The Graduate Philosophy Society At Emory Presents:
2014 Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference
Call for Papers
Friendship
Keynote Speaker: Julia Ireland, Whitman College
Text Seminar: John Lysaker, Emory University
Emory University
March 21-22, 2014
This conference will explore the question of friendship across the history of philosophy and in relation to contemporary ethical and political concerns. Some questions this conference may address include — What is the significance of philia in the formulation of the term ‘philosophy’? How and why should one distinguish the friend from the lover? How is being a friend different from being an acquaintance or an enemy? Who can be your friend and who can you befriend? What is at stake in the capacity (or incapacity) to be a friend to yourself? What role can friendship play in developing and understanding subjectivity and inter-subjectivity? Is friendship merely a humanist concern? How does friendship function at the level of the political? Can friendship play a particular role in understanding affects? Can developing and exploring conceptions of friendship contribute to ongoing discussions in feminist, queer, race, and disability theories?
Please submit completed papers of 3,500 words or less prepared for blind review to Katherine Davies at ksdavie@emory.edu
Submission Deadline: February 15, 2014