CFP: 27th Oxford Graduate Conference

Call for Papers for The University of Oxford's 27th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference

University of Oxford, 11th-12th November 2023

We invite submissions from all graduate students working in philosophy for the 27th Annual Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference, to be held on the 11th-12th November 2023 at the University of Oxford.

This highly anticipated event enjoys a reputation for being one of the most prestigious philosophy conferences at graduate level in the world.

Papers can be on any topic in philosophy. We aim to represent a broad range of philosophical debates and traditions in our final selection, across both theoretical and practical philosophy.

Each student presentation will be followed by a response, typically from a member of the Oxford Philosophy Faculty.

We are also delighted to be able to announce our three keynote speakers at this year’s conference:  

Julia Driver (Austin/ St. Andrews)

Cécile Fabre (Oxford) and 

Crispin Wright (NYU/ Stirling)

Presenting at the conference offers an excellent opportunity to showcase your work to an enthusiastic and welcoming audience.

We particularly encourage submissions by philosophers from groups underrepresented in the discipline.

Eligibility: All current graduate students in philosophy are eligible to apply, except those studying at Oxford at the time of the conference.

Submission details: 

The submission deadline is Sunday 28th May 2023, 11pm GMT. 

All papers should be submitted to [email protected] with the subject: 'Submission for Gradconf 2023'.

You are asked to submit three attachments:

(1) a cover letter with your name, your institutional affiliation, the title of your paper, and its wordcount (including footnotes, excluding references);

(2) an abstract of no more than 500 words; 

(3) the main paper which should be of no more than 4,000 words (including footnotes, excluding references) and suitable for a 30-40 min presentation, prepared for blind-review, be in pdf format, and contain no information identifying the author or their institutional affiliation. 

If you do identify as part of a group that is underrepresented in philosophy, please indicate so in your email (this is not mandatory).

All submissions will undergo a blind-review process. 

For more details see: https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/oxford-philosophy-graduate-conference

If you have any questions feel free to email [email protected]

We look forward to receiving your submission.

Mattia Cecchinato, Daniel Rowe (co-chairs)

James Glover, Milan Hartwig, Jonathan Krude, Elisabetta Sassarini, Patrick Williamson (organising committee)