The 12th Annual Louisiana State University Graduate Philosophy Conference

April 19 & 20, 2019


Keynote Speaker:

David Phillips

Professor of Philosophy and Chair

University of Houston


Submission deadline: March 15


This is an open themed event. In keeping with the pluralistic commitment of the LSU department, we invite papers that reflect the full diversity of philosophical traditions including, but not limited to, environmental ethics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, philosophy of language, critical race theory, feminism, and eastern philosophy.

We will give special consideration to papers that complement the speakers' areas of research including: contemporary continental philosophy, ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of law, gender and sexuality studies, and feminist theory.

Presentation time slots will be 20 minutes each, with an additional 10 minutes for Q&A

Papers should be no more than 3,500 words and prepared for blind review as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file. Please include a separate document with your name, academic affiliation, email address, paper title, word count, and an abstract of no more than 250 words.


Email submissions to: lsuphilconference@gmail.com

Questions may be sent to: Grant Heller (hellergrant@gmail.com) or Christopher Petersen (petros359@gmail.com)