Southeastern Philosophy of Education Society

Members of the Southeast Philosophy of Education Society (SEPES) seek to:

• promote the philosophic treatment of problems in education;
• promote the clarification of agreements and differences among different philosophies of education through discussion afforded by annual meetings;
• advance and improve teaching in the philosophy of education in postsecondary educational institutions;
• cultivate fruitful relationships between philosophy of education and other areas of philosophy; and
• encourage promising students to enter and participate in the field of philosophy of education.

SEPES has a long tradition of providing a friendly forum for dialogue and the exchange of philosophical ideas related to a broad variety of educational topics. The SEPES annual conference, held each year in February, welcomes presentations from graduate students, scholars, and practitioners from both within and beyond the social foundations of education. SEPES encourages participants to engage with philosophical ideas concerning education at various levels. Possible topics might include, but are not limited to, the following: the relationship of school to society; democracy and education; issues of diversity and commonality in education; neoliberalism, neoconservatism, white supremacy, and conservative modernization in education; education in the Anthropocene; contemporary theory in education; abolitionist or antiracist approaches to education; analyses of history or policy in education; methodological approaches in educational research.