CFP: UC Irvine DOP-LPS Graduate Philosophy Conference

Students of the Departments of Philosophy and Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine, invite submissions for the annual UC Irvine DOP-LPS Graduate Conference. The event will be held in person on Friday, April 2, 2027.

This year’s theme is “Socially Engaged Philosophy.” Submissions from any philosophical tradition are welcome. We particularly encourage applied/practically engaged projects across a wide variety of domains, including ethics, social and political philosophy, and philosophy of science.

Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Sharon Crasnow (Norco College).

Submissions

Applicants should submit anonymized drafts of no more than 4,000 words for review, as well as a 250-word abstract and 3-6 keywords. Participants should expect roughly 30 minutes to present, with time afterward for comments as well as a Q&A.

Please submit papers (in Word or PDF format) to [email protected], prepared for anonymous review (files should be named with the following format: UCI2027_[paper title]). In your email, please include the following information:

• Your name

• Email

• Paper Title

• Institutional Affiliation

• Whether you belong to a group or identity traditionally underrepresented in philosophy.

Authors must be current graduate students in philosophy or a related discipline.

Submissions are due by January 1, 2027 at 11:59 pm, anywhere in the world. Each submission will be anonymously reviewed by conference committee members and applicants will be notified in mid-February, 2027.

For questions, please contact [email protected].