Place of Philosophy – Philosophy of Place : University of Hawai'i Graduate Philosophy Conference

UEHIRO PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE

Place of Philosophy – Philosophy of Place

March 18-21, 2015 at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Keynote Speakers:

Yoko Arisaka, Ph.D.

Dr. Arisaka is a fellow at the Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie, Hannover. Shigenori Nagatomo, Ph.D.

Currently Professor of Comparative Philosophy & East Asian Buddhism at Temple University, Dr. Nagato- mo received both his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from our own University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

The Uehiro Cross Currents Philosophy Conference showcases exceptional work by graduate and advanced undergraduate students in all fields of philosophy that explore "place" and its relation to philosophy, including but not limited to such topics as: How has place been conceived in Philosophy? What does it mean to "have a place?" Does philosophy "have a place" in other fields in which it inserts itself (postcolonialism, ecology, race theory, women's studies, technology, art, et al); How might a comparative approach to a philosophy of place contribute to philosophy and other fields? How has/can philosophy mediate in the current environmental crisis? How has philosophy been changed by our changing environment? We welcome papers addressing these and other questions pertaining to the conference theme.

Email abstracts to psa@hawaii.edu. Papers should be suitable for a 20-minute presentation. In the body of the email include: 1) Your name, 2) Title of the paper, 3) Institutional affiliation, 4) Contact information (email, phone number, mailing address), and 5) Whether you would like to be considered for a travel award. Send documents in word format with no identifying information for blind review. Notification of acceptance will be sent by January 20th, 2015. The Uehiro Student Essay Award will be presented to the best student presentation. Competitive partial travel subsidies will be available this year for both international and domestic travel. All submissions will be considered for possible publication in the Uehiro Conference Proceedings, published in the past by Cambridge Scholars Press.

DEADLINE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 15th 2015

Support provided by the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education

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