The North Texas Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the call for papers for its 55th annual meeting. This year’s NTPA will take place March 27th-28th, 2026 at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas. Our keynote speaker this year will be Peg Birmingham (DePaul University). Alejandro Vallega (University of Oregon) will give our Robert E. Wood Memorial Address, and our Presidential Address will be given by Charles Bambach (UT Dallas). We will also offer two workshops, one on philosophy of race and one on Hannah Arendt, as well as two special sessions, one on the philosophy of food and one on Asian philosophy.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Peg Birmingham, DePaul University
ROBERT E. WOOD MEMORIAL ADDRESS
Alejandro Vallega, University of Oregon
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Charles Bambach, University of Texas at Dallas
INVITED SPEAKERS
Sarah LaChance Adams, North Florida University
Ellie Anderson, Pomona College
Babette Babich, Fordham University
Andrew Cutrofello, Loyola University Chicago
Alberto Moreiras, Texas A&M University
Cynthia R. Nielsen, University of Dallas
William Paris, University of Toronto
SPECIAL SESSIONS
FOOD, FREEDOM, & POLITICS
David Kaplan, University of North Texas
Isabelle Bishop, University of North Texas
Mark Budolfson, UT Austin
REMEDIATING BINARIES IN THE RECEPTION OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY
Leah Kalmanson, University of North Texas
Sydney Morrow, University of Central Oklahoma
Brandon Underwood, Vanderbilt University
WORKSHOPS
FREEDPEOPLE & THE PHILOSOPHY OF RACE
Desmond Coleman, Penn State University
THE EARLY ARENDT
John Douglas Macready, Collin College
BOOK SESSION
Jill Drouillard’s Feminist Heidegger: Sex, Gender, and the Politics of Birth (SUNY Press 25)
Dana S. Belu, California State University Dominguez Hills
Jessica S. Elkayam, Sam Houston State University
AFFILIATE SESSIONS
International Association for Environmental Philosophy
Radical Philosophy Association
SUBMISSIONS
The NTPA welcomes papers from all philosophical perspectives although it is especially amenable to the continental philosophical tradition. We invite both individual and two-person panel submissions. Individual submissions should include a completed paper of 3,000-3,500 words and an abstract of 150 – 200 words. Two-person panel submissions should include a title and proposal for the panel of 250-500 words, along with completed papers and abstracts. The NTPA employs a blind review process for non-invited papers, consequently authors names and institutional affiliations should not appear on their proposals, papers, and footnotes, and rather only be included on a separate cover sheet.
Individual Submission:
- Cover sheet with author’s name, title, institutional affiliation, and title of paper
- Abstract of 150-200 words with list of keywords
- Completed paper of 3,000-3,500 (author’s name and affiliations removed)
Two-person Panel Submission:
- Cover sheet with both authors names, titles, institutional affiliations, and title of panel
- Proposal for panel of 250-500 words
- Separate abstracts for each paper of 150-200 words with a list of keywords
- Both completed papers of 3,000-3,500 (authors names and affiliations removed)
DEADLINE FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS
January 18, 2026
As space will be limited, we anticipate the opportunities for presenting papers to be very competitive. You may email your submission to submission@ntxpa.org
Workshops: If you are interested in participating in one or both workshops, please indicate this in your email.
For questions, comments, and more information about the NTPA please contact us.
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