philoSOPHIA: A Feminist Society
9th Annual Meeting CALL FOR PROPOSALS
May 14-16, 2015 Emory University Atlanta, GA
The 9th annual meeting of philoSOPHIA will open the evening of Thursday, May 14, and close the evening of Saturday, May 16, 2015.
Conference theme: Neolithic to Neoliberal: Communities Human and Non-Human.
Highlights. Keynote speakers: Drucilla Cornell, Kelly Oliver, Chloe Taylor and Lisa Guenther. Plenary session: The Ethical Lives of Animals (co-sponsored by Emory’s Center for Ethics). Two workshops for discussion of participants’ and organizers’ papers, with limited participation:
• “Whose Community? Intersections of Gender, Race, Sex, and Nationality in Kant and German Idealism” (with a focus on social and political philosophy), led by Dilek Huseyinzadegan, Emory University.
• “Fugitive Femininities” (with a focus on concepts of race, femininity and sexuality within the context of narratives of capture and escape), led by Rizvana Bradley, Emory University.
Up to two graduate student travel prizes will be awarded for the best graduate student papers.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:
You may submit one of the following:
1. Individual abstracts of 500-700 words.
2. Panel proposals (500 words) with individual abstracts (500-700 words each).
3. Workshop paper abstracts (500-700 words). Please identify which workshop.
4. For those graduate students who wish to be considered for a travel award, a
complete paper (3000 words). Please also declare your status as a graduate student in the body of your email.
Abstracts, panel proposals, workshop paper abstracts, and papers should be submitted in an email attachment suitable for anonymous review. In the body of your email, please include your name, affiliation, contact information, and a brief bio, along with the title of your presentation.
Please submit all proposals electronically to philosophia2015conference@gmail.com DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2014
For more information, please visit: www.philosophiafeministsociety.org.