CFP: Looking Forward in Hope and Despair: Critical Perspectives on Utopia and Dystopia in Philosophy and the Arts, April

CfP for Looking Forward in Hope and Despair: Critical Perspectives on Utopia and Dystopia in Philosophy and the Arts, April 14, 15, 16, 2021, Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic.

This interdisciplinary graduate conference is open to all scholars with an interest in the topics of aesthetics, ethics, moral futures, political philosophy, perception, artificial intelligence, utopia, dystopia, postmodernism, critical theory, the human condition, or with a special focus on the conference theme: Critical Perspectives on Utopia and Dystopia in Philosophy and the Arts.

*keynote speakers*

Samantha Ashenden (Birkbeck University of London, England)

Rastislav Dinić (University of Niš, Serbia)

Andreas Hess (University College Dublin, Ireland)

Leovino Ma. Garcia (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)

*important dates*

• Abstract submission deadline: 31 January, 2021
• Notification: 15 February, 2021
• Conference: 14 – 16 April, 2021

*submission details*

This is an interdisciplinary graduate conference. Scholars are invited to submit a 300-400 word abstract. Submissions must be in English. Submit the abstract as an anonymized attachment along with separate bibliography to [email protected]

In the email, please include a short bio as well. Any additional questions can also be directed to [email protected]

*conference format*

We hope to have this conference in person in Pardubice, Czech Republic. However, if the Covid-19 restrictions do not permit it, we will hold the conference through the Zoom platform.

Consider listening to Philosophy Voiced, a podcast from the Centre for Ethics.

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