CFP: The First Undergraduate Women's Philosophy Conference

Call For Papers:

Papers should be authored by female-identified undergraduates. Papers must have philosophical content, but there are no specific restrictions on subject matter within the arena of philosophical discussion itself.

Electronic submissions (.doc or pdf) are required and should be sent as an attachment to Liz Goodnick at [email protected]. Submissions should include both the paper and an abstract of 100-200 words. Papers should be approximately 2500 words (8-10 pages) and prepared for anonymous review.

Please include the following in the body of the email:

1. The paper's title

2. Word count

3. Author's name

4. Institutional affiliation (if any)

5. Email address

6. Telephone number

7. Will you need a smart classroom to present your paper?

Papers that do not include the above will not be considered.

No more than one paper by the same author will be considered.

Submission deadline is February 29, 2016. Papers will be reviewed by the conference planning committee. Notification of acceptance will be made via email by March 20. Submissions whose authors cannot be contacted through email will be rejected.

Each paper will have a commentator. Those interested in providing brief comments of approximately 5 minutes should email Liz Goodnick at [email protected] by February 29, 2016, stating your availability and areas of interest. Please indicate whether you would like to be a commentator should your paper not be accepted.