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Here is information about our
WCUPS Annual Conference, as well as some other student
conferences of interest to our club. As of 2009, the
annual Student Philosophy Conference has now become a Graduate
Philosophy Conference, following the formal separation of the
graduate-oriented aspects of the society from the
undergraduate-oriented aspects of the society. The WCUPS
website, for now, will still serve as an information resource
for both centers of activity, while the graduate philosophy
organization seeks formal recognition as an independent WCU
organization. WCUPS intends to host an Undergraduate
conference this academic year as well, so please look for
those details to be announced.
Directions to West Chester:
http://www.wcupa.edu/_admissions/sch_adm/directs.htm
Link
to 2008 GPPC Undergraduate Philosophy Conference Proceedings
(Hosted by WCU): http://www.udel.edu/GPPC/conferenceproceedings.htm
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West Chester
University
’s
5th Annual Graduate
Philosophy Conference
Saturday January 23, 2010
Keynote speaker
George Hein, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus,
Lesley
University
Call for Papers
Friday, December 4, 2009 – Papers Due
This year’s theme:
“Art, Ethics & Democracy”
We are
soliciting papers on any combination of aesthetics, valuation,
and/or the implications of these for societal functioning.
Topics might include the production of mass culture as a tool
for social control, imagination in the arts as a basis for
social movements, or the limitations placed on the arts by
modes of societal organization.
We are also open to interdisciplinary work from fields
such as Museum Studies, Cultural Studies, Art Education, etc.
on ethical debates within their fields relating to the
display, collection, funding, and public presence of art.
Submission topics from these
fields might include public ownership of art as cultural
heritage or demands for repatriation and their significance
for differing claims for justice.
Submissions related to any of the aspects of this year’s
theme are welcome.
We are
also soliciting faculty volunteers to act as moderators for
sessions (please include area of interest and available
times).
Graduate
students should submit the full paper (suitable for
presentation in approximately twenty minutes or roughly
3,000-4,000 words) and a 250 word abstract.
All submissions should be prepared for blind review.
Submissions
should be made via email to wcuapc@gmail.com
Anyone
interested in assembling a panel should contact us via email.
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Unaffiliated Area
Conferences of Interest:
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The Search
for Meaning
New Jersey Area Undergraduate Philosophy
and Religious Studies Symposium
Saturday, November 21, 2009; 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Raritan Valley Community College, North
Branch, NJ
Mission Statement: We envision this
one-day philosophical gathering to be an engaging,
encouraging space for New Jersey area students
(including those new to presenting
conference papers) to share and respectfully
critique arguments and ideas, develop critical
thinking and communication skills, and build
intellectual community with others seeking to
live an examined life. This event is hosted by
the Philosophy Club at Raritan Valley
Community College, 118 Lamington Road, North Branch, NJ.
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Past WCUPS and WCU Conferences
4th
Annual Student Philosophy Conference: Faith, Reason & the
Between, January, 2009.
Keynote: William
Desmond
(Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Visiting Chair in Philosophy at Villanova
University).
GPPC
Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, February 2008. [Link to
the Proceedings: http://www.udel.edu/GPPC/conferenceproceedings.htm]
3rd
Annual Student Philosophy Conference: November,
2007. Keynote: Marilynn
Lawrence Moore
(
Widener
University
).
2nd
Annual Student Philosophy Conference: November,
2006. Keynote: Tom
Sparrow
(Duquesne
University).
1st
Annual Student Conference in Philosophy and Religious
Studies: November, 2005. Keynote: Tom
Radice (University of Penn). Co-sponsored by PASSHE
Interdisciplinary Association for Philosophy and Religious
Studies.
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