<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt" id="m_5410487753097598924m_-6867384348225218901docs-internal-guid-b17a6806-7fff-5a66-737b-51e1112790de"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">CALL FOR PAPERS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Philosophy and Metaphysics of String Theory</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">University of Geneva, 9–10 December 2025</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Organizers:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Enrico Cinti (University of Geneva)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Baptiste Le Bihan (University of Geneva)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Overview:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This two-day workshop brings together philosophers and physicists to explore metaphysical and philosophical questions in string theory, broadly understood, i.e. including non-perturbative approaches and/or issues related to dualities and holography. In addition to our invited speakers, we are pleased to offer </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">a small number of contributed talk slots for early-career researchers</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. We especially encourage submissions from members of underrepresented groups. Please note that some financial support might be available on demand.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Submission Guidelines:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please send the following in a single PDF to <a href="mailto:enrico.cinti@unige.ch" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">enrico.cinti@unige.ch</a> with subject line “String Theory Workshop CFP” </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">by 30 September 2025:</span></p><br><ol style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0.0pt;margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span style="font-size:1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