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Call for papers

We welcome submissions from all graduate students in philosophy for the 20th Annual Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference to be held on 11–13th November 2016 at the University of Oxford.

Papers can be on any topic in philosophy. We aim to represent a broad range of philosophical debates and traditions in our final selection, across areas of both theoretical and practical philosophy. We particularly encourage submissions by philosophers from underrepresented groups. Each student presentation will be followed by a response from a member of the Oxford Philosophy Faculty.

Deadline for submissions: August 14th 2016. For submission details, see below.

The University of Oxford's Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference enjoys a reputation as one of the most prestigious philosophy conferences at the graduate level in the United Kingdom. This year our keynote speakers will include Professor Ned Block (NYU), Professor Shelly Kagan (Yale), and Professor Barbara Sattler (St Andrews).

Eligibility:
All current graduate students in philosophy may apply [except students enrolled at Oxford at the time of the conference].

Submission details:

The submission deadline is 14th August 2016.

Please send the following to gradconf at philosophy dot ox dot ac dot uk in separate .doc(x) or.rtf files:

(1) A cover sheet, containing your name, affiliation, degree being studied, the title of your paper and the area of philosophy it concerns (e.g. philosophy of mind).

(2) We particularly encourage submissions by philosophers from groups who are underrepresented in the discipline; please feel free to indicate in the cover letter whether you are a member of such a group.

(3) An abstract (strictly no more than 500 words), including a (preliminary) title, and the area(s) of philosophy the paper deals with, with no information identifying the author or the author’s institutional affiliation;

(4) The paper (strictly no more than 4000 words) including title and footnotes, suitable for blind review.

N.B. The paper should be suitable for presentation in a 45 minute long talk.

For further enquiries, please see the FAQ on our website.

All the best,

The Organizing Committee for the 20th Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference