MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory The subject of this workshop is metaphysics of gender. For the three days the participants of the workshop will concentrate on studying together what is gender, what are genders, and closely related phenomena. Politics invariably involves gender. Even when this is not apparent, just scratch the surface and there it is, […]
CFP: Inclusive Philosophies Online Graduate Student Workshop, Jul. 1-31, 2020 (deadline: May 31, 2020)
Organized by Women in Philosophy, Lafayette, Purdue University The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has put numerous philosophy conferences on hold and prevented many graduate students from showcasing their current projects. This workshop aims to provide graduate students with an online platform to present their works in progress and receive feedback from other graduate students working on […]
CFP: EurSafe Conference 2021: Justice and Food Security in a Changing Climate, Fribourg, Jun. 24-26, 2021 (deadline: July 2, 2020)
The EurSafe Conference 2021 in Fribourg focuses particularly on the key concerns of ethics and justice with regard to food security and climate change. We encourage papers exploring the areas of climate mitigation and food security; geoengineering, agriculture and land; adapting agriculture to sustain food security; and animal ethics, veterinary ethics and food security. Find the full description of […]
CFP: Situating Masculinities (deadline: Mar. 1, 2021)
Situating Masculinities Simone de Beauvoir Studies 32.2 Guest Editors: Todd W. Reeser and Kaliane Ung Deadline: March 1, 2021 As a bourgeoning wing of gender studies, Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities (CSMM) (or “Masculinity Studies”) has been, and continues to be, deeply influenced by feminist thought. This special issue aims to place Beauvoir’s corpus […]
CFP: What Is Gender and What Do We Want It To Be? Manchester, Sept. 9-11, 2020 (deadline: May 15, 2020)
MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory The subject of this workshop is metaphysics of gender. For the three days the participants of the workshop will concentrate on studying together what is gender, what are genders, and closely related phenomena. Politics invariably involves gender. Even when this is not apparent, just scratch the surface and there it is, […]
CFP: Conversations on African Philosophy of Mind, Consciousness and AI (deadline: Mar. 30, 2020)
Modern philosophers such as Rene Descartes, William Amo, and Patricia Churchland, have all sought to unravel the mind-body dilemma in many ways. What is immediately noticeable is the fact that the salient perspectives of modern African philosophers like Kwasi Wiredu, Kwame Gyekye and Jonathan Chimakonam – are rarely engaged. Furthermore, the 21st century has seen the […]
Reminder CFP: Special Issue: Diversity in Philosophy (deadline: Apr. 30, 2020)
We are soliciting papers for a special issue of Symposion: Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences, for publication in November 2020, on the broad topic of diversity in philosophy. Symposion is a fully open-access journal, which we hope will mean that the contributions will reach a wide audience including those with no or limited access […]
CFP: Wild Animal Ethics, St. Andrews, Sept. 24-25, 2020 (deadline: May 31, 2020)
The Senate Room, University of St. Andrews Organisers: Ben Sachs, Mara van der Lugt Confirmed Speakers Alasdair Cochrane (University of Sheffield) Julia Driver (University of Texas-Austin/University of St. Andrews) Molly Gardner (Bowling Green State University) Oscar Horta (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela) Josh Milburn (University of Sheffield) Mara van der Lugt (University of St. Andrews) […]
CFP: FEMMSS 8: Changing Cultures, Changing Sciences, University of Waterloo, Aug. 20-23, 2020 (deadline: Mar. 15, 2020)
Submission deadline: March 15, 2020 Acceptance decisions will be available in early April 2020 Submissions are invited for the eighth meeting of The Association for Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies, Metaphysics, and Science Studies (FEMMSS) to be held at the University of Waterloo, August 20 – 23 2020. This conference welcomes submissions from across the disciplines. FEMMSS is […]
CFP: Diverse Families, One Law? University of Bern, Nov. 9-10, 2020 (deadline: Mar. 31, 2020)
Keynote: Elizabeth Brake Today’s families differ widely in their form, internal organisation, lifestyle and values. At the same time, liberal states are in need of binding rules that serve to protect individuals’ and particularly children’s rights. Challenges arise when liberal values or socially recognized norms conflict with particular ways of organising family life, for instance, […]
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