Call for Abstracts:
\nSein und Zeit Today: Relevance and Resonance
\n(Padua\, February 17-19\, 2027)
\nWe are pleased to share the call for abstracts for the conference Sein und Zeit Today: Relevance and Resonance\, organized by the Centro Studi di Critica Heideggeriana (CSCH) on the occasion of the centenary of the publication of Being and Time by Martin Heidegger. The conference will take place from February 17 to 19\, 2027\, at the FISPPA Department of the University of Padua.
\nIn a context that has long been active in Heidegger studies\, the conference aims to bring into dialogue some of the most authoritative voices in the current debate on Heidegger&rsquo\;s work and thought across different philosophical traditions and geographical contexts. Alongside contributions from invited speakers in the regular sessions (Hiroshi Abe\, Francesco Camera\, Paola-Ludovika Coriando\, Giuliana Gregorio\, Servanne Jollivet\, Giusi Strummiello\, Mark Wrathall\, Holger Zaborowski) and a panel dedicated to the work of the Paduan philosopher Franco Volpi (&ldquo\;Being and Time&rdquo\;: A Practical Philosophy? Interpretative Perspectives in Dialogue with Franco Volpi\, with guest interventions from Jesú\;s Adriá\;n Escudero\, Adriano Fabris\, and Carlo Scilironi)\, the event will include parallel sessions featuring presentations selected through this call for abstracts. Proposed abstracts should focus on the relevance of Being and Time for contemporary thought\, a theme that applicants are encouraged to address from multiple perspectives.
\nThe guiding idea of the conference is to foster engagement with a classic text of twentieth-century philosophy by rereading it from the standpoint of the present and by relating the fundamental questions that run through Heidegger&rsquo\;s masterpiece to the concerns of an era &ndash\; our own &ndash\; shaped by radically transformed conceptual horizons and frameworks of thought. In this perspective\, the call invites contributions that critically engage with Being and Time in light of the questions the text continues to raise one hundred years after its publication. We welcome proposals that explore the relevance of Heidegger&rsquo\;s analyses in relation to themes such as existence\, temporality\, finitude\, historicity\, understanding\, language\, body\, being\, and instrumentality\, bringing these into dialogue with contemporary problems\, trajectories\, and fields of research. The aim is to encourage dialogue among different traditions of thought that have found in Being and Time a major source of inspiration &ndash\; such as hermeneutics\, existential philosophy\, and phenomenology of embodiment &ndash\; or that have engaged with it in original ways\, such as certain areas of analytic philosophy and pragmatism.
\nTo submit a proposal\, applicants are required to send\, no later than August 30\, 2026\, a title and an anonymized abstract in English\, Italian\, or German (max. 3\,000 characters\, including spaces)\, addressing Being and Time and its relevance today. Presentations will be delivered in the same language chosen for the abstract. Please also attach\, in a separate file\, a brief biographical note (max. 150 words). The expected duration of each presentation is 20 minutes\, followed by a 10-minute discussion.
\nThe results of the selection process\, conducted by the selection committee\, will be announced on September 30\, 2026.
\nAll materials must be sent by email to: seinundzeit2027@virgilio.it
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