Society for European Philosophy

Download the conference programme for SEP-FEP 2011.

Registration is now open for the Annual Conference of The Society for European Philosophy & The Forum for European Philosophy

31 August – 3 September 2011

York St John University, York

Keynote speakers:

Joan Copjec (University at Buffalo)
Graham Harman (American University, Cairo)
Michèle Le Doeuff (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris)

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ABSTRACTS AVAILABLE HERE

Fees:

Early-bird registration WAGED full conference (until July 1): £110

Early-bird registration UNWAGED full conference (until July 1): £55

After July 1: Registration WAGED full conference: £140

After July 1: Registration UNWAGED full conference: £70

Cost per day WAGED: £60

Cost per day UNWAGED: £30

Conference Dinner: £30

Registration:

To register please download, complete, and return this form: SEP registration info and prices

SEPFEP2011 Accommodation Options 
For a Google list of accommodation near the conference venue click here

The deadline for proposals for papers or panels to the 2011 SEP-FEP Conference has been extended to 31 May.

Download the conference poster here: SEP-FEP Conference Poster 2011

 The Society for European Philosophy and The Forum for European Philosophy

Joint Conference 2011

 

York St John University, York, UK

31st August-3rd September 2011

　

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Joan Copjec (University at Buffalo)

Graham Harman (American University, Cairo)

Michèle Le Doeuff (Centre National de la Recherche Scientific, Paris)

 

CALL FOR PAPERS/CONTRIBUTIONS

The Society for European Philosophy (SEP) aims to provide a forum for research and teaching in all areas of European philosophy, broadly construed. It provides an opportunity for scholars from any country, and any discipline, to come together and share ideas. The Forum for European Philosophy (FEP) seeks to bring philosophical ideas to the attention of a wider public audience. Since 1997, the SEP-FEP conference has been an important annual event for students and scholars of European philosophy throughout the world.

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“PHILOSOPHY &….”

In a year when the UK has seen devastating cuts in the funding of the arts and humanities, it would be easy to be pessimistic about the future of Continental Philosophy. Yet, while reflection on the challenges ahead is certainly necessary, recent events also offer us the opportunity to respond to those who dismiss European Philosophy, not only with a vigorous defense, but also a demonstration and celebration of the profound impact it has had and continues to have on an enormous range of other disciplines.

So, while this year’s conference follows recent tradition in not having a theme, and thereby welcomes proposals from the broadest range of European philosophical thought, we particularly welcome papers and other contributions that explore the limits of what can be placed together with, and within, the category of philosophy.

“PHILOSOPHY &….” is here offered as an opening onto the interdisciplinary terrains upon which European philosophy engages, provokes, interrupts and enriches (as it, in turn, is engaged, provoked, interrupted and enriched by them):

….politics; visual culture; performance art; art practice; architecture; literature; music; film/video; theatre; dance; science; feminism; cultural studies; psychoanalysis; and much more….

Anyone interested in presenting a paper, proposing a themed panel, or offering a different type of contribution, should submit a one page abstract to Gary Peters: g.peters@yorksj.ac.uk

 The deadline for submissions is May 31st, 2011. Please include your name, affiliation (if any, and please note that we wish to encourage proposals from independent scholars), your email and postal address. Decisions regarding the programme will be made by June 3rd.

The Winner of the SEP-FEP 2010 Graduate Essay Prize, awarded by the SEP executive at SEP-FEP Rome 2010 is Colin McQuillan of Emory University, for his essay, Philosphical Archeology in Kant Foucault and Agamben.

The SEP Executive awards a prize for the best paper by a postgraduate student at the annual SEP-FEP conference.

The winner of the 2009 prize was Andreas Vrahimis, for his paper “Nonsense and Absurdity: Carnap’s use of Husserl’s Theory of Meaning”.  PDF Vrahimis Nonsense and Absurdity

Ulrich Muehe was highly commended for his paper, “Whose Empire? Which Multitude?”  PDF Muehe Whose Empire

Welcome the new website of the Society for European Philosophy. This contains information about our organisation, the members of the SEP executive committee, and also about our events, the chief one being the yearly conference we organise. We hope that soon this site will become a hub for all those interested in research in any area of European and Continental philosophy.

Yours sincerely

(James) Gordon Finlayson

on behalf of all the members of the SEP executive committee of the