2026 UT-Austin Graduate Philosophy Conference

The graduate students of the University of Texas at Austin (Department of Philosophy) invite submissions for the 2026 UT-Austin Graduate Philosophy Conference. The conference will be held in-person on February 27th - February 28th 2026, at UT Austin.

We welcome submissions from current and prospective graduate students in philosophy. Each selected paper will receive in-person comments delivered after their presentation. Limited funds are available to help offset travel costs for selected papers.

Keynote Speaker: TBA

Submission Guidelines

•⁠  ⁠Papers must be no more than 6,000 words, excluding footnotes, appendixes, and bibliography.

•⁠  ⁠Submissions must be anonymized for blind review and in PDF format. 

•⁠  ⁠An additional PDF format cover page must be included in the submission email, including the following information:

    * Full Name

    * Institutional Affiliation

    * Paper title

    * Contact Email

    * An abstract of the paper no longer than 400 words

    * Indicate a topic area

Submission Deadline: November 21st, 2025 at 5pm (US Central Time)

Notification of Acceptance: On or before December 23rd

Send questions and submissions to [email protected]