NEWLAMP 2023 (Northeast Workshop to Learn About Multicultural Philosophy)

Call For Applications for NEWLAMP 2023

The Northeast Workshop to Learn About Multicultural Philosophy (NEWLAMP) is designed to equip philosophy professors with the competency to integrate modules on traditionally underrepresented areas of philosophy into their undergraduate philosophy courses. 

For its second edition, which will take place at Rutgers University in New Brunswick July 24-28, 2023, NEWLAMP will focus on Mesoamerican, Latin American, and Latinx moral, social, and political philosophy.

Three experts will lead the workshop:

·     Carlos Alberto Sanchez, San Jose State University

·     James Maffie, University of Maryland (Emeritus)

·     Stephanie Rivera Berruz, Marquette University

Twenty participants will be selected to attend the workshop. We encourage applications from all those who teach philosophy on a regular basis, including adjuncts, community college or regional university professors, and other underfunded faculty across North America. (Current graduate students who will begin a post-PhD teaching position in Fall 2023 or sooner are welcome to apply.) Financial aid will be available to help cover travel and lodging costs for those without available professional funds to cover attendance (exact proportion of coverage still to be determined). There is no registration fee.

Apply to NEWLAMP by emailing the following to [email protected], by February 23, 2023:

I.      A short statement of interest in NEWLAMP (2-page max); please include in your statement your reasons for wanting to participate in NEWLAMP 2023, the number of moral, social, and/or political philosophy courses you usually teach every year, the levels of those courses, and the standard class size of each;

II.    For those requesting financial aid, a short explanation of your available travel funds (or lack thereof) and expected costs for attending;

III.   A curriculum vitae; and

IV.  A Brief Teaching Portfolio including: at least two sample syllabi (preferably in moral, social, and/or political philosophy) and at least one sample student assignment.

Compile all the elements in a single PDF with your First Name_Last Name in the document title (e.g., Gloria_Anzaldua.pdf) and submit it with the email title “2023 NEWLAMP Submission” to [email protected]

If you have any questions, contact Alex Guerrero ([email protected]) and [email protected].  

Notifications will be sent out in March 2023.