The provisional program for the 2024 Kentucky Philosophical Association Meeting is here. A final program, including commentators, will be shared when available.
(link updated 4/9/2024)
The provisional program for the 2024 Kentucky Philosophical Association Meeting is here. A final program, including commentators, will be shared when available.
(link updated 4/9/2024)
The submission deadlines for the KPA 2024 Meeting and Student Essay Contest have been extended to March 8, 2024.
CALL FOR PAPERS—Kentucky Philosophical Association Meeting—Saturday, April 27th
The Kentucky Philosophical Association is pleased to call for submissions of papers (preferred) or abstracts for its upcoming 2024 meeting on Saturday, April 27th, 2024. The meeting will be held at at Western Kentucky University, in Bowling Green, KY (within an hour's drive of Nashville, TN and its international airport).
We are also pleased to announce that our keynote speaker is Dr. Robert B. Talisse (Vanderbilt University) whose talk title is "The Civic Value of Solitude".
Submission requirements
Submissions on any philosophical topic are welcome. Abstracts are acceptable, but preference will be given to completed papers. Papers should not exceed 3,000 words and should be prepared for blind review. Include the following information as a cover page in a separate file:
Please send questions and submissions for the main program to Landon Elkind at landon.elkind@wku.edu with ‘KPA 2024 Submission’ appearing in the subject line.
CALL FOR PAPERS—Student Essay Contest
Submissions: follow requirements listed above for submissions to the general meeting.
Please send questions and contest submissions to Christian Pace at christian.pace@wku.edu with “KPA 2024 Student Essay Contest” as the subject line.
Submission deadline for Meeting and Student Essay Contest: February 19, 2024 Deadline extended to March 8, 2024
The KPA is committed to inclusion and welcomes a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds including but not limited to gender diversity, people of color, the LGBTQ community, and people with disabilities. All conference activities will occur in accessible buildings. To request accessibility accommodations, please contact Landon Elkind at landon.elkind@wku.edu.
Joint Meeting of the Kentucky Philosophical Association and the Indiana Philosophical Association
March 31-April 1, 2023
Brescia University
Owensboro, KY
Click here for the Conference Program (penultimate draft), including registration and accommodations details
Please direct any questions to KPA President, Beau Branson.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Joint
Meeting of the Kentucky Philosophical Association and Indiana Philosophical
Association
Deadline for all submissions: January 31, 2023 (11:59 pm EST)
In conjunction with the
Division of
Humanities
at Brescia University
Friday, March 31st
to Saturday, April 1st, 2023
Brescia University
Owensboro, Kentucky
Keynote Address
"Dethroning Aquinas"
Dr. Richard Cross
University
of Notre Dame
CALL
FOR PAPERS—General Meeting—Friday, March 31st to Saturday, April 1st
Submission
requirements: Submissions
on any philosophical topic are welcome. Abstracts are acceptable, but
preference will be given to completed papers. Papers should not exceed 3,000
words and should be prepared for blind review. Include the following information
as a cover page in a separate file: Title of paper, 150-word abstract,
author’s name, institutional affiliation, and email address, indicate whether
you are willing to serve as a commentator should your paper NOT be
accepted, and, finally, any A/V needs that are necessary should your paper be
accepted.
Please send questions and submissions for the main program to Beau Branson at beau.branson@brescia.edu with ‘KPA SUBMISSION GENERAL’ appearing in the subject line.
CALL
FOR PAPERS—Kentucky Student Essay Contest
Submissions: follow
requirements listed above for submissions to the general meeting.
• Eligibility: This contest is open
to any undergraduate student who attends a college or university in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky. Each contestant may submit only one entry.
• Awards: The first-place winner will receive $100 and be invited to read the paper at the KPA / IPA joint conference. The runner up will receive a letter of recognition from the Kentucky Philosophical Association.
Please send questions and contest submissions to Landon Elkind at landon.elkind@wku.edu with “KPA STUDENT CONTEST SUBMISSION” appearing in the subject line.
Please
send submissions either to the Kentucky Philosophical Association, or
the Indiana Philosophical Association, but not both. This will be a
joint meeting of the KPA and IPA. KPA’s usual annual meeting for elections and
other business will take place during this meeting. We are committed to
inclusion and welcome a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds including but
not limited to gender diversity, people of color, the LGBTQ community, and
people with disabilities. Accommodations will be made available upon request,
however this
will be an in-person conference, and we will not have the ability to allow remote
participation.