Mar
29
Fri
Political Concepts Graduate Conference @ New School tbd
Mar 29 – Mar 30 all-day

Political Concepts: A Critical Lexicon began as a multidisciplinary, web-based journal in which an assemblage of contributions focused on a single concept with the express intention of re-situating its meaning in the field of political discourse. By reflecting on what has remained unquestioned or unthought in that concept, this all-around collection of essays seeks to open pathways for another future—one that is not already determined and ill-fated.

From this forum for engaged scholarship, a succession of academic conferences have sprung as a space for conversation and constructive debate, including its Graduate Conference at the New School for Social Research organized by students of the Departments of Anthropology, Economics, Philosophy, Politics, and Sociology. Political Concepts invites graduate students from all fields of study to participate in our upcoming conference in Spring 2024. Held at NSSR over March 29-30, the conference will serve as a workshop of ideas on the multiplicity of powers, structures, problems, and orientations that shape our collective life.

Because Political Concepts does not predetermine what does or does not count as political, the conference welcomes essays that fashion new political concepts or demonstrate how concepts deserve to be taken as politically significant. Papers should be dedicated to a single political concept, like an encyclopedia entry, but the analysis of the concept does not have to abide to traditional approaches. Some of the concepts contended with in previous years’ vibrant conferences included abolition, survival, catastrophe, resentment, money, dependence, trans, imaginary, and solidarity. Other examples can be found in the published papers on the Political Concepts website.

Abstracts should be no longer than 750 words in a pdf format, and prepared for blind review, so please ensure that your abstract is free from any identifying personal details. Please title your abstract with your concept. Abstracts must be submitted through this google form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyVC0H0LSpcyJ3QpcbAvZjEkcUYoS-TCp0kPc6ObTg4YFSiQ/viewform) by December 7, 2023 EST. Any inquiries can be sent to politicalconceptsNSSR@gmail.com.

Applicants must be advanced graduate students and their concept must be a central part of a longer term project in order to be accepted. Results will be informed in January.

Apr
4
Thu
17th Annual Hannah Arendt Circle @ NYU Philosophy
Apr 4 – Apr 6 all-day

The Arendt Circle meets annually to share and discuss research related to any aspect of Hannah Arendt’s work. This year’s conference will be held in person at New York University (NYU) from April 4th – April 6th with presentations in English.

 

Deadline for Submission: Friday, December 1st, 2023

 

Please submit a 750-word abstract prepared for anonymous review as a Word Document or PDF to: thehannaharendtcircle@gmail.com

– 2024 Organizing Committee

Magnus Ferguson (University of Chicago)

Valentina Moro (DePaul University and University of Verona)

Tal Correm (New York University)

Sanjana Rajagopal (Fordham University)

 

The official Call for Abstracts is posted here.

https://philevents.org/event/show/114362