Women in the History of Philosophy – SWIP UK Annual Conference, Saturday 9th – Friday 22nd January 2021
Call for Papers
- Papers should be sent along with a cover sheet giving your full name, email address, institution, and the title of your paper to Alisa Mandrigin at swipstirling@gmail.com.
Due to Covid-19, it was not possible to hold the 2020 SWIP UK Annual Conference in the summer. Because of continued uncertainty about the possibility and advisability of travel, the deferred 2020 SWIP UK Annual Conference will take place online in January 2021.
The conference theme this year is Women in the History of Philosophy. We aim both to examine and critically engage with the (often overlooked) contributions that women have made to philosophy, and to highlight and discuss the issues that arise for women working in philosophy, as well as for those working on women in the history of philosophy. We welcome work on specific women philosophers, work on gender in the history of philosophy more generally, work on methodological issues that arise when writing about women in the history of philosophy (especially recovering marginalised figures), and issues facing women in the profession today.
The conference will run over two weeks, from Saturday 9th January until Friday 22nd January 2021, with four week-long sessions in total (i.e., two parallel sessions/week). Each session will comprise a written target paper with pre-recorded video abstract, written commentaries, a discussion thread, and will end with a live webinar. The conference will include two sessions for submitted papers.
Accessibility
We aim to make this conference as accessible as possible, in line with the SWIP/BPA guidance for accessible conferences. All videos will be captioned, and if any participants need captions or similar in order to access the live webinars, we will work with them to establish the most suitable provision. Please feel free to contact Alisa Mandrigin at alisa.mandrigin@stir.ac.uk if you have any questions, requests, or require further information about the event.
Submission Guidelines
- All papers must be original.
- Papers should be no longer than 5000 words (including footnotes, excluding references). Shorter papers are welcome.
- All papers must be prepared for anonymous review, with any identifying information removed.
- Papers should be sent along with a cover sheet giving your full name, email address, institution, and the title of your paper to Alisa Mandrigin at swipstirling@gmail.com.
- The deadline for submissions is 23:59 (GMT) on Friday 13th November 2020.
Speakers will be asked to provide a final draft of their paper by 18th December 2020. They will also be asked to record a short video abstract before the start of the conference, and be expected to participate in the discussion thread and live webinar for their session.
