CFP: Ephemeris, Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy

CFP: EPHEMERIS THE UNDERGRADUATE JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY

Ephemeris is an undergraduate journal of philosophy that is
student-run and dedicated to publishing exceptional undergraduate
writing grounded in the distinct value and interest of the
philosophical endeavor.

Contributions: Contributions are solicited in all areas of the
philosophical discipline. Contributions should take the form of essay,
article, or short note. Review articles are welcome. Please include a
short abstract describing the thesis of the paper and main
conclusions. Generally the length should be no greater than 25 pages.

Format: All work must be submitted as electronic copy in standard Word
(doc or docx), OpenOffice or RTF format. Do not submit PDFs. Please
use footnotes, not endnotes. Suitable stylistic guides are the MLA
standard or the Chicago Manual. Simultaneous submission is acceptable
on the conditions of notification at the time of submission and
immediate notification if the paper is accepted elsewhere. Further
details available to our website.

Be sure to include your name, postal and email addresses, and the
university or college in which you are enrolled as an undergraduate.

Email: Please send your work and any correspondence to
<ephemeris.uc@gmail.com>. You should receive a confirmation of receipt
in a matter of days.

Date: The next issue of Ephemeris will be the 2012 edition.

Submission deadline is February 15, 2012.

For more information about Ephemeris and submission guidelines, please
visit our website at <http://punzel.org/Ephemeris>.

Editors, Ephemeris
c/o Dept of Philosophy
Union College
Schenectady, NY 12308 USA
<ephemeris.uc@gmail.com>
<http://punzel.org/Ephemeris>

Undergraduate Journal

*Arete*, The Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of Rutgers University, is now
accepting paper submissions for publication in its Spring 2012 issue. On the
order of 5 papers will be published, on the internet and in print (limited
run).**

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Traditionally only work from college upperclassmen is encouraged. Analytic
rigor is prerequisite for publication. Papers from any field of philosophy
are welcome.**

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Submissions should not exceed 8,000 words, with a cover page, abstract, and
citations in Chicago format. Please do not include information in the text
of your paper that identifies the author or the institution you attend.
Submit papers by attachment, (from an email address we can use to correspond
with you) in Word document or PDF format, to *
rundergrad.philo.journal@gmail.com* by September 16th, 2011.

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We will email you on or shortly after that date to confirm our receipt of
your paper. Based on the number of submissions we have received in the past,
it will take us some time to read all the papers submitted for this issue.
Consequently the authors of papers accepted for publication will be notified
in December.**

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Famous Philosophy Majors

Here's a link to a post on the Leiter Reports blog where readers have
contributed names of famous philosophy majors:
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2011/03/famous-philosophy-majors.html

Undergraduate Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS
Providence College will host the 7th annual New England Undergraduate
Philosophy Conference on Saturday, April 2, 2011, from 9:30-4:00.

The keynote address shall be delivered by Professor Richard Rojcewicz,
Senior Research Fellow at the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center at
Duquesne University

Papers on any philosophical topic are welcome. Undergraduate
students
who are interested in presenting their work at the conference should
submit a 10-15 page paper for review to the conference committee.
The
papers should be prepared for blind review and should be sent as Word
or rich text documents to Dr. Christopher Arroyo at
phlclub@providence.edu. Anyone interested
in serving as a commentator at the conference should inform the
committee by e-mailing phlclub@providence.edu

The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, February 23, 2011.

Conference at W & J

Please see Dr. Fox for information on an undergraduate conference to be held at Washington and Jefferson College on April 16th. The submission deadline is March 12th.

Graduate School in Philosophy(?)

Here's a useful discussion for those possibly interested in graduate
school for philosophy:

http://home.sprynet.com/~owl1/grad.htm

Call for Undergraduate Essays

The Interlocutor: Sewanee Philosophical Review is pleased to announce
its most recent volume and its first call for high quality
undergraduate essays for its upcoming volume.

Please send this announcement to students who might have an interest
in this opportunity.

Our call for essays and instructions for submissions can be viewed at
http://www.sewanee.edu/philosophy/interlocutor/submit.html

The most recent volume is available at
http://www.sewanee.edu/philosophy/interlocutor/journal.html

If you or your students have questions, please feel free to contact
interloc@sewanee.edu