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Call for Papers Theme: Vulnerability Type: 14th Annual Conference Institution: North American Levinas Society (NALS) Department of Philosophy and Religion, Drake University Location: Des Moines, IA (USA) Date: 23.–26.7.2019 Deadline: 28.2.2019 __________________________________________________ The North American Levinas Society (NALS) welcomes submissions on all topics relevant to the work of Emmanuel Levinas, but we especially encourage topics that address the conference theme, “Vulnerability,” including but not limited to: - Vulnerability and responsibility - Vulnerability in Levinas’s conception of the subject - Vulnerability, agency, and freedom - Levinas and bodily vulnerability, as related, for example, to issues of aging, illness, and disability - Collective vulnerability, as related, for example, to climate change and species extinction - Vulnerability and violence - Vulnerability and coloniality - The gendered aspects of vulnerability - Vulnerability and immigration, vulnerability at borders, etc. All proposals are due February 28, 2019. Please prepare materials for blind review and send them via email attachment by February 28, 2019, to the conference host, Leah Kalmanson ([email protected]), with the subject “NALS 2019 Proposal." All submissions will be acknowledged, and notifications of acceptance will be sent out by March 15, 2019, along with information on conference registration. Individual Paper Proposals should be 200–300 words for a 15–20 minute presentation. Panel Proposals should be 400 words for 75–90 minute panel sessions. Please include on separate cover the session title and name of organizer or panel chair, along with participants’ names, institutional affiliations, disciplines or departments. Department of Philosophy and Religion Please direct all inquiries concerning the conference to the conference host, Leah Kalmanson ([email protected]). General questions regarding the Society should be directed to Erik Garret, NALS President ([email protected]) or Dara Hill, NALS Executive Secretary ([email protected]). Contact: Leah Kalmanson Department of Philosophy and Religion Drake University Medbury Hall 101 2507 University Avenue Des Moines, IA 50311 USA Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
