The Society \;for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience \;invites submissions of abstracts (300&ndash\;500 words\, not including references) for its group meeting at the Pacific \;APA (online\, \;April 8&ndash\;12\, 2026). Accepted submissions will be given a 25-minute presentation time\, with up to 15 minutes for Q&\;A. \; \;The topic of the panel should be approached within the frame of classical and contemporary phenomenology (e.g.\, Husserl\, Merleau-Ponty\, Schutz\, \;Gurwitsch\, Hopp\, D.W. Smith\, \;and others)\, postfoundational phenomenology (e.g.\, Mensch\, Salis)\, \;and post-Brentanian scholarship. \;
\nTo submit\, please fill out the following form by \;September \;29. \; \;If your abstract contains characters or equations not easily expressible in the abstract text box below\, please indicate this in that field\, attach your abstract as a PDF\, and email it to \;ols@sophere.org. Send questions to \;Olga Louchakova-Schwartz \;at \;ols@sophere.org\, \;olouch@ucdavis.edu
ORGANIZER;CN=O. Louchakova-Schwartz: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260413T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260413T193000 SUMMARY:Rahel Jaeggi 'Progress and Regression' UID:20260418T154911Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Universiteitstheater Nieuwedoelenstraat 16-18\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:https://aihr.uva.nl/content/events/2026/04/rahel-jaeggi.html
ORGANIZER;CN=Oscar Talbot: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260415T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260415T234500 SUMMARY:Critical Theories of Fascism - Lisbon Praxis Summer School 2026 UID:20260418T154912Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Alameda da Universidade\, 1600-214 Lisboa\, Lisbon\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:Until recently\, there was a general assumption that fascism had been decisively defeated\, because the horrors of WWII seemed to have left fascism morally bankrupt and politically untenable. Yet\, in the early twenty-first century\, the spectre of fascism has resurfaced. This re-emergence should not be understood as a simple repetition of the 1930s\, but rather as the mutation of fascist tendencies into contemporary conditions. \; One of its defining features is the appropriation of democracy itself. Across different contexts\, authoritarian movements have risen to power through electoral means\, exploiting popular discontent with mainstream politics and using democratic institutions to advance illiberal agendas. Their rhetoric frequently invokes a narrative of national rebirth\, the restoration of a lost &lsquo\;greatness\,&rsquo\; and the reclamation of sovereignty from &lsquo\;corrupt elites\,&rsquo\; &lsquo\;globalists\,&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;dangerous outsiders.&rsquo\; Furthermore\, contemporary fascism permeates everyday life\, normalizing misogyny\, homophobia\, and racism\, and fostering an atmosphere in which authoritarianism appears desirable or inevitable. Its resurgence is closely tied to the expansion of digital media\, which accelerates the spread of conspiracy theories\, hate speech\, and extremist propaganda. Online platforms serve not only as organizational hubs but also as aesthetic arenas where fascist symbols are repackaged in playful or subcultural styles\, obscuring their violent and destructive implications.
\nWhile the ways through which fascism is currently expressed are becoming increasingly visible\, the causes of its re-emergence are more complex\, and so are the challenges they pose to theory. Max Horkheimer famously said that &lsquo\;Whoever is not willing to talk about capitalism should also keep quiet about fascism&rsquo\;\, implying that fascism is always in the background everywhere where capitalism reigns and it intensifies when capitalist realities become unbearable. In this sense\, globalisation and neoliberalism have produced widening inequalities\, labour precarity\, and a pervasive sense of uncertainty and dislocation &mdash\; fertile ground for fascist narratives that promise security\, belonging\, and stability. Yet the Marxist tradition sustained a robust critique of capitalism during the decades of emergence of neoliberalism and globalisation &mdash\; decades in which fascism was widely considered defeated &mdash\; \; but this alone did not prevent its resurgence. Understanding fascism&rsquo\;s reappearance therefore requires a more expansive analysis of its ideological complexity\, attending not only to its entanglement with capital\, but also to race\, gender\, nation\, and empire. At the same time\, as Theodor W. Adorno observed\, fascism possesses an &lsquo\;intrinsically untheoretical nature.&rsquo\; For this reason\, the premise of this Lisbon Praxis Summer School is that fascism&rsquo\;s conditions of emergence and its ways of operating can &mdash\; and must &mdash\; be grasped through renewed critical resources.
\nWith the aim of mobilising Critical Theory&rsquo\;s analytical and explanatory force to understand the contemporary resurgence of fascism and to explore possibilities for its eradication\, the Lisbon Praxis Summer School 2026 will address the following clusters of questions:
\nTo apply for participation\, graduate students and early career scholars are invited to submit a research statement reflecting their research interests in connection to the questions above and/or the following themes:
\nSieht man sich die Bibel und das Leben der Heiligen an\, ist die Antwort ein klares JA. In der Glaubenspraxis vieler (oft auch die eigene) scheint der Glaube jedoch eher wie eine zerbrechliche Statue\, die man (am Sonntag) hervorholt\, aber sonst auf-bewahrt\, damit sie keinen Schaden nimmt. Wie sieht also jener Mut aus\, der zum Glauben gehö\;rt? Wie verbindet er sich mit anderen Eigenschaften\, vor allem der Hoffnung? Es sind diese Fragen\, denen ich im Vortrag allgemein und anhand der Lebensgeschichte von Edith Stein mit euch nachgehen mö\;chte.
\nTeilnahmegebü\;hr: \;Vollpreis 10 &euro\;\, Mitglieder der ESGÖ\;/ESGD/OCDS 7 &euro\;
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Josh Roe: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260419T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260419T000000 SUMMARY:Phenomenologies of Unique Value (Duquesne Studies in Phenomenology) UID:20260418T154914Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Duquesne Studies in Phenomenology
Special Issue: Phenomenologies of Unique Value
Editor-in-Chief:
Dr. Jeffrey McCurry (Duquesne University\, Director of the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center)
Issue Editors:
Dr. Eric J. Mohr (Saint Vincent College)
Dr. Sarah Borden Sharkey (Wheaton College)
If it is the case that each individual person is unique\, then a related question is whether individuality implies a unique value of individuals. Does every individual have some distinctive value in their own right? And if so\, what sort of value is it\, what is its source\, and what is its evidence? The idea relates to both historical and contemporary philosophical contexts related to personal identity\, philosophical anthropology\, personalism\, value theory\, and ethical (and meta-ethical) considerations. \;
\nWe invite scholars to submit abstracts taking a phenomenological approach to the question of the unique value that persons potentially possess as individuals and areas related to this question\, both supporting and critical perspectives. \;
\nHistorically\, Kant \;claimed that what it means that persons possess dignity is to possess irreplaceable value or incomparable worth that &ldquo\;does not admit of an equivalent.&rdquo\; Later\, Scheler challenges Kantian &ldquo\;personalism&rdquo\; as failing to account for personal individuality and the &ldquo\;individual value-essence.&rdquo\; Scheler&rsquo\;s work was influential for twentieth-century personalism generally\, including the work of Edith Stein\, Emmanuel Mounier\, Jose Ortega y Gasset\, and Karol Wojtyla (John Paul II). \;
\nWhile the personalist tradition in phenomenology is a key area\, we are interested in submissions drawing from the whole phenomenological tradition broadly\, and treatments that offer phenomenological engagement with non-phenomenological thinkers. \;
\nSome contemporary philosophers\, outside of the phenomenological tradition\, have taken up this theme in different ways. Certain analytic value theorists have given attention to the notion of &ldquo\;irreplaceable value&rdquo\; as a type of &ldquo\;intrinsic value&rdquo\; (e.g. G. Bradford\, C. Gowans\, A Kadlac\, E. H. Matthes\, etc.). Others consider connections between unique value and love (e.g.\, C. Grau\, A. Iacona\, N. Kolodny\, N. Kreft\, J. D. Velleman\, etc.)\, for example\, with respect to the idea of &ldquo\;attachment&rdquo\; and its relation to value (e.g.\, J. Raz). Linda Zagzebski has written exploratory pieces on the &ldquo\;value of uniqueness&rdquo\; in relation to dignity. And Rebecca Newberger Goldstein has a book (2026) on the adjacent idea of &ldquo\;mattering.&rdquo\; Contributors are welcome to engage with aspects of this scholarship in relation to phenomenology. \;
\nThe deadline for abstract submission is April 19\, 2026
\nSubmission Guidelines:
\nImportant Dates:
\nDuring the first decades of the twenty-first century\, the term &ldquo\;Anthropocene&rdquo\; has been popularized as a title for the contemporary era in which the influence of human behavior on Earth&rsquo\;s geology\, climate\, and ecosystems has become\, in an unprecedented way\, a planetary force of change. This title encompasses some of the most pressing challenges that humanity faces today\, including intensifying climate change and its effects on the natural environment and the habitat of humans and nonhumans\, loss of biodiversity\, and other profound changes in the biogeography of the planet. On a more philosophical level\, the concept of the Anthropocene points to what can be seen as an ongoing deep transformation in our understanding of the relationship between humanity\, technology\, and nature\, and in the very self-understanding of humanity. While it remains a debated term without a simple and unequivocal definition and chronology\, the Anthropocene is increasingly seen in a variety of academic fields\, from the natural and biosciences to the humanities and social sciences\, as a topic that researchers and scholars are called upon to address using the methods and approaches of their respective disciplines. Phenomenology\, in its various theoretical and applied forms\, is no exception&mdash\;it is also working to confront and articulate this overarching question of our time.
\nWe invite abstracts for papers in phenomenology and related areas of philosophy and theoretical and empirical research. This year we especially encourage submissions that reflect upon and advance phenomenology&rsquo\;s approach to the topic of the Anthropocene\, understood in a wide sense as including a host of contemporary phenomena that characterize humanity&rsquo\;s relationship to the natural environment and the nonhuman. Questions to be addressed include\, but are not limited to\, the following:
\nThe Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism at Western University is pleased to announce our in-person 2026 Annual Theory Conference\, an event that will also commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Theory Centre. The Conference will take place from Thursday\, April 23 - Friday\, April 24 2026.
\nThe theoretical objective of the conference is twofold. Our first objective is centered around the ceremonious occasion of the CSTC&rsquo\;s 40th anniversary. This occasion allows us to foreground theory as an intellectual tradition and academic practice that has shaped the Canadian university. This comes at a critical time when the programs of the humanities and social sciences within the university are being challenged across the country by austere policies and ideologies that have increasingly favoured more practical (or profitable) disciplines. This poses the broader question of the university&rsquo\;s role as a public institution\, as well as the function that it ought to play in contributing to broader social goods such as culture\, aesthetics\, and democracy.
\nOur second objective is centered around the problematic of Canadian identity. Building off our first objective\, this conference aims to provide a ground for theorists and critical scholars to consider theory&rsquo\;s role in shaping the various institutions that affect Canadian identity. This comes at a time when the question of national identity has taken center stage within political discourse and has been continuously leveraged by power players to achieve political outcomes within Canada. In posing this question\, our conference aims to establish space for critical theory to engage with the public discourse in ways that are both nationally situated and generative of a Canadian intellectual tradition not necessarily tied to national frameworks.
\n
Possible topics may include\, but are not limited to:
● The role of theory within/outside the university
\n○ Theory as praxis\; theory and hegemony
\n○ The question of theory and practice
\n○ The Canadian intellectual tradition (Canada&rsquo\;s successes and failures)
\n● The commodification of the university
\n○ Historically contingent vs structurally necessary
\n○ The division of disciplines and the defunding of the humanities
\n○ Democracy and Capitalism\, the University as a site of struggle
\n● The question of Canadian Identity
\n○ Canadian self-conception: One or many or (no) Canadas?
\n○ Literature and Canadian Identity (e.g.\, Frye&rsquo\;s &lsquo\;garrison mentality&rsquo\;\; Atwood&rsquo\;s &lsquo\;Survival&rsquo\;)
\n○ Negation of Americanism\; Canadian identity in an era of declining American hegemony
\n○ Mosaic vs. Melting Pot\; Cultural Diversity vs. Cultural Difference (immigration and the Canadian University)
\n○ Localized cultural identities
\n○ Theory\, Indigenous Sovereignty and Decolonization
\n○ Does Canada have a national question?
The Annual Theory Conference endeavours to cultivate a forum for diverse engagement from graduate students and scholars with a broad range of backgrounds and approaches. This year we are seeking submissions across the humanities and social sciences that deal critically and theoretically with problems related to the university and national identity in a Canadian context.
\nSubmission Instructions:
\nSubmissions will undergo anonymous review. Please submit proposals as a .docx or .pdf file to cstcconference@uwo.ca. Accepted candidates will be notified by email.
Submission Deadline: February 20th\, 2026
Please submit:
1. A cover page that includes: the title of your proposed presentation\, your name\, affiliation(s)\,
\nemail address\, a brief (150-200 word) bio\, and 3-5 keywords for your presentation
\n2. A separate document that includes: the title of your presentation and an abstract of 150- 200
\nwords describing the intentions of your presentation.
ORGANIZER;CN=Ulysse Sizov: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260424T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260426T170000 SUMMARY:The Digital Worlds Workshop UID:20260418T154917Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We seek papers that interrogate the way modern digital technology enhances\, hampers\, or alters our experience of our lived worlds.
\n\nThe distinction between &ldquo\;being on the internet&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;being in the real world&rdquo\; is eroding. People can increasingly be said to &ldquo\;live on their phones&rdquo\; or other devices. This workshop aims to interrogate the meaning and structure of the world and the self as mediated by such devices.
\n\nThis year\, we are especially interested in papers concerned the problem of embodiment in digital worlds and digital art practices\, with a particular focus on how philosophy can engage with and draw lessons from contemporary artistic practices. By thematizing the workshop around embodiment\, the aim is twofold: to advance a burgeoning\, interdisciplinary discussion about the challenges and innovative possibilities of 're-locating' human embodied experience and practice within the digital domain\, and to arrive at a robust\, systematic understanding of just what such a relocation supposes and entails - is there indeed anything such as 'digital embodiment' at all?
\n\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
\n\n\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Michael Butler;CN=Ian Werkheiser: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260429T210000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261126T170000 SUMMARY:Séminaire Arendt 2026 UID:20260418T154918Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Le Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone\, cré\;é\; en 2024\, vise à\; favoriser une synergie entre celles et ceux qui\, des amateurs aux chercheuses\, fré\;quentent la pensé\;e de Hannah Arendt. Dans cette optique\, nous cherchons à\; mettre en place un rendez-vous ré\;gulier pour en discuter les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects.
\nDu fait de l&rsquo\;é\;tendue de la francophonie\, ces sé\;minaires auront lieu en ligne. Leur principe sera le suivant : les participant-e-s auront tous et toutes pré\;alablement lu un article ou un chapitre ré\;cent\, lequel sera pré\;senté\; trè\;s rapidement par souci de prioriser les é\;changes (10 minutes) par son autrice ou auteur. À\; partir de celui-ci\, un-e membre du ré\;seau ouvrira (5 min) à\; un dé\;bat plus large afin de discuter\, outre l&rsquo\;article\, les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects de l&rsquo\;&oelig\;uvre d&rsquo\;Arendt (1h30).
\nProgramme 2026\nEn 2026\, nous proposons quatre sé\;ances ordinaires du sé\;minaire et une sé\;ance spé\;ciale : «\; Arendt et la science é\;conomique »\;\, «\; Arendt et le travail »\;\, «\; Liberté\;\, volonté\;\, politique »\;\, «\; Arendt et la violence »\;\, «\; Philosophie\, é\;ducation et politique »\;.
\nLe sé\;minaire est ouvert à\; toutes et tous sans inscription pré\;alable \; n&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas à\; venir y assister et y participer. Les articles et textes discuté\;s sont disponibles sur le site du RAF. N&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas non plus à\; nous contacter pour toute demande d&rsquo\;information complé\;mentaire.
\nLe RAF ?\nLe Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone (RAF) se veut un espace divers et pluriel\, rassemblant une communauté\; de doctorant-e-s\, enseignant-e-s\, chercheurs/ses\, intellectuel-le-s et toute personne inté\;ressé\;e ou engagé\;e dans l'é\;tude et la diffusion de la pensé\;e d'Hannah Arendt en France et le monde francophone. À\; travers cette plateforme\, nous souhaitons favoriser les é\;changes intellectuels\, offrir une visibilité\; accrue aux travaux de recherche et cré\;er des liens solides entre francophones s'inté\;ressant à\; et puisant dans l'&oelig\;uvre de cette autrice majeure du XXe siè\;cle.
\nOutre l&rsquo\;organisation de ce sé\;minaire et d'é\;vè\;nements acadé\;miques lié\;s à\; la pensé\;e d'Arendt\, le ré\;seau actualise continuellement un site web qui met à\; disposition : une bibliographie des textes de langue franç\;aise consacré\;s à\; Arendt ou la mobilisant\, un annuaire des membres du ré\;seau\, un agenda des activité\;s francophones qui lui sont dé\;dié\;es et une lettre d'information mensuelle.
\nN'hé\;sitez pas à\; rejoindre le ré\;seau ou à\; nous contacter pour rejoindre l&rsquo\;é\;quipe d&rsquo\;animation !
\n ORGANIZER;CN="Rémi Zanni": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T090000 SUMMARY:The Kristeva Circle UID:20260418T154919Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Buffalo\, United States DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce that the next annual meeting of The Kristeva Circle will be held at the University at Buffalo\, SUNY\, on October 23-24\, 2026. \;
\nThe Kristeva Circle meeting is an international conference that advances scholarship on\, or influenced by\, philosopher\, psychoanalyst\, and novelist Julia Kristeva. The two-day conference will host a variety of speakers from the United States and abroad. \;
\nIn its 11th iteration\, the theme of the 2026 conference will broadly focus on embodiment. However\, given the tenant of the work of this year&rsquo\;s two keynote speakers we \;encourage submissions that address the work of Julia Kristeva in relation to disability\, gender\, sexuality\, and race.
\nWe are delighted to share that we have two keynote speakers confirmed for this year&rsquo\;s conference. They are as follows: \;
\n\;We are seeking abstracts that develop the work of Julia Kristeva\, with preference given to submissions that address embodiment broadly construed\, and more specifically disability\, gender\, sexuality\, and/or race.
\n\;Please submit abstracts of 500 words\, prepared for anonymous review\, by April 30\, 2026\, to kristevacircle@gmail.com. In a separate document\, include a short author bio with contact info. For more information on the conference\, please write to the local host\, Elisabeth Paquette\, at epaquette@buffalo.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Elisabeth Paquette: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260430T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260430T234500 SUMMARY:Continental Philosophy of Action UID:20260418T154920Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Faculty of Philology\, University City\, Pl. Menéndez Pelayo\, s/n\, Moncloa - Aravaca\, Madrid\, Spain\, 28040 DESCRIPTION:The purpose of this two-day international conference is to explore\, clarify and apply the resources of Continental thought about action and agency. Philosophy of action in the analytic tradition\, while not immune from internal disagreements\, can be thought of as a more-or-less coherent philosophical subfield. While there are exceptions\, Anglo-American philosophers of action tend to share metaphysical commitments (regarding event-causality\, for example\, or the existence of representational mental states)\, canonical references (Anscombe\, Davidson\, Bratman\, et al.)\, and sets of problems regarding action (eg\, &ldquo\;causal deviance&rdquo\;\, the so-called &ldquo\;disappearing agent&rdquo\; problem\, intentional omissions\, etc.). This situation can be \; \;prima facie \; \;contrasted to the scattered and varied approaches to action and agency one finds in the Continental philosophical tradition. Idealism\, Phenomenology\, hermeneutics\, poststructuralism\, new materialisms\, and critical theory\, to name just a few currents in contemporary Continental thought\, are distinguished from one another by seemingly distinct sets of philosophical concerns and vocabularies\, and by diverse metaphysical and methodological commitments. Given the treatment of action and agency in each of these currents is inseparable from specific sets of philosophical concerns and commitments\, it can seem that Continental philosophers do not share enough common ground to talk together about action and agency without talking past one another. In part\, then\, this conference wishes to clarify the extent to which one could meaningfully speak of &ldquo\;Continental philosophy of action.&rdquo\; But also\, working back down from these high-level\, general concerns\, the conference wishes to focus on specific\, field-defining problems of action and agency\, and the resources that might be drawn from Continental thought to address these problems in novel ways. Possible topics of interest might thus include:
\nFormat: Speakers will have 20 minutes to present their paper\, followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion. \;Those interested in participating should send a 400-word abstract to cpa@ucm.es by 30 April\, 2026. The conference will be in English and attendance is free. \;More information can be found at: \;https://eventos.ucm.es/144182/detail/continental-philosophy-of-action-international-conference.html \; \;
\nConference organizers: Emma Ingala\, Gavin Rae (Complutense University of Madrid) and Sean Bowden (Deakin University\, Australia). \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Sean Bowden;CN=Emma Ingala;CN=Gavin Rae: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260510T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260510T140000 SUMMARY:The F-word: autofiction as resistance to patriarchy UID:20260418T154921Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Riga LOCATION:Saulkrasti\, Latvia DESCRIPTION:Feminism gives us a vision\, a framework\, and tools to upend systems. One of those systems is how we think of language and the self. Is it possible to say what is true\, when stories are always already framed by the world in which they take place? What role does autofiction play in our own lives\, in the process of resistance\, in the call for that which remains invisible? The poetic attention inherent in autofiction\, in escrevivê\;ncia\, that is inherent in the work\, is created for and by and to address the necessity of the impossible. Autofiction as an act of God\, of the transcendent that manifests itself in the real\, in lived experience\, and as such is aimed at resisting the patriarchy.
\nIn this symposium we aim to bring together people with whom this theme resonates\, and we ask people to share from their own life\, practise\, profession\, in order to create an ongoing conversation as a way to build resilience. We explicitly invite people to embrace the difference they bring in to contribute towards this shared endeavour. \;
\nAutofiction as Resistance as a method
\nDuring this week we aim to work together on exploring the themes that are central to this circle also in the way we participate. We explicitly invite people to share their insights\, artistic practises and theoretic understanding in a way that invites collaborative thinking. For this reason academic presentations are not accepted\, although a presentation can be a part of a larger workshop. Please indicate in your application how much time you would need for your intervention\, and a brief description on how you aim to use the time allotted to your session. First-time experiments are as welcome as tested concepts. \;
\nParticipants without workshops/sharing of their own personal project/ideas are also most welcome to collaborate during the week in the interactive program. \;
\nAbout Nordic Summer University (NSU):
\nNSU is a space for collaboration between disciplines/peoples/ideas. During the Summer Session several study circles\, each hosting their own program\, will come together &ndash\; participants are welcome to join different circles/programmes during the week. NSU is a horizontal organisation\, being present means you are a member and part of the organisation.
\nCosts
\nNSU offers a limited amount of grants and scholarships. If you are interested in receiving one (which means a reduced participation fee of 100 euro for the whole week)\, please let us know while applying. \;
\n100 euros Scholarship (in shared 4-bed rooms with shared bathroom)
\n1250 euros Institutional price/any room type
\n900 euros Institutional price PhD/any room type
\n950 euros Single room
\n700 euros Bed in double room
\n1000 euros Double room 1 adult 1 child
\n1200 euros Family room 1 adult 2 children
\n1800 euros Family room 2 adults 2 children
\n1500 euros Family room 2 adults 1 child
\n500 euros Camping \;
\nThis includes accommodation and all meals for the full week. The price also includes NSU membership\, so it is not necessary to purchase it separately. Those who have already attended a winter symposium and paid the membership will receive a discount code to deduct the membership fee. No refunds will be given if participants pay membership twice by mistake\, so please mention in your application that you already attended an NSU event this year\, to receive a discount code.
\nDeadlines
\nPlease send us a short text explaining your aim / topic / idea\, how much time you would need to host the experience\, and what materials you would require (paper/paint/bicycles)\, which we will try to accommodate. \;
\nPlease send us your application by April 5th. Especially if you would like to be considered to receive a grant/scholarship\, as decisions on grants/scholarships will be made at the end of April. Deadline to confirm and pay your spot as a grant/scholarship receiver is May 1st. \;
\nOther applicants are accepted on a rolling basis. Final deadline to apply: May 10th. By May 15th you will need to register and pay for the accommodation.
\nApplications and queries can be send to: nicole.nobyeni@nsuweb.org
\nPlease be aware that everyone involved at Nordic Summer University is collaborating on a voluntary basis.
\nAbout the Circle:
\nHow to think/write/be/inter-act without being limited by an already outlined goal/outcome/impact? How to explore what is messy/confused/embodied while accepting that exploration is always also taking place within philosophy/genre/language/life &ndash\; within what is. That is\, our attempt to explore\, to transcend our sites of speech happens in this world and is framed by the situatedness of our lives. Could it be otherwise? This study circle aims to take advantage of the network\, space and openness provided by the Nordic Summer University to raise questions that cannot be answered/grounded/voiced\, for philosophers/writers/feminists and/or/as-well-as those who are other(s/ed/ing). \;
\nThis study circle will explore the liminality of not belonging in a discipline/space/frame/ category/nation. Accepting language as the limit/tool/curse and an unavoidable starting point\, building upon the work of Irigaray/Arendt/Ettinger\, this state of exception of being-with/in/of language is not simple put aside\, but accepted as a reality which is &ldquo\;disturbing\, overwhelming\, and sometimes too close for comfort&rdquo\;. \;
\nThese tensions open up a liminal space &ndash\; how to think/write/be/inter-act within such a space\, while being an/Other\\not-I/(m)\\Other within feminist philosophy? How to write/create/live as a being that is more than the categories available to mark/describe/situate them? How to explore power as a temporary space\, a moment\, political and liminal? How to read and ground ourselves in feminist philosophy while also living/m-othering/PhD-ing? How to even ask/write/question these questions\, without falling prey to the linearity inherent in what/who/why it means to question? \;
\nMore information: https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-4-an-other-not-i-m-other-in-feminist-philosophy/ \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole Des Bouvrie: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260510T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260510T140000 SUMMARY:The F-word – Autofiction as Resistance to Patriarchy UID:20260418T154922Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Riga LOCATION:Saulkrasti\, Latvia DESCRIPTION:Feminism gives us a vision\, a framework\, and tools to upend systems. One of those systems is how we think of language and the self. Is it possible to say what is true\, when stories are always already framed by the world in which they take place? What role does autofiction play in our own lives\, in the process of resistance\, in the call for that which remains invisible? The poetic attention inherent in autofiction\, in escrevivê\;ncia\, that is inherent in the work\, is created for and by and to address the necessity of the impossible. Autofiction as an act of God\, of the transcendent that manifests itself in the real\, in lived experience\, and as such is aimed at resisting the patriarchy.
\nIn this symposium we aim to bring together people with whom this theme resonates\, and we ask people to share from their own life\, practise\, profession\, in order to create an ongoing conversation as a way to build resilience. We explicitly invite people to embrace the difference they bring in to contribute towards this shared endeavour. \;
\nAutofiction as Resistance as a method
\nDuring this week we aim to work together on exploring the themes that are central to this circle also in the way we participate. We explicitly invite people to share their insights\, artistic practises and theoretic understanding in a way that invites collaborative thinking. For this reason academic presentations are not accepted\, although a presentation can be a part of a larger workshop. Please indicate in your application how much time you would need for your intervention\, and a brief description on how you aim to use the time allotted to your session. First-time experiments are as welcome as tested concepts. \;
\nParticipants without workshops/sharing of their own personal project/ideas are also most welcome to collaborate during the week in the interactive program. \;
\nAbout Nordic Summer University (NSU):
\nNSU is a space for collaboration between disciplines/peoples/ideas. During the Summer Session several study circles\, each hosting their own program\, will come together &ndash\; participants are welcome to join different circles/programmes during the week. NSU is a horizontal organisation\, being present means you are a member and part of the organisation.
\nCosts
\nNSU offers a limited amount of grants and scholarships. If you are interested in receiving one (which means a reduced participation fee of only 100 euro for the whole week)\, please let us know while applying. \;
\nThis includes \;accommodation and all meals for the full week. The price also includes NSU membership\, so it is not necessary to purchase it separately. Those who have already attended a winter symposium and paid the membership will receive a discount code to deduct the membership fee &ndash\; please contact us before you register to receive the discount code. No refunds will be given if participants pay membership twice by mistake\, so please mention in your application that you already attended an NSU event this year\, to receive a discount code.
\nDeadlines
\nPlease send us a short text explaining your aim / topic / idea\, how much time you would need to host the experience\, and what materials you would require (paper/paint/bicycles)\, which we will try to accommodate. \;
\nPlease send us your application by April 5th. \;Especially if you would like to be considered to receive a grant/scholarship\, as decisions on grants/scholarships will be made at the end of April. Deadline to confirm and pay your spot as a grant/scholarship receiver is May 1st. \;
\nOther applicants are accepted on a rolling basis. Final deadline to apply: May 10th. By May 15th you will need to register and pay for the accommodation.
\nApplications and queries can be send to: nicole.nobyeni@nsuweb.org
\nPlease be aware that everyone involved at Nordic Summer University is collaborating on a voluntary basis.
\nAbout the Circle:
\nHow to think/write/be/inter-act without being limited by an already outlined goal/outcome/impact? How to explore what is messy/confused/embodied while accepting that exploration is always also taking place within philosophy/genre/language/life &ndash\; within what is. That is\, our attempt to explore\, to transcend our sites of speech happens in this world and is framed by the situatedness of our lives. Could it be otherwise? This study circle aims to take advantage of the network\, space and openness provided by the Nordic Summer University to raise questions that cannot be answered/grounded/voiced\, for philosophers/writers/feminists and/or/as-well-as those who are other(s/ed/ing). \;
\nThis study circle will explore the liminality of not belonging in a discipline/space/frame/ category/nation. Accepting language as the limit/tool/curse and an unavoidable starting point\, building upon the work of Irigaray/Arendt/Ettinger\, this state of exception of being-with/in/of language is not simple put aside\, but accepted as a reality which is &ldquo\;disturbing\, overwhelming\, and sometimes too close for comfort&rdquo\;. \;
\nThese tensions open up a liminal space &ndash\; how to think/write/be/inter-act within such a space\, while being an/Other\\not-I/(m)\\Other within feminist philosophy? How to write/create/live as a being that is more than the categories available to mark/describe/situate them? How to explore power as a temporary space\, a moment\, political and liminal? How to read and ground ourselves in feminist philosophy while also living/m-othering/PhD-ing? How to even ask/write/question these questions\, without falling prey to the linearity inherent in what/who/why it means to question? \;
\nMore information: \;https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-4-an-other-not-i-m-other-in-feminist-philosophy/ \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole Des Bouvrie: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260515T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260515T230000 SUMMARY:Otherness UID:20260418T154923Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Louvain-la-Neuve\, Belgium DESCRIPTION:Otherness
\nConference of the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience
\nNovember 17-19\, 2026
\nUniversité\; catholique de Louvain \;(UC Louvain\, Louvain-la-Neuve\, Belgium)
\nhttps://sophere.org/upcoming-conferences/
\nCall for Papers
\nThe Other is distinct from the Self\, regardless of whether the Other is accessible to the Self or not&ndash\;as something that enables self-reflection and revelation through the distance it provides to the Self. \;In this way\, the Other plays a crucial and multifaceted role within the phenomenological tradition. On one hand\, the Other is set in a position counteracting the Self\, while still remaining an essential part of the constitution of the Self. \;As Husserl showed in \;Cartesian Meditations\, \; \;eliminating the Other from one&rsquo\;s experience would make the constitution of experience impossible. \;
\nEmpathy \;and \;pairing \;are always at play in the constitution of the \;alter ego. \;Even within mere perception\, the alter ego is operating\, and therein\, the intersubjective sphere is essential both for the constitution of the Self\, and to perceive an object as the Self. The Self cannot be understood without intersubjectivity\, but\, on the other hand\, it is through the sense of alienness (Fremdheit) and inaccessibility of the Other\, a teleological structure of striving comes into play. Not only is the experience of the Other alien and foreign\, but it also initiates a change of perspective in how one sees oneself and the world through setting a teleological regulative idea to be strived for. The experience of the Other enables one to view oneself in a completely new light. This new understanding of the Self\, in turn\, opens up a new horizon\, changing the way everything appears. In short\, the Other serves as the means for self-reflection and revelation of the structure of experience itself. The phenomenology of Otherness is important for the studies of the Lifeworld\, the Homeworld\, and the Alienworld\, as well as in the concept of the halo\, in understanding indigenous religious experience\, in the cultural approaches such as the etic vs. emic\, or in the problem of historical Otherness as means to reconstruct historical personality.
\nWe welcome various phenomenologies of Otherness: here\, the Other may refer to a human or a non-human subject\, to the Divine Person\, to any Otherness. We are interested in how the phenomenological understanding of the Other applies to contemporary forms of the Self\, e.g.\, in Girard&rsquo\;s mimesis or Lopes Corvo&rsquo\;s psychoanalytic concept of self-envy. From classical approaches in phenomenology\, such as those of Husserl\, Levinas\, Ricoeur\, or Schutz\, \;to our contemporaries\, such as Waldenfels and Steinbock\, development of their thoughts from concrete forms of experience to situated and generalizable structures of Otherness can be covered.
\nThe abstracts must demonstrate familiarity with operative or theory-building concepts in phenomenology\, and use the framework of phenomenology with sources from within the phenomenological tradition. Possible themes regarding Otherness could be\, but are not restricted to: What role does the Other play in uncovering the structure of self-constitution? Is it possible to understand the absolute alterity\, or is a common ground necessary? Is &lsquo\;overcoming&rsquo\; Otherness even a fruitful task\, and what will this task reveal? How can a singular\, united world be referenced\, when all testimonies stem from individual perspectives? What is the difference between the Other and an object? Does the sphere of primordiality play an essential role for the research of Otherness? How does one understand the Other from an etic or emic standpoint ? Does Otherness within spirituality differ from pragmatic Otherness? How does one interpret first-person authority and Otherness in cases of cultural transfer?
\n\;Please send abstracts (of max. 500 words) formatted for anonymous reviewing. The abstracts must be written in English and sent to \;conference2026@sophere.org\, and please cc to Miyuki Ono (miyuki.ono@student.kuleuven.be)\, \;by May 15\, 2026. We will get back to you on whether your abstract has been accepted by June 5\, 2026. If you do not receive an email by this date\, please reach out to us. In addition\, we intend to publish a volume containing a number of papers from the conference.
\nOrganizers: Sylvain Camilleri\, the main contact \; \;(sylvain.camilleri@uclouvain.be)
\nOlga Louchakova-Schwartz (olouch@ucdavis.edu)
\nMartin Nitsche (nitsche@flu.cas.cz)
\nMiyuki Ono (miyuki.ono@student.kuleuven.be)
ORGANIZER;CN=Olga Louchakova-Schwartz;CN=Sylvain Camilleri;CN=Martin Nitsche: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260521T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260523T170000 SUMMARY:30th Annual IAEP Conference (Virtual) UID:20260418T154924Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/London ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Montreal:20260528T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Montreal:20260529T170000 SUMMARY:Varieties of Intuition in Early Phenomenology UID:20260418T154925Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:America/Montreal LOCATION:Montréal\, Canada DESCRIPTION:The annual conference of the North American Society for Early Phenomenology will be held at the \;Université\; de Montré\;al\, \;May 28-29th. The keynote speakers are Maxime Doyon (UdeM) and Iris Laner (Mozarteum Salzburg). \; \; Conference Theme: \;Varieties of Intuition in Early Phenomenology: One of the most inspiring aspects of the early phenomenological movement was its expanded notion of intuition. Breaking from models centred on sense-data and concept-application\, early phenomenologists investigated diverse forms of intuitions as intentions of presence and absence\, immediacy and mediacy\, while also reconceiving the role of norms and values in sensory consciousness. In this way\, early phenomenologists offered new orientations for investigations of perception\, aesthetic contemplation\, imagination\, memory\, empathy\, and more. \;Relatedly\, this expansive intuitive register enabled them to produce rich descriptions of perceptual objects\, artworks\, fictional entities\, other minds\, essences\, laws\, and values. \;NASEP welcomes papers exploring the contribution of early phenomenologists to varieties of intuition and papers illustrating how these contributions have informed more recent approaches to philosophical investigations into sensory\, aesthetic consciousness\, broadly construed. \;We are particularly interested in papers that draw attention to thinkers and problems that have been historically neglected and/or underrepresented.
Abstracts should be \;400-600 \;words and include a short bibliography. Abstracts must be prepared for blind review and sent to patrick.eldridge@unb.ca \;
Deadline for submissions has been extended to \;March 6thand decisions will be sent out no later than \;March 16th.
In the wake of profound technological and cultural transformations\, cinema no longer names a stable medium but rather a shifting constellation of practices\, dispositifs\, and experiential forms. The proliferation of streaming platforms\, algorithmically curated feeds\, immersive installations\, AI-generated imagery\, VR and AR environments\, conversational agents\, and multi-screen ecologies compels us to rethink the very structures of our lived experience. Under the still-contested but heuristically productive concept of \;&ldquo\;post-cinema\,&rdquo\; recent scholarship in film and media studies has sought to come to grips with this transformed media landscape in ways that are still waiting to be fully appropriated by phenomenological reflection.
\nThe present conference invites contributions that bring phenomenology into sustained dialogue with contemporary media theory in order to interrogate the \;manifold facets of our current \;post-cinematic situation \;and map the experiential\, affective\, embodied\, and critical structures that characterize our current media ecology.
\nBuilding primarily on traditions of film phenomenology associated with \;Vivian Sobchack \;and \;Jean-Pierre Meunier\, and drawing on the philosophical resources of\, among others\, \;Edmund Husserl\, \;Martin Heidegger\, \;Maurice Merleau-Ponty\, and \;Jean-Paul Sartre\, as well as Emmanuel Levinas&rsquo\;s ethics of the Other\, Hermann Schmitz&rsquo\;s New Phenomenology\, Don Ihde&rsquo\;s post-phenomenology of technology\, or Mark Coeckelbergh&rsquo\;s phenomenologically informed ethics of human-robot interaction\, we aim to extend phenomenological inquiry beyond the classical cinematic dispositif toward emerging &ldquo\;families of images&rdquo\;: algorithmic visuals\, deepfakes\, TikTok feeds\, immersive environments\, AI image synthesis\, and hybrid human-machine interfaces.
\nBy bringing together philosophers\, film and media scholars\, as well as artists\, we aim to foster a rigorous interdisciplinary conversation about how phenomenology can illuminate\, and be transformed by\, the evolving media landscape.
ORGANIZER;CN=Christian Ferencz-Flatz;CN=Alexandru Bejinariu;CN=Remus Breazu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260601T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260601T000000 SUMMARY:International Conference: “Cornelius Castoriadis (1997-2027) : Thirty Years Later” UID:20260418T154927Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:Trie-sur-Baïse\, France DESCRIPTION:Call for papers
\nInternational Conference: &ldquo\;Cornelius Castoriadis (1997-2027) : Thirty Years Later&rdquo\;
\nTrie-sur-Baï\;se (Hautes-Pyré\;né\;es\, 65\, France)
\nOctober 27\, 28 &\; 29\, 2027
\nPresentation
\nIn 2027\, we will mark thirty years since the passing of Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997)\, a singular thinker whose multifaceted work continues to shape contemporary intellectual thought. Philosopher\, economist\, psychoanalyst\, political theorist\, and activist\, he developed a powerful and original reflection on freedom\, creation\, the institution of society\, and both individual and collective autonomy. From his younger days in Greece\, through Socialisme ou Barbarie\, to his passing\, his intellectual journey crossed and challenged disciplinary and ideological boundaries. This international conference aims to reexamine\, three decades after his death\, both the intellectual legacy of the Greek philosopher and the relevance of his conceptual tools for thinking about today&rsquo\;s society. In the face of the challenges of our time\, Castoriadis&rsquo\; thought offers valuable resources to question the very foundations of our societies\, political action\, and philosophical inquiry.
\nObjectives
\nThis conference is neither commemorative nor hagiographic. Its purpose is to revive the radical dimensions of Castoriadian thought by engaging it with contemporary challenges\, exploring its internal tensions\, questioning its assumptions\, and envisioning its possible futures. Since elucidation was at the heart of Castoriadis&rsquo\; project of autonomy\, it will serve as the guiding force for our discussions\, thirty years later. Fundamentally\, this conference seeks to:
\nEncourage renewed reading of Castoriadis across different fields of knowledge.
\nEngage his thought in a dialogue with contemporary issues.
\nExplore the practical uses of his work in social movements\, education\, clinical practices\, and democratic experimentation.
\nMap the intellectual lineages\, as well as the productive critiques and reinterpretations of his thought\, both in France and internationally.
\nThematic Areas
\n1. Castoriadis and the Relevance of Politics Today
\nNew social movements
\nDecolonial and Postcolonial studies
\nGender and its institution
\n2. Castoriadis in his Time
\nThe experience of intellectual journals and the collective dimension of thought
\nCastoriadis and his contemporaries
\nEngagement and refusals in scientific debates of his time
\n3. Castoriadis: Nature\, Technology\, Ecology
\nAutonomy\, complexity\, and self-organisation
\nThe Project of autonomy and technological transformations (AI\, NBIC\, etc.)
\nPolitical Ecology: a renewal of the project of autonomy
\n4. Castoriadis and Language
\nSocial creation through language
\nThe institution of meaning and Castoriadis&rsquo\; critique of structuralism
\nDiachrony and Synchrony : Temporalities of language\, temporalities of the social
\n5. Castoriadis Facing the War
\nCritique of instrumental rationality
\nCastoriadis and Geopolitics
\nHistory as a site and stake of creation
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nProposals for papers (title\, abstract of 300 to 500 words\, indicative bibliography\, 5 keywords\, short bio) should be sent by June 1\, 2026\, to the following addresses: Guillaume Plin ( gplin@parisnanterre.fr)\; Savvas Orfanos (savvas.orfanos@gmail.com)\; Emile Le Pessot (elepessot@gmail.com)\; Quentin Mur Rodriguez (quentinmur@hotmail.fr). Presentations can be made in French\, English or Spanish. Selected contributions may be published in Les Nouveaux Cahiers Castoriadis\, published by Classiques Garnier.
\nScientific Organisation
\nQuentin Mur Rodriguez (Sociologist\, University of Ottawa &\; University Toulouse Jean Jaurè\;s)\, Emile Le Pessot (Historian\, EHESS)\, Guillaume Plin (Philosopher\, University Paris-Nanterre)\, Savvas Orfanos (Philosopher\, University Paris 1 Panthé\;on-Sorbonne)
\nScientific Committee
\nSté\;phane Vibert\, Nicolas Piqué\;\, Philippe Caumiè\;res\, Florence Giust-Desprairies\, Olivier Fressard\, Thibault Tranchant\, Gilles Labelle\, Alexandros Schismenos\, Nicolas Poirier
\nProvisional Timeline
\nSubmissions deadline : June 1\, 2026
\nNotification of acceptance : September 1\, 2026
\nFinal program release : November 1\, 2026
\nConference dates : October 27-29\, 2027
\nWhile major Western philosophical movements in the 20th century looked upon claims to absolute knowledge with deep suspicion\, the Kyoto School never abandoned philosophy's sacred vocation to know the absolute. Against the dominant disposition to look upon contradiction as an obstacle to absolute knowledge\, the Kyoto School recognizes contradiction as the key to unlocking the secrets of absolute totality. The Summer School will think with major thinkers of the Kyoto School on totality and contradiction. Philosophizing with Nishida\, Takahashi\, Tanabe\, Nishitani\, Ueda\, Miki\, Tosaka\, and Watsuji\, the Summer School will also explore the contemporary relevance of the Kyoto School for philosophical thought in the 21st century.
ORGANIZER;CN=Gregory S. Moss;CN=Dennis Prooi;CN=Kyle Peters: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260601T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260601T090000 SUMMARY:Artifices: technology\, thought\, art UID:20260418T154929Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:EJSMONDA 2\, Gdynia\, Poland DESCRIPTION:artifices -- 6th Ereignis Conference -- sets out to examine artificial intelligence as alterity\, desiring-machine\, and symbolic force that reorganizes human subjectivity\, labour\, and planetary life. Drawing on philosophies from Levinas and Sartre to Lacan\, Deleuze and Guattari\, we question the natural/artificial binary and ask whether thinking machines represent radical ethical encounter or algorithmic reduction of the Other.
\nKey questions include: \;
\nThe 6th interdisciplinary Ereignis conference will take place on August 8 and 9\, 2026 at Hotel Nadmorski in Gdynia\, Poland\, with a hybrid option for those unable to attend in person. Registration will be required.
\nDeadline for proposals: 1 June 2026.
\nFor more information and to submit your proposal: https://conference.ereignis.no/
ORGANIZER;CN=Torgeir Fjeld: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260601T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260604T170000 SUMMARY:BACK to the THINGS THEMSELVES! UID:20260418T154930Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:America/Vancouver LOCATION:Victoria\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Back to the Things Themselves! \;(BTTTT!) is an annual attempt to put aside the more conventional scholarly practice of textual exegesis and critique\, and return to the lived world to divine the essential structures of experience through careful phenomenological description.
\nIn short\, \;BTTTT!&lsquo\;s \;main aim is to &ldquo\;do phenomenology&rdquo\;&mdash\;that is\, to generate original descriptions of phenomena in the lifeworld.
ORGANIZER;CN=D. Koukal: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260601T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260604T170000 SUMMARY:Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory & Culture (EPTC/TCEP) Annual Conference UID:20260418T154931Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:America/Vancouver LOCATION:Victoria\, Canada DESCRIPTION:The Annual meeting of the EPTC will be held June 1-4\, 2026\, at the University of Victoria in Victoria\, British Columbia.
\nFounded in 2003\, the Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture (EPTC) is a Canadian-based international academic society that aims to promote rigorous scholarship drawn from the traditions of existentialism and phenomenology\, broadly construed. In addition to theoretical work on core philosophical issues and figures\, we are especially interested in providing a forum for showcasing practical and applied research\, as well as cross- and interdisciplinary developments of existential and phenomenological themes.
\nDay One of our conference will be reserved for papers exploring the foundations and pre-histories of phenomenology and/or existentialism. Please indicate in your submission if you wish your paper to be considered as contribution to this discussion. The remainder of the conference is open to submissions on any scholarship of \;existential and phenomenological themes\, \;theoretical\, practical\, or cross- and interdisciplinary.
\n\nLa ré\;union annuelle de la TCEP aura lieu du 1er au 4 juin 2026 à\; l&rsquo\;Université\; de Victoria\, en Colombie-Britannique
\nFondé\;e en 2003\, Thé\;orie et culture existentialistes et phé\;nomé\;nologiques (TCEP) est une socié\;té\; acadé\;mique canadienne d&rsquo\;envergure internationale dont la mission est de promouvoir la recherche inspiré\;e\, au sens large\, des traditions existentialiste ou phé\;nomé\;nologique. En plus de s&rsquo\;inté\;resser aux travaux thé\;oriques portant sur des sujets et personnalité\;s du monde philosophique\, la TCEP offre une vitrine aux travaux de recherche pratique ou appliqué\;e ainsi qu&rsquo\;à\; la recherche multi- ou interdisciplinaire portant sur des thé\;matiques existentialiste ou phé\;nomé\;nologique.
\nLa premiè\;re journé\;e de notre confé\;rence sera ré\;servé\;e aux contributions explorant les fondements et les pré\;histoires de la phé\;nomé\;nologie et/ou de l&rsquo\;existentialisme. Veuillez indiquer dans votre soumission si vous souhaitez que votre article soit considé\;ré\; comme une contribution à\; cette discussion. Le reste de la confé\;rence est ouvert aux soumissions sur toute recherche portant sur des thè\;mes existentiels et phé\;nomé\;nologiques\, thé\;oriques\, pratiques ou transdisciplinaires.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260601T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260601T170000 SUMMARY:North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics UID:20260418T154932Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Davis\, United States DESCRIPTION:This year's meeting of the North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics will meet at University of California Davis. The meeting will feature a keynote address by Dr. Francis Mootz (University of the Pacific) entitled "Law after Postmodernity: Ontology\, Practice\, and Critique."
\nWe welcome submissions on any topic or question in philosophical hermeneutics. While honoring the rootedness of hermeneutics in the thought of Hans-Georg Gadamer\, NASPH welcomes papers on any figure in the hermeneutic tradition and on the application of hermeneutic theory to all important philosophical and social problems. \;
\nSubmissions of 3000-5000 words are due June 1st and can be submitted to nasphermeneutics@gmail.com. More information can be found at www.nasph.org. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Carolyn Culbertson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260611T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260611T070000 SUMMARY:Styles of Appearing. Aesthetics and Phenomenology UID:20260418T154933Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Avenue de l'Europe 20\, Fribourg\, Switzerland\, 1700 DESCRIPTION:In January 1907\, the founder of phenomenology\, \; Edmund Husserl\, wrote a letter to the Viennese Modernist playwright and poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal\, suggesting that the phenomenologist&rsquo\;s and the artist&rsquo\;s methods are closely connected. Husserl&rsquo\;s suggestion remains provocative to this day\, as its full implications are yet to be fully grasped. Undeniably\, for more than a century now\, the tradition of phenomenology has cleared a path for philosophy that departs from argument-centric approaches in favor of firsthand corporeal experiences rooted in the lifeworld. This also entailed suspending or &ldquo\;bracketing&rdquo\; the question of whether our metaphysical\, ethical\, or aesthetic beliefs are justified\, focusing instead on the way things appear to us: phenomenology sets aside the &ldquo\;what&rdquo\; (the mind-independent nature of things) to home in on the &ldquo\;how&rdquo\;&mdash\;the mode in which things are given in our experience.
\nIf this is a valid characterization of the phenomenological method\, it aligns it closely with the discipline of aesthetics\, as founded by A.G. Baumgarten in the 18th century. Aesthetics too\, one might argue\, predominantly leaves aside the nature of what is being depicted or expressed to focus on the &ldquo\;how&rdquo\;: on how things are presented to us by artworks or other aesthetic objects and\, correspondingly\, on what it is like to sense them in aesthetic experience. Gü\;nter Figal even went as far as to claim that aesthetics could never be anything but phenomenological. Be that as it may: uncontestably\, what phenomenology and aesthetics have in common is a shared interest in the &ldquo\;style&rdquo\; of appearing.
\nAlthough Husserl himself hinted at this proximity in his letter to von Hofmannsthal\, his own writings on art and literature are remarkably sparse. While Husserl never wrote a formal work on aesthetics\, Jacques Derrida
\nmaintained that his thinking yields a &ldquo\;latent aesthetics.&rdquo\; This claim seems applicable to the phenomenological movement as a whole: while attempts to develop a systematic phenomenological aesthetics are surprisingly rare&mdash\;with Roman Ingarden and \; Mikel Dufrenne as the exceptions that prove the rule &mdash\;the aesthetic dimension however takes center stage in the work of numerous other authors\, from Eugen Fink\, Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty through Erwin Straus\, Henri Maldiney\, and Bernhard Waldenfels. What happens\, then\, when we look at phenomenology through an aesthetic lens? And in turn\, what is the outcome of practicing aesthetics as a kind of phenomenology?
\nThe ninth iteration of the Aesthetics &\; Critique workshop will address the complex and layered relationship between aesthetics and phenomenology. Topics for discussion include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What does it mean to ground aesthetics in phenomenological analysis rather than other approaches? Conversely\, could an aesthesiological approach&mdash\;as required by aesthetic objects and situations&mdash\;offer a refinement to phenomenology as a method?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What is the relationship between sensible experience and artistic experience\, and how does a phenomenology of art relate to the phenomenological analysis of sensible experience in general?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Can the concept of style help describe different modes of appearing (and of reacting to it)?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How is sense-making inextricably connected to corporeal sensing?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;What possibilities does the artist&rsquo\;s encounter with the world offer the phenomenologist&mdash\;perhaps a heightened sensitivity to the nuances of lived experience?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;How can aesthetic as well as aesthesiological categories help reconceptualizing the multisensorial mediascapes of our contemporary condition?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How can experimental aesthetic practices become test sites\, both individually and collectively\, for transformative embodied experiences?
\n\nConveners: Emmanuel Alloa\, Alessandro De Cesaris\, Masoud Olia
\n\;
\nInvited Speakers
\n\nCharles Bobant (Paris)
\nMauro Carbone (Lyon)
\nMaud Hagelstein (Liè\;ge)
\nAdnen Jdey (Louvain)
\nHarri Mä\;cklin (Helsinki)
\nMarcia Sá\; Schuback Cavalcante (Stockholm)
\nAlessandra Scotti (Torino)
\n\nHow to participate
\n\nParticipants are invited to send a proposal (max 400 words) and a CV to Alessandro De Cesaris (alessandro.decesaris@unifr.ch) by April 30th. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by May 5th.
\n\n\nTravel\, accommodation and meal costs will be covered for all speakers. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Alessandro De Cesaris;CN=Emmanuel Alloa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Styles of Appearing. Aesthetics and Phenomenology UID:20260418T154934Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Avenue de l'Europe 20\, Fribourg\, Switzerland\, 1700 DESCRIPTION:In January 1907\, the founder of phenomenology\, \; Edmund Husserl\, wrote a letter to the Viennese Modernist playwright and poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal\, suggesting that the phenomenologist&rsquo\;s and the artist&rsquo\;s methods are closely connected. Husserl&rsquo\;s suggestion remains provocative to this day\, as its full implications are yet to be fully grasped. Undeniably\, for more than a century now\, the tradition of phenomenology has cleared a path for philosophy that departs from argument-centric approaches in favor of firsthand corporeal experiences rooted in the lifeworld. This also entailed suspending or &ldquo\;bracketing&rdquo\; the question of whether our metaphysical\, ethical\, or aesthetic beliefs are justified\, focusing instead on the way things appear to us: phenomenology sets aside the &ldquo\;what&rdquo\; (the mind-independent nature of things) to home in on the &ldquo\;how&rdquo\;&mdash\;the mode in which things are given in our experience.
\nIf this is a valid characterization of the phenomenological method\, it aligns it closely with the discipline of aesthetics\, as founded by A.G. Baumgarten in the 18th century. Aesthetics too\, one might argue\, predominantly leaves aside the nature of what is being depicted or expressed to focus on the &ldquo\;how&rdquo\;: on how things are presented to us by artworks or other aesthetic objects and\, correspondingly\, on what it is like to sense them in aesthetic experience. Gü\;nter Figal even went as far as to claim that aesthetics could never be anything but phenomenological. Be that as it may: uncontestably\, what phenomenology and aesthetics have in common is a shared interest in the &ldquo\;style&rdquo\; of appearing.
\nAlthough Husserl himself hinted at this proximity in his letter to von Hofmannsthal\, his own writings on art and literature are remarkably sparse. While Husserl never wrote a formal work on aesthetics\, Jacques Derrida
\nmaintained that his thinking yields a &ldquo\;latent aesthetics.&rdquo\; This claim seems applicable to the phenomenological movement as a whole: while attempts to develop a systematic phenomenological aesthetics are surprisingly rare&mdash\;with Roman Ingarden and \; Mikel Dufrenne as the exceptions that prove the rule &mdash\;the aesthetic dimension however takes center stage in the work of numerous other authors\, from Eugen Fink\, Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty through Erwin Straus\, Henri Maldiney\, and Bernhard Waldenfels. What happens\, then\, when we look at phenomenology through an aesthetic lens? And in turn\, what is the outcome of practicing aesthetics as a kind of phenomenology?
\nThe ninth iteration of the Aesthetics &\; Critique workshop will address the complex and layered relationship between aesthetics and phenomenology. Topics for discussion include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What does it mean to ground aesthetics in phenomenological analysis rather than other approaches? Conversely\, could an aesthesiological approach&mdash\;as required by aesthetic objects and situations&mdash\;offer a refinement to phenomenology as a method?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What is the relationship between sensible experience and artistic experience\, and how does a phenomenology of art relate to the phenomenological analysis of sensible experience in general?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Can the concept of style help describe different modes of appearing (and of reacting to it)?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How is sense-making inextricably connected to corporeal sensing?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;What possibilities does the artist&rsquo\;s encounter with the world offer the phenomenologist&mdash\;perhaps a heightened sensitivity to the nuances of lived experience?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;How can aesthetic as well as aesthesiological categories help reconceptualizing the multisensorial mediascapes of our contemporary condition?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How can experimental aesthetic practices become test sites\, both individually and collectively\, for transformative embodied experiences?
ORGANIZER;CN=Alessandro De Cesaris;CN=Emmanuel Alloa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260612T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260612T234500 SUMMARY:Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory & Culture (EPTC/TCEP) Annual Conference UID:20260418T154935Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:America/Vancouver LOCATION:Victoria\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers 2026\nThe Annual meeting of the EPTC will be held June 1-4\, 2026\, at the University of Victoria in Victoria\, British Columbia.
\nFounded in 2003\, the Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture (EPTC) is a Canadian-based international academic society that aims to promote rigorous scholarship drawn from the traditions of existentialism and phenomenology\, broadly construed. In addition to theoretical work on core philosophical issues and figures\, we are especially interested in providing a forum for showcasing practical and applied research\, as well as cross- and interdisciplinary developments of existential and phenomenological themes.
\nDay One of our conference will be reserved for papers exploring the foundations and pre-histories of phenomenology and/or existentialism. Please indicate in your submission if you wish your paper to be considered as contribution to this discussion. The remainder of the conference is open to submissions on any scholarship of \;existential and phenomenological themes\, \;theoretical\, practical\, or cross- and interdisciplinary.
\nInterested authors should submit the following electronically in .doc\, .docx\, or .rtf format:
\nWhile we strongly prefer complete papers\, we will also consider long abstracts (750&ndash\;1000 words\, plus bibliography). Please prepare this for anonymous review\, and submit along with a separate cover sheet listing the title\, author&rsquo\;s name\, address\, etc. Please also include a short CV.
\nThe submission deadline for the above materials is January 12\, 2026. Submissions and questions should be sent to: \;eptc.tcep@gmail.com.
\nAccepted authors will have twenty-five minutes to present their papers and should consider allocating a portion of that time to respond to commentators. Presentations will be followed by a ten-minute commentary and a twenty-minute discussion period. Accepted authors may be asked to provide a commentary on another paper\, or to chair a session. (If you are just interested in presenting a commentary or chairing a session\, please submit a brief note to this effect\, including your name\, e-mail address\, institutional affiliation\, and relevant areas of interest.)
\nAll submissions are subject to a double-blind review process\, and accepted authors will be asked to send final versions of their papers to a commentator by April 15.
\nEPTC is able to waive registration fees for a few participants each year. Such awards will be made according to criteria of financial need and paper quality at the discretion of the organizing committee. Non-tenure-stream participants interested in this award should include a note to this effect in their submission materials.
\n\nAppel à\; contributions 2026\nLa ré\;union annuelle de la TCEP aura lieu du 1er au 4 juin 2026 à\; l&rsquo\;Université\; de Victoria\, en Colombie-Britannique
\nFondé\;e en 2003\, Thé\;orie et culture existentialistes et phé\;nomé\;nologiques (TCEP) est une socié\;té\; acadé\;mique canadienne d&rsquo\;envergure internationale dont la mission est de promouvoir la recherche inspiré\;e\, au sens large\, des traditions existentialiste ou phé\;nomé\;nologique. En plus de s&rsquo\;inté\;resser aux travaux thé\;oriques portant sur des sujets et personnalité\;s du monde philosophique\, la TCEP offre une vitrine aux travaux de recherche pratique ou appliqué\;e ainsi qu&rsquo\;à\; la recherche multi- ou interdisciplinaire portant sur des thé\;matiques existentialiste ou phé\;nomé\;nologique.
\nLa premiè\;re journé\;e de notre confé\;rence sera ré\;servé\;e aux contributions explorant les fondements et les pré\;histoires de la phé\;nomé\;nologie et/ou de l&rsquo\;existentialisme. Veuillez indiquer dans votre soumission si vous souhaitez que votre article soit considé\;ré\; comme une contribution à\; cette discussion. Le reste de la confé\;rence est ouvert aux soumissions sur toute recherche portant sur des thè\;mes existentiels et phé\;nomé\;nologiques\, thé\;oriques\, pratiques ou transdisciplinaires.
\nLes auteurs inté\;ressé\;s devront soumettre les documents suivants par voie é\;lectronique en format .doc\, .docx ou .rtf :
\nBien que nous pré\;fé\;rions vivement recevoir des articles complets\, nous considé\;rerons aussi des ré\;sumé\;s approfondis (750-1000 mots\, ainsi qu&rsquo\;une bibliographie). Ceci doit ê\;tre soumis de maniè\;re anonyme\, accompagné\; d&rsquo\;un document distinct sur lequel se trouvent le titre\, le nom de l&rsquo\;auteur\, les adresses\, etc. Veuillez é\;galement fournir un bref CV.
\nLa date limite pour soumettre les documents susmentionné\;s est le 12 janvier 2026. Les dossiers doivent ê\;tre envoyé\;s à\; : \;eptc.tcep@gmail.com.
\nLes auteurs retenus auront vingt-cinq minutes pour pré\;senter leur article et devraient ré\;partir une partie du temps pour ré\;pondre aux commentateurs. Les pré\;sentations seront suivis d&rsquo\;une dizaine de minutes de commentaires ainsi qu&rsquo\;une discussion d&rsquo\;une vingtaine de minutes. Les auteurs retenus peuvent ê\;tre aussi invité\;s à\; commenter sur un article ou pré\;sider une sé\;ance. (Si vous souhaitez seulement commenter sur un article ou pré\;sider une sé\;ance\, veuillez nous contacter par courriel en nous indiquant votre nom\, votre adresse postale et é\;lectronique\, votre affiliation institutionnelle ainsi que tous vos centres d&rsquo\;inté\;rê\;t pertinents.)
\nTous les dossiers seront soumis à\; une é\;valuation à\; double insu\, and les auteurs retenus seront tenus d&rsquo\;envoyer versions dé\;finitives de leurs articles aux commentateurs/trices au plus tard le 15 avril.
\nChaque anné\;e\, la TCEP est en mesure d&rsquo\;annuler les frais d&rsquo\;inscription de quelques dé\;lé\;gué\;s. Cette dé\;cision du coordonnateur des activité\;s du Congrè\;s s&rsquo\;appuie sur la situation financiè\;re et la qualité\; de la pré\;sentation du participant. Les dé\;lé\;gué\;s non permanents souhaitant recevoir cette aide sont appelé\;s à\; en faire la demande lors de la soumission de leur dossier.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260615T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260615T230000 SUMMARY:Re-examining AI / Rethinking Modernity. Critical philosophical\, anthropological and interdisciplinary perspectives on technology UID:20260418T154936Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Athens LOCATION:Kérkyra\, Greece DESCRIPTION:INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
\nRe-examining AI / Rethinking Modernity
\nCritical philosophical\, anthropological and interdisciplinary perspectives on technology
\nCorfu\, 22-23 October 2026
\n\;
\nConference scope
\nIn recent years\, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed multiple sectors\, from healthcare and finance to education and entertainment. However\, amidst the excitement surrounding these technological developments\, it is essential to critically revisit the philosophical foundations of this plural technology and\, on this basis\, examine the societal\, ethical\, political\, economic\, and ecological challenges it presents. This conference focuses primarily on this foundational dimension and\, through such critique\, seeks to offer a deeper perspective on the notions\, assumptions\, and frameworks of modernity at large. Which modern understandings of nature\, the human\, intelligence\, imagination\, the body\, the mind\, or reason were taken for granted in the development of what is now called &ldquo\;Artificial Intelligence&rdquo\;? Have these onto-epistemological foundations proved adequate\, or have they produced problems that become visible today through the socio-political\, economic\, and ecological crises associated with AI? Also\, an anthropological lens is crucial here\, as AI exposes how culturally situated\, rather than universal\, the modern Western assumptions about the human\, reason\, and technological agency have always been. \;By bringing these foundations into dialogue with alternative anthropologies\, including non-Western and Indigenous ontologies and epistemologies\, the conference also seeks to rethink entrenched West/East divides that structure contemporary imaginaries of both "intelligence" and technological "progress".
\nWhile we wish to approach AI with a critical lens\, this conference is not grounded in technophobia or anti-AI sentiment. We recognize the transformative reality and potential of AI but we don&rsquo\;t align with neo-Luddite efforts to &ldquo\;destroy&rdquo\; or reject this technology altogether. Instead\, our aim is to foster a constructive dialogue that acknowledges AI&rsquo\;s profound influence on our lives while addressing its underlying ontological and epistemological challenges. By bringing together scholars\, researchers\, and practitioners from diverse fields\, this conference seeks to refine our understanding of AI while also identifying flaws within our current phase of modernity that become visible through the global impact of this technology.
\nCall for papers
\nIn this context\, we invite scholars\, researchers\, and thinkers to contribute to a critical examination of Artificial Intelligence in all its forms at our upcoming Critical philosophical\, anthropological and interdisciplinary perspectives on technology international conference.
\nWe are particularly interested in papers that interrogate (but are not limited to) the following areas:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Philosophical and Ontological Foundations of AI.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Alternative ontologies and/or epistemologies that can either stand as foundations for (a different) AI or critique current AI.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; AI and Modernity (drawing lines between modern thinkers and contemporary AI).
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Socio-Political\, Economic\, and Ecological Implications based on elements of AI that stem from ideas rooted in modernity).
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Epistemology and Knowledge Production in the Age of AI.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Constructive Critique Beyond Technophobia (grounded in renewed modern theories -Critical Theory\, Phenomenology\, Anthropology of Technology\, Bergsonian Vitalism\, etc.- or in thinkers who were previously overlooked or not typically associated with AI).
\nThis conference focuses on theoretical approaches to Artificial Intelligence and in this context\, we welcome contributions from a range of fields\, including philosophy\, anthropology\, sociology\, media studies\, and cultural theory\, but despite its theoretical orientation\, the conference also welcomes technical approaches\, as well as contributions from computer engineers\, code developers\, and other branches of informatics\, provided these approaches are situated within the broader philosophical roots of AI. Our aim is to cultivate a space for critical engagement with AI\, which\, while informed by its technical foundations\, transcends the hype and focuses on the onto-political impacts of this field of study and technology.
\nKeynote Speakers
\nAgostino Cera\, Associate Professor\, Humanities Department\, University of Ferrara
\nMore Keynote Speakers tba)
\nConference Language
\nEnglish
\nAbstract submission
\nYou are kindly requested to send both your abstract (max. 300 words) and a short CV (max. 150 words) in one .doc file at: \;aicene.research@gmail.com
\n\;
\nImportant Dates
\nAbstract submission deadline: June 15\, 2026
\nAbstract acceptance notification: July 31\, 2026
\nConference Program: September 2026
\nScientific Committee
\nFotini Vaki\, Associate Professor\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University.
\nKonstantinos Aggelakos\, Professor\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University.
\nAnna Apostolidou\, Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University.
\nGiannis Perperidis\, Adjunct Lecturer\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University.
\nOrganizers
\nPolitical Philosophy and Digital Technologies Laboratory\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University\, Greece.
\nResearch Project &ldquo\;A(I)nthropology during the Anthropocene: Hybrid research and creative pedagogy at the limits of the human&rdquo\;\, funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (2025-2028).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260617T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:18th International Critical Theory Conference UID:20260418T154937Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Via Barberia 4\, Bologna\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Since 2007 every year we organize the international Critical Theory conference in different academic venues. These conferences usually gather between 110 and 150 speakers from all over the world from prestigious academic and non-academic institutions. Among the past keynoters we had the pleasure of hosting major scholars such as \;Deborah Cook\, Peter Dews\, \;Andrew Feenberg\, \;Rahel Jaeggi\, \;Martin Jay\, \;Stephan Lessenich\, \;Max Pensky\, Stefano Petrucciani and many others. \;
\nThe 2026 Conference will be hosted by Alma Mater Studiorum\, University of Bologna &ndash\; Department of the Arts (DAR) \, located in Via Barberia 4\, Bologna\, Italy. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 SUMMARY:The Phenomenology of Desire (The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy\, Vol. XXVII) UID:20260418T154938Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\n"The Phenomenology of Desire"
\nThe New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy \;(Vol. XXVII)
\nGuest Editors
Emanuela Carta (emanuela.carta@uni-graz.at)
Sara Dameno (sara.dameno@uni-koeln.de)
Alexis Delamare (alexis.delamare@ucd.ie)
About the volume
Over the past decade\, phenomenology has emerged as a central interlocutor in the philosophy of emotions\, and it is now well established that it offers distinctive resources for understanding the structure\, intentionality\, and normativity of emotional life. By contrast\, its contribution to the analysis of desire remains comparatively underdeveloped\, if not neglected. This is so even though reflections on desire can be found throughout the phenomenological tradition\, broadly understood&mdash\;from the Brentano School and early phenomenology\, including figures such as Alexius Meinong\, Christian von Ehrenfels\, Edith Stein\, Max Scheler\, and Dietrich von Hildebrand\, to later French developments\, including thinkers such as Simone de Beauvoir\, Paul Ric&oelig\;ur\, Emmanuel Levinas\, Frantz Fanon\, Jean-Luc Nancy\, and Renaud Barbaras. In addition\, recently published materials from Edmund Husserl&rsquo\;s manuscripts&mdash\;most notably the third volume of the \;Studien zur Struktur des Bewusstseins&mdash\;offer important analyses that remain largely unexplored and invite further systematic development.
Against this background\, the volume has a twofold aim. On the one hand\, it seeks to clarify and critically examine phenomenological accounts of desire across the tradition\, from the Brentano School and early phenomenology to contemporary approaches. On the other hand\, it aims to assess how phenomenology can contribute to current debates on desire\, including its nature\, its relation to value and normativity\, its role in agency\, and its social and political dimensions. In this regard\, we especially welcome contributions that examine how desire is shaped by structures of power\, including race and coloniality\, as well as those that explore how desire can be transformed and reoriented when freed from oppressive environments. In this way\, the volume seeks to advance the philosophical understanding of desire while further developing phenomenological approaches to it.
We invite extended abstracts of approximately \;800&ndash\;1\,000 words\, outlining the central thesis\, argumentative strategy\, and contribution to the volume.
Topics of interest \;include\, but are not limited to:
- Phenomenological analyses of desire within specific schools or traditions (e.g.\, the Brentano School\; the Munich and Gö\;ttingen Circles).
- Conceptions of desire in major phenomenological figures (e.g.\, Husserl\, Levinas\, Merleau-Ponty\, de Beauvoir\, etc.).
- Desire in critical and feminist phenomenology.
- The relationship between phenomenology and psychoanalysis with respect to desire.
- Contemporary phenomenological approaches to desire.
- Possible contributions of phenomenological perspectives to contemporary debates on desire.
- Desire in underrepresented or neglected phenomenological traditions.
- Non-Western phenomenological perspectives on desire.
Submission Guidelines
To submit your abstract\, please fill in the form using the link below. Abstracts should be anonymized. They will be reviewed by the editors of the volume. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to submit full papers\, which will then undergo a double-blind peer review process in accordance with NYPPP policy. Final acceptance decisions regarding the full papers will be made thereafter.
Timeline
\n- Deadline for abstract submission: \;30 June 2026
- Notification of acceptance: by 15 July 2026
- Full paper deadline: 31 March 2027
Length of final papers: 6\,000&ndash\;8\,000 words (including notes and references). The volume is expected to be published in 2028.
To submit your abstract\, please fill in and submit the form using the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdUJyOZBt8Awm0b3KS5AIRvFNNmMK0QL8Mx5akW2SeHOa3XvA/viewform?usp=header
For any further questions\, please contact:
phenomenologyofdesire.nyppp2028@gmail.com
Narration and self-narration represent a fundamental need of human beings as historical and cultural subjects. This fact has been recognised and studied in the field of anthropological\, cultural\, historical\, sociological and even psychological and philosophical research. According to various interpretative perspectives\, personal identity is constructed narratively (Bruner\, Ricoeur et al.)\, and is built at the crossroads between subjective experience and cultural transmission of a population.
\nPersonal identity\, therefore\, is not determined solely by psychological-affective development\, pure experience and knowledge of a more or less general and practical nature. A complex combination of elements nourishes the thoughts\, choices\, interests and behaviours of individuals\, rooted in the cultural values\, beliefs\, memory and history of a population.
\nThis\, explains\, on the one hand\, the civilising and emancipatory function of studies and research in the humanities and historical-social sciences for individuals\, peoples and communities\; on the other hand\, it explains the particular difficulty in achieving full and scientific knowledge of facts\, events and experiences. On the one hand\, the question of the objectivity of truth is dialectically linked both to the question of the representation of knowledge and to the question of the correspondence between statements and actual state of things. On the other hand\, the same issue enters into dialectic with the question of persuasion and knowledge interests.
\nIn particular\, the relationship between truth and persuasion\, between argumentative validity and communicative effectiveness\, is a source of tension and controversy. The matrix is clearly Western and has its roots in ancient thought (one can consider Aristotle&rsquo\;s distinction between rhetoric and dialectic\, or reconsider Socrates and Plato&rsquo\;s lessons or Sophists&rsquo\; perspective\, etc.). This is a critical area where the difference between convincing and persuading\, between knowing and believing\, between demonstrative discourse and discourse aimed at obtaining the consent of an audience generates\, in various ways\, tension and controversy that is as much scientific and cultural as it is political and social. On the one hand\, the multiplication of communication channels\, accessibility to social media\, the strengthening of the so-called &ldquo\;infosphere&rdquo\; and the advent of generative AI\; on the other\, the proliferation of economic and political conflicts of interests behind scientific research\, knowledge and communication &ndash\; all this seems to have further dramatised and complicated the critical issues and problems in question.
\nHowever\, as numerous studies in different disciplinary field have shown\, the issue of persuasion cannot be addressed solely in the contexts of mass communication\, economic interests and political manipulation: no discursive practice is free from presuppositions and more or less conscious exercises and effects of persuasion (Perelman\, Habermas\, Toulmin et al.). The structures of persuasive discourse are transversally present in all linguistic practices\, including specialists&rsquo\; ones\, inspired by criteria of scientific rigour. The scientific-cultural universe cannot therefore be divided into two clearly separate areas: on the one hand\, the area of certain\, experimentally proven truth\, the domain of analytical reason\; on the other\, the area of relative truth\, the domain of the humanities and of a reason conditioned by pragmatic\, historical motivations\, i.e. anchored to a particular Lebensform.
\nThis situation reinforces the need for clarification of the relationship between truth and persuasion in the humanities and historical-social sciences\, and for rigorous analysis and discussion of the possibilities and limitations of persuasive practice\, beliefs\, cultural affiliations\, interests and values reflected in them.
\nThe conference aims to promote an interdisciplinary exchange &ndash\; including a critical discussion of case studies &ndash\; between philosophical and non-philosophical research areas\, with a particular (but not exclusive) focus on the following issues\, which are grouped around the main question &ldquo\;Narration and Renarration of Facts: How and When Is the Truth?&rdquo\;:
\n\n- the relationship between truth and persuasion
\n- the relationship between truth and communication
\n- the relationship between truth and the languages of politics
\n- the relationship between knowledge and representation
\n- the relationship between knowledge and interest
\n- the relationship between knowledge and cultural belonging
\n- the relationship between knowledge and ideology
\n- the relationship between identity and (re-)narration
\n- the relationship between factuality and communicative distortion
\n\nOrganiser: Prof. Milenko Bodin (University of Belgrade)
\n\nSubmissions of a long abstract (of no more than 1000 words) and a CV are due by 30 June 2026.
\nAll applicants must indicate the following details: Name\, presentation title\, institutional affiliation\, and contact information.
\nPlease\, send your abstract and CV to: filcentar@gmail.com
\n\nApplicants will be notified by 15 July 2026.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260701T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260701T090000 SUMMARY:Interpreting the New Heidegger UID:20260418T154940Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:I am pleased to invite you to submit your work to a Special Issue of \;Philosophies \;focused on recently published texts by Martin Heidegger.
\nI welcome original research articles that focus on material published in the \;Gesamtausgabe \;in 2013 or later. The articles will familiarize readers who may not be Heidegger specialists with some of the newest available primary sources\, provide illuminating contexts and perspectives\, and open avenues for future research.
\nPlease see the link for further information.
\nRichard Polt\, Guest Editor
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260704T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2026: Climate Philosophy in the Capitalocene UID:20260418T154941Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Città di Castello\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Call for applications: Deadline extended to March 1 2026
\nCollegium \;Phaenomenologicum \;2026: \;Climate Philosophy in the Capitalocene
\nThe theme for the Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2026 is climate philosophy in the anthropocene. \;Climate philosophy responds to environmental destabilization by discussing climate temporalities and spatialities\, eco-politics\, climate justice\, climate affects\, and the ethical and political reorientations demanded by climate change. Climate philosophy also rethinks climate\, partly in response to global heating\, as world in the phenomenological sense and as history and habitat of life on earth. The Capitalocene references the Anthropocene dominated by colonial capitalism and its uneven and ongoing histories. In the first week\, we will question\, in discussion with phenomenology and climate science\, how the temporal framing of climate change is narrated. The second week moves the focus to space by exploring\, principally in conversation with deconstruction and French philosophy more broadly\, how climate change alters the sense of world beyond globalization. The final week&rsquo\;s course draws on eco-marxism\, bio-politics\, and eco-feminism to propose a fundamental rethinking of the political at the end of the world.
\nThe Collegium runs from July 6th to 24th\, 2026\, preceded by the participants' conference on July \;4th and 5th. \;The deadline to apply has been extended to March 1\, 2026\, and \;we welcome applications from within philosophy and related disciplines concerned with the overarching theme. \;
\nFurther details of the topic and the lecturers\, abstracts for each of the three courses\, and application forms are available on the website at
\nhttps://collegiumphaenomenologicum.org/ \;
\nFor all enquiries contact:
\nMatthias Fritsch (director) \;matthias.fritsch@concordia.ca
\nRebecca van der Post (graduate assistant) \;graduateassistant2026@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthias Fritsch: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260707T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260707T234500 SUMMARY:Phenomenological Anthropologies and Forms of the Human UID:20260418T154942Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:In the context of contemporary phenomenology\, the issue of anthropology reappears as an irreducible problem to definitions\, closed typologies\, or normative models of the human being. \;From Husserl to contemporary phenomenologies\, the human being manifests a mode of appearing that occurs in the world\, in the body\, in affectivity\, in relation to the other\, in finitude\, in historicity\, and in openness to what exceeds it. In this sense\, the human phenomenon compels us to think of anthropology without essentialisation\, attentive to donation\, to the event\, to original passivity\, to exposure\, and to the distance the subject maintains from itself.
\nThis dossier invites scientific articles that critically address phenomenological anthropologies\, understood as attempts to think about the human from its mode of appearing\, rather than from a prior definition. The focus is particularly on exploring how the human phenomenon exceeds the classical horizon of philosophical anthropology and opens possibilities for understanding the human being as one who gives itself in encounter\, who is constituted in relation\, who discovers itself thrown\, affected\, exposed\, called\, or received.
\nContributions are expected to engage\, among others\, with issues such as:
\nthe impossibility or necessity of an anthropology without essentialist definition
\nthe status of the lived body and flesh
\ndonation\, passivity\, and receptivity as anthropological keys
\nalterity\, intersubjectivity\, and encounter
\nfinitude\, affectivity\, and vulnerability
\nthe event and its impact on understanding the human
\nthe relationship between anthropology\, phenomenology\, and hermeneutics
\ntensions between subjectivity\, ipseity\, and the decentring of the self
\nArticles may engage with classical and contemporary authors of the phenomenological tradition\, such as Husserl\, Scheler\, Stein\, Plessner\, Gehlen\, Heidegger\, Merleau-Ponty\, Levinas\, Marcel\, Ric&oelig\;ur\, Henry\, Marion\, Dastur\, Falque\, Lacoste\, Waldenfels\, Serban\, Depraz\, Mensch\, Zahavi\, among others\, as well as with current debates surrounding the very possibility of a phenomenological anthropology.
\nThe dossier will be published in Mutatis Mutandis: International Journal of Philosophy. Submissions must strictly adhere to the editorial guidelines\, presentation\, citation\, and evaluation standards available in www.revistamutatismutandis.com.
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260713T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260717T170000 SUMMARY:9th Derrida Today Conference UID:20260418T154943Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:5th Arrondissment Rue d'Ulm\, Paris\, France DESCRIPTION:The Derrida Today Conference will focus on the ongoing value of either Derrida&rsquo\;s work\, or deconstruction\, to the political-ethical\, cultural\, artistic\, public debates and philosophical futures that confront us. The conference is interdisciplinary and invites contributions from a range of academic\, disciplinary and cultural contexts. Papers and panel proposals from academics\, independent scholars\, and graduate students are welcomed. The conference encourages contributions on diverse topics and contemporary issues\, and from any discipline in relation to Derrida&rsquo\;s work and/or deconstruction.
\nInformation about Abstract deadlines\, Registrations\, Speakers\, Keynotes\, etc. can be found on the Derrida Today website at: derridatoday.com
\nAbstract submission closes: 15th Jan 2026
\nAll abstracts and enquiries to: conference@derridatoday.com
\nKeynotes: David Farrell Krell\, Isabelle Alfandary\, Elissa Marder\, Marc Crepon
\nSpecial Speakers and Panels to be announced on website
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole J. Anderson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260713T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260717T170000 SUMMARY:Critical Theories of Fascism - Lisbon Praxis Summer School 2026 UID:20260418T154944Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Alameda da Universidade\, 1600-214 Lisboa\, Lisbon\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:Until recently\, there was a general assumption that fascism had been decisively defeated\, because the horrors of WWII seemed to have left fascism morally bankrupt and politically untenable. Yet\, in the early twenty-first century\, the spectre of fascism has resurfaced. This re-emergence should not be understood as a simple repetition of the 1930s\, but rather as the mutation of fascist tendencies into contemporary conditions. \; One of its defining features is the appropriation of democracy itself. Across different contexts\, authoritarian movements have risen to power through electoral means\, exploiting popular discontent with mainstream politics and using democratic institutions to advance illiberal agendas. Their rhetoric frequently invokes a narrative of national rebirth\, the restoration of a lost &lsquo\;greatness\,&rsquo\; and the reclamation of sovereignty from &lsquo\;corrupt elites\,&rsquo\; &lsquo\;globalists\,&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;dangerous outsiders.&rsquo\; Furthermore\, contemporary fascism permeates everyday life\, normalizing misogyny\, homophobia\, and racism\, and fostering an atmosphere in which authoritarianism appears desirable or inevitable. Its resurgence is closely tied to the expansion of digital media\, which accelerates the spread of conspiracy theories\, hate speech\, and extremist propaganda. Online platforms serve not only as organizational hubs but also as aesthetic arenas where fascist symbols are repackaged in playful or subcultural styles\, obscuring their violent and destructive implications.
\nWhile the ways through which fascism is currently expressed are becoming increasingly visible\, the causes of its re-emergence are more complex\, and so are the challenges they pose to theory. Max Horkheimer famously said that &lsquo\;Whoever is not willing to talk about capitalism should also keep quiet about fascism&rsquo\;\, implying that fascism is always in the background everywhere where capitalism reigns and it intensifies when capitalist realities become unbearable. In this sense\, globalisation and neoliberalism have produced widening inequalities\, labour precarity\, and a pervasive sense of uncertainty and dislocation &mdash\; fertile ground for fascist narratives that promise security\, belonging\, and stability. Yet the Marxist tradition sustained a robust critique of capitalism during the decades of emergence of neoliberalism and globalisation &mdash\; decades in which fascism was widely considered defeated &mdash\; \; but this alone did not prevent its resurgence. Understanding fascism&rsquo\;s reappearance therefore requires a more expansive analysis of its ideological complexity\, attending not only to its entanglement with capital\, but also to race\, gender\, nation\, and empire. At the same time\, as Theodor W. Adorno observed\, fascism possesses an &lsquo\;intrinsically untheoretical nature.&rsquo\; For this reason\, the premise of this Lisbon Praxis Summer School is that fascism&rsquo\;s conditions of emergence and its ways of operating can &mdash\; and must &mdash\; be grasped through renewed critical resources.
\nWith the aim of mobilising Critical Theory&rsquo\;s analytical and explanatory force to understand the contemporary resurgence of fascism and to explore possibilities for its eradication\, the Lisbon Praxis Summer School 2026 will address the following clusters of questions:
\nDie Sommerakademie wird folgende Themen behandeln:
\nEdith Stein widmet sich intensiv dem Studium von Wahrheit. Wir werden uns somit nicht nur mit den Werken Edith Steins beschä\;ftigen\, sondern uns vielmehr wie sie und in ihrem Geist die fundamentale Frage nach Wahrheit aus biblischer\, theologischer\, philosophischer\, anthropologischer und spiritueller Perspektive stellen.
\nDie Sommerakademie mö\;chte grundlegende Fragen des christlichen Lebens wissenschaftlich erö\;rtern. Dieses Jahr soll ganz der Frage nach Wahrheit gewidmet sein. Die Sommerakademie richtet sich hauptsä\;chlich an junge Menschen unter 35 Jahren\, ist jedoch auch fü\;r Teilnehmer auß\;erhalb dieser Altersgruppe offen. Bei begrenzter Kapazitä\;t haben junge Menschen Vorrang.
\nWahrheit. Fü\;r immer verloren?
\nProf. Dr. Tonke Dennebaum\, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitä\;t Mainz
\n
Kann man heute noch von &bdquo\;Wahrheit&ldquo\; sprechen? Zeigen nicht Philosophie und Naturwissen-schaft\, dass wir davon lieber die Hä\;nde lassen sollten? Und doch ist die Sehnsucht nach Wahrheit heute groß\; &ndash\; aber auch verfü\;hrerisch und vielleicht sogar gefä\;hrlich. Wie also kann ein Bekenntnis zur Wahrheit aussehen\, das klar und eindeutig ist\, und zugleich den Heraus-forderungen der pluralen Welt gerecht wird?
Zur Beziehung von Werterkenntnis und personaler Verwirklichung bei Scheler und Stein
\nDr. Monika Adamczyk-Enriquez\, Edith-Stein-Archiv zu Kö\;ln\, Ignatianum Universitä\;t in Krakau
\n
Max Scheler\, einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der philosophischen Axiologie im 20. Jahrhundert\, entwickelte eine grundlegende Beschreibung von Werten und ihrer Hierarchie und betonte dabei ihren idealen Charakter. Zugleich zeigte er die erkenntniserschließ\;ende Rolle des Fü\;hlens und der personalen Akte fü\;r die Erfassung von Werten auf.
Edith Stein greift Schelers Ansatz auf\, verschiebt jedoch den Akzent. Wä\;hrend bei Scheler die Beziehung zwischen Person und Werten primä\;r in einer erkenntnistheoretischen Perspektive erscheint\, richtet Stein den Blick stä\;rker auf die Person selbst als Ort der Aneignung und Verwirklichung von Werten. Ihr Interesse gilt der inneren Struktur der Person\, der Verantwortlichkeit sowie den Bedingungen personaler Reifung und Entwicklung. Die Teilnehmenden erhalten einen Einblick in die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede beider Ansä\;tze und werden eingeladen\, darü\;ber nachzudenken\, wie Werte im eigenen Leben erkannt\, angeeignet und verwirklicht werden kö\;nnen.
Schö\;nheit und Wahrheit - umstrittene Werte in Philosophie und Kunst
Dr. Pia Lilienstein\, Universitä\;t Erlangen-Nü\;rnberg
\n
Rom gilt als Geburtsstä\;tte des Barock\, jener Kunstepoche\, die Schö\;nheit dynamischer\, intensiver\, sinnlicher und dramatischer als je zuvor inszenierte und die die christliche Weltanschauung und Offenbarung in eindrucksvolle Kunstwerke ü\;bersetzte. Die Kü\;nstlerinnen und Kü\;nstler um 1900 brachen vehementer noch als diejenigen des 19. Jahrhunderts mit dieser Kunst- und Bildauffassung. Friedrich Nietzsche z.B. rebellierte gegen die platonische Trias des Guten\, Wahren und Schö\;nen und schrieb &bdquo\;Die Wahrheit ist hä\;sslich: Wir haben die Kunst\, damit wir nicht an der Wahrheit zu Grunde gehen&ldquo\;. Edith Stein\, als Zeitgenossin der Klassischen Moderne hingegen schrieb an Roman Ingarden\, dass sie es im Leben mit der Kultur und in der Kunst mit der Schö\;nheit hielte und in beidem die Harmonie suche\, also im Grunde das Ordnende\, Erhabene und Transzendente. \;
Der moderne Zweifel am Wert der Schö\;nheit und an der Wahrheit von Bildern wird mit den digitalen Sehgewohnheiten und dem Bildmedium der KI-generierten Bilderwelten zu einer Selbstverstä\;ndlichkeit. Gleichzeitig schä\;rft sich in der Kunst das Bewusstsein fü\;r den Wert leiblicher Wahrnehmungen und ä\;sthetischer Erfahrungen als Erkenntniszugä\;nge. Der Rü\;ckblick in vergangene Kunstepochen und ein Vergleich von Edith Stein mit Kü\;nstlerinnen ihrer Generation kö\;nnte interessante Impuls fü\;r das aktuelle Nachdenken ü\;ber diese Fragen geben.
Neben dem philosophisch-kunsthistorischen Teil soll es auch die Gelegenheit geben\, gemeinsam die durch Architektur und kü\;nstlerischen Inszenierung verdichtete\, ä\;sthetisch-spirituelle Atmosphä\;re eines barocken Kirchenbau zu erkunden.
Wahrheit in der Technik\, Wirtschaft und Produktinnovation
Prof. Dr. Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff\, Department fü\;r Wirtschaftsinformatik und Operations Management der Wirtschaftsuniversitä\;t Wien
\n
Welchen Beitrag kann die materiale Wertethik (Scheler\, Hartmann) und Wahrnehmungspsychologie (Fuchs) zum Thema "Wahrheit in der Technik\, Wirtschaft und Produktinnovation&ldquo\; leisten? An diesem Tag geht es zunä\;chst um die Art\, wie Schelers materiale Wertethik in ein &bdquo\;Value-based Engineering&ldquo\; fü\;r IT und KI Produkte ü\;bersetzt worden ist. Hier wird die philosophische Wertontologie fü\;r IT Design vorgestellt\, wie sie heute im ISO-Standard 24748-7000 verankert ist und weltweit genutzt wird. Ein kleiner IT Design Workshop rahmt diesen Teil ein. Ferner wird das Theme Werte in der Ö\;konomie besprochen und wie ein Wertverstä\;ndnis im Sinne Schelers fundamental abweicht zu dem\, was wir heute in der Ö\;konomie als Wert begreifen.
Der Einfluss der Psyche auf die Umsetzung von Werthaltungen
Prim. Dr. David Oberreiter MBA\, Institut fü\;r Psychotherapie des Kepler Universitä\;tsklinikums Linz
\nInnerpsychische Vorgä\;nge beeinflussen einerseits das Erkennen von Werten als auch die Fä\;higkeit\, jene Werte zu verwirklichen. Es gibt psychische Zustä\;nde\, die es erschweren oder gar unmö\;glich machen\, Wahrheiten zu erkennen und sich gemä\;ß\; diesen zu verhalten. Andere psychische Aspekte hingegen sind fö\;rderlich fü\;r die Verwirklichung von Werten. Begü\;nstigende psychischen Faktoren sollten im Fokus der eigenen Entwicklung stehen.
\nWeitere Informationen\, einschließ\;lich Teilnahmegebü\;hren und Unterkunftsmö\;glichkeiten\, finden Sie unter:
ORGANIZER;CN=Joshua Roe: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260724T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260801T170000 SUMMARY:The F-word: autofiction as resistance to patriarchy UID:20260418T154946Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Riga LOCATION:Saulkrasti\, Latvia DESCRIPTION:Feminism gives us a vision\, a framework\, and tools to upend systems. One of those systems is how we think of language and the self. Is it possible to say what is true\, when stories are always already framed by the world in which they take place? What role does autofiction play in our own lives\, in the process of resistance\, in the call for that which remains invisible? The poetic attention inherent in autofiction\, in escrevivê\;ncia\, that is inherent in the work\, is created for and by and to address the necessity of the impossible. Autofiction as an act of God\, of the transcendent that manifests itself in the real\, in lived experience\, and as such is aimed at resisting the patriarchy.
\nIn this symposium we aim to bring together people with whom this theme resonates\, and we ask people to share from their own life\, practise\, profession\, in order to create an ongoing conversation as a way to build resilience. We explicitly invite people to embrace the difference they bring in to contribute towards this shared endeavour. \;
\nAutofiction as Resistance as a method
\nDuring this week we aim to work together on exploring the themes that are central to this circle also in the way we participate. We explicitly invite people to share their insights\, artistic practises and theoretic understanding in a way that invites collaborative thinking. For this reason academic presentations are not accepted\, although a presentation can be a part of a larger workshop. Please indicate in your application how much time you would need for your intervention\, and a brief description on how you aim to use the time allotted to your session. First-time experiments are as welcome as tested concepts. \;
\nParticipants without workshops/sharing of their own personal project/ideas are also most welcome to collaborate during the week in the interactive program. \;
\nAbout Nordic Summer University (NSU):
\nNSU is a space for collaboration between disciplines/peoples/ideas. During the Summer Session several study circles\, each hosting their own program\, will come together &ndash\; participants are welcome to join different circles/programmes during the week. NSU is a horizontal organisation\, being present means you are a member and part of the organisation.
\nCosts
\nNSU offers a limited amount of grants and scholarships. If you are interested in receiving one (which means a reduced participation fee of 100 euro for the whole week)\, please let us know while applying. \;
\n100 euros Scholarship (in shared 4-bed rooms with shared bathroom)
\n1250 euros Institutional price/any room type
\n900 euros Institutional price PhD/any room type
\n950 euros Single room
\n700 euros Bed in double room
\n1000 euros Double room 1 adult 1 child
\n1200 euros Family room 1 adult 2 children
\n1800 euros Family room 2 adults 2 children
\n1500 euros Family room 2 adults 1 child
\n500 euros Camping \;
\nThis includes accommodation and all meals for the full week. The price also includes NSU membership\, so it is not necessary to purchase it separately. Those who have already attended a winter symposium and paid the membership will receive a discount code to deduct the membership fee. No refunds will be given if participants pay membership twice by mistake\, so please mention in your application that you already attended an NSU event this year\, to receive a discount code.
\nDeadlines
\nPlease send us a short text explaining your aim / topic / idea\, how much time you would need to host the experience\, and what materials you would require (paper/paint/bicycles)\, which we will try to accommodate. \;
\nPlease send us your application by April 5th. Especially if you would like to be considered to receive a grant/scholarship\, as decisions on grants/scholarships will be made at the end of April. Deadline to confirm and pay your spot as a grant/scholarship receiver is May 1st. \;
\nOther applicants are accepted on a rolling basis. Final deadline to apply: May 10th. By May 15th you will need to register and pay for the accommodation.
\nApplications and queries can be send to: nicole.nobyeni@nsuweb.org
\nPlease be aware that everyone involved at Nordic Summer University is collaborating on a voluntary basis.
\nAbout the Circle:
\nHow to think/write/be/inter-act without being limited by an already outlined goal/outcome/impact? How to explore what is messy/confused/embodied while accepting that exploration is always also taking place within philosophy/genre/language/life &ndash\; within what is. That is\, our attempt to explore\, to transcend our sites of speech happens in this world and is framed by the situatedness of our lives. Could it be otherwise? This study circle aims to take advantage of the network\, space and openness provided by the Nordic Summer University to raise questions that cannot be answered/grounded/voiced\, for philosophers/writers/feminists and/or/as-well-as those who are other(s/ed/ing). \;
\nThis study circle will explore the liminality of not belonging in a discipline/space/frame/ category/nation. Accepting language as the limit/tool/curse and an unavoidable starting point\, building upon the work of Irigaray/Arendt/Ettinger\, this state of exception of being-with/in/of language is not simple put aside\, but accepted as a reality which is &ldquo\;disturbing\, overwhelming\, and sometimes too close for comfort&rdquo\;. \;
\nThese tensions open up a liminal space &ndash\; how to think/write/be/inter-act within such a space\, while being an/Other\\not-I/(m)\\Other within feminist philosophy? How to write/create/live as a being that is more than the categories available to mark/describe/situate them? How to explore power as a temporary space\, a moment\, political and liminal? How to read and ground ourselves in feminist philosophy while also living/m-othering/PhD-ing? How to even ask/write/question these questions\, without falling prey to the linearity inherent in what/who/why it means to question? \;
\n\nMore information: https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-4-an-other-not-i-m-other-in-feminist-philosophy/ \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole Des Bouvrie: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260724T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260801T170000 SUMMARY:The F-word – Autofiction as Resistance to Patriarchy UID:20260418T154947Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Riga LOCATION:Saulkrasti\, Latvia DESCRIPTION:Feminism gives us a vision\, a framework\, and tools to upend systems. One of those systems is how we think of language and the self. Is it possible to say what is true\, when stories are always already framed by the world in which they take place? What role does autofiction play in our own lives\, in the process of resistance\, in the call for that which remains invisible? The poetic attention inherent in autofiction\, in escrevivê\;ncia\, that is inherent in the work\, is created for and by and to address the necessity of the impossible. Autofiction as an act of God\, of the transcendent that manifests itself in the real\, in lived experience\, and as such is aimed at resisting the patriarchy.
\nIn this symposium we aim to bring together people with whom this theme resonates\, and we ask people to share from their own life\, practise\, profession\, in order to create an ongoing conversation as a way to build resilience. We explicitly invite people to embrace the difference they bring in to contribute towards this shared endeavour. \;
\nAutofiction as Resistance as a method
\nDuring this week we aim to work together on exploring the themes that are central to this circle also in the way we participate. We explicitly invite people to share their insights\, artistic practises and theoretic understanding in a way that invites collaborative thinking. For this reason academic presentations are not accepted\, although a presentation can be a part of a larger workshop. Please indicate in your application how much time you would need for your intervention\, and a brief description on how you aim to use the time allotted to your session. First-time experiments are as welcome as tested concepts. \;
\nParticipants without workshops/sharing of their own personal project/ideas are also most welcome to collaborate during the week in the interactive program. \;
\nAbout Nordic Summer University (NSU):
\nNSU is a space for collaboration between disciplines/peoples/ideas. During the Summer Session several study circles\, each hosting their own program\, will come together &ndash\; participants are welcome to join different circles/programmes during the week. NSU is a horizontal organisation\, being present means you are a member and part of the organisation.
\nCosts
\nNSU offers a limited amount of grants and scholarships. If you are interested in receiving one (which means a reduced participation fee of only 100 euro for the whole week)\, please let us know while applying. \;
\nThis includes \;accommodation and all meals for the full week. The price also includes NSU membership\, so it is not necessary to purchase it separately. Those who have already attended a winter symposium and paid the membership will receive a discount code to deduct the membership fee &ndash\; please contact us before you register to receive the discount code. No refunds will be given if participants pay membership twice by mistake\, so please mention in your application that you already attended an NSU event this year\, to receive a discount code.
\nDeadlines
\nPlease send us a short text explaining your aim / topic / idea\, how much time you would need to host the experience\, and what materials you would require (paper/paint/bicycles)\, which we will try to accommodate. \;
\nPlease send us your application by April 5th. \;Especially if you would like to be considered to receive a grant/scholarship\, as decisions on grants/scholarships will be made at the end of April. Deadline to confirm and pay your spot as a grant/scholarship receiver is May 1st. \;
\nOther applicants are accepted on a rolling basis. Final deadline to apply: May 10th. By May 15th you will need to register and pay for the accommodation.
\nApplications and queries can be send to: nicole.nobyeni@nsuweb.org
\nPlease be aware that everyone involved at Nordic Summer University is collaborating on a voluntary basis.
\nAbout the Circle:
\nHow to think/write/be/inter-act without being limited by an already outlined goal/outcome/impact? How to explore what is messy/confused/embodied while accepting that exploration is always also taking place within philosophy/genre/language/life &ndash\; within what is. That is\, our attempt to explore\, to transcend our sites of speech happens in this world and is framed by the situatedness of our lives. Could it be otherwise? This study circle aims to take advantage of the network\, space and openness provided by the Nordic Summer University to raise questions that cannot be answered/grounded/voiced\, for philosophers/writers/feminists and/or/as-well-as those who are other(s/ed/ing). \;
\nThis study circle will explore the liminality of not belonging in a discipline/space/frame/ category/nation. Accepting language as the limit/tool/curse and an unavoidable starting point\, building upon the work of Irigaray/Arendt/Ettinger\, this state of exception of being-with/in/of language is not simple put aside\, but accepted as a reality which is &ldquo\;disturbing\, overwhelming\, and sometimes too close for comfort&rdquo\;. \;
\nThese tensions open up a liminal space &ndash\; how to think/write/be/inter-act within such a space\, while being an/Other\\not-I/(m)\\Other within feminist philosophy? How to write/create/live as a being that is more than the categories available to mark/describe/situate them? How to explore power as a temporary space\, a moment\, political and liminal? How to read and ground ourselves in feminist philosophy while also living/m-othering/PhD-ing? How to even ask/write/question these questions\, without falling prey to the linearity inherent in what/who/why it means to question? \;
\nMore information: \;https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-4-an-other-not-i-m-other-in-feminist-philosophy/ \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole Des Bouvrie: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260725T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260725T000000 SUMMARY:Phenomenology and the Political: Experience\, Power\, and Methods UID:20260418T154948Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Covilhã\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:International Conference
\nPhenomenology and the Political:
\nExperience\, Power\, and Methods
\n2-3 December 2026
\nUniversity of Beira Interior
\n(Covilhã\;\, Portugal)
\nConfirmed Speakers:
\nThomas Bedorf (Hagen)
\nFrank Chouraqui (Leiden)
\nSteffen Herrmann (Hagen)
\nMariana Larison (Buenos Aires)
\nRicardo Mendoza-Canales (Lisbon)
\nDelia Popa (Vilanova)
\nThe relationship between phenomenology and politics has long been complex and contested. While Husserl famously positioned phenomenology as a rigorous science of essences\, focused on the structures of consciousness and the epoché\;\, he also emphasized the inseparability of experience from its temporal\, cultural\, and historical horizons. His methodological rigor has often been interpreted as apolitical\, privileging descriptive clarity over engagement with collective life. Subsequent phenomenologists&mdash\;ranging from Merleau-Ponty\, Sartre\, and Arendt to Fanon\, Young\, Levinas\, Butler\, Schutz\, and Derrida&mdash\;have demonstrated that these structures of meaning\, intersubjectivity\, and experience carry profound political implications. Their work shows that politics is not only enacted in institutions but lived\, embodied\, and experienced\, and that power\, legitimacy\, and social norms are shaped through both visibility and concealment\, presence and absence.
\nThis conference builds on these insights\, exploring the reciprocal transformation between phenomenology and politics: phenomenology illuminates political phenomena\, while political realities&mdash\;inequalities\, conflicts\, and power asymmetries&mdash\;reshape phenomenological inquiry. The conference seeks to foster dialogue on how political worlds are constituted\, contested\, and transformed through experience\, social practices\, and collective recognition. Particular attention will be given to the relational and structural dimensions of power\, the temporal and historical constitution of political life\, and the ways in which phenomenology can both reveal and be reshaped by these realities.
\nBy foregrounding experience\, structural dynamics\, and methodological innovation\, the conference aims to create a space for international dialogue among scholars investigating how phenomenology and politics transform one another\, offering insights into authority\, legitimacy\, inequality\, and the lived dimensions of political life.
\nWe welcome abstracts addressing\, but not limited to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Methodological Innovation: How phenomenological methods evolve when applied to political phenomena\, and how engagement with political realities reshapes conceptual and analytic frameworks.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Experience and Embodiment: Lived\, bodily\, and affective dimensions of political life\, including trust\, conflict\, solidarity\, exclusion\, and resistance.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Power\, Presence\, and Absence: How visibility\, concealment\, and structural asymmetries shape political authority\, legitimacy\, and relational dynamics.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Political Ontology and Structures: How social\, institutional\, material\, and historical conditions constitute political realities\, making them intelligible\, contestable\, and transformable.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Temporal and Historical Dimensions: Memory\, anticipation\, rupture\, and the opening of political futures.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Subjectivation\, Emancipation and Agency: How political realities shape subjectivity\, identity\, and collective self-understanding\, and how these processes inform phenomenological inquiry.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Technology and Mediation: The role of technology\, media\, and communication infrastructures in shaping political experience\, authority\, and participation.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Normativity and Epistemic Foundations: How phenomenology illuminates the frameworks through which political knowledge\, critique\, and understanding emerge.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Interdisciplinary Approaches: Contributions from political theory\, cultural studies\, media and communication studies\, or related fields examining the reciprocal shaping of politics and phenomenology.
\nWe welcome proposals for academic contributions that speak to the concerns of the conference as outlined above. Each speaker will have 20 min. for presentation\, followed by 15 min. of questions and discussion. Interested speakers should submit a 400-words abstract\, accompanied by a short biographical note\, including your full name\, institutional affiliation\, and a short bio (100 words)\, to phenomenologyandthepolitical@gmail.com by 25/07/2026. Decision notices will be emailed by 1/9/2026. The conference has been conceived as a two-day in-person event\, but if the number of quality submissions exceeds expectations\, a third day may be added. The conference will be held in English. There is no registration fee\, and the organization cannot cover travel or accommodation costs. For further details or inquiries\, please contact the conference organizers at the above-mentioned email addresses.
\nOrganization: Albano Pina and Janilce Praseres (PRAXIS/UBI)
ORGANIZER;CN=Albano Pina: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260808T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260809T170000 SUMMARY:Artifices: technology\, thought\, art UID:20260418T154949Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:EJSMONDA 2\, Gdynia\, Poland DESCRIPTION:Our contemporary world is increasingly enamored by artificiality\, yet the Artificial Intelligence moniker of the latest dot-com bubble triggers profound anxieties. The idea that we can create an artificial intelligence by way of machinic technology is by no means novel in the history of culture. In the Iliad\, for example\, Homer speaks of Hephaestus&lsquo\; &ldquo\;handmaidens wrought of gold in the semblance of living maids&rdquo\;\, characteristic by their intelligence\, speech and strength. To Aristotle\, technê\; \;was a craft grounded in knowledge\, and in this sense AI is precisely a product of practice\, an art. Thus\, it can be argued that artificial is our use of encyclopedias\, as much of our use of chatbots who in turn perform database searches on our behalf. Should not thinking machines\, wrought by our own technological mastery\, be a solace and relief?
\nClearly\, our concerns with AI and the potential chaos brought about by Large Language Models (LLMs) are significant and diverse. We know that LLMs can have environmental\, social\, juridical\, and economic effects that are poorly understood\, but potentially cataclysmic in force. artifices\, the 6th Ereignis Conference\, seeks to bring together thinking from across philosophy\, social theory\, and psycho-analysis to shed light on the complex emergence of AI. We approach artifice in its broadest sense: as that which is derived\, non-originary\, or external to traditional notions of the authentic. Relevant areas of examination and contestation are whether AI should be considered as generating a novel kind of alterity\, prompting us to ask whether the Other is being reduced to a zero degree of algorithmization or manifesting as a radical new ethical encounter. Further\, we can ask whether LLMs should be viewed not merely as models of cognition but as schizoanalytic desiring-machines that actively reorganize the circuits of human affect\, labor\, and planetary life. This necessitates a fundamental questioning of the natural/artificial distinction itself\; by deconstructing this binary\, we reveal how our anxieties regarding the cyborg reflect a deeper lack\, forcing us to confront the structural brokenness of a humanity that has always been technologically mediated.
\nThis conference invites new ways of positioning &ldquo\;thinking machines&rdquo\; in relation to humans through the lenses of alterity\, psychoanalysis\, and schizoanalysis. We seek to explore AI not as a mere model of cognition\, but as a machinic assemblage that reorganizes desire\, labor\, and planetary forms of life. Drawing on the tension between the Other as a source of alienation (Sartre) and a source of creation (Levinas)\, we ask how AI functions as a Big Other or as an instansiation of the symbolic order. Beyond simple ethics or regulation\, we aim to address the &ldquo\;cyborging&rdquo\; of humanity and the political task of philosophy -- moving toward a post-Lacanian and Deleuzian understanding of how modes of life and care can be composed within the shadow of the machinic earth.
\nKey Questions
\nWe invite papers from across disciplines that engage one or more of these questions: \;
\nInvitation
\nWe invite papers from all traditions and schools of philosophy and adjoining discipline (critical and social theory\, psycho-analysis and schizoanalysis\, media studies and arts\, literary theory and comparative literature\, etc.) to address any of the topics and questions above. Submissions should be structured\, well-argued\, and show evidence of rigorous scholarship. Include an abstract (max. 300 words) and a short author bio (max. 50 words). \;
\nSubmit abstracts by June 1\, 2026 \;through our online submission engine at ereignis.no. We will return to you with a notification on acceptance. Registration is required.
\nHybrid format
\nThe conference will be held on-site in Gdynia\, Poland\, on August 8 and 9\, 2026\, and on-line on the Zoom videoconferencing platform for those unable to attend in person. More information about travel and accommodation is available on the conference page. For accepted papers\, registration will be required by July 1\, 2026.
\nConfirmed keynote speaker
\nSessions
\nPapers are timed to 20 minutes and followed by a Q&\;A with the audience. Each session is moderated.
\nPublishing opportunities
\nAll authors are encouraged to submit essay-versions of their presentation to a themed issue of our peer-reviewed journal\, Inscriptions. Deadline for submitting full-text essays will be October 15\, 2026. Note that this journal has its own criteria for submission\, review and publication. For more information\, see the journal&lsquo\;s about page. \;
\nConference fee
\nScholastic committee
\nOrganisers
\nThis event is hosted by Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts and Inscriptions &mdash\; a journal for contemporary thinking on art\, philosophy and psycho-analysis.
\nMore information about travelling to Gdynia\, Poland\, visa requirements\, accommodation\, and some information for those travelling with families is available on the conference page: .
ORGANIZER;CN=Torgeir Fjeld: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260908T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260911T170000 SUMMARY:Historical Narratives and Counternarratives UID:20260418T154950Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Belgrade\, Serbia DESCRIPTION:Organiser: Prof. Milenko Bodin (University of Belgrade)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T234500 SUMMARY:Translation—Semiotics—Music UID:20260418T154951Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Title:
\nTranslation&mdash\;Semiotics&mdash\;Music
\n\nGuest editors:
\nAnna Rędzioch-Korkuz (University of Warsaw)
\nMałgorzata Grajter (The Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Lodz)
\n\nJournal:
\nStudia Semiotyczne (Semiotic Studies)
\n\nhttp://studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/
\n\nDeadline for submissions:
\nthe 30th of September 2026
\n\nDescription
\nStudia Semiotyczne (Semiotic Studies) invites submissions for a special issue of the journal. Papers should be written either in English or in Polish and prepared for blind review.
\n\nThe field of translation and music has been attracting increased attention recently: this is evident in numerous monographs\, research papers\, and conferences focused on the complex relationship between words and sounds (see also Bennett\, 2025: 1). As Susam-Sarajeva (2008: 189-190) has noted\, this relationship appears at best challenging\, since translation scholars are &ldquo\;more comfortable dealing with written texts\,&rdquo\; and consequently\, &ldquo\;end up sliding into a predominantly textual analysis.&rdquo\; Similarly\, Desblache (2019: 58) argues that the two fields\, which are genuinely interested in that relationship &ndash\; namely\, translation studies and musicology &ndash\; remain separate because both are practice-oriented disciplines that primarily focus on either verbal translation or music.
\n\nAgainst this backdrop\, we would like to bring the two fields together through semiotics-based research on musical texts\, believing that this perspective has the potential to create resonance for general translation studies. It has been argued that semiotics is good for translation studies (Stecconi 2007\; Marais 2019\; Kourdis 2023)\, which means &ndash\; at least potentially &ndash\; that there is a good deal of methodological and theoretical capital that can be utilized. Research on translation and music can definitely espouse a movement away from words\, verbal artefacts and textual research towards the understanding of the performative\, enacted\, embedded and embodied nature of meaning making within translation\, i.e. towards a deeper understanding of material processes of cultural practices\, which necessitate moving beyond the verbal fixation and concentrating on more semiotically-informed approaches.
\n\nIn the special issue\, we would like to see how the actual go-between of semiotics bridges the fields of translation studies and musicology. We encourage scholars from across the academy to explore and provide their unique insight within the suggested thematic focus of translation\, music and semiotics. We welcome both conceptual and empirical research. Possible topics include\, but are not limited to the following questions:
\n\n● Can (and if yes\, then how can) semiotics contribute to solving the conceptual confusion within translation studies as exemplified by translating musical texts?
\n\n● How can translation and music capitalize theoretically on various theories of semiotics and vice versa?
\n\n● Can we (and if yes\, then how can we) apply conceptual frameworks developed by various schools\, e.g. the Moscow-Tartu School of Semiotics\, Paris School\, Eco&rsquo\;s interpretative semiotics\, Groupe &mu\;\, Peircean semiotics\, etc. to the study of translating musical texts?
\n\n● What methodologies can we use to research the synergy of semiotic systems in musical texts?
\n\n● How can the concept of &ldquo\;textuality&rdquo\; be rethought when applied to musical compositions as texts to be translated?
\n\n● How can the study of translating musical texts through semiotics help to challenge the traditional hierarchy between linguistic and non-linguistic forms of meaning-making?
\n\n● How can semiotics challenge the literal and the human in translating musical texts?
\n\n● How can semiotic approaches account for the performative\, enacted\, embedded and embodied dimensions of musical translation?
\n\n● How can semiotics bridge the disciplinary gap between musicology and translation studies?
\n\nIn order to submit the paper\, one is kindly asked to submit the manuscript by sending it to:
\nannaredzioch@uw.edu.pl\, malgra@amuz.lodz.pl and studiasemiotyczne@pts.edu.pl
\n\nAll submitted papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261002T170000 SUMMARY:Continental Philosophy of Action UID:20260418T154952Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Faculty of Philology\, University City\, Pl. Menéndez Pelayo\, s/n\, Moncloa - Aravaca\, Madrid\, Spain\, 28040 DESCRIPTION:The aim of the two-day international conference is to explore\, clarify and apply the resources of Continental thought about action and agency. Philosophy of action in the analytic tradition\, while not immune from internal disagreements\, can be thought of as a more-or-less coherent philosophical subfield. While there are exceptions\, Anglo-American philosophers of action tend to share metaphysical commitments (regarding event-causality\, for example\, or the existence of representational mental states)\, canonical references (Anscombe\, Davidson\, Bratman\, et al.)\, and sets of problems regarding action (eg\, &ldquo\;causal deviance&rdquo\;\, the so-called &ldquo\;disappearing agent&rdquo\; problem\, intentional omissions\, etc.). This situation can be \; \;prima facie \; \;contrasted to the scattered and varied approaches to action and agency one finds in the Continental philosophical tradition. Idealism\, Phenomenology\, hermeneutics\, poststructuralism\, new materialisms\, and critical theory\, to name just a few currents in contemporary Continental thought\, are distinguished from one another by seemingly distinct sets of philosophical concerns and vocabularies\, and by diverse metaphysical and methodological commitments. Given the treatment of action and agency in each of these currents is inseparable from specific sets of philosophical concerns and commitments\, it can seem that Continental philosophers do not share enough common ground to talk together about action and agency without talking past one another. In part\, then\, this conference wishes to clarify the extent to which one could meaningfully speak of &ldquo\;Continental philosophy of action.&rdquo\; But also\, working back down from these high-level\, general concerns\, the conference wishes to focus on specific\, field-defining problems of action and agency\, and the resources that might be drawn from Continental thought to address these problems in novel ways. Possible topics of interest might thus include:
\nFormat: Speakers will have 20 minutes to present their paper\, followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion. \;Those interested in participating should send a 400-word abstract to cpa@ucm.es by 30 April\, 2026. The conference will be in English and attendance is free. More information can be found at: \; \;https://eventos.ucm.es/go/continentalphilosophyofaction \; \;
\nConference organizers: Emma Ingala\, Gavin Rae (Complutense University of Madrid) and Sean Bowden (Deakin University\, Australia). \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Sean Bowden;CN=Emma Ingala;CN=Gavin Rae: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261008T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261010T170000 SUMMARY:North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics UID:20260418T154953Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Davis\, United States DESCRIPTION:This year's meeting of the North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics will meet at University of California Davis. The meeting will feature a keynote address by Dr. Francis Mootz (University of the Pacific) entitled "Law after Postmodernity: Ontology\, Practice\, and Critique." The program will feature a variety of talks on topics in philosophical hermeneutics -- highlighting scholarship on the thought of Hans-Georg Gadamer and the application of hermeneutic theory to a variety of philosophical and social problems. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Carolyn Culbertson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20261022T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Re-examining AI / Rethinking Modernity. Critical philosophical\, anthropological and interdisciplinary perspectives on technology UID:20260418T154954Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Athens LOCATION:Kérkyra\, Greece DESCRIPTION:INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
\nRe-examining AI / Rethinking Modernity
\nCritical philosophical\, anthropological and interdisciplinary perspectives on technology
\nCorfu\, 22-23 October 2026
\n\;
\nConference scope
\nIn recent years\, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed multiple sectors\, from healthcare and finance to education and entertainment. However\, amidst the excitement surrounding these technological developments\, it is essential to critically revisit the philosophical foundations of this plural technology and\, on this basis\, examine the societal\, ethical\, political\, economic\, and ecological challenges it presents. This conference focuses primarily on this foundational dimension and\, through such critique\, seeks to offer a deeper perspective on the notions\, assumptions\, and frameworks of modernity at large. Which modern understandings of nature\, the human\, intelligence\, imagination\, the body\, the mind\, or reason were taken for granted in the development of what is now called &ldquo\;Artificial Intelligence&rdquo\;? Have these onto-epistemological foundations proved adequate\, or have they produced problems that become visible today through the socio-political\, economic\, and ecological crises associated with AI? Also\, an anthropological lens is crucial here\, as AI exposes how culturally situated\, rather than universal\, the modern Western assumptions about the human\, reason\, and technological agency have always been. \;By bringing these foundations into dialogue with alternative anthropologies\, including non-Western and Indigenous ontologies and epistemologies\, the conference also seeks to rethink entrenched West/East divides that structure contemporary imaginaries of both "intelligence" and technological "progress".
\nWhile we wish to approach AI with a critical lens\, this conference is not grounded in technophobia or anti-AI sentiment. We recognize the transformative reality and potential of AI but we don&rsquo\;t align with neo-Luddite efforts to &ldquo\;destroy&rdquo\; or reject this technology altogether. Instead\, our aim is to foster a constructive dialogue that acknowledges AI&rsquo\;s profound influence on our lives while addressing its underlying ontological and epistemological challenges. By bringing together scholars\, researchers\, and practitioners from diverse fields\, this conference seeks to refine our understanding of AI while also identifying flaws within our current phase of modernity that become visible through the global impact of this technology.
\nCall for papers
\nIn this context\, we invite scholars\, researchers\, and thinkers to contribute to a critical examination of Artificial Intelligence in all its forms at our upcoming Critical philosophical\, anthropological and interdisciplinary perspectives on technology international conference.
\nWe are particularly interested in papers that interrogate (but are not limited to) the following areas:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Philosophical and Ontological Foundations of AI.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Alternative ontologies and/or epistemologies that can either stand as foundations for (a different) AI or critique current AI.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; AI and Modernity (drawing lines between modern thinkers and contemporary AI).
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Socio-Political\, Economic\, and Ecological Implications based on elements of AI that stem from ideas rooted in modernity).
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Epistemology and Knowledge Production in the Age of AI.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Constructive Critique Beyond Technophobia (grounded in renewed modern theories -Critical Theory\, Phenomenology\, Anthropology of Technology\, Bergsonian Vitalism\, etc.- or in thinkers who were previously overlooked or not typically associated with AI).
\nThis conference focuses on theoretical approaches to Artificial Intelligence and in this context\, we welcome contributions from a range of fields\, including philosophy\, anthropology\, sociology\, media studies\, and cultural theory\, but despite its theoretical orientation\, the conference also welcomes technical approaches\, as well as contributions from computer engineers\, code developers\, and other branches of informatics\, provided these approaches are situated within the broader philosophical roots of AI. Our aim is to cultivate a space for critical engagement with AI\, which\, while informed by its technical foundations\, transcends the hype and focuses on the onto-political impacts of this field of study and technology.
\n\nKeynote Speakers
\nAgostino Cera\, Associate Professor\, Humanities Department\, University of Ferrara
\nMore Keynote Speakers tba)
\n\nConference Language
\nEnglish
\n\nAbstract submission
\nYou are kindly requested to send both your abstract (max. 300 words) and a short CV (max. 150 words) in one .doc file at: \;aicene.research@gmail.com
\n\;
\nImportant Dates
\nAbstract submission deadline: June 15\, 2026
\nAbstract acceptance notification: July 31\, 2026
\nConference Program: September 2026
\n\nScientific Committee
\nFotini Vaki\, Associate Professor\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University.
\nKonstantinos Aggelakos\, Professor\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University.
\nAnna Apostolidou\, Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University.
\nGiannis Perperidis\, Adjunct Lecturer\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University.
\nOrganizers
\nPolitical Philosophy and Digital Technologies Laboratory\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University\, Greece.
\nResearch Project &ldquo\;A(I)nthropology during the Anthropocene: Hybrid research and creative pedagogy at the limits of the human&rdquo\;\, funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (2025-2028).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:The Kristeva Circle UID:20260418T154955Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Buffalo\, United States DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce that the next annual meeting of The Kristeva Circle will be held at the University at Buffalo\, SUNY\, on October 23-24\, 2026. \;
\nThe Kristeva Circle meeting is an international conference that advances scholarship on\, or influenced by\, philosopher\, psychoanalyst\, and novelist Julia Kristeva. The two-day conference will host a variety of speakers from the United States and abroad. \;
\nIn its 11th iteration\, the theme of the 2026 conference will broadly focus on embodiment. However\, given the tenant of the work of this year&rsquo\;s two keynote speakers we \;encourage submissions that address the work of Julia Kristeva in relation to disability\, gender\, sexuality\, and race.
\nWe are delighted to share that we have two keynote speakers confirmed for this year&rsquo\;s conference. They are as follows: \;
\nWe are seeking abstracts that develop the work of Julia Kristeva\, with preference given to submissions that address embodiment broadly construed\, and more specifically disability\, gender\, sexuality\, and/or race.
\nPlease submit abstracts of 500 words\, prepared for anonymous review\, by April 30\, 2026\, to kristevacircle@gmail.com. In a separate document\, include a short author bio with contact info. For more information on the conference\, please write to the local host\, Elisabeth Paquette\, at epaquette@buffalo.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Elisabeth Paquette: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261117T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261119T170000 SUMMARY:Otherness UID:20260418T154956Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Louvain-la-Neuve\, Belgium DESCRIPTION:Otherness\nConference of the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience
\n\nNovember 17-19\, 2026\nUniversité\; catholique de Louvain \;(UC Louvain\, Louvain-la-Neuve\, Belgium)
\n\nhttps://sophere.org/upcoming-conferences/
\n\n\nCall for Papers
\n\nThe Other is distinct from the Self\, regardless of whether the Other is accessible to the Self or not&ndash\;as something that enables self-reflection and revelation through the distance it provides to the Self. \;In this way\, the Other plays a crucial and multifaceted role within the phenomenological tradition. On one hand\, the Other is set in a position counteracting the Self\, while still remaining an essential part of the constitution of the Self. \;As Husserl showed in \;Cartesian Meditations\, \; \;eliminating the Other from one&rsquo\;s experience would make the constitution of experience impossible. \;
\n\nEmpathy \;and \;pairing \;are always at play in the constitution of the \;alter ego. \;Even within mere perception\, the alter ego is operating\, and therein\, the intersubjective sphere is essential both for the constitution of the Self\, and to perceive an object as the Self. The Self cannot be understood without intersubjectivity\, but\, on the other hand\, it is through the sense of alienness (Fremdheit) and inaccessibility of the Other\, a teleological structure of striving comes into play. Not only is the experience of the Other alien and foreign\, but it also initiates a change of perspective in how one sees oneself and the world through setting a teleological regulative idea to be strived for. The experience of the Other enables one to view oneself in a completely new light. This new understanding of the Self\, in turn\, opens up a new horizon\, changing the way everything appears. In short\, the Other serves as the means for self-reflection and revelation of the structure of experience itself. The phenomenology of Otherness is important for the studies of the Lifeworld\, the Homeworld\, and the Alienworld\, as well as in the concept of the halo\, in understanding indigenous religious experience\, in the cultural approaches such as the etic vs. emic\, or in the problem of historical Otherness as means to reconstruct historical personality.
\n\nWe welcome various phenomenologies of Otherness: here\, the Other may refer to a human or a non-human subject\, to the Divine Person\, to any Otherness. We are interested in how the phenomenological understanding of the Other applies to contemporary forms of the Self\, e.g.\, in Girard&rsquo\;s mimesis or Lopes Corvo&rsquo\;s psychoanalytic concept of self-envy. From classical approaches in phenomenology\, such as those of Husserl\, Levinas\, Ricoeur\, or Schutz\, \;to our contemporaries\, such as Waldenfels and Steinbock\, development of their thoughts from concrete forms of experience to situated and generalizable structures of Otherness can be covered.
\n\nThe abstracts must demonstrate familiarity with operative or theory-building concepts in phenomenology\, and use the framework of phenomenology with sources from within the phenomenological tradition. Possible themes regarding Otherness could be\, but are not restricted to: What role does the Other play in uncovering the structure of self-constitution? Is it possible to understand the absolute alterity\, or is a common ground necessary? Is &lsquo\;overcoming&rsquo\; Otherness even a fruitful task\, and what will this task reveal? How can a singular\, united world be referenced\, when all testimonies stem from individual perspectives? What is the difference between the Other and an object? Does the sphere of primordiality play an essential role for the research of Otherness? How does one understand the Other from an etic or emic standpoint ? Does Otherness within spirituality differ from pragmatic Otherness? How does one interpret first-person authority and Otherness in cases of cultural transfer?
\n\n\;Please send abstracts (of max. 500 words) formatted for anonymous reviewing. The abstracts must be written in English and sent to \;conference2026@sophere.org\, and please cc to Miyuki Ono (miyuki.ono@student.kuleuven.be)\, \;by May 15\, 2026. We will get back to you on whether your abstract has been accepted by June 5\, 2026. If you do not receive an email by this date\, please reach out to us. In addition\, we intend to publish a volume containing a number of papers from the conference.
\n\nOrganizers: Sylvain Camilleri\, the main contact \; \;(sylvain.camilleri@uclouvain.be)
\n\nOlga Louchakova-Schwartz (olouch@ucdavis.edu)
\nMartin Nitsche (nitsche@flu.cas.cz)
\nMiyuki Ono (miyuki.ono@student.kuleuven.be)
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Olga Louchakova-Schwartz;CN=Sylvain Camilleri;CN=Martin Nitsche: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20261119T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20261121T170000 SUMMARY:Phenomenology and Media: Mapping the Structures of Post-Cinematic Experience UID:20260418T154957Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Str. Matei Voievod 75-77\, Bucharest\, Romania\, 021452 DESCRIPTION:In the wake of profound technological and cultural transformations\, cinema no longer names a stable medium but rather a shifting constellation of practices\, dispositifs\, and experiential forms. The proliferation of streaming platforms\, algorithmically curated feeds\, immersive installations\, AI-generated imagery\, VR and AR environments\, conversational agents\, and multi-screen ecologies compels us to rethink the very structures of our lived experience. Under the still-contested but heuristically productive concept of \;&ldquo\;post-cinema\,&rdquo\; recent scholarship in film and media studies has sought to come to grips with this transformed media landscape in ways that are still waiting to be fully appropriated by phenomenological reflection.
\nThe present conference invites contributions that bring phenomenology into sustained dialogue with contemporary media theory in order to interrogate the \;manifold facets of our current \;post-cinematic situation \;and map the experiential\, affective\, embodied\, and critical structures that characterize our current media ecology.
\nBuilding primarily on traditions of film phenomenology associated with \;Vivian Sobchack \;and \;Jean-Pierre Meunier\, and drawing on the philosophical resources of\, among others\, \;Edmund Husserl\, \;Martin Heidegger\, \;Maurice Merleau-Ponty\, and \;Jean-Paul Sartre\, as well as Emmanuel Levinas&rsquo\;s ethics of the Other\, Hermann Schmitz&rsquo\;s New Phenomenology\, Don Ihde&rsquo\;s post-phenomenology of technology\, or Mark Coeckelbergh&rsquo\;s phenomenologically informed ethics of human-robot interaction\, we aim to extend phenomenological inquiry beyond the classical cinematic dispositif toward emerging &ldquo\;families of images&rdquo\;: algorithmic visuals\, deepfakes\, TikTok feeds\, immersive environments\, AI image synthesis\, and hybrid human-machine interfaces.
\nBy bringing together philosophers\, film and media scholars\, as well as artists\, we aim to foster a rigorous interdisciplinary conversation about how phenomenology can illuminate\, and be transformed by\, the evolving media landscape.
ORGANIZER;CN=Christian Ferencz-Flatz;CN=Alexandru Bejinariu;CN=Remus Breazu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261119T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261121T170000 SUMMARY:Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Annual Conference UID:20260418T154958Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile\, 633 N St Clair St\, Chicago\, IL\, United States ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T050232Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261202T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261203T170000 SUMMARY:Phenomenology and the Political: Experience\, Power\, and Methods UID:20260418T154959Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-dnjxp TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Covilhã\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:The relationship between phenomenology and politics has long been complex and contested. While Husserl famously positioned phenomenology as a rigorous science of essences\, focused on the structures of consciousness and the epoché\;\, he also emphasized the inseparability of experience from its temporal\, cultural\, and historical horizons. His methodological rigor has often been interpreted as apolitical\, privileging descriptive clarity over engagement with collective life. Subsequent phenomenologists&mdash\;ranging from Merleau-Ponty\, Sartre\, and Arendt to Fanon\, Young\, Levinas\, Butler\, Schutz\, and Derrida&mdash\;have demonstrated that these structures of meaning\, intersubjectivity\, and experience carry profound political implications. Their work shows that politics is not only enacted in institutions but lived\, embodied\, and experienced\, and that power\, legitimacy\, and social norms are shaped through both visibility and concealment\, presence and absence.
\nThis conference builds on these insights\, exploring the reciprocal transformation between phenomenology and politics: phenomenology illuminates political phenomena\, while political realities&mdash\;inequalities\, conflicts\, and power asymmetries&mdash\;reshape phenomenological inquiry. The conference seeks to foster dialogue on how political worlds are constituted\, contested\, and transformed through experience\, social practices\, and collective recognition. Particular attention will be given to the relational and structural dimensions of power\, the temporal and historical constitution of political life\, and the ways in which phenomenology can both reveal and be reshaped by these realities.
\nBy foregrounding experience\, structural dynamics\, and methodological innovation\, the conference aims to create a space for international dialogue among scholars investigating how phenomenology and politics transform one another\, offering insights into authority\, legitimacy\, inequality\, and the lived dimensions of political life.
\nWe welcome abstracts addressing\, but not limited to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Methodological Innovation: How phenomenological methods evolve when applied to political phenomena\, and how engagement with political realities reshapes conceptual and analytic frameworks.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Experience and Embodiment: Lived\, bodily\, and affective dimensions of political life\, including trust\, conflict\, solidarity\, exclusion\, and resistance.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Power\, Presence\, and Absence: How visibility\, concealment\, and structural asymmetries shape political authority\, legitimacy\, and relational dynamics.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Political Ontology and Structures: How social\, institutional\, material\, and historical conditions constitute political realities\, making them intelligible\, contestable\, and transformable.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Temporal and Historical Dimensions: Memory\, anticipation\, rupture\, and the opening of political futures.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Subjectivation\, Emancipation and Agency: How political realities shape subjectivity\, identity\, and collective self-understanding\, and how these processes inform phenomenological inquiry.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Technology and Mediation: The role of technology\, media\, and communication infrastructures in shaping political experience\, authority\, and participation.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Normativity and Epistemic Foundations: How phenomenology illuminates the frameworks through which political knowledge\, critique\, and understanding emerge.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Interdisciplinary Approaches: Contributions from political theory\, cultural studies\, media and communication studies\, or related fields examining the reciprocal shaping of politics and phenomenology.
ORGANIZER;CN=Albano Pina: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR