Submitting Paper and Panel Proposals:

1. A person may submit only one paper for consideration each year. If you have a book under consideration for a special session, you may still submit a single paper for consideration, but you maynot appear on a panel submission.

2. All submissions must be submitted electronically.  Please send your submission directly to the Secretary/Treasurer, Shannon Mussett, at mussettspep@gmail.com

3. Electronic Receipt Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EASTERN STANDARD TIME, 
Saturday, February 1, 2014.

4. The subject line of the email should read: 2014 SPEP Submission.

5. Your submission should contain TWO ATTACHMENTS:

1. Abstract AND Submission in one document prepared for anonymous review. Even if you are submitting a panel proposal, the panel abstract and all of the papers should be in one document. See “Format of Submissions” for more information.

2. A Cover letter that provides detailed contact information (including physical and electronic addresses) of the author(s), lists the word count of the paper(s), the title(s) of the paper(s), five key words, and indicates whether the author wishes to have the paper considered for “Best Submission by a Graduate Student,” “Best Submission by a Junior Scholar,” and/or “The Iris Marion Young Prize for the Best Paper in Feminist Philosophy” (please be sure to indicate how you meet the eligibility requirements for the first two awards. For a full description and eligibility conditions of each prize, please see below under “Prizes”). In addition, if you anticipate the need for audio/visual equipment, should your submission be accepted, please indicate what you will need in your cover letter.

Format of Submissions:

All abstracts for single papers must include five key words. This will help the Executive Committee group single papers into panels when the conference program is being organized.

Single-paper submissions must include complete papers (ofno more than 3,000 words exclusive of notes and references) and abstracts (of no more than 100 words).

Panel proposals must include a title, an abstract (of no more than 500 words) for the panel as a whole, and complete papers (of no more than 3,000 words exclusive of notes and references) for each paper in the panel. Only panels of two or three speakers will be considered. The SPEP Executive Committee assigns moderators for all sessions.

Since papers and panel proposals are chosen through an anonymous review process, names and addresses of authors must be stated on a separate cover sheet and omitted from the abstracts, papers, and footnotes. The word count for papers should appear on the cover sheet; papers that exceed the 3,000-word limit will not be considered. Please use gender-inclusive language in accordance with the “Guidelines for Non-Sexist Use of Language” published by the APA and available at:http://www.apaonlinecsw.org/apa-guidelines-for-non-sexist-use-of-language

Notification:

Prizes:

There are two monetary prizes available: the best submission by a junior scholar and the best submission by a graduate student. To be eligible for the SPEP Junior Scholar Award you must have earned a Ph.D. in the last five years (no earlier than January of 2009). All currently enrolled graduate students are eligible for the SPEP Graduate Student Award.

Each monetary prize is $500.00 plus a travel and hotel allowance. In addition, two non-monetary honorable mention prizes will be awarded. All of the award-winning submissions will be selected through an anonymous review process. You must declare your desire to be considered for an award and your status as a graduate student or as a junior scholar on the cover sheet that accompanies your submission. Winners will be notified by June 1, 2014.

In addition to the two above-mentioned prizes, there is also the non-monetary Iris Marion Young Prize for the Best Paper in Feminist Philosophy awarded by the Committee on the Status of Women.  You must declare your desire to be considered for this prize on the cover sheet that accompanies your submission.  The winner will be chosen by the CSW through anonymous review and will be notified by June 1, 2014.

Nominating Books for Current Research Sessions:

In order for a book to be considered for a special session, an email from the author to the Book Selection Advisory Committee Chair and to both of the Co-Directors requesting such consideration is required. The deadline for the email and receipt of the books is February 1, 2014. 

Send books to:           Brent Adkins (Chair of SPEP Book Selection Committee)

Department of Religion & Philosophy

Roanoke College

221 College Lane

Salem, VA 24153

adkins@roanoke.edu

Eligible Books: Authors or publishers are encouraged to send two copies of monographs on topics of interest to continental philosophers, published on or after January 1, 2011.

Notification:

The Committee’s recommendations will be forwarded to the Executive Committee, and the authors of the books chosen for Current Research Sessions will be notified by June 1, 2014.

For further information, please contact either one of the Executive Co-Directors:

Amy R. Allen
Department of Philosophy
Dartmouth College
6035 Thornton Hall
Hanover, NH  03755
amy.r.allen@dartmouth.edu

Brian Schroeder

Department of Philosophy
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY 14623

brian.schroeder@rit.edu