AMERICAN PHILOSOPHIES FORUM
2012 Symposium
The Nature of Justice: Poverty, Development, & the Environment
Dates: April 12-14, 2012
Location: Penn State University, State College, PA, USA
Sponsors: Emory University (USA) and Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
University
The American Philosophies Forum invites the submission of abstracts for its
2012 Symposium on The Nature of Justice: Poverty, Development, and the
Environment. Submissions are invited on any aspect of this topic. All
submissions selected for presentation at the Symposium will reflect the
broad mission of the American Philosophies Forum: “to contribute to the
critical development, imaginative growth, and shared understanding of
American philosophical traditions; and, to bring the resources of these
multiple philosophies to bear on the reconstruction of contemporary culture
and the amelioration of its problems.” Submissions which are primarily
textual explications or exclusively historical in focus will not be
accepted.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS
Deadline:
The deadline for receipt of all submissions is 1 November 2011. Submissions
received after midnight Eastern Daylight Savings Time on this date will not
be considered.
Electronic Submission:
All submissions must be received in electronic form as a .DOC or .RTF or
.HTML attachment (and not in any other format) to an e-mail message sent to:
americanphilosophiesforum@gmail.com
Eligibility:
Persons who submit an essay should be Associates of APF. To become an
Associate‹there no cost–, simply e-mail name, address, institutional
affiliation (if any), and preferred e-address to:
americanphilosophiesforum@gmail.com
(Note that the American Philosophies Forum is not an academic “society.”
There are no membership dues, registration fees, business meetings, or
similar bureaucratic structures.)
Single Submission:
Only one submission per person is allowed. All multiple submissions will be
rejected.
Anonymity and Blind Review:
Author information should be provided in the e-mail message to which the
submission is attached. The attached submission itself must be ready for
blind review: References, proper names, specific content, endnotes, or
anything else that makes possible author or panel member identification are
not allowed and will disqualify a submission. All submissions will be
blind-reviewed.
General Formatting:
All submissions should be double-spaced, in 12-point size, and in a standard
font such as Times New Roman (preferred) or Courier.
Submissions:
Submissions should take the form of abstracts of 350-500 words (including
any notes and references). Shorter or longer submissions may be
disqualified. Authors of accepted abstracts must submit final essays of no
more than 15 pages by March 1, 2010. These papers all will be made
available electronically to all symposium participants a month in advance.
At the symposium, authors will be provided only 10-12 minutes to summarize,
emphasize, or develop further the contents of the full essay. This will
allow for a significant amount of time for questions, discussion, and
genuine exchange in every case.
Technology Needs:
Please indicate any AV or other technology needs in the e-mail message to
which the submission is attached.
Confirmations:
All persons who send a submission will receive confirmation of receipt of
the submission. The confirmation will be sent as a reply to the e-mail
message to which the submission is attached. Confirmations will be sent no
later than 5 November 2011. Anyone who has submitted an essay or panel
proposal but has not received confirmation by this time should send a
follow-up inquiry by e-mail.
Decision Date:
Final selections will be made by 15 November 2011. Anyone who has submitted
an essay or panel proposal but has not received notice of a final decision
by 20 November 2011 should send a follow-up inquiry by e-mail.
For additional information about The American Philosophies Forum, see:
http://www.americanphilosophiesforum.org/