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Call for Papers Theme: A Post-liberal World? Type: 4th Annual Conference Institution: Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham Location: Birmingham (United Kingdom) Date: 31.5.–1.6.2018 Deadline: 10.2.2018 __________________________________________________ The 2018 Annual Conference of the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics focuses specifically on the question whether we are on the way to a post-liberal world. Arguably, political and public discourse is increasingly characterised by the re-emergence of nationalist narratives, a lack of support for and misuse of the idea of human rights, and growing sentiments of anti-intellectualism. To what extent have dominant conceptions of liberalism fueled disenfranchisement of a growing number of people from democratic values? Do these tendencies undermine the liberal consensus (if there ever was one)? How should those committed to the idea of a liberal, democratic world and human rights react to these tendencies? Confirmed speakers: - Ryoa Chung (Montreal) - Alison Jaggar (Boulder & Birmingham) - Jason Stanley (Yale) - Jonathan Wolff (Oxford) We welcome abstract submissions addressing this theme, including, but not limited to the following topics: - Political polarisation - Globalisation (and anti-globalisation tendencies) - Anti-elitism - Economic austerity and inequality - Distrust in the sciences (e.g. related to climate change denial) - Human rights, equality and diversity - Anti-refugee sentiments and prejudice against immigrants - Democratic and liberal values in today’s world In addition, we welcome abstract submissions on a wide range of topics within global ethics from faculty and graduate students in global and practical ethics, and legal, social and political philosophy/theory. Areas of research may include: - Migration - Global distributive justice - Just war theory - Humanitarian ethics - Climate change and environmental sustainability - Gender justice - Global bioethics - Justice and race To propose a paper, please send (i) an anonymised abstract in .doc or .pdf format, and (ii) a separate document containing author information (name, paper title, email address, affiliation) to: [email protected] Abstracts should be 500 words maximum and include three to five keywords. Papers should be suitable for presentation in 20 minutes. The deadline for submissions is 10 February 2018. For inquiries about the event or the CFP, please contact the organisers, Merten Reglitz and Wouter Peeters, at: [email protected] Conference website: http://globalethics2018.weebly.com __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
