CfP: Society for the Study of Women in Phenomenology – Online Conference (2021)

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Call for papers for the inaugural conference of the Society for the Study of Women in Phenomenology. Online March 2021.

Inaugural Conference
Society for the Study of Women in Phenomenology (SSWPH)
19 – 20 March 2021

Call for Papers

The Society for the Study of Women in Phenomenology announces its inaugural international conference to be held virtually from 19 – 20 March 2021.

Keynote Speakers:
> Sarah Borden-Sharkey (Wheaton College, IL)
> Helen Fielding (Western University)
> Ruth Hagengruber (Paderborn University)
> Julia Jansen (KU Leuven)

The Society for the Study of Women in Phenomenology is a learned society focused on researching the work of women in phenomenology and phenomenological philosophy. SSWPH have three objectives. First, to uncover and critically examine the work of women in phenomenology or phenomenological philosophy from the early phenomenological movement to the current day, including but not limited to such figures as Hedwig Conrad-Martius, Edith Stein, Gerda Walther, Simone de Beauvoir, María Zambrano, Hannah Arendt, Sylvia Wynter, Iris Marion Young, Linda Martín Alcoff, and Jacqueline Martinez. Second, to create a dialogue between those working in the phenomenological tradition and other schools of thought and research methods to address questions of philosophical import. Third, to cultivate new phenomenological, philosophical work that draws inspiration from and/or extends the ideas of the thinkers of the Society’s focus. SSWPH carry out thier mandate through a series of conferences, workshops, debates, translation projects, and scholarly publications.

The Society is open to all scholars interested in the work of women in phenomenology or phenomenological philosophy.

SSWPH invite abstracts of no more than 300 words for papers to be presented at their first conference. Presenters will have between 20 and 30 minutes to present their papers. SSWPH welcome papers on the work of women phenomenologists and phenomenologically informed philosophers. Also welcome are papers that use women’s phenomenology to address issues or questions in philosophy. Papers that focus on the history of phenomenology and/or dialogue with other disciplines or fields of philosophy are also encouraged.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 20 December 2020.

Please send abstracts to: Julia Mühl-Sawatzki ([email protected]) and Antonio Calcagno ([email protected]). Please direct any questions to Julia Mühl-Sawatzki and/or Antonio Calcagno.