Call for Proposals and Tracks
Call for Proposals
Our submission portal is officially open and we will be reviewing proposals until our deadline of Friday, January 12, 2024. Notifications will be sent out by late February 2024.
Our hope is that our conversations and collaborations will challenge and deepen our various disciplines. Submissions for group symposia, individual papers, and posters are welcome. We invite papers that seek some form of interchange between psychology, philosophy, theology, and/or humanities-related disciplines. Student posters are highly encouraged as well.
Please note all presenters are required to register for the conference and attend in person. Virtual presentation options are not available. More pricing guidelines are shared below.
Requested Information
15-word maximum
500-word maximum
Paper, Symposia, or Poster
If applicable
Track Descriptions:
We welcome proposals that open the borders of psychology to the contributions of other fields (e.g., philosophy, sociology, history, literature, art, and political and theological/religious studies). As the general track, we expect the majority of submissions will fall into this category.
Specialty Tracks:
We invite proposals that aim to explore a wide range of perspectives and applications related to mindfulness practices. Our primary objective is to facilitate meaningful discussions that enrich the field of mindfulness research, enhancing our comprehension of its phenomenology and its practical implications in the real world. We encourage submissions from presenters who investigate mindfulness as an integral element of the mind-body connection.
We welcome proposals which explore the question of what can and cannot be known. From detective fiction to explorers of various epistemological frontiers (for instance Jung, Lacan, and Derrida), this track will be home to conversations about mystery in the many ways that it has been represented and explored.
We welcome proposals which take up the question of what a premodern author has to tell us about where we go from our postmodern condition. The Florentine, phenomenology, existentialism, and apophatic mysticism are each examples of sources from which we might draw. This track builds upon the enriching dialogues of our previous gatherings, as well as the publication of "Dante and the Other: A Phenomenology of Love.”
We welcome proposals which envision a phenomenology that delves into the enigmatic, the uncanny, the abject, and the abcanny, as well as our encounters with the unknowable other.
We welcome proposals which draw from interdisciplinary perspectives to delve into the rich tapestry of the age-old yet evolving practice of spiritual direction.