SAAP2025

Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy

52nd Annual Meeting

March 13–15, 2025, Washington, D.C.

The Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy cordially invites papers on the theme of American Philosophy: Lacunas, Derelictions and Evasions for its 2025 meeting, to be held at Howard University in Washington, D.C., March 13–15, 2025. Proposals in all areas of American Philosophy—broadly construed to include philosophies of the Americas, pragmatism, and global work on philosophers from the Americas—are welcome, though some preference will be given to proposals that engage with the conference theme. Scholars who are not presently members of the Society are especially encouraged to submit.

Hotel Reservations:

Howard Philosophy Rooms
March 13, 2025 – March 15, 2025
Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20009, US

Reservation Deadline is February 13th!

Reserve a Room!

CONTACTS:

For all correspondence regarding the program content, contact the Program Co-Chairs Mariana Alessandri (mariana.alessandri@utrgv.edu) and Ryan Musgrave (rmusgrave@rollins.edu).

For issues with the submission website, please contact the Secretary, Daniel J. Brunson (daniel.brunson@morgan.edu).

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Eligibility: You do not need to be a member to submit a proposal, but you must be a member in order to present your accepted submission. To become a member, please visit the Society’s membership page. Only one submission per person will be considered. Individuals may appear on the program no more than twice. Those appearing twice must do so in two distinct capacities (paper presenter, panel discussant, session chair, etc.). Participants may, for example, present a paper and be a panel commentator, but may not present two papers. This includes invited societies, e.g., if you are an Invited Society participant, you may be a session chair, commentator, or a reader, etc.

DECISIONS & SCHEDULING:

Confirmation: All persons making submissions to the annual meeting website will receive automatic confirmation of receipt of their submission. If the listed contact person for a submission does not receive an automatic confirmation shortly after completing the submission process, then that person should check their spam folder. If the automatic confirmation is not in the spam folder, please contact the Secretary, Daniel J. Brunson (daniel.brunson@morgan.edu)

Decisions: All submissions are anonymously reviewed by at least three members of a six-person program committee. Four of the program committee members are members of the SAAP Executive Board—namely, the two first year at-large Board members and the two program co-chairs. The other two program committee members are SAAP members appointed by the President. Each paper or proposal is reviewed by a team of three reviewers, with each team including one program co-chair. Each paper or proposal receives a numerical score, and the top scoring papers and proposals are accepted for presentation. Response to submissions will be limited to acceptance status. Accepted and eligible submissions are reviewed a second time for the various prizes. Please note that the SAAP program selection committee does not provide feedback on submissions to the conference.

Notification: If you have not received notification regarding the Program Committee’s decision about your submission by November 15th, please contact the Secretary, Daniel J. Brunson (daniel.brunson@morgan.edu)

Scheduling: The Program Committee will schedule papers and sessions between midday on Thursday and Saturday late afternoon. By submitting to this conference, participants are indicating they can and will be able to attend their session, if accepted.

Availability of accepted submissions online: SAAP will post accepted proposals to the annual meeting website. Those submissions will be removed from the website shortly after the 2025 meeting ends. The Secretary will inform the authors of accepted submissions that their submissions have been removed from the website via email.

Publication Possibilities: SAAP will plan to publish selected papers from the annual SAAP meeting in The Pluralist. If your paper is accepted for the annual meeting, it will be considered for publication unless you indicate in your submission under “Publication Consideration” that you do not wish this to be the case. Only papers completed at the time of submission will be considered for publication.

CONFERENCE SUPPORT:

Graduate Students: Travel funds are available to assist students whose proposals are accepted for the program. Students should indicate their interest in receiving these funds when submitting. Students who have indicated interest will be contacted by SAAP Treasurer Bill Myers (saaptreasurer@gmail.com) with further information.

A/V Availability: While networks, projectors, and screens should be in all rooms, please bring a personal device and the appropriate adapters. Also, as always, be prepared to present without technology.