Philosophical Society Annual Meetings
The Philosophical Society of Texas has held Annual Meetings since 1937, exploring a different critical issue or focusing on Texas achievements in science, arts, and culture.
A record of the proceedings of each meeting is made and produced as promptly as possible, pending some delays for gathering support materials and editing. Most meeting proceedings books have been printed and distributed to college and university libraries across Texas. They are then submitted to the Portal to Texas History where they are made available to the public as soon as they can be posted. The meetings have also been filmed in recent years and are made available to the public on Vimeo one year after each meeting.
Below are all of the Annual Meeting years with a link to the currently available assets for that year's meeting:
1937 January / 1937 December / 1938 / 1939 / 1940 / 1941 / 1942 / 1943 / 1944 / 1945 / 1946 / 1947 / 1948 / 1949 / 1950 / 1951 / 1952 / 1953 / 1954 / 1955 / 1956 / 1957 / 1958 / 1959 / 1960 / 1961 / 1962 / 1963 / 1964 / 1965 / 1966 / 1967 / 1968 / 1969 / 1970 / 1971 / 1972 / 1973 / 1974 / 1975 / 1976 / 1977 / 1978 / 1979 / 1980 / 1981 / 1982 / 1983 / 1984 / 1985 / 1986 / 1987 / 1988 / 1989 / 1990 / 1991 / 1992 / 1993 / 1994 / 1995 / 1996 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 (no meeting held) / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023 / 2024
2025 Annual Meeting
From Texas' First Frontier to Space, the Final Frontier will be held on South Padre Island
President Eduardo D. Flores, presiding
Members: login in the Member Center for meeting infomation and registration.
Texas Story Tellers and Texas Stories held in Fort Worth
President Walker C. Friedman, presiding
Videos (available January 2025)
Recommended Reading, Watching, and Listening List
2023 Annual Meeting
Humanities and Healing: The Art and the Science held in Austin
President Francisco G. Cigarroa, presiding
Presentations
- Dr. Doug Dempster's presentation for "An Undigested Bit of Beef: Art and Medicine from Beethoven to Chuck Close"
- Dr. Nina Kraus's presentation for "Sound and the Brain"
2022 Annual Meeting
The Future of Work held in El Paso
President Thomas R. Phillips, presiding
Presentations
- Mrs. Adair Margo's images for her welcome comments
- Mrs. Adair Margo's presentation on “Tom Lea and Jose Cisneros, an El Paso Story”
2021 Annual Meeting
Lone Star Gazing: Texas at Mid-21st Century held virtually
President Daniel H. Branch, presiding
Proceedings (PDF here or purchase a hard copy here)
Health Care: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? held in Galveston
President David L. Callender, presiding
New Frontiers in Texas Research and Innovation held in Dallas
President Kay Bailey Hutchison, presiding
Cybersecurity held in San Antonio
President Edward G. Steves, presiding
The American Presidency held in College Station
President Jon H. Fleming, presiding
Proceedings (PDF here or purchase a hard copy here)
2012 Annual Meeting
Texas Writers Talk held in Dallas
President Frances Brannen Vick, presiding
Presentations
- Mr. Stephen Harrigan's images for "Where Do You Get Your Ideas?"
- Mr. Kent Calder's presentation for "The Handbook of Texas and the Future of Publishing"
1947 Annual Meeting
The Old Faith in a New World held in San Antonio
President Pat Ireland Nixon, presiding
1946 Annual Meeting
Ex Scientia Tridens held in Dallas
President Louis Herman Hubbard, presiding