Two Great Conferences held together!  May 28-30, 2015 @ the Villanova Conference Center, Villanova University

Hypatia: Exploring Collaborative Contestations

We are happy to announce the call for papers or panels for the Hypatia 2015 Conference.  This year's theme, Exploring Collaborative Contestations, aims to create a space for diverse perspectives, difficult conversations, and marginalized voices within feminist philosophy.  We welcome papers and panel proposals on topics that address: a commitment to diversity, broadly construed; an openness to disagreement among feminists on difficult issues; and opportunities for collaboration among feminist philosophers within and across various disciplines, subfields, and theoretical orientations.  Submissions on any topic in feminist philosophy will be considered.  Deadline for submission of 250-500 word proposal for paper or panel: January 1, 2015.  (See website for submission form)

Suggested topics include:
*	Exploring intersectionality: race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, social class, disability 
*	Engaging disability studies within philosophy: ethics, politics, epistemology, metaphysics  
*	Exploring new connections with philosophies of race and ethnicity
*	Theorizing LGBTQ coalitions among philosophers and within philosophy
*	Working through and across borders of disciplines: interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity, and multidisciplinarity
*	Building on constructive disagreements within feminist philosophy
*	Exploring new connections for feminist theorizing: activism, youth movements, transnational alliances
*	Challenging philosophical subfields
*	Occupying: resistance and repercussions in the profession


APA/CSW:  Diversity in Philosophy

The APA/CSW conference seeks to examine and address the underrepresentation of women and other marginalized groups in Philosophy.  Participants are invited to focus on hurdles and best practices associated with the inclusion of underrepresented groups.  Deadline for submissions of 250-500 word proposal is January 1, 2015 (See website for submission form)

Suggested topics include:

Subverting canons, old and new
o	Undergraduate pedagogy
o	Graduate pedagogy
o	Continuing education for established philosophers
Critical thinking, epistemic diversity & relativism 
o	Ethical and epistemic benefits to creating diverse philosophical communities
Theoretical and quantitative empirical approaches to inclusion and exclusion
o	Stereotype threat
o	Implicit bias
o	Ideal worker/philosopher
o	Creating and using demographic data
o	Collaborating with social scientists
The consequences of sexual, gender, racial, disability, and sexuality harassment
o	Implications for survivors
o	Implications for departments/communities in which there is harassment
o	Implications for the discipline
o	Bystander training (empowering community members to create an environment that doesn't tolerate harassment)
o	Analyses of cronyism and alienation for women and members of other marginalized groups
Intersectionality
o	Structural intersectionality in the academy
o	Putting intersectional analysis to work in the profession
o	Political intersectionality transforming the discipline
Embracing the range of philosophical careers
o	Academic philosophers outside 4-year colleges and universities)
o	Philosophers in other disciplines


Additional features of the Hypatia 2015 Conference:
*	Professional workshops on publishing feminist philosophy in journals, anthologies, books, blogs, and more hosted by the Hypatia Local Board.   
*	The APA Diversity Summit, May 29, 2015 during the conference!
*	Workshop on sexual harassment and bystander training. 
*	APA/CSW Site Visit Training: May 31st at Villanova.
*	Modest travel grants available for presenters in need.


Presenters are encouraged to submit papers to Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy after the conference.  The Hypatia Editorial Office is committed to rapid review for all papers affiliated with the conference.  

Conference website: http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/hypatiaconference/.

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Sponsored by Hypatia, the APA Committee on the Status of Women, and the College of Arts and Sciences, Villanova University.

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