Graduate Conference and Workshop at Concordia and McGill Universities.
http://concordia-mcgill.blogspot.com
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Alia Al-Saji (McGill University)
Dr. Alexis Shotwell (Laurentian University)
Objective: Our aim is to address epistemological issues of theory and practice that arise around under-represented groups (related to cultural or linguistic back-ground, class, disability, gender, queerness, race) in the various branches of philosophical inquiry. The latter will be broadly understood to include areas such as philosophy of language, ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics of social groups, phenomenology, the history of philosophy, and so forth.
CFP: We invite quality graduate and undergraduate papers that address the themes of the conference: the problem of the under-representation of groups in philosophy, or the implications of this in the profession more broadly. Papers in both “analytic” and “continental” traditions are welcome. Papers in French are welcome.
Submission Guidelines: Abstracts should be between 300 and 600 words, prepared for blind review in .DOC or .PDF format. Successful applicants must provide their completed essays no later than April 1st, 2012.
Student presentations will not exceed twenty (20) minutes in length, followed by a question and answer period. Therefore, the completed papers should not (grossly) exceed 3,500 words (not including footnotes).
In a separate cover letter, authors must include their name, affiliation, e-mail address and the title of their submission.
Send submissions & questions: concordia.mcgill.2012@gmail.com
Submission Deadline: February 1st, 2012
Applicants will be contacted with final decisions by February 25th, 2012.