2024 NTPA Annual Conference Call for Papers

The North Texas Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the call for papers for its 53rd annual meeting. This year’s NTPA will take place March 29-30, 2024, at The University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas.

Our keynote speaker this year will be Mariana Ortega (Penn State). Babette Babich (Fordham) will give our inaugural Robert E. Wood Memorial Address and our Presidential Address will be given by Charles Bambach (UTD). We will also offer two workshops, one on Marx and one on Foucault, as well as two special sessions, one on Environmental Philosophy and one on Gadamer and Hermeneutics.

Keynote Address

Mariana Ortega, Pennsylvania State University

Robert E. Wood Memorial Address

Babette Babich, Fordham University

Presidential Address

Charles Bambach, University of Texas at Dallas

Invited Speakers

• Jill Drouillard, Mississippi University for Women
• Sharin Elkholy, University of Houston – Downtown
• Humberto González Núñez, University of Texas at Dallas
• Josh Hayes, Alvernia University
• Selin Islekel, Texas A&M University
• Ian Alexander Moore, Loyola Marymount University
• Janae Sholtz, Alvernia University

Workshops

• Marxism and Ideology Critique, Jared Bly, Villanova University
• Foucault’s History of Sexuality vol. 4, Chris Davidson, Mount St. Joseph University

Special Sessions

• Hermeneutical Approaches to Aesthetics and Ethics, Theodore George, Texas A&M University, Cynthia Nielsen, University of Dallas, and Elena Romagnoli, University of Pisa
• Environmental Philosophy in Catastrophic Times, David Utsler, North Central Texas College, Irene Klaver, University of North Texas, Nathan Bell, Dallas College

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.
• Completed paper of 3,000-3,500 words (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.
• Abstracts for both papers of 150-200 words each.
• Both completed papers of 3,000-3,500 (authors names and affiliations removed).

Deadline for All Submissions: January 28, 2024

As space will be limited, we anticipate the opportunities for presenting papers to be very competitive. Email submissions to NTPA Coordinator Andy Amato: andy.amato@utdallas.edu

If you are interested in participating in one or both workshops, please indicate this in your email.

Note: In partnership with UTD, we are currently in the process of developing a new website for our annual conference. Upon completion, we will direct members and participants to the new site for all conference information and updates.

Conference Fees          

Registrant Type	Early Registration Fee (by 3/1/2024)	Registration Fee (after 3/1/2024)
Tenured Faculty	$80	$95
Non-Tenured Fulltime Faculty	$60	$75
Students, Retired Faculty, and the Under-waged	$40	$55