CFP: Environmental Philosophy

Environmental Philosophy

8th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference, University at Albany-State University of New York

Saturday, April 18th, 2015

Keynote speaker: Dr. Lori Gruen, Wesleyan University

Deadline for submissions: Friday, January 16th, 2015

We cordially invite graduate students to submit papers on Environmental Philosophy. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, our moral obligations to the environment and/or non-human animals, duties to endangered species, environmental racism/sexism, preservation of wilderness, differences between our moral obligations to wild and domesticated animals, just/unjust agricultural practices, and moral issues surrounding genetically modified organisms in agriculture. Special consideration will be given to papers that focus on animal and/or food ethics. Papers should be suitable for a 25 to 30 minute presentation (approximately 12-15 pages).

All submissions should be prepared for blind review and should include a separate document containing the following information: your name, paper title, an abstract of approximately 100 to 250 words, institutional affiliation, e-mail address, and phone number. Please submit papers via e-mail with “2015 Conference Submission” in the subject line. Acceptable formats are MS Word documents, RTF files, or PDF files. Please send submissions to [email protected].

Submission deadline: Friday, January 16th, 2015

For more information about the conference or about the submission requirements, please contact Sydney Faught at [email protected]

The UAPA would like to thank the Graduate Student Association for their financial support.

“Your GSA funds at work!”