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Conferences, CFPs, and seminars in philosophy

PhilEvents is a calendar of academic events and calls for papers in philosophy around the world, allowing you to track upcoming events based on location, topics, and other criteria.

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15 May

Conference: Grains of Sand & Stars in the Sky: Science and Theology from the microscopic to the cosmic

OnlineScience and Religion Forum

Science and Religion Forum Conference

Topics: General

15 May

Conference: Tackling speciesism and anthropocentrism in higher education

OnlineUniversity of York

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

15 May

Conference: Heinzig-McMillan Student Conference

Department of Philosophy, Oklahoma State University

Heinzig-McMillan Student Conference

Topics: General

15 May

Conference: Book Launch | Emerging Questions in AI Welfare

Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London

Topics: General

16 May

Conference: Tohoku–Berkeley Colloquium on Early Modern Philosophy and Political Thought

Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University

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

16 May

Conference: UCSC Graduate Student Metaphysics Workshop

Department of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology

17 May

Conference: Language, Truth, and Structure

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, The Ohio State University - Columbus Campus

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics

17 May

Conference: SLACRR 2026

UMSL, WUSTL, SLU

Topics: Epistemology, Meta-Ethics

18 May

Conference: Between You and Me: Workshop on Interpersonal Ethics

Institute of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Topics: General

18 May

Conference: Feminist Perspectives on Climate Research (FemClim 2026)

University of Bern

Topics: Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous

18 May

Conference: “Rethinking Anthropocentrism: New Technologies and More- than-Human Sensing"

Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Utrecht University

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Aesthetics

18 May

Conference: May 18: Love and Communion in the Thought of Dietrich von Hildebrand

Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Aposolorum

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

18 May

Conference: Irrationality and the Age of AI

Center for Science and Thought, University of Bonn

Topics: General

18 May

Conference: EMW XIV: Aesthetic Attention

Department for Analytic Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences

Ernst Mach Workshop

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Aesthetics

18 May

Conference: The Non-Conference

Queens University Belfast

Topics: General

18 May

Workshop : Predicting & Explaining with AI- PExAI Kick Off event

HybridNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece)

Topics: General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous

18 May

Conference: Wedberg Lectures 2026

Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University

Wedberg Lectures

Topics: General

18 May

Conference: Compositional Abduction and Scientific Interpretation Online Book Launch

OnlineRutgers University, Newark

Topics: General

19 May

Conference: Digital Minds: Interdisciplinary Workshop on AI

HybridUniversity of Bologna

Topics: General

19 May

Conference: Scholastic Roots, Modern Perspectives: Logic and Mathematics from the Middle Ages to Today

Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

Topics: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics

19 May

Conference: “Immorality Set in Stone by Law” - Reflections on the Retain and Explain Policy

University of Stirling

Topics: Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

19 May

Conference: PhiVis 6: Philosophy of Vision Science Workshop

HybridSatellite Event, Vision Sciences Society

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

20 May

Conference: International Virtual Conference on Contested Bodies and Emerging Selves: Anthropology at the Crossroads of Identity, Technology, and Meaning [Dialogo2026 CBES]

OnlineThe Research Center on the Dialogue between Science & Theology (RCDST), Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania

Dialogo conferences

Topics: General

20 May

Conference: ISSUES ON THE (IM)POSSIBLE XII

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology

20 May

Conference: Boycotts and Beyond: How should we respond to ethically compromised sporting events?

HybridUniversity of Glasgow

Topics: General

20 May

Conference: Risk and Uncertainty in Ethics

University of Leeds

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

20 May

Conference: Book Manuscript Workshop: How is Metaphysics Possible? A Critique of Analytic Reason

University of Chicago

Topics: General

21 May

Conference: Salzburg Workshop on Inner Speech

Department of Philosophy, University of Salzburg

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

21 May

Conference: Oltre la modernità liquida. L'eredità intellettuale di Zygmunt Bauman

Associazione Italiana di Sociologia

AIS Section Conference

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

21 May

Conference: BSP26 - Heidegger 50 years on - Is There Still a God That Can Save Us?

Philosophy Department, University of Sussex

British Society for Phenomenology Annual Conference

Topics: General

21 May

Conference: Philosophy of AI Conference 2026 — Reasoning and Agency in AI

SAS Institute of Philosophy , University of London

Topics: General

21 May

Conference: 30th Annual IAEP Conference (Virtual)

OnlineInternational Association for Environmental Philosophy

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of the Americas, Applied Ethics

21 May

Conference: Business Ethics in the 6ix

Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University

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

21 May

Conference: MANCEPT's Brave New World 2026

MANCEPT, University of Manchester

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

21 May

Conference: Knowledge Without Comprehension? On Spirit after Hegel in the Age of AI

Munich School of Philosophy

An International Conference in Honor of Slavoj Žižek

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

21 May

Conference: Philosophie und Raumfahrt

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, General Philosophy of Science, Social and Political Philosophy

21 May

Conference: Book Workshop: The Ethics of Sportswashing (hybrid)

HybridUniversity of Glasgow

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

21 May

Conference: British Analytic Theology Symposium (BATS) 2026

Department of Philosophy, University of York

British Analytic Theology Symposium

Topics: Philosophy of Religion

22 May

Conference: UAnalytiCon-2026: Universals and Objects

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY

Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Logic and Philosophy of Logic

22 May

Conference: The 3rd Conference Logic and Philosophy: Historical and Contemporary Issues

Department of Philosophy, Vilnius University

Topics: General

22 May

Conference: What Makes Sense?

HybridFaculty of History and Philosophy, Babeș-Bolyai University, Doctoral School of Philosophy

The Sixth International Conference for Doctoral Students in Philosophy

Topics: General

22 May

Conference: What counts as scientific understanding in cognitive science?

HybridFaculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest

Topics: General

22 May

Conference: Power and Vulnerability: Narratives of Uncertainty in Global Dynamics

Faculty of Theology, “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

RELIGION, KNOWLEDGE, SOCIETY

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

22 May

Conference: Philosophy of Journalism

HybridDepartment of Political Science and International Relations, University of Geneva

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

22 May

Conference: The challenge from changing attitudes

Department of philosophy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Topics: Value Theory

22 May

Conference: Attualità della Vita nuova

HybridUniversitat de Barcelona

Topics: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, European Philosophy

22 May

Conference: 2026 KCL Political Theory Conference

Department of Political Economy, King's College London

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

22 May

Conference: The Aftermath of Being and Time (1927-1932)/ Die Nachwirkungen von Sein und Zeit (1927-1932)

Online The European Centre for Heidegger Studies

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

22 May

Conference: Woman and Human Progress in the Enlightenment

OnlineFaculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

22 May

Conference: Kant's Third Critique and Its Legacy

University of Chicago

Topics: History of Western Philosophy