TOMATO²—pronounced “tomāto, tomɑto”—is Talks On Morality Across The Ocean, a workshop promoting professional engagement between ethicists on both sides of the Atlantic.
TOMATO² takes place on alternating years at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, US and Durham University in Durham, UK. The workshop features a main program(me) of 7 talks by philosophers from the visiting side of the Atlantic, with commentary by philosophers from the hosting side. An 8th talk is given by the winner of the GISME Prize in Markets & Ethics (which is open to everyone).
We aim to provide travel and lodging for all speakers and commentators.
The third TOMATO² is scheduled for 17-18 July 2027 in Durham, UK. Please see below for the general CFA as well as the CFP for the GISME Prize.
CFA: TOMATO² Main Program(me)
We invite submission of English-language abstracts of no more than 500 words on any topic in ethics—broadly construed to include applied, normative and metaethics, as well as history of moral philosophy, moral psychology, political philosophy and cognate topics concerning non-moral normativity or normativity itself.
We invite submissions from faculty, post-docs and (post)graduate students who have advanced to the ABD stage, whose permanent residence is in the Americas.
In order to faciliate an initial round of blind review, we ask that submissions be made through this form.
The deadline for submissions is 15 December 2026.
CFP: GISME Prize in Markets and Ethics
We invite submission of unpublished, English-language papers of up to 10,000 words on any topic concerning markets and ethics (broadly construed).
We invite submissions from faculty, post-docs and (post)graduate students who have advanced to the ABD stage from anywhere in the world.
Submissions should be made to tomato2organizers@gmail.com. In order to faciliate blind review, please remove all identifying information from the body of your submission and save it as a PDF, using a generic filename like ‘GISME Prize Submission’ or ‘TOMATO Submission’. Please do not include either your name or the title of the paper in the filename.
The author of the winning paper will present their paper at TOMATO² and will receive an award of 500 USD.
The deadline for submissions is 15 January 2027.
Please note that submissions for the GISME Prize are not automatically considered for the main TOMATO² progam(me). If you would like to be considered for both, and your permanent residence is in the Americas, please submit a separate abstract as outlined above.
TOMATO² is organized by David Faraci (Durham), Peter M. Jaworski (Georgetown) and Brian Berkey (UPenn).
TOMATO² is sponsored by the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics (GISME).
Questions to tomato2organizers@gmail.com.