[Passing this on, on behalf of Clive Cazeaux at UWIC - I know from him that political theorists would be particularly welcome, as well as postgrads.] Extended call for papers for the 5th Annual Joint Conference of the Society for European Philosophy and the Forum for European Philosophy at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff; Wales, 27-29 August 2009. http://sepfep2009.wordpress.com/ We welcome abstracts from anyone working on any area of European Philosophy broadly construed, and within any discipline. Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be submitted by 30 June 2009 to Juliana Cardinale in electronic form to [log in to unmask] In addition to proposals for individual papers, proposals for themed panels of (up to) four speakers on any area of European Philosophy are also invited. If you would like to organize a themed panel, please contact Clive Cazeaux by 30 June 2009 at [log in to unmask] Keynote speakers: Rosi Braidotti (Utrecht) Claire Colebrook (Penn State) Leonard Lawlor (Penn State) Christopher Norris (Cardiff) Confirmed panels: The Politics of Critical Theory Andrew Feenberg (Vancouver) James Gordon Finlayson (Sussex) Stefano Giachetti Ludovisi (Loyola) Brian O'Connor (UC Dublin) The Future of Hermeneutics Nicholas Davey (Dundee) Alan How (Gloucester) Julia Jansen (UC Cork) Sinead Murphy (Newcastle) Blair Ogden (Balliol) Andrew Wiercinski (Hanover) The Role of Imagery and Ontology in Thought Andrew Benjamin (Monash) Clive Cazeaux (UWIC Cardiff) John Mullarkey (Dundee) A prize of £250 will be awarded to the best graduate paper, as judged by members of the SEP and FEP Committees. Graduates who would like their papers considered for the prize should email their papers (maximum 3,000 words) as Word 2003 attachments to Clive Cazeaux at [log in to unmask] by 3 August 2009. Deadline summary: Panel proposals by 30 June 2009 to [log in to unmask] Paper abstracts by 30 June 2009 to [log in to unmask] Graduate papers in full by 3 August 2009 to [log in to unmask] Full details available at http://sepfep2009.wordpress.com/ Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html. Prolonged discussions should be moved to chora: enrol via http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/chora.html. Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at http://www.liv.ac.uk/pal.