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SUMMARY:Kant’s Concept of Freedom: Transcendental\, Moral\, Political
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LOCATION:Jakob-Welder-Weg 18\, Mainz\, Germany\, 55128
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>CfA: Kant&rsquo\;s Concept of Freedom: Transcendental\, Moral\, Political (Mainz\, Germany\, 28&ndash\;29 September 2026)</strong></p>\n<p>We are pleased to announce the call for abstracts for the <strong>5th International Doctoral Colloquium of the Kant-Gesellschaft</strong> for 2026\, on <em>Kant&rsquo\;s Concepts of Freedom: Transcendental\, Moral\, Political</em>. The workshop will take place at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universit&auml\;t Mainz\, 28&ndash\;29 September\, in collaboration with the Kant-Forschungsstelle Mainz.</p>\n<p><strong>Keynote Speakers:</strong></p>\n<p>Prof. Pauline Kleingeld (University of Groningen)</p>\n<p>Dr. Joe Saunders (Durham University)</p>\n<p><a name="_Hlk213059656">The workshop will examine Kant&rsquo\;s multifaceted conception of freedom across his critical and pre-critical works\, investigating its transcendental\, moral\, and political dimensions. Submissions are invited to engage with the following aspects of Kant&rsquo\;s concepts of freedom:</a></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Metaphysical and cosmological debates: spontaneity and free causality versus empirical temporality.</li>\n<li>Moral-ethical debates: autonomy and the ability-to-do-otherwise\; the possibility of free immoral willing\; <em>Willk&uuml\;r</em>/<em>Selbstbestimmung</em>.</li>\n<li>Political and juridical debates: external freedom\, the <em>Doctrine of Right</em>\, and coercion as protection.</li>\n<li>Ethical-theological debates: freedom as a postulate of practical reason\; God\, immortality\, and radical evil.</li>\n<li>Sources and reception: historical influences and transmission of Kantian ideas.</li>\n<li>Debates in the secondary literature and contemporary interpretative controversies.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The call for abstracts is open to all <strong>doctoral students working on Kant&rsquo\;s theory of freedom</strong>. The abstracts should be suitable for a <strong>30-minute presentation</strong>\, with 15 minutes for discussion\, and they should be about <strong>500 words</strong> in length. The workshop languages are English and German. Abstracts should be prepared for anonymous refereeing and be sent to <strong>henning.kirschbaum@uni-mainz.de</strong>. In the same message\, please\, include your name\, institutional affiliation\, email address\, and paper title.</p>\n<p>We will cover travel expenses up to a maximum of &euro\;200 and accommodation costs for the doctoral students giving presentations. Details to follow after decisions.</p>\n<p><strong>Deadline for abstracts is 15 January 2026.</strong></p>\n<p>We aim to send decision letters by mid-February 2026.</p>\n<p>For any further queries\, please contact Henning Kirschbaum\, henning.kirschbaum@uni-mainz.de\, or Lucia Volont&eacute\;\, lvolont@uni-mainz.de.</p>
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