On the 9th and 10th of September 2013\, 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 eleventh \;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\, Serena Olsaretti\, Thomas \;M. Scanlon. \;
\nGraduate 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 28th April \;2013. 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 28th \;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. Details about meal arrangements and conference programme \;to follow.
Please address all correspondence (including paper submissions and \;additional inquiries) to the conference email address: \;pavia.gradconference@gmail.com