UChicago&rsquo\;s Women in Philosophy (WIP) and Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) invites abstracts for the first WAMIP (Women &\; Minorities in Philosophy) Philosophy Graduate Conference\, taking place on April 17-18\, 2026 at the University of Chicago.
\nThis conference brings together graduate students and scholars working on moral philosophy\, broadly construed\, coming from a wide variety of philosophical backgrounds to discuss issues in philosophy and academia. In addition to discussing research\, it is our conference&rsquo\;s explicit aim to make tacit institutional knowledge about academia more explicit\, foster community\, and just generally help each other excel.
\nLocation University of Chicago
Dates April 17-18\, 2026
CFA Deadline February 2\, 2026
Keynotes
Zoë\; Johnson King (Harvard)
Annette Martí\;n (UIC)
Mikayla Kelley (UChicago)
The first day of the event is a topical conference on moral philosophy (see below for more info). It includes two keynotes and two graduate panels. On the graduate panels\, each graduate student has 15-20 minutes to present their work. After each one has presented\, there will be an open Q&\;A for all panelists.
\nThe second (half-)day will include a panel discussion where we invite our keynotes to talk about pragmatics in academia\, with a particular focus on supporting and highlighting the experiences of minorities in philosophy. The point of this is really to make tacit knowledge about these things more widely available.
\nApril 17
9-10.30 Annette Martí\;n (UIC)
11-12.30 Graduate Student Panel
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15 Graduate Student Panel
15.30 - 17 Zoë\; Johnson King (Harvard)
April 18
9-10.30 Mikayla Kelley (UChicago)
11-12.30 Keynote Panel Discussion on the Pragmatics of Academia