56th Annual Meeting — Call for Papers
The North Texas Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the call for papers for its 56th annual meeting. This year’s NTPA will take place March 26th-27th, 2027 at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas.
Our keynote speaker this year will be Todd McGowan (University of Vermont). John D. Caputo (Syracuse University) 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 critical theory and one on environmental ethics, as well as two special sessions, one on Simone Weil and one on critical phenomenology.
Keynote Address
Todd McGowan | University of Vermont
Robert E. Wood Memorial Address
John D. Caputo | Syracuse University
Presidential Address
Charles Bambach | UT Dallas
Invited Speakers
- Babette Babich | Fordham University
- Corey Barnes | Northwestern University
- S. D. Chrostowska | York University
- Theodore George | Texas A&M University
- Cynthia Nielsen | University of Dallas
- Laurenz Ramsauer | UT Dallas
Special Sessions
Rethinking Social and Political Phenomenology
Elisa Magrì | Boston College
Jill Drouillard | Mississippi University for Women
Simone Weil
Benjamin P. Davis | Texas A&M University
Robert Zaretsky | University of Houston
Benjamin Décarie-Daigneault | Texas A&M University
Workshops
Critical Theory | Adorno: Writing Against Ideology
Iaan Reynolds | Utah Valley University
Environmental Ethics | Justice in a Burning World
Don Beith | University of Maine
Book Session
Nightmare Remains: The Politics of Mourning and Epistemologies of Disappearance
by Ege Selin Islekel | Northwestern 2024
Reviewers:
Julian Rios Acuña | Grinnell College
Humberto González-Núñez | UT Dallas
Submissions
The NTPA welcomes papers from all philosophical perspectives although it is especially amenable to the continental philosophical tradition. We encourage submissions from historically overlooked and marginalized perspectives. We invite 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)
Please note that all submission materials should be separate word or pdf documents.
Deadline for All Submissions
January 17, 2027
As space will be limited, we anticipate the opportunities for presenting papers to be very competitive. Email submissions to submissions@ntxpa.org
For more information on this year’s conference including registration/fees and travel/lodging click here.