On the 3rd and 4th of September 2012\, the Human Development\, \;Capability and Poverty International Research Centre at the Institute \;for Advanced Study of Pavia (Italy) and the Department of Political \;and Social Sciences\, University of Pavia (Italy)\, under the joint patronage of the Italian Society for Political Philosophy and the \;Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy\, will host the tenth edition \;of the Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy. This two-day \;conference is meant to offer graduate students an opportunity to \;present papers\, get helpful feedback in a friendly atmosphere\, and \;exchange ideas both with peers and with leading academics in the field \;of political philosophy. In addition to parallel sessions devoted to \;students&rsquo\; presentations\, there will also be two plenary sessions. \;Plenary speakers in past editions have been: Hillel Steiner\, Anna \;Elisabetta Galeotti\, Peter Jones\, Gianfrancesco Zanetti\, Jonathan \;Wolff\, Michele Nicoletti\, Philippe Van Parijs\, Sebastiano Maffettone\, \;Giovanni Giorgini\, Andrew Williams\, David Miller\, Alessandro Ferrara\, \;Valeria Ottonelli\, Adam Swift\, Gerald Gaus. \;
Graduate students interested in giving papers should send their \;contributions (max 2500/3000 words &ndash\; in English) accompanied by a \;short abstract (max 300 words &ndash\; in English)\, by Sunday 29th April \;2012. Papers may focus on any area within political philosophy\, and \;presentations should take no longer than twenty minutes to allow at least another twenty minutes of discussion. Please note that the 29th \;of April is also the deadline for registration for anyone who wishes \;to attend the conference without presenting a paper.
Conference registration is free of charge. Paper givers will be \;offered accommodation in local university colleges. Accommodation fees \;and details will be arranged individually. Anyone who wishes to attend \;the conference without presenting a paper can write to check \;availability.
Please address all correspondence (including paper submissions and \;additional inquiries) to the conference email address: \;graduate.conference@iusspavia.it
Updated information will be available on the conference website: