The University of Texas at Austin&rsquo\;s Philosophy Department is hosting the annual Graduate Conferance on February 28 th and March 1 st 2025 (Friday and Saturday). This year\, our keynote speakers will be David Builes (Princeton University) and Mandy Simmons (Carnegie Mellon University).
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We invite graduate students to submit philosophy papers in any area of philosophy.
We are seeking high-quality\, journal-grade papers for presentation. Papers will undergo a blind grading process. We expect to take no more than 4-5 papers\, or ~10% of the number of submissions.
The Graduate Conference will be in-person. If you submit\, you are committing to presenting in-person\, given that your paper is accepted. Presentations total one hour &ndash\; 30 minutes lecture\, 30 minute Q&\;A. Submission Deadline: Friday\, November 15 th 2024.
All submissions must be 3000 words or fewer. All documents should be submitted as .doc\; .docx\; or .pdf. Papers must be prepared for blind review.
Please submit all documents to \;utgradconference2025@gmail.com \;with the subject
&lsquo\;[LASTNAME]_Graduate Conference Submission. Use your paper title as the document&rsquo\;s name (e.g.\, InterestingPaper.pdf). One submission per author.
In addition\, please include a cover letter with:
·\; \; \; \; \; Paper Title
·\; \; \; \; \; Author&rsquo\;s name
·\; \; \; \; \; Author&rsquo\;s institutional affiliation
·\; \; \; \; \; Author&rsquo\;s email
·\; \; \; \; \; Word count (&le\; 3000 words)
·\; \; \; \; \; Abstract \; (&le\; 150 words)
·\; \; \; \; \; Please use CL_[Title] (e.g.\, CL_InterestingPaper.pdf) as your cover letter title.
*If you are a member of an underrepresented group in philosophy\, (e.g: low-income\, first-generation
college\, Person-of-color\, woman\, trans\, LGBTQIA+\, disabled) feel free to include a diversity
statement (~100 words).
Send all other questions to \;utgradconference2025@gmail.com