CFP: The 6th Biennial Dorothy Edgington Lectures and Graduate Workshop

Birkbeck, University of London is delighted to announce the 2025 Edgington Lectures, which will be given by Dr. Stacie Friend (University of Edinburgh) on 14-15 May 2025.

Call for Abstracts: Graduate Workshop

We invite graduate students and recent graduates (not more than 1 year since completing study) to submit abstracts for presentations addressing any aspect of Dr Friend’s work, including but not limited to:

- Philosophy of Fiction

- Philosophy of Literature and Film

- Aesthetics

- The intersection between Aesthetics, Philosophy of Language and Philosophy of Mind

Submission Instructions

Abstracts should be no more than 500 words and be suitable for a 30-minute presentation. Abstracts should be prepared for blind review. Please do not include any identifying information in the body of the abstract. Please include the following information in the email: paper title, author name, institutional affiliation, and student status. Abstracts should be saved in .pdf or .doc format. Send all submissions to: [email protected] and [email protected]

The deadline for submissions is Friday January 31st 2025 at 5 pm GMT. Applicants should expect to hear back by the mid-February 2025.

Birkbeck College is a participating member of the BPA/SWIP Good Practice Scheme, and steps will be taken to ensure gender balance among workshop participants. To this end, we particularly encourage submissions from women and other under-represented groups in philosophy.