2nd Annual McGill Graduate Philosophy Conference

The department of philosophy at McGill is excited to announce its second annual graduate conference, to be held on March 11th and 12th, 2027. Speakers must be enrolled in an MA or PhD program in philosophy (or equivalent in another discipline) at the time of the conference. Although the call for abstracts is open to any topic in philosophy, we’ll give preference to abstracts related to the following topics of interest for our department and affiliated research groups: 

·    Philosophy of normativity (broadly construed to include analytic and continental traditions)

·    Ethical theory (broadly construed to include analytic and continental traditions) 

·    Philosophy of technology (ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, social and political philosophy)

·    History of philosophy (especially underrepresented figures)    

·    Metaphysics and epistemology (broadly construed to include theoretical and historical work)

On day one of the conference, we’ll have an afternoon keynote presentation (speaker TBD), followed by an evening reception with light snacks and beverages. On day two, we’ll have presentations from the invited graduate speakers, each followed by short commentary from a McGill graduate student. Presentations should be no longer than 30 minutes, leaving 10 minutes for commentary then response, and 30 minutes for Q&A.   

Submission guidelines: 

a)     An abstract of 750 words (not including any references) 

b)     Anonymized for blind peer review 

c)     Submitted in PDF format to [email protected]

d)     Title the PDF file itself as follows: “MGPC_2027_Title of Your Paper”

e)     In the body of your email, please also list the following information:

i)        Your full name and pronouns.

ii)      Institutional affiliation(s).

iii)     Paper title.

iv)     Contact email.

v)       A note if you identify as a member of an underrepresented group in philosophy.

vi)     Indicate whether you wish to be considered for a travel stipend. 

All presentations will be in person at McGill’s campus in the downtown core of Montreal. Co–authored abstracts are allowed. However, co–authoring an abstract prevents both co–authors from also submitting their own single authored abstracts. 

Some travel funding will be made available on a case-by-case basis, depending on speakers' ability to acquire other sources of funding. We have limited funds, so we will decide how to distribute them after reviewing the abstract submissions.      

Submission deadline: December 30th, 2026 (at 11:59pm EST)

Notification of results: January 31st, 2027

Date of conference: March 11th – 12th, 2027

Conference organizing team: Sarah Turnbull, Jenna Johnston, Daniel Seggie, Alex Carty.

Send questions to Alex at: [email protected]