July 15-17, 2024
SPAWN is the Syracuse Philosophy Annual Workshop and Network. It’s been happening (almost) every Summer since 2005.
This year’s SPAWN is on The Highest Good.
Following the distinctive SPAWN format, invited junior scholars send their papers to conference attendees weeks in advance, and more senior scholars serve as commentators. This year each session will be 90 minutes long, beginning with a 10 minute introductory overview from the speaker, 10-15 minutes of comments, and a 5 minute response from the speaker. The remainder of the session will be open Q&A.
This year’s authors will be: Sukaina Hirji, Daniel Ferguson, Kristin Primus, Olivia Branscum, Thimo Heisenberg, and Karin Nisenbaum.
The commentators are: Rachana Kamtekar, Christopher Shields, John Carriero, Christia Mercer, Mark Alznauer, and Dean Moyar.
Stephen Engstrom, Gabriel Richardson Lear, and Christopher Shields will each give a special talk.
The papers for the workshop sessions will be posted in the password-protected Papers section of this website and will be available on July 1st. Conference participants will receive the password by e-mail.
If you would like to attend SPAWN, please register here.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with the 2024 SPAWN organizers:
Karin Nisenbaum: kanisenb@syr.edu
Steven Alvarez: stalvare@syr.edu