Confirmed keynote speakers:
\nMany thinkers stressed that emotions (at least a significant part of them) do not just happen to us. Since ancient philosophy\, there have been many discussions about how there are active components in our emotions: that they are determined by our judgements\, by our will or by our choices. There have also been many debates about how one&rsquo\;s culture determines one&rsquo\;s emotions. To a larger extent\, this active shaping of emotions is unconscious\, but many thinkers explored the possibility of expressly cultivating certain emotions and transforming our emotional life. What we do shapes our emotions. They are at least in part our responsibility. On the other hand\, emotions decisively affect the way we think about action and act. This reciprocal relation between action and emotions affects our whole life and it is also decisive for the main crises we face today\, such as ecological and climatic disruption\, technological perils\, social and cultural dissolution\, the systemic decay of democratic and geopolitical orders\, the erosion of shared truth\, the atrophy of sustained attention\, global mental health crisis\, and so on. The goal of this conference is to discuss how our enacting of emotions contributes to these and other problems we face\, as well as how we can cultivate different emotions to help us deal with these problems. \;
\nTo discuss this question\, it is of course necessary to determine how emotions result from our activity (whether at an empirical level or at a deeper or transcendental level) or how they are marked by what we do. It is also necessary to consider how our enacted emotions have\, in turn\, a deep impact on our life. Many thinkers studied the way our cognitive processes or our practical decisions are affected by emotions\, and contemporary debates on epistemic\, aesthetic\, moral\, political\, climatic emotions (among others) help us understand how any emotion we enact affects the way we think\, the way we experience things\, and the way we act at the individual and the collective level. Thus\, it stands to reason that all the problems we face today are also to an extent shaped by the emotions we ourselves have enacted and will enact in the future. This involves both perils and opportunities: on the one hand\, emotions can be manipulated to generate reactions\, or to mold perceptions of events\; on the other hand\, one can cultivate emotions to develop capabilities needed in the contemporary world and to build hope\, resilience\, courage\, fortitude\, empathy.
\nWe welcome contributions from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and methodological frameworks\, fostering a truly interdisciplinary dialogue on these issues.
\nPaper proposals should be sent to praxis@ubi.pt by July 1. They should include an abstract (250-350 words) and a brief biographical note about the authors (up to 100 words). We also welcome panel proposals (3 participants per panel\, preferably mixed gender). Notifications of acceptance and rejection will be sent by July 15. Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes and may be delivered in English\, Portuguese or French. Please note that all presentations must be delivered in person\, as videoconferencing will not be available.
ORGANIZER;CN="Praxis Center for Philosophy, Politics and Culture (University of Beira Interior/University of Évora)": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T054110Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260903T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260904T170000 SUMMARY:2nd Praxis International Conference "Enacting Emotions in Today’s World" UID:20260625T143436Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Évora\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:Confirmed keynote speakers:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Fabrice Teroni (Université\; de Genè\;ve)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Irene Borges-Duarte (Universidade de É\;vora)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Pierre Leger (Université\; d&rsquo\;Aix-Marseille)
\nMany thinkers stressed that emotions (at least a significant part of them) do not just happen to us. Since ancient philosophy\, there have been many discussions about how there are active components in our emotions: that they are determined by our judgements\, by our will or by our choices. There have also been many debates about how one&rsquo\;s culture determines one&rsquo\;s emotions. To a larger extent\, this active shaping of emotions is unconscious\, but many thinkers explored the possibility of expressly cultivating certain emotions and transforming our emotional life. What we do shapes our emotions. They are at least in part our responsibility. On the other hand\, emotions decisively affect the way we think about action and act. This reciprocal relation between action and emotions affects our whole life and it is also decisive for the main crises we face today\, such as ecological and climatic disruption\, technological perils\, social and cultural dissolution\, the systemic decay of democratic and geopolitical orders\, the erosion of shared truth\, the atrophy of sustained attention\, global mental health crisis\, and so on. The goal of this conference is to discuss how our enacting of emotions contributes to these and other problems we face\, as well as how we can cultivate different emotions to help us deal with these problems. \;
\nTo discuss this question\, it is of course necessary to determine how emotions result from our activity (whether at an empirical level or at a deeper or transcendental level) or how they are marked by what we do. It is also necessary to consider how our enacted emotions have\, in turn\, a deep impact on our life. Many thinkers studied the way our cognitive processes or our practical decisions are affected by emotions\, and contemporary debates on epistemic\, aesthetic\, moral\, political\, climatic emotions (among others) help us understand how any emotion we enact affects the way we think\, the way we experience things\, and the way we act at the individual and the collective level. Thus\, it stands to reason that all the problems we face today are also to an extent shaped by the emotions we ourselves have enacted and will enact in the future. This involves both perils and opportunities: on the one hand\, emotions can be manipulated to generate reactions\, or to mold perceptions of events\; on the other hand\, one can cultivate emotions to develop capabilities needed in the contemporary world and to build hope\, resilience\, courage\, fortitude\, empathy.
\nWe welcome contributions from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and methodological frameworks\, fostering a truly interdisciplinary dialogue on these issues.
\nPaper proposals should be sent to praxis@ubi.pt by June 15. They should include an abstract (250-350 words) and a brief biographical note about the authors (up to 100 words). We also welcome panel proposals (3 participants per panel\, preferably mixed gender). Notifications of acceptance and rejection will be sent by July 15. Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes and may be delivered in English\, Portuguese or French. Please note that all presentations must be delivered in person\, as videoconferencing will not be available.
ORGANIZER;CN="Praxis Center for Philosophy, Politics and Culture (University of Beira Interior/University of Évora)": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T054110Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261130T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261130T090000 SUMMARY:Philosophy and Rugby UID:20260625T143437Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Portugal\, Évora\, Portugal\, 7004-516 DESCRIPTION:Closely related to the world-renowned football (soccer)\, rugby is what we could call a glocal sport. In fact\, being practiced on every continent\, the oval ball game is perfectly rooted in some regions of the planet and practically ignored in neighboring territories. It is therefore not surprising that rugby is the subject of study in disciplines such as sociology and anthropology\, with the latter epistemological approach notably including the works of Pierre Sansot or Anne Saouter\, for example\, who study rugby in Southwest France. The philosophical literature dealing with rugby is not so extensive\, although the interest that philosophers such as Michel Serres or Catherine Kintzler dedicate to this collective combat sport is well known. Serres even states that watching rugby is to have access to the deep mechanisms of human nature\, to the tectonic plates that regulate being in society and the relationship with the world. On the other hand\, rugby is a sport that\, in its beauty and complexity\, carries with it an important set of philosophical questions\, such as\, to mention just a few\, the relationships between the individual and the group or between justice and the law. Rugby is an excellent example of the thesis that\, in sport\, the rule has ontological value (Yves Vargas). Therefore\, studies by former players who analyse the sport of the oval ball from a philosophical point of view are of great importance (see\, for example\, the work done by Cawyn Jones).
\nThe University of É\;vora will host the International Conference on Philosophy and Rugby on May 25 and 26\, 2027\, and therefore invites all those interested in these two activities to travel to our historic and beautiful city. In this way\, it will be possible to discuss the issues mentioned above\, as well as others that allow us to develop and strengthen the dialogue between rugby and philosophy.
\nCall for Papers
\nProposals for communications are welcome until \;30 November 2026. Abstracts should be between 250 and 350 words and must be accompanied by a brief biographical note of no more than 100 words. Submissions should be sent to \;evoraphilosophyrugby@gmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN="João Tiago Lima";CN="João Baptista Malta";CN="Ângelo Milhano": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260624T054110Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20270525T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20270526T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy and Rugby UID:20260625T143438Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Portugal\, Évora\, Portugal\, 7004-516 DESCRIPTION:Closely related to the world-renowned football (soccer)\, rugby is what we could call a glocal sport. In fact\, being practiced on every continent\, the oval ball game is perfectly rooted in some regions of the planet and practically ignored in neighboring territories. It is therefore not surprising that rugby is the subject of study in disciplines such as sociology and anthropology\, with the latter epistemological approach notably including the works of Pierre Sansot or Anne Saouter\, for example\, who study rugby in Southwest France. The philosophical literature dealing with rugby is not so extensive\, although the interest that philosophers such as Michel Serres or Catherine Kintzler dedicate to this collective combat sport is well known. Serres even states that watching rugby is to have access to the deep mechanisms of human nature\, to the tectonic plates that regulate being in society and the relationship with the world. On the other hand\, rugby is a sport that\, in its beauty and complexity\, carries with it an important set of philosophical questions\, such as\, to mention just a few\, the relationships between the individual and the group or between justice and the law. Rugby is an excellent example of the thesis that\, in sport\, the rule has ontological value (Yves Vargas). Therefore\, studies by former players who analyse the sport of the oval ball from a philosophical point of view are of great importance (see\, for example\, the work done by Cawyn Jones).
\nThe University of É\;vora will host the International Conference on Philosophy and Rugby on May 25 and 26\, 2027\, and therefore invites all those interested in these two activities to travel to our historic and beautiful city. In this way\, it will be possible to discuss the issues mentioned above\, as well as others that allow us to develop and strengthen the dialogue between rugby and philosophy.
\nCall for Papers
\nProposals for communications are welcome until \;30 November 2026. Abstracts should be between 250 and 350 words and must be accompanied by a brief biographical note of no more than 100 words. Submissions should be sent to \;evoraphilosophyrugby@gmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN="João Tiago Lima";CN="João Baptista Malta";CN="Ângelo Milhano": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR