This is a great opportunity for graduate students interested in hot topics in contemporary analytic metaphysics, Hosted by Rutgers University, taking place this May, and featuring some leading names in metaphysics!

Details copied from the Metaphysical Mayhem website.

Metaphysical Mayhem is back! Rutgers University will be hosting a 5-day summer school for graduate students May 14-18, 2012. John Hawthorne, Katherine Hawley, Ted Sider, Jonathan Schaffer, and Dean Zimmerman will lead the seminars on a variety of topics in metaphysics, including: natural properties, composition as identity, grounding, metaphysical explanation, and stuff like that…

We want the sessions to retain the dynamic of a graduate a seminar, and the seminar room is not large, so space is limited. Approximately ten graduate students from graduate programs outside the New York City/New Jersey area will be provided with room and board for the duration of the conference, hosted by Rutgers graduate students (in their homes or apartments). Subventions for travel may also be available. To apply for one of these ten slots, students should send an e-mail to Matthew Benton at mbenton@philosophy.rutgers.edu with the following attachments:

1. A brief (300-500 word) description of one’s interests in metaphysics.
2. CV
3. Unofficial transcript
4. A paper on any topic in Metaphysics

In addition, we ask that a professor familiar with the student’s work submit a very brief letter of recommendation (not more than a paragraph) to the same e-mail address (applicants should mention their references in the application e-mail).
The remainder of the participants in the seminar will be chosen from graduate students at Rutgers and at programs in the greater NYC/NJ area. Non-Rutgers students from local graduate programs should send the five items listed above to Matthew Benton, along with the name of a faculty member in his or her department willing to serve as a reference.

Lunch will be provided for all participants. Graduate students from NYC/NJ area schools will be responsible for their own accommodations and for most evening meals.

The deadline for applications is February 24, and participants will be chosen by March 9.