CFP: Global Justice: Theory, Practice, Rhetoric’s Jonathan Trejo-Mathys Essay Prize
The editors of Global Justice: Theory, Practice, Rhetoric invite submissions for the 5th annual essay prize in honour of Jonathan Trejo-Mathys (1979-2014). Trejo-Mathys, a member of the Global Justice Network and assistant professor of philosophy at Boston College, worked in both philosophy and critical social theory. In his honour, we welcome submissions in all areas of political theory concerning global justice, and we especially welcome submissions in the areas of 1) global justice and trade or 2) the contribution of critical theory to global justice.
Previous essay prizes were awarded to Katherine Howard, PhD Candidate in Philosophy at Emory University, for her essay “The ‘Right to Have Rights’ 65 Years Later: Justice Beyond Humanitarianism, Politics Beyond Sovereignty,” Francisco Garcia Gibson, postdoctoral researcher at the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) and the Centro de Investigaciones Filosóficas (CIF) at the Universidad de Buenos Aires for “Guns or Food: On Prioritizing National Security over Global Poverty Relief,” James Draper, Leverhulme Doctoral Scholar in Climate Justice at the Department of Politics, University of Reading, for his essay “Responsibility and Climate-induced Displacement,” and most recently, Patrick Taylor Smith, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, for his essay “Who may geoengineer? Global domination, revolution, and solar radiation management.”
For additional questions, or to submit an essay for consideration (maximum 9000 words), please contact Barbara Buckinx at bbuckinx@princeton.edu by July 31, 2021. The winning author will receive $1000.00 and will be invited to present their paper at Boston College, in person or virtually. The essay will also be published in Global Justice: Theory, Practice, Rhetoric.
For more information about Global Justice: Theory, Practice, Rhetoric and the Global Justice Network, please see: http://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org/index.php/gjn.
The prize is sponsored by the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy at Boston College.
Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric (TPR) is a peer-reviewed, open-access e-journal which publishes original research in international political theory, with special emphasis on global justice. We are particularly interested in bridging the gap between political theory, empirical research, and the study of political practices and communication. 
