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CFA: Thirty-First International Social Philosophy Conference

Call for Abstracts

Thirty-First International Social Philosophy Conference

sponsored by

The North American Society for Social Philosophy

July 17 – July 19, 2014

Southern Oregon University

Ashland, Oregon, USA

 

Proposals in all areas of social philosophy are welcome, but special attention will be devoted to the theme:

 

Power, Protest, and the Future of Democracy

 

Some possible paper topics include:

·        The Aims and Uses of Protest

·        Protest and Human Rights

·        Civil Disobedience

·        Protest and Deliberative Democracy

·        The Future of Protest

·        Transnational Solidarity and Protests

·        Protest and Complacency

·        Forms of Power

·        Democratizing Global Political Power

·        Democracy and Disenfranchisement

·        The Justification of Political Power

·        Global Capitalism and Democracy

 

We welcome submissions from both members and non-members, but we require that all presenters join the North American Society for Social Philosophy if their papers are accepted and if they present at the conference.

 

Please submit a 300-500 word abstract here: bit.ly/nassp2014

Submission Deadlines:

For those living in Canada or the U.S.: March 15, 2014.

For those living outside of the United States and Canada: January 15, 2014.

 

The Program Committee:

Professor Mark Navin of Oakland University (Chair), Professor Elizabeth Sperry of William Jewell College, and Professor Peter Higgins of Eastern Michigan University.

 

Members of the Program Committee may be reached at: nassp2014@gmail.com

 

 

 

NASSP Support for International Presenters

The NASSP will waive fees for conference registration and for the banquet for those participants traveling from outside of the United States and Canada.
NASSP Conference Awards for Graduate Students
The North American Society for Social Philosophy has established the NASSP Awards for Best Graduate Student Papers to promote new scholarship in social philosophy and to encourage student participation in our Conference.

 

The winners of the annual prizes each receive $300. The prizes are awarded only to conference attendees, though there is no obligation to use the money for conference-related costs. Any graduate student enrolled in a program towards a degree beyond the B.A. or first university diploma is eligible.

 

The paper may address any topic in social philosophy. Papers should be no more than 3,000 words (include a word count with submission), and they should conform to the requirements set out by the APA for colloquium submissions to annual Divisional meetings.

 

Those who want to be considered for this award should send their full papers tonassp2014@gmail.com – and they should also submit their abstracts atbit.ly/nassp2014 – by March 15, 2014. 

10-02-2013 | Comments Off on CFA: Thirty-First International Social Philosophy Conference

(Our very own!) CFP: LUC Graduate Conference: “Philosophy, Virtue, and Personhood”

CALL FOR PAPERS

Philosophy, Virtue, and Personhood

A Graduate Student Philosophy Conference at Loyola University Chicago April 11-12, 2014

Submission Deadline: December 15, 2013 Keynote Speakers:

 Gabriel Richardson Lear (University of Chicago) ␣ Hanne Jacobs (Loyola University Chicago)

Ancient to contemporary thinkers have struggled with questions about the transformation of the self and what it means to live well. Are multiple conceptions of the good life compatible with more univocal doctrines of goodness and wellbeing? We want to explore what role, if any, philosophy can play in helping us to constitute ourselves as persons, become better selves, or live better lives. The philosophy department at Loyola University Chicago invites papers from a broad range of philosophical perspectives, operating in both continental and analytic traditions, on topics pertaining to the role of philosophy in shaping the self and in living a good life.

All submissions should be submitted for blind review by December 15, 2013. Full papers (up to 3,000 words), with 100 word abstracts, should be sent to loyolaphilosophy2014@gmail.com in .DOC or .PDF format.

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Lecture: Dr. Monica Cyrino, “Magic, Music, Race: Screening “Black Enchantment” After Black Orpheus (1959)” (Classical Studies Dept.)

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