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CPP 2016 (St. Bonaventure, NY)

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

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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

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CPP 2014 Datesaver Millersville Univ.

UPDATED — Please save the dates Oct. 10-11 for the 2014 annual meeting of CPP to be held at Millersville University, PA (location map)

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cfp CPP 2010 Montreal: The Obama Years

Call for Papers

The Obama Years: War, Peace, and Environmental Sustainability

The Centre de Recherche en Éthique de l’Université de Montréal and the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism at McGill University are pleased to sponsor the 2010 annual meeting of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace. The conference will take place October 29-31, 2010, at McGill University, in the heart of downtown Montreal, Canada.

Because of the location and the notable reorientation towards internationalism that Barack Obama’s presidency has fostered, we are especially interested in encouraging submissions that present questions of war, peace, and environmentalism in a cosmopolitan or multinational context. You may want to, but need not, consider these questions from the point of view of what domestic and/or international expectations Obama needs to address (concerning, for example, the prison at Guantánamo, the Afghanistan-Pakistan war, the Copenhagen agreement on climate change).

Possible paper topics include:
• the extent to which we see a change that warrants speaking of ‘the Obama Years’
• reconciling a Nobel Peace Prize with the responsibilities of a commander-in-chief
• the role of environmental problems in causes of war
• connections between environmental sustainability and peace-making (or peacebuilding)
• human rights and environmental catastrophes
• responses to the problem of ‘environmental refugees’
• collective action for environmental sustainability in an international context the global war on terror
• the role of the Geneva Conventions in non-state asymmetrical conflicts
• the ethical challenges of humanitarianism in conflict zones
• whether the United Nations’ Responsibility to Protect doctrine is progressive or regressive
• whether, and to what extent, nationalism is a root cause of war/environmental degradation
• whether, and to what extent, cosmopolitanism is a necessary element of peacebuilding/climate change accords

Anyone interested in presenting a paper should submit an abstract of no more than 250 words by August 1, 2010 to tracey.j.nicholls@gmail.com. In recognition of Montreal’s status as a bilingual city, we encourage papers in English and French.

Appel de communications

Les années Obama : Guerre, Paix et Développement environnemental

Le Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal et le Centre sur les droits de la personne et le pluralisme juridique de l’Université McGill sont heureux de commanditer l’édition 2010 du colloque annuel de Philosophes engagés pour la paix / Concerned Philosophers for Peace. Le colloque aura lieu à l’Université McGill, au cœur de Montréal, du 29 au 31 octobre 2010.

En raison du fait que le colloque aura lieu à l’extérieur des Etats-Unis, et que l’administration de Barack Obama semble s’orienter vers une politique extérieure plus internationaliste, nous encourageons plus particulièrement les contributions qui traitent des questions de guerre, paix et environnement dans une perspective plus cosmopolitique ou dans un contexte multinational. Vous êtes invités, mais sans y être contraints, à envisager ces questions du point de vue des enjeux domestiques et/ou internationaux que l’administration Obama doit relever (concernant, par exemple, les conditions de détention à Guantanamo, le conflit Afghanistan-Pakistan, le traité de Copenhague sur le climat).

Les sujets possibles des contributions peuvent porter sur :

• dans quelle mesure peut-on parler d’un ‘changement’ en parlant du régime Obama ?
• comment peut-on réconcilier le prix Nobel de la Paix avec les responsabilités d’un ‘commandant-en-chef’ ?
• le rôle des problèmes environnementaux dans les causes de guerre
• les relations entre les développements durables de l’environnement et de la consolidation de la paix ?
• les droits humains et les catastrophes environnementales
• les réponses au problème des réfugiés environnementaux
• l’action collective pour un environnement durable dans le contexte international
• la guerre globale contre le terrorisme
• le rôle des Conventions de Genève dans les conflits asymétriques non-étatiques
• les enjeux éthiques de l’humanitaire dans les zones de conflit
• doit-on juger la doctrine onusienne de la ‘responsabilité de protéger’ comme progressiste ou régressive ?
• dans quelle mesure le nationalisme est-il une cause fondamentale de guerre / de dégradation environnementale ?
• dans quelle mesure le cosmopolitisme représente-t-il une condition nécessaire de la consolidation de la paix / accords internationaux sur les changements climatiques ?

Tout projet de contribution doit se limiter à un résumé de 250 mots (maximum) et être soumis avant le 1er août 2010 à tracey.j.nicholls@gmail.com.

En reconnaissance du statut distinct de Montréal en tant que ville bilingue, nous encourageons les communications présentées en anglais et/ou en français.

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CPP 2010 Conference Date Saver

The 2010 annual meeting of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace will take place in Montreal, Quebec and will be hosted by the Centre de Recherche en Éthique de l’Université de Montréal.

The local contact person is Tracey Nicholls (tracey.j.nicholls@gmail.com).

The meeting dates are October 29-31, 2010.

The theme of this year’s meeting is: “The Obama Years: War, Peace, and Environmental Sustainability.”

Further details, such as registration costs, lodging options, and a fuller description of paper topics, will be forthcoming as the meeting logistics crystallize. Please direct any inquiries to Tracey.

David Boersema
CPP Executive Director
Department of Philosophy
Pacific University