Every spring, the University of Oklahoma Philosophy Department hosts a philosophy conference at which undergraduate students present their philosophical papers. There is also a keynote address by a prominent philosopher. The 2008 conference was held Saturday, April 12. The conference program can be found here.
The deadline for paper submissions is typically early in the spring semester. Undergraduate students from any university, including the University of Oklahoma, are eligible to submit papers for blind review. Each accepted paper will be commented upon, typically by a graduate student, and discussed by audience members.
A limited number of stipends may be available to support students with significant travel costs whose papers are selected for presentation.
Past keynote speakers:
Catherine Elgin, Harvard University, 2008 Susan Wolf, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2007 Bernard Boxill, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2006 Eric Mack, Tulane University, 2005 Robert Solomon, University of Texas, 2004 William Wainwright, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2003 C.D.C. Reeve, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2002 Fred Miller, Bowling Green State University, 2001 Kathleen Okruhlik, University of Western Ontario, 2000 Gareth B. Matthews, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1999 Marilyn Friedman, Washington University, 1998