CALL FOR PAPERS
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Graduate Student Philosophy Conference
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Philips Autograph Library
Keynote Address
Kas Saghafi
Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of Memphis
Kas Saghafi works in contemporary Continental philosophy, philosophy and literature, aesthetics, and social/political philosophy. He is the author of Apparitions—Of Derrida’s Other (Fordham University Press, 2010). He has also published articles on contemporary French thought in journals such as International Studies in Philosophy, Mosaic, Parallax, Philosophy Today, and Research in Phenomenology. Co-translator of Derrida’s “A Europe of Hope” and “Aletheia,” Dr. Saghafi is a regular participant in the Derrida Seminars Translation Project, held annually at l’Institut Mémoires de l’Édition Contemporaine (IMEC) archives in Normandy, France.
Submission deadline: February 6.
Notification of acceptance by: February 10.
We are interested in papers related to our keynote speaker’s research. We would thus like to see papers related to 20th century continental philosophy, with special attention given to the work of Jacques Derrida. Papers that deal with Derrida’s engagement with thinkers throughout the history of philosophy, including ancient, medieval, modern, 19th, and 20th century philosophy are welcome.
West Chester University philosophy graduate students will serve as commentators and moderators.
Papers should be up to 4,000 words and submitted as a .doc or .pdf file, and prepared for blind review. Please include a separate document with your name, institutional affiliation, email address, paper title, word count, and an abstract of no more than 300 words.
Email submissions and inquiries to Matt Rupert at: cr840069@wcupa.edu.