U.S. MIDWEST SWIP 2025 CONFERENCE

MARCH 20-22 AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE

EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS

Call for Abstracts:

The U.S. Midwest Division of the Society for Women in Philosophy (MWSWIP) invites papers in all areas of feminist philosophy, theory, and praxis, including but not limited to ethics, social/political philosophy, phenomenology, existentialism, epistemology, and metaphysics. MWSWIP is interested in enriching discussions about contemporary social and political issues, and we welcome work that interrogates how such issues intersect with race, gender, ability, class, and so on.

Submission Guidelines:  

Submit an extended abstract of 800-1000 words with a preliminary bibliography prepped for anonymous review. As a separate attachment, include a cover page with the paper title, institutional affiliation, rank or occupation, and email address of the presenters. Please send all submissions as MS word documents to midwestusswip@gmail.com by December 15th, 2024. 

In light of recent events, we are particularly interested in submissions that engage with the lives and experiences of queer, trans*, lesbian, gay, and bisexual people of color, and will give preference to submissions that address this topic.

Other potential themes include: 

  • Reproductive Justice 
  • Mass Incarceration, Cradle-to-prison Pipeline, and Carceral Feminisms 
  • Sexual Assault and Gender-based Violence
  • Police and State Violence against People of Color and Trans* People 
  • Coloniality and Decolonial Methodologies 
  • Queer/Crip Theory and Disability Studies 
  • Insurrectional Political Action and Uprisings 
  • Climate Change, the Anthropocene, and Muzzling/Silencing of Climate Research 
  • Indigeneity and Indigenous Rights 
  • Immigration, Assimilation, and Statelessness  

Austerity Measures and Neoliberalism 

  • Food Justice and Food Politics 
  • Social Epistemology, esp. investigations into and critical readings of epistemology of ignorance and epistemology of resistance literature 
  • Pluralist and/or Multiplicitous theories of Identity 

The program committee gives preference to women and members of other marginalized groups who are working on feminist projects that engage multiple axes of oppression. We also welcome the work of scholars at any stage in their careers.  

GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Host Institution                                                           

Department of Philosophy and the Graduate School                                       

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville        

Edwardsville, IL 62026                                    

https://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/philosophy

Host Liaisons

Dr. Alison Reiheld

areihel@siue.edu

Dr. Saba Fatima

sfatima@siue.edu

Program Organizer

Dr. Meredith Verrochi

mverroc@siue.edu