CALL FOR PAPERS
72nd Annual Meeting 2016
The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society (PES)
will take place from March 17-21 in Toronto, Canada, at the Sheraton
Toronto Center Hotel (http://www.sheratontoronto.
The Program Committee invites papers to be submitted for presentation
at the Annual Meeting and for subsequent publication in the PES
Yearbook, Philosophy of Education 2016. The Committee also invites two
other types of proposals: (1) Proposals for alternative sessions; (2)
Proposals for work-in-progress that bring participants together to
collaborate on developing ideas that are not yet ready for the regular
paper submission process. Papers and proposals that address the
conference theme are encouraged, but all submissions will be
considered.
PES 2016 THEME: Philosophy of Education in the Gap between Past and Future
This year’s conference invites submissions on the theme of “philosophy
of education in ‘the gap between past and future’.” The phrase comes
from Hannah Arendt’s preface to Between Past and Future. It refers to
the challenges of understanding our current predicament without the
kind of guidance that might once have been given by what Arendt calls
“the great tradition” of political thought, and it urges us to think
carefully about the challenges of preparing young people for an
unforeseen future in light of these fissures in time. For Arendt, the
gap between past and future is most forcefully opened up by unexpected
and seemingly unprecedented world historical events, but it is also
opened up and sustained by the act of thinking itself, and more
specific to our purposes, by making this thinking public in the hopes
of redirecting educational thinking, policy and practice.
Papers that think about education in (or as) the gap between past and
future are encouraged, but special consideration for inclusion in a
special issue of Educational Theory will be given to papers that
address the question of philosophy of education in the gap between
past and future.
There are many possibilities for orienting submissions to the
conference theme: a) In keeping with Arendt’s approach to engaging
traditions of thought, submissions might engage in sifting through the
intellectual inheritances of our field in order to dig up the “lost
treasures” and examine the “sea-changes” in thinking that render them
particularly useful for understanding education in the present moment.
b) Submissions might seek to think philosophically about how to name
and navigate our educational present, without the sorts of certainties
that come from a consensus view about what the past has to offer these
understandings, or what the future may hold. c) Submissions might
engage the task of thinking about the field of philosophy of education
in relation to education’s future. Work that opens up new
possibilities and sites for doing philosophy of education would be
particularly germane here, as would work that seeks to redirect and
reorient prior work in the field. d) Finally, we encourage submissions
that attend to gaps within the field, i.e. to that which is missing or
has been absent(ed) from the purview of philosophy of education. How
might attending to these gaps reorient our understanding of the
field’s past, rethink its present, and redirect its future?
Of course, part of thinking about philosophy of education in the gap
between past and future involves recognizing and grappling with the
work that is being done in the present moment. For this reason,
submissions to this conference do not have address the theme
explicitly. All papers will go through the normal review process.
Papers not found acceptable on grounds of quality will not be accepted
simply because they address the theme. Papers not addressing the theme
will not be penalized for that reason.
COLLABORATION WITH EDUCATIONAL THEORY
In keeping with recent past practice, the Philosophy of Education
Society and the journal Educational Theory will collaborate on a
specially themed issue of the journal that will address the question
of educational theorizing in the gap between past and present. With
this in mind, following the conference, and in light of the response
pieces at the event, the Program Chair will invite some or all of the
authors who have written on the theme to revise and expand their
papers, up to a limit of about 6,000 words, within two months of the
conference. The revised versions will be substantially different than
submissions to the PES yearbook (which may not be revised subsequent
to the conference). It is even possible that a response paper might be
deemed by the Program Chair to be of sufficient quality and
distinctness to justify its being expanded to a full-length essay on
its own and submitted as part of the collection. In the revision
process, authors may also be asked to locate their argument more
clearly in the context of educational theorizing, or indicate the
significance of the argument for educational policy and practice.
Two months after the conference, this set of revised papers will then
be submitted as a collection to Educational Theory for review and
consideration as part of a special themed issue. The papers will go
through the normal journal review process, and may be subject to
requests for further revision following that process. They will be
refereed publications, as are all Educational Theory articles.
Decisions on the final acceptance of papers will be made jointly by
the Program Chair, serving as Guest Editor of the special issue, and
the journal Editor, but in cases of disagreement the final decision
will rest with the journal Editor.
Given the review process and production timeline, this special issue
will normally appear early in the year following the conference.
SUBMITTING PAPERS TO THE CONFERENCE
The Program Committee will review only submissions made in accordance
with the instructions below. Papers reviewed and accepted by the
Program Committee, and invited responses to them, will be published
online in the society’s annual journal: Philosophy of Education 2016.
Past issues can be viewed here: http://ojs.ed.uiuc.edu/index.
The program committee for PES 2016 includes Charles Bingham, Avi
Mintz, Megan Laverty, Kanako Ide, Guoping Zhao, Dini Metro-Roland,
Stephanie Mackler, Suzanne Rosenblith, Joshua Corngold, Deron Boyles,
John Covaleskie, Ashley Taylor, Terri Wilson, Paul Farber, Quentin
Wheeler-Bell, Kathryn Hytten, Judith Suissa, Heather
Greenlaigh-Spencer and Kevin Gary. (Thanks in advance to these
colleagues for their service to the society). Graduate Assistance:
Ryan Ozar, Kent State University.
Deadline: Papers and proposals must be submitted electronically to
pes2016submissions@gmail.com no later than November 1, 2015.
Submission instructions appear below.
Submission Formats
Paper Submissions: Papers may not exceed 4,500 words, including
footnotes, and must be written in proper PES form (see the Style
Guide). The 4,500-word limit will be strictly enforced. Papers that
modestly exceed the 4500-word limit will be subject to editing. Papers
that exceed this limit excessively will be subject to rejection
without review or to not being published in the PES Yearbook.
Multiple reviewers will review papers blindly. Final decisions on
manuscripts rest with the Program Chair. Criteria for review include
quality of argument, links to philosophical and philosophy of
education literature and to education policy and practice, quality of
expression, and significance of the contribution. Please make sure
that references to your name, institutional affiliation, or work
(e.g., “As I have argued on many occasions…”) are omitted from the
paper, including the notes. Your identifying information will not be
available to reviewers.
Alternative Presentation Submissions: Proposals may not exceed 1,000
words, including references. If the session being proposed involves
multiple presenters, please specify the contribution of each
presenter.
Alternative session proposals take two general forms:
• Alternative Sessions: Examples include roundtables, poster
dialogues, author meets critics panels, performances, interviews, and
panel conversations on issues. Criteria for review include originality
and clarity of motivating question or idea, potential interaction with
session attendees, and relevance/importance to educational philosophy
and educational practice. Alternative sessions may be scheduled
concurrently with paper sessions or in separate time slots.
• Work-in-Progress Sessions: these sessions will group scholars with
work-in-progress in an informal collaborative setting. Proposals
should detail the question or claim being investigated, relevant
sources/resources, likely direction, and mode(s) of analysis. Criteria
for review include clarity and significance of the question/claim,
suitability of sources/resources, suitability of mode(s) of analysis,
and potential for thinking anew about issues in the field of
educational philosophy.
Submission Process
Submit papers or proposals as a Word attachment to
pes2016submissions@gmail.com by November 1, 2015. In the body of your
e-mail, please provide the following contact information:• Name•
Institutional Affiliation• Email address• Phone number• Mailing
address
Submissions will be accepted beginning September 15, 2015. An e-mail
confirmation that your submission has been received will be sent
within two business days.Note: If you do not receive an email
confirmation within two business days of your submission, please
contact Natasha Levinson at nlevinso@kent.edu
Respondents and ChairsMembers of PES who are interested in serving as
session chairs or respondents are invited to contact the Program
Chair, Natasha Levinson at nlevinso@kent.edu. Please specify your
areas of expertise and provide your full contact information (mailing
address, email address, and phone number). For questions concerning
the program, please contact Natasha Levinson at nlevinso@kent.edu . We
look forward to receiving your submissions.
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