Pacific Study Group

About the Study Group

The Pacific Study Group (PSG) of the North American Kant Society is an informal group that meets once per year, typically in late winter, to facilitate interaction among students and scholars of Kant. The PSG typically features five or six presentations, one of which is usually from a graduate student. The PSG was founded by Eric Watkins in 2002 and its first meeting was hosted at the University of California at San Diego. The PSG has met every year thereafter at universities up and down the west coast (and online during the pandemic) and has featured many influential papers.

Contact

Dai Heide, Regional Chair

2025 NAKS Pacific Study Group Meeting

San Francisco State University, March 14-15, 2025

Host: David Landy

Speakers:

Keynote: Corey Dyck (Western University)

Maya Krishnan (University of Chicago)

Colin Marshall (University of Washington)

Jessica Williams (University of South Florida)

Anastasia Berg (UC - Irvine)

Dylan Shaul (UC - Riverside)

Graduate Student TBA

Call For Papers

The Pacific Study Group of the North American Kant Society reserves one slot on its annual program for a contribution from a graduate student. The organizers hereby invite submissions of papers on any topic in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant from current graduate students.

Submissions should be no longer than 7500 words, including footnotes and bibliography, and they should be emailed to PSG Chair Dai Heide (dheide@sfu.ca) no later than December 15th, 2024. Authors of submissions will be notified no later than January 15th, 2024.

The author of the selected paper will receive a $200 travel stipend and have their paper automatically nominated for the Markus Herz Student Essay Prize, which is awarded annually by NAKS to the best graduate student paper delivered at a regional NAKS meeting or the NAKS Biennial.