CFP: The 19th Dr. C. Michael Gelven NIU Graduate Philosophy Conference (formerly the Northern Graduate Philosophy Conference)

The 19th Dr. C. Michael Gelven NIU Graduate Philosophy Conference (formerly the Northern Graduate Philosophy Conference) will be held November 6-7, 2026, on the campus of Northern Illinois University. Professor Karen Bennett (Rutgers University) will deliver a keynote address to open the conference on Friday, Nov. 6.

We invite graduate students to submit papers of approximately 3,000 words on any topic in mainstream analytic philosophy (suitable for 30-minute presentations; there will be a commentator and a Q&A session after the presentation). Submissions accessible to a general philosophical audience will be favored. Only one submission per person will be considered. We ask all papers to be delivered in person. We are able to offer each speaker a $200 stipend to mitigate the costs of travel.

Submission Guidelines

Please send the following as two separate attachments in PDF format to [email protected]. The attachments are:

• A cover page, titled [Last][First]_CP, containing the following information:
  • Author’s name
  • Institutional affiliation
  • Contact information (email, phone number)
  • Title of paper
  • Topic area of paper
  • Word count
• Your paper, with an abstract of fewer than 150 words and apt for blind review. Please title your file as [Last][First]_NPC.

Decisions regarding submissions will be sent by September 22, 2026.

Please direct all questions concerning the conference to the Northern Illinois University Graduate Student Advisory Council in Philosophy at [email protected].