Seventeenth annual
Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress
University of Colorado, Boulder
August 8-11, 2024
Boulder, Colorado
an international conference geared to offer the highest quality, highest altitude discussion of ethics, broadly conceived
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RoME XVII: Call for commentators
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The Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (RoME) is looking for commentators for papers on the main program of the upcoming conference听 in Boulder, August 8-11. Comments can be given either in person or on Zoom (remote attendance at RoME has a significantly reduced registration fee). Graduate students are particularly encouraged to volunteer (the student registration fee is heavily subsidized). To see a list of papers currently in need of commentators, please follow this link:
If you are interested, please email Alastair Norcross, at听norcross@colorado.edu, and cc听Dayton.Martindale@colorado.edu,听Evan.Frook@colorado.edu, and听bhale@colorado.edu听听Please state which paper(s) you are interested in, and whether you would attend in person or on Zoom.
Call For Papers
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The Center for Values and Social Policy in the Philosophy Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder is pleased to invite paper proposals to our annual RoME Congress.听 Papers from all areas of ethics and political theory are invited.听
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Keynotes: TBD
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Awards and Support
To encourage participation of junior scholars, as well as scholarship in underrepresented branches of ethics, the University of Colorado offers four targeted awards. Applicants may submit their paper to as many prizes as they are eligible, though please be sure to read the eligibility criteria:
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First, as we have for over fifteen years, we award the听Young Ethicist Prize (YEP)听of $500 for most meritorious submission.听 The prize competition is open to any participating untenured philosopher (including, but not limited to, tenure-track faculty, instructors, and graduate students).
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听Second, since 2017 we have been awarding the听Minorities and Philosophy Ethicist Prize (MAP)听of $500 for the most meritorious submission on a topic that addresses a moral, social, political, or legal question or set of questions (i) relating to issues in the profession regarding members of under-represented groups, (ii) regarding philosophy of gender, race, sexual orientation, class, disability, native language, etc. or (iii) addressing normative philosophical questions from an under-represented group perspective.
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Deadlines
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Submission of abstracts: March 20, 2024.听
Notification of acceptance: Sometime in May, 2024.
Full paper submission for Young Ethicist Prize Consideration: June 30, 2024.
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Format
- Abstracts only (750-1000 words).听 Shorter or longer abstracts will not be accepted.
- Double spaced, prepared for blind-review.
- (Anticipate full papers at half-hour reading time or 4500 words, whichever is shorter.)
- In order to be considered for the Young Ethicist Prize, complete papers must be submitted by June 30, 2024 and abstracts must have already been accepted for participation.听 Announcement of a winner will be made at the event.
- Indicate in your submission whether you would consider being a commentator on another paper, should your paper not be accepted to the conference for presentation.
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Please听submit abstracts electronically (in听Word format) to Benjamin Hale (bhale@colorado.edu) and Alastair Norcross (Alastair.Norcross@colorado.edu).听 For record-keeping purposes, please submit with your document title in the following format:听[Lastname], [Firstname] -- [Title].docx
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(For example:听Hale, Benjamin -- How to Title a RoME Paper.docx)
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Visit our website at听/cvsp/events/rocky-mountain-ethics-congress