Women in Philosophy: Philosophy in Action CALL FOR PAPERS

Women in Philosophy: Philosophy in Action
CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline 31st January 2017.
Venue and dates: Uppsala University (Sweden); 22nd – 23rd May.
We are delighted to invite you to submit proposals for our 1st Annual Conference Women
in Philosophy: Philosophy in Action, organized by the Department of Philosophy at Uppsala
University to be held on 22nd – 23rd May 2017.
The conference will bring together female philosophers from all areas, serve to further
the interaction of our research community, provide a platform for female philosophers,
and most importantly, provide inspiration for female students of philosophy whilst
surrounded by such role models.
We encourage presentations from all areas of philosophy, for example: Ethics,
Aesthetics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of History, History
of Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Logic, Meta-ethics; Metaphysics, Philosophy of
Law, Phenomenology, Epistemology, etc.
The presentations will consist of a 25-minute argument followed by commentary and a
Q&A session consisting of 20 minutes. Please submit an abstract of no more than 500
words excluding bibliography.
There will also be discussion-based presentations, designed for advanced undergraduates
and masters level students. For these presentations, the abstract should be no longer than
150 words excluding bibliography.
The languages of the conference are English and Swedish. We expect most of the
presentations to be given in English, however there is the possibility to present in
Swedish.
Please send your abstracts to [email protected] for consideration by midnight
on 31st January 2017.
We aim to notify applicants by mid-February. If you like to participate as a commentator,
please also contact us at the above email address. Note that we will not be covering
travel, lunch and accommodation expenses.

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