. 1 and is free and open to the public.
This year's theme is "Derrida and the Theologico-Political," which focuses on the ideas of French philosopher Jacques Derrida that theological and political thoughts are linked.
Linda Sadler, editorial assistant for The Southern Journal of Philosophy, said the conference will feature lectures and roundtable discussions about a series of never before published papers by Derrida.
She said the key note speakers of the event, Peggy Kamuf of the University of Southern California and Geoffrey Bennington of Emory University in Atlanta are the authors working on translating Derrida's unpublished notes from French to English.
"They really are prominent scholars in this area and field," she said.
The second part of the conference begins today at 10 a.m. and ends at 10 p.m. and the conference wraps up Saturday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
