CFP: Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Call for Papers: Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

We invite submissions for the first Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, to be held at the University at Buffalo in October 2026. The seminar aims to encourage interaction between scholars of early modern philosophy, at all career stages. We expect the focus of the meeting to be on pre-Kantian European philosophy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but will be happy to consider submissions on earlier or later figures, or on figures from elsewhere, which relate their thought to early modern discussions. 

Keynote speaker: Kathryn Tabb (Bard College)

Dates: Friday October 16 and Saturday October 17, 2026

Venue: University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

Conference webpage: https://stewartduncan.org/bsemp/

Paper submission and other participation

* To be considered for the program, submit an abstract of no more than 600 words by May 1, 2026. Please prepare your abstract for anonymous review, and send it as a pdf file attached to an email to [email protected]. We aim to send notices of acceptance, and publish the program, in June.

* Attendance by those other than speakers will be welcome, but we will ask all attendees to register in advance. Details will be available after the program is announced.

* The meeting will be in person, and there are no plans for a hybrid option.

The University at Buffalo is a flagship campus of the State University of New York.

Buffalo, NY is a city in western New York state. Niagara Falls, NY is less than 20 miles to the north, and Rochester is about 70 miles to the east. The closest major city is Toronto, which is about 100 miles away. Within the US, Buffalo is about 200 miles from Cleveland, and a little further from Pittsburgh. New York City is on the other side of New York state, about 400 miles away.