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*CALL FOR PAPERS*

The Philosophy Department at the University of Birmingham is organising
and hosting an interdisciplinary one-day conference entitled "Happiness
and the Meaning of Life" on Saturday the 19th May, 2007.

Keynote speakers will be:
John Cottingham (Reading)
Thaddeus Metz (Witwatersrand)
Elaine Duncan (Glasgow Caledonian)
Jimmy Lenman (Sheffield)
Yujin Nagasawa (Birmingham)

This event is funded by the Royal Institute of Philosophy (main sponsor)
and the European Journal of Philosophy.

The conference will be dedicated to the presentation of papers on the
theme of happiness, well-being, and the meaning of life from different
perspectives, for instance philosophy, economics, ethics, religious
studies, and psychology.

Possible topics include:
– hedonism and happiness
– preference satisfaction and well-being
– mortality and the meaning of life
– emotions
(If unsure about the suitability of your research topic, please email the
organisers – details below).

If you wish to contribute, send a 1000-word extended abstract outlining
the main argument of the paper to Lisa Bortolotti
(l.bortolotti@bham.ac.uk) or Yujin Nagasawa (y.nagasawa@bham.ac.uk) as an
email attachment in MS Word or text format. Include your contact details
(name, email address and affiliation) in the text of your email but not in
your attachment to allow for blind review. The deadline for submitting
papers is 1st February 2007. Abstracts will be read and selected by a
panel and contributors will be notified by 2nd April 2007. Selected papers
will be considered for publication in the European Journal of Philosophy.

Benefits for contributors: there will be no conference registration fee
for contributors and buffet lunch and refreshment will be provided on the
day. Unfortunately, we can offer neither reimbursement of travel expenses
to Birmingham nor accommodation. For other delegates, there will be a
registration fee of £10 (waged) or £8 (unwaged).

For further information about the event, visit the conference website at:
http://www.philosophy.bham.ac.uk/HappinessConference/

For other exciting philosophical events at the University of Birmingham,
visit: http://www.philosophy.bham.ac.uk/whatson.htm