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Call for Papers Theme: Utopias and Justice Type: Yaoundé PhD Seminar Institution: Centre d'études et de recherches sur la justice sociale et politique, Université Catholique d'Afrique Centrale Chaire d'éthique économique et sociale, Université catholique de Louvain Location: Yaoundé (Cameroon) Date: 22.–28.8.2016 Deadline: 15.3.2016 __________________________________________________ We are delighted to invite graduate students to apply to the 2016 edition of the Yaoundé PhD seminar, which will take place on 22-28 of August in Yaoundé. The topic this year will be ‘Utopias and Justice’. We will be accepting abstracts of no more than 500 words and the deadline for submission is the 15th of March 2016. The Yaoundé PhD Seminar is an international and interdisciplinary conference that has been in place since 2012. The yearly event is jointly organized by the Hoover Chair of Economics and Social Ethics in Louvain la Neuve (Belgium) and the Centre d'études et de recherches sur la justice sociale et politique of the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé. The aim of the conference is to create long-lasting relationships between academics from Africa and academics from elsewhere. The seminar usually runs over a full week with 4/5 days of academic activities and 2/3 days of turistic visit. To read about previous years, see: http://www.uclouvain.be/470542.html This year, the Université Catholique de Louvain is celebrating the 500 years of the publication of Thomas More's Utopia and we are happy to contribute to this celebration by organizing an event on the broad and fascinating topic of Utopias The organizing committee will consider applications from PhD students – half from African Universities (max. 12) and the other half from non-African universities (max. 12). Applicants will be selected according to their research project on aspects related to the topic ‘Utopias and Justice’. We welcome applications from students in Philosophy, Law, Theology, Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, History, Human Rights, etc. Students finishing their Master degree and willing to start a PhD will be considered if they wish to audit the seminar and should email us their cv. We are open to any approach and angle to the topic of Utopias. But you will find in the list below some topics that would be a welcome addition to the discussions. - The history of utopias: Which utopias have inspired our world? What is out dated, or on the contrary timeless, in the utopias of Thomas More, utopian socialist Charles Fourier and others? - The force of utopias: A theory is often described as utopian to denigrate it. What should we think of the prospects and merits of utopian theories? What can utopian and dystopian theorists hope to achieve? - Plural utopias: Which insights are shared by socialist, feminist, postcolonial, green, religious and liberal utopias? On which aspects do they part ways? Which other kinds of utopias do we lack? - Ideal Theories and Utopias: What are the methodological similarities and differences between utopian theories and ideal theories? What makes one or the other more suitable to inspiring and informing politics? - Utopian experiments: What can we learn from “utopian experiments”, socialist settlements and communes? What role can utopian experimenters have in the struggle for social justice? - African utopias: Which utopias and dystopias can be found in the African continent, either in traditional cultures, in anti-colonialist and pan-African movements, or in postcolonial thinking and literature? Applications are expected by the 15th of March 2016 in French or English. All application should be sent simultaneously to Juliana Bidadanure (juliana.bidadan...@gmail.com) and Thierry Ngosso (ngossothie...@yahoo.fr) and must include: 1. An abstract of your planned contribution of no more than 500 words or a discussion of 500 words of how your PhD thesis topic fits within the theme of the conference. 2. Your CV. Successful applicants will be notified by the 31st of March at the latest. Once in Cameroon, your accommodation, transportation and catering will be fully covered by the organizing committee. Keynote Speakers: Fabien Eboussi Boulaga, Soumaya Mestiri, Ajume Wingo, Holly Lawford-Smith, Emily McTernan, Martin Booms, Mohamed Gheris. Organizing Comittee: Juliana Bidadanure, Stanford University, USA Thierry Ngosso, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and Catholic University of Central Africa, Cameroon Scientific Comittee: Ernest-Marie Mbonda, Université Catholique d’Afrique Centrale, Cameroon and University of Moncton, Canada Axel Gosseries, Université Catholique de Louvain Contact: Juliana Bidadanure Center for Ethics in Society Stanford Law School Stanford University Crown Quadrangle, 3rd floor Stanford, CA 94305 USA Email: juliana.bidadan...@gmail.com Web: https://www.uclouvain.be/en-461390.html __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
