CPP: Concerned Philosophers for Peace

Concerned Philosophers for Peace: Call for Paper Abstracts

32nd Annual Conference

Conference Theme:

Politics, Polarity, and Peace

Keynote Speaker: Lucius T. Outlaw (Jr)

Dates: October 18-19, 2019

Location: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Any abstract that relates to the theme, broadly construed, or that relates to the overall mission of CPP, is welcome.

Topics might include, but are not limited to:

• teaching politics/justice/peace in a deeply divided country

• peace activism under conditions of polarization

• polarity versus divisiveness

• personal identity and political identity

• peace in conditions of diversity

• diversity and political polarity

• cooperation in conditions of polarity

• peace in a polarized society

• collaboration, cooperation, and compromise

• democratic deliberation, justice, and peace

• historical conceptions of polarity and peace

• polarity within and between groups

• individual and institutional politics

• virtue signaling and compromise

• technological polarization and prospects for peace

We welcome submissions from undergraduates, graduate students, and professional philosophers, as well as from a range of fields including philosophy, law, public policy, business, history, religious studies, political science, social science, or related fields. Submissions from teachers, researchers, or practitioners are also welcome, particularly insofar as those presentations could complement the theme of the conference. We also especially welcome proposals from women and minorities, and are committed to making this year’s conference inclusive and welcoming to all.

**There will be a $100 prize for the best graduate student paper.**

Submission Guidelines: Please submit an abstract (no more than 500 words) to Jennifer Kling at jkling@uccs.edu by June 15, 2019. Please submit abstracts as .doc, .docx, or .pdf. Please include your name, institutional affiliation, e-mail address, and paper title in the body of your e-mail. Please use “CPP 2019 submission” in the subject line of your email. Acceptance notices will be sent out no later than July 30th.

About CPP: Concerned Philosophers for Peace is the largest, most active organization of professional philosophers in North America involved in the analysis of the causes of violence and prospects for peace.

This year’s CPP conference is being hosted by the Philosophy Department at the University of Colorado,Colorado Springs, with generous support from the UCCS College of Letters, Arts & Sciences. Send any questions to Jennifer Kling at jkling@uccs.edu.

Call for Paper Abstracts

Concerned Philosophers for Peace

31^st Annual Conference

University of Colorado, Boulder

October 18-20, 2018

Co-sponsored by the University of Colorado’s

Center for Values and Social Policy

Keynote speaker: Alison Jaggar

Conference Theme:

Economic Justice and Positive Peace

Genuine peace involves more than negative peace, i.e., merely the absence of violence. It also involves positive peace, i.e., the presence of conditions that promote and sustain meaningful and fulfilled lives. Fundamental to the achievement of positive peace is justice, not only in the legal sense, but also in the economic sense, as lack of adequate health, housing, and nutrition obstruct the attainment of fulfilled lives, and hence of both personal and interpersonal peace.

This year’s CPP conference invites abstract submissions on the following topics:

• Principles/conditions of just distribution
• Employee rights/employer rights
• Equality of opportunity/equality of access
• Nonviolence and positive peace
• Individual/institutional responsibility
• Gender/race and economic justice
• Health care/housing/nutrition/education
• Nonviolent efforts to achieve economic justice
• Local/national/global standards
• Means toward achieving economic justice

In addition, papers addressing all relevant topics to the mission of the CPP are welcome.

Submission Guidelines: Please submit an abstract (no more than 500 words) to David Boersema at boersema@pacificu.edu by June 15, 2018.  Please include your name, institutional affiliation, e-mail address and paper title in the body of your e-mail.  Please use “CPP 2018 submission” in the subject line of your email. Acceptance notices will be sent out no later than July 15^th.

Main Contact and Conference Information: David Boersema, boersema@pacificu.edu

Conference hotel/lodging: The conference paper sessions will be held on the University of Colorado Boulder campus. Numerous hotels within a short walking distance to the campus can be found at: https://hotelguides.com/colleges/colorado/university-colorado-boulder.html

Air travel Instructions: After arriving and collecting luggage at DIA (Denver International Airport), bus transportation to Boulder is available. For information, please visit this website:

https://www.flydenver.com/parking_transit/transit/bus-rtd-skyride

Conference registration: The conference registration fee is $100 (free for students). The registration fee can be paid at the conference. An option of pre-conference registration will be forthcoming and announced on the CPP website.

Local host: Questions about local lodging, transportation, the University of Colorado, and the Boulder area can be addressed to David Boonin (david.boonin@colorado.edu), Director of the Center for Values and Social Policy.

About CPP:  Concerned Philosophers for Peace is the largest, most active organization of professional philosophers in North America involved in the analysis of the causes of violence and prospects for peace. 

With Registration Link

Concerned Philosophers for Peace

30^th Annual Conference

Sheraton Raleigh Hotel

Raleigh, NC

November 16^th-18^th, 2017

Conference Theme:

Civility, Nonviolent Resistance, & the New Struggle for Social Justice

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Recent political events have ushered in a rise of nationalism not seen since the last century.  Divisive rhetoric and populist agendas continue to proliferate around the globe.  Moreover, misguided policies spanning criminal justice reform and the environment perpetuate systemic injustice.  Exposing the normative discourse is important in understanding the context of these policies.  This year’s CPP conference invites abstract submissions on the following topics (relevant topics to the mission of the CPP are welcome):

• Nationalism
  • Pluralism and identity
  • Health care
  • Gun violence
  • Military-Industrial complex
  • Protest movements (non-violent resistance, free speech)
  • Police violence
  • Borders
  • Surveillance state
• Mass migrations
  • War
  • Refugees
  • State violence
• Economic system
• Educational systems
• Environmental justice
• Criminal justice reform

Submission Guidelines: Please submit an abstract (no more than 500 words) to Dr. Amin Asfari at aasfari@waketech.edu by July 30, 2017.  Please include your name, institutional affiliation,        e-mail address and paper title in the body of your e-mail.  Please use “CPP 2017 submission” in the subject line of your email.

Acceptance notices will be sent out to authors no later than September 15^th.

Main Contact and Conference Information: Amin Asfari, aasfari@waketech.edu

Conference hotel/lodging: The conference will be held at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel. A block of rooms are reserved for conference participants and it is requested that participants stay at the Sheraton. There will be a conference room rate of $129 per night. Further lodging details will be forthcoming.

Conference registration: The conference registration fee is $100. The registration fee can be paid at the conference. The option of pre-conference registration will be forthcoming.

Registration link: To reserve a room, please click here.

About CPP:  Concerned Philosophers for Peace is the largest, most active organization of professional philosophers in North American involved in the analysis of the causes of violence and prospects for peace.  For more information about the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, please visit our website: http://peacephilisophy.org/

Revised Jan. 2017

Access the 2016 Conference Program for Concerned Philosophers for Peace

29th annual CPP conference
St. Bonaventure University
Oct. 13-16, Thursday- Sunday

Conference Theme: Pacifism, Politics, and Feminism

Anyone wishing to present a paper at the annual Concerned Philosophers for Peace conference should send an electronic copy of an abstract of that paper to Barry L. Gan at bgan@sbu.edu no later than September 1, 2016, but abstracts are certainly welcome before that date. Decisions regarding acceptance of papers will be made on a rolling basis, but all decisions will be complete by September 10.

I would welcome volunteers to assist in reviewing the abstracts. Please let me know if you are interested.

Also, I am in the process of identifying and confirming a couple of keynote speakers. Some of you have already offered suggestions to me. I would welcome more suggestions as I follow up on those submitted so far.

Here is some additional information on the conference:

The dates of the 29th annual conference are Oct. 13-16, Thursday through Sunday. Details will be forthcoming as plans for the conference proceed. Please mark your calendars to keep these dates open.

St. Bonaventure University is not located near any major airports. The closest airport is Buffalo, NY, seventy miles away. Rochester is 100 miles away. It is also possible to fly into Bradford, PA, which is only 25 miles away, or Erie, PA, which is 100 miles away. Buffalo tends to be the most convenient airport, and we will arrange shuttle trips to and from that airport though some of us may find it more convenient to rent cars and share rides with others. We are a 3.5-hour drive from both Cleveland and Pittsburgh, and two-and-a-half hours from Binghamton, should anyone know where that is.

Three hotels are located within walking distance of the campus (1/4 mile to one mile away). The closest is the Fairfield Inn and Suites. Also close is Microtel Inn and Suites, and slightly farther away (perhaps ¾ of a mile) is the Best Western Plus University Inn. The Best Western and Fairfield Inn each have a swimming pool and hot tub.

Finally, here is some information (incomplete with respect to the Fairfield Inn) on hotel availability for the conference.

Hotel group rates—held until Sept. 13

Best Western Plus University Inn
2 queen beds including pool, fitness, and breakfast
109.99 plus tax
(716) 372-1300

Microtel Inn and Suites
single on Thursday 80.99 Fri. and Sat. 98.99
double on Thursday 89.99 Fri. and Sat. 107.99
(716) 373-5333

Fairfield Inn and Suites
(716) 372-7500

Looking forward to another great gathering and series of conversations and discussions.

Barry L. Gan
Executive Secretary,
Concerned Philosophers for Peace

For updated conference info with cop, click here

The 2016 annual conference of CPP, our 29th annual conference, will take place at St. Bonaventure University, the third time in fifteen years that Bonaventure will have hosted the conference.

The dates of the conference are Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 13-16, 2016. We hope that we can build on the success of the 2015 conference. Details of the conference will be forthcoming as plans proceed. Please mark your calendars to keep these dates open.

St. Bonaventure University is located just outside of Olean, NY, about seventy miles due south of Buffalo, NY, close to the Pennsylvania border. It is not located near any major airports. The closest airport is Buffalo, NY. Rochester is 100 miles away. It is also possible to fly into Bradford, PA, which is only 25 miles away, but flights to Bradford may require a couple of connections. Erie, PA is 90 miles away. Buffalo tends to be the most convenient airport, and we will arrange shuttle trips to and from that airport though some of us may want to rent cars and share rides with others.

Three hotels are located within walking distance of the campus (1/4 mile to one mile away). The closest is the Fairfield Inn and Suites. Also close by is Microtel Inn and Suites, and slightly farther away is the Best Western Plus University Inn. We will make arrangements with each of these hotels for special (lower, not higher) conference prices.

The theme for next year’s conference has yet been determined, so please feel free to share ideas for themes that you have.

Barry L. Gan
Executive Secretary
Concerned Philosophers for Peace