Open Minds XI

Open Minds XI

A student-led conference in all areas of Philosophy

Friday 4 and Saturday 5 December 2015

We are pleased to announce our eleventh Open Minds Philosophy Conference. After a very successful decade as a conference for PhD students (and recently awarded PhDs), we are expanding the format this year to include high-quality papers from undergraduate and master's students.

Our goal is to provide a forum for discussing work done in analytic philosophy by aspiring philosophers at each of these early stages in their careers. From this, we hope that all who attend develop valuable philosophical skills and working relationships with other early stage philosophers. To this end we will also be running workshop sessions related to pursuing a philosophy as a career path; including guidance on how to apply for graduate courses and how to publish.

Call for registration - Deadline 30 November

Please email [email protected] to register your attendance for the conference. We ask that you do so before the 30 November in order to be guaranteed provision of conference materials.

In the subject line please write “Registration request” (sans quotes).

Please provide your name, institutional affiliation, and any dietary requirements, and also please tell us if you plan to join the speakers for dinner on the Friday evening. We will be dining at the Royal Northern College of Music. Attendees are welcome to join at their own expense.

Lunch and refreshments are provided each day, free of charge, for all who register.

Keynote speakers

• Dr Fiona Woollard (Southampton)
• Dr David Liggins (Manchester)

Student speakers

• Bahram Assadian (Birkbeck College)
• Jon Bebb (University of Manchester)
• Jessica Bernard (University of St Andrews)
• Sam Clarke (University of Oxford)
• Celia Coll (University of St Andrews)
• Niel Conradie (University of St Andrews)
• Charlie Crerar (University of Sheffield)
• Rhianwen Daniel (University of Reading)
• Kelly Epley (University of Oklahoma)
• Annika Froese (University College London)
• Grzegorz Gaszczyk (Jagiellonian University)
• James Laing (University College London)
• Ji-Young Lee (University of Bristol)
• Isaiah Lin (Syracuse University)
• Maeve MacPherson (University of Manchester)
• Finlay Malcolm (University of Manchester)
• Daniella Meehan (University of York)
• Louise Moody (University of York)
• Laura Nicoara (University of Cambridge)
• Mallory A. Parker (Purdue University)
• Franziska Poprawe (University of Bayreuth)
• Bertie Probyn (University of Sheffield)
• Angus Ryan (University of York)
• Maria Beatriz Correia Santos (University of Manchester)
• Jake Smith (University of Sheffield)
• Aaron Wilson (University of Manchester)
• Alice Wright (King’s College London)
• Alper Yavuz (University of St Andrews)

Organisers

• Fred Horton (PhD)
• Andrew Kirton (PhD)
• Jon Bebb (MA)
• Adam Cassidy (MA)
• Samantha Cockerill (UG)
• Ahmad Jabbar (UG)
• Beatriz Santos (UG)

Good practice

Philosophy at The University of Manchester subscribes to the BPA/SWIP Good Practice Scheme. We also have a policy covering conduct at all of our events.

Accessibility

The conference will take place on the second floor of the Arthur Lewis Building. We can provide a portable loop system if required. If you have any queries or would like further information about accessibility, please email [email protected], with the subject line ‘Accessibility query'.

The organising committee would like to acknowledge and thank the Aristotelian Society and the Analysis Trust for their generous support of Open Minds.