Dear Colleagues, This is to inform the academic community that the International Conference on the theme Thinking Africa: Glocal Solutions to Glocal Problems originally scheduled for August 26-28. 2020 at the University of Pretoria, South Africa has been postponed to a future date due to the coronavirus pandemic. We will announce a new date as soon as the present global situation changes. Please, stay safe!
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Yours in conversation, JO Chimakonam ---------- Original Message ---------- Date: 20.02.2020, 15:26 +0100 From: Bertold Bernreuter via InterPhil <interphil@list.polylog.org> To: InterPhil <interphil@list.polylog.org> Subject: InterPhil: CFP: Thinking Africa: Glocal Solutions to Glocal Problems __________________________________________________ Call for Papers Theme: Thinking Africa Subtitle: Glocal Solutions to Glocal Problems Type: 1st CSP Emerging Ideas on Conversational Thinking Conference (EICT) Institution: Conversational Society of Philosophy (CSP) Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria Location: Pretoria (South Africa) Date: 26.–28.8.2020 Deadline: 28.2.2020 __________________________________________________ From Jonathan Chimakonam <jchimako...@unical.edu.ng> The Conversational School of Philosophy (CSP), in collaboration with Thinking Africa (Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria), invites scholars to submit abstracts (200 words max) for consideration. Priority will be given to submissions that comply with the eight postulates of the conversational method. Conversational Philosophy (CP) is a philosophic tradition that promotes conversational thinking. It aims at questioning orthodoxy, unveiling new concepts, opening new vistas for thought and promoting the global expansion of thought. Papers to be presented on the theme and sub-themes of the 1st edition of EICT-2020 must propose new ideas, reflectling an African perspective to knowledge, in line with the eight postulates of CP. We encourage submissions on any of the following sub-themes: Inequality; poverty; migration; Afrophobia; femicide; rape; infanticide; climate change; suicide; Othering; racism; borders, disability; gender; epistemic marginalisation/injustice; philosophical counselling; ignorance; Afro-communitarianism; personhood; decoloniality; decolonial curriculum studies; Albinism; theory of the human minimum; relational ethics; Ezumezu logic; harmonious monism; Ibuanyidanda philosophy/logic; consolationism; Ubuntu Ontology; Uwa ontology; deliberative epistemology; theories of truth in a post-truth world; complementary epistemology; explanatory models in African philosophy of science; intercultural exchanges; AI and the future of Africa. Submissions: Submit your abstract to: confere...@cspafrica.org Timeline: Submission Deadline: February 28, 2020 Notification of Acceptance: March 20, 2020 Publication of proceedings: - One special issue in an accredited journal would be dedicated to selected papers. - In addition, two edited anthologies will be published under the Thinking Africa imprint (UKZN Press). Conference Registration Fees: - Africa-based students $50; - outside Africa-based students $100. - Africa-based academics $100; - outside Africa-based academics $150; Keynote Speakers: - Prof. Achille Mbembe, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. - Prof. Robert Bernasconi, The Pennsylvania State University, USA. - Prof. Obioma Nnaemeka, Indiana University, USA. - Dist. Prof. Thaddeus Metz, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Plenaries: The conference will be a plenary event in that all presentations will take place in one hall. Acceptance to present a paper at the conference is conditioned on attendance of all sessisons and that a final, reworked paper will be submitted for publication considerations. There will not be parallel sessions. We are also pleased to announce the creation of a number of Awards: 1. Ground-breaking work in African Philosophy and Studies (monographs) 2. Outstanding female African Thinker award (monographs and articles) 3. Outstanding research on Africa’s intellectual history (monographs) 4. Outstanding research on African logic and critical thinking (articles and monographs) 5. Radical idea in African philosophy (articles) These awards will be presented every two years to recognise and celebrate research excellence in African philosophy and studies. The first round of awards will consider peer-reviewed research published between January 2018 and December 2019. Submissions should be made to awa...@cspafrica.org by simply emailing the pdf of your work on or before midnight, April 30, 2020. Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered by the award panel. Authors may submit to multiple categories. Submission email must have a subject, affiliation/address, email and phone contacts of the author. Cultural Event: A cultural event will be organised for the 29th of August 2020. It would most likely be a trip to Marupeng or City tours. Details will be made available closer to the time. For more information on the Conversational Society of Philosophy (CSP) visit: https://cspafrica.org For more information on the Thinking Africa imprint visit: https://www.up.ac.za/philosophy/article/2542674/thinking-africa-series Contact: Dr. Jonathan O. Chimakonam, President Conversational Society of Philosophy (CSP) Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria Email: ad...@cspafrica.org Web: https://cspafrica.org __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
