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Call for Papers

“Emerging Technologies, Disarmament, and Peace”

Extended Deadline – April 15, 2025

Philosophy of Peace (Special Book Series published by Brill)

Papers accepted for the most recent Concerned Philosophers for Peace Conference are eligible and strongly recommended to submit revised versions of their work for consideration and inclusion in a book published in Brill’s Philosophy of Peace (POP) series. Papers from individuals who did not participate in the conference, but who have a completed essay on the conference theme (see below) are also welcome to submit their work for consideration.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

• Manuscripts of no more than 9,000 words (including all footnotes and references) and a separate title page that includes your name, institutional affiliation, e-mail, and the title of your paper should be sent as e-mail attachments to David K. Chan (dkchan@uab.edu).
• Papers should be in .doc, or .docx format.
• Please prepare your paper for blind refereeing by removing all direct or indirect references to the author.
• The entire paper must be double-spaced and in 12-point font. Please use footnotes rather than endnotes and include a list of references at the end of the article. Citation style should follow The Chicago Manual of Style. (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html)
• Submission of a manuscript for review implies that the manuscript has not been published nor is under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Conference Theme

Concerned Philosophers for Peace (CPP) seeks to find ways to promote peaceful, nonviolent transitions in all arenas of common life, and this year’s conference focused primarily on emerging military technologies and their effect on the prospects for peace. Based on discussions at the CPP conference, there are many questions that concern the threat to peace from the proliferation of new technologies around the world. We invite authors to discuss how the advent of high-tech precision weapons, armed autonomous drones and robots, and cyber-weapons have raised concerns about the risks to civilians and the incentives to wage and continue wars. We welcome essays that promote diverse and decolonized ideas of peace and peace studies, including ideas on how technology can serve peacebuilding and peacekeeping instead of war.