CFP: Georgia Student Philosophy Symposium

Call for Papers

Annual Georgia Student Philosophy Symposium

Saturday April 6, 2013

Keynote speaker: Professor Alastair Norcross - Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado

Undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines encouraged to submit their work on any philosophical topic.

PRIZES: Authors of the best graduate and undergraduate papers will each receive a prize valued at approximately $100.

Submission Requirements:  Papers must be prepared for blind review (i.e., no author-identifying information or notes in the body of the paper, only on the cover page).  Submissions must not exceed 3750 words (roughly 25 minutes reading time). When submitting, please include the following in the body of the email:

1.  Author’s name

2.  Paper/presentation title

3.  Brief abstract (~100 words describing topic discussed in paper)

            4. Academic status (undergraduate/graduate), major, university affiliation

5. Regularly checked email address

Authors should email their submission as a Word or PDF attachment to cyoung24(at)student.gsu.edu 

Deadline:  Papers must be received no later than January 20, 2013.  Notification of acceptance will be emailed by February 25, 2013.

Official rules and further details available online at http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwcfe/11365.html.

For any questions (including queries from students traveling from outside the area who may need overnight accommodations) - contact Carson Young at cyoung24(at)student.gsu.edu 

Sponsored by the Zeta Chapter (Georgia) of Phi Sigma Tau, The Center for Ethics - Student Forum, and The Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics – all at Georgia State University

Posted by Andrew I. Cohen, aicohen(at)gsu.edu