Thirty-Sixth International Social Philosophy Conference Sponsored by the North American Society for Social Philosophy

Proposals in all areas of social philosophy are welcome, but special attention will be devoted to the theme:

Home: Sanctuary, Shelter, and Justice

Some possible paper topics include:

• Membership in families
• Membership in communities
• Group identity
• Transnational identities
• Identity, immigration, and assimilation
• Caregiving and care receiving
• Care and Justice: Compatibilities and Incompatibilities
• Collective activity and/or collective care
• The ethics of social practices
• The status of community and home in an age of political division
• Citizenship and civic obligation
• Proper citizenship
• Neoliberalism and social responsibility
• The effects of health and well-being on security
• Public institutions security
• Philosophical perspectives on sanctuary, shelter, and/or justice
• Philosophical perspectives on discrimination
• Sanctuary and “homeplacing”
• Sanctuary, shelter, and living “in-between” worlds
• Sanctuary, shelter, and justice as related to gender
• Philosophical perspectives on welcoming and openness
• Philosophical perspectives: What it means to be at home and/or homeless
• Homeless in the academy: Conservative political philosophy
• Future society and/or technology in reference to the meaning of home
• Feeling at home/homeless in reference to gender
• Religious belief and the feeling of home/homeless
• Religious belief and security, justice, and/or shelter
• The connection between food, water, and security
• Recreation, play, and social concerns
• Leisure and the common good
• Classical philosophical perspectives on the meaning of community
• Educating for social justice and/or citizenship
• Educational rights in reference to immigrants and the homeless
• Educational levels and feeling at home within society

We welcome submissions from both members and non-members, but we require that all presenters join the North American Society for Social Philosophy if their papers are accepted and if they present at the conference.

Submission Deadline:  February 15, 2019. Please submit a 300 word abstract at: http://www.northamericansocietyforsocialphilosophy.org/call-for-abstracts/

Questions? [email protected].