Yale Graduate Conference in Philosophy

The graduate students of the Philosophy Department at Yale University invite graduate students to submit papers to the 2017 Yale Graduate Conference in Philosophy. Papers should be under 3500 words and may be on any topic in philosophy.

Keynote Speakers: Nomy Arpaly (Brown) and Kenneth Winkler (Yale)

Submission Details: Please email submissions to [email protected], containing two attachments (.pdf, .doc or .docx):

(1) the paper, prepared for blind review, with a version of the title as the filename (e.g., OnDenoting.pdf or morality-as-hypothetical-imperatives.docx), and prefaced with a title page including the title, the subfield(s) of the paper (e.g., language, ethics, or ancient philosophy), the paper’s word count, and an abstract of no more than 150 words. The word count should include mathematical expressions, but need not include footnotes or bibliography.

(2) a cover letter containing the author’s name, contact information, institutional affiliation as well as the paper’s title, word count, and subfield.

All submissions must have only graduate students as authors (if papers are coauthored, all authors must be graduate students).

The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2017.
Acceptances will be announced by March 1, 2017.