19 August 2025
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Organisers: Chiara Ambrosio, Michela Bella and Núria Sara Miras Boronat
With the kind support of Michael Festl, local organiser, 5th European Pragmatism Conference
Contact: Chiara Ambrosio (c.ambrosio@ucl.ac.uk), Michela Bella (michela.bella@unimol.it), Núria Sara Miras Boronat (nsmiras@ub.edu).
The Women in Pragmatism Workshop will take place at the University of St. Gallen on 19 August 2025. It will consist of two interactive sessions (three minute presentations; scholars circles), where all attendees will be able to share work-in-progress. It will also include an interactive mentoring session. The day will conclude with a joint event with the fifth European Pragmatism Conference.
This workshop is generously supported by the University of St. Gallen and the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.
Call for papers
The organisers welcome contributions from women, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and all trans colleagues working on any area of pragmatism. We specifically require that participants present work in progress, on which they are seeking feedback in a collegial and supportive environment. As the workshop will run just before the European Pragmatism Conference, we cannot accept submissions that have been accepted for the European Pragmatism Conference.
There are two routes to participate with a contribution to the workshop. Please choose your preferred format, and submit only to one of the following:
Three-minute presentations
The organisers invite submissions for three-minute presentations. Presenters will submit a title and a short abstract, and will be asked to provide three slides in advance of the conference, so that all three-minute presentations will be compiled together ahead of the session. After the presentations, the audience and speakers will be divided in groups for in-depth discussion of the presentations, followed by a plenary discussion which will bring all the groups together.
If you would like to submit a three-minute presentation, please fill in this form by 5 February 2025 at midnight (CET). The form asks you for your contact details, the title of your presentation, and a short (100 words) abstract. If your presentation is accepted, we will contact you and ask you to provide your three slides ahead of the conference.
Scholars Circles
This is a format launched at the SAAP Conference in 2022, and we are grateful to Judy Whipps and Barbara Lowe for bringing it to our attention! We have used this format at our previous WiP workshop in London in 2022, and it has facilitated, among many wonderful things, the completion of entire books (see here for one example). The organisers invite participants to submit a 300-400 words abstract of a work in progress. Facilitators will then create “Circles” consisting of 3-4 individuals, grouping the participants with attention to abstract content, scholarly experience, and stage of academic career (e.g. graduate students, tenured professors, instructors, tenure-track instructors, independent scholars, etc.). Participants will then share and receive feedback on their work within their circles, and 20-30 minutes at the end of the session will be used to have a representative of each group relay back key highlights from the discussion to the other groups.
If you would like to submit a work in progress for a Scholars Circle session, please use this form and submit an abstract by 5 February 2025 (midnight CET).
The outcome of all submissions (presentations and Scholars Circles) will be communicated to all authors approximately three weeks after the deadline.
