Call for Papers: Philosophy of the Enlightenment

Posted in Calls for Papers by Editor on August 30, 2010

The British Society for the History of Philosophy Annual Conference 2011
University of Sussex, 29-31 March 2011

Proposals due by 31 December 2010

Papers relating to any aspect of the philosophy of the enlightenment will be considered. The topic will be interpreted broadly, but we particularly
welcome papers in the following areas:

Philosophy and Political Thought in the Enlightenment
The Enlightenment and Kant
Aesthetics and the Enlightenment

There will be a panel on ‘Jewish Thought in the Enlightenment’, and papers on this topic are also welcome. Plenary speakers will include Jonathan Friday (Kent), Knud Haakonssen (Sussex), James Harris (St Andrews), Ian Hunter (Queensland), and Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary, London). The conference is being hosted by the Department of Philosophy and the Sussex Centre for Intellectual History.Papers, suitably formated for blind review, should be sent to Lucy Allais: L.L.Allais@sussex.ac.uk

Inquiries:
Lucy Allais: L.L.Allais@sussex.ac.uk or
Knud Haakonssen: k.haakonssen@sussex.ac.uk