CFP: Eastern Michigan University’s 5th Annual Undergraduate Conference in Philosophy

Call for Papers: Eastern Michigan University’s 5th Annual Undergraduate Conference in Philosophy

March 6th and 8th, 2015

The Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Conference in Philosophy is now accepting papers
for its conference to be held at EMU March 6th and 8th, 2015.  Papers selected for presentation will be allotted 20 minute presentation times, followed by formal comments and Q & A.  All papers in philosophy, broadly construed, will be considered for the conference; since this is an undergraduate conference, no papers by professionals, graduate students, or others holding an advanced degree (in philosophy) will be considered.

Papers submitted for the conference should be 8-12 pages in length and include an abstract approximately 250 words in length.  

The deadline for submission is January 12, 2015, and only completed papers accompanied by an abstract will be reviewed.  We expect to announce the papers selected for presentation before the end of January.

We use a formal commentator system; so, even if your paper is not selected for presentation, you may be considered for such a role.  Please let us know, along with your paper submission, if you are willing to comment.  It is not uncommon for students to present a paper and give comments on another at the conference.  This also means that all selected papers will receive formal feedback at the conference.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Gina Schouten, Illinois State University

Faculty Mentors:  Last year we enjoyed having faculty attend in a support role.  We strongly encourage students to bring faculty mentors to the conference.  The dialog among professors, discussion of pedagogy, and expansion of mentoring opportunities for students, are among the desirable benefits of this conference.

Papers, abstracts, and questions should be submitted electronically to [email protected]

Faculty Supervisor:  Dr. W. John Koolage, [email protected]

Publication Opportunity:  The top (3 to 5) papers submitted will be published in our undergraduate philosophy journal, Acta Cogitata!  www.emich.edu/historyphilosophy/journals.php

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