Society for Applied Philosophy Newsletter, November 2023
Jon Cameron
SOCIETY FOR APPLIED PHILOSOPHY
Newsletter, November 2023
In this newsletter
- SAP Annual Conference 2024
- Forthcoming SAP Sponsored Events
- Funding opportunities
- SAP membership info
SAP Annual Conference 2024
St. Anne's College, University of Oxford, 28 - 30 June
(N.B. This will be an in-person event - there will be no hybrid attendance option.)
Open themed event
The SAP Annual Conference returns to St Anne's College Oxford in 2024. We look forward to The
event will be an open themed applied philosophy conference (papers will
be given across a wide range of topics in applied philosophy).
Call For Papers:
The Call for Papers is now open. The deadline for submissions is Monday 15 January 2024.
Submission process
Individual / Co-authored papers:- Please submit a 1500 word abstract AND 300 word synopsis here.
- Please submit a 1500 word outline of the session along with a 300 word abstract for each of the papers in the panel here.
Keynote speakers
Neil Levy
(Macquarie University)
Geoff Sayre-McCord
(UNC-Chapel Hill)
Jennifer Lackey
(Northwestern University)
Marya Schechtman
(University of Illinois at Chicago)
The SAP will consider applications for a postgraduate essay prize (£500) to one student for an outstanding essay submission.
Chairpersons will be required for some of the sessions at the conference. Chairpersons are responsible for introducing speakers during one (or more) of the concurrent sessions, ensuring the session begins and ends on time, and for chairing Q&A after the speaker’s presentation. Chair persons must hold or have held an academic position in philosophy or have completed or be completing a PhD in philosophy.
If you are interested in being included in the programme as a chairperson for one (or more) of the sessions please contact ad...@appliedphil.org (please state academic position, etc. and institutional affiliation).
More information______
Forthcoming SAP sponsored events
SAP sponsored event: Food, Family, and Justice
John Cabot University
June 21, 2024 12:00 pm — June 23, 2024 12:00 pm
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Funding opportunities
- Event Funding of up to £3000 (deadlines: 01 Jan, 01 May, 01 Sep)
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Doctoral Scholarship awards (up to £10,000 in year of award)
Awards are available to UK applicants and to applicants based in EU / EEA EFTA countries (Applications can be submitted from 01 May 2024.) - Post-Doctoral Fellowships up to two one-year fellowships, worth £16,000 each, will be awarded each year to support post-doctoral research to be undertaken at a university in any country
- Research Trip support - financial assistance to enable those working in applied philosophy to pursue their research away from their home institution (deadlines: 01 January, 01 April, 01 July, 01 October.)
- Teaching Relief funding for limited teaching relief to support the completion of a research project (e.g. a monograph or journal article, grant application).
- Further Support The Society will also consider applications for other forms of research support not covered by the above schemes.
Full information on SAP funding opportunities, and how to apply, can be found here.
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Membership
Membership
of the SAP is open to anyone interested in its aims, whether or not
they hold a philosophical qualification or are employed as a
professional philosopher. Benefits include free subscription to the
Journal of Applied Philosophy, reduced rates at the SAP Annual
Conference, and access to SAP funding opportunities.
For further information, please visit the Society's Joining page.
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