Conferences

Orange Beach, Alabama: 26-27 September 2008 | CFP: 7 August 2008

Submissions in any area of philosophy are welcome. More info here. There’s also an undergraduate essay contest (same deadline).

Oxford: 1 July 2008 

Via Simon Caney, there are some places left for a conference in Oxford on 1 July on the work of Henry Shue. Those interested can sign up here, and have a look at the programme too. Speakers include Charles Beitz, John Tasioulas, Simon Caney, David Rodin, and Tony Coady.

Aarhus: 13-15 March 2009 | CFP: 1 December 2008

The University of Aarhus, Denmark, is hosting an international conference on Rousseau and Revolution from 13-15 March 2009. From their CFP:

Fidel Castro once told a journalist that one of his masters was Jean-Jacques Rousseau and that he fought Batista with a copy of the Social Contract in his pocket. This anecdote, true or false, calls attention to an aspect of Rousseau’s philosophy which is often ignored or forgotten in academic discussions, namely that his philosophy has often been used, for good or bad, to inspire and legitimize revolutions and rebellions, beginning with the French Revolution.

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Lisbon: 23-24 October 2008 | CFP: 30 June 2008

The New University of Lisbon is hosting a conference on current research on global justice and the nation state on 23-24 October 2008. From the CFP:

Within philosophy and the social sciences, global justice, the nation, and the state are among the most discussed topics in recent years. Despite the considerable amount of scholarly work devoted to the topic, we still lack consolidated views with regard to the evolution of legal and political institutions beyond the boundaries of the nation-state as well as to their capacity of tackling matters of global justice. Recent international debate focused on the “new international order” set out in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and the US reaction, which led scholars to focus their attention on legal international institutions, political unilateralism, multilateralism, etc.

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ISME San Diego: 29-30 January 2009 | CFP: 19 September 2008

Those of you with an interest in the morality of war (of that are looking for an excuse to visit San Diego in January) might be interested in giving a talk at the ISME’s 2009 Symposium. I’ve pasted their call for papers below; as you can see, the conference themes are broad enough that even those that do not typically write on war may find it a congenial place to present some of their work. I really enjoyed last year’s symposium - the participants included not only philosophers but also political scientists, legal scholars, historians and serving and retired military officers of varying ranks (many of whom had, or were working toward, advanced degrees in philosophy or political science). The non-philosophers’ knowledge of other domains (e.g. the law of armed conflict or the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice), and especially the military personnel’s experience in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and elsewhere, more than compensates for the frustration that sometimes results from sharing one’s philosophical work with those not trained in philosophy.

I particularly want to encourage those that participated in or followed the discussion of David Estlund’s book on democratic authority to submit papers on the (possible) tensions between the morality and legality of war - not least because I’m partly to blame for the conference adopting this theme. As some of you probably know, Estlund has already written on this topic; see “On Following Orders in an Unjust War,” Journal of Political Philosophy 15:2 (June 2007).

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This is just a reminder that the registration deadline for the Society for Applied Philosophy’s annual conference in Manchester (July 4-6, 2008) is June 13.  We have a terrific line-up of speakers, and I hope to see many of you there!

Institute for Advanced Study: 2-4 June 2008

Via Jacob T. Levy, a conference on Walzer at the IAS in Princeton:

To recognize Michael Walzer’s contributions to the ethical and political philosophy of the twentieth century, a conference titled Justice, Culture and Tradition will take place June 2-4, 2008 at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton, New Jersey.

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Bucharest: 14-15 November 2008 | CFP: 1 October 2008

The Philosophy Faculty at the University of Bucharest is hosting a conference on Reason in Contemporary Public Space on 14-15 November 2008. From their website:

Is there a place for reason in contemporary public space? Has the Kantian “public use of reason” lost its appeal for our societies, being demoted to the status of a mere philosophical abstraction? The ever-rising importance of marketing (both commercial and political) in setting the public agenda, the growing impact of new media and the increasing tendency of clustering in relatively isolated, and often virtual, communities, might be regarded as justifying the dramatic overtones of the questions above. If elections, customers, debates, fans or friends are to be won by appeal to rhetoric, imagery and emotions rather than argument, isn’t one of the most venerable philosophical traditions to be held guilty of over-rating a specific faculty which might be, after all, just a “slave of passions”?

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Political Philosophy Podcast Symposium: Fall 2008 | CFP: 31 July 2008

I’d like to invite submissions for a semester-long online symposium of papers in political philosophy during Fall 2008 that I would like to host on the website. The idea is that each week a paper will be podcasted on the website by the author and receive comments in response. Symposium submissions will be subject to a process of blind review by a committee of members of the website. Papers in all areas of political philosophy and theory are welcome.

The aim of the symposium is to utilise the resources at our disposal to create a conference experience accessible to every academic in the world, both as a presenter and as a participant. Conference participation is an important part of our research activities as academics, but logistical difficulties and expenses can sometimes make conference travel impossible, especially at the international level. The function of the symposium is to create an online conference in a format designed to elicit as much feedback from fellow academics as possible whilst creating no significant financial or logistical difficulties for participants whatsoever. Those selected will be able to present their papers to an unlimited number of colleagues without having to leave their offices. The papers will be presented on a weekly basis to allow a reasonable time period for comments. The papers will be podcasted to make them as accessible as possible to a wide audience.

I’ve included a little podcast of my own to demonstrate that it can actually be a fairly easy thing to do. Just click the button below. Granted, few of us will ever sound like a professional radio announcer but the medium should be functional enough for our purposes.

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University of York: 17-18 July 2008

A two-day conference on the nature and significance of death, organised by the philosophy departments of the Open University and the University of York, is to be held on the Heslington campus of the latter on 17-18 July 2009.

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Episteme: 26-27 June 2009 | CFP: 15 January 2009

Something that may be of interest to political philosophers working on the significance of disagreement:

Episteme will holds its sixth annual conference at Northwestern University on 26-27 June 2009. The 2009 meeting will focus on the epistemological significance of disagreement. Confirmed participants include Michael Bergman (Purdue), Stewart Cohen (Arizona State), Sherrilyn Roush (Berkeley) and Roger White (MIT).

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Via the University of Chicago Law Faculty Blog:

The website for the UC Conference on Torture, Law, and War now has audio and video of conference presentations available. Participants include the philosophers Nancy Sherman, Marcia Baron, Claudia Card, David Sussman, Scott Anderson, and Jeff McMahan, amongst others. Albie Sachs (South African Constitutional Court) gave the keynote address, “Four Tales of Terrorism.”

University of Kent: 3-5 July 2009 | CFP: 2 February 2009

Via Simon Kirchin at Ethics Etc., something that may be of interest to political philosophers:

Many philosophers are familiar with the distinction between thin and thick concepts. Canonical examples of thin concepts include goodness and badness, rightness and wrongness. There are supposedly many examples of thick concepts, including cruelty, kindness, beauty, elegance, and curiosity. A number of issues arise in relation to thin and thick concepts. Many might be familiar with a key debate, namely how one should construe the relationship between thick concepts’ supposed descriptive aspects and their supposed evaluative aspects. Do we have here two separable elements, or are they best characterized as essentially inseparable, resulting in a form of evaluation that is more specific than that found in thin concepts?

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NPSA: 13-15 November 2008 | CFP: 15 June 2008

Via Fritz Allhoff at the Philosophy Google Group:

The Northeastern Political Science Association will hold its 40th annual meeting on November 13-15, 2008 at the Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Proposals for papers, panels, or to serve as a chair and/or discussant must be submitted before June 15, 2008 through the NPSA submission website. (Once on the submission website, create a username and password and follow the instructions.)

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Montreal, May 1-3 2008

In collaboration with McGill University, The Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal (CRÉUM) is proud to invite everyone to attend its international conference on “Liberal Neutrality : A Re-evaluation”. The conference is open to the general public and no registration is required.

You will find here a Poster and a Programme.

Invited speakers:

Anthony Appiah; Richard Arneson; Arash Abizadeh; George Crowder; Charles Larmore; Jacob Levy; Stephen Macedo; Peter de Marneffe; Ruwen Ogien; Alan Patten; George Sher; Christine Sypnowich; Steven Wall and Daniel Weinstock.

+ Student session on Saturday.

Where and when ?

May 1 - 3, 2008
McGill University
Leacock Building
Room 232
855 Sherbrooke Street West

See http://www.creum.umontreal.ca/spip.php?article765 for details.

Copenhagen: 20-21 November 2008 | CFP: 15 August 2008

Via Jon Kvanvig at Certain Doubts:

The University of Copenhagen is hosting a conference on “The Epistemology of Liberal Democracy: Free Speech, Disagreement, and Common Belief” from 20-21 November, 2008. Abstracts of no more than 1000 words, and prepared for blind review, should be emailed to the organising committee by 15 August 2008. Notifications of acceptance will be made by 15 September 2008.

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UNCG: 29 February - 2 March 2008

The UNCG Philosophy Department will be hosting a conference on ethics and risk February 29th to March 2nd. Details - including titles for the papers to be presented and a list of participants - are available at http://www.uncg.edu/phi/2008symp.html. I realize that this notice is likely too late for anyone with an interest in ethics and risk to make arrangements to attend the conference, and I apologize for not publicizing it here sooner. Nevertheless, I thought some might find it useful to learn of work currently being done on this subject. If you would like to attend and are able to do so, however, please let me know.

Foucault at UCSC: 1-2 March 2008

Announcing ‘Foucault Across the Disciplines’

An interdisciplinary conference on the work of Michel Foucault, this
event will be held on March 1-2, 2008 at the University of California,
Santa Cruz in the New Humanities Lecture Hall. Confirmed conference
presenters include: Ian Hacking, Paul Rabinow, Arnold Davidson,
Hayden White, Martin Jay, Jana Sawicki, Amy Allen, Mark Poster,
David Hoy and many others.

A complete list of speakers is available on our conference webpage.

This event will be free and open to the public.

For more information please visit our webpage or contact the conference
organizer, Colin Koopman (Humanities Research Fellow, Dept. of
Philosophy, UCSC) at cwkoopman@gmail.com.

Please distribute this announcement to interested colleagues and
students working in any discipline.

ROME: 8-10 August 2008 | CFP: 1 March 2008 

The Center for Values and Social Policy in the Philosophy Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder is pleased to invite paper proposals for the first annual ROME congress August 8-10, 2008. Papers from all areas of ethics and political theory are invited.

With a “Young Ethicist Prize of $500 for most meritorious submission.”

Deadline for submission: March 1, 2008. See the website.

APT: 9-12 October 2008 | CFP: 15 February 2008

The 2008 Association for Political Theory Conference will be held at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT from 9-12 October 2008. Proposals are due by 15 February 2008, and completed drafts must be submitted by 22 September 2008. Download the flyer or continue over the fold. Read the rest of this entry »

NYU Law: 1-2 February 2008

Via the inimitable Solum:

NYU is hosting a conference on the Hart/Fuller debate about the separability of morality and the law. The conference will run all day Friday 1 February and till lunch on Saturday 2 Feburary. Speakers are Green, Coleman, Murphy, Schauer, Zipursky, Dyzenhaus, Lacey, and Waldron. Follow the link for the details.

Pacific APA: 19-23 March 2008

The main program for the 2008 Pacific APA is available online here. The group program is here. Read the rest of this entry »

Northwestern SETPP: 15-17 May 2008 | CFP: 15 February 2008

Via Douglas Portmore at PEA Soup:

The Northwestern Society for Ethical Theory and Political Philosophy will hold its second annual conference from 15-17 May 2008. David Velleman and Susan Wolf are the keynote speakers. Submissions from faculty and graduate students are due by 15 February 2008. Here’s the flyer.

ISUS: 11-14 September 2008 | CFP: 18 February 2008

Via Larry Solum:

The Tenth Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies will be held on 11-14 September 2008, at the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California, U.S.A.). Read the rest of this entry »

SAF/APA Central: 16-20 April 2008 | CFP: 1 November 2007

The Society for Analytic Feminism invites submissions from members* for a session at the APA Central Division meeting in Chicago from 16-20 April 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

SAF: 4-6 April 2008 | CFP: 1 November 2007

Two more last-minutes CFPs: The Society for Analytic Feminism will hold their second conference from 4-6 April 2008 at the University of Kentucky, Lexington: Read the rest of this entry »

SAP: 4-6 July 2008 | CFP: 7 December 2007

The Society for Applied Philosophy 2008 Annual Conference will be hosted by the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT) at the University of Manchester from 4-6 July 2008. Submissions are welcome on any area of applied philosophy, although the conference has a jus post bellum sub-theme. Keynote speakers include Jeff McMahan, C.A.J. Coady, Gary Bass, and George Sher. Abstracts of 300 words should be submitted by 7 December 2007. A prize will be awarded for the best postgraduate student paper.

Follow the links for more details. Comments are open if anyone wants to add information about MANCEPT or past Society for Applied Philosophy conferences.

ECPR: 11-16 April 2008 | CFP: 1 December 2007

The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) will be having its joint sessions April 11-16, 2008, at the University of Rennes, France. The joint sessions are a series of concurrent week-long workshops, each with about 20 participants and focused on a very specific topic in political science. Occasionally a more theory-oriented workshop is included during the joint sessions. Looking over this year’s list of workshops, a few of them seem theory-friendly. Applications to participate in the workshops are due December 1, 2007. I believe that your chances of getting accepted are much lower if your institution is not a member of the ECPR, but perhaps the workshop directors will know more about that. I participated in one of these workshops this past May and found it a very valuable experience.

CPA: 2-5 June 2008 | CFP: 13 January 2008

The deadline for submission of papers (and proposals for symposia, round tables, and workshops) for the Canadian Philosophical Association meeting, to be held at the University of British Columbia from 2-5 June 2008, is 13 January 2008. Papers should be emailed to the Executive Director by midnight on that date. Relevant disciplines include social and political philosophy, philosophy of law, feminist philosophy, and ethics. Submitters must be current members of the CPA. For more details, download the flyer.

CREUM: May 2008 | CFP: 20 October 2007

Via Jacob T. Levy’s academic announcements:

The Centre for Research in Ethics at the University of Montreal (CREUM) is hosting a conference and subsequent workshop on the ideal of state neutrality towards conceptions of the good life in May 2008.

“This call for papers is addressed to graduate students and junior researchers interested in presenting their work on neutrality in this workshop.”

The deadline for submission of 300-500 word proposals for the workshop is this Saturday, 20 October 2007. Follow the link for more details or click below.

If anyone knows of any other conferences or calls for papers of interest to political philosophers, please post.

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