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Georgia Philosophical Society
2023 Fall Conference at the Georgia College and State University
Call for Abstracts
Special Topic: Mixed Legacies of Place
Over the past years, the Georgia Philosophical Society has hosted online workshops and conferences on a wide range of philosophical issues. These were a great success in terms of the number and quality of submissions, the size and diversity of the audience, and the liveliness of the discussions. This fall, we look forward to continuing this exchange of ideas. We plan to hold an in-person conference at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, GA.
The main conference will take place on Saturday, October 21 with an undergraduate session on the afternoon of Friday, October 20.
We welcome submissions on any philosophical topic, but we are especially interested in presentations that deal with the Deep South’s mixed legacies of place. Milledgeville itself has such a legacy. It was the fourth Georgia capital, its Old Governor’s Mansion (built in 1839) is considered one of the finest examples of High Greek Revival architecture still extant, and it is home to famed literary figures Alice Walker, Flannery O’Connor, and Joel Chandler Harris. However, it was also a site of enslavement, slave auctions, and the notorious Central State Hospital. We are interested in presentations that explore these tensions through aesthetic, phenomenological, and ethical lenses.
We invite abstract submissions from professional philosophers (an academic appointment in a philosophy department is not necessary) and graduate students working in philosophy. Membership in the Georgia Philosophical Society is not required.
We also invite full-paper submissions of no longer than 3,000 words from undergraduate philosophy students for the Friday evening workshop session.
The deadline for submitting abstracts (200-300 words) or papers (3000 words) is September 5. Please send an email including your name, institution (if applicable), current position, title of your presentation, and an abstract to ga.philosophical.society@gmail.com. Please use as your subject line: GPS Abstract Submission. Undergraduates, please use: GPS Undergraduate Paper Submission
Questions may also be sent to that email address.
Georgia Philosophical Society
2022 Spring Conference at the University of Georgia
Call for Abstracts
Over the past year, the Georgia Philosophical Society has hosted online workshops on issues in today’s turbulent world. These were a great success in terms of the number and quality of submissions, the size and diversity of the audience, and the liveliness of the discussions. This spring, we look forward to continuing this exchange of ideas. We plan to hold an in-person conference at the University of Georgia. However, if the need arises, we will move to a virtual format.
The main conference will take place on Saturday, June 4th with an undergraduate session on the afternoon of Friday, June 3rd. The conference will include plenary sessions with commentators on presentations, as well as smaller, workshop-style sessions.
We invite abstract submissions exploring any philosophical topic from professional philosophers (an academic appointment in a philosophy department is not necessary) and graduate students working in philosophy. Membership in the Georgia Philosophical Society is not required. If you would like your presentation to be considered for the plenary sessions, please denote this in your abstract. Authors whose abstracts are selected for a plenary presentation should be prepared to submit full papers no less than one week prior to the conference.
We also invite full-paper submissions of no longer than 3,000 words from undergraduate philosophy students for the Friday evening workshop session.
The deadline for submitting abstracts (200-300 words) or papers (3000 words) is March 31, 2022. Please send an email including with your name, institution (if applicable), current position, title of your presentation, and an abstract to ga.philosophical.society@gmail.com. Please use as your subject line: GPS Abstract Submission. Undergraduates, please use: GPS Undergraduate Paper Submission
Questions may also be sent to that email address.
Georgia Philosophical Society
2021 Online Conference on Philosophical Perspectives on Rights, Obligations, and Freedom
Call for Abstracts
Over the past year, the Georgia Philosophical Society has hosted online workshops in the Fall and Spring on issues in today’s turbulent world. Having been a great success in terms of the number and quality of submissions, the size and diversity of the audience, and the liveliness of the discussions, we will host another this Fall, with a focus on Rights, Obligation, and Freedom, broadly construed. The recent vaccine mandate issued by President Biden, debates about mask mandates in public schools and universities, the Texas law allowing private citizens to sue those who assist persons seeking abortions, ongoing concerns about the rights and responsibilities of social media platforms, and the looming threats of climate change all provoke (and require) thoughtful consideration of our rights, accompanying obligations, and their relationships to freedom.
The conference will take place on the afternoons of Thursday 12/2 and Friday 12/3. Each speaker will present for ten minutes, followed by ten minutes of questions and discussion. We’ll try to work around the presenters’ schedules in setting a precise time for the session(s).
We invite abstract submissions exploring these concepts from professional philosophers (an academic appointment in a philosophy department is not necessary) and graduate students working in philosophy. Membership in the Georgia Philosophical Society is not required.
Some examples of possible topics are:
· Rights as obligation
· The promotion of freedom in the modern world; are rights the best path?
· Conflicts (and resolutions) between individual freedoms and the common good
· Rights and obligations in relation to climate change/environmental destruction
· The Texas abortion law: rights violation or promotion of freedom?
· Mandates and justice
· Social media and the promotion of freedom
· Social media and social obligation
· Social media and speech
· Freedom of speech and false speech: Do we have the right to lie?
The deadline for submitting abstracts (200-300 words) is October 18, 2021. Please send an email including name, institution (if applicable), current position, title of your presentation, and an abstract to ga.philosophical.society@gmail.com. Questions may also be sent to that email address.