CFP DEADLINE EXTENDED: The deadline for submitting a paper to this conference has been extended to March 8th. See below for details.
\nWestern Kentucky University is holding its third undergraduate philosophy conference on Friday\, April 11th\, 2025. The conference's keynote speaker is Professor Lindsey Chambers (University of Kentucky) whose talk is titled\, "Acting for Two? Why a pregnant person&rsquo\;s obligations to the fetus are akin to duties to the self."
\nStudents currently enrolled (or who will be enrolled during the spring 2025 semester) at any institution of higher education (community college\, college\, university) are eligible to submit a paper for the event. To submit a paper\, please enclose an anonymized paper with a paper abstract and a paper title. Please also enclose a cover sheet that includes your institutional affiliation\, name\, paper title\, and paper abstract.
\nPlease keep papers to a length suitable for reading and/or presenting in 20-to-30 minutes (i.e. no more than 5\,000 words inclusive of footnotes and references). Speakers will also have a Q&\;A period of 15 minutes. The Q&\;A period will include a comments and response period. Paper comments will be given by a WKU philosophy student. The speaker will have a few minutes to respond and then the floor will open to questions from the audience.
\nThe conference venue will be in Cherry Hall (Room TBA). Cherry Hall is an accessible building. At present we are unable to offer funding for travel and lodging\, but we strongly encourage you to seek funding through your department\, college\, undergraduate student government\, and other available resources. Lunch or dinner will be provided to presenters.
\nThose with questions can contact the Philosophy Club faculty advisor\, Professor Landon D. C. Elkind (landon[dot]elkind[at]wku[dot]edu) directly\, or the Philosophy Club at philclub[at]wku[dot]edu.
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