Upcoming events in Social and Political Philosophy

1 Jul

Conference: Knowledge in Crisis: Knowledge, Power and Social Life

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Topics: Epistemology, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Jul

Topics: Philosophy of Computing and Information, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Jul

CFP: Kantian Journal. Special Issue "The Concept of Antagonism in Kant’s Philosophy"

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Jul

CFP: North American Association for Philosophy and Education (NAAPE) 2026

University of Saint Mary of the Lake

North American Association for Philosophy and Education

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Social Science, Social and Political Philosophy

2 Jul

Conference: Workshop: Ethics and Politics of Artificial Intelligence

Institute of Philosophy - University of Porto

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

2 Jul

Conference: 16TH BRAGA SUMMER SCHOOL: WORKPLACE DEMOCRACY AND THE FUTURE OF WORK

Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society, University of Minho

Braga Summer Schools in Political Philosophy & Public Policy

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

2 Jul

Conference: New Issues on Law and Philosophy of Affirmative Action

IVR2026 Organizing Committee, International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

Special workshop at XXXIInd World Congress of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR)

Topics: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

3 Jul

Conference: New Technologies and the Future of War and Peace

Oxford University

Challenging War

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

4 Jul

Conference: Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2026: Climate Philosophy in the Capitalocene

Collegium Phaenomenologicum

Collegium Phaenomenologicum

Topics: Continental Philosophy, European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

6 Jul

Conference: Rethinking Leadership

Webster University

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

6 Jul

Conference: Collective Moral and Intellectual Virtues - Summer Course

Department of Philosophy, Central European University

Topics: Epistemology, Meta-Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

10 Jul

Conference: Losing Oneself: Self-Alienation in Post-Kantianism and Beyond

Philosophy, Royal Holloway University of London

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

10 Jul

Talk: The Politics of Heritage

Department of Political Economy, King's College London

The PPE Society Annual Meetings

Jack Hume (King's College London)

Rasa Davidavičiūtė (LMU Munich)

Fred Matthews (University of Bristol (PhD))

Topics: Epistemology, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

13 Jul

Conference: 9th Derrida Today Conference

HybridÉcole Normale Supérieure

9th Derrida Today Conference

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

13 Jul

Conference: Trust & Cooperation

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Vienna Summer School 2026

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

13 Jul

Conference: 4th Annual Berlin Workshop on Speech and Harm

Technische Universität Berlin

Berlin Workshop on Speech and Harm

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

13 Jul

Conference: Critical Theories of Fascism - Lisbon Praxis Summer School 2026

PRAXIS Group, Centre for Philosophy of the University of Lisbon

Lisbon Praxis Summer School

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

13 Jul

Conference: Formal Ethics 2026

Philosophy Department, The State University of New York at Buffalo

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

14 Jul

Talk: What’s Wrong with Adaptive Preferences?

Philosophy, Université de Fribourg

Niko Kolodny (University of California, Berkeley)

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

Talk: Unilateralism and the Omnilateral Will

Philosophy, Université de Fribourg

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

Conference: The Kantian State: Prospects and Challenges

Philosophy, Université de Fribourg

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

Talk: Kantian Anarchism

Philosophy, Université de Fribourg

Japa Pallikkathayil (University of Pittsburgh)

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

Talk: How Kantian Should Functionalists Be?

Philosophy, Université de Fribourg

Christopher Wellman (Washington University in St. Louis)

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

Talk: Private claims and Public Rights: the Infrastructure of the Kantian State

Philosophy, Université de Fribourg

Arthur Ripstein (University of Toronto, St. George Campus)

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

CFP: "On Trial". Claiming Feminist Justice in Dark Times - Between Law, Testimony, and Politics

Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona

Topics: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

CFP: “Magic and Critique” – Pólemos (2026/2)

Topics: Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

15 Jul

CFP: Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics

The Wharton School, Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, University of Pennsylvania

Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

CFP: Anti-Democratic Communication

HybridUniversity of Waterloo

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

18 Jul

Conference: Democracy & Joint Agency

Chair for Philosophy & Political Theory, LMU Munich

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Social and Political Philosophy

20 Jul

Conference: Critical Theory Workshop's 18th Annual Summer School

HybridLaboratoire d’Anthropologie Politique , École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) -- School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, France

Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

24 Jul

Conference: The F-word: autofiction as resistance to patriarchy

Circle 4: Feminist Philosophy, Nordic Summer University

NSU study circles

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

25 Jul

CFP: Phenomenology and the Political: Experience, Power, and Methods

Department of Communication and Arts, University of Beira Interior

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Social and Political Philosophy

27 Jul

Conference: Passau Summer School for Applied Ethics 2026 - Ethics of Migration: Justice, Rights, Responsibilities

Professorship of Applied Ethics, University of Passau

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

27 Jul

CFP: Mid Conference - Reimagining Justice in the 21st Century: Normativity, Politics, and Society

Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH), University of Campinas

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

31 Jul

CFP: International Workshop Counterrevolution and Democratic Transformation

Chair of Philosophy, University of St. Gallen

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

31 Jul

CFP: Disclosure in Thought and Action Philosophical Perspectives on Political Narration and Democratic Prefiguration

FernUniversität in Hagen

Topics: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

31 Jul

CFP: The Political Theory of Labour Unions

Munich School of Politics and Public Policy, Technical University of Munich

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

3 Aug

Conference: Idols of Modernity: The Human Desire for Meaning and the Migration of the Holy (Summer School)

Forum for Christian Studies (foXs)

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

8 Aug

Conference: Artifices: technology, thought, art

HybridEreignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts

Ereignis Conference

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Social and Political Philosophy

8 Aug

CFP: The Seven Cs

OnlinePhilosophy for the Demos

Topics: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Aug

Conference: Philosophy of Breakups

HybridConceptual Foundations of Conflict Project, University of Southern California

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

19 Aug

Conference: Individualism and Oppression

Department of Philosophy, Tilburg University

René Descartes Lectures Tilburg University

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

20 Aug

Conference: Agential Capacities in Context

HybridUniversity of Turku

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Social and Political Philosophy

23 Aug

CFP: 9th Workshop in Political Philosophy

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

23 Aug

Conference: From Disciples to Followers: Questioning the Digital Experience of Religions Online

University Centre Saint Ignatius Antwerp

UCSIA Summer School

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Social Science, Social and Political Philosophy

27 Aug

Conference: Just Theorising 2026

IDEA: The Ethics Centre, University of Leeds

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions, Social and Political Philosophy

31 Aug

CFP: Res Practica Special Issue - “The Faces of Responsibility”

Topics: Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

2 Sep

Conference: Land, Territory, and Justice (MANCEPT Workshop 2026)

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

Topics: Philosophy of the Americas, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

2 Sep

Conference: MANCEPT Workshop on Theories of Public Reason

University of Manchester

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

2 Sep

Conference: MANCEPT Workshop - Speciesism, Power and Human Prejudice

Manchester Centre for Political Theory, The University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy