26th Annual NYU Columbia Graduate Conference in Philosophy

The Philosophy Departments of Columbia University and New York University invite graduate students to submit papers for the 26th Annual NYU-Columbia Graduate Conference in Philosophy, to be held on April 24, 2026, at Columbia University. Submissions in all areas of philosophy are welcome.*

The keynote speaker for this event is Selim Berker (Harvard).

Papers submitted should be:

(1) 3,000 to 5,000 words in length with an abstract of 200-300 words and suitable for a presentation of 30 to 40 minutes to a general philosophical audience.

(2) Prepared for blind review (no names or other identifying information) and in PDF format.

(3) Accompanied by a separate cover sheet with the author's name, pronouns, home institution, contact information, topic area(s) of the paper, the abstract, and the title of the paper.

Submissions should be sent to https://tinyurl.com/nyu-columbia. The deadline for submissions is January 21st, 2026, 11:59pm eastern time. Decisions will be communicated by February 28, 2026.

For any further inquiries, please contact [email protected].

* Submissions from graduate students at NYU and Columbia will not be considered for acceptance.