The Philosophy Graduate Student Association of West Chester University, in collaboration with the West Chester University Philosophy Department, invites submissions by graduate students for our ninth annual conference to be held on Saturday, March 8, 2014.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sarah Clark Miller, Associate Professor in Philosophy at Penn State University and Associate Director of the Rock Ethics Institute, will be our keynote speaker. Dr. Miller specializes in Moral Theory, Practical Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, and Social and Political Philosophy. She has published articles in journals such as Social Theory and Practice and the Journal of Social Philosophy, and is currently completing a book on global responsibility.
Submission Guidelines:
• Graduate Students may submit papers on any philosophical topic, with preference given to those concerning the work of Immanuel Kant
• Papers should be a maximum of 4,000 words (for a thirty-minute presentation)
• Paper format: 12-point, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 1-inch margins
• Students may submit more than one paper for consideration
• Please prepare for blind review: remove all contact information and identifying marks from the body of the paper
• Please create a cover sheet and submit it, with your finished paper, to WCUPhilosophyConference@gmail.com by January 17, 2014 (if submitting more than one paper, please include additional cover sheets for each paper)
• Your cover sheet must include the following: Name, Email, Phone, Institution, Title of Submission, and a 3-5 sentence Abstract
• Notification will occur by February 14, 2014