The annual Syracuse University Philosophy Graduate Conference will take place on Friday March 20th and Saturday March 21st 2026 on campus at Syracuse University\, New York. The conference consists of 5 talks by invited graduate student speakers and two keynote addresses from faculty&mdash\;one invitee from another university and one from Syracuse. The keynote speakers for this year&rsquo\;s conference are Mark Heller (Syracuse University) and Selim Berker (Harvard University).
\nWe are inviting submissions in any area of philosophy from graduate students who wish to participate in the conference as invited speakers. The submission details are as follows:
\nSUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 4th\, 2026 (11:59 pm EST)
\nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Each paper should be prepared for a 20&ndash\;25 minute presentation\, and it should be no more than roughly \;3\,000 words \;(excluding footnotes and bibliography).
\nPlease submit (i) your \;anonymized \;paper (the name of the file should be the title of your paper) and (ii) \;a cover letter \;including your name\, institutional affiliation\, email address\, the title of your paper\, the general/specific topic of your paper (e.g.\, Metaphysics/Fundamentality\, Epistemology/Imagination)\, and an abstract of no more than 300 words to: \;sugradconference@gmail.com \;by \;January 4th\, 2026 (11:59 pm EST).
\nWe encourage submissions from members of underrepresented groups.
\nIf your paper is accepted and you come to present at the conference\, your presentation slot will comprise the aforementioned presentation\, a commentary (your commentator will be a current Syracuse University philosophy department graduate student) as well as a 30-minute Q&\;A.
\nAuthors of accepted papers will be notified by mid February. For any further information\, please contact the conference organizers\, Shiyu Chen and Ana Zamora at \;sugradconference@gmail.com.
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