Upcoming events in and around Boston, Massachusetts, United States

29 Mar

Conference: 9th Bilkent International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

OnlineDepartment of Philosophy, University of Bilkent

Topics: General

29 Mar

CFP: 6th International Conference on Philosophy of Mind: Artificial Intelligence (6ICPH)

HybridInstitute of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto

Topics: General

31 Mar

CFP: New Directions in Law-Based Explanations in the Sciences

HybridCentre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics

Topics: General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Physical Science

31 Mar

CFP: Philosophy of Breakups

HybridConceptual Foundations of Conflict Project, University of Southern California

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

1 Apr

CFP: JIS Symposium 2026: The Future of Democracy: Renewing Ordered Liberty

OnlineOmega Graduate School

JIS Annual Symposia

Topics: General

3 Apr

Conference: Boston University 2026 Graduate Conference

Boston University Department of Philosophy

American Philosophy and Philosophy in the Americas: Past, Present, Future

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions

4 Apr

Conference: Harvard-MIT Graduate Philosophy Conference 2026

Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Topics: General

8 Apr

Talk: Remaking Liberalism

OnlineDavid H. Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Virginia Tech

2026 PPE Distinguished Public Lecture

Topics: General

8 Apr

Conference: Pacific APA - Democracy at the Crossroads: Concerned Philosophers for Peace

OnlineConcerned Philosophers for Peace

Topics: Value Theory

8 Apr

Conference: Nietzsche on Love & Asceticism (2026 NANS @ P-APA)

OnlineAmerican Philosophical Association

North American Nietzsche Society (2026 Pacific Meeting of the American Philosophical Association

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy

8 Apr

Conference: Philosophy of Time Society at the 2026 Pacific APA

OnlineAPA Pacific Division

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

8 Apr

Conference: North American Society for Social Philosophy at the 2026 APA Pacific

OnlineNorth American Society for Social Philosophy

Topics: Value Theory

8 Apr

Conference: SoPheRE at APA Pacific 2026

OnlineSociety for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience

Conferences, Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, Continental Philosophy

9 Apr

Conference: Philosophy of Physics Society at the Pacific APA (2026)

OnlinePhilosophy of Physics Society

Topics: Philosophy of Physical Science

9 Apr

Conference: ISEE at the Pacific APA Climate Hub

OnlinePhilosophers for Sustainability, ISEE, Pacific APA

Topics: General

10 Apr

Conference: Duquesne Philosophy Graduate Conference 2026

HybridDepartment of Philosophy and The Simon Silverman Phenomenology Centre, Duquesne University

Topics: General

10 Apr

Conference: Education, Culture, and Society

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, Villanova University

30th Annual Villanova Philosophy Graduate Student Conference

Topics: General

11 Apr

Conference: APA Pacific Public Session: Being Trans in Philosophy Zine Reading + Launch Party

OnlineAPA Pacific Division

Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality

16 Apr

Conference: Thinking About God: Historical Perspectives

HybridSchool of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions

17 Apr

Conference: Great Lakes Philosophy Conference: "Against the Current: Resistance in an Age of Suppression"

OnlineDepartment of Philosophy, Siena Heights University

2026 Great Lakes Philosophy Conference

Topics: General

17 Apr

Conference: Theory and Practice after the Practice Turn – Where Social Theory and Empirical Philosophy meet

OnlineNormative Orders, Goethe University of Frankfurt

Topics: Epistemology, Metaphilosophy, General Philosophy of Science

18 Apr

Conference: East Tennessee Rural Biomedical Ethics Conference

OnlineDepartment of Philosophy and Religious Studies, East Tennessee State University

Topics: General

23 Apr

Conference: Simone Weil: Roots, Exile, and Migration

HybridTexas A&M University

American Weil Society Annual Colloquy

Topics: General

24 Apr

Conference: The Digital Worlds Workshop

OnlineUniversity of North Dakota, Grand Forks

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Aesthetics

25 Apr

Conference: UTD Seventh Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

HybridUniversity of Texas at Dallas

Topics: General

2 May

Conference: Rotman Graduate Student Conference 2026: Philosophical Issues in the Life Sciences

HybridRotman Institute of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario

Rotman Graduate Student’s Conference

Topics: General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

4 May

Conference: 6th International Conference on Philosophy of Mind: Artificial Intelligence (6ICPH)

HybridInstitute of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto

Topics: General

5 May

Conference: North American Spinoza Society's Junior Scholar Workshop

OnlineNorth American Spinoza Society

Topics: General

8 May

Conference: Dianoia: The Undergraduate Philosophy Annual Conference at Boston College

Annual Symposium

Topics: General

10 May

Conference: 21st Annual Bentley Business Ethics Teaching Workshop

Hoffman Center for Business Ethics, Bentley University

Topics: Applied Ethics

11 May

Conference: Process Philosophy in Under-explored traditions in philosophical history

OnlinePhilosophy, Decoloniality Research Group, University of Pretoria & The Conversational Society of Philosophy, University of Calabar, Nigeria.

Topics: General

13 May

Conference: Indigenous Philosophy in Conversation with V.F. Cordova

HybridWilliam H. Miller III Department of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University

Topics: Philosophy of the Americas

13 May

Conference: Early Career Workshop

OnlineStockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace

Topics: Value Theory

21 May

Conference: 30th Annual IAEP Conference (Virtual)

OnlineInternational Association for Environmental Philosophy

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of the Americas, Applied Ethics

22 May

Conference: Woman and Human Progress in the Enlightenment

OnlineFaculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

26 May

Talk: Aristotle's Interpretation of Plato's Theaetetus

HybridDe Wulf-Mansion Centre, KU Leuven

Leuven Colloquia on Ancient Philosophy

D. Gregory MacIsaac (Carleton University)

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

26 May

Conference: SUSANNE K. LANGER: Artistic Angles, Philosophical Circles, Poetic Dots, and Technical Lines

HybridDepartment for Architecture Theory and Philosophy of Technics at TU Wien

The Susanne K. Langer Circle

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

26 May

Conference: 2026 Feminist Decolonial Politics Workshop

HybridUniversity at Buffalo, University at North Carolina and Online

Feminist Decolonial Politics Workshop

Topics: General

26 May

Conference: New Perspectives in Philosophy of Psychiatry (AAPP 2025/ VMST-14)

HybridCenter for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas

Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry Annual Conference

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous

28 May

Conference: Leuven Kant Conference

HybridInstitute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

1 Jun

Conference: AI and Data Ethics Summer Training Program

Ethics Institute / Philosophy Department, Northeastern University

Topics: General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Applied Ethics

3 Jun

CFP: 2026 AAP Conference

HybridAustralasian Association of Philosophy

Topics: General

8 Jun

Conference: University of Missouri 2026 Virtual Summer School on the Foundations of the Mind Sciences

OnlineUniversity of Missouri, Columbia

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Computing and Information

10 Jun

Conference: Experiments in Linguistic Meaning 4

HybridDepartment of Linguistics & MindCORE, University of Pennsylvania

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

16 Jun

Conference: Entity Realism Beyond Manipulation

HybridInstitute of Philosophy, University of Bern

Topics: General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous

5 Jul

Conference: 2026 AAP Conference

HybridAustralasian Association of Philosophy

Topics: General

13 Jul

Conference: 9th Derrida Today Conference

HybridÉcole Normale Supérieure

9th Derrida Today Conference

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

20 Jul

Conference: Critical Theory Workshop's 18th Annual Summer School

HybridLaboratoire d’Anthropologie Politique , École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) -- School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, France

Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

22 Jul

Conference: 28th Annual international nursing philosophy conference in association with the International Philosophy of Nursing Society

HybridCenter for Nursing Philosophy, University of California, Irvine

Topics: General

4 Aug

Conference: Energy Ethics 2026: Infrastructures of Energy

HybridCentre for Energy Ethics, University of St Andrews

Topics: Philosophy of Social Science, Value Theory