CFP: 46th International Wittgenstein Symposium 2025 Feminist Philosophy — Language, Knowledge, and Politics

Scientific Organisers: Isabel G. Gamero (Madrid), Amadeusz Just (Warsaw) & Jasmin Trächtler (Dortmund)

Since its emergence in the wake of the women’s movements in the middle of 20th century, feminist philosophy has grown into a diverse and interdisciplinary discourse that has long since reached a wider public. Feminist philosophy is a dynamic and heterogeneous field that explores issues such as gender, sex, intersectional forms of oppression, injustice and discrimination, and women’s experiences. Likewise, it includes critical reflections on the history, methods and concepts of traditional philosophy, the application and reinterpretation of philosophical approaches to feminist issues, and the development of novel approaches to philosophical practices with the aim of contributing to gender equality and social justice. The goal of the conference is to facilitate a fruitful exchange between the diverse approaches to feminist philosophy, bringing together different debates of the current discourse.

Each year, the International Wittgenstein Symposium (IWS) in Kirchberg am Wechsel (Austria) is devoted to a different theme, seeking to bring Wittgenstein scholars together with researchers working in other areas of philosophy. The theme of the IWS in 2025 is “Feminist Philosophy – Language, Knowledge, and Politics”. While submissions to the section dedicated to Wittgenstein (section 1) do not have to address the conference theme, submissions to sections 2-6 do not have to relate to Wittgenstein. Papers on the intersection between Wittgenstein and Feminist Philosophy are also welcome. In addition to the six sections, the conference will feature a workshop on “Feminist Philosophy of Migration”, organised by Rebecca Buxton and Daniel Sharp.

We invite submissions for both conference and workshop papers.

Conference Sections 

1. Wittgenstein
2. Feminist Philosophy of Language
3. Moral, Legal, and Political Feminisms
4. Feminist Epistemology, Philosophy of Science and Technology
5. Intersectional Perspectives and Queer Theory
6. Women in Early Analytic Philosophy

Workshop:
Feminist Philosophy of Migration

Organisers: Rebecca Buxton (Bristol) & Daniel Sharp (Munich)

Invited Workshop Participants: Serena Parekh, Christine Straehle, Allison B. Wolf and Gloria Zuccarelli.

Call: Despite the recent boom in work on the ethics of migration, few scholars have explored the philosophical issues surrounding migration from a feminist perspective. This workshop seeks to fill this gap by bringing insights from feminist philosophy to bear on the philosophy of migration. The workshop will explore how migration governance interacts with core feminist concerns, e.g., about gender-based oppression, as well as how conceptual resources developed by feminist philosophers, e.g., such as concepts like epistemic injustice and intersectionality, might help shed new light on the ethics of migration.

The workshop organizers are looking to fill up to two slots in the workshop via the call for papers. While the workshop organizers will make the final decision about inclusion in the workshop, papers not chosen for the workshop will automatically be considered for “Section 3” of the general conference (“Moral, Legal, and Political Feminisms”) by the main conference organizers. The exact format of the workshop will be determined based on the final list of participants. Submission to the workshop follows the same procedure as submissions to the general conference.

Deadline for paper submissions (to section 1-6 and workshop): March 30th, 2025

Final date for registration: July 16th, 2025

Instructions for authors: https://www.alws.at/iws_organization/instructions-for-authors/

Students and early career researchers are especially encouraged to submit a presentation.

For further information on travel and accommodation please visit www.alws.at

Conference languages: English and German

Invited Speakers:

Jocelyn Benoist (Paris)

Ewa Bińczyk (Toruń)

Anna Boncompagni (Irvine)

Rebecca Buxton (Bristol)

Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen (Odense)

Sophie Grace Chappell (Open University, UK)

Alice Crary (New York)

Robin Dembroff (New Haven)

Aleksandra Derra (Toruń)

Kristie Dotson (Ann Arbor)

Waltraud Ernst (Linz)

Juliet Floyd (Boston)

Siobhan Guerrero Mc Manus (Mexico City)

Elisabeth Holzleithner (Vienna)

Daniel James (Dresden)

Katharine Jenkins (Glasgow)

Ian James Kidd (Nottingham)

Cornelia Klinger (Tübingen)

Andreas Krebs (Bonn)

Camilla Kronqvist (Turku)

Sandra Laugier (Paris)

Linda Martín Alcoff (New York)

Anat Matar (Tel Aviv)

Mari Mikkola (Amsterdam)

Núria Sara Miras Boronat (Barcelona)

Chiara Montalti (Bologna)

Serena Parekh (Boston)

Salla Aldrin Salskov (Turku)

Naomi Scheman (Minnesota)

Daniel Sharp (Munich)

Christine Straehle (Hamburg/Ottawa)

Mpho Tshivhase (Pretoria)

Frieder Vogelmann (Freiburg)

Rachael Wiseman (Liverpool)

Allison B. Wolf (Bogotá)

Marta Zaręba (Warsaw)

Gloria Zuccarelli (Vercelli)