Dear all, The Cambridge Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) chapter is now accepting abstracts for our annual conference on Wednesday 13th March 2019 (location TBA). Instructions for submissions are attached below.
Many thanks and kind regards, Rory Kent Cambridge MAP Co-convenor, 2018-19 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Cambridge Minorities and Philosophy Annual Conference Wednesday 13th March, 2019 Theme: Philosophy for Liberation. Many assume that philosophy has little to contribute in terms of understanding the struggles and lived experiences of oppressed peoples. Indeed, many areas of philosophy rely on abstract thought experiments and hypothetical cases which don’t speak directly to such lived experiences. However, we believe that there is hope for a liberatory philosophy, i.e. one that is geared towards addressing, critiquing and dismantling hegemonic systems of power, acting to support the liberation of oppressed peoples such as women, LGBTQ+ people, people of colour and disabled people. At this conference, we aim to showcase work demonstrating the liberatory capacities of philosophy, showing that philosophy can and should be a tool for liberation. We also welcome abstracts which address the issue of how the existing disciplinary structure of philosophy can be antithetical to the goals of liberation described above. The organising committee for the MAP Cambridge chapter welcomes abstracts for 25-30 minutes long presentations, followed by 15-20 minutes for questions and discussion. Undergraduates and graduate students are especially encouraged to submit. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words. Possible topics: Reflections on social justice and anti-oppression activism Philosophical critiques of hegemony/hierarchy Standpoint epistemology and the minority perspective Provincialising philosophical/scientific knowledge Decolonising philosophy and other disciplines Epistemologies of race, disability and/or gender Philosophies of violence, injustice and/or subjugation Please submit abstracts by 15th February 2019 to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. Please ensure that your name does not appear on the submitted abstract; please include your name and affiliation/course of study on a separate document. We may be able to secure funding for travel and accommodation bursaries for those travelling from outside Cambridge. Once we know that these funds are available, we will let participants know how they can apply for these. Further Information: Following the success of last year’s MAP conference on ‘Power and Identity’, the Cambridge MAP chapter is again holding a one-day conference, as part of our program of events this academic year intended to further the aims of MAP. As part of an international organisation with participations from Harvard to Manchester, each MAP Chapter is united by their broad aims to address (a) minority issues in the profession, (b) theoretical issues regarding philosophy of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, disability, native language, etc., and (c) philosophy done from minority perspectives. The intended audience includes academics as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students from a range of disciplines at Cambridge and London universities. We are aiming to cover a diversity of areas promoted by MAP, and are also seeking to foreground speakers committed to carrying out philosophy from minority perspectives. Additionally, by highlighting the work of contemporary philosophers of marginalised identities, we seek to secure space within philosophy for such work to thrive. We hope the conference will be a productive opportunity for students and researchers working in related fields to create research networks in an informal and interdisciplinary environment, and to hear about their colleagues’ work and present their own. Our conference will implement the BPA/SWIP Good Practice Scheme. We would like to thank the generous support of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Faculty of Philosophy and Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge for their continued support of the Cambridge Minorities and Philosophy chapter. _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
