3rd Global Conference: Evil, Law, and the State
Friday 13th March – Sunday 15th March 2009
Salzburg, Austria
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference will explore issues surrounding evil and law, with a focus on state power and violence. Perspectives are sought from those engaged in any field relevant to the study of law and legal culture: anthropology, criminology, cultural studies, government/politics, history, legal studies, literature, philosophy, psychology, religion/theology, and sociology, as well as those working in civil rights, human rights, prison services, politics and government (including NGOs), psychiatry, healthcare, and other areas.
Papers, reports, work-in-progress and workshops are invited on issues related to the following themes:
• when and why is law evil or a source of evil?
• state violence and coercion
• enforcement of criminal law and other legal prohibitions
• law, citizenship, and political identity
• justifications for punishment, including capital punishment
• whether and under what circumstances the adversary or inquisitorial models of legal process generate, tolerate, or allow evil outcomes
• issues of equality and distributive justice in law
• the consequences of legal error
• the intersection of law with issues of choice, responsibility, and diminished responsibility
• state responsibility for terrorism, war, intervention, ethnic cleansing, and other problems of international law and international relations
Papers on any other topic related to the theme will also be considered.
500 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 3rd October 2008. The abstract will be double blind peer reviewed (where appropriate). If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 6th February 2009.
500 word abstracts should be submitted to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract
We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs:
Ruth A Miller
Department of History
University of Massachusetts
Boston, USA
E-mail: ruth.miller@umb.edu
Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Network Leader
Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Priory House, Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR
United Kingdom
E-mail: els3@inter-disciplinary.net
All papers accepted for and presented at this conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers will be invited for development for publication in a themed hard copy volume.
Evil, Law, and the State is part of a larger series of on-going publishing and research conferences run under the At the Interface banner. This series aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting.
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/els/els.htm
For further details about the conference please visit:
TELOS: Quarterly Journal of Politics, Philosophy, Critical Theory, Culture, and the Arts
Publisher: Telos Press http://journal.telospress.com/
Since 1968, the quarterly journal TELOS has provided an international forum for discussions of political, social, and cultural change. It has built a bridge between intellectual debates in Europe and the United States, exploring matters of contemporary concern to both sides of the Atlantic.
Over its long history, TELOS has promoted the awareness of dissidence in Eastern Europe during the Soviet era, debated the state of US-European relations, and examined topics central to post-Communism and the Iraq Wars. TELOS offers an exciting exchange of ideas for anyone with an interest in the vital international issues of the day.
TELOS publishes essays and notes on select topics in philosophy, social theory, politics, culture, and the arts. The journal is particularly interested in treatments of Critical Theory, phenomenology, and other intellectual trends and the light they may shed on issues such as federalism, sovereignty, globalization, religion, and contemporary politics. Submissions on these topics are welcome.
In addition, special sections and issues are being planned on Latin America, post-Communism, and Law and Society. We encourage all authors to review recent issues of TELOS, which offer a representative sample of the journal’s ongoing areas of concern and interest.
Online ISSN: 1940-459X
Print ISSN: 0090-6514
Telos Press
431 East 12th Street
New York, NY 10009
US
Tel: 212-228-6479
Fax: 212-228-6379
Email: submissions@telospress.com
Content available by subscription.
Articles available in PDF format.
Current Issue: Summer 2008, Issue 143
Date: 8 August 2008
Change of date: CFP: Colloquium 2008: Philosophical Futures
Due to unforeseen circumstances the date for the 2008 Philosophy Colloquium: Philosophical Futures has been changed to Monday 1 December (from Tuesday 2 December).
See call for papers below.
Call for Papers: Colloquium 2008: Philosophical Futures
A Day of Philo-Sophia: Friendship and Philosophical Discussion
Murdoch University
2 December, 2008
The Murdoch Philosophy Association, in conjunction with the Murdoch School of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Faculty of Arts and Education, invites abstracts of 250 words for twenty-minute papers in any field of philosophy, or related disciplines.
In choosing Philosophical Futures as the theme of this year’s Colloquium, we hope to encourage contributions that consider questions relating to the connections between philosophy and the future, for example, future directions for philosophy, links between philosophical pasts and futures, the role of philosophy in shaping the future, and the relevance of philosophy for future generations of theory and practice, life and reflection.
The Colloquium will be held at Murdoch University on Tuesday, December 2nd and is open to academics, undergraduate and postgraduate students. Papers will be refereed, and a certificate will be awarded for the best student paper.
Our goal is once again to provide a forum for the vital exchange of ideas in a supportive, collegial atmosphere, as well as to foster ties between philosophy departments, staff and students. It is our hope that this year we can continue to build upon the achievements of previous Colloquia by engaging in an ongoing philosophical conversation within the wider philosophy community.
We look forward to receiving your abstract before
15 October, 2008
Keynote speaker: Prof. Genevieve Lloyd
The Colloquium is kindly sponsored by:
Philosophy Program, Murdoch University
The Krishna Somers Foundation for Diaspora Studies
Department of Philosophy, UWA
Centre for Applied Philosophy and Ethics, Curtin University of Technology
Research Ethics Office, Murdoch University
School of Social Sciences & Humanities, Faculty of Arts & Education, Murdoch University
Contact:
Dr Lubica Ucnik
Philosophy Program, School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Murdoch University, Western Australia 6150
L.Ucnik@murdoch.edu.au
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