CALL FOR PAPERS

Call for papers: the organisers invite abstracts for the online international conference ‘The Future as a Present Concern’. Due to the long-term and ongoing effects of the pandemic, the event will be online to facilitate forward planning and avoid all kinds of uncertainties for speakers and delegates.

Abstract submission deadline: Wednesday 31 March 2021 (midnight UK / Ireland)

This conference explores the question of the future from phenomenological and other philosophical perspectives. We encourage papers on various aspects of this question, whether ontological, ethical, aesthetical, epistemological, and in relation to political theory, gender theory, critical race theory, ecology, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, analytic philosophy, and art. We would particularly welcome applications from practitioners who are interested in the application of phenomenology, philosophy, and theory in their professional disciplines. See full theme.

Abstracts:

We welcome abstracts from multiple perspectives, from practitioners and philosophers (including both the European / Continental and Anglo-American / Analytic traditions), and from postgraduate researchers. Areas include, but are not limited to:

> History and Theory of Phenomenology (perception, the body, sexuality, emotion, ethics and morality, key thinkers in the history of phenomenology, feminism, gender, race, existentialism, philosophy of religion, phenomenological theology, philosophy of technology)

> Health and Social Care (medicine, medical humanities, physiotherapy, maternity, disability)

> Mental Health and Psychological Theories (psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, childhood development, trauma studies)

> Public Policy and Society (education, policing, law, economics, politics and international relations, science and technology [STEM])

> Philosophy and history of philosophy, from Western, Asian, African, and South American traditions

> Critical phenomenology and critical theory, phenomenology of race, gender, class

> Under-read texts in the history of phenomenology and philosophy

> On female phenomenologists and philosophers

> Art (fine art, photography, video games, poetry, literature, film, architecture, music)

Conference format:

The conference will take place online over a dedicated conference platform with video, Zoom, and chat forums accessible only by registered participants. Check out the feedback for the 2020 online conference to see what participants thought of this setup. Invited speakers will be streamed live over Zoom and will include time for managed Q&As. Panel speaker presentations will be pre-recorded videos of 20 minutes with Q&As via a chat forum, the releases scheduled according to a timetable over the three days of the conference. After the three day timetabled event, the conference platform will remain open for another week so everyone will be able to see everything they wish and rewatch and discuss presentations over an extended period.

Conference costs:

> Free to members of the BSP and IPS.

> Non-members of the IPS and BSP can become members by either joining the BSP or joining the IPS during registration if their abstracts are accepted.

Timeline:

> 10 January 2021: CfP opens

> 31 March 2021 (midnight UK / Ireland): CfP closes

> End of April 2021: Abstract submission outcomes communicated

> Mid-May 2021: Speaker and delegate registration opens

> 31 July 2021: Speakers deliver pre-recorded videos of papers

Submission advice:

> Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words, and you should also provide a short biography of no more than 100 words.

> We welcome pre-constituted panels of two to four papers. An abstract should be submitted for each paper. In addition, each submission should be accompanied by the title and an overview of the panel topic (200 words maximum), as well as the names of all panel participants. This is to enable cross-referencing.

Abstract Submission System:

Abstract submission system closed 31 March 2021 (midnight UK / Ireland).

Selection process:

> The deadline for the submission of abstracts is Wednesday 31 March 2021 (midnight UK / Ireland).

> Abstracts will be blind peer reviewed by members of the conference committee who represent The National University of Ireland Galway, The Irish Philosophical Society, and the British Society for Phenomenology.

> If we receive more abstracts of quality than for which we are able to provide space, the review team will select what they believe to be the best of these for presentation with an eye to the theme of the conference and the concerns of our institutions.

> We intend to inform everyone on the outcome of their submission on or around 30 April 2021. Due to the quantity of abstract submissions, while we notify everyone on the outcome, we do not supply individual feedback on those which are unsuccessful.

Further information:

> The IPS event homepage of ‘The Future as a Present Concern’ conference

> The BSP event homepage of ‘The Future as a Present Concern’ conference

> If you have any questions about the conference, please email: conference@britishphenomenology.org.uk