Call for Papers
The 171st Meeting of the Creighton Club
The New York State Philosophical Society
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Keynote speaker:
Jill North
Rutgers University
The Creighton Club, founded in 1921, is the principal historic meeting ground for philosophers in upstate, central, and western New York. Our annual meeting consists of an invited keynote address and four papers, including one graduate student paper selected for the Graduate Student Presentation Award. All of the papers except for the keynote address will have a commentator.
Guidelines for paper submission:
· Papers in any philosophical area are welcome.
· Membership in our club is not required for consideration or acceptance.
· Papers should be no more than 5000 words (for a presentation time of 30 minutes) and must include an abstract of up to 150 words. The maximum word count excludes words in your reference list.
· Students wishing to be eligible for the Graduate Student Presentation Award should indicate graduate student status in the anonymized submission itself and retitle their file name to begin with "G-"
· All papers should be anonymized for review.
· Papers should be uploaded as a PDF attachment by completing the following google form. Note: you'll subsequently be redirected to a page with a link to upload your file. Your submission is not complete until you have actually uploaded your anonymized file! https://forms.gle/j2spQ5h42N4v4m9y5
· Submission deadline: June 5, 2026 (11:59pm Eastern Time)
Notification will be given by July 18, 2026
Anyone interested in commenting can let us know as soon as possible, indicating your fields of interest.
If you encounter any problems with submission, please alert us at TheCreightonClub@gmail.com, but do not compromise the anonymity of your submission!
If you encounter any problems with submission, please alert us at TheCreightonClub@gmail.com, but do not compromise the anonymity of your submission!
If you plan to be in/around CNY for a while and are interested in joining the executive committee as either Treasurer-Secretary or Vice President, please get in touch with Josh Hunt (jhunt11@syr.edu)
