This seminar aims to equip doctoral students and early career scholars in philosophy and religion to explore patience in adversity. We hope participants will emerge ready to contribute to the growing research on patience as it relates to courage\, anger\, self-control\, awe\, as well as how virtues interact with personal and structural hardship.
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The seminar will cover cutting-edge research in philosophy and religion and will feature senior scholars who will present their own work and advise students on their writing projects in this general area. Participants will benefit from mentoring and engagement with their own research during daily sessions.
Together\, we will consider questions such as:
\nLogistics and Funding: Seminar main meetings will convene each day and involve discussion of invited scholars&rsquo\; work\, breakout sessions\, and small group mentoring workshops. Seminar participants will receive a $5\,000 honorarium for their participation and time. All payments will be made in US dollars.Cost of travel and lodging for award recipients is expected to be covered by the individuals themselves.
\nApplication Deadline: January 9\, 2026.
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Application Instructions: Applicants must submit the following materials at this link (https://baylor.app.box.com/f/e71a529d377840e896baddc6ed936914) using the document names indicated below each document description:
1) Letter of application of no more than 1 page explaining: what topics regarding patience interest you\; connection of these topics with your previous or ongoing research\; how research you do or plan to do impacts populations facing adversity\; level of familiarity with moral psychology and virtue ethics generally.
\nName Document: [Your Last Name\, Your First Name] &ndash\; Letter of Application
\n2) A 250-word statement describing the scholar&rsquo\;s capacity for successful collaboration with scholars from diverse disciplines and backgrounds (psychology\, religion\, philosophy).
\nName Document: [Your Last Name\, Your First Name] - Collaboration Statement
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3) Curriculum Vitae
Name Document: [Your Last Name\, Your First Name] - CV
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4) Short bio (less than 200-word) for posting on a website featuring participants.
Name Document: [Your Last Name\, Your First Name] - Short Bio
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5) Letter of support from primary advisor (PhD mentor for graduate students\, supervisor for postdoctoral researchers) stating the advisor&rsquo\;s supports for the advisee's participation and time commitment.
Name Document: [Your Last Name\, Your First Name] - Letter of Support
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6) Contact information for an additional 2-3 professional references (no letter is required from these additional references at time of application.)
Name Document: [Your Last Name\, Your First Name] - Professional References
ORGANIZER;CN=Anne Jeffrey;CN=Fannie Bialek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260607T131335Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260924T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260925T170000 SUMMARY:3CPR UID:20260615T155246Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:South Bend\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame\, the Rutgers Center for the Philosophy of Religion\, and the Princeton Project in Philosophy &\; Religion \;are pleased to announce a \;new \;joint \;workshop in philosophy of religion\, to be \;inaugurated in 2026 \;at the University of Notre Dame. This workshop aims to spotlight and help \;incubate \;exciting \;new work in the philosophy of religion \;(broadly-construed)\, as well as to develop and deepen connections among our three centers \;(3 Centers for Philosophy of Religion = 3CPR). \; The plan is to rotate 3CPR each year: it will be hosted at Princeton in 2027 and at Rutgers in 2028. \; \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260607T131335Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261206T120000 SUMMARY:2027 Ethics at Notre Dame symposium: Ethics Beyond Action UID:20260615T155247Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:Notre Dame\, United States DESCRIPTION:We invite submissions of abstracts for ENDs 2027\, which will be held at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend\, Indiana\, on Friday\, April 30\, and Saturday\, May 1\, 2027. Abstracts should be between 750 and 1\,000 words (inclusive of everything but the bibliography). Abstracts must be prepared for blind review. The title of the proposed paper should be included at the top of the document\, above the abstract. Save the abstract as a PDF with the paper&rsquo\;s title as its name (e.g.\, &ldquo\;Paper&rsquo\;s Title.pdf&rdquo\;) and attach it to an email sent to ends@nd.edu with the subject heading &ldquo\;Abstract for ENDs 2027.&rdquo\; The deadline is noon (EST) on Sunday\, December 6\, 2026. The proposed paper must be on normative ethics and relate to the theme &ldquo\;Ethics Beyond Action.&rdquo\; We are especially interested in submissions that aim to open up new lines of inquiry relating to this theme.
\nPossible topics under this theme include but are not limited to: (1) moral education\; (2) moral perception\; (3) moral virtues and vices\; (4) morally relevant feelings\, attitudes\, and emotions\; (5) moral ideals and individual and cultural moral improvement\; (6) whether things besides actions (such as beliefs\, biases\, feelings\, perceptions\, dispositions\, etc.) can be right or wrong\; (7) whether it&rsquo\;s important that a moral theory not be exclusively act-oriented\; (8) whether the motive or intention with which an act is performed is important to its moral assessment\; (9) the epistemological relevance of the emotions to deontic and evaluative assessment\; (10) whether it matters\, morally speaking\, what sorts of reasons or motives we act upon\; (11) whether we can be morally responsible for things that are not under our voluntary control\; etc.
\nSubmissions will be evaluated by the organizers\, and decisions will be finalized in mid-January. The plan is for there to be around eight to ten speakers\, all of whom will be chosen on the basis of the abstracts&mdash\;thus\, no keynotes. The authors of accepted abstracts will be expected to provide drafts of their papers for distribution to ENDs attendees at least four weeks in advance of the conference. Authors will have 30-45 minutes to present their papers at the conference\, followed by Q&\;A. These papers must not be published\, accepted for publication\, or submitted for publication prior to the conclusion of the conference\, for speakers should be willing to consider including their papers in any anthology or symposium that the organizers possibly arrange. Speakers will not be required to include their papers\, but they should be open to doing so depending on what the organizers are able to arrange. Since abstracts will be reviewed anonymously\, those affiliated with the University of Notre Dame are welcome to submit to ENDs.
\nLastly\, those who are either currently enrolled in a graduate program or within fifteen (15) years of having received their Ph.D should note that we offer a $5\,000 prize for the most outstanding paper by an early-career scholar.
\nThe Ethics at Notre Dame symposium ("ENDs" for short) is a biennial\, thematic conference in normative ethics held every other spring at the University of Notre Dame beginning in 2027. Free and open to all registrants\, ENDs aims both to advance new work on significant themes in ethical theory and to support scholars&mdash\;especially those early in their careers&mdash\;through feedback\, mentorship\, and potential publication opportunities.
\nSee ethics.nd.edu/ends for more information. Email ends@nd.edu with questions.
ORGANIZER;CN=Douglas W. Portmore;CN=Katie O'Dell;CN=Tom Dougherty;CN=Cheshire Calhoun: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260607T131335Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20270430T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20270501T170000 SUMMARY:2027 Ethics at Notre Dame symposium: Ethics Beyond Action UID:20260615T155248Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:Notre Dame\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Ethics at Notre Dame symposium ("ENDs" for short) is a biennial\, thematic conference in normative ethics held every other spring at the University of Notre Dame beginning in 2027. Free and open to all registrants\, ENDs aims both to advance new work on significant themes in ethical theory and to support scholars&mdash\;especially those early in their careers&mdash\;through feedback\, mentorship\, and potential publication opportunities.
\nThe 2027 ENDs Conference will be held \;Friday\, April 30\, and Saturday\, May 1\, 2027. The conference theme for 2027 is \;Ethics Beyond Action.
ORGANIZER;CN=Douglas W. Portmore;CN=Katie O'Dell;CN=Tom Dougherty;CN=Cheshire Calhoun: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR