Reenchanting the World: Philosophy, Spirituality, Ecology, Arts

Call for abstracts: Reenchanting the World: Philosophy, Spirituality, Ecology, Arts 

Conference Dates: Oct. 16-18, 2025
Location: Toronto Metropolitan University

Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025

Website: https://www.reenchantingconference.org

Keynote Speakers:

Richard Kearney (Boston College)

Mark I. Wallace (Swarthmore College)

Michelangelo Frammartino (Writer and filmmaker, Italy)

Submission: Please email proposals (abstracts), approximately 250 words, prepared for blind review, to: [email protected]. Please include your name and affiliation in the body of the email, and attach the proposal as a Word file or PDF.

Possible Topics

* Rethinking phenomenology in terms of disenchantment (e.g., Husserl, Heidegger, Patočka, Merleau-Ponty, etc.)

* Indigenous perspectives on (re-) enchantment (e.g., Ailton Krenak, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, etc.)

* Spiritualities of the natural world (animism, rewilding, deep ecology)

* The elemental in Irigaray: Reenchanting matter and materiality

* The relation between disenchantment and whiteness and/or misogyny

* Excarnation in contemporary phenomenology (Charles Taylor, Richard Kearney)

* The fractured lifeworld: Disenchantment, alienation, and the possibility of reenchantment (e.g. Harmut Rosa, Byung-Chul Han)

* Gloria Anzaldua’s nepantla spirituality as a mode of reenchantment

* Sociological/philosophical approaches to disenchantment and enchantment (e.g., Max Weber, Alfred Schutz, etc.)

* Eco-phenomenology

* Eco-theology

* Eco-feminism

* Cultivating a sense of wonder (e.g., William Desmond; spiritual practices)

* Charles Taylor on disenchantment and reenchantment
 
* Jean-Louis Chrétien and the enchantment of beauty

* Jean-Luc Marion, enchantment as a saturated phenomenon

* Michel Henry on Life as a form of enchantment lost in the “barbaristic” spirit of the contemporary world

* Reenchantment in film, the arts, music, etc.

If you have any questions about the conference, please contact John Caruana,  [email protected] or Neal DeRoo, [email protected]