CFP: On Self-Transformation in Response to Disruptive Experience: Phenomenological and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Submission deadline: October 25, 2026
Conference date(s):
January 28, 2027 - January 29, 2027
Conference Venue:
Philosophy, Royal Holloway University of London
London,
United Kingdom
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On Self-Transformation in Response to Disruptive Experience: Phenomenological and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Royal Holloway, University of London Central London Campus, UK 2
8/29th of January 2027
Free
Call for Abstracts
The two-day workshop “On Self-Transformation in Response to Disruptive Experience: Phenomenological and Interdisciplinary Perspectives” will take place on 28 and 29 January 2027 at Royal Holloway’s central London campus. The keynote speakers are Sophie Grace Chappell, Elizabeth Burns, Pablo Andreu, and Justin Moll. The British Society for Phenomenology and the organisers warmly invite applications for thirty-minute presentations from eight additional speakers through this call for abstracts.
The workshop focuses on self-transformation in response to disruptive experiences that challenge our ability to make sense of the world. Contributors are asked to engage with:
The phenomenological structure of self-transformation in response to disruptive experiences. Potential topics include:
The phenomenological structure of the emergence of a new self
The question of agency in the emergence of a new self
The experience of otherness in the process of self-transformation
The affective dimensions of self-transformation
Interdisciplinary accounts of self-transformation. Potential topics include:
The neurocognitive dimensions of self-transformation
Religious dimensions of self-transformation
Specific contexts in which self-transformations occur
To apply, please see the event overview for a detailed description of the topic and submit a 300-word abstract via the BSP submission system by the 25th of October 2026.
Go to the ‘On Self-Transformation in Response to Disruptive Experience:Phenomenological and Interdisciplinary Perspectives’ homepage and submit an abstract
Everyone will be informed whether their abstract has been selected by the 15th of November.
It is also possible to attend the event without presenting. General registration will open late November 2026.