CFP: Hannah Arendt's Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy

Call for Chapters: Hannah Arendt's Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy [edited volume]

Publisher: De Gruyter Brill

Series: Works of Philosophy and Their Reception

Editor: Nicholas Dunn (University of Lethbridge)

The editor of a forthcoming volume on Hannah Arendt's Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy invites chapter proposals. The volume will appear in a new series from De Gruyter Brill, called Works of Philosophy and Their Reception (WPR). WPR is a peer reviewed online reference publishing collaborative volumes on works of philosophy from antiquity to the present. Each work is presented in its historical and cultural context as well as in the contemporary philosophical discourse and framed within the author’s corpus. Specific topics addressed in each work will be analyzed as well.

In the forty years since Ronald Beiner edited and compiled Arendt’s now famous Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy, there has been a dramatic increase in interest in Hannah Arendt’s thought—both among scholars and in the public more broadly. This volume will bring together established scholars, whose work set the current trajectory of Arendt studies, with up-and-coming scholars - from a range of disciplines, including philosophy, political theory, history, law, literature, German studies, film studies, urban studies, and more.

An initial batch of articles has been published 'Online First' and can be viewed on the WPR website (link above). Proposals are welcomed on any topic related to Arendt's Kant Lectures. However, priority will be given to articles on the following topics: 

• The relationship of the Kant Lectures to other texts/writings of Arendt's (including The Human Condition and The Life of the Mind, along with other unpublished lecture notes);
• The reception of Arendt's Kant Lectures in fields/disciplines outside of philosophy and political theory
• Notes on the text (constitution, transmission, editions; the 'Imagination' seminar notes)

Please submit abstracts including:

• chapter title
• abstract (500-750 words)
• 4-6 keywords
• author bio (100-150 words)

Timeline:

• Submission deadline: 1 April 2026
• Completed chapter due: 1 August 2026
• Final version submitted to publisher: 1 December 2026

Submission guidelines:

Send your abstract as a PDF with the subject line 'Hannah Arendt chapter proposal' to Nicholas Dunn ([email protected]).