CFP: 2nd Annual OZSW Conference in Philosophy

Keynote speakers

• Prof. Marya Schechtman, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago   
• Other keynote speakers will be announced shortly.

Conference topics

The OZSW invites academic philosophers to submit an abstract on any topic or within any discipline in philosophy.

Important deadlines

• Deadline abstract submission:                          April 30th 2014
• Decision acceptance / rejection:                       May 31st 2014
• Registration opens:                                           June 1st 2014
• Registration with early bird fee:                         August 31st 2014
• Registration deadline for speakers:                   September 15th 2014
• Registration with late comer fee:                       October 15th 2014

Program

The conference will start on Friday November 7th in the morning, and will end on Saturday November 8th around 6pm. On Friday evening there will be a conference dinner. A more detailed program will be made available in due time.

Submission types

There are 2 submission types for this conference:

• Single paper by senior researcher or PhD student
• Panel proposal consisting of 3 or 4 papers around the same topic

In case the reviewers find one or more abstracts in a panel proposal to be of insufficient quality, the remaining paper(s) may instead be accepted as a smaller panel or a single paper. How to submit your abstract / panel proposalAbstracts and panel proposals should be submitted through our on-line submission site, which will open in the course of March at http://www.conftool.com/ozsw_conference_2014. Please make an account at this site, which will then enable you to submit. You will be asked to provide the following information:

• Your name, affiliation and e-mail address
• A title for the paper(s)
• An abstract for the paper(s), of 500 to 1000 words
• One or more topics (see list on previous page, plus possibility to add topic not mentioned)
• 3-5 key words
• Optional: up to 5 literature references per paper
• For panel proposals only: a title for / description of the panel theme (max. 250 words)

All submissions will be reviewed by a committee of OZSW philosophers.

About the OZSW

The Nederlandse Onderzoeksschool Wijsbegeerte (OZSW), or the Dutch Research School of Philosophy, was established at the end of 2012. It is an initiative of the philosophy departments at 11 Dutch universities. The general purpose of the OZSW is to strengthen the discipline of philosophy by promoting and facilitating research collaboration between the participating universities, and the training of young researchers (PhD students and Research Master students). This annual conference is one of its activities. 

Organizing committeeThis conference is organized by the following committee:     

Prof. dr. Paul Bakker, conference chair

Dr. Chantal Bax, conference manager
 

For more information about the conference, see
www.ozsw.nl/ozsw-conference-2014-radboud-university-nijmegen/or contact Chantal Bax at [email protected].
Participants who require special assistance or facilities can also write to [email protected].