Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Call for Papers: the 163rd Meeting of the Creighton Club

Call for Papers

The 163rd Meeting of the Creighton Club

The New York State Philosophical Society

Saturday, September 23, 2017
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Keynote speaker:
Jennifer Lackey
Northwestern University

The Creighton Club, founded in 1921, is the principal historic meeting ground for philosophers in upstate and western New York. Our annual meeting consists of one invited keynote address and four submitted papers, including one graduate student paper selected for the Graduate Student Presentation Award. All of the papers except for the keynote address will have commentators.

Guidelines for paper submission:
  • Papers in any philosophical area are welcome.
  • Papers under consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere are also welcome.
  • Membership is not required for consideration or acceptance.
  • Papers should have a presentation time of approximately 30 minutes.
  • Students wishing to be eligible for the Graduate Student Presentation Award should indicate graduate student status both in the submission email and the submission itself.
  • Other than graduate students noting their status, papers should be anonymized for review.
  • Papers should be submitted as a pdf attachment to TheCreightonClub@gmail.com.
Anyone interested in commenting should let us know as soon as possible,with suggestions for fields of interest.

Submission deadline: August 15th, 2017
Notification will be given by September 1st

Submissions, volunteering, and inquiries should be sent to