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Call for Papers Theme: Decolonisation Subtitle: Shaping and Re-shaping Reality Type: KCL Minorities and Philosophy Conference Institution: KCL Minorities and Philosophy Society, King's College London Location: London (United Kingdom) Date: 9.–10.3.2019 Deadline: 15.12.2018 __________________________________________________ KCL Minorities and Philosophy welcomes submissions of abstracts for its conference in March 2019. We invite undergraduate and postgraduate students from UK universities to submit abstracts on subjects related to the theme of ‘Decolonisation – Shaping and Re-shaping Reality’. Submissions from international students are also welcomed, however, we will not be able to fund international travel. This conference aims to open up questions and provide a platform for critical analysis concerning the underlying assumptions, ideologies, narratives, social structures etc. that are rooted in white colonialism, which have shaped (and continue to shape) reality for a multitude of people. The aim is to re-tell stories where white heterosexual upper-class men are no longer the protagonists, and to think critically about ways to re-shape our present reality in efforts towards decolonisation. Possible areas include (but are not limited to): - Metaphysics - Epistemology - Philosophy of Race - Political Philosophy - History of Philosophy - Continental Philosophy - Philosophy of Language - Philosophy of Science We accept submissions from students in a wide-range of disciplines, such as history, geography, anthropology, languages, as well as medicine and the nature sciences. Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words. Please submit abstracts in PDF format by 15th December 2018 to: [email protected] Please include a separate document in your email with your name and institutional affiliation. We invite you to include any information you would like us to know about yourself, e.g. age, gender, ethnicity, disability, etc. Conference website: https://www.facebook.com/kclmap/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
