CFP: 13th Annual Mid-Hudson Valley Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Marist College will host the Thirteenth Mid-Hudson Valley Undergraduate Philosophy Conference 25-26 April 2025. Undergraduates are encouraged to submit papers on any topic in philosophy. The conference is selective, accepting at most six papers. There are no concurrent presentations. Each paper presentation includes comments from another undergraduate from either Marist College's philosophy program or from one of the other philosophy programs at four other colleges in the Mid-Hudson Valley Region of Upstate New York. All of the undergraduate presentations will take place in the Henry Hudson Room on the third floor of Fontaine Hall at Marist College.

Papers accepted for presentation are eligible for consideration for publication in the ninth volume of the Marist Undergraduate Philosophy Journal.

The keynote speaker this year will be Dr. Yujin Nagasawa, Professor of Philosophy and Kingfisher College Chair of the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics. Dr. Nagasawa’s research focuses primarily on problems in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of religion, including problems lying at the boundary of the two sub-disciplines. Beside his work in leading philosophy journals and various edited collections, Dr. Nagasawa is the author of five books, including, most recently, The Problem of Evil for Atheists (Oxford University Press, 2024) and Maximal God: A New Defence of Perfect Being Theism (Oxford University Press, 2017). Dr. Nagasawa’s keynote address is entitled “The Problem of Evil and the Problem of Consciousness” and will take place at 17:00 on Friday, 25 April 2025 in the Dyson Center Room 1008 at Marist College. Information about Dr. Nagasawa and his research can be found here: https://www.philosophy.prof/

Please send papers of no more than 3,000 words (not including footnotes and bibliography) on any topic in philosophy by 24 January 2025. All papers should be anonymized for blind review, with a cover sheet that includes an abstract of no more than 150 words and contact information. We are accepting electronic submissions by attachment in PDF or MS Word format. Please send submissions to Patricia Devine at [email protected].