In Conversation: Exploring the Philosophy of Money and Finance &ndash\; Series III
\nA series of interviews with contributors to The Philosophy of Money and Finance (Hardcover\, OUP 2024\; Paperback\, fall 2025)
\nSchedule
\n"Truth in Financial Accounting"
Author: Christopher J. Cowton (Emeritus\, University of Huddersfield)
Interviewer: Lisa Warenski (CUNY Graduate Center)
Date and Time: 15 January 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Green Central Banking" \;
Authors: Peter Dietsch (University of Victoria)\; Clé\;ment Fontan (University of Louvain)
Interviewer: Jens van't Klooster
Date and Time: 25 March 2026\, 18:00 CET
"On the Wrongfulness of Bank Contributions to Financial Crises"
Author: \;Richard Endö\;rfer (University of Gothenburg)
Interviewer: Kobi Finestone (Univeresity of San Diego)
Date and Time: 01 June 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Bitcoins Left and Right: A Normative Assessment of a Digital Currency"
Authors: Lars Lindblom and Joakim Sandberg
Interviewer: TBA
Date and Time: September (TBA) 2026\, 18:00 CET
This is a zoom series on the value of consciousness\, taking place every first Tuesday of the month at noon Eastern time in the US/6pm in Europe. The program is below. The zoom link is this:
\nhttps://riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/93096236283?pwd=s6SO6NqrM5mnGpqjFtKNfTNoxaHGUg.1
\nProgram:
\nSept. 2: Takuya Niikawa\, &ldquo\;Consciousness Aesthetics&rdquo\;
Oct. 7: Anna Giustina\, &ldquo\;Prospects for an Aesthetics of Consciousness&rdquo\;
Nov. 11: Emad Atiq\, ""Agency\, Normativity\, and Acquaintance"
Dec. 2: Lé\;a Salje\, &ldquo\;Feeling Like Oneself&rdquo\;
Jan. 6: David Builes\, &ldquo\;Four Views of the First Person&rdquo\;
Feb. 3: Adrià\; Moret\, &ldquo\;No Welfare without Sentience&rdquo\;
Mar. 3: Gwen Bradford\, &ldquo\;Dreams and Incommunicable Aesthetic Value&rdquo\;
Apr. 7: Enrico Terrone\, "The Type-Token Dilemma for the Aesthetics of Consciousness"
May 5: Leonard Dung\, &ldquo\;Varieties of Sentientism About Moral Standing&rdquo\;
Call for Abstracts for The Zicklin Center Normative Business Ethics Workshop Series
\nOver the 2025-2026 academic year\, the Zicklin Center for Governance and Business Ethics at the Wharton School\, University of Pennsylvania\, will convene a regular works-in-progress series for scholars working in normative business ethics (NBE). In particular\, the Series will workshop papers pursuing business ethics issues from a normative perspective\, or papers in moral or political philosophy with implications for the market\, distributive justice\, labor relations\, the role of business in society\, etc.
\nWorkshop Objectives
\nThe Series is part of an effort to foster normative business ethics in the academy and the public sphere. This particular initiative has two key objectives: First\, it endeavors to provide a regular forum for scholars working on business ethics from a normative perspective. The community of such scholars is relatively small\, and dispersed across numerous institutions\, and there are few opportunities for these individuals to convene and share work. This Series is an effort to connect these scholars and to enrich their shared intellectual life. Second\, the Series aims to be especially valuable to junior faculty and advanced graduate students\, by providing them with feedback from\, and opportunities to interact with\, more established members of the normative business ethics community. To that end\, we hope to have (at least) one junior author and one senior author at each session.
\nWorkshop Format
\nThe workshop will meet six times over the academic year. Any academic or practitioner with an interest in normative business ethics is invited to attend the sessions. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come with feedback for the paper authors. To maximize the opportunity for paper improvement\, authors will not present their papers\; we will instead spend our time together on questions and comments for the author.
\nSessions will be held on Fridays\, beginning at 1:00 pm unless otherwise indicated. We will discuss two to three papers at each session. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come prepared to offer feedback.
\nWe plan to hold all sessions in-person\, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania\, in Philadelphia.
\nSession Dates:
\nSeptember 19th\, 2025
\nOctober 17th\, 2025
\nJanuary 16th\, 2026
\nFebruary 13th\, 2026
\nMarch 20th\, 2026
\nApril 10th\, 2026
\nCall for Abstracts
\nWe invite abstract submissions from \;faculty and post-docs\, and from graduate students who have advanced to the ABD stage. \;Preferential treatment will be given to those who have not presented work at the Series before\, and we especially welcome submissions from women and under-represented minorities.
\nThe abstract should propose a paper in normative business ethics\, as described above. We ask that submissions offer a fairly detailed sense of the paper without exceeding 500 words.
\nWe ask that applicants identify three of the above dates\, in order of preference\, at which they would like to present their work. Please send your abstract to Brian Berkey &ndash\; bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu -- by July 25th\, 2025. Individuals will be notified about whether their paper has been selected for presentation by August 4th\, 2025.
\nInformation for Selected Authors
\nThe Zicklin Center will likely be able to offer travel funding of $1000 for paper authors for the session at which their paper will be discussed\, though there is a bit of uncertainty regarding our funding situation at the moment. In cases of need\, we may be able to offer additional funding\, with preference given to graduate students and international scholars.
\nReimbursement for travel expenses is subject to two conditions. By accepting the offer to workshop a paper\, the paper author pledges that:
\n1. \; \; \; \; The paper they will share is at a stage of development where the author can incorporate feedback gained at the workshop (e.g.\, the paper is not yet in page proofs or in print)\; and
\n2. \; \; \; \; The paper author will send their draft paper to the organizers no fewer than 14 days before their presentation date.
\nFor co-authored papers\, we can ordinarily only provide travel funding for one of the authors\, though other co-authors are welcome to attend.
\nPlease address any questions about the CFA or the workshop to one of the organizers: Brian Berkey (bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu)\, Amy Sepinwall (sepin@wharton.upenn.edu)\, or Julian Jonker (jonker@wharton.upenn.edu).
ORGANIZER;CN=Brian Berkey;CN=Amy J. Sepinwall;CN=Julian Jonker: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251001T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:STAL Seminar UID:20260404T112956Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) is an international and interdisciplinary network whose primary aim is to promote work on slurs\, pejoratives\, expressives and evaluative terms in general\, from languages that have been seldom discussed in the recent philosophical and semantic literature\, and in particular\, from sign languages and non-Indo-European languages. Its main aim is to bring to light new empirical data and uncover novel interesting phenomena that may have the potential to challenge current theories. Empirical studies of the expressions mentioned from such languages\, comparisons with English slurs\, as well as wider cross-linguistic approaches and developments of extant theories in application to the new data or previously neglected phenomena are encouraged too.
\nThe network's coordinators are \;Isidora Stojanovic \;(Pompeu Fabra University/CNRS-Institut Jean Nicod) &\; \;Dan Zeman \;(University of Porto). More information about the network and its activities can be found at \;https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork. To contact the network coordinators\, please write to stalnetwork@gmail.com.
\nThe STAL Seminar features monthly\, online talks by researchers tackling issues \;related to the study of slurs\, pejoratives\, expressives and evaluative terms in general\, from less studied languages. The meetings in the 2025-2026 academic year take place on MONDAYS\, 14:30-16:00 Central European Time (CET). The list of speakers is the following (exact dates to be provided soon):
\n- OCTOBER 2025: Luvell Anderson (University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign)
\n- NOVEMBER 2025: Claire Horisk (University of Missouri)
\n- DECEMBER 2025: Xavier Villalba (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
\n- JANUARY 2026: Daisy Dixon (Cardiff University)
\n- FEBRUARY 2026: Elisabeth Camp (Rutgers University)
\n- MARCH 2026: Leopold Hess (Jagiellonian University)
\n- APRIL 2026: Robin Jeshion (University of Southern California)
\n- MAY 2026: Yim Binh Felix Sze (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
\n- JUNE 2026: Mingya Liu (Humboldt University of Berlin)
ORGANIZER;CN=Isidora Stojanovic;CN=Dan Zeman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20251001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:Polysemy in the Evaluative Sphere UID:20260404T112957Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Faculty of Letters\, University of Porto\, Via Panorâmica s/n\, Porto\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:POLYSEMY IN THE EVALUATIVE SPHERE
\nIn-person: Faculty of Letters\, University of Porto\, Via Panorâ\;mica s/n
\nOnline: Zoom
\nThis is a biweekly seminar pertaining to the project Slurs and the Lexicon: A Rich-Lexicon Approach to Slurs and Other Evaluative Expressions - LEXISLUR (2023.05952.CEECIND\; PI: Dan Zeman). The main aim of the project is to offer a polysemy account fit for evaluative expressions and to assess to what extent a unified approach to the entire evaluative sphere is feasible. Much work on polysemy can be found in lexical semantics - the branch of semantics that studies the meaning of words\, their internal structure and interrelations\, etc. However\, while the debate about polysemy of various expressions has produced an impressive amount of work\, not much material on the polysemy of evaluative expressions exists in that area. The purpose of this seminar is twofold: first\, to get acquainted with the essential literature on polysemy (via in-person sessions dedicated to reading and discussing the relevant papers)\; second\, to feature current work on polysemy as applied to evaluative expressions (via online talks by invited speakers). In this way\, participants will both acquire knowledge about polysemy in general and see how the discussions in lexical semantics can be applied to the evaluative sphere.
\nIn-person meetings
\nNext meeting: NOVEMBER 5\, 15:00-16:30 WET: \;Marina Ortega André\;s &\; Agustin Vicente\, "Polysemy and co-predication"\, \;Glossa \;4(1)\, 2019.
\nPast meetings: \;OCTOBER 15\, 16.30-18.00 WET: \;Michelle Liu\, "Polysemy and Philosophy"\, \;Philosophy Compass \;20: e70040\, 2025.
\nFuture readings:
\nNicholas Asher\, Lexical Meaning in Context: A Web of Words\, Cambridge University Press\, 2011 (excerpts).
\nRobyn Carston\, "Polysemy: pragmatics and sense conventions"\, Mind &\; Language 36(1): 108-133\, 2021.
\nJohn Collins\, "Copredication as illusion"\, Journal of Semantics 40(2-3): 359-389\, 2023.
\nSteven Frisson\, "Semantic underspecification in language processing"\, Language and Linguistics Compass 3(1): 111-127\, 2009.
\nLotte Hogeweg &\; Agustin Vicente\, "On the nature of the lexicon"\, Journal of Linguistics 56(4): 865-891\, 2020.
\nRay Jackendoff\, Semantic Structures\, MIT Press\, 1990 (excerpts).
\nIngrid Lossius Falkum &\; Agustin Vicente\, "Polysemy"\, Oxford Bibliographies Online\, 2020.
\nJames Pustejovsky\, The Generative Lexicon\, MIT Press\, 1995 (excerpts).
\nPetra Schumacher\, "When combinatorial processing results in reconceptualization: Towards a new approach of compositionality"\, Frontiers of Psychology 4: 677\, 2013.
\nAgustin Vicente\, "Polysemy and word meaning"\, Philosophical Studies\, 175(4): 947-968\, 2018.
\nAgustin Vicente\, "Approaches to co-predication"\, Journal of Pragmatics 182: 348-357\, 2021.
\nOnline talks
\nNext talk: NOVEMBER 21\, 11:00-12.30 WET: Marina Ortega-André\;s (University of the Basque Country)\, "When this chef says pot: The importance of the speaker's identity in understanding ambiguous words"
\nPast talks: \;OCTOBER 31\, 11:00-12:30 WET: \;Michelle Liu (Monash University)\, "Ad Hoc Concepts\, Polysemy\, and Verbal Disputes"
\nFuture talks (schedule and titles TBA): \;John Collins &\; Agustin Vicente\, Tamara Dobler\, Jessica Keiser\, Michelle Liu\, Ingrid Lossius Falkum\, Emanuel Viebahn
ORGANIZER;CN=Dan Zeman;CN=Alba Moreno Zurita: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:UK XPHI Online UID:20260404T112958Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce the next series of our monthly online workshop devoted to discussion of work in progress in experimental philosophy. The workshop is usually held via Teams\, the second Wednesday of each month\, 16:00-18:00 UK time. \; Details of 2025/26 season TBC
\n \; ORGANIZER;CN=James Andow;CN=Eugen Fischer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260604T170000 SUMMARY:Sign\, Language\, Reality Seminar 2025/26 UID:20260404T112959Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Sign. Language\, Reality (SLR) Seminar Series 2025/26
\nWe are pleased to announce the program for the upcoming academic year of the Sign. Language\, Reality (SLR) Seminar\, hosted by the Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Warsaw and the Polish Semiotic Society. The series brings together scholars working on philosophy of language\, logic\, philosophy of linguistics\, theoretical semiotics\, and related areas.
\nProgram 2025/26:
\n9 October 2025 &mdash\; Franç\;ois Recanati (Collè\;ge de France)
Mental files\, concepts\, and modes of presentation
23 October 2025 &mdash\; Antonina Jamrozik (University of Warsaw)
Why do we need the notion of a lie? Considerations from the case of presuppositional lies
6 November 2025 &mdash\; Edward Zalta (Stanford University)
How to Ground Semantics in Higher-Order Metaphysics
4 December 2025 &mdash\; Thomas Hodgson (University of Gdansk / Shanxi University)
The act-type theory of propositions as a theory of empty names
22 January 2026 &mdash\; Hannes Leitgeb (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
The Additive Logic of Epistemic Reasons. An Axiomatic Account
19 February 2026 &mdash\; Piotr Stalmaszczyk (University of Lodz)
Conceptual Engineering\, Semiotics and Metalinguistics
19 March 2026 &mdash\; Merel Semeijn (University of Groningen)
Common ground in non-face-to-face settings
16 April 2026 &mdash\; Louis Rouillé\; (University of Liè\;ge)
The dynamics of fictional names: an antirealist perspective
21 May 2026 &mdash\; Diego Feinmann (IPI PAN)
Theories of Relevance
4 June 2026 &mdash\; Antonio Negro &\; Salvatore Pistoia-Reda (Università\; degli Studi di Siena)
The contradiction puzzle for logicality
Participation is free and open to all scholars.
\nZoom information:
The seminar will be held online. To join the meeting\, please use the Zoom information below:
https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/92716044372?pwd=0l7PETAOwqQDBKTMCnheYQN7ag7zx1.1
ID: 927 1604 4372
Code: 697648
New Generation Research Exchange
\n\;Call for Applications \;
\nSummary \;
\nThe Humane Philosophy Society\, in collaboration the Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Warsaw\, Blackfriars Hall\, University of Oxford\, and Faculty of Philosophy\, Zagreb University invite applications for the New Generation Research Exchange programme. The Exchange programme will give young scholars in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) working on Big Questions of fundamental human importance the opportunity to participate in three fully funded workshops taking place at the Universities of Warsaw\, Zagreb and Oxford. Participants will have the further opportunity to apply to continue the research during a term of funded supervised research at the University of Oxford on the Marek Matraszek Fellowship. Participants&rsquo\; research projects will be assessed by an external committee after the final workshop takes place to determine possible supervisors for research visits to Oxford. The Fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 to take place in Trogir\, Croatia. \;
\nAn introductory video can be viewed here: \;
\nhttps://youtu.be/vfaPrP2W2Hs
\nEligibility
\nApplicants will normally be MA or early PhD students at Central and Eastern European research institutions\, including universities\, research academies and seminaries\, or young scholars from CEE on equivalent degree programmes outside the region. The programme is intended to support research projects of successful candidates during the final year of their MA course\, or developing their MA research topics for publication\, or with a PhD application in mind\, as well as those beginning to work on a PhD. Proposed projects should broadly fall under the project themes\, which are outlined below. \; It is expected that most applications will be submitted by natural scientists\, theologians and philosophers\, but there are no disciplinary restrictions and applicants with academic backgrounds in other areas are also welcome. Applications are welcome from researchers working in any religious tradition\, and from researchers working in no religious tradition.
\nFor the purposes of the project\, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is defined as: Albania\, Armenia\, Azerbaijan\, Belarus\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Bulgaria\, Croatia\, Czechia\, Estonia\, Georgia\, Hungary\, Kosovo\, Latvia\, Lithuania\, Moldova\, Montenegro\, North Macedonia\, Poland\, Romania\, Serbia\, Slovakia\, Slovenia and Ukraine.
\nActivities
\nSuccessful candidates will participate in a series of three masterclasses during the course of the programme. The meetings will take place over three days each at the Universities of Zagreb\, Warsaw\, and Oxford. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their work as a group and with invited mentors\, as well as participate in seminars led by prominent visiting speakers. The Fellowship will cover all the costs of participating in each masterclass including travel and accommodation. The fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 which will cover all participant costs except travel. The total value of the Fellowship is 4000 USD. \;
\nSelected participants will have a further opportunity to receive the Marek Matraszek Oxford Fellowship to complete their work during a term at Oxford University\, where they will be able to work closely with a secondary supervisor to advance their research. The funding for research visits at Oxford University will cover accommodation\, living costs\, college fees\, and supervision and have a total value of 3000 USD. \;
\nSupported Research Themes
\nThe programme will support research which engages with Big Questions of universal human importance. We are especially interested in research into fundamental issues which straddle boundaries between disciplines including philosophy\, psychology\, physical sciences\, social sciences\, theology\, literature and cultural studies. Applicants will be expected to engage with recent developments in their disciplines\, and demonstrate a high standard of academic rigor. Suitable topics include\, but are not limited to:
\n▪ The significance of theological traditions for scientific practice today\;
\n▪ The relations of brains\, minds and human persons\;
\n▪ Whether physical cosmology can explain the origin of the cosmos\;
\n▪ The role of religion in the historical development of science\;
\n▪ The place of values in the natural world\;
\n▪ The relevance of literary works and traditions for understanding and interpreting Big Questions\;
\n▪ Phenomenology of human life and interpersonal relations\;
\n▪ Intellectual traditions in CEE and their import for Big Questions\;
\n▪ Free will and scientific determinism and/or divine foreknowledge\;
\n▪ Empirical psychology and the second person perspective\;
\n▪ Phenomenological approaches to religion\;
\n▪ Understanding notions of God\, good and evil in a scientific age.
\nFor further example areas that explore Big Questions applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the Humane Philosophy Society&rsquo\;s website where example areas of interest are listed.
\nFor more information on the NGRE fellowship programme as well as on NGRE alumni visit: \;https://www.humanephilosophy.com/ngre
\nApplication process
\nApplications for Exchange Fellowships must be submitted no later than 1 August 2025 for the cycle of the programme starting October 2025. Applications must include the following documents. \; \;
\n▪A proposal describing the research the candidate is carrying out\, how far the research is advanced\, and an outline of the work the candidate expects to complete during the course of their final year. \;
\n▪A full curriculum vitae\, and a statement saying how the candidate expects to benefit from participating in the programme
\n▪Two academic references including a reference from the candidate&rsquo\;s supervisor if the research project is part of an MA degree. \;
\n▪A confirmation from the candidate&rsquo\;s institution stating that they are allowed to participate in the programme during the academic year 2025&ndash\;6. \;
\nAll application materials should be submitted via email to info@humanephilosophy.com stating in the subject line: &ldquo\;NGRE application&rdquo\;. The results of the competition will be announced in September 2025.
\nBy submitting an application for the New Generation Research Exchange candidates accept and acknowledge the terms of processing their personal data for the purpose of the application process. For further information concerning the processing of personal data by the University of Warsaw see the personal data information sheet. If you have any questions please contact Dr Mikołaj Sławkowski-Rode: m.slawkowski-rode@uw.edu.pl \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode;CN=Marija Selak;CN=Ralph Stefan Weir: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251024T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260508T170000 SUMMARY:Monthly Phenomenology 2025–2026 UID:20260404T113001Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;
We are very pleased to announce the 6th season (2025&ndash\;2026) of:
MONTHLY PHENOMENOLOGY
An online forum of discussion on recent work in phenomenology \;
Description: This series of talks gathers together scholars interested in phenomenology and its relation to contemporary issues in philosophy\, especially in the philosophy of mind. It establishes a forum of discussion where people can meet on a regular basis and present their work-in-progress or recent publications. The topics addressed will stretch from the history of early phenomenology to the systematic application of phenomenological insights in recent debates in analytic philosophy. \;
Schedule: The talks will take place once a month on a Friday from October to May. Time: 10:15am ET\, 3:15pm GMT/GMT+1\, 4:15pm CET. Talks last 90 minutes\, including a 45 minutes Q&\;A. \;
Participation: Talks are held on \;zoom. To participate\, please send an email to \;hamid.taieb@hu-berlin.de \;with the heading "Registration Monthly Phenomenology". A zoom link will be sent to you the day preceding each talk. \;
Programme:
Francesca Forlè\; (Università\; Vita-Salute San Raffaele)
Embodied Affectivity. A Phenomenological Account of the Connection between Affective Phenomena and Bodily Expressions
Friday\, \;24 October 2025
James Kinkaid (Bilkent University)
Husserlian Idealism and the Identity Theory of Truth
28 November 2025
Maryam Ebrahimi Dinani (University of Neuchâ\;tel)
Adolf Reinach's Theory of Social Acts: Illuminating Debates on Joint and Collective Intentionality
5 December \;2025 \;
Pascale Roure (Yildiz Technical University)
Phenomenology in Turkey
16 January 2026 \;
Benoit Guilielmo (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Exploring the Essence of Bullshit through Early Phenomenology (Kolnai and Hildebrand)
20 \;February 2026 \;
Lorenza D'Angelo (Pompeu Fabra University)
Pleasure\, Pain and Introspection
6 \;March 2026 \;
Mohammed Saleh Zarepour (University of Manchester)
The Flying Man and the Transparency of (Self-)Knowledge
24 April 2026 \;
Sebastian Watzl (University of Oslo)
Attention Norms and Frames. On the Social Organisation of Experience
8 May 2026
Convenors:
Guillaume Fré\;chette (University of Geneva)
Marta Jorba (Pompeu Fabra \;University)
Alessandro Salice (University College Cork)
Hamid Taieb (Humboldt University Berlin)
Í\;ngrid Vendrell-Ferran (Philipps University Marburg) \;
Organized on behalf of the \;Network for Phenomenological Research \;
&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;
We're delighted to invite you to the research seminar of the Department of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bucharest. These are organized in partnership with CELFIS\, the Center for Logic\, Philosophy and History of Science at UB. Here are talks scheduled so far:
\nFall 2025:
\nOctober 28\, 5pm: Alexandru Dragomir &\; Andrei Mărăşoiu (University of Bucharest\, \;f2f)\, "The Inconstant Moral Expert: the case of LLMs"
\nNovember 25\, 4pm: Nicholas Rimell (Chinese University of Hong Kong\, hybrid via Zoom)\, "A Metaphysics of Despair"
\nNovember 28\, 2pm: Micah Thomas Pimaro\, Jr. (University of Calabar\, \;f2f)\, "Placide Tempels&rsquo\;s Metaphysics: A challenge or a trap for African philosophy?"
\nDecember 2\, 3pm: Nora Grigore (Romanian Academy\, Institute of Philosophy and Psychology\, f2f)\, "Worthiness and Expediency: a Distinction without a Difference?"
\nDecember 19\, 2pm: Alin Olteanu (Shanghai International Studies University\, ICUB\, \;f2f)\, "Iconic Imagination in Modeling: A Semiotic Approach to Scientific Inquiry"
\nJanuary 16\, 2pm: Marco Facchin (University of Antwerp\, hybrid via Zoom)\, \;"Is mental content an illusion?" \;
\nJanuary 22\, 12pm: Sandra Brâ\;nzaru (University of Bucharest\, CELFIS\, FPSE\, \;f2f)\, "Conceptualising Empathy"
\nFebruary 10\, 4pm: Marian Călborean (OPTI Software &\; University of Bucharest\, f2f)\, "The minimal ontology of time" \;
\nSpring 2026:
\nMarch: Constantin Stoenescu (University of Bucharest\, CELFIS\, \;f2f)\, "Revisiting 'The Normative Structure of Science' "
\nMarch 27\, 2pm: Erik Myin (University of Antwerp\, \;hybrid \;via Zoom)\, &ldquo\;Of a Different Mind&rdquo\;
\nMarch 30: \;Mariona Eiren Miyata-Sturm (University of Oxford\, f2f)
\nApril 3: \;René\; \;van Woudenberg (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam\, \;hybrid \;via Zoom)\, 'Are LLMs Authors?'
\nApril: Alexandru Nicolae (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Letters\; Romanian Academy\, Institute of Linguistics\, \;f2f)
\nApril: Cătălin Teoharie (University of Bucharest\, CELFIS\, \;f2f)
\nApril: Paula Tomi (National University of Science and Technology 'Politehnica' Bucharest\, \;f2f)
\nApril: Daian Bica (Heinrich Heine University\, \;hybrid)
\nMay: Andrei Moldovan (University of Salamanca)
\nMay: Ioan Muntean (UT Rio Grande Valley\, UI Urbana\, \;f2f)
\nJuly: Mihai Rusu (Babeş Bolyai University\, ICUB\, hybrid)
\nSeptember: Oana Şerban (University of Bucharest\, CCIIF\, \;f2f)
\nPrevious events \;in the series are available at: \;
\n2021-22: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/93365 \;
\n2022-23: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/105249 \;
\nhttps://filosofie.unibuc.ro/category/seminar-cercetare-dft/ \;
\nhttps://icub.unibuc.ro/2022/06/14/workshop-semantic-cognition-and-truth/ \;
\nFor those of you who would like to join some of the meetings but have overlapping commitments\, we will do our best to record the meetings whenever everyone in attendance consents to it\, and to then upload the recordings on the Department's YouTube channel. Previous talks are available here:
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOgUq3dN8CXI4L6DhZT1f_Q
ORGANIZER;CN="Andrei Mărăşoiu": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260112T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260429T170000 SUMMARY:Spring 2026 Tulane German Philosophy Workshop Series UID:20260404T113003Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:New Orleans\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Tulane German Philosophy Workshop is based out of Tulane University&rsquo\;s Philosophy and Germanic &\; Slavic Studies departments. It is aimed at promoting the discussion of scholarship about the German philosophical tradition and the establishment of relations between philosophers and departments that focus on the German philosophical tradition. It welcomes scholars interested in the many ways to engage with this rich tradition and the specific projects and concerns of its many representatives&mdash\;from Leibniz to Wittgenstein\, Kant to Gadamer\, Hegel to Habermas&mdash\;as well as the reception of this tradition.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jeffrey Patrick Colgan;CN=Nicolas Day: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260201T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:Inquiry Network WIP Talks (Spring 2026) UID:20260404T113004Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Inquiry Network WIP Talks feature presentations of work in progress related to inquiry\, broadly understood. For example\, presentations might discuss (but are not limited to): the epistemology of inquiry\, the metaphysics of inquiry\, ethical norms of inquiry\, historical perspectives on inquiry\, or the structure of scientific inquiry.
We aim to foster the sharing of ideas in an inclusive\, welcoming and low-pressure environment. Papers that are already accepted for publication will not be accepted. We aim to be sensitive to the needs of early-career scholars.
The group meets biweekly on Zoom during each of the Fall and Spring semesters. Meeting times are determined shortly before the beginning of each semester with the goal of finding a time that works for as many members as possible. Special consideration is given to finding a meeting time that works for presenters of accepted papers.
I am excited to share that the \;Reconstructing Carnap Webinar Series \;will resume in \;February 2026! Please find the official flyer attached. All talks will take place from \;4:30 PM to 6:30 PM CET \;(10:30 AM&ndash\;12:30 PM EST).
The webinar can be accessed via the following link: https://meet.google.com/uaq-jqpf-mwr
Schedule of speakers:
The series is organized in collaboration with \;Carnap in Context IV \;(Ö\;AW\, FWF Grant PAT7905424) and \;Rudolf Carnap Digital \;(MCMP\, LMU Munich). \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Caterina Del Sordo;CN=Luca Oliva;CN=Silvano Zipoli Caiani: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260220T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260522T170000 SUMMARY:Online Bayle Seminar 2026 : Education and Pedagogy in the Philosopher of Rotterdam UID:20260404T113006Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The \;Online Bayle Seminar \;is a study and research group devoted to the figure of Pierre Bayle. In the very spirit of the &ldquo\;Republic of Letters&rdquo\; so dear to Bayle\, it seeks to be both international and interdisciplinary\, and aims&mdash\;thanks to the possibilities offered by online communication&mdash\;to overcome the divisions between schools and approaches that have sometimes characterized Bayle scholarship. Founded in 2025\, the seminar hosted in its first year a series of talks on various themes in Bayle\, such as atheism\, tolerance\, and the \;Dictionary. It thus provided an opportunity to discover the most recent research on Bayle carried out in Europe as well as in the Americas and Asia.
\nFor this second year\, we have chosen to develop the seminar&rsquo\;s format around a concrete theme through which Bayle&rsquo\;s work and thought&mdash\;and the context in which he evolved&mdash\;will be analyzed. The objective of this new format is to examine the production of the philosopher of Rotterdam in a more systematic way. Sessions will alternate between reading workshops devoted to the study of selected passages circulated beforehand\, and talks on specific topics. The theme for this second year is \;&ldquo\;Education and Pedagogy in Bayle.&rdquo\; \;The seminar will begin in 2026.
\nWhether from a biographical or a philosophical perspective\, the question touches closely upon Bayle&rsquo\;s life and writings. As a child\, Bayle himself suffered from an irregular schooling\, which he recalls in his correspondence and from which he draws lessons in the advice he gives to his brother Joseph. Later\, Bayle served as a teacher for almost his entire adult life. As is well known\, he first worked as a tutor\, in Coppet and Rouen\, and then as a professor at Sedan and Rotterdam. His philosophy courses\, included among the \;Miscellaneous Works\, are well known. His work as a writer and philosopher is marked by questions of education. The prefaces and forewords of his works not only provide information on the author&rsquo\;s status and his relationship to an ideal reader\; they also contain pedagogical reflections that fit more broadly within the theme of education. Likewise\, the project of a \;Journal of the Republic of Letters\, based on reviewing recent publications\, not only demonstrates an interest in erudition but also affirms the possibility of a learned public and the importance of its education. One should not forget the Reformed context in which Bayle pursued his schooling and his teaching: can one detect confessional markers in his reflections on education?
\nOn a political and theological level\, royal legislation concerning the children of the Huguenots raised the issue of the right to educate one&rsquo\;s children according to one&rsquo\;s own religious convictions. Religious controversy during the revocation of the Edict of Nantes also raises the question of the purpose and means of education: should one not &ldquo\;instruct&rdquo\; erring consciences rather than persecute them? At what point can one judge that the other has been sufficiently taught and that his error stems from culpable obstinacy? Can religious truth be taught in the same way to all minds? This question of &ldquo\;pedagogical differentiation&rdquo\; must be correlated in Bayle with his moral anthropology&mdash\;namely\, attention to the place and role of temperament and passions in the psychic and intellectual life of the individual. And this is directly linked to the &ldquo\;prejudices of childhood and education\,&rdquo\; where Bayle explicitly equates childhood and education with those factors that hinder the formation and exercise of a critical mind. Although the secondary literature has at times examined these issues in Bayle\, the question of education as such has been little studied in his work.
\nProgramme:
\nFriday 20 February\, 2:00 pm: Andy Serin (EPHE-PSL and Paris 1 University): \;&ldquo\;Text analysis: education and tolerance in the Supplement to the Philosophical Commentary&rdquo\;
\nFriday 20 March\, 2:00 pm: Isabelle Moreau (ENS de Lyon): \;&ldquo\;Bayle: education and religious identity&rdquo\;
\nFriday 24 April\, 2:00 pm: Ana Carmona (University of Geneva): \;&ldquo\;Text analysis: the power of prejudices&rdquo\;
\nFriday 22 May\, 2:00 pm: Chiara Musolino (Paris 1 University): \;&ldquo\;How to read philosophy? The pedagogy of doubt at work in Pierre Bayle&rdquo\;
\nPractical information:
\nThe sessions will take place online on Fridays at 2:00 pm (French time). The language used is French\, but it is possible to participate in English. The videoconference link and the texts can be obtained by sending an email to bayle.seminar@hotmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN=Andy Serin;CN=Ana Alicia Carmona Aliaga: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T170000 SUMMARY:Wittgenstein's Lecture on Ethics: Online Lecture Series UID:20260404T113007Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Short Course in Greece on the History and Philosophy of the Olympic Games (Mar. 30 &ndash\; Apr. 5\, 2026) \;
\nThe British School at Athens is delighted to offer the second edition of a week-long residential course for postgraduate students and professionals keen to understand the ancient roots of the modern Olympic Games. Directed by Georgios Mouratidis (Assistant Director of the BSA)\, and Heather Reid (Exedra Mediterranean Center)\, the course travels backward through history\, beginning with the modern Olympics of Paris 2024 and Athens 2004\, then &ldquo\;digging down&rdquo\; through the modern Olympic revival of 1896 and the Panathenaic festival of Classical times to arrive at the traditional origin of the Games at Olympia in 776 BCE. The course will take place in Athens\, Nemea\, and Ancient Olympia between March 30 and April 5\, 2026\; some bursaries are available. More information and the registration form can befound here. Address questions to \;assistant.director@bsa.ac.uk. The application deadline is December 1\, 2025.
ORGANIZER;CN=Heather Reid;CN=Georgios Mouratidis: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Harbin:20260403T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Harbin:20260405T170000 SUMMARY:The 5th Tsinghua Interdisciplinary Workshop on Logic\, Language and Meaning "Modality in Logic and Language" UID:20260404T113009Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Asia/Harbin LOCATION:Tsinghua University\, Beijing\, China DESCRIPTION:The TLLM workshops aim to bring together logicians\, philosophers\, and linguists around a specific theme of common interest. For the 2026 event\, the theme is unusually wide\, and we welcome contributions on any general or particular aspect of the modalities in logic or language.
ORGANIZER;CN="Dag Westerståhl";CN=Jialiang Yan;CN=Mingming Liu;CN=Ting Xu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Harbin:20260403T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Harbin:20260405T170000 SUMMARY:5th Tsinghua Interdisciplinary Workshop on Logic\, Language and Meaning UID:20260404T113010Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Asia/Harbin LOCATION:Beijing\, China DESCRIPTION:The TLLM workshops aim to bring together logicians\, philosophers\, and linguists around a specific theme of common interest. For the 2026 event\, the theme is unusually wide\, and we welcome contributions on any general or particular aspect of the modalities in logic or language. Below are just a few examples of possible topics for this workshop.\n\n1 \;Foundations and semantics of modality: E.g. Kripke/neighborhood/possibility/topological/ game-theoretic/inquisitive/team semantics.\n\n2 \;Proof theory for modal logic: E.g. sequent/natural deduction/labelled/circular/display/ deep inference systems.\n\n3 \;Epistemic and doxastic logics.\n\n4 \;Deontic logic\, norms and preference.\n\n5 \;Modality in natural language: E.g. epistemic/deontic/dynamic modals\; weak necessity and gradability\; syntax of modals\; semantic-pragmatic interface\; cross-linguistic typology\; experimental and corpus studies.\n\n6 \;Non-classical perspectives on modality: E.g. intuitionistic/linear/relevant/paraconsistent/ modal bilattice frameworks\; bilateralist accounts.\n\n7 \;Modality in computation\, verification\, and AI: E.g. KR with modalities\; causal and probabilistic modal models\; LLMs and modal reasoning (benchmarks\, neurosymbolic methods\, toolkits).\n\n8 \;Modality and other intensional categories: e.g. modality and tense\; modality and evidentiality\; modality and mood.\n\n9 \;The processing and acquisition of modal expressions in natural languages\n\n\nInvited Speakers
\nStefan Kaufmann (University of Connecticut)\nGraham Leigh (University of Gothenburg)\nPaul Portner (Georgetown University)\nJeremy Seligman (University of Auckland\, Tsinghua University)\nYingying Wang (Hunan University) ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260403T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260404T170000 SUMMARY:28th Annual Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference UID:20260404T113011Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Denver LOCATION:1720 Pleasant St\, Boulder\, United States\, 80301 DESCRIPTION:The Graduate Philosophy Society at the University of Colorado Boulder is pleased to invite paper submissions from graduate students for the 28th annual Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference (RMPC). The conference will be held on Friday\, April 3rd and Saturday\, April 4th\, 2026\, on the University of Colorado's main campus in Boulder.
\n\nKeynote Speakers
\nJustin Clarke-Doane\, Columbia University \;
\nStephen Finlay\, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
\n\nSubmission Guidelines
\nAll graduate students in philosophy who are not affiliated with CU Boulder are encouraged to submit a paper. \;Submissions from all areas of philosophy are welcome. Papers should be suitable for a 30 minute presentation\, and they must be no more than 3\,500 words\, excluding footnotes and bibliography. Submissions should be prepared for blind review and should include a separate cover letter listing author name\, institution\, paper title\, abstract (150-250 words)\, keywords (up to five)\, and contact information. The deadline for submitting papers is \;Sunday\, January 4th\, 2026.We aim to send out notifications of acceptance by \;Early February 2026. \;Please email papers and cover letters as .pdf attachments to \;rmpc@colorado.edu.
\nFor more information\, please contact \;rmpc@colorado.edu. We look forward to hearing from interested graduate students!
\nBest\, The 2026 RMPC Committee
ORGANIZER;CN=James Marks;CN=Yixuan (Hunter) Jin;CN=Levi B. Smith;CN=Xingzhu Chen: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T170000 SUMMARY:Graduate Philosophy Conference at University of Florida UID:20260404T113012Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Gainesville\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Jack Madock;CN=Arjun Kumar: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T170000 SUMMARY:4th Annual Penn-Georgetown Digital Ethics Workshop UID:20260404T113013Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Philadelphia\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Will Fleisher;CN=Brian Berkey: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T170000 SUMMARY:Peace in the Age of Forever Wars UID:20260404T113014Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Temple University\, Philadelphia\, United States DESCRIPTION:The relationship between war and peace is complex and uneasy. Sometimes\, war and peace are understood as opposites &ndash\; war is bad and peace is good\, war is destructive and peace is constructive. Sometimes\, the relationship between the two is seen as much more sympathetic\, such as when we justify going to war so that we might have peace. War is seen\, then\, not the opposite of peace\, but a means of producing peace. The relationship between war and peace has become even more fraught\, in the age of forever wars\, and stands in even greater need of examination and theorization.
\nWe invite submissions for an interdisciplinary symposium\, which will bring together academics from the humanities and social sciences to present new scholarship on how to achieve and maintain peace in the age of forever wars. The hope is to reexamine old frameworks and to bring to light new ones\, to understand more deeply the core questions of peace and conflict in historical and transnational context. The symposium is organized under the auspices of Temple&rsquo\;s Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy (CENFAD). We will cover the cost of travel and accommodations for all participants.
\nQuestions of interest may include:
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; What is the aim of forever wars? Can forever wars aim at or produce peace?
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; Does understanding peace require a separate and distinct framework from war?
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; Can war still be defended as a means for promoting a stable international order? For example\, as the EU pledges to increase its military spending\, should we predict a corresponding increase in stability?
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; How does the examination of historical precedents of peace processes (both failures and successes) help us to understand what a viable peace process might look like in Israel/Gaza and in Russia/Ukraine?
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; What are the conditions\, if any\, under which victory in war can produce peace? What are the conditions\, if any\, under which losing a war can produce peace?
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; Why has peace acquired a bad reputation &ndash\; as a weak position\, as akin to appeasement\, as utopian?
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; What kinds of mechanisms can international law and global human rights organizations develop to promote peaceful cooperation among states?
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Lee-Ann Chae: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T170000 SUMMARY:Gendered and Queer Lives: Critical Dialogues in Troubled Times UID:20260404T113015Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Philadelphia\, United States DESCRIPTION:The University of Pennsylvania&rsquo\;s chapter of Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) is pleased to announce its Spring 2026 conference: Gendered and Queer Lives: Critical Dialogues in Troubled Times.
\nThe conference is focused on philosophical questions concerning sex\, gender\, and sexuality. We construe these topics broadly\, and we welcome work from across feminist\, trans\, and queer philosophy and their intersections with social philosophy\, epistemology\, metaphysics\, ethics\, political philosophy\, philosophy of language\, and other areas. We are particularly excited about work that pushes beyond familiar debates and engages with big questions shaping gendered and queer life today.
\nKeynote Speakers: Robin Dembroff (Yale University) and Ding (Barnard College\, Columbia University)
\nThe conference will take place in person at the University of Pennsylvania\, with the option to participate via Zoom. Zoom captioning will be provided for online participants. (ASL interpretation is not provided by default but can be arranged upon request.)
\nConference organizers: Brett Bolander\, Ezekiel Vergara\, Giannis Vassilopoulos\, Idil Ç\;akmur\, Junhyung Han\, Miles Meline\, Victoria Riggs\, Will Yu
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T170000 SUMMARY:Boston University 2026 Graduate Conference UID:20260404T113016Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:745 Commonwealth Avenue\, Boston\, United States\, 02215 DESCRIPTION:What features\, if any\, do the multifarious philosophical traditions that have flourished in the United States and other countries in the Americas share with each other? Are any of these features endogenous to the Americas rather than mere rearticulations of ideas arising from the migratory inflow characteristic of these continents? How have distinctively American ideas (&lsquo\;American philosophy&rsquo\;) evolved in dialogue with those that originated elsewhere but took root and flourished in the Americas (&lsquo\;philosophy in the Americas&rsquo\;)? Can we come to a better understanding of present trends in American academic philosophy by shedding light on this dialectic?
\nThe 11th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference at Boston University (April 3&ndash\;4\, 2026) will explore the historical emergence\, present situation\, and future prospects of the philosophical traditions that originated in or gained prominence across the American continents. We welcome submissions on any of these themes \; from a range of approaches\, including\, but not limited \; to\, papers that engage with contemporary philosophical literature\, papers that take a historical or interpretative approach\, and papers that use sociological\, anthropological\, and political frameworks to address our topic. Priority may be given to papers that draw connections between past traditions and contemporary forms of American philosophy.
\nThe traditions encompassed by &ldquo\;American philosophy&rdquo\; include transcendentalism and pragmatism most notably\, but also lesser known movements such as process philosophy\, Boston Personalism\, the Hyperion Group\, the Pittsburgh School\, and contributions to the &ldquo\;aretaic turn&rdquo\; in ethics. These traditions were formed within a distinctive American life-world and shaped further by the international community of scholars gathered in American universities. Yet the dominant philosophical current since the mid-20th century in the American academe - known as &lsquo\;analytic&rsquo\; philosophy - originated chiefly in the works of British and German-speaking thinkers. This tradition has since then developed within the United States into myriad rival strains led by figures such as W. V. Quine\, Richard Rorty\, Hilary Putnam\, and Stanley Cavell. How have contemporary academic\, intellectual\, and sociological trends in American philosophy been conditioned by these histories? How uniform has the &lsquo\;analytic turn&rsquo\; been across the United States\, Mexico\, Brazil\, and other countries in the Americas? And how have philosophical currents in the Americas influenced philosophical trends in other parts of the world? We also invite analyses of \; how political and social movements have influenced the development of philosophy departments in universities across the Americas. \;
\nWe envision an interdisciplinary conference that includes presentations on particular thinkers and movements from the history of American philosophy\, contemporary movements in American philosophy (professional and otherwise)\, and the relationship between the two\, while also welcoming historical\, sociological\, anthropological\, and political approaches to our topic. We invite graduate students affiliated with any institution or department to submit papers on themes such as - but not limited to:
\nAmerican pragmatism\, transcendentalism\, and their legacies in 20th- and 21st- century academic philosophy.
\n20th-century schools of philosophy in the U.S. (e.g.\, traditions associated with the University of Pittsburgh\,the University of Chicago\, Harvard University\, and Boston Personalism).
\nLatin American philosophy and its dialogues with U.S. traditions.
\nAmerican variations on analytic philosophy\, phenomenology\, critical theory\, and other traditions that originated elsewhere but flourished in the U.S.
\nCross-regional influence among North\, Central\, and South America.
\nThe roles of religious institutions\, movements\, and thinkers in philosophical developments across \; the Americas.
\nMigration and diaspora (European\, African\, Indigenous\, and other) in the formation of philosophical communities and agendas in the Americas.
\nThe causes and consequences of the &lsquo\;professionalization&rsquo\; of philosophy and American academia since the mid-20th century.
\nThe responses of philosophers and philosophy departments to major political events (e.g. the Cold War\, civil rights movements\, and recent political polarization).
\nWe are pleased to announce our two keynote speakers: Sander Verhaegh (Tilburg University) and Jacoby Carter (Boston College). \;
\nSubmission Guidelines: please submit papers suitable for a 45-minute presentation including Q&\;A (roughly 6000 to 8000 words) to bu.phil.gradconference@gmail.com by December 28\, 2025 on any of the themes mentioned above. We will notify you about your acceptance in mid-to-late January\, 2026. If you are unsure about whether your paper topic would fit the conference theme\, please feel free to reach out to us at the same email address. \;
\nWe aim to provide all speakers with local accommodation and cover their travel expenses. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Alexa Yiqing Li;CN=Paolo Degiorgi;CN=Caroline B. Wall;CN=Eleanor Oser;CN=Alexander Dickison: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260403T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260405T170000 SUMMARY:Foucault Circle Annual Meeting UID:20260404T113017Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:University of Notre Dame\, Notre Dame\, United States\, 46556 DESCRIPTION:We seek submissions for papers on any aspect of Foucault&rsquo\;s work\, as well as studies\, critiques\, and applications of Foucauldian thinking. This conference also celebrates the centennial of Foucault&rsquo\;s birth\, so we also welcome biographical retrospectives and papers that set an agenda for the next century of Foucauldian thought.
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260403T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260404T170000 SUMMARY:Southern Journal of Philosophy 2026 Workshop on Hortense Spillers UID:20260404T113018Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Memphis\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Southern Journal of Philosophy proudly presents: \;
\n\nThe 2026 Workshop Issue: Hortense Spillers
\n\nAn annual conference and published proceedings \;
\n\nThe Southern Journal of Philosophy\, in conjunction with The University of Memphis\, Wiley Publishing\, The Pennsylvania State University and the University at Buffalo\, announces the seventh annual workshop aimed at bringing cutting edge thinking to both classical and contemporary topics\, with an eye to encouraging bold new directions in philosophical thought. These workshops combine keynotes and plenary lectures by leading scholars together with competitively selected work. Additionally\, 2-4 graduate students are selected in a parallel competition to deliver talks during the workshop. Select presentations will be invited to publish in the lead issue of the subsequent volume of the journal. \;
\n\nThe 2026 Workshop will take place on April 3rd-4th\, with participants spending two days and three nights in Memphis (room costs covered). Since\, as a workshop\, the function of this meeting is a sustained discussion amongst all participants\, the expectation is that participants will arrive Thursday evening (April 2nd)\, and depart on Sunday April 5th. Finally\, participants commit to submitting final essays for inclusion in the SJP special issue. \;
\n\nThe 2026 Workshop is focused on the work of Hortense Spillers \;
\nApril 3-4 \;
\nKeynote Speakers: Margo Crawford and Denise Ferreira da Silva
\nSubmission deadline: Nov. 30\, 2025. Decisions expected by the end of December \;
\nWe welcome abstract submissions for presentations engaging in some significant way with the work of Hortense Spillers.
\nInstructions for main program: Selection is based on long-form abstracts. Abstracts should include a title and be between 750-1000 words. They must be prepared for anonymous review with an eye to avoiding unnecessary jargon. Bibliographic material may be placed at the end and does not count toward the word count. A separate document with the author&rsquo\;s name\, affiliation\, contact information\, and paper title should be included with every submission. Email both documents (either as doc. or pdf. files) to the Associate Editor of the SJP\, Ms. Cathy Wilhelm\, at \;cwilhelm@memphis.edu. The subject line of this email should read\, &ldquo\;2026 SJP Workshop Submission.&rdquo\; \;
\n\nInstructions for graduate student presentations: Follow the same instructions as above\, but change subject line of email to read\, &ldquo\;2026 SJP Workshop Graduate Submission.&rdquo\; Master and Doctoral students who are currently enrolled in a graduate program are welcome to apply. \;
\n\nNote 1: Submission indicates your intention to include final versions of papers in the published proceedings\; but acceptance does not guarantee publication. Final work must pass external review. \;
\n\nNote 2: The editorial team is not responsible for reviewing abstracts for proper preparation. Submissions which are not properly anonymized or formatted may be rejected without notice. \;
\nDirect inquiries to SJP Workshop organizers Jameliah Shorter-Bourhanou and Michael Monahan at \;jshrter1@memphis.edu \;or \;mjmnahan@memphis.edu. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Kris Sealey;CN=Devonya Havis;CN=Jameliah Shorter Bourhanou: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260403T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260404T170000 SUMMARY:Texas Tech's 18th Annual Graduate Conference UID:20260404T113019Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:3001 15th St\, Lubbock\, United States\, 79410 DESCRIPTION:Texas Tech's Department of Philosophy proudly presents the 18th Annual Graduate Conference\, co-hosted by Texas Tech's Philosophy Graduate Student Association and Tech's Minorities and Philosophy organization. Our keynote speaker is Dr. Sally Haslanger from the Massachusetts Insitute of Technology. This event will be held in person at Texas Tech University with the keynote presentation on April 3rd and graduate student presentations on April 4th 2026. Presentation topics will broadly address social injustices through a philosophical lens.
ORGANIZER;CN=Aeriel Melton;CN=Angelina Alvarez-carrera;CN=Bailey Ingham: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260403T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260404T170000 SUMMARY:2026 Pacific University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference UID:20260404T113020Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:2043 College Way\, Forest Grove\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Pacific University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference is an annual\, two-day conference held each spring\, attracting students from across the country and internationally. Since 1997\, more than 1\,600 students from over 350 schools have participated in our conference.
\nThese students represent all 50 U.S. states as well as a number of Canadian provinces and several other countries. All of the participants are undergraduate students\, with the exception of the annual keynote address by a renowned philosopher. Past keynote speakers have included Paul Churchland\, Hilary Putnam\, John Searle\, Keith Lehrer\, Catherine Elgin\, John Perry\, Hubert Dreyfus\, Jerry Fodor\, Alvin Plantinga\, Cora Diamond\, James Sterba\, Peter \;Kivy\, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong\, Daniel Dennett\, \;Elliott Sober\, Alva Noë\;\, L.A. Paul\, Susan Haack\, John Martin Fischer\, and Manuel Vargas. \;
\n2026 Keynote Speaker: Deborah Mower (University of Mississippi)
\n
Submission Instruction
Electronic submissions (as Word documents) are required and should be sent to the conference committee at \;pacuphilconference@gmail.com. Submissions should include both the full paper \;and an abstract of no more than 200 words. \; Please send these\, prepared for blind review\, as an email attachment. \;The attachment should be a single file (preferred file formats are .docx or .odt) with title\, abstract\, paper\, and bibliography. \; In the body of the email\, please include the title of your paper\, your name\, and your university. Submissions must be recieved by February 13th to be considered for acceptance.
ORGANIZER;CN=Richard Frohock: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T170000 SUMMARY:19th Annual Suncoast Graduate Philosophy Conference UID:20260404T113021Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Tampa\, United States DESCRIPTION:Philosophy Department\, University of South Florida
\nTampa\, United States
\nThe Philosophy Graduate Student Organization of the University of South Florida invites submissions to our nineteenth annual Suncoast Graduate Philosophy Conference. The conference will be held at the University of South Florida\, Tampa\, FL\, on Saturday\, April 4th\, 2026.
\nWe welcome papers on Political Philosophy and its wide range (Democracy\, Tyranny\, Authoritarianism\, Imperialism\, Free Speech\, Politics &\; Economics\, International Relations/Conflict Studies\, The UN\, Political Violence\, Politics &\; Ethics\, Human Rights\, Social Media &\; Politics\, Science &\; politics\, Academia &\; Politics\, AI &\; Politics\, Critical Theory\, etc.). Papers will be assessed for their overall quality\, clarity\, and originality of themes and theses. Each speaker will be allotted an approximately forty-minute time slot during which they will deliver their remarks and participate in Q&\;A (we recommend preparing your remarks to last no longer than 15-20 minutes in order to allow for robust Q&\;A).
\nPlease send an abstract (150-300 words) anonymized for blind review by January 31st\, 2026. In addition\, send a separate document stating your name\, affiliation\, contact information\, and the title of your paper. Email all documents to \;rdelahoz@usf.edu and heathp@usf.edu. Acceptances will be announced by late February.
ORGANIZER;CN=Romario De La Hoz;CN=Peter Heath: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T170000 SUMMARY:Harvard-MIT Graduate Philosophy Conference 2026 UID:20260404T113022Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:32 Vassar Street\, Cambridge\, United States\, 02139 ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260404T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260404T170000 SUMMARY:University of Iowa Graduate Conference UID:20260404T113023Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:251 W Iowa Ave\, Iowa City\, United States\, 52242 DESCRIPTION:University of Iowa Graduate Philosophy Conference 2026
\nThe graduate students of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Iowa are pleased to announce the 2026 University of Iowa Graduate Philosophy Conference\, to be held in person on April 4\, 2026\, in Iowa City\, Iowa.
\nThis is a general-theme philosophy conference. We invite submissions of high-quality papers by current graduate students in philosophy on any area of philosophy\, broadly construed.
\n\nKeynote Speaker
\nJennifer Lackey
Professor of Philosophy\, Northwestern University
Professor Lackey will also deliver a talk for the University of Iowa Philosophy Colloquium on April 3\, 2026\, from 3:30&ndash\;5:00 PM. Conference participants are welcome to attend this colloquium.
\n\nSubmission Guidelines
\n1. \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; An anonymized PDF containing:
\n2. \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; A separate cover letter including:
\nSubmission &\; Notification Timeline
\nPresentations
\nConference Details
\nThe conference will provide:
\nFor traveling presenters\, we can also arrange housing with University of Iowa graduate students\, depending on availability.
\n\nSubmissions &\; Inquiries
\nPlease send submissions and all inquiries to:
\nHyunchae Kim
Organizer\, 2026 University of Iowa Graduate Philosophy Conference
hkim165@uiowa.edu
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
\n18th INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL THEORY CONFERENCE
\nJUNE 17-18-19\, 2026
\nAlma Mater Studiorum &ndash\; Università\; di Bologna
\nAlma Mater Studiorum &ndash\; University of Bologna is hosting the 18th international conference on Critical Theory\, which will be held at its Department of the Arts (DAR) in Bologna\, Italy &ndash\; Via Barberia 4.
\nThe conference will examine the importance and the developments of the Frankfurt School by addressing both the philosophical tradition of the early stages of Critical Theory &ndash\; and in particular the works of Walter Benjamin\, Theodor W. Adorno\, Max Horkheimer and Herbert Marcuse &ndash\; as well as the application of their theories to our contemporary society. The conference will also address the second and third generation of critical theorists\, welcoming\, among others\, papers on Habermas and Honneth\, as well as key influential figures for Critical Theory\, such as Luká\;cs and Bloch. In order to reflect the wide range of topics addressed by Critical Theory\, the conference will cover different aspects of philosophical reflection on justice\, politics\, aesthetics\, sociology\, theology\, technology\, literature and any other field of study related to the Frankfurt School.
\nThe conference will be held at the Department of the Arts (DAR) of the University of Bologna on June 17-18-19\, 2026. It will begin on Wednesday morning and end on Friday evening (after 6pm). During the sessions\, each speaker will have 30 minutes (20 minutes for the presentation and 10 for discussion). All presentations will be made in English.
\nKeynote speakers:
\nMarina Calloni\, Università\; di Milano &ndash\; Bicocca
\nAlessandro Ferrara\, University of Rome\, Tor Vergata
\nDavid Ingram\, Loyola University Chicago
\nStefano Marino\, University of Bologna
\nGiovanni Matteucci\, University of Bologna
\nStefano Petrucciani\, University of Rome\, La Sapienza
\nDavid Posner\, Loyola University Chicago
\nSurti Singh\, Villanova University
\n(The list of keynoters might be modified on a later date)
\nIf you are interested in presenting a paper or organizing a panel (of up to 6 speakers)\, please submit a 1 page abstract by April 4\, 2026 (including name\, eventual institutional affiliation and email address). Abstracts should be submitted by email. Decisions regarding the program will be made by mid-April 2026.
\nTo submit an abstract\, or for more information\, contact:
\nProf. Bahar Tahsily: criticaltheoryinrome@gmail.com
\nConference fees:
\nUnwaged (unemployed and/or graduate students): 150 Euro
\nWaged (employed and/or sponsored speakers): 200 Euro
\nCheck this website for any update: https://sites.google.com/view/ictcir/
\nCo-sponsored by: Loyola University Chicago\, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and Quinlan Business School
\nCo-organized by: University of Bologna &ndash\; Department of the Arts (DAR) and Società\; Italiana di Teoria Critica (SITC)
\n(The spaces for the event have been requested from the University of Bologna and we are awaiting the relevant authorization for their use)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260405T170000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260405T170000 SUMMARY:Thinking about Philosophical Counselling and Philosophy as a Way of Life from a South African Place UID:20260404T113025Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Africa/Johannesburg LOCATION:Ryneveld and Andringa Street\, Stellenbosch\, South Africa DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\n11-12th June 2026
\nStellenbosch University\, South Africa (and Hybrid/MS Teams)
\nPhilosophical counselling and philosophy as a way of life are experiencing a period of renewed interest\, marked by several significant forthcoming publications and the emergence of new scholarly societies internationally. Within this broader international context\, a growing and sustained conversation has begun to take shape in South Africa\, one that asks what these practices mean when thought from a South African place\, and what such situated reflection might contribute to the wider field.
\nThis symposium\, Thinking about Philosophical Counselling and Philosophy as a Way of Life from a South African Place\, is a direct response to this conversation. It aims to bring together philosophers\, practitioners\, postgraduate students\, and those with a shared interest in these questions to foster a space for sustained and open dialogue.
\nThemes and Scope/Possible topics
\nThe aim of the symposium is to think about philosophical counselling and philosophy as a way of life from within South African contexts. Possible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\nSituatedness\, lifeworlds\, and the question of place
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; How South African lifeworlds shape/transform the theory and practice of these practices.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; The plurality of South African contexts and their philosophical significance.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Historical/cultural situatedness in philosophical practice.
\nAfrican philosophy and decolonial orientations
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Decolonial perspectives on philosophical counselling and philosophy as a way of life.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Rethinking these practices from African philosophical perspectives.
\nPractice\, experience\, and ethical field
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Ethical challenges of practicing philosophical counselling in South African contexts.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Lived experiences of practicing philosophical counselling in South Africa.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Case reflections/studies and practitioner narratives.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Community-based and group approaches to philosophical counselling.
\nLanguage\, access\, and inclusion
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Language\, translation\, and multilingual philosophical practice.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Questions of accessibility and inclusivity in philosophical practice.
\nIntersections\, method\, and future directions
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Intersections between these practices and other disciplines.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Methodological questions in relation to practice.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Challenges and opportunities these practices in South African and beyond.
\nOpen category
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Other contributions that engage broadly with the symposium theme.
\nAbstract Details
\nPlease send 300-500 word abstracts to: philosophicalcounsellingza@gmail.com \;
\nSubmissions must include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; the author&rsquo\;s name\, email address\, and institutional affiliation (if applicable)\, and \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; if you will attend in-person or virtually.
\nImportant Dates
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Deadline for abstract submissions: 5th April 2026.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Notice of acceptance: 12th April 2026.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Symposium dates: 11-12th June 2026.
\nFormat
\nTo encourage sustained engagement\, the final presentations (in-person and hybrid) should span 25-30 minutes\, followed by 25-30 minutes of discussion and/or dialogue. The focus will be on having open conversations and dialogue. There will be no parallel sessions.
\nIn keeping with the dialogical orientation of the symposium\, practice-based\, reflective\, and experimental formats are welcomed and encouraged. These may include co-presented contributions\, dialogical or conversational presentations\, structured case reflections\, reports from practice\, and other forms that open a space for shared thinking.
\nA special issue in Philosophical Practice is planned as a continuation of the conversations initiated at the symposium. A separate Call for Papers (CFP) will be circulated after the event\, inviting contributions that have emerged from\, or been transformed through\, the conversations at the Stellenbosch symposium. \;
\nFor any further inquiries please email: philosophicalcounsellingza@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Jaco Louw: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260406T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260406T000000 SUMMARY:Architecture and Formalization of Mathematics UID:20260404T113026Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:University of Chicago Boyer Paris Center\, Paris\, France\, 75013 DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce a call for abstracts \;for our upcoming conference\, \;Architecture \;and Formalization of Mathematics. \;This event is a collaboration between the University of Chicago\, the CNRS and the Université\; Paris Cité\;\, and will be held at the University of Chicago Center \;in Paris \;on \;June 4th and 5th\, 2026.
\nThe theme of this conference is inspired by the recent wave of formalization in mathematics and its broader implications for the field. We are specifically interested in how modern formalization compares to historical attempts to understand the structure and unity of mathematics\; the new research programs that formalization generates\; and the challenges and opportunities created by the emergence of vast databases of formalized mathematics. Our theme takes as its keywords "Architecture"&mdash\;the structure and organization of mathematics and its branches&mdash\;and "Formalization" &mdash\; with its pursuit of standards\, foundations\, and universal languages. We aim to pair contemporary perspectives from the formalization community with insights from the history and philosophy of mathematics\, and so are interested in contributions from any of these areas. \; \; Speakers will have one hour to give their remarks\, followed by thirty minutes for discussion and questions. All conference proceedings will be in English. Presentations will include a mix of invited and accepted talks. There will be no fees for attendance or participation. \; \;
\nInterested contributors should submit a 300 to 500-word abstract of their presentation via the following form \;by the end of April 5th\, 2026.
\nLink to form: \;https://forms.gle/nBCKT5ruMYcGzQPa8 \;
\n\nBest wishes\, \; \;
\nThe conference organizers \;
\nKevin Davey (kdavey@uchicago.edu)
\nBrice Halimi (brice.halimi@u-paris.fr)
\nStefanos Jones (stefanosjones@uchicago.edu)
ORGANIZER;CN=Kevin Davey: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260407T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260408T170000 SUMMARY:Technology and Well Being UID:20260404T113027Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:2961 W County Road 225 S\, Greencastle\, United States\, 46135 DESCRIPTION:The Prindle Institute is thrilled to host the fourth annual Midwest Ethics Symposium: Technology and Well-Being\, April 7&ndash\;8\, 2026. This year&rsquo\;s Symposium will bring together academics\, professionals\, and students to consider the ethical implications of consumer technologies and\, in particular\, how they shape our health\, identity\, and overall quality of life.
\nPotential topics include:
\nThe Symposium is free and open to the public\, but we ask that attendees from outside the DePauw community register in advance so that we can adequately prepare.
ORGANIZER;CN=A. Richardson;CN=Jeff Dunn;CN=David Holiday: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T130000 SUMMARY:Sven Neth - Induction and Indifference UID:20260404T113028Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:America/New_York LOCATION: University of Pittsburgh\, 4200 Fifth Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, United States\, 15260 DESCRIPTION:The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our Lunch Time Talk. \;Attend in person at 1117 Cathedral of Learning or visit our live stream on YouTube at \;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
\n\nLunch Time Talk: \;Sven Neth
\nTuesday\, April 7th @ 12:00 pm \;- \;1:30 pm \;EST
\n\nTitle: \; \;Induction and Indifference
\nAbstract:
\nThe principle of indifference says that if you don&rsquo\;t know which possibility obtains\, you should assign equal credences to all possibilities. There are different ways to make this precise\, but even sophisticated versions of the principle of indifference fail to vindicate inductive reasoning. I illustrate this point by discussing Carnap&rsquo\;s work on the foundations of inductive logic and the No Free Lunch theorem from machine learning and draw some philosophical lessons.
\n\nThis talk will be available online:
\nZoom: \; \;https://pitt.zoom.us/j/92589572462
\n
YouTube: \;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg
Making kin is first and foremost a gesture rather than a concept. Donna Haraway \; presents it as a gesture that reacts to a world organized by rigid separations: nature and \; culture\, feminine and masculine\, human and machine\, organism and technique. To \; make kin is to learn how to live together under the epistemological horizontality of \; habitable bodies in damaged landscapes\, accepting interdependence as an ontological \; and political condition. It is not a matter of restoring a lost nature\, nor of celebrating \; technology as a promise of salvation\, but of weaving possible relations within wounded \; worlds. This proposal emerges from the recognition of the most recent narcissistic \; wound in the human imaginary: technology.
\nAfter Copernicus\, Darwin and Freud&mdash\;who \; unsettled anthropocentric pride by demonstrating that the Earth is not the center of the \; universe\, that human beings are not isolated divine creations but part of animal \; evolution\, and that we do not exercise full control over our own mind\, being also \; governed by the unconscious&mdash\;technoscience\, particularly the digital and artificial \; intelligence\, once again displaces the human from the center by challenging its cognitive\, \; ontological\, and moral exceptionalism. For Donna Haraway\, this wound should neither \; be denied nor healed\, but inhabited through a profound reconfiguration of how agency\, \; responsibility\, kinship\, space\, and time are conceived in a shared and fragmented world \; composed of human and non-human cultural entities. Making kin therefore entails \; rethinking and reinhabiting bodies\, beginning by questioning which bodies are \; recognized and how they appear. Bodies that are sites of passage\, traversed by regimes \; of gender\, race\, class\, and species\; bodies exposed to toxicities\, extraction\, and \; infrastructures\; bodies amplified\, monitored\, and reconfigured by technologies. Bodies \; that are also habitats of resistance\, care\, and the invention of new ways of dwelling. The \; pressing question is not only how to survive\, nor even how to live\, but how to render \; bodies habitable. In this sense\, this congress seeks to bring together philosophical and \; interdisciplinary reflections that explore the unexpected alliances between ecology\, \; technology and feminism\, interrogating the conditions of possibility for habitable bodies \; within contemporary ecological techniques. In doing so\, it aims to contribute to \; imagining futures in which making kin is not merely a concept\, but an urgent ethical and \; political praxis.
\nThis way\, researchers are invited to submit presentation proposals within the \; three main strands of the congress&mdash\;feminism\, ecology and technology&mdash\;placing them in \; dialogue through perspectives such as ecofeminism\, transhumanism\, new materialisms\, \; the ethics of care\, decolonial thought\, among others. Theoretical\, critical\, or situated \; approaches from philosophy and related fields are welcome\, exploring\, among other \; possibilities:
\n➢ Contemporary transformations of the categories of subject\, agency and community \; in light of posthumanism\, new materialisms\, and relational metaphysics\;
\n➢ Practices of care\, hospitality and kinship as ethical and political questions\, analyzed \; from the perspectives of care ethics\, applied ethics\, bioethics and contemporary \; political philosophy\;
\n➢ The reconfiguration of the body as a site of experience\, agency and vulnerability\, \; considering dialogues between phenomenology\, philosophy of embodiment\, gender \; studies and philosophy of technology\;
\n➢ Interdependencies between humans\, non-humans and technologies and their \; epistemological implications\, addressed through the lens of philosophy of science\, \; feminist epistemology and technoscience studies\;
\n➢ Questions of justice\, responsibility and vulnerability in wounded ecologies\, \; examined from the optic of political philosophy\, critical theory\, postcolonial theory \; and environmental ethics\;
\n➢ Critiques of traditional hierarchies (nature/culture\, human/non-human\, \; masculine/feminine) and the exploration of alternative models of kinship and \; coexistence\, drawing on metaphysics\, ontology\, social philosophy and posthuman \; theories\;
\n➢ Reflections on technology\, artificial intelligence\, biotechnology and digitalities as \; forces that displace the subject\, transform agency and redefine modes of inhabiting\, \; from the perspectives of philosophy of technology\, critical cybernetics and AI \; studies\;
\n➢ The construction of shared worlds\, kinships and interdependencies through visual \; and performing arts and cinema\, considered in light of philosophy of art\, relational \; aesthetics\, and philosophy of film\;
\n➢ The role of language\, narrative and symbolic representation in mediating bodies\, \; technologies and ecologies\, investigated through philosophy of language\, narrative \; theory\, critical semiotics\, and philosophy of communication.
\nProposals must be submitted in English\, Portuguese\, Spanish\, French\, or \; Italian to \;makingkin@outlook.pt \;by April 7\, 2026. They should include an abstract \; (up to 300 words) and a brief biographical note (up to 150 words). Presentations should \; not exceed 20 minutes. The results will be announced on 7 May 2026. This International Congress is organized within the framework of PRAXIS &ndash\; Center for \; Philosophy\, Politics and Culture\, University of Beira Interior (Covilhã\;\, Portugal).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T050000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T063000 SUMMARY:Remaking Liberalism UID:20260404T113030Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:2026 PPE Distinguished Public Lecture with Nobel Prize Winner Daron Acemoglu (Virtual)
\nCo-winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics\, Professor Daron Acemoglu\, will deliver the 2026 PPE Distinguished Public Lecture at Virginia Tech.
\nDaron Acemogluis Institute Professor in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Acemoglu&rsquo\;s research spans a wide array of topics in political economy\, development economics\, economic growth\, technological change\, and inequality\, exploring the deep historical and institutional foundations of prosperity and poverty.
\nProfessor Acemoglu has received numerous awards\, including the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005 and the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in 2018. In 2024\, together with Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson\, he won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his pioneering work on the interplay between technological progress\, labor markets\, and democratic institutions\, highlighting how institutional choices and technology shape societal outcomes.
\nAt Virginia Tech\, Professor Acemoglu will speak about his forthcoming book on remaking liberalism\, which is scheduled to appear in the summer of 2026.
\nThe virtual lecture will take place on April 8\, 2026\, from 5-6:30pm (Eastern Time). Advance registration is required for this event. Here is more information.
\nAll faculty\, students\, and members of the public are cordially invited to attend.
ORGANIZER;CN=Michael Moehler: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T170000 SUMMARY:Pacific APA - Democracy at the Crossroads: Concerned Philosophers for Peace UID:20260404T113031Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T170000 SUMMARY:Nietzsche on Love & Asceticism (2026 NANS @ P-APA) UID:20260404T113032Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Nietzsche on Love and Asceticism
\nSpeakers: Samuel Filby: The New Ascetic Ideal Joel van Fossen: Nietzsche on love Melanie Shepherd: Meanings of Love in Nietzsche Commentator: Zoe Anthony (Univ. Tampa)
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Katsafanas: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Time Society at the 2026 Pacific APA UID:20260404T113033Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T170000 SUMMARY:North American Society for Social Philosophy at the 2026 APA Pacific UID:20260404T113034Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:North American Society for Social Philosophy at the 2026 APA Pacific
\nChildren and an Uncertain Future
\nSponsored by the North American Society for Social Philosophy
\nApril 8-12\, 2026
\nAll-Online Meeting
\nNASSP plans to host two affiliated group sessions during the APA Pacific Division Meeting on April 8-12\, 2026. The theme for these sessions is Children and an Uncertain Future. This year's theme invites presentations on the future given challenges and opportunities presented by recent developments such as those in artificial intelligence\, climate change\, domestic and international conflicts\, trade wars\, and mass migration. Presentations may address these applied issues or engage theoretical topics such as longtermism and our responsibilities to future generations. Proposals for presentations in all areas of social philosophy (broadly construed) are welcome. \;Please see call for abstracts for more information. \; \;
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Chong Choe-Smith;CN=Christopher Innis: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T170000 SUMMARY:SoPheRE at APA Pacific 2026 UID:20260404T113035Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Society \;for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience \;invites submissions of abstracts (300&ndash\;500 words\, not including references) for its group meeting at the Pacific \;APA (online\, \;April 8&ndash\;12\, 2026). Accepted submissions will be given a 25-minute presentation time\, with up to 15 minutes for Q&\;A. \; \;The topic of the panel should be approached within the frame of classical and contemporary phenomenology (e.g.\, Husserl\, Merleau-Ponty\, Schutz\, \;Gurwitsch\, Hopp\, D.W. Smith\, \;and others)\, postfoundational phenomenology (e.g.\, Mensch\, Salis)\, \;and post-Brentanian scholarship. \;
\nTo submit\, please fill out the following form by \;September \;29. \; \;If your abstract contains characters or equations not easily expressible in the abstract text box below\, please indicate this in that field\, attach your abstract as a PDF\, and email it to \;ols@sophere.org. Send questions to \;Olga Louchakova-Schwartz \;at \;ols@sophere.org\, \;olouch@ucdavis.edu
ORGANIZER;CN=O. Louchakova-Schwartz: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260408T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260408T130000 SUMMARY:Atheism and the Meaning of Life UID:20260404T113036Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:29 avenue R. Schuman Maison de la Recherche Centre Gilles Gaston Granger Maison de la Recherche Centre Gilles Gaston Granger\, Aix-en-Provence\, France\, 13100 DESCRIPTION:Atheism and the \;Meaning of Life
\nAs Hans Blumenberg has shown\, a major characteristic of the
Occidental thought tradition is the rootedness of its fundamental
structures of meaningfulness in transcendence. Since the expansion of
Christianity\, this rootedness is guaranteed by a transcendent God.
This radical dependence upon structures of transcendence as the
ultimate resources of meaning becomes most eloquently obvious at the
wake of Modernity when Christian faith is progressively fragilized\, and
the medieval ordo starts to erode. The erosion of this ordo-
metaphysics gives way to a growing awareness of human autonomy\,
leading to the recognition of human agency. This shift carries
significant consequences: Friedrich Nietzsche&rsquo\;s famous aphorism
declaring the death of God illustrates with great acuity the challenge
linked to this revolution of paradigm: Following Jean-Franç\;ois Matté\;i\,
Man is left in a &ldquo\;crise du sens&rdquo\;\, the French notion &ldquo\;sens&rdquo\; hinting at
both meaningfulness and orientation. The entire metaphysical
structure of the Platonic-Christian tradition crashes and (Western)
Mankind is in an urgent need to find new resources for the generation
of meaning. However\, the repeated crises in the history of Modernity\,
and in particular the spread of nihilism in the late 19th century and the
nihilistic ideologies of the 20th century\, show insistently that it is far
from obvious to take up this challenge. Whereas Nietzsche suggested
that we become creators of new values\, Sø\;ren Kierkegaard tried to
handle the loss of metaphysical reassurance by claiming God as a
subjective truth\, and Martin Heidegger attempted to find the lost
entirety of Dasein\, and thus a genuine meaning in life\, through a
merely immanent conception of authentic possibilities emerging from
the anticipation of one&rsquo\;s own death. Yet\, it is maybe &ndash\; and
paradoxically &ndash\; in Albert Camus&rsquo\; Myth of Sisyphus that the
indebtedness of Modernity to the metaphysical tradition becomes the
most striking reminder of the devaluated resources of meaning: the
revolt he presents as the attitude to adopt facing the absurd is
understandable only against the backdrop of what has been lost\,
culminating in the claim that life is lived all the better if it does not
have meaning.
Unlike the continental tradition\, analytical philosophy has long
neglected questions about the meaning of life. This started to change
at the turn of the millennium\, and a new discourse has emerged\,
reexamining these &ldquo\;classic&rdquo\; philosophical questions in the context of a
pluralistic and post-secular world. This conference seeks to explore
responses to the challenges posed by the &ldquo\;post-metaphysical&rdquo\; context
for the contemporary world and to engage with new perspectives on
meaning. By explicitly addressing &ldquo\;atheism\,&rdquo\; we aim to sever the
assumptions underlying the theistic framing of meaning: What is the
meaning of meaning beyond theism? How can meaning be understood
within a naturalistic worldview? Are classical theistic discourses on
meaning influenced by cultural bias? The conference is interested\, among
others\, the following topics:
- The relation of meaning of life and atheism\, naturalism\, and/or
secularism
- The meaning of life within philosophy of religion (especially
non-theistic accounts)
- The meaning of meaning
- Atheism\, Absurdity and Nihilism
- Atheism and Anti-natalism\,
- Non-western theories on meaning(-lessness)
- The topicality of specific authors for dealing with the
issue of meaning in late modernity (e.g. Kierkegaard\,
Nietzsche\, Camus\, Sartre)
We invite you to submit a proposa at: \;
\nhttps://form.jotform.com/251553212647050 \;
\nDeadline for submissions: November 30th 2025
Decisions regarding the acceptance of proposals will be communicated before January 6th
Conference Fees: 80 &euro\;
The conference fees include coffee breaks and meals (dinner on April 8th and 9th\, lunch on April
9th)
There is no funding for travel and accommodation \;
Participation is free for PhD students
Atheism and the \;Meaning of Life
\nAs Hans Blumenberg has shown\, a major characteristic of the
Occidental thought tradition is the rootedness of its fundamental
structures of meaningfulness in transcendence. Since the expansion of
Christianity\, this rootedness is guaranteed by a transcendent God.
This radical dependence upon structures of transcendence as the
ultimate resources of meaning becomes most eloquently obvious at the
wake of Modernity when Christian faith is progressively fragilized\, and
the medieval ordo starts to erode. The erosion of this ordo-
metaphysics gives way to a growing awareness of human autonomy\,
leading to the recognition of human agency. This shift carries
significant consequences: Friedrich Nietzsche&rsquo\;s famous aphorism
declaring the death of God illustrates with great acuity the challenge
linked to this revolution of paradigm: Following Jean-Franç\;ois Matté\;i\,
Man is left in a &ldquo\;crise du sens&rdquo\;\, the French notion &ldquo\;sens&rdquo\; hinting at
both meaningfulness and orientation. The entire metaphysical
structure of the Platonic-Christian tradition crashes and (Western)
Mankind is in an urgent need to find new resources for the generation
of meaning. However\, the repeated crises in the history of Modernity\,
and in particular the spread of nihilism in the late 19th century and the
nihilistic ideologies of the 20th century\, show insistently that it is far
from obvious to take up this challenge. Whereas Nietzsche suggested
that we become creators of new values\, Sø\;ren Kierkegaard tried to
handle the loss of metaphysical reassurance by claiming God as a
subjective truth\, and Martin Heidegger attempted to find the lost
entirety of Dasein\, and thus a genuine meaning in life\, through a
merely immanent conception of authentic possibilities emerging from
the anticipation of one&rsquo\;s own death. Yet\, it is maybe &ndash\; and
paradoxically &ndash\; in Albert Camus&rsquo\; Myth of Sisyphus that the
indebtedness of Modernity to the metaphysical tradition becomes the
most striking reminder of the devaluated resources of meaning: the
revolt he presents as the attitude to adopt facing the absurd is
understandable only against the backdrop of what has been lost\,
culminating in the claim that life is lived all the better if it does not
have meaning.
Unlike the continental tradition\, analytical philosophy has long
neglected questions about the meaning of life. This started to change
at the turn of the millennium\, and a new discourse has emerged\,
reexamining these &ldquo\;classic&rdquo\; philosophical questions in the context of a
pluralistic and post-secular world. This conference seeks to explore
responses to the challenges posed by the &ldquo\;post-metaphysical&rdquo\; context
for the contemporary world and to engage with new perspectives on
meaning. By explicitly addressing &ldquo\;atheism\,&rdquo\; we aim to sever the
assumptions underlying the theistic framing of meaning: What is the
meaning of meaning beyond theism? How can meaning be understood
within a naturalistic worldview? Are classical theistic discourses on
meaning influenced by cultural bias? The conference is interested\, among
others\, the following topics:
- The relation of meaning of life and atheism\, naturalism\, and/or
secularism
- The meaning of life within philosophy of religion (especially
non-theistic accounts)
- The meaning of meaning
- Atheism\, Absurdity and Nihilism
- Atheism and Anti-natalism\,
- Non-western theories on meaning(-lessness)
- The topicality of specific authors for dealing with the
issue of meaning in late modernity (e.g. Kierkegaard\,
Nietzsche\, Camus\, Sartre)
Philosophy and Culture Area
\n\nCall for Proposals:
\nSessions\, Panels\, Papers\, and Session Key Note Speaker
\n\nPOPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION &\; AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
\n2026 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
\n\;
\nAtlanta\, Georgia
\n\;
\nApril 8-11\, 2026
\n\;
\nAtlanta Marriott Marquis\, 265 Peachtree Center Ave NE\, Atlanta\, \;Georgia 30303\, United States
\n\nFor more information\, including dates and deadlines\, please go to:
\n\n\nThe Philosophy and Culture Area is a welcoming and inclusive group which seeks any and all papers and panel discussions that explore the intersection of philosophy and culture. \; We typically run 8 or more sessions each year. We are going to have a number of panel discussions as well. Please submit your panel discussion name as a panel in the submission process. All philosophical approaches are welcome. Non-philosophers must make clear the connection of their project to the philosophical \;tradition.
\n\nGiven recent events\, and the location of this year&rsquo\;s conference\, we encourage submissions on hot-button topics concerning the Philosophy and Popular Culture of Georgia life\, local politics\, public education\, police\, the legal system\, labor relations\, and others that come to mind are most welcome.
\n\nPlease submit an abstract of your paper or discussion panel of no more than 200 words (including presentation title) and complete contact information (name\, institutional affiliation\, mail and e-mail addresses\, and telephone numbers). You must be a member of the PCA to submit an abstract. ONLY abstracts submitted through the PCA/ACA website may be considered for inclusion in the conference program. New ideas for what and how to present are most welcome!!
\n\nA Note on Undergraduate Submissions:
\nPhilosophy and Culture accepts individual undergraduate submissions and discussion panel proposals. At the conference these sessions will be chaired by an Area Chair or\, in the case of a group from one institution\, a supervising faculty member. Chairs and faculty are happy to mentor students. Any help needed will be given to make your presentation the most beneficial. Let the chair know if you need anything: Christopher M. Innes\, cinnes@boisestate.edu. \; \; \;
\n\nPlease send all \;inquiries \;to the Philosophy and Culture Area Chair: Christopher M Innes Ph.D.\, cinnes@boisestate.edu
\n\nA SHORT LIST OF PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED PAPERS
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Labyrinths of Reason and Delusion in Devs
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The Rise of Public Philosophy: Bringing Philosophy Out of the Classroom
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Can you rape a robot? Dehumanization\, personhood\, and gender
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Insight Check on The Self: Tabletop Role-playing Games as Sites of Hermeneutical Epistemic Justice
\n\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Replication: Record Collecting as a Focal Practice
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Christopher Innes: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260408T234500 SUMMARY:22nd Annual CSUB Philosophy & Religious Studies Conference UID:20260404T113039Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL PHILOSOPHY &\; RELIGIOUS STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE
\nFRIDAY\, MAY 8th\, 2026\, 10.00am &ndash\; 4.00pm
\nThe Humanities Complex\, California State University Bakersfield\, room 1109
\nUndergraduate students are invited to submit work in any area of philosophy or religious studies for presentatio\;\;n at CSUB&rsquo\;s Twenty-Second Annual Philosophy and Religious Studies Conference. The conference provides an excellent opportunity to present\, discuss their best work\, and connect with the wider academic community.
\nThe deadline for submissions is Wednesday\, April 8th. Submissions should be either in the form of full papers (9-10 pages) or as extended abstracts (3-4 pages)\, prepared for anonymous review\, and submitted in Word or PDF format to Dr. Fran Fairbairn (ffairbairn@csub.edu). Decisions will be made by April 17th. A small number of Zoom presentations may be considered in cases where accepted students not local to Bakersfield are unable to travel. Direct any questions to Dr. Fran Fairbairn (ffairbairn@csub.edu) or Dr. Joseph Florez (jflorez1@csub.edu). We look forward to reading your submissions!
\nKEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Amanda Baugh (California State University\, Northridge)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260409T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260410T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop: Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution UID:20260404T113040Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Hannover\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Event Title: Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution
\nDate of the Workshop: April 9&ndash\;10\, 2026
\nVenue: Leibniz University Hannover (Hannover\, Germany)
\nOrganizers: Karim Baraghith and Edoardo Peruzzi\, \;co-sponsored \;by \;the \;ERC Project Model Transfer and theDFG-funded projectGraphs and Networks as Explanatory Tools in Cultural Evolutionary Theory.
\nConfirmed Speakers:Alberto Acerbi\, Hanne Andersen\, Christine Caldwell\, Mathieu Charbonneau\, Heidi Colleran\, Catherine Herfeld\, Julie Jebeile\, Thomas Reydon\, Armin Schulz\, Lena Zuchowski. \;
\nDeadline for Abstracts: December 15\, 2025. Submissions (300&ndash\;400 words\, including references) should be sent to karim.baraghith@philos.uni-hannover.de or edoardo.peruzzi@philos.uni-hannover.de.
\nPresentation Format: 45 minutes total (30 minutes talk + 15 minutes Q&\;A).
\nWe are pleased to announce the call for papers for the upcoming workshop \;&ldquo\;Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution&rdquo\;\, to be held at Leibniz University Hannover (Germany) on 9&ndash\;10 April 2026. \;
\nOver the last decades &ldquo\;Cultural Evolution Theory&rdquo\; has matured into a thriving research programme\, offering mathematically explicit explanations of phenomena as diverse as language change\, technology adoption\, social norms and economic development. Much of this success rests on the transfer of formal models&mdash\;from population genetics\, evolutionary game theory\, Bayesian learning\, phylogenetics\, and network science&mdash\;into the cultural domain.
\nIn relation to that\, philosophers of science have shown a growing interest in the phenomenon of model transfer\, that is\, the transfer of models or modeling techniques across different scientific domains. Central questions concern what exactly travels when models cross disciplinary boundaries &mdash\; whether formal structures\, model templates\, or entire conceptual frameworks &mdash\; and under what methodological conditions such transfers produce genuine knowledge rather than superficial analogy.
\nAs model transfer becomes increasingly recognized as a defining feature of contemporary science\, it is vital to examine its role in driving scientific progress. At first glance\, model transfer appears to be conducive to progress by enhancing explanatory depth\, predictive accuracy\, theoretical unification\, and problem-solving capacity. Yet\, the question of how and to what extent cultural evolutionary theory as a case of model transfer contributes to progress in science remains largely unexplored.
\nBy bringing together scholars from cultural evolutionary research and from philosophy of science\, the workshop aims to open a timely and much-needed conversation on the relations between model transfer and scientific progress by taking cultural evolution as a prime case study. \;
\nTopics for discussion in the workshop include (but are not limited to):
\nModel transfer and scientific progress
\nHow can model transfer be understood as a form of scientific progress?
\nHow does it compare with more classical accounts of progress (e.g.\, accumulation of knowledge\, increasing explanatory power\, unification)?
\nCase Studies from Cultural Evolution
\nIn what ways do the success stories of Cultural Evolutionary Theory (e.g.\, phylogenetic trees\, network models of innovation and diffusion\, and gene&ndash\;culture co-evolution of social norms) serve as compelling test cases for evaluating scientific progress through model transfer?
\nConceptual and technical challenges
\nWhat exactly counts as a model or a template in Cultural Evolutionary Theory? \;
\nHow are biological concepts\, such as fitness\, selection\, and drift\, adapted and/or generalized\, both conceptually and technically\, when applied to domains like economics or linguistics?
\nLimits and risks of model transfer
\nWhen does imported modelling machinery advance explanation\, prediction\, and integration?
\nWhen might model transfer obscure domain-specific realities or lead to distortions?
\nHow can researchers identify and mitigate these risks?
\nQueries: Edoardo Peruzzi (edoardo.peruzzi@philos.uni-hannover.de)\, Karim Baraghith (karim.baraghith@philos.uni-hannover.de).
ORGANIZER;CN=Karim Baraghith;CN=Edoardo Peruzzi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20260409T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20260410T170000 SUMMARY:The Borderlands Between Perception and Imagination UID:20260404T113041Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Copenhagen LOCATION:Karen Blixens Vej 8\, 2300 København\, Copenhagen\, Denmark\, 2300 DESCRIPTION:The workshop&rsquo\;s main focus will be on those cases that challenge the traditional distinction between perception and imagination. It seems intuitive to contrast what is 'real' with what is 'virtual'\, 'fake'\, 'fictional'\, 'imaginary' or 'hallucinatory'. This distinction is well-established in phenomenology\, psychopathology and the philosophy of mind.
\nHowever\, this workshop aims to show how this principal contrast is not unproblematic. The workshop will grapple with these issues through various disciplines\, including philosophy\, psychiatry\, psychology\, and cognitive neuroscience
\nSpeakers
\nThe workshop will be an in-person event with registration\, and all are welcome.
ORGANIZER;CN=Laura Oppi;CN="Kasper Møller Nielsen": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063957Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260409T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260412T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Physics Society at the Pacific APA (2026) UID:20260404T113042Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Philosophy of Physics Society invites submissions of abstracts (300&ndash\;500 words\, not including references) for its group meeting at the Pacific APA\, which will be held online from April 8&ndash\;12\, 2026. Accepted submissions will be given a 25-minute presentation time\, with 15 minutes for Q&\;A. \; \;
\nTo submit\, please fill out the form at the below link by September \;26\, 2025. Send questions to Sam Fletcher at scfletch@umn.edu.
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Samuel C. Fletcher: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR