We are pleased to announce Motion and Soul: The Soul as Principle of Motion in Ancient Philosophy\, a workshop to be held at Princeton on October 31-November 1. We invite submissions from graduate students and early-career researchers\, selected through an open call.
\nThe workshop will feature a keynote address by M. M. McCabe (King&rsquo\;s College London) and a series of workshop sessions. Each workshop session will consist of a presentation of a pre-circulated paper\, ranging from 15 to 30 pages\, followed by comments from a discussant and a Q&\;A session.
\nWe invite submissions on topics related to the soul as a principle of motion in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy. Possible subjects include (but are not limited to!) the soul in Plato&rsquo\;s Phaedrus (proof of immortality\, the myth of the winged chariot\, recollection and eros\, rhetoric and psychagogia)\, Laws (soul and self-motion\, psychology and legislation\, preludes and persuasion\, theology and cosmology)\, Timaeus (cosmic soul and necessity\, structure of the human soul\, embodiment\, eschatology)\, as well as in Aristotle&rsquo\;s De Anima\, De motu animalium\, Physics\, Parva naturalia and other treatises. Submissions about the reception of these ideas are also welcome\, such as in the Hellenistic\, Roman\, Arab\, Byzantine\, Medieval\, and Renaissance traditions.
\nPlease send fully anonymized abstracts to motionandsoul@gmail.com by December 1st\, 2025. Abstracts should be 500 words or fewer\, excluding the bibliography. Please also send\, in a separate file\, a cover page with your name\, home institution\, contact information\, and a brief bio describing your research. Please indicate in your email whether you would be willing to be a discussant. We will pair you with someone working on topics that interest you\, as indicated by your brief bio.
\nAccommodation and meals will be provided for all presenters and discussants. We can cover travel costs up to $120\, and possibly more. Please indicate in your email if you need further travel assistance\, and we will do our best to accommodate you. A Zoom option will be provided for anyone for whom travel is not possible.
\nThis event is made possible by the generous support of the University Center for Human Values\, the Princeton Philosophy Department\, the Princeton Classics Department\, the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies\, the Graduate School\, IHUM\, the Council of the Humanities\, and the Program in Classical Philosophy. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Antonio Lessa Kerstenetzky;CN=Anusha Celly: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T025349Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261115T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261115T234500 SUMMARY:3PR Conference on Avicenna\, al-Ghazālī and Their Philosophical Legacy UID:20260925T193959Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:30b9:5bff:fe8c:d64d%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Princeton University\, Princeton\, United States\, 08544 DESCRIPTION:Call for Long Abstracts: Avicenna\, al-Ghazālī and Their Philosophical Legacy
\nPrinceton University ·\; February 12&ndash\;13\, 2027
\nAvicenna and al-Ghazālī are two of the most influential philosophers of the medieval Islamic world. Their works transformed debates concerning metaphysics\, theology\, epistemology\, psychology\, logic and ethics. Their influence also extended across the Islamic world and into Jewish\, Christian\, and Latin intellectual traditions. This conference seeks to celebrate and explore their rich philosophical legacy.
\nThe conference aims to bring together scholars working on Avicenna and al-Ghazālī across the history of philosophy\, Islamic philosophy and theology\, metaphysics\, epistemology\, philosophy of religion\, logic\, philosophy of mind\, ethics\, and other fields they have exerted influence over (It is a bonus if the paper engages with issues of contention between the two of them!). We also welcome papers that approach these figures from the perspective of contemporary analytic philosophy\, provided that they engage substantively with their historical texts and arguments. Likewise\, papers need not focus exclusively on Avicenna or al-Ghazālī: contributions concerning their predecessors\, contemporaries\, students\, critics\, or later interpreters are welcome where they illuminate their philosophical significance.
\nConfirmed Speakers
\nSubmission
\nWe invite submissions of abstracts of 500&ndash\;1\,000 words for a conference at Princeton University devoted broadly to the philosophy\, theology\, and intellectual legacies of Avicenna and al-Ghazālī (Please attach the abstract as an attachment of a word or pdf file to the email body).
\nAbstracts should clearly state the central question or thesis of the paper and provide sufficient detail about the argument and its significance. Submissions should be suitable for a 45-minute conference presentation with a 30 minute Q&\;A to follow.
\nThe travel and accommodation will be provided by Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (3PR) and the PRÈ\;CIS initiative.
\nSubmission deadline: November 15\, 2026
Submission email: avicennaghazaliprinceton@gmail.com
Please include in the abstract:
\nPlease include in the e-mail subject line:
\nPlease include in the e-mail body:
\nOrganized by Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (3PR) and the PRÈ\;CIS initiative.
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For any queries\, please e-mail avicennaghazaliprinceton@gmail.com or pppr@princeton.edu. \;
Call for Long Abstracts: Avicenna\, al-Ghazālī and Their Philosophical Legacy
\nPrinceton University ·\; February 12&ndash\;13\, 2027
\nAvicenna and al-Ghazālī are two of the most influential philosophers of the medieval Islamic world. Their works transformed debates concerning metaphysics\, theology\, epistemology\, psychology\, logic and ethics. Their influence also extended across the Islamic world and into Jewish\, Christian\, and Latin intellectual traditions. This conference seeks to celebrate and explore their rich philosophical legacy.
\nThe conference aims to bring together scholars working on Avicenna and al-Ghazālī across the history of philosophy\, Islamic philosophy and theology\, metaphysics\, epistemology\, philosophy of religion\, logic\, philosophy of mind\, ethics\, and other fields they have exerted influence over (It is a bonus if the paper engages with issues of contention between the two of them!). We also welcome papers that approach these figures from the perspective of contemporary analytic philosophy\, provided that they engage substantively with their historical texts and arguments. Likewise\, papers need not focus exclusively on Avicenna or al-Ghazālī: contributions concerning their predecessors\, contemporaries\, students\, critics\, or later interpreters are welcome where they illuminate their philosophical significance.
\nConfirmed Speakers
\nSubmission
\nWe invite submissions of abstracts of 500&ndash\;1\,000 words for a conference at Princeton University devoted broadly to the philosophy\, theology\, and intellectual legacies of Avicenna and al-Ghazālī (Please attach the abstract as an attachment of a word or pdf file to the email body).
\nAbstracts should clearly state the central question or thesis of the paper and provide sufficient detail about the argument and its significance. Submissions should be suitable for a 45-minute conference presentation with a 30 minute Q&\;A to follow.
\nThe travel and accommodation will be provided by Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (3PR) and the PRÈ\;CIS initiative.
\nSubmission deadline: November 15\, 2026
Submission email: avicennaghazaliprinceton@gmail.com
Please include in the abstract:
\nPlease include in the e-mail subject line:
\nPlease include in the e-mail body:
\nOrganized by Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (3PR) and the PRÈ\;CIS initiative.
\n
For any queries\, please e-mail avicennaghazaliprinceton@gmail.com or pppr@princeton.edu. \;