6th Deleuze and Guattari Studies in Asia International Conference

6th Deleuze & Guattari Studies in Asia International Conference

Archipelagic Thinking & Rhizomes: Deleuze/Guattari and the Project of Emancipations   CALL FOR PAPERS 

IN THE MIDST OF A MODERN WORLD where terror, violence, and the thirst for domination challenge the human capacity for mercy, compassion, and forgiveness, the task of thinking remains oriented towards the promise of emancipation from the manifold forms of fascisms that oppress and suck the life out of human individuals. Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s practice of philosophizing share in this liberatory promise where the immanence of life must take absolute value over and above all dogmatic forms of thought. In keeping with their most significant and esteemed legacy, the Philosophical Association of the Philippines (PAP), Inc., together with the Philosophy Department of the Ateneo de Naga University and the Deleuze and Guattari Studies Journal, cordially invite you to the 6th International Deleuze and Guattari Studies  in Asia Conference in Ateneo de Naga University, Bicol, Philippines. This event is held in conjunction with the 2018 PAP National Midyear Conference.

The theme of the conference is: “Archipelagic Thinking and Rhizomes: Deleuze/Guattari and the Project of Emancipations.” We are therefore inviting scholars, academics, students,  independent researchers and intellectuals from all fields to submit papers that discuss the following possible topics:

-Deleuze/Guattari and Archipelagic/Rhizomatic Thinking
-Deleuze/Guattari and Emancipatory Literature
-Deleuze/Guattari and Neo/Post-colonialism 
-Deleuze/Guattari and Capitalism
-Deleuze/Guattari and the Political
-Deleuze/Guattari and Social Movements
-Deleuze/Guattari and Ecology
-Deleuze/Guattari and Science

Other related themes may include comparative/critical studies with other philosophers such, but not limited to:

-Descartes
-Locke
-Spinoza
-Hume
-Kant
-Hegel
-Nietzsche
-Francis Bacon
-Foucault
-Derrida

Further, since this conference is also conducted as the 2018 PAP National Conference, papers that discuss the following themes are most welcome:

-Filipino Philosophy and Nationalism
-Philippine Arts and Literature
-Indigenous Philosophy
-Philippine Federalism
-Extra-judicial Killings and Social Problems
-Poverty and Social Oppression
-Global Justice and Cosmopolitanism
-Education and ASEAN Integration

Interested paper presentors may send their abstracts to [email protected]. 

Deadline of Abstract Submissions: 15 January 2018

Notification of Acceptance: 30 January 2018

Submission of Full Papers:15 June 2018