Annual Meeting
Annual Meetings of the Philosophical Society of Texas are open to members, their guests, and the spouses of late members.
Meetings are closed to the public.
Future Meetings
2024 Annual Meeting
Topic: Texas Stories and Storytellers
Date: January 26 - 28, 2024
Location: The Worthington Renaissance Hotel in Fort Worth
2025 Annual Meeting
Topic: From Texas' First Frontier to Space, the Final Frontier
Date: February 21-23, 2025
Location: Courtyard by Marriott on South Padre Island
2026 Annual Meeting
Topic: TBD
Date: TBD
Location: Houston
Past Meetings - City and Topic
| 1837 | Founded at Houston, December 5 |
| 1840 | Austin, January 29 |
| 1936 | Chartered, January 18 |
| 1936 | Reorganizational Meeting - Dallas, December 5 |
| 1937 | Meeting and Inaugural Banquet - Dallas, January 29 |
| 1937 | Liendo and Houston, December 4 - Texas at The End of a Century |
| 1938 | Dallas - Whither Texas |
| 1939 | Dallas - Candid Portraits of Two Friends of Higher Education in Texas |
| 1940 | San Antonio - Law and its Leeways |
| 1941 | Austin - Life in the Republic of Texas |
| 1942 | Dallas - Some Relations of The Philosophical Society of Texas |
| 1943 | Dallas - The English Universities: Oxford and Cambridge |
| 1944 | Dallas - Ethicogenisis |
| 1945 | Dallas - Origin of Some Distinctive Features of Texas Civilization |
| 1946 | Dallas - Ex Scientia Tridens |
| 1947 | San Antonio - The Old Faith In a New World |
| 1948 | Houston - The Creative Arts in Texas |
| 1949 | Austin - Shall We Pioneer Too? |
| 1950 | Houston - Economic Planning: A Self Destructive Mechanism? |
| 1951 | Lufkin - The Prospect for Public Higher Education |
| 1952 | College Station - The Texas A&M Philosophy |
| 1953 | Dallas - Freedom Under Law |
| 1954 | Austin - Will There Be Too Many College Graduates? |
| 1955 | Nacogdoches - Philosophy in the 20th Century |
| 1956 | Austin - World Peace and The United Nations |
| 1957 | Dallas - Should Educational Policy in a Democratic Society Provide Freedom and Opportunity to Teach the Truth as the Teacher Finds the Truth to Be? |
| 1958 | Austin - Texas in Today's World: Obligations, Opportunities and Dangers |
| 1959 | San Antonio - To What Extent, if any, Can the West and particularly the United States, Engage in ‘Competitive Co-Existence’ with the U.S.S.R., Including the Problem of the So-Called Under-Developed Areas and ‘Summit’’ Type Diplomacy? |
| 1960 | Fort Clark - Texas in 1960, and Where She Should, or Could, be in 1970? |
| 1961 | Salado - Texas and International Education |
| 1962 | Salado - Oil — Unguent or Irritant? |
| 1963 | Nacogdoches - State Senior Colleges and Universities and Their Future |
| 1964 | Austin - Upsurge of Historical Research, Preservation, Restoration, and Interest in Records |
| 1965 | Salado - The University in the Modern World |
| 1966 | Salado - The Southwest as A Racial and Cultural Crossroads |
| 1967 | Arlington - Thoughts About Cities |
| 1968 | San Antonio - Twenty Questions: Mineral, Vegetable, Animal or Man? |
| 1969 | Salado - The Campus and The Corporation |
| 1970 | Salado - Can We Reconcile Individual Freedom to The Requirements of Modern Society? |
| 1971 | Nacogdoches - Freedom and Free Enterprise |
| 1972 | Dallas - Toward A Redefinition of Progress |
| 1973 | Austin (Lakeway Inn) - Texas in Transition: Dimensions of Corporate Responsibility |
| 1974 | Austin - Social Equality and Human Diversity |
| 1975 | Fort Worth - The Desert is Blooming |
| 1976 | San Antonio - The Effect of Politics on Higher Education |
| 1977 | Galveston - Post Industrialist Texas: What Does the 21st Century Hold For Us? |
| 1978 | Houston - Science Technology and National Defense |
| 1979 | Austin - History Makers and Preservers of The Philosophical Society of Texas |
| 1980 | San Antonio - Can the U.S. Presidency Survive? |
| 1981 | Dallas - Health and Medicine in the 80s |
| 1982 | Galveston - Texas Courts and Criminal Justice |
| 1983 | Fort Worth - A Symposium on the Impact of Computers Upon Society |
| 1984 | Houston - Discoveries: Breakthroughs of Present Limitations of Knowledge and Their Significance to Our World |
| 1985 | College Station - The Texas Experience: Continuity and Change; Who are the Texans of 1985? |
| 1986 | Austin - Texas: Past, Present, Future/1836-2036, Texas and Texans: A Historical Perspective |
| 1987 | Kerrville - The Future of the Texas Past: The Society 150 Years Later |
| 1988 | Dallas - Future of School Finance in Texas |
| 1989 | San Antonio - The Arts in Texas: Launching into the 21st Century |
| 1990 | Houston - Texas and The Changing World |
| 1991 | Galveston - Turbulent Times for Healthcare |
| 1992 | Dallas - The Super Conducting Super Collider: Why? |
| 1993 | Laredo - U.S.A. Texas and Mexico: With Nafta or Without? |
| 1994 | Austin - The Controversial Cosmos |
| 1995 | Corpus Christi - The Oceans |
| 1996 | Dallas - What Price Designer Genes?: The Genetic Revolution |
| 1997 | Houston - The Arts in a Democratic Society-Past Present and Future |
| 1998 | Abilene - Protecting America: The Changing Character of National Security |
| 1999 | Austin - Texas Values/Texas Future |
| 2000 | San Antonio - Population |
| 2001 | Austin - The Land |
| 2002 | Fort Worth - The Criminal Justice System in the United States and Texas: Is it Fair Is it Effective? What Needs Fixing? |
| 2003 | El Paso - Books and Libraries |
| 2004 | Denton/ Fort Worth - Texas Military History |
| 2005 | Galveston - Medicine and Medical Policy in the 21st Century |
| 2006 | Dallas - Texas Tomorrow: The Impact of Immigration |
| 2007 | Houston - United States Energy in a Global Context |
| 2008 | San Antonio - Texas and Architecture |
| 2009 | Austin - The Creative Arts in Texas |
| 2010 | San Angelo - Stewardship: The Careful and Responsible Management of Things Entrusted to One's Care |
| 2012 | Dallas - Texas Writers Talk |
| 2013 | College Station - The American Presidency |
| 2014 | Fort Worth - Water |
| 2015 | Tyler - Healthcare Delivery: A New Reality |
| 2016 | Houston - Preparing the Next Generation: From Infancy through Professional Education |
| 2017 | Waco - Law and Justice in Texas... and Beyond |
| 2018 | San Antonio - Cybersecurity |
| 2019 | Dallas - New Frontiers in Texas Research and Innovation |
| 2020 | Galveston - Healthcare: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? |
| 2021 | Virtual - Lone Star Gazing: Texas Mid-21st Century |
| 2022 | El Paso - The Future of Work |
| 2023 | Austin - Humanities and Healing: The Art and Science |
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