CFP: International Social Theory Consortium

http://socialtheory.org/istc-2018---cfp.html

MODERNITY BETWEEN THE
​DAMAGED LIFE AND SANE SOCIETY:
SOCIAL THEORY IN THE AGE OF URGENCY
​

Call for Papers
(Link to PDF)

Levinas conference

North American Levinas Society

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Totality and Infinity, the North America Levinas Society announces its sixth annual meeting and conference, hosted by Texas A&M, to be held May 1-3, 2011. Given the historic anniversary of this occasion, the conference will focus on Totality and Infinity with regard to both its historical framework and relevant contemporary readings and questions that the work continues to engender.

CONFIRMED PLENARY SPEAKERS

We are pleased to announce the following confirmed plenary speakers:

• Robert Bernasconi (Penn State University)

• Adriaan Peperzak (Loyola University, Chicago)

• Lisa Guenther (Vanderbilt University). Professor Guenther’s talk is generously sponsored by Société Internationale de Recherche Emmanuel Levinas (SIREL)

We are also pleased to announce that Georges Hansel will again deliver his annual TalmudicReading. Continuing in the tradition of Levinas’s Talmudic readings, which he delivered at the annual colloquia of French speaking Jewish intellectuals in Paris, Prof. Hansel’s readings have become a celebrated tradition of our conferences.  Additionally, we will have a Scholar's session honoring the work of Alphonso Lingis (Penn State, emeritus).  Steven Shankman (University of Oregon) will give the presentation for the  Levinas and pedagogy session. 

For more information contact Claire Katz (ckatz@philosophy.tamu.edu) and/or visit the conference website: http://philosophy.tamu.edu/Events/NALS-2011/index.html

grad conference at Emory

Philosophy as a Way of Life – 2011 Graduate Philosophy Conference at
Emory

Keynote speaker: John Cooper, Princeton University

April 8-9, 2011 - Atlanta, GA

info after the break

my new favorite journal

http://www.math.pacificu.edu/~emmons/JofUR/

CFP: Northwestern Ethics Conference

Note that this is annual, in case you can't make this year's deadline.

SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL THEORY AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, Northwestern 
University
5th Annual Conference
May 19–21, 2011

Keynote Speakers:
Philip PETTIT (Princeton)
R. Jay WALLACE (Berkeley)

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The deadline is February 15, 2011. We welcome 
submissions from faculty and graduate students, as some sessions will be 
reserved for student presentations. Please submit an essay of 
approximately 4000 words and an abstract of at most 150 words. Essay 
topics in all areas of ethical theory and political philosophy will be 
considered, although some priority will be given to essays that take up 
themes from the works of Philip Pettit and R. Jay Wallace, such as 
responsibility, practical reasoning, freedom, democratic theory, 
constructivism, contractualism, individual agency, and collective 
agency. Essays and abstracts should be prepared for blind review in 
word, rtf, or pdf format. Graduate submissions should be sent by email 
to leegoldsmith2012@u.northwestern.edu; faculty submissions should be 
sent by e-mail to garthoff@northwestern.edu. Notices of acceptance will 
be sent by March 31, 2011. For more information, please contact Jon 
Garthoff at the e-mail address above or visit our website: 
http://www.philosophy.northwestern.edu/conferences/moralpolitical/

bcc applied ethics conference

Third Annual Conference on Applied Ethics

                                 Broome Community College

                                            April 1-2, 2011

                                        Religion and Ethics:

                                 Conflict, Tolerance, and Promise

The Spring Conference on Applied Ethics 2011 invites papers, panels, and presentations on the topic of Religion and Ethics. 

cfp: syracuse grad student conference

CALL FOR PAPERS
2011 Syracuse Philosophy Graduate Student Conference
April 15 & 16
Keynote Speakers: Michael Forster (UChicago) & Robert Van Gulick
(Syracuse)
Paper submission deadline: Jan 15th, 2011
Send submissions to:  suphilgradconf@gmail.com

Papers should be suitable for a 25-30 minute presentation (no more
than 4000 words). SU philosophy graduate students will serve as
commentators
on papers presented at the conference.

Submissions must be prepared for blind review and sent as either a PDF
or Word file.

In the text of your email, please include your name, contact
information, and a short abstract (max 150 words).

We welcome submissions in all areas of philosophy.

Best regards,
Mike Campbell & Andy Specht

CFP: GENDER JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT

Call for Papers

Ninth International Conference of the International Development Ethics Association

GENDER JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT: LOCAL AND GLOBAL

Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 9-11, 2011

Organized by
THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ETHICS ASSOCIATION (IDEA)
with
Centre on Values and Ethics (COVE) at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada and Center for International Studies (CIS) and Philosophy Department at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA


Plenary speaker
Naila Kabeer, Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex and Senior Research Fellow, Department of International Development, UK

While submissions on any topic in development ethics are welcome, IDEA is particularly interested in submissions that fit the theme of exploring, understanding, and analyzing the role of gender justice in development theory and policy.

Scholars and activists in development are increasingly using the concept “gender justice” to replace the terms “gender equality” and “gender mainstreaming”. Many now hold that describing situations using the latter terms fails to address adequately the ongoing gender-based injustices from which women suffer. However, there is no single definition of gender justice and much disagreement among local, national, and international power-holders about what constitutes gender injustice and how to alleviate or eliminate it.

IDEA invites submissions that could include discussions of gender as it relates to any of the following list of topics.
Gender and
• concepts of equality, justice, rights, capabilities
• concepts of agency, empowerment, freedom, autonomy
• concepts of democracy, citizenship, constitutionalism
• concepts of the law, judicial reform, access to justice
• intersections of race, class, ethnicity, other factors of discrimination
• intersections of local/national and global
• economic globalization, global economy, markets, labor
• the family, community, nation, global
• reproductive health, health care, population
• education, religion, culture
• concepts of poverty, measuring inequalities
• the environment, climate change, public health
• feminisms, movements, activism
• post-colonialism, imperialism, transnationalism
• power, knowledge, institutional structures
• care ethics, values and ethics in general
• migration, global in the local
• violence, conflict, war, terrorism
• Human Development Reports, Millennium Development Goals, measurements, standards
• local, national, and global institutions and NGOs

Papers could examine these issues from diverse theoretical and conceptual perspectives including philosophical argument, empirical analysis, examinations of policy, and action strategies. Papers could consider how and to what degree the concrete experiences of women in specific contexts can and should inform theory, practice, and activism at local and global levels. The conference will engage scholars and practitioners from around the world and from a wide variety of disciplines and activities (including philosophy and other humanities, social sciences, policy studies, development, social work, NGOs, local and global agencies and organizations, government officials and policy makers). IDEA particularly welcomes submissions from scholars and practitioners in South countries.

Submission of Abstracts.
Proposals should be submitted by email to Christine Koggel at ckoggel@brynmawr.edu and should include:
1. An abstract of 500 words
2. Name, affiliation, and contact information on a separate page
3. A biography of under 100 words (for the conference program)

The conference will be conducted primarily in English. There may be some presentations in Spanish, depending on the availability of volunteers to give informal translations. Proposals for presentations in Spanish should be sent to Daniela Gallegos at danielagallegos@yahoo.com.

Important dates:
• December 17, 2010: deadline for proposals
• February 18, 2011: notification of acceptance
• May 1, 2011: deadline for submission of complete papers

Program Co-Chairs:
Jay Drydyk, President of IDEA and Director of COVE
Christine Koggel, Co-Director of CIS and Board Member of IDEA