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This is a feminist-friendly organization. Graduate students welcome. Please
distribute widely.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
31st International Social Philosophy Conference
sponsored by The North American Society for Social Philosophy
July 17 - July 19, 2014
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, Oregon, USA
Proposals in all areas of social philosophy are welcome, but special
attention will be devoted to the theme: Power, Protest, and the Future of
Democracy
Some possible paper topics include:
The Aims and Uses of Protest
Protest and Human Rights
Civil Disobedience
Protest and Deliberative Democracy
The Future of Protest
Transnational Solidarity and Protests
Protest and Complacency
Forms of Power
Democratizing Global Political Power
Democracy and Disenfranchisement
The Justification of Political Power
Global Capitalism and Democracy
We welcome submissions from both members and non-members, but we require
that all presenters join the North American Society for Social Philosophy
if their papers are accepted and if they present at the conference.
Please submit a 300-500 word abstract here <http://bit.ly/nassp2014>:
bit.ly/nassp2014
Submission Deadlines:
For those living in Canada or the U.S.: March 15, 2014.
For those living outside of the United States and Canada: January 15, 2014.
The Program Committee:
Professor Mark Navin of Oakland University (Chair), Professor Elizabeth
Sperry of William Jewell College, and Professor Peter Higgins of Eastern
Michigan University.
Members of the Program Committee may be reached at:[log in to unmask]
*NASSP Support for International Presenters*
The NASSP will waive fees for conference registration and for the banquet
for those participants traveling from outside of the United States and
Canada.
*NASSP Conference Awards for Graduate Students*
The North American Society for Social Philosophy has established the NASSP
Awards for Best Graduate Student Papers to promote new scholarship in
social philosophy and to encourage student participation in our Conference.
The winners of the annual prizes each receive $300. The prizes are awarded
only to conference attendees, though there is no obligation to use the
money for conference-related costs. Any graduate student enrolled in a
program towards a degree beyond the B.A. or first university diploma is
eligible.
The paper may address any topic in social philosophy. Papers should be no
more than 3,000 words (include a word count with submission), and they
should conform to the requirements set out by the APA for colloquium
submissions to annual Divisional meetings.
Those who want to be considered for this award should send their full
papers to [log in to unmask] - and they should also submit their abstracts
at bit.ly/nassp2014 - by March 15, 2014.
A pdf version is attached.
--
Margaret A. Crouch
Professor of Philosophy
Department of History and Philosophy
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
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734-487-0908
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