CFP: 55th Annual Meeting of the North Texas Philosophical Association

The North Texas Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the call for papers for its 55th annual meeting. This year’s NTPA will take place March 27th-28th, 2026 at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas. Our keynote speaker this year will be Peg Birmingham (DePaul University). Alejandro Vallega (University of Oregon) will give our Robert E. Wood Memorial Address, and our Presidential Address will be given by Charles Bambach (UT Dallas). We will also offer two workshops, one on philosophy of race and one on Hannah Arendt, as well as two special sessions, one on the philosophy of food and one on Asian philosophy.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Peg Birmingham, DePaul University

ROBERT E. WOOD MEMORIAL ADDRESS

Alejandro Vallega, University of Oregon

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Charles Bambach, University of Texas at Dallas

INVITED SPEAKERS

Sarah LaChance Adams, North Florida University

Ellie Anderson, Pomona College

Babette Babich, Fordham University

Andrew Cutrofello, Loyola University Chicago

Alberto Moreiras, Texas A&M University

Cynthia R. Nielsen, University of Dallas

William Paris, University of Toronto

SPECIAL SESSIONS

FOOD, FREEDOM, & POLITICS

David Kaplan, University of North Texas

Isabelle Bishop, University of North Texas

Mark Budolfson, UT Austin

REMEDIATING BINARIES IN THE RECEPTION OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY

Leah Kalmanson, University of North Texas

Sydney Morrow, University of Central Oklahoma

Brandon Underwood, Vanderbilt University

WORKSHOPS                            

Freedpeople and the Philosophy of Race

   Desmond Coleman, Penn State University

The Early Arendt

   John Douglas Macready, Collin College

BOOK SESSION

Jill Drouillard’s Feminist Heidegger: Sex, Gender, and the Politics of Birth (SUNY Press 25)

Dana S. Belu, California State University Dominguez Hills

Jessica S. Elkayam, Sam Houston State University

AFFILIATE SESSIONS

International Association for Environmental Philosophy

Radical Philosophy Association