Apologies for cross-posting. This is a feminist friendly and grad student friendly conference. I've received helpful feedback on my work several times here. Also please note the awards for graduate student papers at the end of the call. If you are a grad student, please consider submitting your work and if you know a grad student who works in Social Philosophy please encourage her or him to submit something. Thanks! GPjr Call for Papers Submission Deadline: March 15, 2009 Twenty-Seventh International Social Philosophy Conference Sponsored by the North American Society for Social Philosophy July 30- August 1, 2009 At St. Joseph’s University Philadelphia, PA Special attention will be devoted to the theme: The Public and the Private in the 21st Century But proposals in all areas of social philosophy are welcome. Submit 300-500 word abstracts (preferably via email) to both of the following members of the program committee: Margaret Crouch Department of Philosophy Eastern Michigan University 701 Pray-Harrold Ypsilanti, MI 48103 734-487-1018 [log in to unmask] Nancy Snow Department of Philosophy Marquette University PO Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI tel. 414-288-3670 [log in to unmask] NASSP Conference Awards for Graduate Students To promote new scholarship focusing on social philosophy and to encourage student participation, the North American Society for Social Philosophy has established the NASSP Awards for Best Graduate Student Papers. These awards give special recognition to papers to be read by a graduate student at the NASSP annual conference. The winners of the annual prizes will each receive $300 upon attendance at the annual International Social Philosophy Conference, and will be honored at the conference. 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 should be consistent with the framework of those presented at the International Social Philosophy Conference, addressing any topic in social philosophy. The papers will be evaluated by a three-member committee. The evaluation criteria include originality and quality of philosophical writing. Papers may be drawn from thesis work or intended for eventual publication, should be no more than 3,000 words, and conform to the requirements set out by the APA for colloquium submissions to annual Divisional meetings. Deadline: March 15, 2009 Abstracts accompanied by completed papers should be submitted to the program committee as directed above (i.e., submit to Crouch and Snow). Please indicate that you wish to be considered for the graduate student award in your Email.