MANCEPT Workshop on Historical Injustice

This panel aims to bring together scholars working on philosophical questions that fall within the general scope of the topic of historical injustice. This includes substantive questions which concern certain kinds of past injustice, such as racial injustice, colonialism, or territorial possession, among others. Relevant also are theoretical questions about the ethics and politics of contemporary responsibilities for historical injustice. Among such theoretical questions are those that concern the grounds of responsibility for repairing past injustice, what such repair must consist of when it is owed, whether (and if so, how) those grounds can be superseded over time, and how facts about past injustice matter for contemporary political communities, which includes questions about how (if at all) past injustice bears on normative features of contemporary political communities such as their justice, legitimacy, or authority. Projects falling within any of these subjects, as well subjects broadly pertaining to historical injustice that were not mentioned here, are welcome submissions to this panel.

If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please submit an extended abstract (approx. 500-750 words) to [email protected] by May 8th, 2026. 

The panel will take place in-person in Manchester, UK between September 2nd and September 4th, 2026. Further details about the MANCEPT workshops can be found here: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/activities/mancept-workshops-2026/