CALL FOR PAPERS: Metro State Conference

[Joshua]

Hey all,

If you're interested in giving a presentation for a conference about
self and community, please see below. They're looking for students and/
or faculty, so if you're interested, do it!

--Josh

Call for Papers

Self and Community:
Global and Multicultural Perspectives

Metropolitan State College of Denver
2nd Annual Philosophy Conference
April 13-15, 2011

Submission Deadline:
March 1, 2011
(Notification of Acceptance by March 11, 2011)

Undergraduate, graduate students, faculty and independent scholars are
invited to submit papers for possible presentation. Papers topics
should pertain to Critical Theory, Social and Political Philosophy,
Ethics, Phenomenology, Metaphysics of the Self, and other areas in
global and multicultural philosophy.

Submission Guidelines: You must submit an abstract of your
presentation by March 1, 2011. The abstract should be 250 words or
less. You will also need to include your name, school, position or
year, email address, phone number, and type of submission. For
Independent scholars, please include your highest degree received and
the institution from which it was received. Please submit via email
to metro.phi...@gmail.com. Attach your abstract as a document
without identifying information, and include your identifying
information in the body of the e-mail. Papers and Presentations should
be 20 -25 minutes, and 2500 - 3000 words in length.

Scheduled Keynote Speakers:
Eduardo Mendieta (SUNY, Stony Brook)
Dr. Mendieta's work emphasizes Critical theory, Latin American
Philosophy, Globalization/Postcolonial theory, and Pragmatism. His
most recent book is entitled Global Fragments: Globalizations, Latin
Americanisms, and Critical Theory.

Karma Lekshe Tsomo (University of San Diego)
Dr. Tsomo's work emphasizes the role of women in Buddhism, Buddhism
and bioethics, religion and cultural change, and Buddhism in the
United States. Her most recent book is entitled Into the Jaws of Yama:
Buddhism, Bioethics and Death.

Sponsored by the Metro State Philosophy Club, Institute for Women's
Studies and Services, Iota Iota Iota Alpha Chapter