Since its release for public use\, AI has been introduced in a significant number of industries\, and many aspects of our day-to-day lives. Therefore\, \;Beyond the Imitation Game \;student conference aims to bring together students and researchers in fields such as philosophy of cognitive science\, psychotherapy\, law\, policy making\, social and political philosophy\; in order to further our understanding regarding the effects that mainstream integration of AI has had on the practice of psychotherapy\, work-life\, authorship (e.g. art and research).
\nThe conference will have three different panels:
\n- Human and AI interaction: issues in cognitive science\, psychology and philosophy of mind
\nThis panel is dedicated to interdisciplinary approaches to the mind and potential impacts from AI use and Human-LLMs interaction: cognitive offloading\, general and social skill erosion\, anthropomorphism\, human-AI social bonding (how it impacts theory of mind in humans\, why humans assume - if they assume- AI minds). We also accept submissions that explore benchmarking understanding (both scientific and social)\, consciousness and cognitive mechanisms in humans and AI.
\n- Therapy bots and healthcare
\nSeveral debates have emerged with regards to the social skills LLMs may or may not have developed\, such as empathy\, theory of mind\, compassion\, sympathy\, broadly understanding others\, their goals\, intentions\, hopes and desires. Either lack of embodiment\, opaque reasoning or the uncertainty with regards to LLMs mechanisms at play\, may lead to misaligned\, superficial therapeutic values\, ethical and dangerous outcomes in the case of therapy bots. This panel explores how therapy bots may impact the users\, but also psychotherapy in general.
\n-AI use on law and policy making\, social and political philosophy
\nThis panel explores the impact of AI on law and policy making (autonomous agents performing different tasks\, authorship\, academic risks resulting from AI use)\, but also how concepts such as agency\, democracy\, privacy and autonomy are affected by AI tools.
\nAside from the aforementioned subjects\, other topics of interest are: the interaction between humans and LLMs broadly construed\, AI driven misinformation\, AI and the educational sector\, AI and inequality\, and other connected issues.
\nThe conference will take place on the 9th and 10th of May in Bucharest\, Romania and online. Regular presentations will be 20 minutes long\, followed by 10 minutes long Q&\;A.
\nIt will have a mixed format\, in that speakers may choose whether they present online only or face to face at the event's location (if so\, their session will enjoy a live audience\, but it will also be streamed to remote participants).
\nConference Schedule
\nSaturday\, 9th of May\, 2026
\n09:45 Opening - Andrei Măşoiu (University of Bucharest\, vice-chair -Faculty of Philosphy) and the organizers
\n10:00 - 10:30 Nida Gul Niazi (independent researcher\, alumna of Lady Shri Ram College\, Delhi University) The AI Prophet: Determining the Boundaries of Human Future
\n10:30 - 11:00 Monosree Chakraborty (independent researcher\, alumna Jadavpur University\, Department of Philosophy) Sovereignty at the Threshold of Speech: Large Language Models\, the Foucauldian Confessional\, and the Political Economy of Intimate Disclosure
\n11:00 - 11:30 Gabriele Giacomini (Università\; degli Studi di Udine) Against the Control of Minds: Why a New &ldquo\;Habeas Mentem&rdquo\; Is Needed
\n11:30 - 12:00 Matias Moisio (University of Helsinki) A Counterfactual and Causal Reasoning in LLMs: a Logit Lens Approach
\n\n12:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
\n\n14:30 - 15:00 Johan Largo (University of Luxembourg) Towards a deflationary and operational view of intelligence
\n15:00-15:30 Laura Piccione (Università\; di Torino) Performativity\, impatience and the death of hobbies: why there&rsquo\;s no such thing as AI art.
\n15:30 - 16:00 Bahareh Izadi (Concordia University\, Montreal\, CA) The Failure of LLMs to Participate in the Social Practice of Giving and Asking for Reasons
\n\n16:00 - 16:30 Break
\n\n16:30 - 17:00 Daniel Bjorklund (Western University Canada) [On the Intentionality of Artificial Minds: Two-Tiered Theories and the Human-AI Distinction] (tentative title)
\n17:00 - 17:30 Joseph Aron (University of Alabama) AI and the Intentional Strategy: Ethical Implications for Epistemic Practice
\n\nSunday\,10th of May\, 2026
\n\n10:30-11:00 Florinica-Carmen Cioranu (Doctoral School of Philosophy\, Faculty of Philosophy\,University of Bucharest) Beyond the Imitation Game: Intermodal Ambiguity and the Unity of Sense in Perceptual Experience
\n11:00-11:30 Florin Cojocariu (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Philosophy) Language Models as Rendering Engines of a Textual World
\n11:30-12:00 Tymoshenko Volodymyr (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Philosophy). Large Language Models and the Crisis of Learning
\n12:00 -12:30 Cristiny Sasu (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Philosophy) Minds as Fictional Characters
\n\n12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
\n\n14:30-15:00 Maria Tudoroiu (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences) The relationship between humans and LLMs in the creative act
\n15:00-15:30 Victor Ionuţ Rusu (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Psychology and Educational
\nSciences) Is phenomenal consciousness necessary for mindreading?
\n15:30-16:00 Gina Paraschiv (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Psychology and Educational
\nSciences) Free your brain: Large Language Models and enactive psychiatry
\n16\;00 - 16:30 Dragoş Manoilă (University of Bucharest\, Faculty of Philosophy)ToM without ToM &mdash\; Iconicity in Languaging with and by cats
\n\nBreak
\n\n17:00 -18:00 Keynote Ines Hipolito (Macquarie University) \;TBA
\n18:00-19:00 Keynote Ioan Muntean (University of Texas\, Rio Grande Valley) "Moral cognition\, learning and imitation game in therapy bots"
ORGANIZER;CN=Sandra-Catalina Branzaru;CN="Catalina Frâncu";CN=Daniel Cristian Stancu;CN=E.G. Rosu;CN=David Buciuman;CN=Petru A. Costeschi;CN=Alexia Lungianu;CN=Andreea-Isabela Gavrila;CN=Carol Eugen Costin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T234500 SUMMARY:MANCEPT Workshop on Republican Political Economy UID:20260514T232731Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Since the publication of Quentin Skinner (1997) and Philip Pettit&rsquo\;s (1999) groundbreaking analyses of the republican tradition and the notion of freedom as non-domination associated with it\, political theorists and philosophers have applied the &ldquo\;neo-republican&rdquo\; lens to a wide variety of political issues. One domain where the implications of neo-republicanism are particularly contested is political economy. While some neo-republicans posit that republicans should simply want a familiar type of competitive market economy supplemented by a universal basic income (Pettit 2006\, Lovett 2009)\, many others have argued that the implications of republican values may well be more radical. To truly realize freedom as non-domination\, they have argued\, we may need a property-owning democracy (Thomas 2017)\, an economy of worker cooperatives (Gourevitch 2014)\, or even some form of socialism (O&rsquo\;Shea 2020\, Muldoon 2022). In addition to these big-picture questions about economic systems\, however\, neo-republican theory has much to offer for the normative analysis of more particular economic phenomena\, such as work\, debt\, housing\, financialization\, trade\, and many others.
This panel will serve as a venue for theorists to further interrogate the implications of republican values for normative political economy. We invite proposals that address\, but are not limited to\, the following questions:
If you are interested in participating\, please send a 500-word abstract to mjaarte@stanford.edu by May 10th. \;
\n
The MANCEPT Workshops is an annual conference in political theory\, organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory. The conference offers academics an opportunity to come together in a series of workshops to develop specialised work and engage in lively philosophical discussion. Attracting scholars throughout the world\, the conference is now established as a leading international forum dedicated to the development of research in all subfields of political theory. You can find more information here: \;https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/activities/mancept-workshops-2026/
This workshop will focus on questions of justice raised by efforts to litigate the climate crisis. \;
\nAs climate change progresses\, individuals and groups are increasingly turning to the courts in pursuit of climate justice. As of March 31\, 2026\, the Climate Litigation Database maintained by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law lists over 4800 climate court cases\, nearly 70% of which were filed in the USA. Climate lawsuits have been used to pursue a variety of goals\, including injunctions on fossil fuel extraction\, stronger regulation of greenhouse gas emissions\, the implementation or funding of adaptation measures\, compensation for climate loss and damage\, and even punishment of those who contribute to severe climate-related harm. Climate litigation may also be undertaken for strategic reasons\, in an effort to promote awareness of the climate crisis\, undermine the social license of those contributing to it\, and spur more systemic change.
\nThough climate litigation is often used in an attempt to pursue goals of climate justice\, its use for this purpose raises various normative questions. These include questions about the legitimate role of the courts in climate governance\, and the potential for litigation to reproduce patterns of disadvantage due to the unequal accessibility of legal remedies. Some have also raised concerns that climate litigation could prove strategically counterproductive\, for example by spurring political backlash. \;
\nThis workshop will examine how litigation might be used as a tool in the pursuit of climate justice\, new concerns of justice that are raised by such efforts\, and how such concerns might be addressed.
\nQuestions that papers may examine include:
\nHow might litigation serve to promote or undermine climate justice?
\nWhat role should courts play in climate governance?
\nWhen should judicial interventions into climate policy be viewed as legitimate or illegitimate?
\nHow might climate litigation provide access to justice without reproducing existing inequalities?
\nWhat kinds of legal innovation or evolution might be required for the law to adequately respond to the challenge of climate change?
\nWhat are the ethical responsibilities of legal practitioners regarding climate litigation?
\nWhat is the proper role of scientists\, and scientific research\, in supporting climate litigation?
\nWhat role might philosophers and political theorists play in supporting climate litigation?
\nConfirmed speakers: Megan Blomfield\, Laura \;Garcí\;a‐Portela\, Santiago Truccone\, and Paula Nieto \;Herná\;ndez
\nCFA
\nIf you would like to present a paper at this workshop\, please send an abstract of 300-500 words to m.blomfield@sheffield.ac.uk\, by midnight UK time on Monday the 11th of May. Please include your name and any affiliation. We will endeavour to inform you whether your paper has been accepted by May 22nd.
\nPapers will be pre-circulated and everyone attending the workshop will be asked to read the whole set of papers in advance (anticipated to be approx. 6-10 papers). The deadline to submit full versions of the conference papers (maximum 8000 words) will be confirmed after acceptance\, but is likely to be around August 20th.
\nPractical information
\nPlease note that this workshop will take place on Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th of September. This year&rsquo\;s MANCEPT workshops are expected to take place in-person only. If this will be a barrier to your participation\, please make note of this in your submission.
\nParticipants will be required to register in full for the MANCEPT workshops (September 2nd to 4th) and will be free to attend other panels when ours is not running. This year's registration fees are £\;325 for academics (including postdocs) and £\;175 for those up to graduate level (including PhD candidates). More information about registration and how to apply for a bursary is available at:https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/activities/mancept-workshops-2026/
\nIf you have any questions\, please don&rsquo\;t hesitate to contact us at: m.blomfield@sheffield.ac.uk
ORGANIZER;CN=Megan Blomfield;CN="Laura García-Portela";CN=Santiago Truccone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T141500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T154500 SUMMARY:“Equality and the Right to Abortion” UID:20260514T232733Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce a series of three online seminars\, each dedicated to the discussion with the author(s) of a draft paper circulated among participants in advance.
\nEach paper and seminar engages\, in a different way\, with the moral limits of shaping others. The first seminar will focus on a paper by Areti Theofilopoulou (Warwick) that examines the distinction between coercive control and boundary-setting in romantic relationships. The second will discuss a paper by Christie Harley (Georgia State) and Ashley Lindsley-Kim (British Columbia)\, arguing for abortion rights on the grounds that state-enforced pregnancy and childbirth are incompatible with the status of equal citizenship. The third and final seminar will consider a paper by Nanette Ryan (Singapore) and Joshua Lucza (Singapore) which argues that\, in response to the climate crisis\, children&rsquo\;s capacities for responsible\, reflective\, and ethically engaged citizenship should be prioritized over cultivating frugal preferences in children.
\nMonday\, May 4\, 2026: Areti Theofilopoulou (Warwick)\, &ldquo\;Is It Control or Boundary-Setting?&rdquo\;
\nMonday\, May 11\, 2026: Christie Hartley (Georgia State) and Ashley Lindsley-Kim (British Columbia)\, &ldquo\;Equality and the Right to Abortion&rdquo\;
\nMonday\, May 18\, 2026: Nanette Ryan (Singapore)\, &ldquo\;Cultivating Frugal Preferences in Children: A Response to the Climate Crisis&rdquo\; (co-authored with Joshua Lucza)
\nThe seminars will be held online on Mondays at 2.15-3.45 p.m. CET. \;
\nWe welcome participants at any or all of the seminars! Please email justparenthood.project@gmail.com to receive the draft papers and the online meeting link.
\nThe seminars are organized by Francesca Miccoli (Basel)\, Tom Bailey (John Cabot)\, and Johanna Rensing (Basel).
ORGANIZER;CN=Tom Bailey: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260515T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260515T230000 SUMMARY:New Issues on Law and Philosophy of Affirmative Action UID:20260514T232734Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:Kadir Has University\, Fatih\, Turkey\, 34083 DESCRIPTION:The justifiability of affirmative action has been one of the most controversial issues in the fields of legal\, moral\, and social philosophy. Since late Ronald Dworkin\, a prominent legal philosopher\, argued for a racial quota in the admission process of a medical school (which the US Supreme Court struck down in the famous \;Bakke \;Case [1978]) in his book \;Taking Rights Seriously\, a number of legal and moral philosophers have discussed whether\, when and why affirmative action policies are justified. In 2023 June\, the US Supreme Court invalidated the selection methods of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina in \;SFFA \;Case (2023)\, which\, some argued\, substantially overturned the \;Grutter \;Case (2003)\, in which the Supreme Court upheld the selection method of University of Michigan Law School that considered applicants&rsquo\; race as one of many factors. More recently\, the second Donald Trump administration has taken further step to terminate &ldquo\;DEI (Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion)&rdquo\; programs altogether.
\nIn this workshop\, a wide range of issues will be discussed concerning affirmative action from the perspectives of legal\, moral and social philosophy. I\, Yuichiro Mori\, an associate professor at Kobe University (Japan) and the convenor of this workshop\, have worked on theories of equality and discrimination in the fields of legal and political philosophy (I contributed the entry &ldquo\;Relational Equality&rdquo\; to \;Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy\, \;https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_1134-1). I was a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School from 2023-2025\, having worked on legal and philosophical issues concerning affirmative action in scarce medical resource allocation (my recent publication on this topic is &ldquo\;Making Sense of Race-Based Affirmative Action in Allocating Scarce Medical Resources\,&rdquo\; \;Res Philosophica\, 101 (3)\, \;https://doi.org/10.5840/resphilosophica2024326115). I hosted a special workshop with a similar topic in the previous world congress in Seoul (https://ivr2024.org/html_file.php?file=sw_034.html&\;file2=sw_default.html)\, where I also won the Young Scholar Prize (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8DT-oV4IQg). At this workshop\, I will deliver a presentation\, as well as serving as the moderator.
\nAny paper related to affirmative action is welcome\, but I highly encourage the submission from those purporting to raise relatively novel topics or bring about new perspectives into affirmative action debates. There is no restriction with respect to methodology in law and philosophy\, but those familiar with analytical philosophy are especially welcome. The topics presented at this workshop might include (but not limited to):
\n&ndash\; On the possible domains of affirmative action other than workplace and education (e.g.\, health\, immigration\, criminal sentencing\, military/non-military civic duties).
\n&ndash\; On the justifiability of affirmative action programs against those (typically considered) already disadvantaged (e.g.\, higher standards for Asians and women in the admission process of &ldquo\;Ivy League&rdquo\; universities in the US to maintain racial-gender balance).
\n&ndash\; On affirmative-action-related issues provoked by the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) (e.g.\, Is it permissible or required to consider race or gender when designing fair AI algorithm? If so\, how they can do so in a morally and legally permissible way? Can the idea of &ldquo\;personalized law&rdquo\; [that utilizes big data and AI algorithm] be applied to affirmative action policies?)
\n&ndash\; On affirmative action and inter-generational justice (e.g.\, Even if affirmative action is justified as a temporary measure to eliminate the effect of past and present discrimination\, how should the burden be shared between different present and future cohorts in order for it to be fair?)
\n&ndash\; On fit between means and ends and diverse conception of &ldquo\;treatment as an individual&rdquo\; (e.g.\, Would the best equality-of-opportunity affirmative action [that pays due consideration to all disadvantageous traits] collapse into individual [rather than group]-based redistributive programs? Does &ldquo\;treatment as an individual&rdquo\; direct us toward &ldquo\;more information&rdquo\; rather than &ldquo\;blindness&rdquo\;?)
\n&ndash\; On conceptual distinctions between different measures and principles (e.g.\, Is point-system relevantly distinct from a quota in terms of fairness for individuals? Is indirect affirmative action better than its direct counterpart? How different is &ldquo\;anti-classification&rdquo\; principle from &ldquo\;color/gender-blindness&rdquo\;?)
\nIf you are interested in delivering a presentation at this workshop\, please send your abstract (between 300 and 500 words) to yuichiromori.0418@gmail.com by \;May 15\, 2026. Sending your full paper in addition is highly welcome but not mandatory.
\nImportant Note:
\nThis workshop is &ldquo\;child-friendly&rdquo\; one. \;Both presenters and participants are welcome to bring their children to this workshop if they wish. If you have any question or special concern\, please do not hesitate to reach out to the convenor!
ORGANIZER;CN=Yuichiro Mori: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260515T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260515T234500 SUMMARY:Nature of Law and Legal Reality (IVR Special Workshop) UID:20260514T232735Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:Cibali\, Kadir Has Cd.\, 34083 Cibali / Fatih/Fatih/İstanbul\, Турция\, İstanbul\, Turkey DESCRIPTION:The workshop &ldquo\;Nature of Law and Legal Reality&rdquo\; explores how contemporary legal philosophy and jurisprudence understand what law is and how legal phenomena exist in social and empirical reality. It is designed as an intensive discussion where participants reconsider classical debates in the philosophy of law in light of new empirical\, ontological\, and interdisciplinary developments.
\nThe workshop aims to bring together philosophers of law\, legal theorists\, doctrinal scholars to articulate more refined accounts of both the nature of law and the structure of legal reality. By confronting traditional jurisprudential questions with contemporary disputes about ontology\, pluralism\, and empirical method\, participants will seek to map promising directions for future research and to clarify what is at stake in ongoing controversies.
\nTopics for discussion include\, among others:
\n(1) Concept and nature of law
\n&ndash\; What do we mean when we claim that law has a &ldquo\;nature&rdquo\;: are we identifying essential properties\, common patterns\, or merely theoretical constructs?
\n&ndash\; Is it still plausible to think that philosophy of law must provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of legal systems\, or should we adopt more modest\, pluralistic\, or practice‑oriented frameworks?
\n&ndash\; How should we understand the relationship between law and morality today: as strict separation\, necessary connection\, or context‑sensitive interaction between moral and institutional facts?
\n(2) Legal Reality and Ontology
\n&ndash\; In what sense do legal entities&mdash\;rights\, duties\, persons\, corporate bodies\, or digital assets&mdash\;&ldquo\;exist\,&rdquo\; and how does their mode of existence differ from that of physical objects or social conventions?
\n&ndash\; How do courts and other legal actors exercise &ldquo\;ontological discretion&rdquo\; when they choose among competing ways of construing the reality of contested objects such as death\, incapacity\, or intoxication?
\n&ndash\; Can we speak of multiple\, overlapping legal realities generated by different legal orders and epistemic communities\, and if so\, how do these realities interact in transnational or pluralist settings?
\n(3) Legal Methodology and Interdisciplinarity
\n&ndash\; What is the proper role of conceptual analysis in contemporary legal theory when empirical\, sociological\, and psychological research increasingly shape our understanding of law in action?
\n&ndash\; How can philosophy of law integrate insights from empirical legal studies\, new legal realism\, and social ontology without losing its distinctive normative and analytical focus?
\n&ndash\; To what extent should theories of the nature of law be evaluated not only on their internal coherence\, but also on their explanatory power regarding actual institutional practices and disputes about legal reality?
\n\;Prospective participants are invited to submit abstracts (500&ndash\;1000 words) by 15 May to a_didikin@kazguu.kz and abdidikin@mail.kz.
\nTo facilitate discussion\, participants are warmly encouraged to circulate a final paper by 1 June 2026.
ORGANIZER;CN=Anton Didikin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260515T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260515T234500 SUMMARY:Multilateralism\, International Institutions and the Ethics of War UID:20260514T232736Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Bern\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:International institutions and multilateralism no longer occupy the central place in the ethics of war that they once did in classic writings on war and peace. Whereas Immanuel Kant placed a strong federation of states at the core of his vision for perpetual peace\, much of contemporary just war theory focuses primarily on the rights and responsibilities of individuals\, with states and multilateral institutions as a derivative object of interest.
\nHowever\, recent events such as the US attack on Iran without UN authorization\, Ukraine&rsquo\;s potential NATO membership as a key issue in prospective peace talks with Russia and US cuts to peace-keeping UN institutions bring questions of multilateralism back into sharp relief. \;
\nThis workshop offers an opportunity to discuss new work on multilateralism\, international institutions and the ethics of war. We welcome submissions on questions including but not limited to:
\nWorkshop details
\nThe workshop will be held on 19-21 November at the University of Bern (Switzerland). The workshop will be pre-read and we expect a full draft of the paper by mid-October. Selected speakers will be invited to act as commentators on one of the other papers. We will be able to cover accommodation and part of the travel expenses. \;
\nSubmission
\nIf you are interested\, please send a pdf or word document with your abstract of 750 - 1000 words to Ms Njango Njung&rsquo\;e (mary.njunge[at]students.unibe.ch). \;The document itself should not contain any identifying information\; please include your name\, email and institutional affiliation in the body of your email.Submission deadline is 15 May 2026.
\nWorkshop organizers: Lisa Hecht (Bern)\, Adis Selimi (Saarland)\, Njango Njung&rsquo\;e (Bern)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20260516T093000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20260517T170000 SUMMARY:Tohoku–Berkeley Colloquium on Early Modern Philosophy and Political Thought UID:20260514T232737Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Asia/Tokyo LOCATION:Sendai-shi\, Japan DESCRIPTION:The \;Tohoku&ndash\;Berkeley Colloquium on Early Modern Philosophy and Political Thought is a two-day event devoted to interdisciplinary research in the history of philosophy and the history of political thought\, with particular emphasis on the early modern period. Co-organised by graduate students and faculty affiliated with Tohoku University and the University of California\, Berkeley\, the colloquium brings together scholars from Japan and US institutions for focused discussion of pre-circulated work-in-progress papers. The keynote address will be delivered by Professor Kakko Hiroki (Graduate School of Law\, Tohoku University).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260517T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260517T090000 SUMMARY:Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory UID:20260514T232738Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Viale Europa\, 1\, Catanzaro\, Italy\, 88100 DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\nTowards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory
15 October 2026
Department of Law\, Economics and Sociology
University Magna Græ\;cia of Catanzaro \;(Italy)
Hybrid format (on site and online)
Overview and Aims
\nThe Conference aims to explore the philosophical meaning of legal institutions and concepts\, starting from the idea that the task of the philosophy of law is to investigate the essence of legal phenomena in order to clarify the object of theoretical legal science.
\nThe event proposes a study day devoted to examining the possibility of explaining and justifying\, from a philosophical perspective\, the existence and functioning of legal concepts. Contributors are invited to apply the hermeneutic method&mdash\;understood as a general interpretative criterion rather than a specific philosophical stance&mdash\;and to conduct an inquiry internal to legal practice\, highlighting the nature of legal concepts as &ldquo\;places of meaning&rdquo\; capable of revealing the substance of legal experience.
\nThe Conference seeks to foster an open\, critical\, and interdisciplinary dialogue among different theoretical approaches to the interpretation of legal phenomena\, encouraging a shared reflection on the role of hermeneutics in understanding law and its institutions.
\nSuggested Topics
\nAbstracts may address\, from a theoretical and philosophical perspective\, themes including (but not limited to):
\nthe concept of the cause of contract and its interpretative approaches\;
\ntheories of legal appearance and the relationship between fact and representation\;
\nthe role of general clauses and the transformation of the idea of the legal &ldquo\;system&rdquo\;\;
\nthe philosophical meaning of civil liability and risk allocation in different social models\;
\nbioethical legal issues (surrogacy\, cloning\, abortion\, end-of-life decisions)\;
\nthe philosophical foundations of the concept of citizenship\;
\ntheoretical configurations of sovereignty in light of changing power relations\;
\nthe concept of public interest as a hermeneutic category\;
\nthe legitimation of power and the symbolic function of the Constitution\;
\nthe state of exception as a philosophical-legal category\;
\nthe relationship between norm and value\;
\nlegal language as symbolic mediation\;
\nthe concept of legal personhood\;
\nthe function of judgment and interpretation in legal practice.
\nContributions are particularly welcome from scholars working in philosophy of law and the social sciences\, including epistemological\, ontological\, sociological\, and political-philosophical perspectives\, as well as approaches related to Critical Legal Studies\, Law and Humanities\, Economic Analysis of Law\, and philosophy of economics.
\nTarget Participants
\nThe Conference is addressed to:
\nPhD candidates and PhD holders\;
\npostdoctoral fellows and early-career researchers\;
\nscholars in law\, philosophy\, history\, economics\, business and management studies\, political science\, and social sciences.
\nParticipation Guidelines
\nDate: \;15 October 2026
\nVenue: \;Department of Law\, Economics and Sociology\, University Magna Græ\;cia of Catanzaro (Italy)
\nFormat: \;Hybrid (on site and online)
\nFee: \;Free of charge (no travel or accommodation reimbursement)
\nCertificate of attendance: \;Available upon request
\nSubmission requirements:
\nAbstract (maximum 400 words)
\nShort biographical note (maximum 100 words)
\nFormat: .doc/.docx or .pdf
\nDeadline: \;17 May 2026
\nSubmission via email to:
\nlinda.brancaleone@studenti.unicz.it
\ngiacomo.cipriani@unicatt.it
\nSelection process:
\nNotification of acceptance by \;5 July 2026
\nSelected authors will present a 15-minute paper
\nConfirmation of participation (indicating on-site or online attendance) required by \;19 July 2026
\nPublication Opportunity
\nConference proceedings will be published in a scientific edited volume. Contributions will be selected by the Scientific Committee following a peer-review process.
\nConference Language
\nPapers may be presented in \;Italian or English.
\nhttps://call-for-abstract-int.tiiny.site
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260517T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260517T090000 SUMMARY:Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory UID:20260514T232739Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\nTowards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory
15 October 2026
Department of Law\, Economics and Sociology
University Magna Græ\;cia of Catanzaro \;(Italy)
Hybrid format (on site and online)
Overview and Aims
\nThe Conference aims to explore the philosophical meaning of legal institutions and concepts\, starting from the idea that the task of the philosophy of law is to investigate the essence of legal phenomena in order to clarify the object of theoretical legal science.
\nThe event proposes a study day devoted to examining the possibility of explaining and justifying\, from a philosophical perspective\, the existence and functioning of legal concepts. Contributors are invited to apply the hermeneutic method&mdash\;understood as a general interpretative criterion rather than a specific philosophical stance&mdash\;and to conduct an inquiry internal to legal practice\, highlighting the nature of legal concepts as &ldquo\;places of meaning&rdquo\; capable of revealing the substance of legal experience.
\nThe Conference seeks to foster an open\, critical\, and interdisciplinary dialogue among different theoretical approaches to the interpretation of legal phenomena\, encouraging a shared reflection on the role of hermeneutics in understanding law and its institutions.
\nSuggested Topics
\nAbstracts may address\, from a theoretical and philosophical perspective\, themes including (but not limited to):
\nthe concept of the cause of contract and its interpretative approaches\;
\ntheories of legal appearance and the relationship between fact and representation\;
\nthe role of general clauses and the transformation of the idea of the legal &ldquo\;system&rdquo\;\;
\nthe philosophical meaning of civil liability and risk allocation in different social models\;
\nbioethical legal issues (surrogacy\, cloning\, abortion\, end-of-life decisions)\;
\nthe philosophical foundations of the concept of citizenship\;
\ntheoretical configurations of sovereignty in light of changing power relations\;
\nthe concept of public interest as a hermeneutic category\;
\nthe legitimation of power and the symbolic function of the Constitution\;
\nthe state of exception as a philosophical-legal category\;
\nthe relationship between norm and value\;
\nlegal language as symbolic mediation\;
\nthe concept of legal personhood\;
\nthe function of judgment and interpretation in legal practice.
\nContributions are particularly welcome from scholars working in philosophy of law and the social sciences\, including epistemological\, ontological\, sociological\, and political-philosophical perspectives\, as well as approaches related to Critical Legal Studies\, Law and Humanities\, Economic Analysis of Law\, and philosophy of economics.
\nTarget Participants
\nThe Conference is addressed to:
\nPhD candidates and PhD holders\;
\npostdoctoral fellows and early-career researchers\;
\nscholars in law\, philosophy\, history\, economics\, business and management studies\, political science\, and social sciences.
\nParticipation Guidelines
\nDate: \;15 October 2026
\nVenue: \;Department of Law\, Economics and Sociology\, University Magna Græ\;cia of Catanzaro (Italy)
\nFormat: \;Hybrid (on site and online)
\nFee: \;Free of charge (no travel or accommodation reimbursement)
\nCertificate of attendance: \;Available upon request
\nSubmission requirements:
\nAbstract (maximum 400 words)
\nShort biographical note (maximum 100 words)
\nFormat: .doc/.docx or .pdf
\nDeadline: \;17 May 2026
\nSubmission via email to:
\nlinda.brancaleone@studenti.unicz.it
\ngiacomo.cipriani@unicatt.it
\nSelection process:
\nNotification of acceptance by \;5 July 2026
\nSelected authors will present a 15-minute paper
\nConfirmation of participation (indicating on-site or online attendance) required by \;19 July 2026
\nPublication Opportunity
\nConference proceedings will be published in a scientific edited volume. Contributions will be selected by the Scientific Committee following a peer-review process.
\nConference Language
\nPapers may be presented in \;Italian or English.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260518T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260518T090000 SUMMARY:The St Andrews Kant Reading Party 2026: Topics in Kant and Hegel's Philosophy of Law UID:20260514T232740Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:The Burn House\, Brechin\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts for the Kant and Hegel Reading Party
\nPostgraduate students and early-career scholars are invited to submit anonymised abstracts of no longer than \;500 wordsby email to Peter Moser (pkm3@st-andrews.ac.uk) by the \;18th \;of May. Abstracts should be submitted in PDF format and prepared for blind review by removing all identifying details. Please include in your email your institutional affiliation and contact details. Authors will be notified by the \;8th \;of June \;about the acceptance of their paper. Please indicate in your email if you would like to participate in the Reading Party regardless of whether your paper is accepted. Papers should be suitable for a presentation of \;40 minutes. We welcome submissions that fall within this year&rsquo\;s selected theme (i.e. Kant and Hegel&rsquo\;s Philosophy of Law)\, and preference will be given to papers that bear on the questions listed below.
\nThe Theme
\nIn the Doctrine of Right and in other writings\, Kant tries to give an account of a legal system that is valid according to the principles of pure practical reason. For Kant\, the philosophy of right\, as opposed to ethics\, concerns the actualisation of the free will in the world. His Universal Principle of Right states that &ldquo\;Any action is right if it can coexist with everyone&rsquo\;s freedom in accordance with a universal law.&rdquo\; (6:230) From this principle\, Kant derives a rich system of rights\, not guaranteed in a state of nature\, that must be secured by entering into the civil condition. Hegel raises a number of objections to the way Kant goes about arguing for his system of rights and to Kant&rsquo\;s practical philosophy more generally. Most famously\, Hegel&rsquo\;s empty formalism objection states that a formal principle cannot furnish determinate duties or obligations. As regards the sphere of right\, Hegel argues that the rationality of a legal system cannot be established by applying a formal principle from the outside but must be understood as already existing within the \;Sittlichkeit\, or ethical life\, of an actual community. At the reading party this year we will consider how these different methodological approaches bear on the four following questions:
\n1. What makes a state morally valid and necessary?
\n2. On what grounds can property rights be claimed?
\n3. What is the philosophical basis for criminal punishment?
\n4. What are the foundations of international law\, and what principles should govern the relation between states?
\nThe Kant in Progress Workshop
\nOn the day following the Reading Party (28 July)\, back in St Andrews we will host the "Kant in Progress" Colloquium. \;The &ldquo\;Kant in Progress&rdquo\; Workshop is open to all participants of the Reading Party and aims to provide an additional opportunity for paper presentations that do not necessarily fall within the theme of the Reading Party. \;Postgraduate students and early-career scholars are invited to submit anonymised abstracts of no longer than \;500 words \;by email to Peter Moser (pkm3@st-andrews.ac.uk) by the \;18th \;of May.
ORGANIZER;CN=Peter Moser;CN=Jens Timmermann: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260527T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260527T170000 SUMMARY:3rd Annual Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative Summer Workshop at UC Berkeley UID:20260514T232741Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:2240 Piedmont Ave\, Berkeley\, United States\, 94720 DESCRIPTION:The Philosophy &\; Legal Theory Collaborative will host its third annual summer workshop at the UC Berkeley on May 27\, 2026\, the day before the beginning of the \;Law and Society Association Annual Meeting \;in San Francisco.
The scope of the Philosophy &\; Legal Theory Collaborative summer workshop includes all areas of philosophy of law\, and philosophical work relevant to legal questions from all philosophical traditions. We also welcome work in political philosophy\, political theory\, moral philosophy\, social epistemology\, social ontology\, moral psychology\, normative and applied ethics\, meta-ethics\, philosophy of action and decision theory on topics relevant to law or socio-legal topics.
Confirmed speakers include Mitchell Berman (UPenn)\, Michael Bratman (Stanford)\, \;Matt McManus (Spelman)\, Sarah Paul (NYU Abu Dhabi)\, Wendy Salkin (Stanford)\, \; Rebecca Stone (UCLA) and Kevin Tobia (Georgetown)\, with additional speakers to be announced on our website.
To propose a paper presentation or register to attend the event\, please fill out this google form:
https://forms.gle/K3KdPNkafv8soSrH8
Proposals will be considered on a rolling basis until March 16\, 2026\, in order to enable organizers to send out early acceptances to make it easier to plan for.
Details of the workshop dinner will be sent to registered participants.
It is not necessary to participate in the Law and Society Association meeting to participate in the Philosophy &\; Legal Theory Collaborative May 21st workshop. However\, the Philosophy &\; Legal Theory Collaborative is sponsoring a set of around 10 panels at the Law and Society Association meeting in Chicago\, from May 22-May 25 through our LSA division (https://www.lawandsociety.org/crn17/). This stand-alone workshop will enable participants to receive more focused feedback on their work and get to know some attendees with shared interests before the LSA meeting begins. If you plan to participate in the LSA meeting\, you are welcome to present a longer form of the paper if you are presenting at the LSA\, or you can present a different paper or incubator idea for discussion.
For questions concerning the workshop\, please write to \;info@philosophyandlegaltheory.org
For updates\, please consider joining our mailing list at \;https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/philosophyandlegaltheory
https://philosophyandlegaltheory.org/
ORGANIZER;CN=Samantha Godwin;CN=Amin Ebrahimi Afrouzi;CN=Jacob Schriner-Briggs;CN=Alma Diamond;CN=Gregory Antill;CN=Isabella Mariani: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260531T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260531T234500 SUMMARY:The 32nd World Congress of the International Association Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy UID:20260514T232742Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:İstanbul\, Turkey DESCRIPTION:SW 42 &ndash\; Law Observed: Sociological Methods and Empirical Research on Law
\nConvenors: \;Marco Mazzocca\; Miriam Ferraro (University of Ferrara) \;Contact: \;miriam.ferraro@unife.it
\nOverview: \;This Special Workshop focuses on sociological and empirical approaches to the study of law. It invites contributions that examine how law operates across different contexts\, including judicial institutions\, administrative bodies\, and interactions between legal actors and citizens.
\nThemes include:
\nSociological and empirical methods in legal research.
\nLegal professions\, institutions\, and organizations.
\nLegal practices and decision-making processes.
\nLaw\, inequality\, migration\, and social change.
\nBiolaw and sociology of health.
\nTechnology\, digitalization\, and AI in legal practice.
\nCall for Papers: \;Please send an email to \;miriam.ferraro@unife.it \;with:
\nTitle and abstract (300&ndash\;400 words)
\nAffiliation and a short bio
\nDeadline for submissions: \;May 30\, 2026. \;Full details: \;https://ivr2026istanbul.org/special-workshop/sw42-law-observed-sociological-methods-and-empirical-research-on-law-marco-mazzocca-miriam-ferraro/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260608T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260628T170000 SUMMARY:The 32nd World Congress of the International Association Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy UID:20260514T232743Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:İstanbul\, Turkey ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260608T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260628T170000 SUMMARY:The 32nd World Congress of the International Association Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy UID:20260514T232744Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:İstanbul\, Turkey ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260610T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260610T234500 SUMMARY:'Sex between Law and Morality' IVR Special Workshop UID:20260514T232745Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:İstanbul\, Turkey DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers
\nIVR World Congress in Istambul\, \; June 28 &ndash\; July 3\, 2026 \;
\nSpecial Workshop "Sex between Law and Morality"
\n"Sexual autonomy is one of the most important as well as fragile aspects of human lives. Any violation of it is perceived as a serious moral wrong\, often deserving of criminal punishment. However\, the understanding of what constitutes sexual autonomy and what can infringe on it is subject to dynamic change in response to various social shifts. Questions about consent limits\, implications of unequal power dynamics for sexual relationships or morally grey areas of sex remain fundamentally relevant for both philosophy and law.
\nThis workshop invites contributions that explore sex and sexual autonomy from the perspective of moral philosophy\, ethics\, feminist studies\, and legal theory. Papers may engage in a critique of existing frameworks regarding sexual ethics\, analyse challenges arising for the protection of sexual autonomy in law or contribute to debates regarding so-called &ldquo\;grey rape&rdquo\;. The aim of the workshop is to foster careful philosophical analysis and provide a forum for exploring how current understandings of sex\, consent\, and sexual autonomy can be defended\, reinterpreted\, or contested in light of contemporary political and legal challenges.
\nSuggested topics include (but are not limited to):
\nThe limits of criminalisation: how far can we go in the protection of sexual autonomy?
\nEthics and legal regulation of sexual relations in liberal and illiberal frameworks
\nFeminist approaches and critiques of unequal power dynamics in sexual ethics
\nThe scope of sexual consent and its grey areas
\nFolk understanding of sex: experimental jurisprudence in studies on sexual ethics
\nIs there a right to sex?
\n#MeToo: what are the lasting implications of the movement?
\nEthics of belief and epistemology in sexual relationships"
\nOrganizational Information
\nConvenors: Klaudyna Horniczak (Jagiellonian University)\, Maciej Juzaszek (University of Silesia in Katowice)\, and Karolina Śliwecka (Jagiellonian University).
\nContact: maciej.juzaszek@us.edu.pl
\nAbstracts of no more than 500 words should be submitted no later than June 10\, 2026\, to:
\nmaciej.juzaszek@us.edu.pl
\nNotifications of acceptance will be sent on a rolling basis\, no later than June 12 2026. Applicants are kindly reminded of the registration deadlines: regular registration ends on April 30\, 2026\, and late registration closes on June 15\, 2026. https://ivr2026istanbul.org/registration/
ORGANIZER;CN=Maciej Juzaszek;CN="Karolina Śliwecka";CN=Klaudyna Horniczak: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:POLEMO – GOODINT Symposium: Justice\, Integration & Democracy UID:20260514T232746Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Quellenstraße 51\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1100 DESCRIPTION:The Political\, Legal\, and Moral Philosophy Research Group (POLEMO) at Central European University kindly invites submissions for its annual conference\, the 7th POLEMO Symposium\, which will take place on \;the 11th and 12th of June 2026 in Vienna\, Austria.
\nThe Symposium provides a professional\, stimulating\, and international environment for PhD students and early career researchers in political\, legal\, and moral philosophy to discuss their works in progress\, establish informal networks\, and initiate future collaborative research.
\nWe are delighted to announce that our keynote speakers for the 2026 Symposium will be:
\nWe welcome early-career researchers in political theory and political philosophy to submit \;abstracts of 700 words or less by email to \;polemo@ceu.edu \;by the deadline of 1st March 2026.
\nAbstracts should be in PDF format and fully prepared for blind review. \;Please include your name\, institutional affiliation\, and contact information in the body of your email. Papers should be suitable for a 20-minute presentation. We will endeavour \;to communicate a decision by the 1st April 2026.
\nThe conference will be held at CEU's campus in Vienna. It is planned as a fully in-person event.
\nAttendance is free of charge and open to anyone upon registration. Please note that POLEMO is unable to provide financial assistance for participants though lunches\, coffee breaks\, and a conference dinner will be covered for participants over the duration of the conference. \;
\nIf you have any questions\, please contact us at \;polemo@ceu.edu. For more information\, please see the details of previous symposia \;here.
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew Haji-Michael: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Legal Philosophy Workshop 2026 UID:20260514T232747Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Chicago-Kent College of Law\, 565 West Adams Street\, Chicago\, United States\, 60661 DESCRIPTION:The Legal Philosophy Workshop (LPW) is an annual conference designed to foster reflection on the nature of law and the philosophical issues underlying its different areas. Our aim is to promote work that connects legal philosophy with other branches of philosophy (e.g. moral and political philosophy\, metaphysics\, philosophy of language\, epistemology\, or philosophy of action) and to create a venue for the critical examination of different viewpoints about law.
\nLPW 2026 will be hosted on \;June 11-12 \;at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. \;You can find the Call for Abstracts here. \;The LPW is an annual\, read-ahead\, event\, hosted in venues alternating between North America and Europe. \;Previous workshops \;have been hosted by the University of Amsterdam\, University of Michigan\, \; \;Trinity College Dublin\, \;the University of Pennsylvania\, University of Edinburgh\, Queens University\, University College London\, Rutgers University\, University of Surrey\, and the University of Southern California. \;
\nIf you would like to be on our mailing list\, attend\, or host a future LPW\, \;please join the Legal Philosophy Workshop Google Group. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Wendy Salkin;CN=Raff Donelson;CN=Hadassa Anne Noorda: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T170000 SUMMARY:4th Annual Conference of The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy UID:20260514T232748Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Worcester College\, Oxford\, United Kingdom\, OX1 2HB DESCRIPTION:The purpose of this annual conference is to provide an interactive forum for new work by women in legal theory and philosophy of law whose methodology is analytic. \; The conference draws primarily from women in North America\, Europe and the United Kingdom. \; Participants include both students and professionals. \; The event is hybrid and pre-read. \; In-person attendance is by invitation only\, but all are welcome to register to attend virtually using this link:
\n\;https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/019cbaa8ad1a7a3492d4403f512ab706
\nPapers will be available online two weeks in advance. Links to join will be sent out one week in advance.
ORGANIZER;CN=Michelle Dempsey;CN=Kara Woodbury-Smith: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260625T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:2nd Dortmund Disputes on Economic Justice UID:20260514T232749Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Dortmund\, Germany DESCRIPTION:2nd Dortmund Disputes on Economic Justice
\nDate: June 25 and 26\, 2026.
\nPlace: Dortmund\, Germany
\nKeynotes: Chiara Cordelli (University of Chicago)\, Bas van der Vossen (Chapman University)
\nThe annual &lsquo\;Dortmund Disputes on Economic Justice&rsquo\; serve as a forum for discussing questions of economic justice\, including the role of markets\, the nature of property\, the justifiability of taxes\, the importance of workplace democracy\, the problem of economic inequality\, and\, more generally\, the merits of capitalism and socialism. While debates on economic justice often occur within specific political camps\, the Dortmund Disputes aim to foster discussion across political boundaries by bringing together scholars with diverse outlooks&mdash\;liberal egalitarian\, libertarian\, socialist\, conservative\, or otherwise&mdash\;who share the goal of advancing our understanding of economic justice.
\nFollowing the successful first installment in 2025\, which featured Miranda Fleischer and Nicholas Vrousalis\, the second installment will take place on June 25&ndash\;26\, 2026. The keynote speakers are Chiara Cordelli and Bas van der Vossen. Chiara Cordelli\, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago\, works on social and political philosophy\, especially political economy and democratic theory. She is the author of The Privatized State (2020)\, a Kantian critique of privatization that develops a democratic theory of public administration. Bas van der Vossen\, Professor in the Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy and the Philosophy Department at Chapman University\, works on political philosophy\, with a focus on political economy\, global justice\, and property rights. His books include In Defense of Openness (2018) and Debating Humanitarian Intervention (2017).
\nCONFERENCE PROGRAM
\nJune 24\, 2026 (Wednesday)
\n19.00: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Welcome Dinner (restaurant tba)
\nJune 25\, 2026 (Thursday)
\n09.30 &ndash\; 10.00: \; \; \; Welcome/Registration
\n10.00 &ndash\; 11.15: \; \; \; Pascal Brixel (Northwestern): Freedom\, Power\, and Private Property in the Means of Production
\n11.15 &ndash\; 11.30: \; \; \; Coffee break
\n11.30 &ndash\; 12.45: \; \; \; Garance Coggins(University of Southern Denmark): Do cosmopolitans have reason to embrace limitarianism as a partial principle of distributive justice?
\n12.45 &ndash\; 13:45: \; \; \; Lunch
\n13.45 &ndash\; 15.00: \; \; \; Thomas R. Wells (Leiden)\, Felix Hohlfeld (Graz): Justice for the Global Poor Requires Pro-Growth Policies by Rich Countries
\n15.00 &ndash\; 15.15: \; \; \; Coffee break
\n15:15 &ndash\; 16.30: \; \; \;Caleb Althorpe (Utrecht): Economic Democracy and Growth in Times of Ecological Crisis
\n16.30 &ndash\; 16.45: \; \; \; Coffee break
\n16.45 &ndash\; 18.15: \; \; \; Keynote 1: Chiara Cordelli (Chicago): Capitalism\, Alienation\, and the Rule of None
\n19.00: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Conference Dinner (restaurant tba)
\nJune 26\, 2026 (Friday)
\n09.00 &ndash\; 10.15: \; \; Franz Dietrich (PSE)\, Kai Spiekermann(LSE): The institutional Dilemma of Markets: Between Fit and Generation
\n10.15 &ndash\; 10.30: \; \; Coffee break
\n10.30 &ndash\; 11.45: \; \; Amy Thompson (Oxford): What do we object to when we object to markets?
\n11.45 &ndash\; 12.45: \; \; Lunch
\n12.45 &ndash\; 14:00: \; \; \;Philipp Stehr (Munich): Strikes as a contestatory means: Between self-defence and expression
\n14.00 &ndash\; 14.15: \; \; Coffee break
\n14.15 &ndash\; 15.30: \; \; Denise Celentano (Montré\;al): Ghost Work: Conceptual and Normative Concerns
\n15:30 &ndash\; 15.45: \; \; Coffee break
\n15.45 &ndash\; 17.15: \; \; Keynote 2: Bas van der Vossen (Chapman University): Labor\, Value\, and Lockean Appropriation.
\nIf you are interested in attending the conference\, please send an email to jonas.harney@tu-dortmund.de. Participation is free of charge but registration is required. The registration deadline is June 14\, 2026\, but since places are limited\, we recommend early registration. Please also indicate in the email whether you wish to attend the dinners (welcome dinner\, conference dinner).
\nOrganizers of the Conference: Jonas Harney\, Peter Kö\;nigs
\nOrganizers of the Conference Series: Jonas Harney\, Peter Kö\;nigs\, Christian Neuhä\;user\, Lea Prix\, Dick Timmer (TU Dortmund University)
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonas Harney;CN="Peter Königs": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260628T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:IVR 2026 Istanbul UID:20260514T232750Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:Kadir Has University\, İstanbul\, Turkey DESCRIPTION:We propose to organize the IVR Congress 2026 with the aim of deepening the relationship between law and philosophy in the face of the complex problems of today&rsquo\;s world. In our times\, the task of philosophical thought is not only to identify problems\, but also to examine their origins and possible solutions from an ethical perspective. Similarly\, law must develop new approaches to the protection of human rights and the realization of justice today.
\nFirst\, we must ask what role law can play in addressing the urgent problems of our times such as climate crisis\, poverty\, migration\, and the various conflicts. These issues are not only technical or political\, but also ethical. Legal systems must approach these challenges from a perspective that places at the center human dignity.
\nSecond\, we have to rethink the legal framework needed to protect human rights in a globalized world. Human rights are ethical principles based on the knowledge of the value of the human being. The law must develop universal mechanisms that can protect these rights in different cultural and social contexts.
\nThird\, the impact of technological developments on human life and society requires philosophical inquiry beyond legal regulation. Artificial intelligence and digital technologies force us to reevaluate fundamental values such as human autonomy\, privacy\, and freedom. Our congress will provide a platform to discuss the impact of these technological changes on the basic concepts of law.
\nFinally\, the theme &ldquo\;Law in the Face of the Changing Problems of the World &rdquo\; emphasizes the critical and constructive role of legal thought. Law should not only react to existing problems\, but also provide guiding principles for a more just and humane world order.
\nBy bringing together academics\, legal practitioners and philosophers from a variety of disciplines\, this congress aims to contribute to an in-depth reflection on how law can be more effective in the face of the changing problems of the world.
\nPlease send an email to info@ivr2026istanbul.org in case of any query.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260628T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:'Sex between Law and Morality' IVR Special Workshop UID:20260514T232751Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:İstanbul\, Turkey ORGANIZER;CN=Maciej Juzaszek;CN="Karolina Śliwecka";CN=Klaudyna Horniczak: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260629T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:Nature of Law and Legal Reality (IVR Special Workshop) UID:20260514T232752Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:Cibali\, Kadir Has Cd.\, 34083 Cibali / Fatih/Fatih/İstanbul\, Турция\, İstanbul\, Turkey DESCRIPTION:The workshop &ldquo\;Nature of Law and Legal Reality&rdquo\; explores how contemporary legal philosophy and jurisprudence understand what law is and how legal phenomena exist in social and empirical reality. It is designed as an intensive discussion where participants reconsider classical debates in the philosophy of law in light of new empirical\, ontological\, and interdisciplinary developments.
\nThe workshop aims to bring together philosophers of law\, legal theorists\, doctrinal scholars to articulate more refined accounts of both the nature of law and the structure of legal reality. By confronting traditional jurisprudential questions with contemporary disputes about ontology\, pluralism\, and empirical method\, participants will seek to map promising directions for future research and to clarify what is at stake in ongoing controversies.
\nTopics for discussion include\, among others:
\n(1) Concept and nature of law
\n&ndash\; What do we mean when we claim that law has a &ldquo\;nature&rdquo\;: are we identifying essential properties\, common patterns\, or merely theoretical constructs?
\n&ndash\; Is it still plausible to think that philosophy of law must provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of legal systems\, or should we adopt more modest\, pluralistic\, or practice‑oriented frameworks?
\n&ndash\; How should we understand the relationship between law and morality today: as strict separation\, necessary connection\, or context‑sensitive interaction between moral and institutional facts?
\n(2) Legal Reality and Ontology
\n&ndash\; In what sense do legal entities&mdash\;rights\, duties\, persons\, corporate bodies\, or digital assets&mdash\;&ldquo\;exist\,&rdquo\; and how does their mode of existence differ from that of physical objects or social conventions?
\n&ndash\; How do courts and other legal actors exercise &ldquo\;ontological discretion&rdquo\; when they choose among competing ways of construing the reality of contested objects such as death\, incapacity\, or intoxication?
\n&ndash\; Can we speak of multiple\, overlapping legal realities generated by different legal orders and epistemic communities\, and if so\, how do these realities interact in transnational or pluralist settings?
\n(3) Legal Methodology and Interdisciplinarity
\n&ndash\; What is the proper role of conceptual analysis in contemporary legal theory when empirical\, sociological\, and psychological research increasingly shape our understanding of law in action?
\n&ndash\; How can philosophy of law integrate insights from empirical legal studies\, new legal realism\, and social ontology without losing its distinctive normative and analytical focus?
\n&ndash\; To what extent should theories of the nature of law be evaluated not only on their internal coherence\, but also on their explanatory power regarding actual institutional practices and disputes about legal reality?
\n\;Prospective participants are invited to submit abstracts (500&ndash\;1000 words) by 15 May to a_didikin@kazguu.kz and abdidikin@mail.kz.
\nTo facilitate discussion\, participants are warmly encouraged to circulate a final paper by 1 June 2026.
ORGANIZER;CN=Anton Didikin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260702T161500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260702T170000 SUMMARY:New Issues on Law and Philosophy of Affirmative Action UID:20260514T232753Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:Kadir Has University\, Fatih\, Turkey\, 34083 DESCRIPTION:The justifiability of affirmative action has been one of the most controversial issues in the fields of legal\, moral\, and social philosophy. Since late Ronald Dworkin\, a prominent legal philosopher\, argued for a racial quota in the admission process of a medical school (which the US Supreme Court struck down in the famous \;Bakke \;Case [1978]) in his book \;Taking Rights Seriously\, a number of legal and moral philosophers have discussed whether\, when and why affirmative action policies are justified. In 2023 June\, the US Supreme Court invalidated the selection methods of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina in \;SFFA \;Case (2023)\, which\, some argued\, substantially overturned the \;Grutter \;Case (2003)\, in which the Supreme Court upheld the selection method of University of Michigan Law School that considered applicants&rsquo\; race as one of many factors. More recently\, the second Donald Trump administration has taken further step to terminate &ldquo\;DEI (Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion)&rdquo\; programs altogether.
\nIn this workshop\, a wide range of issues will be discussed concerning affirmative action from the perspectives of legal\, moral and social philosophy. I\, Yuichiro Mori\, an associate professor at Kobe University (Japan) and the convenor of this workshop\, have worked on theories of equality and discrimination in the fields of legal and political philosophy (I contributed the entry &ldquo\;Relational Equality&rdquo\; to \;Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy\, \;https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_1134-1). I was a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School from 2023-2025\, having worked on legal and philosophical issues concerning affirmative action in scarce medical resource allocation (my recent publication on this topic is &ldquo\;Making Sense of Race-Based Affirmative Action in Allocating Scarce Medical Resources\,&rdquo\; \;Res Philosophica\, 101 (3)\, \;https://doi.org/10.5840/resphilosophica2024326115). I hosted a special workshop with a similar topic in the previous world congress in Seoul (https://ivr2024.org/html_file.php?file=sw_034.html&\;file2=sw_default.html)\, where I also won the Young Scholar Prize (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8DT-oV4IQg). At this workshop\, I will deliver a presentation\, as well as serving as the moderator.
\nAny paper related to affirmative action is welcome\, but I highly encourage the submission from those purporting to raise relatively novel topics or bring about new perspectives into affirmative action debates. There is no restriction with respect to methodology in law and philosophy\, but those familiar with analytical philosophy are especially welcome. The topics presented at this workshop might include (but not limited to):
\n&ndash\; On the possible domains of affirmative action other than workplace and education (e.g.\, health\, immigration\, criminal sentencing\, military/non-military civic duties).
\n&ndash\; On the justifiability of affirmative action programs against those (typically considered) already disadvantaged (e.g.\, higher standards for Asians and women in the admission process of &ldquo\;Ivy League&rdquo\; universities in the US to maintain racial-gender balance).
\n&ndash\; On affirmative-action-related issues provoked by the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) (e.g.\, Is it permissible or required to consider race or gender when designing fair AI algorithm? If so\, how they can do so in a morally and legally permissible way? Can the idea of &ldquo\;personalized law&rdquo\; [that utilizes big data and AI algorithm] be applied to affirmative action policies?)
\n&ndash\; On affirmative action and inter-generational justice (e.g.\, Even if affirmative action is justified as a temporary measure to eliminate the effect of past and present discrimination\, how should the burden be shared between different present and future cohorts in order for it to be fair?)
\n&ndash\; On fit between means and ends and diverse conception of &ldquo\;treatment as an individual&rdquo\; (e.g.\, Would the best equality-of-opportunity affirmative action [that pays due consideration to all disadvantageous traits] collapse into individual [rather than group]-based redistributive programs? Does &ldquo\;treatment as an individual&rdquo\; direct us toward &ldquo\;more information&rdquo\; rather than &ldquo\;blindness&rdquo\;?)
\n&ndash\; On conceptual distinctions between different measures and principles (e.g.\, Is point-system relevantly distinct from a quota in terms of fairness for individuals? Is indirect affirmative action better than its direct counterpart? How different is &ldquo\;anti-classification&rdquo\; principle from &ldquo\;color/gender-blindness&rdquo\;?)
\nIf you are interested in delivering a presentation at this workshop\, please send your abstract (between 300 and 500 words) to yuichiromori.0418@gmail.com by May \;15\, 2026. Sending your full paper in addition is highly welcome but not mandatory.
\nImportant Note:
\nThis workshop is &ldquo\;child-friendly&rdquo\; one. \;Both presenters and participants are welcome to bring their children to this workshop if they wish. If you have any question or special concern\, please do not hesitate to reach out to the convenor!
ORGANIZER;CN=Yuichiro Mori: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260715T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260715T230000 SUMMARY:"On Trial". Claiming Feminist Justice in Dark Times - Between Law\, Testimony\, and Politics UID:20260514T232754Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Via San Francesco 22\, Verona\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The conference\, organized by the Arendt \;Center \;as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Project &ldquo\;Rewriting Rights&rdquo\; &ndash\; \;explores the double sense in which feminist justice is \;&ldquo\;on trial&rdquo\; \;today &mdash\; in courtrooms\, where the performance and performativity of legal proceedings expose the structural limits of institutional justice\, and in culture\, where dominant narratives continue to normalize gendered violence. The conference aims to brings feminist philosophy and critical theory into dialogue with socio-legal perspectives to ask what more transformative forms of justice might look like.
\nKeynote speakers:
\nThe conference will also include a workshop on Women&rsquo\;s Courts and Tribunals on Crimes against Women.
\nWe invite submissions from researchers working in \;feminist philosophy\, critical theory\, political theory\, socio-legal theory\, gender studies\, or related fields.
\nWe particularly welcome contributions from early-career researchers and scholars from diverse geographical contexts. \;
\nFor further details\, including submission guidelines and thematic areas\, please consult the full call for abstracts at the link below. \;
\nSubmission deadline: 15 July 2026
\nE-mail for submission and inquiry: \;ontrial.conference@gmail.com
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260721T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:ISOS Social Ontology 2026 UID:20260514T232755Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Krupnicza 33a\, Kraków\, Poland\, 31-123 DESCRIPTION:Conference dates: \;21-24.07 (i.e. we expect people to arrive on Monday 20.07 and leave Krakow on either 25.07 or 26.07)
Venue: \;Jagiellonian University\, Law and Administration Faculty new building\, ul. Krupnicza 33a [https://share.google/Fwsi8k2kndR1F5rxK]
Host: \;Jagiellonian Center for Law\, Language\, Philosophy (https://pjf.uj.edu.pl/) is the host\, in cooperation with Faculty of Law and Administration and Institute of Philosophy
Main organizers: \;Paweł Banaś and Adam Dyrda
Important deadlines:
- call for papers available/abstract submission opens: 5th of November 2025 \;
- deadline for abstract submission: 18th January 2026 [as usual\, 300-500 words]
- notification of acceptance: 15th February 2026
- registration [early]: 15th February - 31st March 2026
- registration [late]: 1st April - 30th June 2026
- the final conference program will be published no later than 7th July 2026.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Session Logistics
All concurrent sessions are either 1 hour for 2 talks or 1.5 hours for 3 talks. Chairs should begin each session at the scheduled time and aim to have each talk within the session begin when scheduled. To facilitate conference-goer planning\, chairs and speakers are advised to order the talks as on the schedule. \;
For the speakers - You are assigned a 30 minute slot\, and the time is yours to use in whatever way you feel will be most productive for your project. It is recommended (and descriptively expected) that the talk will be around 20 minutes\, leaving 10 minutes for q&\;a. Slides or a handout are of course permitted (and encouraged). Closer to the conference\, it will be communicated how slides will be facilitated\, if you plan to use them. We will not have the facility to print handouts\, but there are print shops around city centre if necessary. (Though\, be advised\, they may be closed on Monday for the bank holiday.)
Call for Abstracts
The call for abstracts is now open for Social Ontology 2026. The conference will be held in-person in Krakow\, Poland.
We invite submissions of abstracts of papers/talks suitable for 20 minute presentations. Abstracts must have 300-500 words and be prepared for anonymous review.
Use this submission link from Microsoft CMT service to submit your abstract:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ISOS2026/ \;
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses\, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
This edition aims to focus on interdisciplinary research\, including application of ideas from social ontology in solving problems of legal and political philosophy in the following areas:
We invite\, however\, submissions of abstracts covering all topics relevant for contemporary research in social ontology\, including:
It is our pleasure to invite you to the 16th St Andrews Kant Reading Party. The event will take place from 24 to 27 July 2026 at \;The Burn \;in Angus\, to be followed by a one-day &lsquo\;Kant in Progress&rsquo\; workshop at the University of St Andrews on 28 July 2026.
\nThe Kant Reading Party is an annual academic retreat in the Scottish Highlands bringing together graduate students and scholars from around the world to discuss the works of Immanuel Kant and another prominent philosopher. In 2026\, we will discuss Kant and Hegel's Philosophy of Law.
\nThe Reading Party involves a combination of discussion sessions\, which are based on pre-circulated readings\, and papers given by graduate students and early-career scholars. Participants will also have the opportunity to attend to their own work and engage in leisure activities in The Burn&rsquo\;s many indoor and outdoor facilities. In addition\, there will be one or more hiking parties in the surrounding area.
\nThe Theme:
\nIn the Doctrine of Right and in other writings\, Kant tries to give an account of a legal system that is valid according to the principles of pure practical reason. For Kant\, the philosophy of right\, as opposed to ethics\, concerns the actualisation of the free will in the world. His Universal Principle of Right states that &ldquo\;Any action is right if it can coexist with everyone&rsquo\;s freedom in accordance with a universal law.&rdquo\; (6:230) From this principle\, Kant derives a rich system of rights\, not guaranteed in a state of nature\, that must be secured by entering into the civil condition. Hegel raises a number of objections to the way Kant goes about arguing for his system of rights and to Kant&rsquo\;s practical philosophy more generally. Most famously\, Hegel&rsquo\;s empty formalism objection states that a formal principle cannot furnish determinate duties or obligations. As regards the sphere of right\, Hegel argues that the rationality of a legal system cannot be established by applying a formal principle from the outside but must be understood as already existing within the \;Sittlichkeit\, or ethical life\, of an actual community. At the reading party this year we will consider how these different methodological approaches bear on the four following questions:
\n1. What makes a state morally valid and necessary?
\n2. On what grounds can property rights be claimed?
\n3. What is the philosophical basis for criminal punishment?
\n4. What are the foundations of international law\, and what principles should govern the relation between states?
\nRegistration Process
\nWe invite registration for participation from all interested parties. Participation does not require the presentation of a paper. Since the number of places is limited\, the registration process will be divided into two steps:
\n(1) \; \; \;Informal registration: please register with us your intent to participate as early as possible by sending an email including your name and institutional affiliation\, and a brief expression of interest (2-3 lines) to Peter Moser (pkm3@st-andrews.ac.uk) by the \;1st \;of June. \;
\n(2) \; \; \;Payment: selected participants will be given instructions on how to make the online fee payment. This will count as formal registration.
\nAcknowledgements
\nThe St Andrews Kant Reading Party 2026 is brought to you with generous support from the Department of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews\, the St Andrews Centre for Philosophy and Public Affairs\, the MIND Association\, the UK Kant Society\, and the Scots Philosophical Association.
ORGANIZER;CN=Peter Moser;CN=Jens Timmermann: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260801T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260801T230000 SUMMARY:Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory\, Volume V UID:20260514T232757Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Oxford University Press is pleased to announce a call for papers for Volume V of \;Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory\, edited by Paul Miller (Notre Dame) and John Oberdiek (Rutgers).
\nOxford Studies in Private Law Theory is a biennial forum for some of the best new work in private law theory by scholars from around the world. The series publishes exceptional work exploring the full range of private law domains and doctrines&mdash\;including contract\, property\, tort\, and fiduciary law\, as well as equity\, unjust enrichment\, and remedies&mdash\;and employing diverse methodological approaches to individual areas of private law as well as to private law in general. \;
\nSubmissions should be approximately \;12\,000 words\, inclusive of footnotes. The deadline for submission is \;1 August 2026.
\nAll papers provisionally accepted will be workshopped at the University of Cape Town in South Africa on January 21st and 22nd\, 2027. The Notre Dame Program in Private Law Theory will cover the expense of participants&rsquo\; travel and accommodation. Thanks to the generosity of Notre Dame Law School\, accepted papers will be published \;open \;access \;by OUP. \;
\nTo submit a paper for consideration\, please email both John Oberdiek at \;oberdiek@rutgers.edu \;and Paul Miller at \;paul.miller@nd.edu.
\n\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260831T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260831T234500 SUMMARY:Res Practica Special Issue - “The Faces of Responsibility” UID:20260514T232758Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CFP - Res Practica\, New CRÉ\; Journal &ndash\; Special Issue: &ldquo\;The Faces of Responsibility&rdquo\;
\nEdited by Christine Tappolet and Christian Nadeau
\nThe Centre de recherche en é\;thique (CRÉ\;) invites you to submit a manuscript for publication in the first special issue of its new journal Res Practica\, to be launched formally in the Fall of 2026 and which will replace Les Ateliers de l'é\;thique / The Ethics Forum. This special issue aims to explore the plurality of forms that responsibility takes in our individual\, social\, and institutional practices. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives by bringing together expertise in moral and political philosophy\, political science\, and legal theory\, our objective is to examine the concepts of moral responsibility\, political responsibility\, and legal responsibility.
\nWe especially welcome contributions that interrogate the points of convergence and divergence between these different kinds of responsibility: their foundations\, their attribution criteria\, their functions within our normative practices\, and the tensions they may generate in contemporary contexts.
\nThe conference encourages theoretical\, critical\, or applied approaches and aims to provide a space for dialogue for early-career researchers specializing in any aspect of responsibility.
\nAs the conference is fully bilingual\, presentations may be given in either French or English. The presentations will be accompanied by a short abstract in the other language.
\nWe invite the submission of research articles (8\,000 to 12\,000 words) addressing questions related to moral\, political\, and legal responsibility\, as well as issues at the intersection of these fields\, including but not limited to the themes listed below:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Moral agency\, psychological capacities\, and responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Responsibility attributions\, reactive attitudes\, and emotions
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Responsibility\, blame\, and punishment
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Defenses and apologies
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Responsibility for non-voluntary attitudes (beliefs\, emotions\, etc.)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Moral constructivism and moral responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Disagreements in responsibility attributions and the question of relativism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Legal responsibility: criminal vs. civil
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Moral guilt and legal guilt
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Punishment and liability
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Legal doctrines of control\, fault\, and risk
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Corporate responsibility and institutional responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; The responsibility gap and artificial intelligence
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Punishment and responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Collective and individual responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Collective agency and excuses
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Political responsibility vs. social responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Tensions between moral and legal responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Reducing one kind of responsibility to another
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Collective and individual responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Group agency and intentionality
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Responsibility toward future generations
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; The political responsibility of states and social responsibility
\n\;
\nSubmission Guidelines
\n\;Submitted manuscripts may be in French or English. They should be between 8\,000 and 12\,000 words\, including references and footnotes. Manuscripts must be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 200 words and must be anonymized in preparation for double-blind peer review.
\nManuscripts must be submitted by email to aeef@umontreal.ca no later than August 31\, 2026.
\nAbout Res Practica
\nThe aim of Res Practica is to create a space for fruitful exchange between experts from a variety of disciplines whose work focuses on\, or has implications for\, ethical\, political\, and more broadly normative questions. One important goal is to further our understanding of practical problems that confront both individuals and societies by uncovering philosophical assumptions often left implicit. Another goal is to encourage exploration of innovative solutions to normative dilemmas that confront individuals and societies\, in order to provide original and informed ethical guidelines and public policies. Res Practica will invite authors to reach across traditional disciplinary divides\, and to explore the multiple ways in which experts from a variety of academic disciplines\, including but not restricted to moral and political philosophy\, applied ethics\, political sciences\, and law\, can cast mutually enriching light upon pressing practical questions. Res Practica is also committed to promoting exchanges between experts writing in different languages. While we will begin with English and French\, we hope\, over time\, to broaden the range of linguistic traditions that can find a home in our pages.
\nRes Practica&rsquo\;s editors in chief are Christine Tappolet (Université\; de Montré\;al)\, Daniel Weinstock (McGill University) and Samuel Dishaw (UCLouvain).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260902T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260904T170000 SUMMARY:Land\, Territory\, and Justice (MANCEPT Workshop 2026) UID:20260514T232759Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:There is now a rich debate within and across diverse traditions of political and moral thought about the meaning\, use\, and desirability of the concepts of land and territory\, and their relation to justice.
\nFor example\, the past fifteen years have been marked by the dedicated theorizing about territorial rights in contemporary Anglo-American moral and political philosophy (see for example: Miller\, 2012\; Moore\, 2014\, 2015\, 2019\; Nine\, 2012\; Ochoa-Espejo\, 2020\; Simmons\, 2016\; Stilz\, 2019). While the first wave focused on core conceptual questions about the nature and scope of various territorial rights (including jurisdiction\, self-determination\, resource control\, and immigration)\, the kinds of agents who hold these rights\, and the normative justifications for them\, this literature has now self-reflexively entered a &ldquo\;second wave&rdquo\; characterised by a deeper concern for questions of global inequality\, decolonization\, overlapping projects of self-determination\, and the environmental crisis (Moore &\; Ugalde\, 2025). For example: What is the extent of morally mandatory restitution in cases of territorial wrongdoing\, including settler colonialism (Luoma\, 2023\; Luoma and Moore\, 2024\; Moore\, 2019\; Stilz\, 2024\; Riebold\, 2022\, 2023)? How may multiple peoples\, with distinct normative and ontological systems\, overlap in the same place without retrenching relationships of structural injustice and inter-group domination (Jourdeuil 2024\, 2025a\, 2025b\; Luoma\, 2022\, 2023\, 2024\, 2025)? What forms of governance are required in ecologically integrated regions spanning borders (Nine\, 2022)? How are territorial rights contingent on respect for biodiversity and ecological integrity (Moore\, 2023\; Kwan\, 2025)? How can the benefits and burdens of natural resources\, energy transition\, and climate change mitigation/adaptation be fairly distributed between groups (Armstrong\, 2017\; De Biaso 2024a\, 2024b\; Li\, 2022\; Moore\, 2019)?
\nConcurrently\, Indigenous scholars\, environmental philosophers\, and eco-phenomenologists interrogate the core normative\, ontological\, and epistemological assumptions of these discourses. Indigenous theorists challenge the hegemony of rights-based territorial frameworks\, contending that the natural world is not a stockpile of &ldquo\;resources&rdquo\; to be distributed and controlled according to a theory of justice\, but is better conceived of as a kinship network populated by beings deserving of intrinsic concern and respect with whom we must live harmoniously (e.g.\, Allard-Tremblay 2023\, 2025\; Burkhart\, 2019\; Mills 2017\, 2018\, 2019\; Simpson 2011\, 2017\; Temin 2023). Eco-phenomenologists challenge conceptions of land as a neutral background container against which we exercise our agency\, demonstrating how land and place structure our lived experience and subjectivity\, our ethical encounter with the alterity of the other-than-human\, and the possibilities for political agency (Casey\, 1993\, 2018\; Ingold\, 2010\; Malpas\, 1998\; Rose\, 2005\; Seamon\, 2018\; Smith\, 2001\, 2011\; Toadvine\, 2019).
\nBeyond political theory\, land and territory are at the heart of intensifying international political conflicts\, including attempted territorial annexations\, rising majority and minority nationalism\, struggles against (neo-)colonialism\, and the global climate crisis. Consequently\, this workshop welcomes submissions that investigate conceptual\, normative\, and applied questions at the intersection of land\, territory\, and justice\, from diverse methodological perspectives including\, but not limited to analytical moral and political philosophy\, environmental philosophy and eco-phenomenology\, Indigenous political thought\, critical theory\, and comparative dialogue.
ORGANIZER;CN=Kaitie Jourdeuil;CN=Michael Luoma: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260902T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260904T170000 SUMMARY:MANCEPT Workshop on Republican Political Economy UID:20260514T232800Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Since the publication of Quentin Skinner (1997) and Philip Pettit&rsquo\;s (1999) groundbreaking analyses of the republican tradition and the notion of freedom as non-domination associated with it\, political theorists and philosophers have applied the &ldquo\;neo-republican&rdquo\; lens to a wide variety of political issues. One domain where the implications of neo-republicanism are particularly contested is political economy. While some neo-republicans posit that republicans should simply want a familiar type of competitive market economy supplemented by a universal basic income (Pettit 2006\, Lovett 2009)\, many others have argued that the implications of republican values may well be more radical. To truly realize freedom as non-domination\, they have argued\, we may need a property-owning democracy (Thomas 2017)\, an economy of worker cooperatives (Gourevitch 2014)\, or even some form of socialism (O&rsquo\;Shea 2020\, Muldoon 2022). In addition to these big-picture questions about economic systems\, however\, neo-republican theory has much to offer for the normative analysis of more particular economic phenomena\, such as work\, debt\, housing\, financialization\, trade\, and many others.
This panel will serve as a venue for republican theorists to further interrogate the implications of republican values for normative political economy. We invite proposals that address\, but are not limited to\, the following questions:
If you are interested in participating\, please send a 500-word abstract to mjaarte@stanford.edu by May 10th. \;
\n
The MANCEPT Workshops is an annual conference in political theory\, organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory. The conference offers academics an opportunity to come together in a series of workshops to develop specialised work and engage in lively philosophical discussion. Attracting scholars throughout the world\, the conference is now established as a leading international forum dedicated to the development of research in all subfields of political theory. You can find more information here: \;https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/activities/mancept-workshops-2026/
This workshop will focus on questions of justice raised by efforts to litigate the climate crisis. \;
\nAs climate change progresses\, individuals and groups are increasingly turning to the courts in pursuit of climate justice. As of March 31\, 2026\, the Climate Litigation Database maintained by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law lists over 4800 climate court cases\, nearly 70% of which were filed in the USA. Climate lawsuits have been used to pursue a variety of goals\, including injunctions on fossil fuel extraction\, stronger regulation of greenhouse gas emissions\, the implementation or funding of adaptation measures\, compensation for climate loss and damage\, and even punishment of those who contribute to severe climate-related harm. Climate litigation may also be undertaken for strategic reasons\, in an effort to promote awareness of the climate crisis\, undermine the social license of those contributing to it\, and spur more systemic change.
\nThough climate litigation is often used in an attempt to pursue goals of climate justice\, its use for this purpose raises various normative questions. These include questions about the legitimate role of the courts in climate governance\, and the potential for litigation to reproduce patterns of disadvantage due to the unequal accessibility of legal remedies. Some have also raised concerns that climate litigation could prove strategically counterproductive\, for example by spurring political backlash. \;
\nThis workshop will examine how litigation might be used as a tool in the pursuit of climate justice\, new concerns of justice that are raised by such efforts\, and how such concerns might be addressed.
\nQuestions that papers may examine include:
\nHow might litigation serve to promote or undermine climate justice?
\nWhat role should courts play in climate governance?
\nWhen should judicial interventions into climate policy be viewed as legitimate or illegitimate?
\nHow might climate litigation provide access to justice without reproducing existing inequalities?
\nWhat kinds of legal innovation or evolution might be required for the law to adequately respond to the challenge of climate change?
\nWhat are the ethical responsibilities of legal practitioners regarding climate litigation?
\nWhat is the proper role of scientists\, and scientific research\, in supporting climate litigation?
\nWhat role might philosophers and political theorists play in supporting climate litigation?
\nConfirmed speakers: Megan Blomfield\, Laura \;Garcí\;a‐Portela\, Santiago Truccone\, and Paula Nieto \;Herná\;ndez
\nCFA
\nIf you would like to present a paper at this workshop\, please send an abstract of 300-500 words to m.blomfield@sheffield.ac.uk\, by midnight UK time on Monday the 11th of May. Please include your name and any affiliation. We will endeavour to inform you whether your paper has been accepted by May 22nd.
\nPapers will be pre-circulated and everyone attending the workshop will be asked to read the whole set of papers in advance (anticipated to be approx. 6-10 papers). The deadline to submit full versions of the conference papers (maximum 8000 words) will be confirmed after acceptance\, but is likely to be around August 20th.
\nPractical information
\nPlease note that this workshop will take place on Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th of September. This year&rsquo\;s MANCEPT workshops are expected to take place in-person only. If this will be a barrier to your participation\, please make note of this in your submission.
\nParticipants will be required to register in full for the MANCEPT workshops (September 2nd to 4th) and will be free to attend other panels when ours is not running. This year's registration fees are £\;325 for academics (including postdocs) and £\;175 for those up to graduate level (including PhD candidates). More information about registration and how to apply for a bursary is available at:https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/activities/mancept-workshops-2026/
\nIf you have any questions\, please don&rsquo\;t hesitate to contact us at: m.blomfield@sheffield.ac.uk
ORGANIZER;CN=Megan Blomfield;CN="Laura García-Portela";CN=Santiago Truccone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260917T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260918T170000 SUMMARY:24th Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy UID:20260514T232804Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION: Corso Strada Nuova\, 65\, Pavia\, Italy DESCRIPTION:24th \;Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy
\n17th \;and 18th \;September 2026
\n\;CALL FOR PAPERS
\nOn the 17th \;and 18th \;of September 2026\, the Department of Political and Social Sciences\, University of Pavia (Italy) will host the 24th \;edition of the Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy. The conference is held within the framework of the PhD Program in Philosophy of the North-west Italy Philosophy Consortium (FINO).
\nThis two-day conference is meant to offer graduate students an opportunity to present papers\, get helpful feedback in a friendly atmosphere\, and exchange ideas both with peers and with leading academics in the field of political philosophy. In addition to parallel sessions devoted to students&rsquo\; presentations\, there will also be two plenary sessions for keynote speakers. For details of past editions\, see \;here (http://www-4.unipv.it/paviagc/). This year&rsquo\;s keynote speakers are:
\nClare Chambers \;(Jesus College\, University of Cambridge)
\nFrancesco Guala \;(University of Milan)
\nGraduate students interested in giving papers should send their contributions (max 1000 words &ndash\; in English) and a curriculum vitae\, by Friday 1st \;May 2026. Papers may focus on any area within political philosophy\, and presentations should take no longer than twenty minutes to allow at least another twenty minutes of discussion. Papers must be prepared for blind review and files must be anonymized. \;Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their submissions around mid-June. The conference will be held on premises.
\nCOSTS
\nThe conference package includes lunch and coffee breaks. Participants will be charged a fee of roughly 50&euro\; to contribute to catering expenses. Additionally\, participants can choose to sign up for the social dinner (roughly 35-40&euro\;). A number of accommodation places in university colleges are available to paper givers at relatively cheap rates. Accommodation fees and details will be arranged individually.
\nEVALUATION OF SUBMISSIONS
\nSubmissions will be evaluated by the organizing committee\, composed of FINO PhD students and faculty members. To avoid any conflict of interests\, submissions from FINO PhD students will be evaluated separately and will be allocated a limited quota of places in the conference.
\nCONTACT
\nAll correspondence (including paper submissions and additional inquiries) should be addressed to the conference email address: \;pavia.gradconference@gmail.com
\nhttp://www-4.unipv.it/paviagc/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260917T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260918T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy at Trial UID:20260514T232805Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:130 Byington Rd\, Iowa City\, United States DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\n\;
\nSymposium 2026
\nPhilosophy at Trial
\nPresented by: \;Iowa Law Review
\n\nSeptember 17 &\; 18\, 2026
\n\;
\nLaw and Philosophy at Iowa and the \;Iowa Law Review \;invite abstract proposals for &ldquo\;Philosophy at Trial\,&rdquo\; a symposium that focuses on philosophical issues in recent Supreme Court jurisprudence. Essays will be published in Volume 112 of the \;Iowa Law Review. \;
\nWe welcome submissions from researchers from a range of disciplines. Abstracts should identify a Supreme Court opinion from approximately the past five years and articulate the philosophical issues it raises. Preference will be given to submissions that engage with more recent Court opinions. \;
\nEvent Details: \;The symposium will take place September 17&ndash\;18\, 2026\, in Iowa City\, Iowa. Authors of accepted proposals will prepare essays (maximum 8\,000 words) for presentation and discussion at the in-person event. The hosts will provide accommodations and reimburse the cost of travel to Iowa City.
\nInvited Speakers:
\nEmad Atiq (Cornell)
\nBrian Bix (Minnesota)
\nHeidi Hurd (Illinois)
\nMichael Moore (Illinois)
\nKevin Tobia (Georgetown)
\nBrandon Waldon (South Carolina) \;
\n\nSubmission Guidelines: \;Abstracts should be 300&ndash\;600 words and must be submitted by \;January \;15\, 2026\, \;to ilr@uiowa.edu. Please direct questions to Emma Diers\, the \;Iowa Law Review&rsquo\;s Symposium Articles Editor\, at \;emma-diers@uiowa.edu\, \;with a copy to \;law-philosophy@uiowa.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Mihailis E. Diamantis;CN=Andrew Jordan;CN=Stephanie Patridge: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260924T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260926T170000 SUMMARY:EACME 2026 UID:20260514T232806Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Janseniusstraat 1\, Leuven\, Belgium\, 3000 DESCRIPTION:EACME Annual Conference 2026
\nSeptember 24th&ndash\;26th\, 2026\, Leuven\, Belgium
\nCelebrating European Bioethics
\n40th Anniversary European Association of Centres for Medical Ethics and \;Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law\, KU Leuven
\nRegistrations are open for EACME2026
\nIn 2026\, we celebrate a remarkable milestone: the 40th anniversary of both the European Association of Centres for Medical Ethics and the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law\, KU Leuven. Join us to be part of this historic moment.
\nFor four decades\, both organizations have been at the forefront of tackling complex ethical challenges in medicine and healthcare\, in research and education\, bringing together young and established scholars in a collaborative dialogue.
\nThe anniversary conference will reflect on this journey while looking forward to new developments in the field.
\nThe historic town center of Leuven\, home of the oldest university in the Low Countries\, offers an ideal setting for both academic exchange and social activities.
\n\nCall for Abstracts
\nAttendees will have the opportunity to engage in discussions on a wide range of topics. We are particularly committed to a radically inclusive approach with regard to the topics eligible for the parallel sessions. Participants are invited to submit abstracts on all topics related to the field of medical ethics and bioethics in the broad sense. We hope this thematic inclusiveness will encourage young researchers to bring their creativity and diverse perspectives to the conversation. Please submit your abstract via https://eacme2026.org
\nAbstract submission deadline is 1st of March 2026.
\n\nMore Information
\nCentre for Biomedical Ethics and Law
\nDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care &ndash\; Faculty of Medicine &ndash\; KU Leuven
\nKapucijnenvoer 7
\n3000 Leuven &ndash\; BELGIUM
\nEmail: eacme2026@kuleuven.be Website: https://eacme2026.org
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261005T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261005T170000 SUMMARY:Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory UID:20260514T232807Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Viale Europa\, 1\, Catanzaro\, Italy\, 88100 DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\nTowards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory
15 October 2026
Department of Law\, Economics and Sociology
University Magna Græ\;cia of Catanzaro \;(Italy)
Hybrid format (on site and online)
Overview and Aims
\nThe Conference aims to explore the philosophical meaning of legal institutions and concepts\, starting from the idea that the task of the philosophy of law is to investigate the essence of legal phenomena in order to clarify the object of theoretical legal science.
\nThe event proposes a study day devoted to examining the possibility of explaining and justifying\, from a philosophical perspective\, the existence and functioning of legal concepts. Contributors are invited to apply the hermeneutic method&mdash\;understood as a general interpretative criterion rather than a specific philosophical stance&mdash\;and to conduct an inquiry internal to legal practice\, highlighting the nature of legal concepts as &ldquo\;places of meaning&rdquo\; capable of revealing the substance of legal experience.
\nThe Conference seeks to foster an open\, critical\, and interdisciplinary dialogue among different theoretical approaches to the interpretation of legal phenomena\, encouraging a shared reflection on the role of hermeneutics in understanding law and its institutions.
\nSuggested Topics
\nAbstracts may address\, from a theoretical and philosophical perspective\, themes including (but not limited to):
\nthe concept of the cause of contract and its interpretative approaches\;
\ntheories of legal appearance and the relationship between fact and representation\;
\nthe role of general clauses and the transformation of the idea of the legal &ldquo\;system&rdquo\;\;
\nthe philosophical meaning of civil liability and risk allocation in different social models\;
\nbioethical legal issues (surrogacy\, cloning\, abortion\, end-of-life decisions)\;
\nthe philosophical foundations of the concept of citizenship\;
\ntheoretical configurations of sovereignty in light of changing power relations\;
\nthe concept of public interest as a hermeneutic category\;
\nthe legitimation of power and the symbolic function of the Constitution\;
\nthe state of exception as a philosophical-legal category\;
\nthe relationship between norm and value\;
\nlegal language as symbolic mediation\;
\nthe concept of legal personhood\;
\nthe function of judgment and interpretation in legal practice.
\nContributions are particularly welcome from scholars working in philosophy of law and the social sciences\, including epistemological\, ontological\, sociological\, and political-philosophical perspectives\, as well as approaches related to Critical Legal Studies\, Law and Humanities\, Economic Analysis of Law\, and philosophy of economics.
\nTarget Participants
\nThe Conference is addressed to:
\nPhD candidates and PhD holders\;
\npostdoctoral fellows and early-career researchers\;
\nscholars in law\, philosophy\, history\, economics\, business and management studies\, political science\, and social sciences.
\nParticipation Guidelines
\nDate: \;15 October 2026
\nVenue: \;Department of Law\, Economics and Sociology\, University Magna Græ\;cia of Catanzaro (Italy)
\nFormat: \;Hybrid (on site and online)
\nFee: \;Free of charge (no travel or accommodation reimbursement)
\nCertificate of attendance: \;Available upon request
\nSubmission requirements:
\nAbstract (maximum 400 words)
\nShort biographical note (maximum 100 words)
\nFormat: .doc/.docx or .pdf
\nDeadline: \;17 May 2026
\nSubmission via email to:
\nlinda.brancaleone@studenti.unicz.it
\ngiacomo.cipriani@unicatt.it
\nSelection process:
\nNotification of acceptance by \;5 July 2026
\nSelected authors will present a 15-minute paper
\nConfirmation of participation (indicating on-site or online attendance) required by \;19 July 2026
\nPublication Opportunity
\nConference proceedings will be published in a scientific edited volume. Contributions will be selected by the Scientific Committee following a peer-review process.
\nConference Language
\nPapers may be presented in \;Italian or English.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261005T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261007T170000 SUMMARY:Deliberative Democratic Innovations: Challenges and Opportunities from a Constitutional Perspective UID:20260514T232808Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Innstr. 27\, Passau\, Germany\, 94032 DESCRIPTION:We are looking for two contributions for a panel entitled \;"Deliberative Democratic Innovations: Challenges and Opportunities from a Constitutional Perspective" \;as part of the conference \;Backsliding\, Resilience\, Renewal? Democracy in Eras of Transformation\, which will take place at the \;University of Passau\, Germany from \;Monday 5th \;to Wednesday 7th \;October 2026. Submissions of up to 400 words should be made directly onto the \;webpage \;from Wednesday 26th \;November to Monday 15th \;December 2025. Notification of acceptance will be made by Tuesday 20th \;January 2026.
\nFor organisational inquiries\, please contact Silvia Haider (second.congress@uni-passau.de). The panel is part of the transatlantic project "Open Constitutional Democracy: Reconciling Deliberation and Constitutional Democracy". More information about the call for papers and the panel proposal can be found on the link below. We look forward to your submission!
ORGANIZER;CN="Sonia Anaid Cruz Dávila": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261112T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261114T170000 SUMMARY:2026 Policing\, Policy\, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) Symposium UID:20260514T232809Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:New Orleans\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Policing\, Policy\, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) is accepting submissions for its 2026 Paper Prize. The prize winner will be recognized this November at the Philosophy\, Politics\, and Economics (PPE) Society Annual Meeting in New Orleans\, LA.
\nThe prize committee will evaluate papers based on their originality in advancing philosophical debates on policing and their skill in translating insights from philosophy into concrete implications for policy. The winner of the 3PI Paper Prize will receive a $1\,000 award. Also\, should the author(s) choose\, the paper awarded the 3PI Paper Prize will receive consideration for publication in the \;Journal of Public Policy. \;
\nFaculty\, postdocs\, graduate students\, and independent scholars with advanced degrees all are eligible to submit a paper for consideration. (Past prize winners are not eligible.) Submissions for the 3PI Paper Prize should be (1) unpublished manuscripts\, (2) anonymous\, and (3) no more than 3\,500 words (excluding abstract\, notes\, and references). \;The deadline to apply is May 8\, 2026. Please submit your paper at the following link: https://forms.gle/nGgsBLPwWsPRfphHA. \;Decision notifications will be sent in late May.
\nThe winner and runner-up of the prize will present their papers at the 3PI Symposium\, which for the first time in 2026 will be in person. The symposium will take place at the 2026 PPE Society Annual Meeting\, November 12&ndash\;14 in New Orleans. The exact day of the symposium/panel featuring the 3PI prize winner and runner-up will be announced this summer. Symposium participants will need to register for and travel to the PPE Society Annual Meeting.
\nAbout 3PI: The Policing\, Policy\, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) draws on tools from philosophy to understand policing&rsquo\;s role in society and inform policy. Through its events and resources\, 3PI fosters collaboration among philosophers and ethicists\, highlights research in philosophy on policing\, and connects scholars with policymakers and community leaders. 3PI has been supported by funding from the American Philosophical Association \;and Rock Ethics Institute \;at Penn State\, where it is based. For more information about 3PI\, visit: https://3pi.la.psu.edu/. If you have questions about 3PI or its paper prize\, please email contact3pi@psu.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Ben Jones;CN=Raff Donelson;CN="Désirée Lim": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261119T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261121T170000 SUMMARY:Multilateralism\, International Institutions and the Ethics of War UID:20260514T232810Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Bern\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:International institutions and multilateralism no longer occupy the central place in the ethics of war that they once did in classic writings on war and peace. Whereas Immanuel Kant placed a strong federation of states at the core of his vision for perpetual peace\, much of contemporary just war theory focuses primarily on the rights and responsibilities of individuals\, with states and multilateral institutions as a derivative object of interest.
\nHowever\, recent events such as the US attack on Iran without UN authorization\, Ukraine&rsquo\;s potential NATO membership as a key issue in prospective peace talks with Russia and US cuts to peace-keeping UN institutions bring questions of multilateralism back into sharp relief. \;
\nThis workshop offers an opportunity to discuss new work on multilateralism\, international institutions and the ethics of war. We welcome submissions on questions including but not limited to:
\nWorkshop details
\nThe workshop will be held on 19-21 November at the University of Bern (Switzerland). The workshop will be pre-read and we expect a full draft of the paper by mid-October. Selected speakers will be invited to act as commentators on one of the other papers. We will be able to cover accommodation and part of the travel expenses. \;
\nSubmission
\nIf you are interested\, please send a pdf or word document with your abstract of 750 - 1000 words to Ms Njango Njung&rsquo\;e (mary.njunge[at]students.unibe.ch). \;The document itself should not contain any identifying information\; please include your name\, email and institutional affiliation in the body of your email. Submission deadline is 15 May 2026.
\nWorkshop organizers: Lisa Hecht (Bern)\, Adis Selimi (Saarland)\, Njango Njung&rsquo\;e (Bern)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261126T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261127T170000 SUMMARY:2nd PHILAWSON WORKSHOP: Contemporary Views on Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law UID:20260514T232811Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Centro Cultural La Corrala\, Madrid\, Spain DESCRIPTION:2nd \;PHILAWSON WORKSHOP:
\nContemporary Views on Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law
\n\;
\nMadrid\, 26-27 November
\nFaculty of Law (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid)
\nDeadline for submissions: 30th April 2026
\nLink for submissions: \;https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=2ndplw
\nWe are glad to announce the \;2nd \;Philawson Workshop: \;Contemporary Views on Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law. This activity\, promoted by the \;Philawson Network\, aims to advance research at the intersection of social ontology and the philosophy of law\, further investigating the philosophical foundations\, thematic overlaps\, and methodological affinities connecting these fields.
\nThis second edition will place particular emphasis on vulnerability and non-ideal social ontology. Addressing these themes offers an opportunity to explore how social ontology and legal philosophy can illuminate collective agency\, institutional responsibility\, and normative responses in contexts marked by ecological and social precarity.
\nThe 2nd \;edition of the Philawson Workshop will be organised around two main thematic axes:
\n(1) \;Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law: Foundations\, Concepts\, and Methods. This first axis continues the core aim of the network and the 1st \;Philawson Workshop (held in Milan in 2024): to explore the conceptual\, historical\, and methodological connections between social ontology and legal philosophy. Contributions may address classical and contemporary authors\, themes such as constitutive rules\, legal and social facts\, and the metaphysics of normative entities.
\n(2) \;Vulnerability\, Non-ideal Social Ontology\, and Law. We invite contributions that examine how social ontology and legal philosophy can illuminate issues of structural vulnerability\, environmental crises\, climate justice\, and non-ideal theoretical frameworks. This includes\, for example\, analyses of responsibility\, collective agency\, the ontological status of environmental harms\, the relationship between legal systems and social oppression\, and the connections between social change and law. We also welcome discussion of the boundaries between the natural and the social in addressing political and legal challenges.
\nThe workshop will be held in Madrid (Spain) at the Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid on 26 and 27 November.
\nCONFIRMED SPEAKERS
\nAlba Lojo (Università\; Roma Tre\, Italy)\;
\nAndrea Loi (Università\; Vita-Salute San Raffaele\, Italy)\;
\nAndrei Marmor (Cornell University\, US)\;
\nAnita de Franco (Politecnico di Milano\, Italy)\;
\nÅ\;sa Burman (University of Stockholm\, Sweden)\;
\nCorrado Roversi (Università\; di Bologna\, Italy)\;
\nGiulia Lasagni (Università\; degli Studi di Parma\, Italy)\;
\nKenneth Ehrenberg (University of Surrey\, UK)\;
\nMaribel Ná\;rvaez Mora (Unversitat de Girona\, Spain)
\nMatilde Rey (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid\, Spain)\;
\nMiguel Garcia-Godinez (Università\; di Bologna\, Italy)\;
\nOlimpia Loddo (Università\; di Cagliari\, Italy)\;
\nSamuele Chilovi (CSIC\, Spain)\;
\nSebastiá\;n Figueroa Rubio (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid\, Spain)\;
\nVirginia Presi (Università\; di Milano\, Italy)\;
\nVittorio Catalano (University of Vienna\, Austria)\;
\nCALL FOR ABSTRACTS
\nWe invite contributions for the two aforementioned thematic axes:
\n1. Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law: Foundations\, Concepts\, and Methods.
\n2. Vulnerability\, Non-ideal Social Ontology\, and Law.
\nSubmissions must be prepared for double-blind review. Manuscripts must be written in English (in .doc format)\, should not contain any identifying information and they cannot exceed 1.000 words (excluding bibliography). Moreover\, they must contain:
\nSelected abstracts will be invited to be discussed in person in Madrid\, where each presentation will last around 20 minutes followed by a Q&\;A section. There will be no conference fee.
\nWe have resources to contribute for travel and accommodation costs for young scholars without institutional support. If you are in this situation\, please include &ldquo\;Opting for Philawson scholarship&rdquo\; in your submission.
\nSubmissions should be sent via EasyChair \;until April 30th\, 2026 (included). A committee in charge will evaluate the submission\, and decisions will be communicated around the end of May.
\nThe organizers are considering the possibility of publishing a special issue or edited volume based on a selection of contributions presented at the workshop. While publication is not guaranteed\, participants should be aware of this prospective outcome when submitting their abstracts. We therefore encourage submissions of original and unpublished work.
\nThis event is possible thanks to the financial support of \;International Social Ontology Society (ISOS) \;and the research project \;&ldquo\;Ecogentium. Ecological justice and new vulnerabilities: global legal challenges&rdquo\; \;(Project No. 2024/00209/001)\, funded by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI).
\nOrganizers: Sebastiá\;n Figueroa Rubio (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid)\, Matilde Rey (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid).
\nScientific Committee: Alba Lojo (Università\; Roma Tre)\, Giulia Lasagni (Università\; degli Studi di Parma).
\nFor further information about the event\, please contact the organizers at \;philawson.network@gmail.com.
\nFurther information about the Philawson Network is available at \;https://philawsonnetwork.wordpress.com.
ORGANIZER;CN="Sebastián Figueroa Rubio";CN="Matilde Rey Aramendía": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261203T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:"On Trial". Claiming Feminist Justice in Dark Times - Between Law\, Testimony\, and Politics UID:20260514T232812Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Via San Francesco 22\, Verona\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The conference\, organized by the Arendt \;Center \;as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Project &ldquo\;Rewriting Rights&rdquo\; &ndash\; \;explores the double sense in which feminist justice is \;&ldquo\;on trial&rdquo\; \;today &mdash\; in courtrooms\, where the performance and performativity of legal proceedings expose the structural limits of institutional justice\, and in culture\, where dominant narratives continue to normalize gendered violence. The conference aims to brings feminist philosophy and critical theory into dialogue with socio-legal perspectives to ask what more transformative forms of justice might look like.
\nKeynote speakers:
\nThe conference will also include a workshop on Women&rsquo\;s Courts and Tribunals on Crimes against Women.
\n\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20270201T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20270201T234500 SUMMARY:2nd Dortmund Disputes on Economic Justice UID:20260514T232813Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Dortmund\, Germany DESCRIPTION:2nd Dortmund Disputes on Economic Justice
\nDate: June 25 and 26\, 2026.
\nPlace: Dortmund\, Germany
\nKeynotes: Chiara Cordelli (University of Chicago)\, Bas van der Vossen (Chapman University)
\nThe annual &lsquo\;Dortmund Disputes on Economic Justice&rsquo\; serve as a forum for discussing questions of economic justice\, including the role of markets\, the nature of property\, the justifiability of taxes\, the importance of workplace democracy\, the problem of economic inequality\, and\, more generally\, the merits of capitalism and socialism. While debates on economic justice often occur within specific political camps\, the Dortmund Disputes aim to foster discussion across political boundaries by bringing together scholars with diverse outlooks&mdash\;liberal egalitarian\, libertarian\, socialist\, conservative\, or otherwise&mdash\;who share the goal of advancing our understanding of economic justice.
\nFollowing the successful first installment in 2025\, which featured Miranda Fleischer and Nicholas Vrousalis\, the second installment will take place on June 25&ndash\;26\, 2026. The keynote speakers are Chiara Cordelli and Bas van der Vossen. Chiara Cordelli\, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago\, works on social and political philosophy\, especially political economy and democratic theory. She is the author of The Privatized State (2020)\, a Kantian critique of privatization that develops a democratic theory of public administration. Bas van der Vossen\, Professor in the Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy and the Philosophy Department at Chapman University\, works on political philosophy\, with a focus on political economy\, global justice\, and property rights. His books include In Defense of Openness (2018) and Debating Humanitarian Intervention (2017).
\nWe invite scholars to apply with an abstract of around 500 words for a 40-minute talk. Abstracts will be selected based on their quality\, fit with the spirit of the conference\, and alignment with the research interests of the keynote speakers. They should be sent as PDF attachments to Karina Jahnke [karina.jahnke@tu-dortmund.de]\, prepared for blind review. The deadline for submission is February 1\, 2026.
\nOrganizers of the conference: Jonas Harney\, Peter Kö\;nigs
\nOrganizers of the conference series: Jonas Harney\, Peter Kö\;nigs\, Christian Neuhä\;user\, Lea Prix\, Dick Timmer (TU Dortmund University)
\nContact: peter.koenigs@tu-dortmund.de
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonas Harney;CN="Peter Königs": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260509T060017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:29990101T033000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:29990201T120000 SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Creativity and Improvisation in Thought\, Practice\, and Mind: An Interdisciplinary Conference UID:20260514T232814Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:6001 Dodge Street\, Omaha\, United States\, 68182 DESCRIPTION:*Please note that this event has officially been postponed. More information will be made available asap in the near future*
\nMany human cognitive capacities and processes may be deployed creatively\, from unique choices made for oneself up through novel cultural shifts. Similarly\, large swaths of our daily lives are taken up with performing spontaneous\, on-the-fly\, and unplanned activities that are\, in a word\, improvised. \; Charting out the nature of both creativity and improvisation\, taken individually or together\, remains an open and pressing issue. In this conference\, we will delve into various philosophical\, theoretical\, empirical\, and interdisciplinary issues that are related to creativity and improvisation. A non-exhaustive list of related questions and themes for this topic include:
\n- What is the relationship between improvisation and creativity?
\n- What is the relationship between creative activity and well-being?
\n- What is the best way to model individual and collective creativity?
\n- Is creativity in the arts the same thing as in other domains\, such as in science or business?
\n- What are the pros and cons of different scientific operationalizations of creativity and improvisation?
\n- Provide a conceptual analysis of creativity and/or improvisation.
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