This research seminar is convened by Dr. Sami Al-Daghistani (Centre for Theology and Religious Studies\, Lund University).
\nWe invite researchers to submit proposals for a seminar exploring the ethical and cosmological foundations of economic thought across Islamic intellectual traditions. The seminar examines how Muslim scholars have understood wealth\, ownership\, exchange\, production\, and livelihood within broader conceptions of morality\, divine trust\, and human flourishing.
\nOver recent decades\, Islamic economics and finance have attracted considerable attention from scholars and practitioners. The field has been variously understood as a &ldquo\;third-way&rdquo\; economic system\, part of wider Islamization efforts\, and a discipline within the social sciences. These different approaches have generated debates about its scope\, methods\, and relationship to classical Islamic sources. Despite the growth of scholarship on Islamic economics\, the relationship between classical ethical frameworks and modern Islamic economics remains underexplored. This seminar addresses that relationship by asking: What are the ethical-economic principles of classical Islamic thought? What is the nature of ownership? What is the purpose of wealth? How is the human being situated in relation to economic resources and the lived environment? Is the economy primarily a sphere of competition\, or one of trust and stewardship?
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20270914T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20270916T170000 SUMMARY:Economic Cosmologies and Ethics in Islamic Scholarship UID:20261007T110411Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Asia/Qatar LOCATION:Doha\, Qatar DESCRIPTION:This research seminar is convened by Dr. Sami Al-Daghistani (Centre for Theology and Religious Studies\, Lund University).
\nWe invite researchers to submit proposals for a seminar exploring the ethical and cosmological foundations of economic thought across Islamic intellectual traditions. The seminar examines how Muslim scholars have understood wealth\, ownership\, exchange\, production\, and livelihood within broader conceptions of morality\, divine trust\, and human flourishing.
\nOver recent decades\, Islamic economics and finance have attracted considerable attention from scholars and practitioners. The field has been variously understood as a &ldquo\;third-way&rdquo\; economic system\, part of wider Islamization efforts\, and a discipline within the social sciences. These different approaches have generated debates about its scope\, methods\, and relationship to classical Islamic sources. Despite the growth of scholarship on Islamic economics\, the relationship between classical ethical frameworks and modern Islamic economics remains underexplored. This seminar addresses that relationship by asking: What are the ethical-economic principles of classical Islamic thought? What is the nature of ownership? What is the purpose of wealth? How is the human being situated in relation to economic resources and the lived environment? Is the economy primarily a sphere of competition\, or one of trust and stewardship?
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20261216T004500 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20261216T004500 SUMMARY:1st Interpersonal Philosophy Network Workshop UID:20261007T110412Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Edmonton LOCATION:Lethbridge\, Canada DESCRIPTION:1st Interpersonal Philosophy Network Workshop 2027
\nUniversity of Lethbridge | 2-3 April 2027
\nThe Interpersonal Philosophy Network (IPN)\, in collaboration with the Critical Thinking &\; Civic Engagement Lab \;at the University of Lethbridge\, invite abstracts submissions for a two-day workshop exploring philosophical questions concerning interpersonal relations.
\nThe workshop aims to bring together researchers working on the nature\, value\, and normative significance of our relations with others. We welcome contributions from a wide range of philosophical traditions and subfields.
\nKeynote Speakers
\n(1) Kimberly Brownlee (University of British Columbia)
\n(2) TBC.
\nAbstract Submission
\nWe invite submissions on any topic related to the philosophy of interpersonal relations\, though we are particularly interested in the epistemology\, ethics\, and politics of interpersonal relations. For example\, papers might address topics such as:
\nPlease submit an anonymised PDF abstract (up to 1000 words) through the following form by 15 December\, 2026: https://forms.gle/jXPRqdNE2dzSQnEW7
\nFurther Details
\nThe workshop will feature:
\nPresentations should be suitable for a 30-40 minute talk\, followed by discussion.
\nAccepted speakers will receive a CAD $300 honorarium to help offset travel and accommodation expenses.
\nParticipants are warmly invited to join an informal excursion to Waterton Lakes National Park on Sunday\, 4 April 2027.
\nIf you have any questions please contact adham.elshazly@uleth.ca
ORGANIZER;CN=Adham El Shazly;CN=Facundo Rodriguez;CN=Paloma Morales: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20270402T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20270403T180000 SUMMARY:1st Interpersonal Philosophy Network Workshop UID:20261007T110413Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Edmonton LOCATION:Lethbridge\, Canada DESCRIPTION:The Interpersonal Philosophy Network is holding its first workshop at the University of Lethbridge\, AB\, Canada\, 2-3 April 2027. \;
\nPlease see the CFP for more information\, or contact adham.elshazly@uleth.ca with any questions. \;
\nFor more information about the Interpersonal Philosophy Network see
\nhttps://www.interpersonalphilosophy.com/
ORGANIZER;CN=Adham El Shazly;CN=Facundo Rodriguez;CN=Paloma Morales: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270201T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270201T234500 SUMMARY:The Digital Worlds Workshop UID:20261007T110414Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The philosophy departments at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and The University of North Dakota invite submissions for a virtual workshop to be conducted remotely from April 30 - May 2\, 2027. We seek papers that interrogate the way modern digital technology enhances\, hampers\, or alters our experience of our lived worlds. We encourage submissions on any aspect of the digital world\, and in particular on this year&rsquo\;s theme of rootedness.
\n\nWork on digital technologies often focuses on their alienating\, atomizing and polarizing effects. This year\, we are particularly interested in explorations of the flip side: rootedness and correlate concepts like dwelling\, community\, connection\, place\, resonance\, etc. Are there ways that digital worlds promote rootedness? If alienation is a problem\, what are the appropriate responses? We especially encourage collaborative projects that cross disciplinary boundaries.
\n\nThe purpose of this workshop is to collaboratively develop works-in-progress with an eye toward publication. This is a pre-read workshop with each paper having a designated commenter to lead the conversation\, rather than formal conference presentations. We invite extended abstract submissions of approximately 500 words by February 1st\, 2027. We also invite expressions of interest to be a commenter on a paper\, independent of a submission (it is not necessary to submit a paper to provide commentary). The discussion draft of the papers will be required one month in advance of the meeting for everyone to pre-read and for commenters to review and prepare feedback.
\n\nAbstracts and any questions should be submitted to: digitalworldsworkshop@gmail.com
\nFurther information\, including programs from past workshops\, can be found at
\nhttps://digitalworldsworkshop.com/
ORGANIZER;CN=Michael Butler;CN=Ian Werkheiser: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270430T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270502T170000 SUMMARY:The Digital Worlds Workshop UID:20261007T110415Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The philosophy departments at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and The University of North Dakota invite submissions for a virtual workshop to be conducted remotely from April 30 - May 2\, 2027. We seek papers that interrogate the way modern digital technology enhances\, hampers\, or alters our experience of our lived worlds. We encourage submissions on any aspect of the digital world\, and in particular on this year&rsquo\;s theme of rootedness.
\n\nWork on digital technologies often focuses on their alienating\, atomizing and polarizing effects. This year\, we are particularly interested in explorations of the flip side: rootedness and correlate concepts like dwelling\, community\, connection\, place\, resonance\, etc. Are there ways that digital worlds promote rootedness? If alienation is a problem\, what are the appropriate responses? We especially encourage collaborative projects that cross disciplinary boundaries.
\n\nThe purpose of this workshop is to collaboratively develop works-in-progress with an eye toward publication. This is a pre-read workshop with each paper having a designated commenter to lead the conversation\, rather than formal conference presentations. We invite extended abstract submissions of approximately 500 words by February 1st\, 2027. We also invite expressions of interest to be a commenter on a paper\, independent of a submission (it is not necessary to submit a paper to provide commentary). The discussion draft of the papers will be required one month in advance of the meeting for everyone to pre-read and for commenters to review and prepare feedback.
\n\nAbstracts and any questions should be submitted to: digitalworldsworkshop@gmail.com
\nFurther information\, including programs from past workshops\, can be found at
\nhttps://digitalworldsworkshop.com/
ORGANIZER;CN=Michael Butler;CN=Ian Werkheiser: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20270104T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20270104T234500 SUMMARY:CREPH Seminar "Attention and Consciousness: New Directions" UID:20261007T110416Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Pl. du Vingt Août 7\, Liège\, Belgium\, 4000 DESCRIPTION:ATTENTION AND CONSCIOUSNESS: NEW DIRECTIONS
CREPH Research Seminar in Phenomenology
University of Liè\;ge\, Belgium 10&ndash\;14 May 2027
The Centre de Recherches Phé\;nomé\;nologiques (CREPH) at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Liè\;ge (Belgium) is pleased to announce the next CREPH Research Seminar in Phenomenology\, devoted to attention and consciousness\, which will take place from Monday 10 May to Friday 14 May 2027.
\nThe CREPH Seminar is a week-long event held every two years\, each edition exploring a specific topic in phenomenology and philosophy of mind\, broadly understood. The program will include invited talks and contributed papers selected through a call for abstracts.
\nOver the past two decades\, the relationship between attention and phenomenal consciousness has attracted renewed philosophical interest\, giving rise to an increasingly rich and differentiated literature. Yet\, despite increasingly refined arguments and mappings of the logical space\, foundational questions remain debated. Is attention necessary\, or even both necessary and sufficient\, for phenomenal consciousness? What kind of necessity is at stake? If experience overflows attention\, what is the nature of this unattended phenomenology? Is it fully determinate and specific\, or does attention contribute to making it so?
\nAlongside these questions about the dependence relations between attention and consciousness\, a further line of inquiry concerns attention&rsquo\;s contribution to the character and organization of experience. This includes its effects on our overall experience and the precise nature of the structural role often attributed to it. It also concerns whether attention contributes uniformly across different kinds of experience or plays distinctive roles in different experiential domains such as\, for example\, emotional and cognitive phenomenology.
\nThese issues also have epistemic consequences\, particularly concerning attention&rsquo\;s contribution to the acquisition of perceptual and introspective knowledge. Debate centres on whether attention facilitates such knowledge\, whether it is indispensable to it\, and whether its effects can sometimes be disruptive - for instance\, when attending to an experience essentially modifies the very phenomenon we seek to understand. Clarifying these possibilities requires examining how attention&rsquo\;s contribution to conscious experience bears on its capacity to be knowledge-conducive.
\nThe seminar aims to explore these questions by bringing contemporary debates into dialogue with historical accounts of attention. We welcome contributions from phenomenology\, philosophy of mind\, epistemology\, as well as historical investigations addressing these themes.
\nInvited Speakers
\nNatalie Depraz (Paris Nanterre) \;
\nAnna Giustina (Valencia)
\nHanne Jacobs (Tilburg)
\nHamid Taieb (Humboldt)
\nJuliette Vazard (Zurich)
\nCall for Abstracts
\nWe welcome submissions addressing the themes of the seminar from contemporary or historical perspectives. A non-exhaustive list of possible questions includes:
\nIs attention necessary or even necessary and sufficient for phenomenal consciousness? Can consciousness occur without attention? Is there unconscious attention?
\nDoes attention act as a gatekeeper for conscious experience\, or does phenomenal consciousness overflow the limits of attention? Is the phenomenology overflowing attention fully determinate and specific or is it indeterminate or generic? \;
\nHow does attention modify the phenomenal character of experience? What implications does this have for theories of consciousness (e.g.\, representationalist views)?
\nWhat structural role\, if any\, does attention play in the organisation of the phenomenal field?
\nDoes attention play sui generis phenomenal and/or epistemic roles in particular experiential types (e.g.\, emotional phenomenology\, cognitive phenomenology\, agential phenomenology\, etc.)?
\nWhat is the epistemic import of attention with respect to perceptual and introspective knowledge acquisition? Is attention necessary to have propositional and/or doxastic justification? What role does attention play in inquiry?
\nCan the so-called phenomenal modification problem be overcome?
\nWhat is the relationship between attention and inner awareness?
\nHow have historical accounts of attention addressed these issues\, and what can they contribute to contemporary debates?
\nThose interested in presenting at the seminar are invited to submit an anonymized abstract of no more than one page \;(excluding references) in either English or French to both jacopopallagrosi@gmail.com and vmartinis@uliege.be (please include both addresses \;in the email).
\nEach speaker will have a one-hour slot\, so presentations should ideally last around 30&ndash\;40 minutes\, followed by Q&\;A. The presentation itself may also be given in either English or French.
\nSubmission deadline: 4 January 2027
Notification of acceptance: 15 January 2027
Organizers: Arnaud Dewalque\, Valentina Martinis\, Jacopo Pallagrosi.
\nScientific Committee: Christian Blanco\, Alexis Delamare\, Arnaud Dewalque\, Ethan Field\, Quentin Hosch\, Bruno Leclercq\, Francesca Maffettone\, Valentina Martinis\, Jacopo Pallagrosi\, Denis Seron.
\nContact:jacopopallagrosi@gmail.com\;vmartinis@uliege.be \;
\nPermalink:http://www.pheno.ulg.ac.be/sem/?num_id=19&\;page=1&\;lang=fr
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Jacopo Pallagrosi;CN=Arnaud Dewalque;CN=Valentina Martinis: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20270510T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20270514T170000 SUMMARY:CREPH Seminar "Attention and Consciousness: New Directions" UID:20261007T110417Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Pl. du Vingt Août 7\, Liège\, Belgium\, 4000 DESCRIPTION:ATTENTION AND CONSCIOUSNESS: NEW DIRECTIONS CREPH Research Seminar in Phenomenology University of Liè\;ge\, Belgium 10&ndash\;14 May 2027
\nThe Centre de Recherches Phé\;nomé\;nologiques (CREPH) at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Liè\;ge (Belgium) is pleased to announce the next CREPH Research Seminar in Phenomenology\, devoted to attention and consciousness\, which will take place from Monday 10 May to Friday 14 May 2027.
\nThe CREPH Seminar is a week-long event held every two years\, each edition exploring a specific topic in phenomenology and philosophy of mind\, broadly understood. The program will include invited talks and contributed papers selected through a call for abstracts.
\nOver the past two decades\, the relationship between attention and phenomenal consciousness has attracted renewed philosophical interest\, giving rise to an increasingly rich and differentiated literature. Yet\, despite increasingly refined arguments and mappings of the logical space\, foundational questions remain debated. Is attention necessary\, or even both necessary and sufficient\, for phenomenal consciousness? What kind of necessity is at stake? If experience overflows attention\, what is the nature of this unattended phenomenology? Is it fully determinate and specific\, or does attention contribute to making it so?
\nAlongside these questions about the dependence relations between attention and consciousness\, a further line of inquiry concerns attention&rsquo\;s contribution to the character and organization of experience. This includes its effects on our overall experience and the precise nature of the structural role often attributed to it. It also concerns whether attention contributes uniformly across different kinds of experience or plays distinctive roles in different experiential domains such as\, for example\, emotional and cognitive phenomenology.
\nThese issues also have epistemic consequences\, particularly concerning attention&rsquo\;s contribution to the acquisition of perceptual and introspective knowledge. Debate centres on whether attention facilitates such knowledge\, whether it is indispensable to it\, and whether its effects can sometimes be disruptive - for instance\, when attending to an experience essentially modifies the very phenomenon we seek to understand. Clarifying these possibilities requires examining how attention&rsquo\;s contribution to conscious experience bears on its capacity to be knowledge-conducive.
\nThe seminar aims to explore these questions by bringing contemporary debates into dialogue with historical accounts of attention. We welcome contributions from phenomenology\, philosophy of mind\, epistemology\, as well as historical investigations addressing these themes.
\nInvited Speakers
\nNatalie Depraz (Paris Nanterre) \;
\nAnna Giustina (Valencia)
\nHanne Jacobs (Tilburg)
\nHamid Taieb (Humboldt)
\nJuliette Vazard (Zurich)
\nOrganizers: Arnaud Dewalque\, Valentina Martinis\, Jacopo Pallagrosi.
\nScientific Committee: Christian Blanco\, Alexis Delamare\, Arnaud Dewalque\, Ethan Field\, Quentin Hosch\, Bruno Leclercq\, Francesca Maffettone\, Valentina Martinis\, Jacopo Pallagrosi\, Denis Seron.
\nContact:jacopopallagrosi@gmail.com\;vmartinis@uliege.be \;
\nPermalink:http://www.pheno.ulg.ac.be/sem/?num_id=19&\;page=1&\;lang=fr
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Jacopo Pallagrosi;CN=Arnaud Dewalque;CN=Valentina Martinis: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261211T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261211T070000 SUMMARY:Hannah Arendt Circle 2027 UID:20261007T110418Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Paderborn\, Germany DESCRIPTION:The Hannah Arendt Circle will meet in person at Paderborn University\, Germany from June 23rd-June 25th 2027. Any and all interdisciplinary research relating to the life and work of Hannah Arendt is welcome for consideration.
\nWe invite submissions of abstracts (750 words) for presentation. The deadline for submission is December 11th. \;
\nAnonymised abstracts (prepared as Word doc. or PDF) and any queries should be submitted to thehannaharendtcircle@gmail.com \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20270623T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20270625T170000 SUMMARY:Hannah Arendt Circle 2027 UID:20261007T110419Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Paderborn\, Germany DESCRIPTION:The Hannah Arendt Circle will meet in person at Paderborn University\, Germany from June 23rd-June 25th 2027. Any and all interdisciplinary research relating to the life and work of Hannah Arendt is welcome for consideration.
\n\nWe invite submissions of abstracts (750 words) for presentation. The deadline for submission is December 11th. \;
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261015T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261015T170000 SUMMARY:Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory UID:20261007T110420Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Catanzaro\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The conference &ldquo\;Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory&rdquo\;\, to be held on 15 October 2026 at the Monumental Complex of San Giovanni in Catanzaro and online\, will take place in a bilingual and hybrid format\, with contributions in both Italian and English. Participants may attend either in person or online. A certificate of attendance will be issued upon request.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261019T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261019T170000 SUMMARY:SYMPOSIUM ON EUGENIFICATION+: A forthcoming book by Prof. Robert A. Wilson\, University of Western Australia UID:20261007T110421Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Hollandseweg 1 \, Wageningen\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:SYMPOSIUM ON \;EUGENIFICATION+
A forthcoming book by Prof. Rob A. Wilson\, University of Western Australia
19 October | 14:00&ndash\;16:30
\nLeeuwenborch 0072\, Wageningen University &\; Research
\nThe book examines the history and contemporary persistence of eugenic thinking\, exploring how ideas about human improvement continue to shape practices and institutions through nine chapters: +history\, +philosophy\, +mind\, +transhumanism\, +racialization\, +dispossession\, +ancestry\, +disability\, and +bioethics.
\nThe symposium will feature commentaries by:
\nProf. Rachel Ankeny \;&mdash\; Philosophy\, WUR
Dr. Geoffrey Hobbis \;&mdash\; Knowledge\, Technology and Innovation\, WUR
Dr. Clemens Driessen \;&mdash\; Cultural Geography\, WUR
Dr. Hugh Desmond \;&mdash\; Philosophy\, WUR
The commentaries will be followed by a brief response from Prof. Wilson and discussion with the audience. All are welcome! Please register \;here.
\nOrganized by Dr. Hugh Desmond and Dr. Lucia C. Neco\, Philosophy Group\, WUR
ORGANIZER;CN=Lucia C. Neco;CN=Hugh Desmond: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20270302T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20270302T140000 SUMMARY:Being-for-War: Freedom and the Fragility of the Shared World UID:20261007T110422Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:221 Burwood Highway\, Melbourne\, Australia\, 3125 DESCRIPTION:Being-for-War: Freedom and the Fragility of the Shared World
\nLior Levy \;(University of Melbourne)
Abstract: \;What does war reveal about existential freedom? Sartre&rsquo\;s philosophy is often read as an account of radical freedom: consciousness is never reducible to its situation\, and human beings remain responsible for what they make of the conditions in which they find themselves. Yet war presents a distinctive challenge to this conception of freedom. It does not simply impose constraints upon an otherwise intact freedom\; it transforms the world in which possibilities can appear\, alter the meanings of things and actions\, and reorganise the relations through which freedom is exercised. What war threatens\, then\, is not only the subject&rsquo\;s freedom\, but the shared world that makes meaningful agency possible in the first place.
\nI develop the concept of "being-for-war" to describe a mode of existence in which subjects are implicated in a world they neither wholly choose nor simply passively endure. In &ldquo\;being-for-war&rdquo\; freedom discloses not only the possibility of world-creation\, but also the possibility of its unmaking. Drawing primarily on Sartre&rsquo\;s Being and Nothingness and War Diaries\, I examine the ethical and political implications of being-for-war. War makes visible a feature of freedom that remains less apparent in conditions of relative stability: freedom is fragile because the world of possibilities within which we act is shared\, contingent\, and vulnerable to collective destruction. An ethics of being-for-war must therefore attend not only to what individuals choose\, but to how their actions sustain\, reproduce\, transform\, or foreclose the possibilities of a shared world.
\nBio: \;Lior Levy is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on existentialism\, phenomenology\, feminist philosophy\, and aesthetics. She is the author of articles on Sartre\, Beauvoir\, feminist phenomenology\, and co-editor (with Massimo Leone) of Masks and Faces (Routledge\, 2026).
\nZoom Link: \;https://deakin.zoom.us/j/87951496688?pwd=ukkb27R7x3J57huab6yLfVYlfB64gl.1
\nMeeting ID: \;879 5149 6688 \;// Password: \;74986849
\nThis meeting is at 12:30pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) 2 March 2027 [02:30am UTC 2 March 2027]
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261007T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261007T183000 SUMMARY:Reviving Logical Empiricism UID:20261007T110423Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:I am pleased to announce that the next talk of the Reconstructing Carnap Webinar Series 2026 will be delivered by Hannes Leitgeb on Wednesday\, October 7\, 2026.
\nSpeaker: Hannes Leitgeb (LMU)
Title: Reviving Logical Empiricism
Time: Wednesday\, October 7\, 2026 &mdash\; 4:30&ndash\;6:30pm CET (10:30am&ndash\;12:30pm EDT)
Link: \;Meet - uaq-jqpf-mwr
The abstract is provided below. For further information about the Reconstructing Carnap Webinar Series 2026\, please consult the following webpage: https://valep.vc.univie.ac.at/files/External/2026_Reconstructing_Carnap-original.pdf
\nVideos of past presentations are available on the YouTube channel of the series&mdash\;feel free to explore and subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@reconstructingcarnap.
\nThe series is organized in collaboration with Carnap in Context IV (Ö\;AW\, FWF Grant PAT7905424) and Rudolf Carnap Digital (MCMP\, LMU Munich).
\nLooking forward to seeing you all again on October 7!
\nAll the best\,
Caterina
Reviving Logical Empiricism
By Hannes Leitgeb (LMU)
Logical Empiricism is widely regarded as a philosophical failure. In my lecture\, I will argue that there is an (only slightly updated) &ldquo\;enlightened&rdquo\; Carnapian version of Logical Empiricism that neither excludes metaphysics nor ethics and that may well serve successfully as a metaphilosophy of scientific philosophy today and in the future. In short: maybe it is time to revive Logical Empiricism.
ORGANIZER;CN=Caterina Del Sordo;CN=Luca Oliva;CN=Silvano Zipoli Caiani: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261220T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261220T234500 SUMMARY:Boston University 2027 Graduate Conference UID:20261007T110424Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:745 Commonwealth Avenue\, Boston\, United States\, 02135 DESCRIPTION:Fragility\, vulnerability\, fallibility &ndash\; historically\, these concepts have been understood as shortcomings or even faults\; but in recent years\, philosophers have increasingly suggested that the attempt to theorize our way out of these limits has concealed essential features of human life. The question consequently arises: should these concepts always carry a negative connotation? Can we even conceive of agency without fragility\, relationships without vulnerability\, or knowledge without fallibility? Would the absence of these so-called limitations improve upon these facets of human life\, or render them unrecognizable?
\n\; \; \;The 12th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference at Boston University (April 2&ndash\;3\, 2027) will explore these questions and others related to fragility\, vulnerability\, and fallibility in contemporary ethics\, moral psychology\, epistemology\, and queer and feminist philosophy. 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. We also welcome papers that question whether\, and under what conditions\, these limitations should be valued or overcome.
\n\; \; \;In the past\, relatively few philosophers have given these &ldquo\;limiting concepts&rdquo\; a positive treatment in their conceptions of human life. In moral philosophy\, we typically speak of fragility as a precursor to corruption and failure\; in political philosophy\, we often think of vulnerability in terms of asymmetrical power relations that stand in need of rectification\; and in epistemology\, we conceive fallibility as an epistemic fault to be avoided or even as a limitation on the possibility of knowledge itself. Despite this\, philosophers continuously acknowledge that these limitations must be addressed in any comprehensive account of human life and experience. As biological creatures\, we are vulnerable to natural and human-made calamities. As social creatures\, we depend on others in order to survive and live flourishing lives. As moral and epistemic agents\, our failures form the very background against which our progress is measured.
\n\; \; \;Today\, there is a growing effort to understand these three forms of human finitude not merely as defects\, but in a more positive light. Our conference will explore this trend by posing anew the question of fragility\, vulnerability\, and fallibility. \; \; \;
\n\; \; \;We are pleased to announce our two keynote speakers: Lisa Tessman (Binghamton University) and Jeffrey Bloechl (Boston College).
\n\; \; \;We are excited to invite graduate students affiliated with any institution to submit papers on the themes outlined above.
\nSubmission Guidelines:
\n\; \; \;We invite submissions of papers suitable for a 45-minute presentation\, including Q&\;A (approximately 3\,000-4000 words). Papers should address one or more of the conference themes. Submissions (in .doc\, .docx\, or .pdf format) should be prepared for anonymous review and include a word count. Please supply author name\, affiliation\, and contact information in a separate file.
\nSubmission Deadline: Sunday\, December 20th\, 2026 at 11:59 EST. \;
\nSubmit papers (and questions!) to: bu.phil.gradconference@gmail.com
\nWe aim to provide all speakers with local accommodation and cover their travel expenses
ORGANIZER;CN=Alec Koppers;CN=Eleanor Oser;CN=Alexander Dickison;CN=Sarah Durkee: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270402T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270403T170000 SUMMARY:Boston University 2027 Graduate Conference UID:20261007T110425Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:745 Commonwealth Avenue\, Boston\, United States\, 02135 DESCRIPTION:Fragility\, vulnerability\, fallibility &ndash\; historically\, these concepts have been understood as shortcomings or even faults\; but in recent years\, philosophers have increasingly suggested that the attempt to theorize our way out of these limits has concealed essential features of human life. The question consequently arises: should these concepts always carry a negative connotation? Can we even conceive of agency without fragility\, relationships without vulnerability\, or knowledge without fallibility? Would the absence of these so-called limitations improve upon these facets of human life\, or render them unrecognizable?
\n\; \; \;The 12th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference at Boston University (April 2&ndash\;3\, 2027) will explore these questions and others related to fragility\, vulnerability\, and fallibility in contemporary ethics\, moral psychology\, epistemology\, and queer and feminist philosophy. 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. We also welcome papers that question whether\, and under what conditions\, these limitations should be valued or overcome.
\n\; \; \;In the past\, relatively few philosophers have given these &ldquo\;limiting concepts&rdquo\; a positive treatment in their conceptions of human life. In moral philosophy\, we typically speak of fragility as a precursor to corruption and failure\; in political philosophy\, we often think of vulnerability in terms of asymmetrical power relations that stand in need of rectification\; and in epistemology\, we conceive fallibility as an epistemic fault to be avoided or even as a limitation on the possibility of knowledge itself. Despite this\, philosophers continuously acknowledge that these limitations must be addressed in any comprehensive account of human life and experience. As biological creatures\, we are vulnerable to natural and human-made calamities. As social creatures\, we depend on others in order to survive and live flourishing lives. As moral and epistemic agents\, our failures form the very background against which our progress is measured.
\n\; \; \;Today\, there is a growing effort to understand these three forms of human finitude not merely as defects\, but in a more positive light. Our conference will explore this trend by posing anew the question of fragility\, vulnerability\, and fallibility. \; \; \;
\n\; \; \;We are pleased to announce our two keynote speakers: Lisa Tessman (Binghamton University) and Jeffrey Bloechl (Boston College).
\n\; \; \;We are excited to invite graduate students affiliated with any institution to submit papers on the themes outlined above.
\nSubmission Guidelines:
\n\; \; \;We invite submissions of papers suitable for a 45-minute presentation\, including Q&\;A (approximately 3\,000-4000 words). Papers should address one or more of the conference themes. Submissions (in .doc\, .docx\, or .pdf format) should be prepared for anonymous review and include a word count. Please supply author name\, affiliation\, and contact information in a separate file.
\nSubmission Deadline: Sunday\, December 20th\, 2026 at 11:59 EST. \;
\nSubmit papers (and questions!) to: bu.phil.gradconference@gmail.com
\nWe aim to provide all speakers with local accommodation and cover their travel expenses
ORGANIZER;CN=Alec Koppers;CN=Eleanor Oser;CN=Alexander Dickison;CN=Sarah Durkee: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270430T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270430T234500 SUMMARY:CFP - Philosophy and Contemporary Art - Philosophia Special Issue UID:20261007T110426Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CFP - \;Philosophy and Contemporary Art - \;Philosophia Special Issue
\nInvited contributors: Diarmuid Costello (University of Warwick)\, John Kulvicki (Dartmouth College)\, Sherri Irvin (University of Oklahoma)\, Enrico Terrone (University of Genoa)
\nGuest editors: Elisa Caldarola (University of Turin) and Elsa Saliba (University of Genoa)
\n\nPhilosophiainvites submissions for a Special Issue on Philosophy and Contemporary Art.
\n\nThe term contemporary art can be used in several ways. It may refer to art produced in the same historical period as the speaker. It may also refer more narrowly to art that engages with themes and artistic strategies characteristic of a particular contemporary cultural context. In another important sense\, it refers to artistic production in the plastic arts (broadly understood) from the 1960s to the present within the global high-art world.
\nOn this latter use\, contemporary art does not simply mean recent art. It names a historically extended field of artistic practices that artists\, critics\, curators\, and institutions continue to treat as belonging together. This raises a question that deserves philosophical attention: what\, if anything\, unifies works produced in the last decade with works produced several generations ago?
\nOne hypothesis motivating this Special Issue is that contemporary art is unified\, at least in part\, by the way its characteristic practices put pressure on central philosophical categories. These practices do not merely invite philosophical interpretation\; through their own modes of production and reception\, they challenge assumptions that have traditionally structured philosophical reflection on art.
\nInstallations and site-specific works challenge the idea that visual artworks are self-contained physical objects. Participatory works complicate the distinction between artist and public. Delegated fabrication and AI-assisted production put pressure on familiar notions of authorship\, intention\, control\, and responsibility. Performances known mainly through documentation raise questions about traces of\, reconstruction of\, and access to works. Conceptual and deliberately banal works challenge assumptions about aesthetic experience and appreciation. Political and socially engaged works test the boundary between artistic intervention\, activism\, public communication\, manipulation\, and propaganda.
\nOn this view\, the question of what contemporary art is and the question of why it matters philosophically are closely connected.
\nThe aim of this Special Issue is to consolidate and structure philosophical work on contemporary art. Relevant discussions already exist across aesthetics and philosophy of art\, ontology and metaphysics\, philosophy of mind\, philosophy of action\, epistemology\, political philosophy\, ethics\, and philosophy of technology. Yet these debates remain fragmented and often develop independently of one another.
\nQuestions about AI and authorship\, for example\, are closely connected to broader debates about distributed agency. Questions about performance and documentation intersect with debates about imagination and epistemology. Questions about political art connect with debates about propaganda\, manipulation\, nudging\, and public reason. Bringing these discussions together may help identify common philosophical problems\, clarify their interconnections\, and advance a more unified understanding of the philosophical significance of contemporary art.
\n\nSubmissions may address\, among other topics:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; the concept\, scope\, and unity of contemporary art\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; the ontology and metaphysics of installations\, conceptual works\, participatory works\, performances\, and site-specific works\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; the identity\, boundaries\, and persistence conditions of contemporary artworks\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; authorship\, intention\, collaboration\, control\, responsibility\, and distributed agency\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; delegated fabrication\, institutional mediation\, audience participation\, and spectatorship\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; AI\, Large Language Models\, and artistic production\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; documentation\, traces\, archives\, and the reconstruction of performances through reasoning and imagination\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; affective responses\, introspection\, imagination\, and other forms of mental engagement with contemporary artworks\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; the aesthetic significance of works that appear deliberately banal\, aesthetically inert\, or thematically insignificant\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; how language figures in conceptual art and contemporary art\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; political and socially engaged art\, propaganda\, activism\, and public reasoning\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; morally or politically defective artworks and their artistic or aesthetic value\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; manipulation\, affective mobilization\, nudging\, epistemically defective messages\, and the epistemic role of art.
\n\nThe issue welcomes contributions that address one or more of the above topics from the perspective of aesthetics and philosophy of art as well as from ontology\, metaphysics\, philosophy of mind\, philosophy of action\, epistemology\, ethics\, political philosophy\, and philosophy of technology. Papers may focus on particular artistic practices or bodies of work\, but they should engage broader philosophical questions and be accessible to philosophers outside the author's immediate area of specialization.
\n\nSubmission deadline:April 30\, 2027
\n\nSubmission guidelines:Manuscripts should be prepared for anonymous review and submitted through Philosophia's online submission system\, selecting the Special Issue once available.
\nLength of papers: 8\,000 to 9\,000 words\, font size 12\, double spaced\, (including references\, footnotes\, tables and figures). \;
\nPhilosophia&rsquo\;s submission guidelines are available at this link: https://link.springer.com/journal/11406/submission-guidelines#Instructions%20for%20Authors_Important%20Information%20on%20Manuscript%20Preparation%20and%20Submission
\n\nInquiries to: elisa.caldarolaATunito.it and elsa.salibaATedu.unige.it
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261016T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261016T234500 SUMMARY:Perspectives on Scientific Error Workshop 2027 UID:20261007T110427Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Copenhagen\, Denmark DESCRIPTION:Join us for this ninth edition to discuss the statistical\, philosophical\, and meta-scientific issues of scientific error.
\nTheoretical arguments have suggested that the number of false claims in the scientific literature may be much higher than desired\, and reports across fields have shown that many findings researchers believed were firmly established failed to replicate. These erroneous claims raise important issues. From an empirical practitioner's perspective\, errors mislead and slow down research projects. From a philosophical perspective\, scientific error raises questions about the right forms of scientific inference\, scientific progress\, and the reliability of science as a source of knowledge. From the perspective of the general public\, it undermines the epistemic authority of science and the degree to which policy-makers trust scientific experts.
\nFollowing the success of the previous eight editions\, PSE9 brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers to share their views on how scientific errors can be detected and corrected\, how they influence knowledge generation\, and how they shape the perception of science as a whole.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20270127T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20270129T170000 SUMMARY:Perspectives on Scientific Error Workshop 2027 UID:20261007T110428Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Copenhagen\, Denmark DESCRIPTION:Join us for this ninth edition to discuss the statistical\, philosophical\, and meta-scientific issues of scientific error.
\nTheoretical arguments have suggested that the number of false claims in the scientific literature may be much higher than desired\, and reports across fields have shown that many findings researchers believed were firmly established failed to replicate. These erroneous claims raise important issues. From an empirical practitioner's perspective\, errors mislead and slow down research projects. From a philosophical perspective\, scientific error raises questions about the right forms of scientific inference\, scientific progress\, and the reliability of science as a source of knowledge. From the perspective of the general public\, it undermines the epistemic authority of science and the degree to which policy-makers trust scientific experts.
\nFollowing the success of the previous eight editions\, PSE9 brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers to share their views on how scientific errors can be detected and corrected\, how they influence knowledge generation\, and how they shape the perception of science as a whole.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270304T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270304T090000 SUMMARY:Ameliorating Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare UID:20261007T110429Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:The Orangery\, Royal Fort Gardens\, Bristol\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:CFA
\nAmeliorating epistemic injustice in healthcare:
An EPIC conference
The Orangery\, Royal Fort Gardens
University of Bristol\, UK
4-5 March 2027
\nAbstract deadline: 1 December 2026
\nThis conference &ndash\; hosted by the Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare (EPIC) project &ndash\; will explore and assess approaches to ameliorating epistemic injustice in healthcare.
\nEpistemic injustice in healthcare has become a large and vibrant interdisciplinary area of research over the past decade. Scholars have identified different types of epistemic injustice across a range of medical domains\, institutions and healthcare interactions. These injustices have been linked to numerous factors\, including but not limited to: racism\, sexism\, ableism\, homophobia\, pathophobia\, sanism\, and neuro-chauvinism. Further factors include the health professional-patient relationship\; naturalistic diagnostic and therapeutic paradigms\; and the complexity of healthcare institutions\, including their own internal hierarchies. These efforts have produced a comprehensive &ndash\; though still incomplete &ndash\; picture of the scope and shape of the problem. Comparatively little\, however\, has been written about how we might address it\, or how to promote epistemic justice in healthcare.
\nThis conference invites theoretical and empirical work on amelioration of epistemic injustice in healthcare and illness\, welcoming submissions from researchers across disciplines\, healthcare professionals\, and experts by experience.
\nPossible topics include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How to understand and enact epistemic justice in healthcare contexts
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; New approaches to ameliorating epistemic injustice across different illnesses and healthcare contexts
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Developments and critical assessments of extant approaches to amelioration
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How to tackle the specific drivers of epistemic injustice in healthcare (e.g. sanism and pathophobic prejudices\, hermeneutical lacunae around illness and recovery)
\nConfirmed speakers:
\nSubmission guidelines
\nWe are looking for short\, focused contributions (15 minutes + 5 minutes Q&\;A) specifically on ameliorating epistemic injustice in healthcare. No exposition of basic concepts in the epistemic injustice literature is needed. Please expect attendees to know what epistemic injustice is and tailor your abstract submission accordingly.
\nPlease submit an abstract of 250-300 words to dan.degerman@bristol.ac.uk by 1 December 2026.In your submission email\, please attach a PDF with your abstract\, name\, affiliation\, and a short bio &ndash\; for you and\, if applicable\, any co-authors. We prefer speakers to present in person\, but will consider requests to present online on a case-by-case basis.
\nWe particularly welcome submissions from groups traditionally under-represented in academia. If you are a non-academic speaker\, and would like to discuss submitting your application in a format different from the one outlined above\, please feel free to email Dan (email above) to discuss how this might be done.
\nWe will provide refreshments and lunch for all attendees\, and all are welcome.
\nTravel bursaries
\nWe will offer a small number of bursaries of £\;100 each toward travel costs for speakers who are unwaged\, PhD students\, or early career researchers who are not funded. If you are interested in applying for one of these bursaries\, please mention this in your submission email.
\nRegistration
\nRegistration is free. Information about how to register will be circulated in January.
\n\;
\nImportant dates
\nProject EPIC is generously funded by Wellcome. For more information about the EPIC project\, please visit our website: https://epistemicinjusticeinhealthcare.org/
ORGANIZER;CN=Dan Degerman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270304T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270305T170000 SUMMARY:Ameliorating Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare UID:20261007T110430Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:The Orangery\, Royal Fort Gardens\, Bristol\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:CFA
\nAmeliorating epistemic injustice in healthcare:
An EPIC conference
The Orangery\, Royal Fort Gardens
University of Bristol\, UK
4-5 March 2027
\nAbstract deadline: 1 December 2026
\nThis conference &ndash\; hosted by the Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare (EPIC) project &ndash\; will explore and assess approaches to ameliorating epistemic injustice in healthcare.
\nEpistemic injustice in healthcare has become a large and vibrant interdisciplinary area of research over the past decade. Scholars have identified different types of epistemic injustice across a range of medical domains\, institutions and healthcare interactions. These injustices have been linked to numerous factors\, including but not limited to: racism\, sexism\, ableism\, homophobia\, pathophobia\, sanism\, and neuro-chauvinism. Further factors include the health professional-patient relationship\; naturalistic diagnostic and therapeutic paradigms\; and the complexity of healthcare institutions\, including their own internal hierarchies. These efforts have produced a comprehensive &ndash\; though still incomplete &ndash\; picture of the scope and shape of the problem. Comparatively little\, however\, has been written about how we might address it\, or how to promote epistemic justice in healthcare.
\nThis conference invites theoretical and empirical work on amelioration of epistemic injustice in healthcare and illness\, welcoming submissions from researchers across disciplines\, healthcare professionals\, and experts by experience.
\nPossible topics include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How to understand and enact epistemic justice in healthcare contexts
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; New approaches to ameliorating epistemic injustice across different illnesses and healthcare contexts
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Developments and critical assessments of extant approaches to amelioration
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How to tackle the specific drivers of epistemic injustice in healthcare (e.g. sanism and pathophobic prejudices\, hermeneutical lacunae around illness and recovery)
\nConfirmed speakers:
\nSubmission guidelines
\nWe are looking for short\, focused contributions (15 minutes + 5 minutes Q&\;A) specifically on ameliorating epistemic injustice in healthcare. No exposition of basic concepts in the epistemic injustice literature is needed. Please expect attendees to know what epistemic injustice is and tailor your abstract submission accordingly.
\nPlease submit an abstract of 250-300 words to dan.degerman@bristol.ac.uk by 1 December 2026.In your submission email\, please attach a PDF with your abstract\, name\, affiliation\, and a short bio &ndash\; for you and\, if applicable\, any co-authors. We prefer speakers to present in person\, but will consider requests to present online on a case-by-case basis.
\nWe particularly welcome submissions from groups traditionally under-represented in academia. If you are a non-academic speaker\, and would like to discuss submitting your application in a format different from the one outlined above\, please feel free to email Dan (email above) to discuss how this might be done.
\nWe will provide refreshments and lunch for all attendees\, and all are welcome.
\nTravel bursaries
\nWe will offer a small number of bursaries of £\;100 each toward travel costs for speakers who are unwaged\, PhD students\, or early career researchers who are not funded. If you are interested in applying for one of these bursaries\, please mention this in your submission email.
\nRegistration
\nRegistration is free. Information about how to register will be circulated in January.
\n\;
\nImportant dates
\nProject EPIC is generously funded by Wellcome. For more information about the EPIC project\, please visit our website: https://epistemicinjusticeinhealthcare.org/
ORGANIZER;CN=Dan Degerman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261012T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261012T160000 SUMMARY:The Sounds of Affect UID:20261007T110431Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) network (https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork/home)\, an international and interdisciplinary network whose primary aim is to promote work on slurs\, pejoratives\, expressives and evaluative terms from less studied languages\, invites you to the first talk of the 2026-2027 academic year to be given by Martina Wiltschko (ICREA/Pompeu Fabra University)\, entitled "The Sounds of Affect". \;The event will take place online on Monday\, OCTOBER 12\, 14:30-16:00 Central European Time (CET)\, and is part of the of STAL network seminar series (program here: https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork/seminar). If you want to participate\, please write to stalnetwork@gmail.com for the Zoom link. Below you can find the abstract of the talk.
\nAll welcome!
\nABSTRACT:
\nThe empirical goal of this talk is to explore the use of a set of emotive expressions in Spanish\, namely ah\, ay\, oh\, oy\, uh\, and uy. These expressions have been previously described as indicating both unexpectedness of an event (ah\, oh\, uh) as well as a subjective evaluation of the unexpected event (ay\, oy\, uy\; Montes 1999). Thus\, these forms encode both epistemic and affective content\, a defining property of emotive markers cross-linguistically. My analytical goal is to present an analysis of the form\, function and distribution of these markers. I argue that they belong to a set of categories that belong to the grammar of interaction (Wiltschko 2021). Specifically\, I analyze them as speaker oriented pro-forms which indicate the note-worthiness of the event\, object\, or utterance that triggered the utterance (Wiltschko 2024). This accounts for their epistemic content. As for their affective content\, I propose that it derives from the vowel-quality and hence is best analysed as an articulatory gesture with ideophonic meaning (Thompson &\; Do 2019). Specifically\, ah\, oh\, uh are associated with increasing noteworthiness (ah being neutral and uh being highest on the note-worthiness scale\, Montes 1999). This increase in noteworthiness is mirrored by the increase in effort in producing these vowels\, both in terms of tongue position and lip rounding. As for the subjective evaluation\, I argue that it\, too\, is ideophonically expressed through the glide\, which is produced by an inward movement of the articulators which in turn mirrors the inward character of a subjective evaluation.
ORGANIZER;CN=Isidora Stojanovic;CN=Dan Zeman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261001T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270630T170000 SUMMARY:STAL Seminar UID:20261007T110432Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 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 2026-2027 academic year take place on MONDAYS\, 14:30-16:00 Central European Time (CET). The list of speakers is the following (exact dates and titles to be provided soon):
\n- OCTOBER 12\, 2026: Martina Wiltschko (ICREA/Pompeu Fabra University)
\n- NOVEMBER 30\, 2026: Daniel James (Technical University Berlin)
\n- DECEMBER 14\, 2026: Jennifer Saul (University of Waterloo)
\n- JANUARY 2027: Muhammad Owais Raza (Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University) \;
\n- FEBRUARY 2027: Chris Cousens (University of Glasgow)
\n- MARCH 2027: Jessica Keiser (University of North Carolina)
\n- APRIL 19\, 2027: Cornelia Loos (University of Cologne)
\n- MAY 2027: Marcin Lewiński (NOVA University of Lisbon)
\n- JUNE 2027: TBA.
ORGANIZER;CN=Isidora Stojanovic;CN=Dan Zeman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20270111T093000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20270112T170000 SUMMARY:The Semantics and Format of Episodic Representations UID:20261007T110433Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Asia/Singapore LOCATION:Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Building\, NTU\, Singapore\, Singapore DESCRIPTION:The rich\, multidimensional representations by which we remember events in our personal past share key features with those by which we imagine future\, counterfactual\, or other situations. These include overlapping neural bases\, shared construction operations\, and perhaps continuities in representational format and semantic profile too.
\nThis workshop addresses two broad sets of questions. The first concerns the semantics of these representations: what determines their subject matter\; what does their accuracy consist in\; what contributions are made by trace-indexes\, gists\, and schemas? The second concerns their format: are such representations built compositionally\; do they have a syntax\; what is the role of mental imagery\; are there forms of remembering or imagining that do not employ such representations at all? Answers to both sets of questions bear on many other issues: the function(s) of a purported episodic system\, or the effects of ageing and conditions such as depression.
\nThe workshop aims to make progress on these questions by bringing together philosophers and psychologists working on memory\, imagination\, and mental representation.
\nLOCATION
\nAll talks in SHHK Conference Room (05-57) at NTU Singapore.
\nPROVISIONAL SCHEDULE
\nDay 1 (Monday 11th January)
\n09:30&ndash\;09:40. Welcome
\n09:40&ndash\;10:40. Kourken Michaelian (Grenoble)
\n10:40&ndash\;11:00. Tea/coffee break
\n11:00&ndash\;12:00. Simon Brown (Ashoka)
\n12:00&ndash\;13:00. James Openshaw (NTU)
\n13:00&ndash\;14:30. Lunch
\n14:30&ndash\;15:30. Johannes Mahr (York)
\n15:30&ndash\;16:30. Megan Entwistle (Grenoble)
\n16:30&ndash\;17:00. Tea/coffee break
\n17:00&ndash\;18:00. Peter Langland-Hassan (Cincinnati)
\n19:00. Workshop dinner
\nDay 2 (Tuesday 12th January)
\n09:30&ndash\;10:30. Kristina Liefke (Bochum)
\n10:30&ndash\;11:00. Tea/coffee break
\n11:00&ndash\;12:00. Lizhu Luo (NTU)
\n12:00&ndash\;13:00. Denis Perrin (Grenoble)
\n13:00&ndash\;14:30. Lunch
\n14:30&ndash\;15:30. Andrea Nocerino (NTU)
\n15:30&ndash\;16:30. André\; Sant&rsquo\;Anna (Yonsei)
\n16:30&ndash\;17:00. Tea/coffee break
\n17:00&ndash\;18:00. Robert Hopkins (Oxford)
\nDETAILS AND REGISTRATION
\nFor details\, future updates\, and to register\, please visit the website below.
\n\nAttendance is free but registration is required by Monday 28th December.
\nENQUIRIES
\nContact James Openshaw (james.openshaw@ntu.ed.sg).
\nORGANISERS
\nJames Openshaw (NTU) and Kourken Michaelian (Grenoble).
\nFUNDING
\nThe workshop is funded by an NTU Start-Up Grant and also a Merlion Workshop grant held in conjunction with Kourken Michaelian (Centre for Philosophy of Memory\, Grenoble). \;
ORGANIZER;CN=James Openshaw: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T230000 SUMMARY:Deus et Machina: Technology\, Politics\, and Theology in the Age of AI UID:20261007T110434Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:New York\, United States DESCRIPTION:The 2027 Telos-Paul Piccone Institute Annual Conference
March 19&ndash\;20\, 2027
The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute\, Queens College/CUNY
New York\, NY
Deus et Machina: Technology\, Politics\, and Theology in the Age of AI
\nCo-sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute\, Queens College/CUNY
\nConference Description
\nOpenAI&rsquo\;s release of ChatGPT in November 2022 ushered in a new era of &ldquo\;artificial intelligence\,&rdquo\; represented by large language models\, the effects of which remain tenebrous and contested. This new technology has been rapidly adopted throughout society\, impacting many areas of everyday life and triggering an investment boom that has come to dominate U.S. economic activity\, yet it remains quite unclear what this portends. Predictions range from optimistic aspirations to free human beings from drudgery (the long-standing promise of new technologies) and bring widespread prosperity\, to serious warnings\, most particularly from inside the AI industry itself\, that AI might intentionally exterminate humanity. In between the two lie dire concerns about the implications for the labor market and perverse aspirations for AI to replace human beings as the dominant form of intelligence in the universe.
\nWe propose to turn our critical attention to this extraordinary conjuncture and revisit the question of the relationship of technology to politics and theology. What becomes of politics in an age of apparent subordination of humanity? And what becomes of religion in an age when mankind creates a power that threatens to outstrip our own understanding and become a god? Does this represent a moral crisis\, as Pope Leo has suggested? And can anything be done to avert the trajectory we are seemingly on?
\nFrom the point of view of the Telos circle\, technological acceleration poses a significant conundrum for our ongoing attempts to understand our society. If the political can be understood using theological categories\, what does this imply as it mutates due to the eruption of technology within it? Is technology itself amenable to a theological understanding\, as many have suggested? And if it might be understood alternatively as a cold god or apocalyptic event\, might this not place it on the same plane as the state\, envisaged at least since Hobbes as both machine and mortal god?
\nAbstract Submissions
\nWe invite papers dealing with the intersection of technology with politics and theology\, and most particularly of technology with political theology\, as well as contemporary reflections on the relationship of politics to theology more generally.
\nThose interested in speaking at the conference should submit a short c.v. and an abstract of up to 250 words by \;October \;30\, 2026\, to \;telos2027@telosinstitute.netwith &ldquo\;The 2027 Telos Conference&rdquo\; in the email&rsquo\;s subject line.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270320T170000 SUMMARY:Deus et Machina: Technology\, Politics\, and Theology in the Age of AI UID:20261007T110435Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:New York\, United States DESCRIPTION:The 2027 Telos-Paul Piccone Institute Annual Conference
March 19&ndash\;20\, 2027
The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute\, Queens College/CUNY
New York\, NY
Deus et Machina: Technology\, Politics\, and Theology in the Age of AI
\nCo-sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute\, Queens College/CUNY
\nConference Description
\nOpenAI&rsquo\;s release of ChatGPT in November 2022 ushered in a new era of &ldquo\;artificial intelligence\,&rdquo\; represented by large language models\, the effects of which remain tenebrous and contested. This new technology has been rapidly adopted throughout society\, impacting many areas of everyday life and triggering an investment boom that has come to dominate U.S. economic activity\, yet it remains quite unclear what this portends. Predictions range from optimistic aspirations to free human beings from drudgery (the long-standing promise of new technologies) and bring widespread prosperity\, to serious warnings\, most particularly from inside the AI industry itself\, that AI might intentionally exterminate humanity. In between the two lie dire concerns about the implications for the labor market and perverse aspirations for AI to replace human beings as the dominant form of intelligence in the universe.
\nWe propose to turn our critical attention to this extraordinary conjuncture and revisit the question of the relationship of technology to politics and theology. What becomes of politics in an age of apparent subordination of humanity? And what becomes of religion in an age when mankind creates a power that threatens to outstrip our own understanding and become a god? Does this represent a moral crisis\, as Pope Leo has suggested? And can anything be done to avert the trajectory we are seemingly on?
\nFrom the point of view of the Telos circle\, technological acceleration poses a significant conundrum for our ongoing attempts to understand our society. If the political can be understood using theological categories\, what does this imply as it mutates due to the eruption of technology within it? Is technology itself amenable to a theological understanding\, as many have suggested? And if it might be understood alternatively as a cold god or apocalyptic event\, might this not place it on the same plane as the state\, envisaged at least since Hobbes as both machine and mortal god?
\nAbstract Submissions
\nWe invite papers dealing with the intersection of technology with politics and theology\, and most particularly of technology with political theology\, as well as contemporary reflections on the relationship of politics to theology more generally.
\nThose interested in speaking at the conference should submit a short c.v. and an abstract of up to 250 words by \;October \;30\, 2026\, to \;telos2027@telosinstitute.netwith &ldquo\;The 2027 Telos Conference&rdquo\; in the email&rsquo\;s subject line.
\n\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261113T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261114T170000 SUMMARY:Space in Mind: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives UID:20261007T110436Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:Hamilton\, Canada\, L8S 1C7 DESCRIPTION:Here is our full list of speakers: Sara Aronowitz\, Richard Arthur\, Katherine Dunlop\, Alexandre Duval\, Gary Hatfield\, Alistair Isaac\, Alex Klein\, Mohan Matthen\, Tyke Nunez\, Michael Rescorla\, Lisa Shabel\, and Elizabeth Spelke.
The human ability to perceive spatial properties and think about space has been at the center of philosophical inquiry for more than 2000 years. It plays a pivotal role in the arguments of numerous influential figures\, including Plato\, Descartes\, Berkeley\, Kant\, Helmholtz\, James\, and Russell. However\, the interest in this topic has waned substantially in contemporary philosophy. Philosophers of psychology and cognitive scientists now do their work largely independently from historical scholarship on these important figures. To bridge this gap\, the Bertrand Russell Research Centre at McMaster University is organizing a workshop entitled "Space in Mind: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives". The goal of the workshop is to bring about a dialogue between researchers interested in historical scholarship and those directly involved in contemporary debates\, and to highlight insights of historical philosophers that can help us make progress on contemporary issues. \;
Call for Papers
Wittgenstein on Ethics and Aesthetics: Historical\, Systematic\, and Contemporary Perspectives
Few claims in Ludwig Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s philosophy are as influential and enigmatic as the remark in the Tractatus logico-philosophicus that &ldquo\;ethics and aesthetics are one.&rdquo\; From the early notebooks and the Tractatus through the Lecture on Ethics\, the Lectures on Aesthetics\, the Philosophical Investigations\, On Certainty\, and Culture and Value\, questions of value\, meaning\, art\, judgment\, responsibility\, and religious experience remain central to his thought.
\nWittgenstein\, however\, develops neither an ethical system nor a traditional theory of aesthetics. Instead\, his reflections concern forms of life\, practices of judgment\, modes of perception\, and ways in which value becomes manifest without being reducible to theoretical propositions. Ethics and aesthetics thus touch upon fundamental questions concerning language\, world-understanding\, education\, attention\, culture\, and the limits and possibilities of philosophy itself.
\nThe planned volume seeks to bring together historical and exegetical studies with systematic\, comparative\, and contemporary approaches to Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s ethics and aesthetics. Contributions may examine continuities and transformations between his early and later philosophy\, explore connections between ethics\, aesthetics\, religion\, mysticism\, philosophical anthropology\, and cultural criticism\, or bring Wittgenstein into dialogue with thinkers such as Kant\, Kierkegaard\, Schopenhauer\, Nietzsche\, Tolstoy\, Weil\, Murdoch\, Anscombe\, Cavell\, Sontag\, Arendt\, Levinas\, Taylor\, and Adorno.
\nParticularly welcome are contributions investigating the contemporary significance of Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s thought. Possible areas include artificial intelligence and digital forms of life\, environmental ethics\, deep disagreement\, political ethics\, visual culture\, moral education\, the ethics of attention\, the aesthetics of the ordinary\, and the role of art\, literature\, music\, architecture\, and film.
\nPossible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\nContributions from philosophy\, art history\, literary studies\, religious studies\, and related disciplines are welcome.
\nSubmission
\nPlease submit an English abstract of no more than 350 words\, together with a brief academic biography\, by 31 December 2026 to moritzpretzsch@uni-kassel.de.
\nAuthors will be notified following the peer-review process. Completed chapters are due by 1 April 2027.
\nThe volume is planned for publication in early 2028 with a leading international academic publisher. Detailed information concerning length\, citation format\, style\, and editorial guidelines will be provided upon acceptance.
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261211T000000 SUMMARY:2027 Duke Graduate Conference in Political Theory UID:20261007T110438Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Department of Political Science\, Duke University\, Durham\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Department of Political Science at Duke University will host its thirteenth annual Graduate Conference in Political Theory on February 18-19\, 2027. Our keynote speaker will be Ryan Patrick Hanley of Boston College. \;
\nWe invite completed paper drafts from graduate students on any topic in the fields of political theory\, political philosophy\, the history of political thought\, or related disciplines. We particularly welcome submissions that will relate to the interests of our intellectual community and engage a broad audience. Accepted participants will be provided with lodging during the conference. Limited funding will be available for travel reimbursement. \;
\nIn addition to bringing together graduate students from different institutions\, this conference offers participants the opportunity to receive feedback on their work from scholars in the field. Each selected paper will have its own faculty discussant drawn from Duke or the broader Research Triangle area. Participants are expected to attend the entire conference. \;
\nTo apply\, please submit a full draft of your paper up to 10\,000 words long as a PDF. The paper should be formatted for blind review with no identifying information.
\nSubmit your paper using the following link: \;https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6LsgRFULsOnPVvE
\nThe submission deadline is Friday\, December 11\, 2026. Accepted participants will be required to circulate their final paper by Thursday\, February 4\, 2027. If you have any questions\, please email dukegcpt@gmail.com. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Jaeyeon Yun: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270219T170000 SUMMARY:2027 Duke Graduate Conference in Political Theory UID:20261007T110439Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Department of Political Science\, Duke University\, Durham\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Department of Political Science at Duke University will host its thirteenth annual Graduate Conference in Political Theory on February 18-19\, 2027. Our keynote speaker will be Ryan Patrick Hanley of Boston College. \;
\nWe invite completed paper drafts from graduate students on any topic in the fields of political theory\, political philosophy\, the history of political thought\, or related disciplines. We particularly welcome submissions that will relate to the interests of our intellectual community and engage a broad audience. Accepted participants will be provided with lodging during the conference. Limited funding will be available for travel reimbursement. \;
\nIn addition to bringing together graduate students from different institutions\, this conference offers participants the opportunity to receive feedback on their work from scholars in the field. Each selected paper will have its own faculty discussant drawn from Duke or the broader Research Triangle area. Participants are expected to attend the entire conference. \;
\nTo apply\, please submit a full draft of your paper up to 10\,000 words long as a PDF. The paper should be formatted for blind review with no identifying information.
\nSubmit your paper using the following link: \;https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6LsgRFULsOnPVvE
\nThe submission deadline is Friday\, December 11\, 2026. Accepted participants will be required to circulate their final paper by Thursday\, February 4\, 2027. If you have any questions\, please email dukegcpt@gmail.com. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Jaeyeon Yun: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T210000 SUMMARY:Peter Rollins: Disenchantment UID:20261007T110440Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:2 Clunbury Street\, London\, United Kingdom\, N1 6TT DESCRIPTION:What are the roots of religion? One answer\, put forward in accounts of the recently purported revival of Christianity among younger populations\, narrates investment in faith and ritual as reactions to a profound deficiency in prevalent meaning-making mechanisms. Religion\, in this understanding\, springs from the experience of alienation &mdash\; felt both by individuals and communities &mdash\; and their longing to overcome it.
\nReligious theory\, often seen as secondary to materialist explanations\, offers ways to understand this alienation. Religious practice\, taken as a social technology\, proposes potent ways of dissolving it: in prayer\, singing\, fasting\, or sacrament.
\nWhat if the active acknowledgement of this alienation &mdash\; in contrast with &lsquo\;transcendence&rsquo\; or &lsquo\;enchantment&rsquo\; associated with individual religious conversion &mdash\; shaped religion for our world or total alienation? What if the route to salvation not merely involved doubt or anxiety but intentionally focussed on them? \;
\nThe philosopher\, theorist\, and author Peter Rollins proposes a religionless form of Christianity which addresses alienation by moving to inhabit it more deeply. This move involves the recognition that lack &mdash\; the fundamental unfulfillability of the most inalienable desires &mdash\; is not simply a contingent experience in the life of individuals &mdash\; brought about\, in some accounts\, by capitalism &mdash\; but is woven into the very fabric of reality.
\nRollins&rsquo\;s work\, shaped by philosophy\, psychoanalysis\, theology\, and liturgy\, invites people into this experience under the umbrella of pyrotheology &mdash\; a suite of practices that involves aesthetic and ritualistic elements. While contradictory to many of the traditions it stems from\, pyrotheology constructs a profoundly emancipatory event.
\nJoin Rollins in a discussion on religious experience rooted in disenchantment and the possibility of spiritual fulfilment through lack. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20270303T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20270305T170000 SUMMARY:Semantic Indeterminacy UID:20261007T110441Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Konstanz\, Germany DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce our workshop on Semantic Indeterminacy\, to take place at the University of Konstanz\, from the 3rd to 5th March 2027. \;
\nSemantic indeterminacy constitutes a rich area of research that brings together different philosophical branches. In spite of the deep conceptual connections between the philosophical subdisciplines within the study of semantic indeterminacy\, the proposals in the different areas rarely crossed boundaries\, resulting in less discussions and exchange. At our conference\, we will bring together researchers working on semantic indeterminacy and related topics in the areas of Logic\, Philosophy of Language\, Philosophy of Mathematics to present their novel work on these issues.
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Pablo Dopico;CN=Ludovica Conti;CN=Matteo Zicchetti: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20270222T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20270224T170000 SUMMARY:Concepts in Conversation: Canon and Cosmos UID:20261007T110442Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Asia/Kolkata LOCATION:Janki Devi Memorial College\, University of Delhi\, New Delhi\, India DESCRIPTION:INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
\nCONCEPTS IN CONVERSATION: CANON AND COSMOS
\nRethinking Philosophical Knowledge across Traditions\, Cultures and Worlds
\n22&ndash\;24 February 2027
\nABOUT THE CONFERENCE
\nPhilosophy is not a single\, unified tradition. What counts as philosophical knowledge has been shaped by languages\, cultures\, institutions\, histories\, and forms of intellectual authority. At the same time\, philosophy reaches toward the cosmos: nature\, consciousness\, humanity\, time\, space\, life\, and the unknown. This conference asks what happens when different conceptual worlds encounter one another.
\nConcepts such as self\, consciousness\, reality\, reason\, knowledge\, truth\, freedom\, justice\, personhood\, and liberation appear across traditions\, but they do not necessarily mean the same thing. Their differences can become sources of conceptual transformation and renewal. The conference therefore seeks to move from a fixed canon toward an open cosmos of concepts in conversation.
\nWHY CONCEPTS IN CONVERSATION
\nConcepts travel across languages\, civilizations\, religions\, historical periods\, disciplines\, political boundaries\, and technologies.In doing so\, they change.
\nTranslation transforms.
\nEncounter transforms.
\nContext transforms.
\nEven misunderstanding can transform.
\nThe aim is not to erase differences or impose an artificial synthesis\, but to create a space in which traditions can listen\, question\, disagree\, reinterpret\, and transform one another.
\n\;MAJOR THEMES AND SUB-THEMES
\nI. Indian Philosophical Concepts in Global Conversation
\n&bull\; Untranslatability of Concepts
\n&bull\; Metaphysical and Epistemological Distinctiveness
\n&bull\; Modes of Thinking and Ways of Living
\n&bull\; Anvikshiki and Modes of Philosophical Debates
\nII. Epistemologies and Canons
\n&bull\; Decoloniality
\n&bull\; Historiography
\n&bull\; Translation and Interpretation
\n&bull\; Non-Western Traditions
\nIII. Minds\, Selves and Machines
\n&bull\; Consciousness
\n&bull\; Phenomenology
\n&bull\; Digital Subjectivity
\n&bull\; Artificial Intelligence
\nIV. Cosmologies and Futures
\n&bull\; Environmental Philosophy
\n&bull\; Climate Ethics
\n&bull\; Ecological Cosmologies
\n&bull\; More-than-Human Worlds
\nCALL FOR PAPERS
\nOriginal research papers are invited from scholars\, researchers\, faculty members\, independent researchers\, and post-graduate students. Papers may address the conference theme\, the major themes and sub-themes\, or related questions concerning philosophical concepts\, traditions\, culture\, knowledge systems\, consciousness\, technology\, ecology\, and the future of philosophy.
\nPUBLICATION \;AND TRAVEL SUPPORT
\nSelected papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in an edited academic volume\, subject to peer review\, editorial selection\, and the requirements of the publisher. \;The Organizing Committee is also pleased to consider limited financial assistance towards travel and accommodation expenses for selected participants\, subject to the availability of funds and applicable institutional guidelines. \;
\nIMPORTANT DATES
\nAbstract \;/ Paper \;Submission Deadline: 10 \;December 2026
\nEmail abstracts to: philosophyconference@jdm.du.ac.in
\nNotification of Acceptance: 25 December 2026
\nConference: 22&ndash\;24 February 2027
\nRegistration Deadline: 20 January 2027
\nRegistration Link- \;https://forms.gle/63oGDGRH2SQVyBn26
\nSpeakers: \;Prof. Noburu Notomi\, \;Prof. Arno Bö\;hler\, Prof. Balaganapathi Deverakonda\, \;Prof. Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty\, Prof. Sachchidanand Mishra\, Prof. Laximikant Padhi\, Prof. S. Panneerselvam
\nFor more infirmation kindly mail your query at sarat@jdm.du.ac.in
ORGANIZER;CN=Dr. Sarat Chandra Bibhar: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261008T161500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261008T181500 SUMMARY:A Bayesian Analysis of Creative Actions UID:20261007T110443Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:Arts West\, West Wing\, Melbourne University\, Melbourne\, Australia DESCRIPTION:Abstract: This paper examines what makes a particular action or combination of actions creative\, based on the assumption that an agent is creative primarily in virtue of the actions they use in relation to some specific goal. In our view\, athletes\, artists\, scientists\, and engineers are called creative not by coincidence\, but because they all seek to solve difficult problems within different domains. We put forward four criteria to characterize an action as creative: it must be purposeful\, effective\, original\, and exploitable. We present a Bayesian account that integrates these four dimensions together. To illustrate our proposal\, we examine two cases studies from separate domains: a case of creativity in sports\, and a case of creativity in engineering. Our approach ties creativity to the increased likelihood of the sought result under the actions taken\, to the low prior initially assigned to those actions\, and finally to the belief revision occasioned by that action\, measurable in terms of Bayesian surprisal. We argue that the account can meaningfully be generalized to other domains\, including arts and artificial intelligence.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jenny Judge: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Sentimental Education: Adam Smith and the Value of Literature UID:20261007T110444Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:25 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, United States DESCRIPTION:Abstract: In the final (1790) edition of his Theory of Moral Sentiments\, Adam Smith adds a striking reading recommendation to his discussion of how we learn the hard lessons of morality\, claiming that literary authors&mdash\;he mentions Racine and Voltaire\, Richardson\, Marivaux\, and Riccoboni&mdash\;are &ldquo\;much better instructors than Zeno\, Chrysippus\, or Epictetus&rdquo\; (TMS III.3.14). This talk explores why Smith enlisted literature in his sentimentalist moral project and how those literary sources would have worked to advance that project. Specifically\, I focus on the epistolary novel\, an early form of the novel that employed first-personal narration through a series of private letters. I argue that formal features of these novels\, especially the perspectival positioning created through the artifice of reading 'over the shoulder' of another person\, activates and trains the reader's skills as an impartial and sympathetic spectator.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261106T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Ancient Philosophy Society (APS) Graduate Student Panel UID:20261007T110445Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:What? This is a graduate student Zoom panel in which four current PhD students will briefly sketch (part of) their dissertation research and respond to comments and questions from the audience. The format of the panel will be: 15-20 minute presentations followed by 10 minute Q&\;A sessions. Total panel length is expected to be 2-2.5 hours.
\nThe event is sponsored by the Ancient Philosophy Society but organized by previous participants.
\nWhen? Friday\, November 6\, 2026 at 2:00 PM Eastern
\nWhere? [Link coming soon]
\nWho? \;
\nNicoleo Matranga (DePaul University): Care and Craft in Plato's Gorgias
\nQuinn Rifkin (Boston College): The Danger of Dialectic: An Analysis of the Changeling Child Image (Republic VII\, 537e&ndash\;539a)
\nMadeline Brenchley (Boston College): The Onto-Political Status of Aristotle&rsquo\;s "Potentially Living" Early-Phase Embryos
\nMatthew Dean (Tulane University): Gadamer&rsquo\;s Cratylus
\n-----
\nThe Ancient Philosophy Society mission statement can be found here: \; https://www.ancientphilosophysociety.org/about/
ORGANIZER;CN=Ludovico Zizzo;CN=Samuel Hage: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20261112T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20261114T170000 SUMMARY:10th International Transdisciplinary Symposium "Bioethics and Aporia of Psyche" - Call for Abstracts UID:20261007T110446Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Jordanovac 110\, Zagreb\, Croatia DESCRIPTION:Esteemed colleagues\, respected friends and associates\,
\nIt is our honour and great pleasure to invite you to contribute with presentations at the jubilee 10th International Transdisciplinary Symposium Bioethics and the Aporia of \; Psyche.
\nThe event will take place in a celebratory atmosphere from November 12 to 14\, 2026\, at various locations in Zagreb. Building upon the traditional breadth and live significance of the topics\, the inter- and transdisciplinary diversity of keynote speakers\, and the rich array of themes and program segments\, this year we are appropriately focusing on a comprehensive overview of the symposium series held to date.
\nWith a clear vision directed toward the future of the human person &ndash\; navigating the space of possibilities and challenges found within the bioethical horizons of destigmatization\, empathy\, and inclusion &ndash\; we aim to continue fostering new collaborative networks both domestically and internationally\, as well as various project initiatives in the field of mental health in society.
\nUnited on a platform of pluriperspectivism\, orientational knowledge\, and integrative reflection and action &ndash\; and encouraged by previous gatherings\, a resolute perspective\, and a commitment to following the path of bioethical sensibility &ndash\; our goal this year remains to integrate and spread a culture of empathy\, understanding\, support\, and care!
\nKey conference topics:
\n- Reflections based on experience regarding the state of inclusion and destigmatization in Croatia (and regions) over the past decade
\n- Bioethical foundations and challenges of philosophical practice in Croatia and the region
\n- The relationship between psychotherapy and pastoral care
\n- Bioethics and mental health &ndash\; the intersection of applied ethics and philosophical practice
\n- Spiritual exercises: between mental gymnastics\, psychotherapy\, and the sacrament
\n- Logotherapy: between psychotherapy\, spirituality\, and religiosity
\n- Phenomenology of psychopathology &ndash\; the enactment of interdisciplinary dialogue in the research and practical spheres of mental health and the human psyche
\n- Points of convergence between upbringing\, education\, art\, and the psyche &ndash\; practical examples and guidelines
\nIn addition to the suggested topics\, you are welcome to propose other presentation topics based on your own interests and areas of focus.
\nThe symposium will be held in a hybrid format\, allowing for both in-person and online participation. The official languages of the conference are English and Croatian (including related languages).
\nPlease submit the completed forms by November 1\, 2026\, via the following e-mail address: \;hufp.hr@gmail.com
\nRegistration fees for active participation (presenters) are:
\n1. \;0 euros (free of charge) for retirees\, the unemployed\, and graduate students
\n2. \; 25 euros for all others
\nVenues:
\nFaculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies\, University of Zagreb (Jordanovac 110)
\nUniversity Centre for Integrative Bioethics\, University of Zagreb (Ivana Lučića 1a)
\nFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Zagreb (I. Lučića 3)
\nOrganizers of this year's conference:
\nCroatian Philosophical Practice Association\, "Ludruga" Association\, Croatian Institute for Mental Health Research and Education (HIIEMZ)\, Centre for Bioethics of the Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies (University of Zagreb)\, Mental Health Office of the Croatian Institute of Public Health (HZJZ)\, University Centre for Integrative Bioethics (University of Zagreb)\, Croatian Philosophical Society\, Amigdala Centre\, Croatian Bioethics Society.
\nWith warm regards and a cordial invitation\,
Asst. Prof. Luka Jane&scaron\;\, PhD
Chair of the Organizing Committee
10th International Transdisciplinary Symposium
Bioethics and Aporia of Psyche
The Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST) at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce the call for papers for our annual graduate conference. This year our theme is \;Janus-Faced Science: Models\, Metaphors\, and (Mis)representations. \;Please see below for details. \;Submissions are due \;December 4\, 2026.
\nJanus is a two-faced Roman god often taken to symbolize opposites and contrasts. Models\, metaphors and (mis)representations in science have a similar kind of duality: the search for truth sometimes requires turning a blind eye to the false assumptions made in the process. This conference explores the ways in which such practices can facilitate and distort scientific understanding. \; \;
\nWe welcome proposals related to models\, metaphors\, and (mis)representations from graduate and early-career scholars in history\, philosophy\, and broader humanistic studies of science. Below are questions we are interested in: \;
\nThe conference will take place on \;April 2-3\, 2027 \;at the University of Toronto. Accepted proposals will be matched with a University of Toronto faculty commentator who will provide feedback on the presentation. Those accepted will also have \;the option \;to publish their paper in the conference proceedings alongside the faculty commentary in our graduate journal \;Spontaneous Generations (https://spontaneousgenerations.com)
\nApplication instructions:
\nIf you have any questions\, please reach out to \;hapsatconference@gmail.com. \;
\nHongyu Chen\, Rebecca Muscant\, Kye Palider\, and Luna Wang
\nIHPST Graduate Conference Organization Team \;
\nUniversity of Toronto
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20270402T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20270403T170000 SUMMARY:Graduate Conference at the University of Toronto in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 2027 UID:20261007T110448Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:91 Charles Street W. \, Toronto\, Canada\, M5S 1K7 DESCRIPTION:The Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST) at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce the call for papers for our annual graduate conference. This year our theme is \;Janus-Faced Science: Models\, Metaphors\, and (Mis)representations. \;
\nJanus is a two-faced Roman god often taken to symbolize opposites and contrasts. Models\, metaphors and (mis)representations in science have a similar kind of duality: the search for truth sometimes requires turning a blind eye to the false assumptions made in the process. This conference explores the ways in which such practices can facilitate and distort scientific understanding. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261104T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261107T170000 SUMMARY:XV International Bauhaus Colloquium: Politics of Research UID:20261007T110449Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Weimar\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Research at universities is political\, a fact made all the more evident during times of increasing social and political polarisation when politicians denounce universities as »\;enemies«\;. Such external attacks intersect with debates in academia itself\, where research structures\, purposes\, and approaches are increasingly brought into question. The XV International Bauhaus Colloquium critically examines the politics that underlie\, shape\, or result from research. The interdisciplinary academic event provides a platform for exploring how research operates within and across infrastructures\, epistemologies\, power\, and publics. Research politics manifest both in specific research projects and in the procedures and frameworks that define academic work as such. In addition to issues of access\, representation\, and ethics\, the Colloquium addresses critical practices and highlights the ways in which research may both reinforce and challenge dominant hierarchies. \;
\nThe fifteenth edition of the International Bauhaus Colloquium moves beyond its traditional focus on architectural theory and history to understand architecture as part of an extended field in which the arts\, media\, technologies\, and society interact. The architectural perspective is integrated into contemporary questions of knowledge production\, as well as the infrastructural and political conditions that shape it. As research is transforming rapidly through the effects of digital infrastructures and AI-trained knowledge production\, the processes that are shifting its epistemological and institutional frameworks will be examined. \;
\nThe Colloquium investigates research as a political practice operating in a contested field of historically specific forms of situatedness and shifting epistemologies. In line with the Bauhaus tradition\, it combines theoretical\, aesthetic\, and technical/empirical approaches to analyse and develop research politics in response to urgent questions within international discourse. Discussions are structured into four thematic tracks\, each of which offers specific insights into the politics of research: \;
\nTrack I: Practices examines current approaches to practice-based research\, discussing their particularity\, their transformative potential\, and the capacity to renegotiate the relationship between researchers and society. \;
\nTrack II: Institutions analyses political\, economic\, and spatial conditions of knowledge production. It brings together current propositions of institutional critique to examine the boundaries and infrastructures of the university as formations that must be both defended and transformed. \;
\nTrack III: Ecologies recognises the role of localities and milieus\, such as exposed geographies\, Indigenous sites and communities\, or marginalized cultural topics that become constitutive of research. It explores how proximity to local places and ecologies reshapes conventional research approaches and the ethical shifts they entail. \;
\nTrack IV: Epistemologies addresses the need to critically engage with and unlearn dominant frameworks\, often based on privileged Western paradigms\, through decolonial\, queer\, and feminist practices. It examines how disciplinary traditions\, established canons\, and knowledge regimes\, as well as barriers between theoretical and practical approaches\, can be opened up to multiple perspectives. \;
\nDetailed programme: www.bauhaus-kolloquium.de \;
\nRegistration Deadline: 10 October 2026 \;
\nOVERVIEW: Panels and Keynotes \;
\n// \;
\nWednesday 4 November 2026 \;
\n14-14:45 h \;
\nOpening: Panel Discussion: Common Grounds &ndash\; Art-Science in the Making \;
\n15-17 p.m. \;
\nPractices: Panel Discussion: Building Knowledge: Design\, Experiment and Engage \;
\nInstitutions: Panel: System Failure \;
\nEcologies: Panel: Historical Bauhaus \;
\nEpistemologies: Panel: Disobedient Methods: Research Beyond Neutrality and Discipline \;
\n17:30 h \;
\nKEYNOTE: Samia Henni (Montreal) Psychological Warfare: Architecture for the Political \;
\n//
\nThursday 5 November 2026 \;
\n10-12 h \;
\nPractices: Panel: Particular Cases \;
\nInstitutions: Panel: University in Crisis \;
\nEcologies: Panel: Decentering Cores and Canons \;
\nEpistemologies: Panel: Epistemic Forces: Experinces Beyond Academic Norms \;
\n14-16 h \;
\nPractices: Panel: Experimental Setups: Invisibilities\, Images and Imaginaries \;
\nInstitutions: Conversation: Learning from the Silent University \;
\nEcologies: Panel: Whose Diaspora? \;
\nEpistemologies: Panel: Towards a Proto-Science of Architecture? \;
\n16:30 h \;
\nKEYNOTE: Matteo Pasquinelli (Venice) N-1: Dimensionality Reduction Across the History of Cultural Techniques\, Information Technologies\, and AI \;
\n\;//
\nFriday 6 November 2026 \;
\n10-12 h \;
\nPractices: Panel: Embodied Encounters: Subjectivity\, Care\, and Relational Knowledge \;
\nInstitutions: Panel Discussion: Urban Studies in Limbo &ndash\; On (Un)Certainties of Re-Searching Authoritarian Contexts \;
\nEcologies: Panel: Productive Landscapes: Extractive Tendencies vs. Alternative Epistemologies \;
\nEpistemologies: Panel: Frictions of Solidarity: Critical Histories\, Insurgent Methods \;
\n14-16 h \;
\nPractices: Panel: Contested Sites: Spatial Struggles \;
\nInstitutions: Panel: Access\, Control\, Constraint \;
\nEcologies: Conversation: Soviet Era of Russian Colonialism \;
\nEpistemologies: Panel: Situated Epistemologies: Decoloniality\, Race\, and Global Knowledge Production \;
\n17h \;
\nKEYNOTE: Hito Steyerl (Munich) &\; Oleksiy Radynski (Kyiv) Where Russia Ends \;
\n//
\nSaturday 7 November 2026 \;
\n10-13h \;
\nWorkshop: Held Together. Antichorality and the Politics of Vocal Pleasure \;
\nWorkshop: The Secret Grant \;
\nWorkshop: Re-search.site: The Pasts and Futures of Search \;
\nMoreover\, walks\, installations\, exhibitions\, and screenings are part of the programme.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T170000 SUMMARY:William & Mary Moral Luck Workshop UID:20261007T110450Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Williamsburg\, United States DESCRIPTION:The 2026 conference\, the W&\;M Moral Luck Workshop\, will take place October 15-17. The conference schedule is below.
\nThursday\, October 15th
Thursday talk in Blow Hall (Blow 201)
7:30 p.m.
Speaker: Justin Capes (Flagler College)
Friday\, October 16th
All Friday Talks in the Sadler Center (James Room)
9:30-10:45 a.m.
Speaker: Andrew Khoury (Arizona State University)
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Speakers: Taylor Cyr (Samford University) and Robert Hartman (Ohio Northern University)
2:30-3:45 p.m.
Speaker: Huzeyfe Demirtas (Harvard University)
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Speaker: Jada Twedt Strabbing (Wayne State University)
Saturday\, October 17th
All Saturday Talks in Blow Hall (Blow 201)
9:30-10:45 a.m.
Speaker: Patrick Todd (University of Edinburgh)
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Carolina Sartorio (Rutgers University)
2:30-3:45 p.m.
Speaker: Olle Blomberg (University of Gothenburg)
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Speaker: Johann Frick (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Philosophy is grateful to the Rachel and E.W. Thompson Philosophy Endowment and Foradas Philosophy Department Speaker's Series Endowment for supporting our conferences and colloquia.
\nThis is a Read-Ahead Event! Register for zoom link and paper below.
\n\nABSTRACT
\nNormative powers are often assumed or defined to be abilities to change requirements by one&rsquo\;s say so. Promise and command generate duties (and so requirement)\; consent waives them. I argue that alongside such deontic powers\, we enjoy a suite of non-deontic powers: abilities to shape non-requiring interpersonal norms by our say so. Suppose that we are meeting and we explicitly agreed to talk for an hour\, but I see that the day is really getting away from you\; it would be helpful to you to end early. My keeping you is permissible but still interpersonally defective&mdash\;it&rsquo\;s rude\, imposing\, graceless\, etc. You can change that by your say so\; you could\, for instance\, tell me &ldquo\;don&rsquo\;t worry about it!&rdquo\; Your say so is not deontic consent as it did not change what was permissible\; but it did make a normative difference\, rendering my carrying on no longer graceless or rude. I defend a set of three atomic nondeontic powers that I call &ldquo\;allowance\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;assurance\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;pressure&rdquo\; (analogues of consent\, promise\, and command). Molecular powers\, most importantly the power exercised in telling another &ldquo\;I love you\,&rdquo\; are built out of atomic ones. The upshot is a novel theory of ubiquitous\, understudied normative phenomena and a picture on which the deontic and non-deontic dimensions of interpersonal life are continuous.
ORGANIZER;CN=Myisha Cherry: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20270624T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20270625T170000 SUMMARY:Death in the Eyes 3 UID:20261007T110452Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:University of L’Aquila\, Bazzano\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers Death in the Eyes 3: \;The Iconographies of Death in Cinema: Personae\, Representations\, and Imaginaries
\n24-25 June 2027 University of L&rsquo\;Aquila (Università\; \;degli Studi dell&rsquo\;Aquila)\, Italy
\nKeynote Speakers: Stacey Abbott (Northumbria University\, UK) and Katarzyna Ancuta (Chulalongkorn University\, Thailand)
\nFew cinematic images have entered the collective imagination as profoundly as Death in Ingmar Bergman&rsquo\;s The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet\, 1957). A pale-faced man cloaked in a long black mantle\, challenging the knight Antonius Block to a game of chess against the backdrop of the fourteenth-century Black Death\, this celebrated personification draws upon a rich medieval iconographic tradition\, embodying the inevitability of death\, the crisis of faith\, and the equality of all human beings before their ultimate fate. Bergman&rsquo\;s Death evokes the numerous allegories of mortality developed between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance\, demonstrating cinema&rsquo\;s extraordinary capacity to reactivate\, reinterpret\, and transform visual traditions that have endured across centuries.
\nCinema thus emerges as an iconological apparatus capable of bringing different historical temporalities into dialogue and may be understood as a privileged site for the Nachleben of images\, in the Aby Warburg sense subsequently extensively explored by\, among others\, Georges Didi-Huberman. Iconographies of death are not merely inherited\; they migrate across media\, are continually reassembled\, reconfigured\, and reinscribed within new cultural imaginaries. Ancient archetypes coexist with contemporary sensibilities. André\; Bazin understood photography and cinema as forms of the &ldquo\;mummification of time&rdquo\;\, preserving reality beyond its disappearance. Edgar Morin interpreted the moving image as an anthropological response to humanity&rsquo\;s enduring desire for survival and immortality. Moving images&rsquo\; spectral dimension has eventually been elaborated upon in Jacques Derrida&rsquo\;s highly influential (including for film-\, media- and visual culture scholarship) hauntology.
\nCinema has developed an extensive repertoire of visual forms and aesthetic strategies whereby the inevitable\, the invisible\, and the unrepresentable acquire shape and visibility. Death has assumed an extraordinary variety of forms and representations: skeleton\, Grim Reaper\, psychopomp\, ghost\, invisible presence\, and cosmic force. At times\, it appears as a fully embodied character endowed with agency\, speech\, and intention\; at others\, it remains an abstract principle\, perceptible only through its effects\, rendering visible that which\, by definition\, escapes representation. It is a spectral figure rooted in Swedish folklore in The Phantom Carriage (1921). It erupts as a medieval Totentanz within the dystopian future of Metropolis (1927)\; it takes the form of the seductive young man in Death Takes a Holiday (1934)\, of the celestial official administering the afterlife in A Matter of Life and Death (1946)\, of the sardonic visitor concluding The Meaning of Life (1983)\, of the enigmatic Joe Black in Meet Joe Black (1998)\, of the ironic yet melancholic figure traversing The Book of Life (2014) and Coco (2017)\, and of the unsettling Shinigami of the anime adaptation of the manga Death Note (2006-2007). Horror cinema has transformed death into monstrous corporeality through zombies\, vampires\, revenants\, ghosts\, and supernatural beings that dissolve the boundaries between life and death. Fantasy has imagined death as guide\, companion\, or mediator between worlds. Modern cinema has elevated it into a philosophical allegory of human existence\, while animation has frequently offered ironic\, pedagogical\, or deeply melancholic incarnations of mortality.
\nTo investigate the iconographies of death in cinema means to confront one of the fundamental questions of visual culture: how can images represent what stands for the ultimate limit of representation itself? From Philippe Ariè\;s&rsquo\;s cultural history of death to Hans Belting&rsquo\;s anthropology of images\; from the iconological studies of Warburg and Didi-Huberman to Laura Mulvey&rsquo\;s reflections on cinematic temporality and Elisabeth Bronfen&rsquo\;s analyses of the aestheticization of death\, scholarship has consistently demonstrated that cinema does not merely stage death as a narrative event but continuously generates new forms of visibility\, new personifications\, and new visual imaginaries. Cinematic images thus become the site where memory\, absence\, corporeality\, trauma\, and survival converge\, transforming one of humanity&rsquo\;s most universal experiences into an inexhaustible laboratory of forms\, figures\, and visions.
\nThe ERC Project FILM AND DEATH is organizing with the University of L&rsquo\;Aquila a two-day conference exploring the multiple ways in which cinema has represented\, embodied\, personified\, and visualized death. It invites contributions that investigate the figurative forms\, aesthetic strategies\, iconographic genealogies\, and audiovisual dispositifs through which the cinematic medium renders death visible\, thinkable\, and culturally meaningful. \;
\nIn parallel with the conference programme\, the Necropoli Film Festival 2027 will organize film screenings (more details to be announced).
\nWe particularly welcome interdisciplinary contributions from film and media studies\, philosophy\, art history\, visual culture\, media archaeology\, death studies\, religious studies\, anthropology\, comparative literature\, and cultural studies.
\nPossible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\npersonifications of Death in cinema\;
\niconographic genealogies and the survival (Nachleben) of death imagery\;
\nthe aesthetics of dying\, the corpse\, decomposition\, and mourning\;
\nzombies\, revenants\, vampires\, ghosts\, and other liminal figures between life and death\;
\nincarnations of death across cinematic genres (horror\, fantasy\, melodrama\, the western\, animation\, science fiction\, mondo and snuff movies)\;
\nhauntology\, spectrality\, and ghostly images\;
\ndigital death\, technological immortality\, artificial intelligence\, and posthumanism\;
\nintercultural and intermedial perspectives on the representation of death\;
\narchives\, images of the dead\, photography\, and audiovisual memory\;
\ndeath\, ecology\, the Anthropocene\, and planetary extinction.
\nPlease submit a title\, an abstract of 300-words\, and short biographical note to \;deathintheeyes3@gmail.com by 30 November 2026. Accepted speakers will be notified before December 18. A registration fee of 80 euros (which includes lunches and coffee breaks) will be due in early 2027. A selection of papers presented in the conference will be part of an edited collection planned for 2028.
\nOrganizing Committee: Mirko Lino (University of L&rsquo\;Aquila)\; Lucas Ferraç\;o Nassif\, Marco Grosoli\, Susana Viegas\, and Vasco Baptista Marques (NOVA University Lisbon)
\nFunded by the European Union (ERC\, FILM AND DEATH\, 101088956). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T170000 SUMMARY:The Film-Phil Lisbon Seminars: Maria Serafini UID:20261007T110453Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Film-Phil Lisbon Seminars: Maria Serafini (University of Milan)
\nOctober's Film-Phil Lisbon Seminar will be led by Maria Serafini (University of Milan) who will talk about "At the Limits of Mediation: Eulogy\, Digital Afterlife and the Media of Finitude". This will be an online session and will be held on October 28\, 2026\, at 15:00 WET on Microsoft Teams.
ABSTRACT What happens when an image no longer marks the distance between the living and the dead\, but promises to overcome it? Taking the Black Mirror episode &ldquo\;Eulogy&rdquo\; (2025) as its starting point\, this seminar reflects on the image as a limit between presence and absence\, memory and simulation. If Roland Barthes read the photograph as the trace of an irretrievable that-has-been\, &ldquo\;Eulogy&rdquo\; imagines its transformation into an immersive\, inhabitable environment &ndash\; a technology that allows the mourner to enter the photograph and move through memory itself. The episode is approached from two intersecting perspectives. First\, in relation to contemporary digital mourning: what happens to the eulogy when the work of remembrance is mediated through AI\, immersive archives and posthumous data? Second\, as a philosophical reflection on the limits of mediation: the technology promises co-presence\, yet gaps\, omissions and inaccessible memories continually re-emerge within the reconstructed image. Finitude therefore manifests itself on two levels: in human existence\, shaped by mortality\, loss and forgetting\, and in media themselves\, which glitch\, degrade and become obsolete. To enter the image\, in the end\, is not to overcome death\, but to confront the persistence of finitude within mediation itself.
\nBIO Maria Serafini\, PhD\, is a researcher in aesthetics and visual culture who collaborates with the Coordinated Research Centre on Extended Reality (CRC EXT) at the University of Milan. Her work lies at the intersection of aesthetics\, media studies and anthropology\, with a focus on mourning\, images and digital afterlife. She was a doctoral researcher within the ERC Advanced Grant project AN-ICON (2022&ndash\;2025) and a Visiting Doctoral Researcher at the Warburg Institute\, London (2024\, 2025). She completed her PhD in Philosophy and Human Sciences in 2026 with a dissertation on lamentation from ritual to the digital\, in dialogue with Ernesto de Martino and Aby Warburg. Her current research focuses on generative AI and technologies of remembrance\, exploring both the digital survival of mourning gestures and the production of posthumous presence.
\n
Funded by the European Union (ERC\, FILM AND DEATH\, 101088956). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. \;
Call for Papers: &lsquo\;Truth\, Democracy\, and Misinformation&rsquo\; Special Issue of Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations (Emerald)
\nThis special issue of Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations (Emerald) will follow on from the 2026 AAPAA Symposium\, to be hold online on November 17 (Australian Eastern Daylight Time).
\n\;Submission of abstracts for the Symposium have now closed but registration for attendance remains open at: https://aapae.org.au/events/truth-democracy-and-misinformation-online-workshop
\nPapers are very welcome from all of those who submitted abstracts for the Symposium\, as well as other authors interested in this topic.
\n\; Topic of the Special Issue:
\nIn an era shaped by accelerating technological change\, social fragmentation\, political polarisation and growing distrust in institutions\, questions surrounding truth\, misinformation and democratic legitimacy have become some of the defining ethical challenges of our time. From artificial intelligence and algorithmic influence to climate communication\, public health\, energy transitions\, media ecosystems and governance\, misinformation (unknowingly shared untruths) and disinformation (deliberate lies) increasingly shape how societies understand reality\, negotiate difference and make collective decisions.
\nWhat are the ethical dimensions of misinformation and its implications for democracy\, public trust\, governance\, and social cohesion across diverse sectors and industries?
\nThe workshop seeks to explore not only the harms associated with misinformation\, disinformation and epistemic manipulation\, but also the broader ethical questions surrounding truth\, knowledge\, communication\, responsibility and democratic participation in increasingly complex and contested social environments. A public panel discussing misinformation and ethics will precede the workshop.
\nFocus of the Special Issue and Suggested Topics
\nPossible themes include but are not limited to:
\n\; \;
\nPaper and submission details:
\nWe invite submissions of papers of between 5\,000 &ndash\; 8\,000 words. \;
\nPapers should be submitted to Jacqueline.boaks@curtin.edu.au by .
\nResearch in Ethical Issues in Organizations (REIO) \;encourages a cross disciplinary approach and aims to draw on a wide range of fields. We encourage authors to submit rigorous research studies (essayistic or empirical) from a wide variety of academic perspectives including (but not limited to) business management\, philosophy\, sociology\, psychology\, religion\, accounting\, and marketing. \;
\nWe also welcome submissions from not only academics but also practitioners\, policymakers\, industry leaders\, activists\, educators\, artists and community organisations to critically examine these questions.
\nDeadlines and Submission Process
\nFull papers should be submitted to Jacqueline.boaks@curtin.edu.au by February 28\, 2027. All papers will undergo REIO&rsquo\;s double blind review process.
\nContact
\nJacqueline Boaks: Jacqueline.boaks@curtin.edu.au
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T203000 SUMMARY:N. Katherine Hayles: "Analog Lifeworlds: How Organisms Evolved Analog Computing and Then Humans Reinvented It" UID:20261007T110455Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Digital computation is now so dominant that many forget the tradition of analog computing\, which in the 1930s and 1940s was the preferred computing method for those who needed fast real-time results. This is especially unfortunate because the entire biosphere operates primarily on analog computation. The scientific discipline that explores the analog computational processes in living organisms is natural computing (sometimes also understood as including bio-inspired computing). This rapidly emerging field has an impressive array of research results that show the myriad subtle\, complex\, and multi-layered analog computational processes that organisms to cognize\, communicate\, anticipate and learn&mdash\;in short\, to survive and flourish.
\nBecause the area of the humanities interested in computation is called &ldquo\;Digital Humanities\,&rdquo\; a sister branch called &ldquo\;Analog Humanities&rdquo\; should be launched. It can explore the important connections between biological and technological computing\, as well as connect with the research results of natural computing to understand its implications for humanistic inquiry. This talk will offer a definition of computing\, explain how analog computing differs from digital computing\, assess its distinctive benefits and limitations\, and discuss hybrid digital/analog technologies\, such as Large Language Models (LLMs).
\nN. Katherine Hayles is the Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California\, Los Angeles\, and the James B. Duke Professor Emerita from Duke University. \; Her twelve print books include Postprint: Books and Becoming Computational (2021)\, Unthought: The Power of the Cognitive Nonconscious (2017)\, How We Think: Digital Media and Contemporary Technogenesis (2015)\, How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Literature\, Cybernetics and Informatics (1999). Her latest 2025 book is Bacteria to AI: Human Futures with our Nonhuman Symbionts.
\n
Zoom-Link: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/62003446384?pwd=JVXK84VKSmpijMFWPF4kHCUEgSXPvu.1 \;
Or register with: ralf.gisinger@univie.ac.at \;and eva-maria.aigner@univie.ac.at
\nTHINKING NATURE
\nLecture and Workshop Series\, University of Vienna 2025&ndash\;2026
\nOrganised by Eva-Maria \;Aigner \;and Ralf Gisinger
\nResearch Group &ldquo\;Poststructuralism\, Gender Theory\, Psychoanalysis&rdquo\;
\nMore information: poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at
ORGANIZER;CN=Ralf Gisinger: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261030T153000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261030T183000 SUMMARY:Principle of Sufficient Reason and Explicability Arguments UID:20261007T110456Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Strada Massimo D’Azeglio 85\, Parma\, Italy\, 43125 ORGANIZER;CN=Alessandro Torza: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270115T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270115T234500 SUMMARY:Negative Journal UID:20261007T110457Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Negative Journal is Calling for Papers for its third issue\, co-edited by Dr Julie Reshe (editor-in-chief) and Dr Aaron Aquilina (guest editor). This is a general call for papers that also invites a special cluster on queer negativity. \;
\n\nCall for Papers: General Issue
\nThere are many names for negativity: pessimism\, nihilism\, antinatalism\, misanthropy\, cynicism&hellip\; sometimes absurdism\, solipsism\, or even mysticism\, in certain senses. Some academic pursuit that teases out unique nuances among these terms would be &mdash\; as are all pursuits &mdash\; worthless. But expanding and conjoining these terms with more common parlance (depression\, apathy\, disappointment\, suffering\, meaninglessness) allows us\, at bare minimum\, to sketch our existence in a manner that makes legible and listens to these negative experiences rather than seeking to extinguish them through the fictions of therapy\, companionship\, hope\, or love.
\nThis is not about being suicidal\, at least not wholly. In the words of E.M. Cioran\, &lsquo\;[w]e do not rush toward death\, we flee the catastrophe of birth\, [&hellip\;] source of every infirmity\, every disaster&rsquo\; (The Trouble with Being Born). That place of non-being preceding our existence continues to haunt us throughout life\, if we are unhappy enough to be attuned to it. Life is revealed\, then\, as &lsquo\;death lived in postponement&rsquo\;\, and the void within makes of us the living dead\, the being-not-being (Aaron Aquilina\, The Ontology of Death). With these last remarks\, and despite the proliferation of negativity&rsquo\;s designations\, one can quickly see how language begins to falter and fall into incomprehensibility\; and perhaps not having the words for negativity is the most articulate anyone can be.
\nOur horrified muteness is not merely some contemporary resignation in the face of &lsquo\;global climate change\, natural disasters\, the energy crisis\, and the progressive extinction of species world-wide&rsquo\; (Eugene Thacker\, In the Dust of this Planet). Suffering has always been here\, whether it is our own human condition or the pelicans&rsquo\; choking on plastic bottle caps. Depression\, taken as a mode of (non-)being rather than reduced to a treatable illness\, thus &lsquo\;becomes a mode of knowing\, a way of perceiving\, of being touched and wounded by the world&rsquo\;s wounds&rsquo\; (Julie Reshe\, Negative Essays). This more-than-individual suffering only continues to manifest the negativity that thought acknowledges as its burden\, arguably realised continually throughout history (Seneca and P.W. Zapffe come to mind).
\nIn light of this\, the Negative Journal calls for papers that address negativity rather than pave the way for some illusory emancipation. Contributions might extend the thought of philosophical pessimists\, inhabit the despair evident in literature and art\, explore modes of non-being and un-becoming\, or locate negativity in apophatic spaces beyond philosophy\, psychoanalysis\, and language. Work that interrogates negativity&rsquo\;s limits\, exclusions\, political uses\, and uneven distribution&mdash\;as in Afro-pessimism or as per J. Logan Smilges&rsquo\;s Crip Negativity&mdash\;is equally welcome. The Negative Journal aims to provide a locus for these discussions\, which are all too often deemed unspeakable.
\n\nSpecial Cluster &ndash\; Queer Negativity
\nAdditionally\, this issue of the Negative Journal invites contributions towards a special cluster on queer negativity.
\nThe association of queerness with the death drive&mdash\;that core negativity&mdash\;is by now well established. Thinking through the consequences of this association in tandem with BAEDAN&rsquo\;s anonymous editors\, we come to realise that &lsquo\;queer negativity [&hellip\;] means nothing less than the destruction of the civilized world&rsquo\; and its quiescent citizens. Queerness is figured\, here\, as a deadly anti-politics of the social and psychic alike\, a void at the heart of it all.
\nThis act of connective thinking\, however\, is far from complete\; indeed\, it is even more urgent while late capitalism&rsquo\;s assimilationist politics squeeze us harder than ever until we fit into &lsquo\;intelligibility&rsquo\;s mandate and the correlative economy that regulates what is &lsquo\;&lsquo\;legitimate and recognizable&rdquo\;&rsquo\; (Lee Edelman\, No Future). Queers are encouraged to ally with the proponents of life on pain of perishing. The vigilant questions at the heart of this special cluster\, then\, are as follows: what constitutes the intersections of living queer and living death? How do queerness and negativity collude outside the domain of neoliberal homonormativity and its optimistically organised selves? \; \;
\nOne way would be to foreground the irruptions of various modes of death\, rendering superfluous any attempt at positivist meaning-making out of queer subjectivity (to some extent or other\, thinkers such as Michel Foucault\, Judith Butler\, Jeffrey Weeks and José\; Esteban Muñ\;oz are proponents of this). That is\, understanding how one can not participate in the warm embrace of &lsquo\;the cult of difference&rsquo\; (Leo Bersani\, &lsquo\;Is there a Gay Art?&rsquo\;). And with figuring death&rsquo\;s thwarting of &ldquo\;meaning&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;progress&rdquo\;\, of &ldquo\;community&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;generations&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;futures&rdquo\;\, come inquiries of the temporal privileges denied to those who insist on emptiness\, unfixability\, and death in the now not later. The positive time of social order can so easily be read as &ldquo\;straight time&rdquo\;\, after all (cf. Elizabeth Freeman\, J. Halberstam\, and others).
\nStanding aside from the space of the polis and the time of life\, what remains? Queer inchoate subjects\, inarticulate and traumatised by life\, humiliated and always-othered (&hellip\;but somehow\, always there&hellip\;). Maladapted monsters\, really: at best defined by mutations and gendered chimerism\, at worst by viruses and the failure to participate in some grand narrative of reproductive evolution. These broken figures may be glimpsed in the history or the arts: what of them? What kind of pessimistic queerness\, living through all sorts of deaths\, can be read in novels\, films\, and other art forms in ways that are congruent with shoring up one&rsquo\;s despair at life? But instead\, perhaps\, one should just laugh\, for that is another way of fundamentally pulling the rug out from under those who deny life&rsquo\;s disaster.
\nWhether we shake with mirth or sobs\, queerness no more pushes us towards desiring annihilation than acknowledges death&rsquo\;s constant unworking of the self and its bonds. And speaking of desire: when considering selfhood against those charlatans that promise to fill the void\, how is the scale that weighs sex and relations of un/knowing tipped one way or the other (cf. Oliver Davis &\; Tim Dean)? Too often for comfort\, &lsquo\;[t]ransgressing limits [of sexuality] is to do with a vague notion of inclusiveness rather than active contravention&rsquo\;\, an affirmation rather than negation (Jonathan Dollimore\, Sexual Dissidence). How\, then\, to wilfully pervert not just sexual practices but the tyrannical myth of happiness\, which seeks to suffocate both negativity and queerness?
\nIn the end\, more questions quibble in the corner: is queerness merely a layer on top of being that is always suffering? Or is it the case that\, if queerness is another modulation of pessimist negativity\, it is queerness itself that hurts?
\n\nSubmission
\nAbstracts of no longer than 300 words (along with brief biographical notes) should be sent to julie.reshe@gmail.com and aaron.aquilina@um.edu.mt by 15th January\, 2027. Submission emails should be headed by &lsquo\;Negative Journal Issue 3 Submission&rsquo\; or &lsquo\;Negative Journal Issue 3 &ndash\; Queer Negativity&rsquo\;.
\nAccepted papers extending the thoughts of this Call should be no longer than 4000 words\, and less conventional and/or creative-critical forms are encouraged. Full pieces will be expected no later than by 1st June\, 2027.
\nFor those seeking consideration for the queer negativity cluster\, topics can include but are not limited to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Queer negativity and/at the limits of psychoanalysis\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Depressing readings: queer literature\, queer art more generally\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Queer hauntings\, queer horror: wolf-men and chimeras hiding in the closet\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Queerness as posthuman\, proto-human\, less-than-human\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Failure\, laziness\, futility\, hollowness\, apathy\, asexuality\, refusal\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Negational laughter: camp\, drag\, gallows humour\, absurdism\, and queer irony\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Impossibilities: the language/silence of queerness\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Anti-social projects: queerness\, anti-politics\, anarchy\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Queer pessimism: queerness and Arthur Schopenhauer\, Emil Cioran\, P.W. Zapffe\, Eugene Thacker\, Philipp Mainlä\;nder\, and similar\; \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Trans* identities and negative subjectivity\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Queering science: apoptosis\, entropy\, decay\, extinction\, and destructive plasticity\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Queerness and forms of death (suicide\, retirement\, illness\, madness\, etc.)\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The negative heart of queer sex and desire\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Temporality and queer negativity\; chrononegativity\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Queerness as anti-natalist in several ways\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Play as negative queer modality\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Queer responses: saying no to queer theory and queer theorists.
\nNote: Work selected for the queer negativity cluster could potentially also be considered for a future edited volume with Negative Press (https://www.negativepress.ie/).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T000647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261115T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261115T234500 SUMMARY:Philosophical and Technological Reflections on Contemporary Cosmology UID:20261007T110458Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Online Workshop: "Philosophical and Technological Reflections on Contemporary Cosmology"\nCosmology has undoubtedly become an epistemically successful science. Some of its successes include explaining the Cosmic Microwave Background and its features (temperature\, anisotropies\, polarization\, etc.) with high precision\; accounting for the abundances of the light chemical elements in the universe with high accuracy\; discovering the isotropic accelerated expansion of the universe\; establishing a model that synthesizes the results of various observational research projects (SNIFS\, BOSS\, COBE\, etc.) into a relativistic model of an overall flat geometry with predictive power\, and much more.
\nOn the one hand\, its success makes cosmology a reliable ground on which to test philosophical theses and frameworks motivated by research in other areas of science (Doboszewski &\; Elder\, 2026\; Elder\, 2025). On the other hand\, despite its success\, there remain several philosophical concerns regarding the standard model of cosmology and inflation (Jacquart\, 2021\; Smeenk\, 2014)\, the conceptual character and metaphysics of the phenomena it aims to account for (Martens &\; Lehmkuhl\, 2020\; Josset\, Pé\;rez &\; Sudarsky\, 2017)\, the integration of relativistic and quantum theories into a coherent whole (Sudarsky\, Urrutia &\; Vucetich\, 2002\; Okó\;n &\; Sudarsky\, 2014)\, the epistemological significance of computational methods (Gueguen\, 2020\; Meskhidze\, 2023)\, and the challenges involved in developing a science of the universe itself (Ellis\, 2001\; Smeenk\, 2017). \;
\nOur aim is to provide space for these discussions. \;
\n\n \; ORGANIZER;CN="Andrés E. Vázquez-Quijano";CN="María del Rosario Martínez-Ordaz";CN="Ana Rosa Pérez Ransanz": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR