CFP: 2nd Ancient Philosophy Workshop for Female Graduate Students and Early Career Researchers

Submission deadline: September 30, 2015

Conference date(s):
December 18, 2015 - December 19, 2015

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Conference Venue:

Research Training Group Philosophy, Science and the Sciences, Humboldt-University, Berlin
Berlin, Germany

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We invite submissions by female graduate students and early career researchers (within five years of completion of their PhD) for the 2nd Ancient Philosophy Workshop to be held on Dec 18-19, 2015 at the Humboldt University Berlin. This workshop is organised by Women in Ancient Philosophy and sponsored by the Research Training Group Philosophy, Science and the Sciences of the Humboldt University Berlin. Our goal is to provide young and highly talented female philosophers with the opportunity to present their work and interact with each other.

Papers should be about 5000 words long, and can be on any topic in Ancient Philosophy. Papers will be blind-reviewed. Format of the workshop: this is a pre-read conference; sessions last 75 minutes (15 minutes summary of the paper + 60 minutes discussion). Accommodation and travel expenses up to 660 Euro will be covered for all speakers. 

Keynote Speaker:

Dorothea Frede (University of Hamburg)

The submission deadline is: 1st October 2015.

Please send the following to [email protected] in .pdf format:

(1) A cover letter that contains (a) the author’s name, (b) institutional affiliation, (c) contact information, (d) the title of the paper, (e) a word count;

(2) The paper itself (around 5000 words), including the title and a short abstract (no more than 250 words), with no information identifying the author or the author’s institutional affiliation.

Please contact us with any questions: Ana Laura Edelhoff ([email protected]) or Bettina Bohle ([email protected]).

Affiliated Research Projects: 

Research Training Group: Philosophy, Science and the Sciences 

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Hannoversche Str. 6

10115 Berlin

https://ancient-philosophy.hu-berlin.de

 

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