Calls for papers


Cfp: PSAI Annual conference, DIT October 8-10 2010

Paper proposals due by Friday 28 May

See details here


Cfp: Aristotelian Society and Mind Joint Session

Dublin 9-11 July 2010.  See call for papers at  http://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/pdf/CFP%20JS%202010.pdf
The deadline for submissions has been extended to March 1 2010.


Cfp: Justice and Territory: Immigration, Self-Determination, and Resource Rights.

The Territory and Justice network will hold its third conference on July 12-13 2010 in Dublin.
The theme of the conference is Justice and Territory: Immigration, Self-Determination, and Resource Rights.

A panel will be dedicated to each of the sub-themes: immigration, self-determination, and resource resource rights.
Other panels will be open--determined by the topics of the paper presented.

We invite abstract submissions for paper presentations on topics related to any of the sub-themes or on topics related to territory and justice, broadly construed.
Abstracts are due to this email address (cara.nine@hotmail.com) by MARCH 1, 2010 (corrected)

Cfp:'A Secular Age': Tracing the Contours of Religion and Belief

  Monday 8th - Thursday 11th June 2009
  Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin

Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin, Ireland, is holding an international interdisciplinary conference and graduate summer school entitled 'A Secular Age: Tracing the Contours of Religion and Belief. The conference will explore the way in which theology and philosophy, when placed in dialogue with the social sciences, can reinvigorate public discourse. Suggested themes for papers include, but are not restricted to:

  • Assessment of Charles Taylor's A Secular Age;
  • the relationship between religion, belief and modernity: a critical assessment;
  • the role of theology and philosophy in the public square;
  • the decline of the appeal to an objective moral order and the rise of the human rights culture;
  • moral sources and diverse contexts today.

We welcome the submission of papers by those who are currently engaged in research in this area. Papers will be presented at the parallel sessions and speakers will be allotted approximately 20 minutes presentation time followed by a 10 minute question and answer session.

Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and should be prepared for blind review (please provide a separate cover sheet with your name, contact details, institutional affiliation, and level of study, i.e. graduate student or faculty member). Please do not include any personal details on the main document. Abstracts should be submitted electronically (Microsoft Word or PDF format) to: mary.kennedy@materdei.dcu.ie. The deadline for submission of abstracts is: Monday 6th April, 2009. For further information, please contact Ms. Mary (Kennedy) Shanahan, conference organiser, at: mary.kennedy@materdei.dcu.ie or visit http://www.materdei.ie/conferences/index.php?page=1


cfp PSAI Annual conference 2009, Liverpool 9-11 October

Proposals for  individual papers and panels at this conference are invited; there are usually two political theory panels at this conference. Offers from members of the PSAI political theory specialist group interested in arranging a political theory panel are welcome. Contact Iseult Honohan with suggestions (iseult.honohan@ucd.ie) 

Individual papers can also be submitted by forwarding an abstract of no more than 300 words to the conference convenor, Dr Michael Holmes, at PSAI2009@hope.ac.uk. The abstract should be submitted as a word attachment, together with a covering email stating the title of your paper, your institutional affiliation and your contact details.  (You can also submit a panel proposal independently. Panel proposals must include abstracts for each paper.)

The general theme of the conference is: “Political Relationships between Britain and Ireland”

 The deadline for the receipt of proposals is Friday 29 May 2009. The conference programme will be issued by the end of June, along with details of accommodation and registration. Conference website, www.hope.ac.uk/PSAI2009.


cfp: Julia Kristeva and Political Thought

posted 26 Mar 2009 14:34 by Iseult Honohan   [ updated 26 Mar 2009 23:23 ]

Workshops in Political Theory, Sixth Annual Conference, Sept. 2-4 2009, Manchester Metropolitan University Roundtable Convenor: Birgit Schippers (St Mary’s University College Belfast, b.schippers@smucb.ac.uk)

Recognizing the importance of Kristeva’s intervention into contemporary critical theory, this roundtable invites paper proposals
which consider Kristeva’s contribution to political thought and which assess her status as a theorist of politics. Papers which explore the configuration of the political in Kristeva’s ideas, as well as papers which examine the reception and impact of her ideas in the wider field of political theory, are particularly welcome.

If you are interested in presenting a paper at this roundtable, please send an abstract of 200-300 words to Birgit Schippers (b.schippers@smucb.ac.uk) by 1st June 2009.  A fuller outline of the workshop is available below.

Further details of the workshops at:http://www.hlss.mmu.ac.uk/polphil/news/article.php?id=306

cfp: Workshop: Justice in Work and Production

posted 19 Feb 2009 19:00 by Iseult Honohan

Workshops in Political Theory, 6th Annual Conference - September 2-4, 2009 - Manchester Metropolitan University

Workshop Convenors: Keith Breen (Queen’s University Belfast, k.breen@qub.ac.uk) and Russell Keat (University of Edinburgh, russell.keat@ed.ac.uk)

The goal of this workshop is to explore questions of justice posed by the reality of contemporary work generally and by the ideal of ‘meaningful work’ specifically.  Papers are welcomed from researchers working in the disciplines of political, social, and economic philosophy/theory. Key themes and areas of focus include, but are certainly not limited to, the following:

  • ‘Varieties of capitalism’, economic organization, and the prospects for meaningful work
  • Meaningful work, justice, and worker democracy
  • Meaningful work, perfectionism, and anti-perfectionism
  • Meaningful work, ethics, and the ‘good life’
  • Management, industrial production processes, and worker autonomy
  • Work, justice, and ownership of the means of production
  • Liberal egalitarianism, socialism, and meaningful work
  • Meaningful work, justice, gender, and the household
  • Socialization, worker education, and meaningful work
  • Justice, responsibility, and the distribution of ‘hard work’

 If you are interested in presenting a paper in this workshop, please send an abstract of 150-300 words to Keith Breen (k.breen@qub.ac.uk) by 1st June 2009.

13th "PRIORITY IN PRACTICE" CONFERENCE cfp

posted 7 Feb 2009 22:15 by Iseult Honohan   [ updated 7 Feb 2009 22:20 ]

Friday 19- Saturday 20 June 2009    Trinity College Dublin

Further information: http://pip2009.wordpress.com/

The conference will employ the informal format familiar from the London PiP conferences with consecutive papers and ample room for discussion. We are looking for papers in the broad field of political and social philosophy discussing various philosophical or normative aspects of public policy issues, and will consider any topic or approach that fits these broad parameters. Please note that we are restricted in terms of how many papers we can schedule, and that priority will be given to papers that genuinely merge theory and practice.

To submit a paper simply email a brief abstract (300 words max.) to jurgen.dewispelaere@tcd.ie by Monday 2nd March.

The conference is free and everyone is welcome to attend, but you have to register as numbers are limited.

The conference is jointly hosted by the Department of Philosophy (Trinity College Dublin), the School of Politics and International Relations (University College Dublin) and the Department of Philosophy, (University College London).