Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy: Philosophy's Future, Past and Present

Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (ENN) has been working to reconceive the history of philosophy with the idea that doing so can help to change the standards of practice in philosophy, making the discipline more inclusive and diverse. We have not been alone in this work.

Our concluding conference, taking place 7–9 October 2027 in Montréal, Québec, Canada, aims to bring together scholars working across traditions, periods, and areas of philosophy to share the fruits of various efforts to transform the history of philosophy and to imagine together philosophy’s future. We invite participants to consider questions such as:How might we tell the stories of philosophy’s past in the future? How can these stories affect how we do philosophy now and in the future? Amid ongoing shifts in the discipline, the academic environment, and our broader cultural and political landscapes, are these still the right questions to be asking?

Efforts to retrieve the work of neglected and marginalized philosophers and philosophical traditions of the past, and to sustain their presence in the discipline, have intensified in recent years. This conference seeks to bring into conversation scholars working on Africana and Black philosophy, women philosophers in European traditions, Indigenous philosophy, Latin American philosophy, and non-canonical figures and traditions more broadly, as well as scholars examining the historiographical and methodological assumptions that have shaped the philosophical canon.