CFP: The Oxford Spinoza Conference 2025

The Oxford Spinoza Conference is dedicated to exploring the myriad manners in which Benedict Spinoza has contributed to the history of philosophy and continues to shape our understanding of the world. 

The third edition will take place at Pembroke College on Tuesday 20 May 2025. The theme of this year’s conference is Benedict Spinoza: Politics & the International. 

Keynote Speakers

• Sandra Leonie Field (Monash University)
• Pierre-François Moreau (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon)

The conference is open to all and free to attend. Please fill in the registration form here.

Submissions

The theme will colour the keynotes, but papers are welcome from across Spinoza’s work and across all generations of Spinoza scholars: we will accept submissions from students, early career researchers and experienced academics. 

Submission deadline: 17 March 2025

Abstracts: By email to [email protected]

Hosted by: Olivier Yasar de France (Stipendiary Lecturer in Political Theory, Pembroke College, Oxford) & James Read (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Pembroke College, Oxford