Open sessions
The Open Sessions take place during the Saturday and Sunday afternoons of the conference. There is a large number of places available, allowing room for an extensive and diverse programme of talks. There are no restrictions on the areas of philosophy which papers may address. The intention is to accommodate all philosophical material (so far as time and space in the programme allow) that is suitable for presentation.
Each Open Session talk lasts up to 20 minutes and is followed by an additional ten minutes for discussion.
Please note the deadline for submission of all papers has now passed. The information below remains for reference only.
Guidelines
- Submissions must be in the form of an abstract, up to 300 words.
- Submissions must be prepared for blind review.
- Submissions should be formatted in PDF.
Additional information
- Authors whose papers have been accepted for the Open Session will be informed by the end of March 2024.
- Papers accepted for the Open Sessions will not be considered for publication in the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society and expenses will not be paid.
- Only one paper per individual may be submitted. Submissions must be for only one of the Open, Society for Women in Philosophy, or Postgraduate Sessions. Rejected submissions for the Postgraduate and Society for Women In Philosophy Sessions could be recommended for the Open Sessions.
- All conference delegates must be members of either the Aristotelian Society or the Mind Association.
- Note: The Aristotelian Society does not process Open Session submissions.
The postgraduate session
The Postgraduate Session takes place on the Saturday afternoon of the conference. All submissions are blind reviewed and a maximum of eight are selected for presentation. Only current postgraduate students (including those who have obtained a postgraduate degree within the past year) can submit for the Postgraduate Session. Each talk for the Postgraduate Session lasts up to 20 minutes and is followed by an additional ten minutes for discussion.
The conference particularly welcomes submissions from underrepresented groups in philosophy.
Guidelines
- Submissions should be no more than 2500 words, including footnotes and bibliography, and should begin with a 100-250-word abstract (which need not be included in the word count).
- Submissions should be prepared for blind review. The following details should be entered onto the online submission form (link below): name of the author, title of the paper, institution and status, and email and mailing addresses.
- Submissions should not include any self-identifying references in the body or footnotes of the text.
- Submissions should be typewritten in a standard 12 pt font and single-spaced throughout (including references and quotations). All pages should be numbered and have margins of one inch or more.
- Submissions should be formatted in PDF.
Additional information
- Students whose papers have been selected for the Postgraduate Session will be informed by the end of March 2024.
- The selected postgraduate students will have their conference fee and accommodation expenses covered by the Aristotelian Society.
- Exemplary papers delivered for the Postgraduate Session will be considered for publication in the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society.
- Only one paper per individual may be submitted. Submissions must be for either the Open, SWIP or the Postgraduate Sessions - not all. Rejected submissions for the Postgraduate Session could be recommended for the Open Session.
- All conference delegates must be members of either the Aristotelian Society or the Mind Association.
The Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP) session
The SWIP Session is a special panel held on Saturday afternoon as part of the Open Sessions, which draws together papers that further the aims of SWIP broadly construed. This includes papers on feminism and related emancipatory philosophies, women in the history of philosophy, and achieving gender justice and related forms of justice in the profession. Each talk in the SWIP Session lasts up to 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of discussion.
SWIP is committed to ensuring that financial considerations do not pose a barrier to participation. For presenters who cannot access institutional funding and would not otherwise be able to attend, we will cover the cost of early bird registration and contribute to the costs of basic travel and accommodation up to a maximum of £250.
SWIP particularly welcomes submissions from underrepresented groups in academia and we are keen to accept applications from all academic backgrounds. We will happily provide adjustments to ensure that people from the widest range of backgrounds can participate fully in the selection process and the SWIP panel.
Guidelines:
- Submissions should be an abstract of no more than 300 words.
- Submissions should be prepared for anonymous review. The following details should be included in the email: name of the author, title of the paper, and institution. Submissions should not include any self-identifying references in the body or footnotes of the text.
- Submissions should be formatted in PDF.
- Submissions for the SWIP session should not be submitted to either the Open Sessions or the Postgraduate sessions. However, those papers which are not selected for the SWIP session but are deemed suitable for the Open Sessions will be passed to the Open Sessions organisers for consideration. If you do not wish your paper to be passed on, please indicate this in your email.
- Authors whose papers have been accepted for the SWIP Session will be informed by the end of March 2024.
- All conference delegates must be members of either the Aristotelian Society or the Mind Association.
Request for further information
For enquiries regarding the Open Session, please send an email to the main Joint Session email address.
For enquiries regarding the Postgraduate Session, the Supplementary Volume, and student subsidies, please contact Anna Stelle.
For enquiries about the SWIP Session, please contact Yuxin Li- yuxin.li@durham.ac.uk
If you’d like to learn more about SWIP UK please check out our website and follow us on Twitter @SWIPUK