International Association for Environmental Philosophy

CALL FOR PAPERS

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY

Nineteenth Annual Meeting

October 10-12, 2015

Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center

Atlanta, GA

Following the 54th Annual Meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP)

Please send a single-spaced proposal (500-600 words) PLUS short abstract (75-100 words) in Word format to Ladelle McWhorter, IAEP Secretary, at [email protected]. The body of the email should include detailed contact information (including physical and electronic addresses as well as academic affiliation) of the author(s) AND should also  indicate whether your presentation will require audio/visual equipment. (Without the latter indication there is no guarantee that such equipment will be available for your session at the conference.) Then in an attachment to the email please submit one Word document containing both the proposal and the short abstract, without any identifying information as to the author(s). (Short abstracts of accepted proposals will be printed in the conference program.)

Panel proposals should include as attachments a 350 – 500 word abstract for the panel as a whole (350-500 words) plus (separately) a proposal and short abstract for each paper as described above. The body of the email should include contact information for each author. Panels may consist of a maximum of three papers. Each paper proposal will be judged on its own merit, and individual papers may be accepted without acceptance of the entire panel.

An author may submit only one proposal for consideration (by IAEP or one of its satellite groups) each year. Papers previously published or under review for publication will not be accepted. All those included on the program must be members of IAEP at the time of the conference.  Information about IAEP and membership is available at www.environmentalphilosophy.org.

$250 PRIZE FOR BEST GRADUATE STUDENT ESSAY

Graduate Students: please indicate in the body of your email submission whether you wish to be considered for this prize. If your proposal is accepted you will be asked to submit a complete paper (3000 words maximum, excluding notes) by September 15. The winner will be announced during the conference.

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2015.

NOTICE OF DECISION: MID-MAY

IAEP offers a forum for the philosophical discussion of our relation to the natural environment.  Embracing a broad understanding of environmental philosophy, IAEP encourages papers in the areas of environmental ethics, environmental aesthetics, ontology, theology, philosophy of science, political philosophy, eco-feminism, philosophy of technology, and the like.  IAEP welcomes a diversity of approaches, including those inspired by Continental philosophy, the history of philosophy, and the tradition of American philosophy.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT

IAEP Secretary Ladelle McWhorter, Philosophy Department, University of Richmond: [email protected].