Upcoming events in History of Western Philosophy

1 Oct

CFP: North American Spinoza Society 2027 Meeting

Department of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

2 Oct

Conference: Inheriting Ordinary Language Philosophy

Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University

The 14th Nordic Wittgenstein Society Conference

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphilosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

8 Oct

Conference: Bacon and European modernity

Francophone Regional Center for Advanced Research in Social Sciences (CEREFREA)

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions

8 Oct

Conference: 5th Central European Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

8 Oct

Conference: North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics

University of California, Davis

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Continental Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

9 Oct

Conference: Voir-Dire: "World-Building"

Department of Philosophy, University of Ottawa

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Value Theory

15 Oct

Conference: Radical Philosophy Association 18th Biennial Conference

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Social and Political Philosophy

16 Oct

Conference: Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo

Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

16 Oct

Conference: 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

21 Oct

Conference: 4th International Conference on Ancient Philosophy & Other

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

22 Oct

Conference: Utopias of Work: Historical Perspectives

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Social and Political Philosophy

22 Oct

Conference: Identity and Community in Times of Uncertainty

Faculty of Humanities, AGH University of Krakow, Poland

Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, European Philosophy

22 Oct

Conference: Identity and Community in Times of Uncertainty

Faculty of Humanities, AGH University of Krakow, Poland

Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, European Philosophy

23 Oct

Conference: Hegel and Time - 28th Biennial Meeting of the Hegel Society of America

Hegel Society of America

Hegel Society of America Biennial Conferences

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy

23 Oct

Conference: 20th Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America

Department of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside

Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America

Topics: History of Western Philosophy

23 Oct

Conference: The Twentieth Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside

Leibniz Society of North America Annual Conferences

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

24 Oct

Conference: Spinoza and Imaginative Ideas

Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

29 Oct

Conference: Melancholic historicity: lost pasts and past losses

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University

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

30 Oct

Conference: Obligation and Normativity in Modern Moral Philosophy

University of Milan

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Meta-Ethics

31 Oct

Conference: Motion and Soul: The Soul as Principle of Motion in Ancient Philosophy (Princeton)

Department of Philosophy, Princeton University

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

31 Oct

CFP: The Philosophy of the History of Philosophy (Archivio di Filosofia 1/2027)

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology

1 Nov

CFP: The Relevance of Michel Foucault in the Face of Global Surveillance, Post-Truth and New Forms of Governance

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

4 Nov

Conference: Philosophy of Technology and AI: Traditions, Transitions, and Tensions

Department of Philosophy, Universität Bonn

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

5 Nov

Conference: Hegel on Historicity

Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University, Athens

10th Conference of the International Network Hegel’s Relevance

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

6 Nov

Conference: Twenty-first Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy: The Social Contract

Department of Philosophy, New York University

Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, 19th Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Nov

Conference: Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium

University of Macerata Italy

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Nov

Conference: Satellite Sessions of The Sacra Doctrina Project for the American Catholic Philosophical Association

Catholic University of America

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions

12 Nov

Conference: North American Nietzsche Society

Department of Philosophy, Boston University

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy

12 Nov

CFP: Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium

University of Macerata Italy

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

14 Nov

Conference: FLORIDA ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY WORKSHOP: PLATO’S LAWS

Department of Philosophy, University of Florida

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

19 Nov

Conference: Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Annual Conference

Loyola University Chicago

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality

22 Nov

Conference: Gorgōnes kai Gynaikes: The Many Faces of Female Virtue in Greek and Roman Culture

Fonte Aretusa Interdisciplinary Symposia on the Heritage of Sicily and Southern Italy

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

24 Nov

Conference: Reading philosophies of nature and beauty: close reading as method in the history of philosophy

School of Humanities, University of Sydney

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, European Philosophy, Aesthetics

27 Nov

CFP: Kant, la nature, la physique

Department of Philosophy, Universitat de Valencia

Research Group "Kant-València"

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Physical Science

30 Nov

Conference: Philosophy of Science and Ethics of Science in the Context of A. Schopenhauer

Zentrum für Wissenschaftstheorie, University of Münster

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, General Philosophy of Science, Value Theory

7 Dec

Conference: Embodiment and Cognition in Hegel's Philosophy of Mind

Institute of Philosophy, University of Luxembourg

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology

31 Dec

CFP: Hermeneutical Reviews

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

31 Dec

CFP: Interpreting the New Heidegger

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy

13 Jan 2027

Conference: International Hobbes Society sessions at the 2027 APA-Eastern

American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Division

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

16 Jan 2027

CFP: CFP Discipline Filosofiche, XXXVII, 1, 2027: Phenomenological Analyses of Emotions in their Ontological and Metaphysical Implications, ed. by Giuliana Mancuso

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, M&E, Miscellaneous, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

31 Jan 2027

CFP: Special Issue Puncta “Phenomarxism: Ideology and Materialism in Critical and Political Phenomenology”

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Feb 2027

Conference: Sein und Zeit Today: Relevance and Resonance

FISPPA Department (Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology), University of Padua

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, M&E, Miscellaneous, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

17 Mar 2027

Conference: Early Phenomenology on ‘Position-Taking’ (Stellungnahme). Theoretical Stance, Emotional Response, and the Constitution of the Person

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy

25 Mar 2027

Conference: The Metaphysical Society of America

College of Arts & Sciences, Gonzaga University

Habits of Being and the Being of Habits

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics, M&E, Miscellaneous

21 May 2027

Conference: Junior Faculty Workshop on Unalienable Rights

Center for Civic Leadership and Public Discourse, University of South Carolina

South Carolina Center for Civic Leadership and Public Discourse Junior Faculty Workshops

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Value Theory

21 May 2027

CFP: Junior Faculty Workshop on Unalienable Rights

Center for Civic Leadership and Public Discourse, University of South Carolina

South Carolina Center for Civic Leadership and Public Discourse Junior Faculty Workshops

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Value Theory

24 May 2027

Conference: North American Spinoza Society 2027 Meeting

Department of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

13 Oct 2027

Conference: Kant, la nature, la physique

Department of Philosophy, Universitat de Valencia

Société internationale d’Études Kantiennes de Langue Française (SiEKLF) · Research Group "Kant-València"

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Physical Science

27 Oct 2027

Conference: International Conference: “Cornelius Castoriadis (1997-2027) : Thirty Years Later”

Les Nouveaux Cahiers Castoriadis

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Nov 2027

Conference: Twenty-second Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, New York University

Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, 19th Century Philosophy