The 15th annual conference of the North American \;Levinas \;Society will be held July 21st to 24th\, 2020\, at St. Michael&rsquo\;s College\, in Colchester\, Vermont &ndash\; just a 5 minute drive from Burlington.
\nThe theme for the upcoming conference is "Solidarity and Community.&rdquo\; \;NALS welcomes submissions on all topics relevant to the work of Emmanuel \;Levinas\, but we especially encourage topics that address the conference theme\, including but not limited to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Solidarity\, service\, and/or social justice
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Religion and community
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Levinas in dialogue with Christianity and/or Catholic social teaching
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Talmudic teaching\, solidarity\, and community
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Righteousness and human rights
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Non-violence\, restorative justice\, and/or peace
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Equality\, equity\, and justice
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Immigration\, solidarity\, and community
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Climate justice and our shared environment
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Intersectionality\, justice\, and solidarity movements
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Race\, ethnicity\, gender\, sexuality\, disability in community
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Generational solidarity &\; community
\nALL PROPOSALS ARE DUE MARCH 10th\, 2020.
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Please prepare materials for blind review and send them via email attachment by \;March 10th\, 2020\, to the conference host\, Katie Kirby (kkirby@smcvt.edu)\, with the subject &ldquo\;NALS 2020 Proposal." All submissions will be acknowledged\, and notifications of acceptance will be sent out by March 31st\, 2020\, along with information on conference registration. \;
·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Individual Paper Proposals should be 200&ndash\;300 words for a 15&ndash\;20 minute presentation.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Panel Proposals should be 400 words for 75&ndash\;90 minute panel sessions. Please include on separate cover the session title and name of organizer or panel chair\, along with participants&rsquo\; names\, institutional affiliations\, disciplines or departments.
\nPlease direct all inquiries concerning the conference to the conference host\, Katie Kirby (kkirby@smcvt.edu). General questions regarding the Society should be directed to Erik Garrett\, NALS President (garrette@duq.edu) or Dara Hill\, NALS Executive Secretary (levinassociety@gmail.com).
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