We invite submissions of abstracts for the 2027 Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop\, to be held on March 26-27\, 2027. (Please note that this year's workshop\, unfortunately and unavoidably\, conflicts with the Pacific APA.) Abstracts should be between 750-1000 words (inclusive of footnotes but exclusive of any bibliography) and should summarize a paper that can be presented in no more than 40 minutes. The title of the paper should be included within the document above the abstract. Please prepare your abstract for anonymous review\, and submit it in .pdf or .docx form to chnormativity@gmail.com by October 7th\, 2026.
\nWe will consider papers on any aspect of normativity\, construed broadly to include:
\nThose who presented papers at the last two Normativity Workshops (the 8th annual workshop\, held in 2026\; and the 7th annual workshop\, held in 2025) are not eligible to submit papers this year. Those who chaired/commented at the last two workshops\, or who presented at previous workshops\, are eligible to submit. There is a limit of one submission per person\; co-authored papers count toward this limit.
\nFor the eighth workshop running\, papers accepted to the workshop will be eligible for publication in a special issue of Philosophical Studies. Authors of accepted papers are encouraged\, but not required\, to submit their papers to the special issue.
\nThe authors of the seven best abstracts not selected for the workshop will be invited to chair a session at the workshop and\, as part of that\, to act as a "mini-commentator"\, asking an extended (3-5 minute) first question. In order to facilitate this\, we will ask authors of accepted papers to send their chair-commentators a draft of their full paper by March 1st.
ORGANIZER;CN=Chris Howard;CN=Margaret Shea;CN=Alex Worsnip: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T141234Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270326T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270327T170000 SUMMARY:9th Annual Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop UID:20260820T141243Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Caldwell Hall\, Chapel Hill\, United States DESCRIPTION:The ninth annual Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop will be held in Chapel Hill on March 26 -- 27\, 2027.
\nThe workshop aims to provide a forum for stimulating and constructive exchange among philosophers currently working on issues concerning normativity\, broadly construed to include: the traditional questions of metaethics (and analogous questions about other normative domains)\; more abstract and general questions within first-order normative theory\; theories of reasons\, rationality and reasoning\; the semantics and pragmatics of normative language\; the psychology of normative judgment\; and the nature of epistemic normativity. The hope is to showcase cutting-edge work in these and related areas\, providing speakers with useful feedback\, and other participants with lively presentations and conversation.
\nThere will be eight talks in total\, seven of which will be selected via an open call for abstracts and an anonymous review process\, plus a keynote by Sarah McGrath (Princeton). For the eighth workshop running\, papers accepted to this year's workshop will be eligible for publication in a special issue of Philosophical Studies.
\nWe very much hope you'll join us in sunny and beautiful Chapel Hill next spring for the workshop's ninth year. In addition to excellent presentations\, there will be plenty of opportunities for socializing with fellow normativity folks at a selection of Chapel Hill's lovely restaurants and bars on each night of the event.
\nMany thanks to the UNC Department of Philosophy and Parr Center for Ethics for their generous support of the event.
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