UPcoming Conferences
AMINTAPHIL 2025 Conference
Institutions and Virtues Necessary for Democracy
September 18-21, 2025Portland State University Principal Papers Due Date: July 31st, 2025Due Date for All Comment Papers: August 30th, 2025 We invite submissions for the 2025 conference of the American Association of Legal and Social Philosophy (AMINTAPHIL) on the general theme of Institutions and Virtues Necessary for Democracy.
Papers unrelated to the conference theme will be considered. Proposals or abstracts for such papers, however, will need to be submitted for approval. Please send them to Win-chiat Lee (leew@wfu.edu) no later than June 30, 2025. AMINTAPHIL is an interdisciplinary society of philosophers, legal theorists, political scientists, and economists who are interested in normative questions about justice, society, the economy, and democracy. It is affiliated with the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR), which meets biannually in years opposite to AMINTPHIL meetings. All members of AMINTAPHIL gain membership in IVR.
We especially encourage and invite early career scholars to join AMINTAPHIL and participate in our conferences by contributing either a principal paper or a comment paper. We have funds available, albeit limited, to assist with the travel expenses of early career scholars who have no or limited access to travel funds. Please send enquires or requests to the Executive Director, Win-chiat Lee, at (leew@wfu.edu). AMINTAPHIL conferences follow a distinctive format, in which “principal papers” are submitted and posted in advance. “Comment papers” are then submitted, also in advance of the conference, and the meeting proceeds in discussion format. Attendees are expected to read the papers prior to the conference. The Program Committee will group papers on related themes into distinct sessions for the conference, and all sessions are plenary (i.e., there are no breakouts). This conference format lends itself to gaining deep, multi-faceted and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the chosen topic, and engaging in rich dialogue with other attendees. All on-topic submitted papers are included in the conference, and selected papers are published in a subsequent, peer reviewed volume of essays by Springer. AMINTAPHIL members are eligible to submit papers. (Membership information is online at https://amintaphil.org/.) Principal papers should be no more than 5500 words, and should begin with a brief abstract; comment papers should be no more than 2200 words. All members of AMINTAPHIL will be notified when principal papers are available for download. Submit papers to Win-Chiat Lee at leew@wfu.edu with the subject line: “AMINTAPHIL 2025 submission.” Please direct inquiries to: Executive Director: Win-Chiat Lee, leew@wfu.eduProgram Committee Chair: Ioanna Tourkochoriti, itourkochoriti@ubalt.edu
Accommodation and travel information will be disseminated later.
Papers unrelated to the conference theme will be considered. Proposals or abstracts for such papers, however, will need to be submitted for approval. Please send them to Win-chiat Lee (leew@wfu.edu) no later than June 30, 2025. AMINTAPHIL is an interdisciplinary society of philosophers, legal theorists, political scientists, and economists who are interested in normative questions about justice, society, the economy, and democracy. It is affiliated with the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR), which meets biannually in years opposite to AMINTPHIL meetings. All members of AMINTAPHIL gain membership in IVR.
We especially encourage and invite early career scholars to join AMINTAPHIL and participate in our conferences by contributing either a principal paper or a comment paper. We have funds available, albeit limited, to assist with the travel expenses of early career scholars who have no or limited access to travel funds. Please send enquires or requests to the Executive Director, Win-chiat Lee, at (leew@wfu.edu). AMINTAPHIL conferences follow a distinctive format, in which “principal papers” are submitted and posted in advance. “Comment papers” are then submitted, also in advance of the conference, and the meeting proceeds in discussion format. Attendees are expected to read the papers prior to the conference. The Program Committee will group papers on related themes into distinct sessions for the conference, and all sessions are plenary (i.e., there are no breakouts). This conference format lends itself to gaining deep, multi-faceted and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the chosen topic, and engaging in rich dialogue with other attendees. All on-topic submitted papers are included in the conference, and selected papers are published in a subsequent, peer reviewed volume of essays by Springer. AMINTAPHIL members are eligible to submit papers. (Membership information is online at https://amintaphil.org/.) Principal papers should be no more than 5500 words, and should begin with a brief abstract; comment papers should be no more than 2200 words. All members of AMINTAPHIL will be notified when principal papers are available for download. Submit papers to Win-Chiat Lee at leew@wfu.edu with the subject line: “AMINTAPHIL 2025 submission.” Please direct inquiries to: Executive Director: Win-Chiat Lee, leew@wfu.eduProgram Committee Chair: Ioanna Tourkochoriti, itourkochoriti@ubalt.edu
Accommodation and travel information will be disseminated later.