Call For Application- Summer School in Political Philosophy

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Methods in Normative Political Theory/Philosophy
16-26 June 2014
Summer School at Keele University (UK), sponsored by the European Consortium for Political Research. 

Faculty:
* George Sher (Rice)
* Herlinde Pauer-Studer (Vienna)
* David Owen (Southampton)
* Monica Mookherjee (Keele)
* Glen Newey (Brussels)
* John Horton (Keele)
* Elizabeth Frazer (Oxford)
* Andrew Dobson (Keele)
* Geoffrey Cupit (Waikato)
* Sorin Baiasu (Vienna/Keele)

The School gives 20 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers working in the field of moral and political theory/philosophy a unique opportunity to exchange research and teaching ideas with colleagues from other universities and research institutes. This will be the fifth ECPR Summer School organised at Keele and the first organised by the ECPR Kantian Political Thought Standing Group.

Apart from the taught sessions, there will be student papers, social events and opportunities to explore the surrounding countryside near Keele (including a visit to “Rousseau’s cave”, where he wrote the first drafts of his Confessions).

Funding:
The Summer School was awarded by the ECPR two travel and accommodation grants (up to €165 each). For further information, please see the Summer School’s website (www.keele.ac.uk/ecprsummerschool).

Applications:
To apply, please go to: www.keele.ac.uk/ecprsummerschool/applications The deadline for the receipt of applications is 18 April 2014. Acceptances will be emailed by 21 April 2014.

Summer School Convenors:
* Sorin Baiasu, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna/Philosophy Programme, SPIRE, Keele University
* Ruhi Demiray, Philosophy Programme, SPIRE, Keele University/Department of Politics and Public Administration, Kocaeli University

Further Information:
Inquiries concerning the academic programme can be sent to the Summer School coordinator, Sorin Baiasu (sorin.baiasu@univie.ac.at)
For practical questions concerning booking or payment, please contact the Keele Conference Management Team (conference.management@keele.ac.uk or 0044(0)1782 734629)
Further information can be found on the Summer School’s webpages (www.keele.ac.uk/ecprsummerschool) or Facebook page (www.facebook.com/summerschoolkeele – do ‘Like’ us if you  can!)