In Conversation: Exploring the Philosophy of Money and Finance &ndash\; Series III
\nA series of interviews with contributors to The Philosophy of Money and Finance (Hardcover\, OUP 2024\; Paperback\, fall 2025)
\nSchedule
\n"Truth in Financial Accounting"
Author: Christopher J. Cowton (Emeritus\, University of Huddersfield)
Interviewer: Lisa Warenski (CUNY Graduate Center)
Date and Time: 15 January 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Green Central Banking" \;
Authors: Peter Dietsch (University of Victoria)\; Clé\;ment Fontan (University of Louvain)
Interviewer: Jens van't Klooster
Date and Time: 25 March 2026\, 18:00 CET
"On the Wrongfulness of Bank Contributions to Financial Crises"
Author: \;Richard Endö\;rfer (University of Gothenburg)
Interviewer: Kobi Finestone (Univeresity of San Diego)
Date and Time: 01 June 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Bitcoins Left and Right: A Normative Assessment of a Digital Currency"
Authors: Lars Lindblom and Joakim Sandberg
Interviewer: Violet Victoria
Date and Time: October (TBA) 2026\, 18:00 CET
New Generation Research Exchange
\n\;Call for Applications \;
\nSummary \;
\nThe Humane Philosophy Society\, in collaboration the Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Warsaw\, Blackfriars Hall\, University of Oxford\, and Faculty of Philosophy\, Zagreb University invite applications for the New Generation Research Exchange programme. The Exchange programme will give young scholars in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) working on Big Questions of fundamental human importance the opportunity to participate in three fully funded workshops taking place at the Universities of Warsaw\, Zagreb and Oxford. Participants will have the further opportunity to apply to continue the research during a term of funded supervised research at the University of Oxford on the Marek Matraszek Fellowship. Participants&rsquo\; research projects will be assessed by an external committee after the final workshop takes place to determine possible supervisors for research visits to Oxford. The Fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 to take place in Trogir\, Croatia. \;
\nAn introductory video can be viewed here: \;
\nhttps://youtu.be/vfaPrP2W2Hs
\nEligibility
\nApplicants will normally be MA or early PhD students at Central and Eastern European research institutions\, including universities\, research academies and seminaries\, or young scholars from CEE on equivalent degree programmes outside the region. The programme is intended to support research projects of successful candidates during the final year of their MA course\, or developing their MA research topics for publication\, or with a PhD application in mind\, as well as those beginning to work on a PhD. Proposed projects should broadly fall under the project themes\, which are outlined below. \; It is expected that most applications will be submitted by natural scientists\, theologians and philosophers\, but there are no disciplinary restrictions and applicants with academic backgrounds in other areas are also welcome. Applications are welcome from researchers working in any religious tradition\, and from researchers working in no religious tradition.
\nFor the purposes of the project\, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is defined as: Albania\, Armenia\, Azerbaijan\, Belarus\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Bulgaria\, Croatia\, Czechia\, Estonia\, Georgia\, Hungary\, Kosovo\, Latvia\, Lithuania\, Moldova\, Montenegro\, North Macedonia\, Poland\, Romania\, Serbia\, Slovakia\, Slovenia and Ukraine.
\nActivities
\nSuccessful candidates will participate in a series of three masterclasses during the course of the programme. The meetings will take place over three days each at the Universities of Zagreb\, Warsaw\, and Oxford. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their work as a group and with invited mentors\, as well as participate in seminars led by prominent visiting speakers. The Fellowship will cover all the costs of participating in each masterclass including travel and accommodation. The fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 which will cover all participant costs except travel. The total value of the Fellowship is 4000 USD. \;
\nSelected participants will have a further opportunity to receive the Marek Matraszek Oxford Fellowship to complete their work during a term at Oxford University\, where they will be able to work closely with a secondary supervisor to advance their research. The funding for research visits at Oxford University will cover accommodation\, living costs\, college fees\, and supervision and have a total value of 3000 USD. \;
\nSupported Research Themes
\nThe programme will support research which engages with Big Questions of universal human importance. We are especially interested in research into fundamental issues which straddle boundaries between disciplines including philosophy\, psychology\, physical sciences\, social sciences\, theology\, literature and cultural studies. Applicants will be expected to engage with recent developments in their disciplines\, and demonstrate a high standard of academic rigor. Suitable topics include\, but are not limited to:
\n▪ The significance of theological traditions for scientific practice today\;
\n▪ The relations of brains\, minds and human persons\;
\n▪ Whether physical cosmology can explain the origin of the cosmos\;
\n▪ The role of religion in the historical development of science\;
\n▪ The place of values in the natural world\;
\n▪ The relevance of literary works and traditions for understanding and interpreting Big Questions\;
\n▪ Phenomenology of human life and interpersonal relations\;
\n▪ Intellectual traditions in CEE and their import for Big Questions\;
\n▪ Free will and scientific determinism and/or divine foreknowledge\;
\n▪ Empirical psychology and the second person perspective\;
\n▪ Phenomenological approaches to religion\;
\n▪ Understanding notions of God\, good and evil in a scientific age.
\nFor further example areas that explore Big Questions applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the Humane Philosophy Society&rsquo\;s website where example areas of interest are listed.
\nFor more information on the NGRE fellowship programme as well as on NGRE alumni visit: \;https://www.humanephilosophy.com/ngre
\nApplication process
\nApplications for Exchange Fellowships must be submitted no later than 1 August 2025 for the cycle of the programme starting October 2025. Applications must include the following documents. \; \;
\n▪A proposal describing the research the candidate is carrying out\, how far the research is advanced\, and an outline of the work the candidate expects to complete during the course of their final year. \;
\n▪A full curriculum vitae\, and a statement saying how the candidate expects to benefit from participating in the programme
\n▪Two academic references including a reference from the candidate&rsquo\;s supervisor if the research project is part of an MA degree. \;
\n▪A confirmation from the candidate&rsquo\;s institution stating that they are allowed to participate in the programme during the academic year 2025&ndash\;6. \;
\nAll application materials should be submitted via email to info@humanephilosophy.com stating in the subject line: &ldquo\;NGRE application&rdquo\;. The results of the competition will be announced in September 2025.
\nBy submitting an application for the New Generation Research Exchange candidates accept and acknowledge the terms of processing their personal data for the purpose of the application process. For further information concerning the processing of personal data by the University of Warsaw see the personal data information sheet. If you have any questions please contact Dr Mikołaj Sławkowski-Rode: m.slawkowski-rode@uw.edu.pl \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode;CN=Marija Selak;CN=Ralph Stefan Weir: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T170000 SUMMARY:Wittgenstein's Lecture on Ethics: Online Lecture Series UID:20260727T155711Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Le Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone\, cré\;é\; en 2024\, vise à\; favoriser une synergie entre celles et ceux qui\, des amateurs aux chercheuses\, fré\;quentent la pensé\;e de Hannah Arendt. Dans cette optique\, nous cherchons à\; mettre en place un rendez-vous ré\;gulier pour en discuter les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects.
\nDu fait de l&rsquo\;é\;tendue de la francophonie\, ces sé\;minaires auront lieu en ligne. Leur principe sera le suivant : les participant-e-s auront tous et toutes pré\;alablement lu un article ou un chapitre ré\;cent\, lequel sera pré\;senté\; trè\;s rapidement par souci de prioriser les é\;changes (10 minutes) par son autrice ou auteur. À\; partir de celui-ci\, un-e membre du ré\;seau ouvrira (5 min) à\; un dé\;bat plus large afin de discuter\, outre l&rsquo\;article\, les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects de l&rsquo\;&oelig\;uvre d&rsquo\;Arendt (1h30).
\nProgramme 2026\nEn 2026\, nous proposons quatre sé\;ances ordinaires du sé\;minaire et une sé\;ance spé\;ciale : «\; Arendt et la science é\;conomique »\;\, «\; Arendt et le travail »\;\, «\; Liberté\;\, volonté\;\, politique »\;\, «\; Arendt et la violence »\;\, «\; Philosophie\, é\;ducation et politique »\;.
\nLe sé\;minaire est ouvert à\; toutes et tous sans inscription pré\;alable \; n&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas à\; venir y assister et y participer. Les articles et textes discuté\;s sont disponibles sur le site du RAF. N&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas non plus à\; nous contacter pour toute demande d&rsquo\;information complé\;mentaire.
\nLe RAF ?\nLe Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone (RAF) se veut un espace divers et pluriel\, rassemblant une communauté\; de doctorant-e-s\, enseignant-e-s\, chercheurs/ses\, intellectuel-le-s et toute personne inté\;ressé\;e ou engagé\;e dans l'é\;tude et la diffusion de la pensé\;e d'Hannah Arendt en France et le monde francophone. À\; travers cette plateforme\, nous souhaitons favoriser les é\;changes intellectuels\, offrir une visibilité\; accrue aux travaux de recherche et cré\;er des liens solides entre francophones s'inté\;ressant à\; et puisant dans l'&oelig\;uvre de cette autrice majeure du XXe siè\;cle.
\nOutre l&rsquo\;organisation de ce sé\;minaire et d'é\;vè\;nements acadé\;miques lié\;s à\; la pensé\;e d'Arendt\, le ré\;seau actualise continuellement un site web qui met à\; disposition : une bibliographie des textes de langue franç\;aise consacré\;s à\; Arendt ou la mobilisant\, un annuaire des membres du ré\;seau\, un agenda des activité\;s francophones qui lui sont dé\;dié\;es et une lettre d'information mensuelle.
\nN'hé\;sitez pas à\; rejoindre le ré\;seau ou à\; nous contacter pour rejoindre l&rsquo\;é\;quipe d&rsquo\;animation !
\n ORGANIZER;CN="Rémi Zanni": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T170000 SUMMARY:AI and Data Ethics Summer Training Program UID:20260727T155713Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Boston\, United States DESCRIPTION:AI + Data Ethics (AIDE) Summer is a 9-week\, in-person training program intended for graduate students with advanced training in applied ethics\, ethical theory\, philosophy of science\, metascience\, epistemology\, or other areas with potential research applications to artificial intelligence (AI) and big data who would like to develop research capacities in the ethics of AI\, data ethics\, and the philosophy of technology. \;
\nDesigning AI and machine learning systems to promote human flourishing in just and sustainable ways will require a robust and diverse AI and data ethics research community. However\, there are few graduate programs that train students in these areas. The aim of this summer long\, in person training program is to supplement resources in students&rsquo\; home universities with philosophical and technical skills necessary to research in this area.
\nAIDE Summer 2026 especially welcomes epistemologists\, philosophers of science\, and metascience researchers interested in developing a research program in the philosophy of AI and computation.
\nThe 2026 AIDE Summer Program was made possible by generous funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Northeastern's Khoury College of Computer Science.
\nThe summer 2026 program will run from Monday\, June 1st through Friday\, July 31.
\nApplications are due Thursday January 15th\, 2026 at 11:59pm anywhere in the world.
ORGANIZER;CN=Kathleen A. Creel;CN=John Basl: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260604T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Stanley Cavell at 100. An International Centennial Conference UID:20260727T155714Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:Roma\; Paris\; Boston\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Stanley Cavell at 100 \; An International Centennial Conference \; \;
Paris: \;4-5 June 2026 \;| Organized by Sandra Laugier\, Université\; Paris 1 Panthé\;on Sorbonne \; Rome: 8-9 June 2026 \;| Organized by Piergiorgio Donatelli\, Sapienza Università\; di Roma \; Boston: 23-24 October 2026 \;| Organized by Juliet Floyd\, Boston University \; \; \;
In 2026\, we mark the centenary of \;Stanley Cavell (1926&ndash\;2026)\, one of the \;most original and wide-ranging American philosophers of the twentieth century. Cavell&rsquo\;s work traversed traditional disciplinary boundaries&mdash\;engaging deeply with philosophy\, literature\, film\, opera\, psychoanalysis\, politics\, and both American and European traditions of thought. In the spirit of his intellectual breadth and transnational sensibility\, we are organizing a three-part international conference to celebrate his life\, work\, and legacy in Paris\, Rome\, and Boston.
\nWhy This Conference Matters
\nStanley Cavell transformed philosophy into an act of acknowledgment&mdash\;of self\, of others\, and of the everyday. His writings on skepticism\, language\, film\, and the ordinary remain vital at a time when trust in both language and human connection faces renewed challenges. From \;Must We Mean What We Say? \;to \;The Claim of Reason\, from \;The World Viewed \;to \;Pursuits of Happiness\, and through his readings of Emerson and Thoreau\, Cavell helped redefine the scope and style of philosophical writing and teaching.
\nHis engagement with Wittgenstein and Austin reinvigorated the ordinary language tradition\, while his interests in modernism\, cinema\, and American transcendentalism forged a philosophical voice that responded to&mdash\;and often transcended&mdash\;the academic context.
\nThis centennial conference will bring together philosophers\, literary scholars\, and critics to reflect on Cavell&rsquo\;s legacy and extend the conversations he began.
\nThis call for papers concerns all three installments&mdash\;Paris\, Rome\, and Boston&mdash\;of the Cavell at 100 conference.
\nSuggested Themes:
\nWe welcome proposals that engage with the following themes or propose new directions for exploring Cavell&rsquo\;s thought.
\nConference Foci:
\nParis will focus especially on Ordinary Language Philosophy\, Film\, and Popular Culture.
\nRome will center mainly on Ethics\, Politics\, and Forms of Life.
\nBoston will treat primarily Philosophy and Literature\, Tragedy\, Music\, and the Idea of America.
\nSome themes&mdash\;such as skepticism\, modernism\, the ordinary&mdash\;cut across all three conferences.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20260710T110000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20260828T170000 SUMMARY:Political Theories Advanced Seminar (Summer 2026) UID:20260727T155715Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Asia/Taipei LOCATION:Room 713 (College of Social Sciences\, NTU)\, Taipei\, Taiwan DESCRIPTION:Overview
This bi-monthly seminar\, held in English on Fridays\, is designed for doctoral candidates\, postdoctoral fellows and early-career researchers working across the broad field of politics. The seminar adopts an interdisciplinary understanding of political theories\, encompassing political thought\, political and intellectual history\, political sociology\, political philosophy\, law and political science.
Each session follows a dual format:
- Methodological discussions\, based on the collective discussion of selected key readings circulated in advance\;
- Research presentations\, where participants can share and discuss their ongoing work in a supportive and constructive environment.
This seminar aims to promote intellectual exchange\, build connections among peers\, encourage methodological reflections\, and facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue\, among doctoral\, postdoctoral and early-career researchers working in the field of political studies. \;
Programme: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tzywfCjjCIwrNc_GEYC3DvZCsDfxfmAd/
For more information: Dr. Laure Gillot-Assayag laure.assayaggillot@sciencespo.fr \;
The primary objective of the CTW&rsquo\;s Summer School is to provide an international forum for trans-disciplinary and politically relevant research that contributes to a coherent and systematic elucidation of the contemporary world. Participants are exposed to the work of contemporary thinkers and engage with current debates with leading scholars from around the globe. Special attention is paid to traditions of thought that have been sidelined or suppressed in the academy\, including critical theory from the global South\, Marxism\, the black radical tradition\, anticolonial theory\, socialist feminism\, and radical ecological thought. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260724T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260727T170000 SUMMARY:The St Andrews Kant Reading Party 2026: Topics in Kant and Hegel's Philosophy of Law UID:20260727T155717Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:The Burn House\, Brechin\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION: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:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260724T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260731T170000 SUMMARY:Time Work: Debt\, inheritance\, and intergenerational practice UID:20260727T155718Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Riga LOCATION:Minhauzen Unda\, Ainažu iela 74\, Saulkrasti\, Latvia DESCRIPTION:TIME WORK.
Debt\, inheritance\, and intergenerational practice.
Let&rsquo\;s call it &ldquo\;time work&rdquo\;: Those practices that negotiate the relations between the living and the dead. Time work is not merely conducted by archivists and historians\, but by grave diggers and undertakers\, documentary filmmakers and memoirists\, knowledge bearers\, politicians\, war journalists\, practitioners of living traditions\, speakers of dead languages\, as well as by any and all who keep something &ndash\; a story\, a trinket\, an heirloom\, a song &ndash\; holding onto it to remember. Time work is not easily done without feeling\; It is driven by the weight of mattering\, it is attention called by the fact that now &ndash\; this\, &lsquo\;our&rsquo\; now &ndash\; is in-part composed by the shadows of what and who came before. Time work is haunting work\, it whispers of recurrences (&ldquo\;this happened before&rdquo\;)\, and implicitly describes the present as a thing pushed to the surface of existence by the collective force of innumerable spent lives\, over centuries\, over millennia.
\nIn the summer 2026 Studies in Remoteness symposium\, we explore the ways that time work might destabilize the remoteness of history &ndash\; its absence\, distance\, and neglect. How might we describe the work that transforms time into a weighted force that accumulates\, persists\, and can be carried forward\, often across generations? Through what actions is one accountable to the past? What does it mean to hold or carry an inheritance? In what ways are people indebted to those who came before\, and how might the living &ldquo\;pay the debts&rdquo\; that have accumulated over generations? What kinds of temporalities do different approaches to time work produce\, and what social relations are then enabled or foreclosed? Through these questions\, the symposium reflects on the entanglement of debt and history\, exploring debt as an enduring paradigm that variously informs intergenerational relations\, systems of oppression\, and historical justice.
\nWe particularly invite proposals that engage with voices and worldviews often marginalized or erased in dominant knowledge systems.
\nThat place of bad debt\, the invaluable thing
Economy is one of the technologies that captures time. Timework (or Zeitarbeit) is also a term for wage labour. Since the early 20th century\, Taylorism maximized the efficiency of labouring bodies\, in part\, by transforming work into monotonous\, repeatable tasks. In &ldquo\;Time\, Work-Discipline\, and Industrial Capitalism&rdquo\; (1967)\, E.P. Thompson analysed the industrial imposition of precise\, clock-based time measurements on human labour. In models of industrial labour\, debt accrues around &ldquo\;wasted time&rdquo\;.
Within time-as-economy\, time work can also be rendered into the kind of labour that expedites and standardizes\, and thus administrates of the past as the debts and inheritances of the present. But what does it mean to account for history as countable value? In The Undercommons (2013)\, Stefano Harney and Fred Moten provide a model for thinking about remoteness as an anti-efficient site of refuge within the economic capture of time where the &ldquo\;debtor seeks refuge among other debtors\,&rdquo\; engaging in practices that work in time to accumulate indebtedness without resolution. They write that\, &ldquo\;[t]his refuge\, this place of bad debt\, is what we call the fugitive public&rdquo\;. Harney and Moten draw from a history of debt wielded a tool of oppression to argue that refuge from debt informs black study and other practices of fugitive planning that first emerged among self-liberated slaves\, or maroon communities. And yet\,
\n[t]o creditors it is just a place where something is wrong\, though that something wrong &ndash\; the invaluable thing\, the thing that has no value &ndash\; is desired. Creditors seek to demolish that place\, that project\, in order to save the ones who live there from themselves and their lives.
\nExtractive states\, corporations\, and developers claim that communities are indebted to them for progress delivered and infrastructures that too often devalue precisely what is invaluable to those communities. While the economising of the past as debt informs important reparations processes\, heritage work\, and protections\, remoteness can also point us in another direction &ndash\; following in the footsteps of the fugitive. \;
\nHistorical Remoteness: Marooned and unmoored
At the seaside fishing village of Saulkrasti\, Latvia\, the ruins of the 1960s modernist catering establishment Restaurant Vārava stands marooned amidst the trees in a seaside forest. World War II refugees from Pskov and Leningrad\, who settled around Saulkrasti after Germans had driven them out of their homes\, are shown in photographs digging trenches for the Nazis in that same forest in 1944. An EU-funded project on Baltic military heritage has identified a German WWII bunker in a farmer&rsquo\;s field\, built with timber cut by refugee hands. Excavations flooded the bunker with groundwater and were reversed.
Saulkrasti&rsquo\;s ruins are perhaps not so monumental as Latvia&rsquo\;s famous Karosta Northern Forts\, falling into the sea\, but they speak just as eloquently to histories of loss\, survival\, forced migration\, fascism\, war\, and economic struggle within Europe&rsquo\;s Baltic &ldquo\;peripheries&rdquo\;. Like many communities along the North Sea and Baltic Rim\, Saulkrasti has been historically shaped by movements over water and its beach has since time immemorial provided a thoroughfare for fish\, trade\, language\, culture\, violence\, exchange\, and upheaval.
How can our time work engage with Saulkrasti as a place where time work is already going on? Hosted within the Nordic Summer University\, a mobile institution which holds symposia for interdisciplinary research at different sites throughout the Nordic and Baltic regions\, Studies in Remoteness invites proposals from all fields to our summer 2026 symposium\, and explicitly encourages practice-based and community-inclusive research that takes up the challenge of engaging directly with the site and the seaside\, and thus to thoughts that slip into the water with the maroon to contemplate and critique historical narratives of moorage\, abandonment\, and the uncertainty of being unmoored. What poetic and material threads connect Saulkrasti and Latvian histories to wider emotional and material legacies of remoteness as they flow across time and partake in the patterns of dependency\, exploitation\, and exclusion structured by legal and economic systems? We are particularly interested in work that draws the site into relations with the long and layered histories of the Baltic rim through ruptures and disruptions and in pasts that remain present &ndash\; not as something stable or settled &ndash\; but as partial\, affective\, and unresolved.
DETAILED INFORMATION ON SUMMER SESSION PRACTICALITIES
Place: Minhauzen Unda\, Ainažu iela 74\, Saulkrasti\, Latvia
Dates: 24 July &ndash\; 31 July 2026
The 2026 Summer Session gathers all study circles of the Nordic Summer University.
Participants arrive in the afternoon/evening on 24 July.
Summer session prices include housing and food (full room and board) for the week.
Cost for participants without institutional support (full room and board\, July 24-31 2026):
100 &euro\;: \; \; NSU Scholarship price for full room and board for the week in shared 4-bed rooms
700 &euro\;: \; \; Full room and board\, bed in double room (shared with one other participant)
950 &euro\;: \; \; Full room and board\, single room (not shared)
500 &euro\;: \; \; Camping with access to shared bathrooms with showers + breakfast\, lunch\, dinner\, and
\; \; \; \; \; \; snacks for the week.
Studies in Remoteness is working hard to fund the participation of those with financial need. Participants who need funding support should send in their proposal as early as possible and express this in their applications. Nordic Summer University also offers limited scholarships (by application). Additionally\, there are a number of travel/conference grants we can recommend to participants to apply to independently.
Cost for participants with institutional support (full room and board\, July 24-31 2026):
900&euro\;: \; \; Institutional price for PhDs/any room type
1250&euro\;: \; Institutional price for employed scholars/any room type
Participants with families (full room and board\, July 24-31 2026):
1000 &euro\;: \; \;Full room and board in a double room for 1 adult and 1 child
1200 &euro\;: \; \;Full room and board in a family room for 1 adult and 2 children
1500 &euro\;: \; \;Full room and board in a family room for 2 adults and 1 child
1800 &euro\;: \; \; Full room and board in a family room for 2 adults and 2 children
Attending children aged 4+ are welcome to join the Children&rsquo\;s circle\, with two circle coordinators who plan activities for the kids running the course of the week.
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Read more about Study Circle 1:
Studies in Remoteness is coordinated as a study circle within the Nordic Summer University by dance historian Dr. Lindsey Drury and artist Helena Hildur W\, in cooperation with &ndash\; among others &ndash\; team members Theol. Dr. Shiluinla Jamir\, Essi Nuutinen and Tinka Harvard.
Studies in Remoteness does foundational theoretical\, artistic\, and historical work toward initiating a new field of interdisciplinary research in critical remoteness studies. To unpack the geopolitical\, environmental\, and cultural dimensions of &lsquo\;remoteness&rsquo\; &ndash\; particularly\, in the circumpolar North &ndash\; we will center Indigenous scholarship and critiques of extractive colonialism\, as well as artistic and embodied approaches\, in a series of six symposia across the Baltic rim between 2026-2028.
The project turns its attention to the notion of &ldquo\;a place far away&rdquo\;&ndash\; be it the regional peripheries or cartographic borderlands between nation states\; the residential areas of Indigenous/minoritized communities\; historical testimonies and lacunae\; sub-cultural meeting spots or your neighbour&rsquo\;s kitchen. Theorizing modernity by turning to its so-called outskirts\, the project inquires sensoria of absence\, distance\, and neglect that have blossomed along the frontiers of colonial empires and sedimented among the margins of modern infrastructures of &ldquo\;global connectivity&rdquo\;. With lingering attention\, Studies in Remoteness intends to unsettle conditions of obscuring or exoticising &ndash\; resolutely acknowledging histories\, topographies and epistemologies with an eye to how these might come into &ldquo\;intense proximity&rdquo\;\, as coined by Okwui Enwezor. \;
As a three-year collaborative research project\, Studies in Remoteness brings together a network of scholars\, artists\, and activists to engage in community-based research practices. By establishing a co-creative space for community building and artistic practices &ndash\; open for the sharing of facts\, questions\, concerns and practices &ndash\; we believe that our work will prove enduringly relevant.
Studies in Remoteness Userblog at Freie Universitä\;t Berlin:
https://userblogs.fu-berlin.de/remoteness/
Feminism gives us a vision\, a framework\, and tools to upend systems. One of those systems is how we think of language and the self. Is it possible to say what is true\, when stories are always already framed by the world in which they take place? What role does autofiction play in our own lives\, in the process of resistance\, in the call for that which remains invisible? The poetic attention inherent in autofiction\, in escrevivê\;ncia\, that is inherent in the work\, is created for and by and to address the necessity of the impossible. Autofiction as an act of God\, of the transcendent that manifests itself in the real\, in lived experience\, and as such is aimed at resisting the patriarchy.
\nIn this symposium we aim to bring together people with whom this theme resonates\, and we ask people to share from their own life\, practise\, profession\, in order to create an ongoing conversation as a way to build resilience. We explicitly invite people to embrace the difference they bring in to contribute towards this shared endeavour. \;
\nAutofiction as Resistance as a method
\nDuring this week we aim to work together on exploring the themes that are central to this circle also in the way we participate. We explicitly invite people to share their insights\, artistic practises and theoretic understanding in a way that invites collaborative thinking. For this reason academic presentations are not accepted\, although a presentation can be a part of a larger workshop. Please indicate in your application how much time you would need for your intervention\, and a brief description on how you aim to use the time allotted to your session. First-time experiments are as welcome as tested concepts. \;
\nParticipants without workshops/sharing of their own personal project/ideas are also most welcome to collaborate during the week in the interactive program. \;
\nAbout Nordic Summer University (NSU):
\nNSU is a space for collaboration between disciplines/peoples/ideas. During the Summer Session several study circles\, each hosting their own program\, will come together &ndash\; participants are welcome to join different circles/programmes during the week. NSU is a horizontal organisation\, being present means you are a member and part of the organisation.
\nCosts
\nNSU offers a limited amount of grants and scholarships. If you are interested in receiving one (which means a reduced participation fee of 100 euro for the whole week)\, please let us know while applying. \;
\n100 euros Scholarship (in shared 4-bed rooms with shared bathroom)
\n1250 euros Institutional price/any room type
\n900 euros Institutional price PhD/any room type
\n950 euros Single room
\n700 euros Bed in double room
\n1000 euros Double room 1 adult 1 child
\n1200 euros Family room 1 adult 2 children
\n1800 euros Family room 2 adults 2 children
\n1500 euros Family room 2 adults 1 child
\n500 euros Camping \;
\nThis includes accommodation and all meals for the full week. The price also includes NSU membership\, so it is not necessary to purchase it separately. Those who have already attended a winter symposium and paid the membership will receive a discount code to deduct the membership fee. No refunds will be given if participants pay membership twice by mistake\, so please mention in your application that you already attended an NSU event this year\, to receive a discount code.
\nDeadlines
\nPlease send us a short text explaining your aim / topic / idea\, how much time you would need to host the experience\, and what materials you would require (paper/paint/bicycles)\, which we will try to accommodate. \;
\nPlease send us your application by April 5th. Especially if you would like to be considered to receive a grant/scholarship\, as decisions on grants/scholarships will be made at the end of April. Deadline to confirm and pay your spot as a grant/scholarship receiver is May 1st. \;
\nOther applicants are accepted on a rolling basis. Final deadline to apply: May 10th. By May 15th you will need to register and pay for the accommodation.
\nApplications and queries can be send to: nicole.nobyeni@nsuweb.org
\nPlease be aware that everyone involved at Nordic Summer University is collaborating on a voluntary basis.
\nAbout the Circle:
\nHow to think/write/be/inter-act without being limited by an already outlined goal/outcome/impact? How to explore what is messy/confused/embodied while accepting that exploration is always also taking place within philosophy/genre/language/life &ndash\; within what is. That is\, our attempt to explore\, to transcend our sites of speech happens in this world and is framed by the situatedness of our lives. Could it be otherwise? This study circle aims to take advantage of the network\, space and openness provided by the Nordic Summer University to raise questions that cannot be answered/grounded/voiced\, for philosophers/writers/feminists and/or/as-well-as those who are other(s/ed/ing). \;
\nThis study circle will explore the liminality of not belonging in a discipline/space/frame/ category/nation. Accepting language as the limit/tool/curse and an unavoidable starting point\, building upon the work of Irigaray/Arendt/Ettinger\, this state of exception of being-with/in/of language is not simple put aside\, but accepted as a reality which is &ldquo\;disturbing\, overwhelming\, and sometimes too close for comfort&rdquo\;. \;
\nThese tensions open up a liminal space &ndash\; how to think/write/be/inter-act within such a space\, while being an/Other\\not-I/(m)\\Other within feminist philosophy? How to write/create/live as a being that is more than the categories available to mark/describe/situate them? How to explore power as a temporary space\, a moment\, political and liminal? How to read and ground ourselves in feminist philosophy while also living/m-othering/PhD-ing? How to even ask/write/question these questions\, without falling prey to the linearity inherent in what/who/why it means to question? \;
\n\nMore information: https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-4-an-other-not-i-m-other-in-feminist-philosophy/ \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole Des Bouvrie: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260724T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260801T170000 SUMMARY:The F-word – Autofiction as Resistance to Patriarchy UID:20260727T155720Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Riga LOCATION:Saulkrasti\, Latvia DESCRIPTION:Feminism gives us a vision\, a framework\, and tools to upend systems. One of those systems is how we think of language and the self. Is it possible to say what is true\, when stories are always already framed by the world in which they take place? What role does autofiction play in our own lives\, in the process of resistance\, in the call for that which remains invisible? The poetic attention inherent in autofiction\, in escrevivê\;ncia\, that is inherent in the work\, is created for and by and to address the necessity of the impossible. Autofiction as an act of God\, of the transcendent that manifests itself in the real\, in lived experience\, and as such is aimed at resisting the patriarchy.
\nIn this symposium we aim to bring together people with whom this theme resonates\, and we ask people to share from their own life\, practise\, profession\, in order to create an ongoing conversation as a way to build resilience. We explicitly invite people to embrace the difference they bring in to contribute towards this shared endeavour. \;
\nAutofiction as Resistance as a method
\nDuring this week we aim to work together on exploring the themes that are central to this circle also in the way we participate. We explicitly invite people to share their insights\, artistic practises and theoretic understanding in a way that invites collaborative thinking. For this reason academic presentations are not accepted\, although a presentation can be a part of a larger workshop. Please indicate in your application how much time you would need for your intervention\, and a brief description on how you aim to use the time allotted to your session. First-time experiments are as welcome as tested concepts. \;
\nParticipants without workshops/sharing of their own personal project/ideas are also most welcome to collaborate during the week in the interactive program. \;
\nAbout Nordic Summer University (NSU):
\nNSU is a space for collaboration between disciplines/peoples/ideas. During the Summer Session several study circles\, each hosting their own program\, will come together &ndash\; participants are welcome to join different circles/programmes during the week. NSU is a horizontal organisation\, being present means you are a member and part of the organisation.
\nCosts
\nNSU offers a limited amount of grants and scholarships. If you are interested in receiving one (which means a reduced participation fee of only 100 euro for the whole week)\, please let us know while applying. \;
\nThis includes \;accommodation and all meals for the full week. The price also includes NSU membership\, so it is not necessary to purchase it separately. Those who have already attended a winter symposium and paid the membership will receive a discount code to deduct the membership fee &ndash\; please contact us before you register to receive the discount code. No refunds will be given if participants pay membership twice by mistake\, so please mention in your application that you already attended an NSU event this year\, to receive a discount code.
\nDeadlines
\nPlease send us a short text explaining your aim / topic / idea\, how much time you would need to host the experience\, and what materials you would require (paper/paint/bicycles)\, which we will try to accommodate. \;
\nPlease send us your application by April 5th. \;Especially if you would like to be considered to receive a grant/scholarship\, as decisions on grants/scholarships will be made at the end of April. Deadline to confirm and pay your spot as a grant/scholarship receiver is May 1st. \;
\nOther applicants are accepted on a rolling basis. Final deadline to apply: May 10th. By May 15th you will need to register and pay for the accommodation.
\nApplications and queries can be send to: nicole.nobyeni@nsuweb.org
\nPlease be aware that everyone involved at Nordic Summer University is collaborating on a voluntary basis.
\nAbout the Circle:
\nHow to think/write/be/inter-act without being limited by an already outlined goal/outcome/impact? How to explore what is messy/confused/embodied while accepting that exploration is always also taking place within philosophy/genre/language/life &ndash\; within what is. That is\, our attempt to explore\, to transcend our sites of speech happens in this world and is framed by the situatedness of our lives. Could it be otherwise? This study circle aims to take advantage of the network\, space and openness provided by the Nordic Summer University to raise questions that cannot be answered/grounded/voiced\, for philosophers/writers/feminists and/or/as-well-as those who are other(s/ed/ing). \;
\nThis study circle will explore the liminality of not belonging in a discipline/space/frame/ category/nation. Accepting language as the limit/tool/curse and an unavoidable starting point\, building upon the work of Irigaray/Arendt/Ettinger\, this state of exception of being-with/in/of language is not simple put aside\, but accepted as a reality which is &ldquo\;disturbing\, overwhelming\, and sometimes too close for comfort&rdquo\;. \;
\nThese tensions open up a liminal space &ndash\; how to think/write/be/inter-act within such a space\, while being an/Other\\not-I/(m)\\Other within feminist philosophy? How to write/create/live as a being that is more than the categories available to mark/describe/situate them? How to explore power as a temporary space\, a moment\, political and liminal? How to read and ground ourselves in feminist philosophy while also living/m-othering/PhD-ing? How to even ask/write/question these questions\, without falling prey to the linearity inherent in what/who/why it means to question? \;
\nMore information: \;https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-4-an-other-not-i-m-other-in-feminist-philosophy/ \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole Des Bouvrie: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260727T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260823T170000 SUMMARY:School of Materialist Research Summer Institute 2026 UID:20260727T155721Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Athens LOCATION:Olympiada Halkidiki (near Stavros\, ancient Stagira)\, Thessaloníki\, Greece\, 57014 DESCRIPTION:&ldquo\;Political&rdquo\; in the contemporary sense\, and as bound by its disciplinary definitions in political science and political philosophy\, assigns societal categories\, forms of law and moralities to the edges or beyond the limits of what is political. Yet again\, these excluded categories are both legislated by the Political within its limits of &ldquo\;discursive legibility\,&rdquo\; in Judith Butler&rsquo\;s parlance\, and relegated to the realms of the pre-political (including anti-political\, non-political). The &ldquo\;beyond political&rdquo\; serves to constitute the political as its Other\, to be subjugated or negated by it\, but also to be kept at bay as the source of elemental revolt\, i.e.\, &ldquo\;prepolitical.&rdquo\; (27 July-31 July 2026)
\n"Realism\, Materialism\, Epistemology: What is Living and What is Dead in Contemporary Thought?\," is the title of a summer school\, part of the SMR Summer Institute in Stagira/Olympiada (Greece)\, scheduled for August 17&ndash\;23\, 2026. It will explore the 21st century provocations and challenges to the dominance of the poststructuralist epistem across the humanities\, social sciences\, political philosophy\, and beyond. \;
\nThe School of Materialist Research is pleased to announce the third edition of its Advanced Design Practices Summer Institute\, Living Design: Ontological Design Redux. The program is aimed at graduate students (Master&rsquo\;s and doctoral) and early-career researchers who wish to expand their creative and critical research on questions related to design\, calling for a fundamental rethinking and redoing of design praxis. The school is taught by internationally renowned faculty in design and the arts from Goldsmiths\, University of London (UK)\, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)\, Arizona State University (USA)\, and Sandberg Instituut (Netherlands).
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Katerina Kolozova;CN=Adam Nocek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260727T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260731T170000 SUMMARY:Passau Summer School for Applied Ethics 2026 - Ethics of Migration: Justice\, Rights\, Responsibilities UID:20260727T155722Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Innstraße 27\, Passau\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Are you eager to explore the ethical questions that arise from migration? Do you want to exchange ideas with international scholars and actively engage in discussions about justice\, rights\, and responsibility in both European and global contexts? \;
\nThen apply now for the Passau Summer School for Applied Ethics! \;
\nThis year\, PASSAE focuses on migration ethics. Together\, we will examine pressing questions such as: How can theories of justice be applied to real-world migration challenges? What responsibilities do states and societies have toward refugees and migrants? How can the rights of particularly vulnerable groups in migration be protected? How do climate change and technology shape migration and our ethical duties? PASSAE 2026 creates an international platform that fosters exchange among students from diverse fields. Participants will learn from experts\, collaborate in teams\, and explore normative aspects of migration. You&rsquo\;ll also get to experience the charming city of Passau with its rich cultural heritage. \;
\nApplication Details
\nInterested in becoming part of PASSAE? Here&rsquo\;s how to apply: Submit a letter of motivation (max. 350 words) outlining your interest in the topic and what you hope to gain from the experience (deadline: March 15 2026). \;Please note that\, upon acceptance\, there will be a participation fee of 75&euro\;.
ORGANIZER;CN=Karoline Reinhardt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260727T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260727T183000 SUMMARY:Reading Group meeting: discussing Seth Lazar's 'Governing the Algorithmic City' UID:20260727T155723Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Political Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Reading Group
\;
Date: 27 July 2026
Time: 16:00&ndash\;17:30 CET
\;
We are entering an age when the prevailing means of governing power have undoubtedly shifted towards computational systems\, and political philosophy must determine whether and how that power can be properly exercised.
We will be discussing Seth Lazar&rsquo\;s Governing the Algorithmic City &mdash\; how power operates through algorithmic intermediaries\, and how it should be properly governed (link to the paper: \;https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/papa.12279).
\n
We meet monthly (last Monday of each month\, except in August). Join us and be part of an engaging\, interdisciplinary conversation on the political and ethical challenges of the digital age.
Reach out to us at \;SPTPPETSIG@gmail.com \;if you want to be added to the mailing list or if you need assistance with accessing Lazar&rsquo\;s paper.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - NOW OPEN!
\nLiberal democracies are increasingly confronted with structural crises. Several mutually reinforcing dynamics - extreme levels of economic inequality\, intensifying anthropogenic climate change\, large-scale migration and the hardening of border regimes\, digital transformations that fragment the public sphere\, the emergence of new forms of populism and authoritarianism\, and the collapse of the post-Second World War international order - are reshaping citizens&rsquo\; normative expectations\, the material and political conditions of social life\, and the patterns of social recognition upon which democratic legitimacy depends. Although the crises affecting democratic societies also have contingent causes\, often stemming from the failure to fully realize the values and promises of liberal democracy\, it is increasingly evident that their historical\, structural\, and systemic dimensions cannot be adequately addressed without reimagining the paradigm of justice that took shape over the course of the twentieth century. This challenge calls for a multidisciplinary reflection capable of engaging\, at once\, the normative foundations of justice\, the institutional conditions of democratic life\, and the social conflicts through which claims to equality\, freedom\, recognition\, and belonging are articulated.
\nThese concerns will be at the core of the mid-term conference of the Horizon-MSCA Staff Exchanges project Justice in the XXI Century: A Perspective from Latin America &ndash\; JUSTLA(Grant Agreement No. 101183054 - Coordinator University of Catania - DSPS). Bringing together seven European universities\, eleven Latin American academic institutions\, and approximately 150 scholars\, JUSTLA seeks to foster North&ndash\;South academic dialogue and to develop new lines of inquiry in political theory capable of challenging and broadening the dominant liberal paradigm of justice. The mid-term conference aims to create an interdisciplinary and transregional forum for rethinking justice in the twenty-first century from situated perspectives\, with particular attention to how democracy\, inequality\, migration\, the climate crisis\, digital governance\, recognition\, and social resistance are transforming the conceptual and institutional grammar of justice. Rather than treating Latin America merely as a site of application for established theories\, the event seeks to place Latin American experiences\, conflicts\, and critical traditions at the center of a broader effort to reconstruct the normative vocabulary through which justice is theorized today.
\nIn this regard\, we invite contributions from philosophy\, political theory\, law\, sociology\, and related disciplines organized around six thematic working groups:
\n1 - Democracy\, Constitutionalism\, Law\, and the Reconfiguration of the State
\n2 - Inequalities\, Political Economy\, and Distributive Justice
\n3 - Recognition\, Social Conflict\, Protest\, and Forms of Resistance
\n4 - Digital Politics\, Populism\, and Authoritarianism
\n5 - Climate Justice\, Green Transitions\, and Climate Historical Reparations
\n6 - Global Justice\, Borders\, Migration\, and Historical Inequalities
\nKeynote Speakers:
\nAlvaro Bianchi &ndash\; University of Campinas (Brazil)
\nBrandon Terry \;&ndash\; Harvard University (United States of America)
\nCamilo Burian Lopes &ndash\; University of the Republic (Uruguay)
\nChristian Schemmel &ndash\; The University of Manchester (UK)
\nCorinna Mieth &ndash\; Ruhr University Bochum (Germany)
\nDavid F. L. Gomes &ndash\; Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)
\nFlá\;via Biroli &ndash\; University of Brasilia (Brazil)
\nKwesi Thomas &ndash\; University of Toronto (Canada)
\nLucas Petroni &ndash\; Getulio Vargas Foundation (Brazil)
\nLuigi Caranti &ndash\; University of Catania (Italy)
\nMaria Fernanda Novo &ndash\; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
\nMarí\;a Pí\;a Lara &ndash\; Autonomous Metropolitan University (Mexico)
\nMatheus Gato &ndash\; University of Campinas (Brazil)
\nRoberto Gargarella &ndash\; University Torcuato di Tella (Argentina)/ UniversityPompeu Fabra (Spain)
\nYara Frateschi &ndash\; University of Campinas (Brazil)
\nSubmission Guidelines:
\nAbstracts should be 250-300 words\, include up to 5 keywords\, and clearly outline the argument and its relevance to the conference themes. Please include a short bio (max. 150 words) with your institutional affiliation\, academic position\, contact information\, and the working group where\, in your opinion\, your paper falls. The conference will be held in person at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP)\, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciê\;ncias Humanas (IFCH)\, from November 24 to 27\, 2026. The official language is English. There is no registration fee. Please note that this is an in-person event\, not a hybrid one.
\nDeadline for submission: July 27\, 2026
\nNotification of acceptance: August 20\, 2026
\nSubmissions should be sent to this Online Form:
\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSdM57MNYSWHdOru2so-zFtAiOjDy_mfbUcEyiYrylo9keq5KQ/viewform
\nQueries: justla.midconference@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Diana Piroli;CN=Luigi Caranti;CN="Nunzio Alì";CN=Alvaro Bianchi;CN="André Kaysel Velasco e Cruz";CN=Beatriz Gori;CN=Camila Bernardo de Moura;CN=Guilherme Cardoso de Moraes;CN=Isabella Fernandes Moreira Fontaniello;CN=Juliana Aguilera-Lobo;CN=Luana Loureiro Cruz;CN=Lucas Petroni;CN=Nathalia Christina Cordeiro;CN="Níkolas de Camargo Pirani";CN=Raissa Wihby Ventura: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260729T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260729T180000 SUMMARY:The Film-Phil Lisbon Seminars: Laurence Kent UID:20260727T155725Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Lisbon\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:July's Film-Phil Lisbon Seminar will be delivered by Laurence Kent (University of Bristol) who will talk about "&hellip\;not life\, but an alternative to dying: Blurry Images in the Afterlives of Slavery". This will be an hybrid seminar\, happening in room A206 of NOVA FCSH (Berna Campus) and on Microsoft Teams.
\n\nABSTRACT
\n\nThis talk explores two disparate examples of blurred images as working through the afterlives of slavery: Hussein Shariffe&rsquo\;s The Dislocation of Amber (1975) and Arthur Jafa&rsquo\;s Love Is the Message\, The Message Is Death (2016). Shariffe&rsquo\;s experimental film utilises a painterly blurring of the image in its depiction of the ghosts of colonialism haunting the ruined Sudanese port city of Suakin. Jafa&rsquo\;s found-footage work incorporates the visually poor and pixellated in its traversing of the online archive of Black American culture\, (re)mixing violence\, death\, and joy across the images it deploys. Both reckon with colonial afterlives as constituting spectral presences\, with blurriness indexing an in-between of life and death. This is what Shariffe has called &ldquo\;an alternative to dying\,&rdquo\; working with Sufi poetry channelling the resurrection of spirits\, and Jafa has articulated as &ldquo\;my black death&rdquo\; after Orlando Patterson&rsquo\;s notion of &ldquo\;social death.&rdquo\; To understand the role of the blurry image in these experimental works\, I will undertake a genealogy of the blur. This is a project already begun in Martine Beugnet&rsquo\;s recently translated book\, Blur (2026)\, where &ldquo\;the existence of the blur at the heart of the cinematic image preserves the presence of the unknown within it\,&rdquo\; and is developed here in cases when this unknown becomes a &ldquo\;death-image.&rdquo\; It is through this genealogy that the temporality of the different kinds of deaths in these films can be reckoned with. Shariffe&rsquo\;s colonial spectres harbour a strange form of life in death and ruination\, and Jafa&rsquo\;s exhibition of poor images index social death in life beset by white supremacy. Living a(n) (after)life out of focus is a ruinous form of control and subjection\, but cinematic forms of blurring can introduce provocative aesthetic forces of contingency and alterity that work towards a film-philosophical meditation on alternative forms of death. These are\, in Susana Viegas&rsquo\; words\, &ldquo\;the cryptic image(s) of death&rdquo\; that the blur can provide.
\n\nBIO
\n\nLaurence Kent is Lecturer in Digital Film &\; Television at the University of Bristol. He has published and presented on various topics within film theory and philosophy\, from Deleuzian ethics\, experimental cinema\, Hollywood action film\, archiving practices\, and anticolonial aesthetics. His articles and book reviews have appeared in Film-Philosophy\, Alphaville\, Studies in World Cinema\, Screen\, Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy\, Frames Cinema Journal\, and Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image\, amongst others. He is engaged in archival projects relating to Sudanese cinema and his current research explores forms of contingency\, noise\, and blurring within screen media.
\n\nFunding Funded by the European Union (ERC\, FILM AND DEATH\, 101088956). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. \;https://filmdeath.fcsh.unl.pt/
ORGANIZER;CN=Susana Viegas: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260731T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260731T000000 SUMMARY:International Workshop Counterrevolution and Democratic Transformation UID:20260727T155726Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Sankt Gallen\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:\;
\nCall for Abstracts
\n\;
\nInternational Workshop | 22 October 2026\, Chair of Philosophy\, University of St. Gallen
\nCounterrevolution and
\nDemocratic Transformation
\nWith Prof. Bernard Harcourt (Columbia University / EHESS)
\nOver the past two decades\, the world has witnessed increasing normalization of emergency measures\, restrictive border measures\, and the creation of legal and administrative apparatuses to identify\, coerce\, and eliminate internal threats. As these processes have often been driven by democratic states\, there has been intensified debates across political philosophy\, legal theory\, and critical social theory concerning how and when democratic institutions themselves can act as vehicles of authoritarian transformation. However\, disagreement remains over the mechanisms driving these processes and the conceptual vocabularies for understanding them.
\nThe workshop addresses these debates through Bernard Harcourt&rsquo\;s concept of counterrevolution. His recent analyses of counterrevolution\, counterinsurgency\, and emergency governance provide one of the most influential contemporary frameworks for understanding how coercive state rationalities migrate from exceptional contexts into ordinary democratic governance.
\nAt the centre of the workshop is an inquiry into how contemporary democratic states transform governance through legal\, political\, and security mechanisms in ways that consolidate coercive power while preserving the appearance of constitutional normality. It further asks how counterrevolutionary rationalities reshape democratic institutions through law\, administration\, and security practices\, and to what extent these transformations illuminate contemporary processes of authoritarian consolidation or fascitization.
\nThe workshop invites contributions that engage with one or more of the following questions:
\n- \; \; \; \; \; How do emergency powers and constitutional provisions become instruments of permanent governance transformation rather than temporary exception?
\n- \; \; \; \; \; By what legal and administrative mechanisms are internal enemies constructed\, classified\, and subjected to coercive state intervention?
\n- \; \; \; \; \; How do counterinsurgency rationalities migrate into the governance of domestic populations?
\n- \; \; \; \; \; To what extent is fascitization a useful analytical category for understanding contemporary authoritarian consolidation within democratic institutions\, and where does the concept reach its limits?
\nFormat
\nThe workshop takes place on 22 October 2026 at the University of St. Gallen as a one-day\, in-person event\, including a keynote presentation by Bernard Harcourt. The selected speakers will present their paper (20-30min presentation)\, followed by discussion (30 min).
\nEarly-career researchers (including advanced PhD and postdoctoral researchers) in political philosophy\, critical theory\, critical legal studies\, and related fields\, are encouraged to apply.
\nSelected papers will be considered for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Details will be communicated to participants in due course.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\n- \; \; \; \; \; Submission deadline: 31 July 2026
\n- \; \; \; \; \; Date of notification: 15 August 2026
\n- \; \; \; \; \; Workshop language: English
\n- \; \; \; \; \; The submission should include an abstract (300-500 words) for a 20&ndash\;30min presentation\, a short bio (100-200 words)\, and an indication of institutional affiliation (if applicable).
\nWe are actively seeking funding to support participant travel and accommodation (the support cannot yet be confirmed). Please indicate in your submission whether you require financial support &mdash\; this will not affect the evaluation of your application.
\nSubmissions should be sent to: Damian Nussbaumer (damian.nussbaumer@unisg.ch) and Leire Urricelqui (leire.urricelqui@unisg.ch).
ORGANIZER;CN=Damian Nussbaumer;CN=Leire Urricelqui: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T090000 SUMMARY:Call for Papers\, ISMAI Journal Special Issue: Clinical Judgement\, Accountability and Responsible Medical AI UID:20260727T155727Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:ISMAI: The Journal of the International Society of Medical AI invites submissions to a special issue on clinical judgement\, accountability and responsible medical AI. As AI systems increasingly reach patients before a clinician does\, the issue examines who interprets\, who decides\, and who answers for the outcome\, across clinical\, ethical\, legal and policy perspectives. We welcome clinical\, ethical\, legal and policy scholarship\, in particular within the journal&rsquo\;s Ethics and Philosophy of Medical AI scope. Open to clinicians\, ethicists\, legal scholars\, health-policy researchers and philosophers of medicine. Expressions of interest (working title + ~250-word abstract) welcome now\; submission deadline 31 July 2026. Details and submission: journal.ismai.org. Contact: comms@ismai.org. Published with Ubiquity Press\, open access. ISMAI is a clinician-led\, charity-governed\, non-commercial society (registered charity in Ireland\, RCN 20206982).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260731T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260731T230000 SUMMARY:Disclosure in Thought and Action Philosophical Perspectives on Political Narration and Democratic Prefiguration UID:20260727T155728Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Democracy claims to struggle about public affairs through the power of language. Already in Plato&rsquo\;s Republic\, political discourse takes two forms: as dialectical discourse\, it draws on the power of logos\; as narrative discourse\, it draws on the power of mythos. While the former relies on proofs\, deductions\, and discursive necessities\, the latter follows a logic of disclosure. The aim here is to make phenomena visible\, to open up horizons\, and to imagine alternatives. Myth tells stories\, reveals perspectives\, and highlights connections\, thereby bringing things into view in new ways.
\nWhile political philosophy and theory have long focused on the power of discursive speech\, in recent years there has been a growing interest in narrative forms of speech and aesthetic-performative political practices. Of particular significance here is the motif of prefiguration as a practice of enacting political alternatives and future forms of coexistence in the here and now. Political narration and prefiguration are currently being discussed within various traditions\, ranging from political phenomenology to critical theory and post-fundamentalism\, and extending into analytical epistemology.
\nThe workshop focuses on the power of disclosure in thought and action in order to explore their potential for a reimagining of democratic debate and political protest. Especially in times when discursive speech in the public sphere is coming under increasing pressure\, a return to the aesthetic\, narrative\, and performative aspects of the political is crucial.
\nExemplarily\, four traditions can be distinguished in which the power of narrative discourse and the demonstrative aspect of political practice are currently the subject of increased discussion:
\n(1) Political Phenomenology: Hannah Arendt can today be regarded as a founding figure of political phenomenology. Through her reflections on democratic debate under conditions of plurality\, she has brought storytelling into the spotlight as a means of engagement. Storytelling conveys perspectives and attitudes that defy purely theoretical analysis. Central to this is the reference to Kant&rsquo\;s conception of aesthetic judgment\, understood as the ability to identify exemplary points of view for evaluation in the absence of ultimate reasons and to solicit agreement with them. Crucial here is the power of the imagination\, which brings to mind divergent viewpoints and alternatives to the status quo. The potential of such disclosure for democratic debate under conditions of plurality has been systematically explored\, above all\, in recent political phenomenology (Loidolt 2017\, Herrmann 2023\, Bedorf 2025).
\n(2) Critical Theory: The founding text of Critical Theory\, Horkheimer and Adorno&rsquo\;s Dialectic of Enlightenment\, breaks radically with the tradition of the systematic treatise. Its specific narrative style&mdash\;often fragmentary\, aphoristic\, and mimetic&mdash\;is not merely a stylistic device but is regarded as a methodological necessity: In order to break through the context of delusion created by instrumental reason\, thought itself must take on a form that not only states but\, above all\, shows. The aesthetic rationality of argumentation preserves the non-identical from the grasp of analytical identity logic through an aesthetic-critical mode of writing. The representation itself thus becomes a site of resistance that prevents the ossification of thought into mere definitions and gives voice to the unresolved nature of experience. This return to the performative power of philosophical writing has once again come into focus in recent Critical Theory (Wesche 2018\, Freyenhagen 2025\, Saar 2025). Furthermore\, Adorno&mdash\;in contrast to a reading that focuses on the notorious &ldquo\;ban on images&rdquo\;&mdash\;has recently been rediscovered as a pioneer of a prefigurative form of political action (Sö\;rensen 2022).
\n(3) Post-foundationalism: Post-foundational theories emphasize that the political space of justification is permeated by power\, affect\, and desire. Practices of justification are closely linked to the establishment of orders that determine the rules of the game governing what can be said in a democracy (Marchart 2010). Against the backdrop of the classical dispute between philosophy and rhetoric\, post-foundationalism understands itself as a project of radical enlightenment that focuses on the complex intertwining of justifications\, power\, and authority (Kompridis 2006). In this vein\, postf-foundationalism conceives of the rhetorical nature inherent in all speech not as a moment of pretense\, but as a necessary moment for bringing reasons and justifications to light (Gebh/Seitz 2024). In this context\, post-foundationalist thinkers such as Laclau and Mouffe emphasize the importance of the narrative in processes of hegemony formation and point to the rhetorical (metaphorical and metonymic) dynamics involved in the formation of political identities.
\n(4) Analytic Epistemology: The motif of disclosure is also found in contemporary analytic philosophy. \;In her work on perspectives\, Elizabeth Camp (2017) has argued that our thinking is often structured by complex cognitive frames that cannot simply be broken down into isolated sentences and propositions. Perspectives instruct us to perceive certain aspects of a situation as central and others as peripheral. Rachel Fraser (2021) also makes clear that we must understand narratives as more complex units of knowledge. They are the templates through which we first assemble individual facts into a coherent worldview. Thus\, disclosure becomes a central mechanism for how we\, as knowing subjects\, orient ourselves in a complex world.
\nFor many of the thinkers mentioned\, the disclosing moment they focus on theoretically is also reflected in their writing. The traditions gathered here can therefore themselves be examined for their narrative and disclosing dimensions. Accordingly\, one may ask what can be learned from the respective form of representation for political discourse or practice. Can the specific logics of philosophical narration be put to fruitful use in the practices of political protest? Conversely\, what can philosophy learn from those narrative and prefigurative practices that attempt to point out alternatives and new perspectives in the heat of political struggle? What relationships and transitions exist between disclosing thought and disclosing action? Can &ldquo\;disclosing action&rdquo\; create spaces for understanding where &ldquo\;proving&rdquo\; and insisting on facts fail?
\nModalities and Deadlines
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Workshop format: Productive\, constructive discussion and critique of papers (work in progress is expressly encouraged) that are submitted in advance and read by all participants.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Language of discussion: German. Papers may be submitted in German or English.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Submission of an abstract (approx. 300 words) by July 31\, 2026.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Notification of acceptance by August 15\, 2026.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Submission of the workshop paper by December 13\, 2026.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Submissions to: steffen.herrmann@fernuni-hagen.deand sergej.seitz@univie.ac.at
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; We are planning to publish the contributions as part of a special issue in a relevant journal.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; We aim to cover travel and accommodation costs\, but this cannot be guaranteed at this time.
\nConcept and organization:
\nSteffen Herrmann (FernUniversitä\;t Hagen)
\nSergej Seitz (University of Vienna\, ERC Advanced Grant &ldquo\;Prefiguring Democratic Futures&rdquo\;)
ORGANIZER;CN=Sergej Seitz;CN=Steffen K. Herrmann: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260731T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260731T234500 SUMMARY:The Political Theory of Labour Unions UID:20260727T155729Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Munich\, Germany DESCRIPTION:
What is the role of labour unions in a democratic society? Although empirical researchers have provided a plethora of answers to this question\, contemporary political theory and political philosophy have been almost entirely silent on this topic. This workshop aims to bring together researchers in political theory and political philosophy working on labour unions and related topics in order to exchange ideas and set the agenda for future research. The goal is to discuss questions like the following: \;
The workshop will take place in person at the School of Politics and Public Policy in Munich on January 21 and 22\, 2027. \;
\nConfirmed speakers: \;
\nWe invite submissions for another two or three slots for presentations on the political theory and philosophy of labour unions\, broadly conceived. If you&rsquo\;re interested\, please send an anonymised 500-word abstract to \;theory (at) hfp.tum.de \;
\nThe workshop will be pre-read\, so presenters should be able to share the full paper by about early January. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is \;July 31st. \;
\nThere might be some funding available to cover accommodation\, but the details aren&rsquo\;t fully settled yet. So\, applicants should be prepared to cover their own expenses.
ORGANIZER;CN=Philipp Stehr: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260731T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260731T230000 SUMMARY:Deprived Health: the Collaborative Pursuit of Health Capability in Contexts of Socioeconomic Deprivation UID:20260727T155730Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Dublin LOCATION:UCD Humanities Institute Ireland\, Dublin\, Ireland DESCRIPTION:To apply to present at this event\, please submit an abstract of up to 300 words of your research to Dr Ilaria Galasso (ilaria.galasso1@ucd.ie) by 31 July 2026. Successful applicants will be notified by early September 2026. Should you have any questions\, please contact Dr Ilaria Galasso.
\nTravel bursaries:
\nFor early career researchers there are a limited number of travel bursaries available to present at this workshop. Early career applicants who are interested in applying for a travel bursary can specify this in their email when submitting the abstract\, and please provide a breakdown of the anticipated cost for travel\, accommodation and subsistence expenses. The travel bursary will cover a maximum of 2 nights in a hotel. In the assignment of the bursaries\, priority will be given to: unfunded and underfunded applicants\, applicants based in low- and middle-income countries\, and applicants whose research interests are particularly relevant to the theme of the workshop.
ORGANIZER;CN=Ilaria Galasso: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260731T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260731T234500 SUMMARY:Normative Intersections UID:20260727T155731Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Lisbon\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, the debate on normativity has benefited from work at the intersection of different philosophical disciplines. Most notably\, epistemologists have drawn on moral and legal theory to shed light on the grounds of epistemic normativity (Hannon &\; Woodard 2026)\, the nature of epistemic blame (Brown 2020\, Piovarchy 2021\, Boult 2024)\, epistemic accountability (Kauppinen 2026)\, and to better understand the distinctiveness of epistemic justification and excuse (Greco 2021). Within aesthetics\, several philosophers have recently tapped into similar sources to assess ideas such as aesthetic obligation (Kubala 2020\, Whiting 2021)\, aesthetic blameworthiness (Kubala 2024)\, and aesthetic motivation (King 2018). In political philosophy - where the idea of a distinctively political normativity is still under assessment (Leader Maynard &\; Worsnip 2018\, Gadomski 2025) - epistemic insights have been brought to bear on crucial normative notions such as legitimacy (Peter 2023)\, as well as on more applied issues(Edenberg &\; Hannon 2021).
\nFor this workshop\, we invite papers developing this productive cross-pollination to address foundational issues about specific normative domains and clarify the relationship(s) between them. Submissions should include an anonymized abstract of no more than 800 words (references excluded)\, and a title page with authors&rsquo\; info and affiliation.
\nSpeakers will be invited as contributors to a special issue\, to be proposed to a leading international journal.
\nPlease submit materials to: normativeintersections@gmail.com
\nDeadline: July 31st
\nNotification of acceptance: by August 15th
ORGANIZER;CN=Francesco Testini;CN=Devon Cass;CN=Adriana Placani: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T234500 SUMMARY:Husserl and Schutz on Intersubjectivity. Phainomenon UID:20260727T155732Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CALL-FOR-PAPERS
\nHusserl considered the establishment of a transcendental community of subjects necessary for the possibility of obtaining transcendental knowledge of oneself and the world. Notwithstanding\, Husserl's philosophy has been regarded as solipsistic for a significant period. However\, analysis of Husserl's theory of perception\, even prior to the publication of the \;Cartesian Investigations\, \;suggests otherwise. According to this view\, experience of the world is understood as public rather than private. Perceived objects are not exclusive to a single perceiving subject\, although they are given in subjective experience. For this reason\, at least from the 1920s onwards\, Husserl refers to the egological foundation of his philosophy as leading toward an intersubjective transcendental phenomenology\, or even (as one can read in Hua IX: 539)\, towards a sociological phenomenology.
\nThe issue of "transcendental intersubjectivity"\, beginning from a transcendental ego\, and its role in the constitution of an intersubjectively valid world\, is discussed in Husserl's 5th Cartesian Meditation as well as in numerous unpublished manuscripts. This topic was further explored by later phenomenologists\, including Eugen Fink and Ludwig Landgrebe. Others\, overlooking Husserl's focus on the constitutive role of intersubjectivity rather than its empirical forms\, charged him with neglecting the ethical aspects of the I-Thou relationship\; this critique was most notably advanced by Emanuel Lé\;vinas. However\, it was in the 1950s that Alfred Schutz offered one of the most critical perspectives on the project of establishing an intersubjective transcendental community of egos. Schutz argued\, namely: \;1) Husserl's transcendental Ego cannot be put in the plural. \;2) Husserl did not provide conclusive proof that the existence of other Egos is a problem of the transcendental sphere. \;3) Intersubjectivity is just an empirical-mundane problem. \;4) \;Transcendental subjectivity must be replaced by mundane intersubjectivity.
\nAdditionally\, Schutz made several observations about Husserl's method in the 5th Cartesian Meditation. He argued that Husserl's concept of reduction to the "sphere of the proper" assumes a distinction between the proper and the alien\, which could only have been established prior to the reduction. Schutz also noted that the experience of pairing\, which presents the alien body as similar to one's own\, lacks precision\, as it does not consider differences such as those between male and female\, or between humans and animals.
\nNº\; 40 of \;Phainomenon \;aims to retrieve this issue\, offering not only an analysis of the Husserl-Schutz debate\, but also exploring new perspectives\, namely (but not restricted to):
\n1) the ways the experience of an alien self can be addressed from a phenomenological point-of-view\;
\n2) intersubjectivity and lifeworld\;
\n3) the role of the lived body in the experience of "pairing"\;
\n4) "higher-level" intersubjective communities: family\, corporations\, trade-unions\, state institutions\;
\n5) "mundane phenomenology" and sociology\;
\n6) Schutz: continuation and criticisms (Lester Embree\, Thomas Luckman\, Jü\;rgen Habermas\, and others).
\nThe deadline for submitting proposals is July 31\, 2026.
\nThe author guidelines can be consulted and articles submitted at the following link: \;https://phainomenon-journal.pt/index.php/phainomenon/about/submissions
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260731T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260731T230000 SUMMARY:2026 Latinx Philosophy Conference UID:20260727T155733Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:College Station\, United States DESCRIPTION:CFP Submission Form:https://forms.gle/2UB4p5ifF1q2SY9n9
\nFor questions reach out to Sofia Landaeta (sofialandaeta@tamu.edu) or Nora Tsou (noratsou@tamu.edu)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260801T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260801T230000 SUMMARY:Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory\, Volume V UID:20260727T155734Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 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:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260801T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260801T234500 SUMMARY:Literature and the Body: The Relations Between Being and Writing UID:20260727T155735Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Submissions open: \;June 15\, 2026 &ndash\; August 1\, 2026
\nNesir: Journal of Literary Studies \;welcomes submissions for its October 2026 issue\, which seeks to reconsider how literature translates bodily experience into writing and visibility\, and how the body\, in turn\, discloses and shapes literary meaning.
\nContemporary cultural forces\, which we both shape and endure\, demand a renewed examination of the body through literature and of literature through the body. The loss of physical touch during the pandemic has intensified the body&rsquo\;s alienation from its social and emotional milieus\, while a digital culture governed by speed\, distance\, and surface erodes the possibility of tactile meaning and embodied encounter. Current debates on identity\, gender\, and representation have heightened corporeal visibility\, yet they seldom foreground literature&rsquo\;s power to reinscribe the body or the body&rsquo\;s unique role in shaping literary sense and experience. Meanwhile\, thinkers from Nietzsche and Foucault to Merleau-Ponty and Kearney reaffirm the body as a privileged locus of meaning\, perception\, and interpretation.
\nLiterature&rsquo\;s varied portrayals of the body\, and its own material dimension\, both mirror and challenge the ontologies and cultural norms of their historical moments. In ancient tragedy\, the body serves as a threshold to the divine\; in medieval narratives it is sanctified and purified through suffering\; in Renaissance texts it becomes an ideal of visibility and measurability. In the modern novel the body is frequently rendered as disciplined and gendered\, whereas contemporary narratives present it as displaced\, proliferating\, and fluid\, prominent within posthumanist and transhumanist discussions. We therefore invite essays that not only engage with current debates on corporeality but also trace the historical trajectories through which meanings\, representations\, and theories of the body have been fashioned across the diverse epochs of literary and cultural history.
\nOnly a renewed attention to the body can meaningfully address literature&rsquo\;s most pressing crises\, including the loosening bond between language and world\, the erosion of sensory immediacy\, and the growing disembodiment of reading. This issue therefore welcomes essays that conceive literature as an ontological threshold\, poised between meaning and sensation\, writing and life\, word and world.
\nThis issue accepts research articles and book reviews in Turkish or English. Contributions should be prepared in accordance with Nesir&rsquo\;s submission and citation guidelines and must be submitted through the journal&rsquo\;s online submission system: \;nesirdergisi.com
\nSubmissions may address\, but are not limited to\, the following topics:
\nNesir&rsquo\;s submission and citation guidelines: \;https://nesirdergisi.com/index.php/nesir/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
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\nNesir: Journal of Literary Studies \;is an international\, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to literary theory\, historiography\, and comparative literary studies. The journal is indexed in major international databases including DOAJ\, MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)\, Linguistic Bibliography Online (Brill)\, TR Dizin\, and EBSCOhost databases. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260803T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260807T170000 SUMMARY:Idols of Modernity: The Human Desire for Meaning and the Migration of the Holy (Summer School) UID:20260727T155736Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Kloster Mariastein\, Mariastein\, Switzerland\, CH-4115 DESCRIPTION:In his recent book The Uses of Idolatry (OUP 2024)\, William T. Cavanaugh argues that worship has not disappeared from our supposedly «\;secular»\; world\, but has merely changed its target. Instead of God\, created things and structures are worshipped. Cavanaugh examines modern forms of idolatry\, such as nationalism and consumer culture\, and shows how people become dominated by their own creations. Drawing on insights from history\, theology\, philosophy\, political science\, sociology and cultural studies\, the book recognizes idolatry as more than merely a «\;religious»\; phenomenon and views the critique of idolatry as a genuinely interdisciplinary project with the aim of revealing how and why we sacrifice ourselves and others to gods of our own design. The fo&chi\;s Summer School 2026 offers an opportunity to discuss these provocative theses and approaches with the author and to explore their consequences for our view of ourselves\, our culture and our academic work.
\nThe Summer School is designed for advanced undergraduate\, graduate\, and doctoral students in all disciplines\, willing to engage in in-depth study of philosophical\, intellectual-historical\, and theological developments.
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthias Egg: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260803T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260803T230000 SUMMARY:Philosophy\, Evidence and Policymaking UID:20260727T155737Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Rijnstraat 50\, Den Haag\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:This workshop brings together researchers working on the theory and philosophy of science and evidence in policymaking as well as practitioners such as knowledge-brokers\, policymakers and policy advisors. It is organised by researchers at University of Antwerp\, University of Groningen and the VU Amsterdam in collaboration with the Science for Policy project at the Netherlands&rsquo\; Ministry of Education\, Culture &\; Science.
\nThe workshop is aimed at both early-career and senior researchers who are interested in the theory and the practice of evidence generation for and use in policymaking and the interaction between science and policy. This field of research addresses questions such as: What type of evidence should one use to develop policies? What should the role of scientific advisors be in policymaking? Does it make sense to rank evidence in hierarchies? How should policymakers deal with scientific expert disagreement? What does an appropriate role for non-epistemic values look like in evidence and science for policy?
\nWe invite you to send abstracts on the abovementioned topics\, as well as on related ones. Abstracts should:
\nNot exceed 300 words (references excluded)\;
\nBe sent in an anonymised document to the following email address: ebpolicy.network@gmail.com\;
\nBe suitable for a 30-minute presentation (+15 minutes of Q&\;A)\;
\nBe sent by the deadline: 3 August 2026 (notification of acceptance beginning of August 2026)\;
\nParticipation in the workshop without sending an abstract is possible by filling out the registration form no later than 15 August 2026. \;
\nThe first part of the workshop will include a keynote lecture by Dr. Donal Khosrowi (University of Hannover) and\, after\, presentations of the selected abstracts. After the lunch break\, the second part of the workshop will include a keynote lecture by Dr. Jaakko Kuosmanen (Finnish Academy of Science and Letters) and structured dialogues in break-out groups with practitioners\, aimed at making participants reflect together on various topics related to evidence and policy.
\nMoreover\, the workshop aims to encourage interaction between researchers and practitioners. Therefore\, the workshop will also include sessions in which there is structured dialogue between participating researchers and practitioners from the Netherlands&rsquo\; government.
\nQuestions can be sent to \;ebpolicy.network@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Geertjan Holtrop;CN=Kato Van Roey;CN=Helena R. Slanickova;CN=Paride Del Grosso: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260803T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260803T234500 SUMMARY:3rd International Workshop on Formal Ethical Agents and Robots (FEAR 2026) UID:20260727T155738Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers and Abstracts - FEAR 2026 \; We invite submissions to the 3rd International Workshop on Formal Ethical Agents and Robots (FEAR 2026)\, taking place at the University of Manchester (UK) on the 2nd-3rd of November 2026. \; FEAR aims to bring together researchers working on formal aspects of ethical reasoning and behavior in artificial agents. \; We welcome submissions of regular papers (up to 16 pages) describing completed research\, or abstracts (up to 2 pages) providing a high-level description of research published\, or submitted/intended for publication\, elsewhere. \; \; The submission deadline is August 3\, 2026. Submission instructions and more information about the workshop can be found on this webpage: \; https://fearworkshop.github.io/2026/workshop/
\n\n\;Topics of interest include\, but are not limited to:
\nIf you have questions\, please feel free to contact any member of the core organizing team: Louise Dennis (University of Manchester)\, Marija Slavkovik (University of Bergen)\, Marina De Vos(University of Bath)\, Raynaldio Limarga (University of Manchester)\, Sarah Moth-Lund Christensen (University of Sheffield)\, Tuva Bardal (University of Warwick).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260804T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260806T170000 SUMMARY:Energy Ethics 2026: Infrastructures of Energy UID:20260727T155739Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Younger Hall\, Saint Andrews\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Confronted with the climate crisis coupled with ambitions for first-mover positions in new Net Zero markets\, many countries have embarked on energy transitions that move away from a reliance on fossil fuels towards more decarbonised energy systems. At the same time\, we are seeing policy u-turns on climate policies and targets\, societal challenges to energy transitions\, and investors&rsquo\; return to fossil fuel prospects.
\nEnergy transitions have now become intense and urgent topics for debate.
\nWhile fossil fuels and nuclear have long been associated with the deepening of structural inequalities and injustices\, there is also a growing critical engagement with renewables\, due to their continued reliance on resources\, capitalist circuits of investment\, and links to mining via the critical minerals they require. Some scholars emphasise how the language of &lsquo\;transition&rsquo\; unhelpfully communicate a fallacious idea of a break\, moving from one kind of energy source to another. Other scholars highlight how our infrastructures of energy embed choices and decisions\, value and values.
\nAt the same time\, the political positionings of anthropologists have become stronger\, perhaps related to heightening political polarisation\, the vulnerabilities laid bare by Covid-19\, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza\, the enrolment of social scientists into large energy infrastructure projects\, popularist politics\, and much more. Recognising infrastructures of energy&rsquo\;s extensive and multi-dimensional entanglements in contemporary life\, it is ever-more urgent that we reflect on our interlocutors&rsquo\; and our own ethical imaginations and politics of energy.
\nEE2026 asks: What is at stake in our infrastructures of energy? How can change come about? What visions of human and other flourishing are favoured in our infrastructures of energy?
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260806T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260809T170000 SUMMARY:RoME: Nineteenth Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress UID:20260727T155740Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:America/Denver LOCATION:Boulder\, United States DESCRIPTION:Papers from all areas of ethics and political theory are invited. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Benjamin Hale;CN=Alastair Norcross: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260808T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260809T170000 SUMMARY:Artifices: technology\, thought\, art UID:20260727T155741Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:EJSMONDA 2\, Gdynia\, Poland DESCRIPTION:Our contemporary world is increasingly enamored by artificiality\, yet the Artificial Intelligence moniker of the latest dot-com bubble triggers profound anxieties. The idea that we can create an artificial intelligence by way of machinic technology is by no means novel in the history of culture. In the Iliad\, for example\, Homer speaks of Hephaestus&lsquo\; &ldquo\;handmaidens wrought of gold in the semblance of living maids&rdquo\;\, characteristic by their intelligence\, speech and strength. To Aristotle\, technê\; \;was a craft grounded in knowledge\, and in this sense AI is precisely a product of practice\, an art. Thus\, it can be argued that artificial is our use of encyclopedias\, as much of our use of chatbots who in turn perform database searches on our behalf. Should not thinking machines\, wrought by our own technological mastery\, be a solace and relief?
\nClearly\, our concerns with AI and the potential chaos brought about by Large Language Models (LLMs) are significant and diverse. We know that LLMs can have environmental\, social\, juridical\, and economic effects that are poorly understood\, but potentially cataclysmic in force. artifices\, the 6th Ereignis Conference\, seeks to bring together thinking from across philosophy\, social theory\, and psycho-analysis to shed light on the complex emergence of AI. We approach artifice in its broadest sense: as that which is derived\, non-originary\, or external to traditional notions of the authentic. Relevant areas of examination and contestation are whether AI should be considered as generating a novel kind of alterity\, prompting us to ask whether the Other is being reduced to a zero degree of algorithmization or manifesting as a radical new ethical encounter. Further\, we can ask whether LLMs should be viewed not merely as models of cognition but as schizoanalytic desiring-machines that actively reorganize the circuits of human affect\, labor\, and planetary life. This necessitates a fundamental questioning of the natural/artificial distinction itself\; by deconstructing this binary\, we reveal how our anxieties regarding the cyborg reflect a deeper lack\, forcing us to confront the structural brokenness of a humanity that has always been technologically mediated.
\nThis conference invites new ways of positioning &ldquo\;thinking machines&rdquo\; in relation to humans through the lenses of alterity\, psychoanalysis\, and schizoanalysis. We seek to explore AI not as a mere model of cognition\, but as a machinic assemblage that reorganizes desire\, labor\, and planetary forms of life. Drawing on the tension between the Other as a source of alienation (Sartre) and a source of creation (Levinas)\, we ask how AI functions as a Big Other or as an instansiation of the symbolic order. Beyond simple ethics or regulation\, we aim to address the &ldquo\;cyborging&rdquo\; of humanity and the political task of philosophy -- moving toward a post-Lacanian and Deleuzian understanding of how modes of life and care can be composed within the shadow of the machinic earth.
\nKey Questions
\nWe invite papers from across disciplines that engage one or more of these questions: \;
\nInvitation
\nWe invite papers from all traditions and schools of philosophy and adjoining discipline (critical and social theory\, psycho-analysis and schizoanalysis\, media studies and arts\, literary theory and comparative literature\, etc.) to address any of the topics and questions above. Submissions should be structured\, well-argued\, and show evidence of rigorous scholarship. Include an abstract (max. 300 words) and a short author bio (max. 50 words). \;
\nSubmit abstracts by June 15\, 2026 \;(extended) through our online submission engine at ereignis.no. We will return to you with a notification on acceptance. Registration is required.
\nHybrid format
\nThe conference will be held on-site in Gdynia\, Poland\, on August 8 and 9\, 2026\, and on-line on the Zoom videoconferencing platform for those unable to attend in person. More information about travel and accommodation is available on the conference page. For accepted papers\, registration will be required by July 1\, 2026.
\nConfirmed keynote speaker
\nSessions
\nPapers are timed to 20 minutes and followed by a Q&\;A with the audience. Each session is moderated.
\nPublishing opportunities
\nAll authors are encouraged to submit essay-versions of their presentation to a themed issue of our peer-reviewed journal\, Inscriptions. Deadline for submitting full-text essays will be October 15\, 2026. Note that this journal has its own criteria for submission\, review and publication. For more information\, see the journal&lsquo\;s about page. \;
\nConference fee
\nScholastic committee
\nOrganisers
\nThis event is hosted by Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts and Inscriptions &mdash\; a journal for contemporary thinking on art\, philosophy and psycho-analysis.
\nMore information about travelling to Gdynia\, Poland\, visa requirements\, accommodation\, and some information for those travelling with families is available on the conference page.
ORGANIZER;CN=Torgeir Fjeld: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260808T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260808T090000 SUMMARY:The Seven Cs UID:20260727T155742Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are proud to announce the very first meeting of the &ldquo\;Sailing the The Seven Cs&rdquo\; Conference!
The Seven Cs:
Chaff: Philosophy of the Body\, Medicine\, and Biology.
\nChuff: Philosophy of Emotions &\; Political Rage.
\nChud: Political Philosophy.
\nChad: Philosophy of Gender &\; Sexuality.
\nChopped: Philosophy of Fashion and Food.
\nChess: Philosophy of Games &\; Mathematics
\nChocolate: Philosophy of Economics &\; Global Exploitation
We are currently accepting abstracts on any of the above topics\, and while not preferred\, we also accept talks relating to Cartography\, broadly construed. Submissions must not exceed 1000 words\, and can be emailed to alec@philosophyforthedemos.com. \;
This is a real and light-hearted but philosophically rich conference. Website is currently under-construction.
The Philosophy Graduate Student Association (PGSA) of Florida State University is now accepting submissions for their graduate conference on free will\, moral responsibility\, and agency.
\nThe conference will take place at Florida State University on October 16-17 2026.
\nKeynote speakers will be:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Zoë\; Johnson King\, Harvard University
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; David Shoemaker\, Cornell University
\nThe conference will be held in Dodd Hall Auditorium. Conference participants can access the auditorium via either stairs or ramps\, and wheelchair accessible tables as well as theater-style seats are available in the auditorium. Microphones will be available for presenters. The conference is currently planned to be held in-person.
\nThose interested in submitting papers related to free will\, moral responsibility\, or the wider notion of agency should email their submissions to fsupgsa@gmail.com. Papers should be submitted along with a cover page. The criteria for the paper submission and cover page are as follows:
\n \;
Paper Requirements:
·\; \; \; \; \; \; Prepared for anonymous review
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; No more than 4\,000 words
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Suitable for 25-minute presentation
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Preceded by an abstract of 150-250 words
\nCover Page Requirements:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Presenter&rsquo\;s name
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Institutional affiliation
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Contact information (email address or phone number)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Title of paper
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;150-250 word abstract of the paper \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Word count of the paper
\nThe deadline for submissions is August 8th\, 2026. We will notify those whose papers have been accepted no later than September 16\, 2026.
\nFor questions or further information\, please contact Justice Cabantangan (jac24m at fsu.edu). You may also visit the conference website at https://philosophy.fsu.edu/free-will-conference. (The website is currently under maintenance.)
ORGANIZER;CN=Justice Cabantangan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20260810T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20260810T120000 SUMMARY:The Third “Frontiers in Ethics and Political Philosophy” Workshop UID:20260727T155744Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Asia/Shanghai LOCATION:Zhejiang University\, Zijingang Campus\, Hangzhou\, China\, 310058 DESCRIPTION:The Third &ldquo\;Frontiers in Ethics and Political Philosophy&rdquo\; Workshop
\nTheme: Equal Relations and Social Justice
\n\;
\nZhejiang University: October 17-18 (Sat-Sun)\, 2026
\nSubmission Deadline: August 10 (Mon)\, 2026
\nWe are pleased to announce the Third &ldquo\;Frontiers in Ethics and Political Philosophy&rdquo\; Workshop\, which will take place at Zhejiang University on October 17-18\, 2026. This workshop aims to bring together scholars to explore and discuss issues related to equal relations and social justice\, broadly conceived.
\nWorkshop Theme: \;Equal Relations and Social Justice
\nRecent developments in ethics and political philosophy have increasingly emphasized the relational dimensions of justice\, arguing that a just society requires not only fair distributions of resources and opportunities but also social relations characterized by equality\, mutual respect\, and freedom from domination. We intend for this workshop to have a broad remit within this topic. Submissions may engage with the work of influential thinkers in these debates\, including Elizabeth Anderson\, Iris Marion Young\, David Miller\, Thomas Scanlon\, Samuel Scheffler\, and others.
\nTopics of Interest
\nWe invite submissions addressing any aspect of equal relations and social justice\, including but not limited to:
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nInterested authors are invited to submit extended abstracts (500-1000 words) for blind review. Abstracts should be submitted to frontiersworkshop@foxmail.com by August 10\, 2026. We welcome submissions from scholars at all career stages.
\nLanguages: English\, Chinese.
\nThere will be 6-8 refereed talks (30 minutes each). Please also indicate whether you would like to be considered as a commentator.
\nParticipants are responsible for their own transportation expenses. Accommodation and meals will be covered by the organizers.
\nImportant Dates
\nContact Information
\nFor inquiries\, please contact Xuanpu Zhuang at xuanpuzhuang@zju.edu.cn \;or Jiangmei Liu at jl319@zju.edu.cn.
ORGANIZER;CN=Xuanpu Zhuang;CN=Jiangmei Liu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260810T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260810T090000 SUMMARY:Inquiry Network WIP Talks UID:20260727T155745Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Inquiry Network WIP Talks feature presentations of work in progress related to inquiry\, broadly understood. For example\, presentations might discuss (but are not limited to): the epistemology of inquiry\, the metaphysics of inquiry\, ethical norms of inquiry\, historical perspectives on inquiry\, or the structure of scientific inquiry.
We aim to foster the sharing of ideas in an inclusive\, welcoming and low-pressure environment. Papers that are already accepted for publication will not be accepted. We aim to be sensitive to the needs of early-career scholars.
The group meets biweekly on Zoom during each of the Fall and Spring semesters. Meeting times are determined shortly before the beginning of each semester with the goal of finding a time that works for as many members as possible. Special consideration is given to finding a meeting time that works for presenters of accepted papers.
We ask the authors of accepted papers to try their best to attend at least half of the talks in the semester in which they will present\, and more if possible. We recognize that circumstances may vary\, but we encourage speakers to meet this goal when possible in order to help foster a sense of familiarity among the participants and to help build a sense of community among group members more generally.
The CFA for Fall 2026 will be open until August 10th\, 2026 (EOD). We will evaluate submissions with the aim of responding within 2 weeks.
Please submit an abstract of up to 500 words for consideration. We especially welcome submissions by early-career philosophers and by members of under-represented groups.
Submission link: \;https://forms.gle/GBmg7UKyP4YHfWXs7
Contact: inquirynetworkgroup@gmail.com \;
International Conference
\nThe Artificial Mind: Art and Philosophy after AI
\n\n24-25 September 2026
\nNational Gallery of Art
\n22 Konstitucijos Ave. \;
\nVilnius\, Lithuania
\n\nThe title &ldquo\;Artificial Mind&rdquo\; references Claude Lé\;vi-Strauss&rsquo\; \;The Savage Mind (La Pensé\;e sauvage (1962)\, a foundational work in anthropology\, in which he argues that &ldquo\;savage&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;civilized&rdquo\; thought share the same epistemological architecture &ndash\; differing not in structure but in mode of operations. While the &ldquo\;civilized&rdquo\; engineer works with purpose-built concepts and tools toward a specific end\, the &ldquo\;savage&rdquo\; bricoleur thinks with whatever is at hand\, constructing new meanings from fragments.
\nWith the advent of AI and large language models (LLMs)\, we might speak of a new variation of thought &ndash\; the \;Artificial \;Mind &ndash\; that combines these principles. AI is typically figured as the apotheosis of engineering: a rational\, systematic agent grounded in logic\, computation\, and algorithm. Yet what LLMs actually do resembles \;bricolage \;far more closely &ndash\; repurposing and recombining existing anthropogenetic materials to produce outputs that are heterogeneous assemblages rather than engineered constructions in the strict sense. More fundamentally\, the Artificial Mind points to the technicality of thought itself\, which no longer appears as an autonomous\, interior human faculty\, but as an operational process structured by historically and materially situated practices. \;
\nUnsurprisingly\, AI has provoked philosophy &ndash\; across both its analytic and continental branches &ndash\; into responses\, reflections\, and reservations ranging from careful conceptual revision to outright alarm. Perception\, judgement\, agency &ndash\; domains previously considered exclusive to human reasoning &ndash\; are now contested terrain. Phenomenology asks how mediation by artificial neural networks alters the fundamental structures of experience\; ethics becomes concerned with the conditions of moral formation when the environments that shape us become generative\, while political philosophy &ndash\; with what institutional settings are required when the very capacities of judgement become increasingly automated. \;
\nThe conference invites theoretical and empirical contributions on the tectonic transformations AI has introduced into the conceptual space of the \;post \;&ndash\; at least insofar as it pertains to the human. Conceptually\, this rethinking necessitates a shift from anthropology toward \;postanthropology \;&ndash\; at once a postanthropocentric revision of disciplines confronted with a non-human form of thought\, and a broader interrogation of the Anthropos as the presumed center of agency\, knowledge\, and meaning-making. \;
\nThis rethinking is not without tensions. The apparent radical alterity of the artificial mind remains deeply embedded in all-too-human systems &ndash\; and is therefore inescapably implicated in their structures and mechanisms of exploitation\, extraction\, and control &ndash\; capitalism\, patriarchy\, and colonialism\, among others. As Luciana Parisi observes\, AI is haunted by &ldquo\;the paradox of aesthetics and recursive algorithms that sustain the freedom of \;homo bioeconomicus \;through the prototype of the slave-machine&rdquo\; (2023). In this sense\, AI occupies an ambivalent position: it destabilizes the human/non-human distinction that has historically underpinned oppressive regimes\, while simultaneously intensifying and rearticulating them.
\nAt the same time\, the notion of the artificial points toward artifice &ndash\; the domain of art &ndash\; where meaning has long been produced through practices of bricolage: mediation\, staging\, and re/combination. AI- and algorithmic art render these operations not only explicit but scalable and programmable\, thereby problematizing the status of artistic production: what does it mean to make art after AI? Confronted with the automation of its own conditions of possibility\, will art remain a privileged site of meaning-making or become one modality of algorithmic recombination among many? \; \;
\nRather than a eulogy for the human or for art\, the conference is envisioned as a platform of creative exchange between philosophical and artistic interventions &ndash\; a collective attempt to think our posthuman or more-than-human future(s). In line with Yuk Hui&rsquo\;s programmatic vision\, we want to foster artistic\, conceptual\, and technical practices that &ldquo\;maintain and reproduce biodiversity\, noodiversity\, and technodiversity&rdquo\; (2023) under the homogenizing conditions of automation. \;
\n\nContributions may address\, but not limited to:
\n\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;AI and the transformation of mind\, thought\, and cognition
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Post/Phenomenology of AI and the mediation of embodiment
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Art\, technics\, and creative practices in the age of AI and algorithms
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Agency\, subjectivity\, and authorship in human-machine assemblages
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Ethical\, critical\, and political perspectives on AI infrastructures
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Alternative technological imaginaries and technocultures
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Experimental\, speculative\, and situated approaches to AI
\n\nProposals of up to 250 words should be sent to Denis Petrina (denis.petrina@lkti.lt) by August 15 2026. Please include the speaker&rsquo\;s name and institutional affiliation. Accepted presenters will be notified by August 25 2026. \;
\n\nA thematic issue of &ldquo\;Athena: Philosophical Studies&rdquo\; is planned for 2027. Extended articles based on conference presentations will be considered for publication. \; \;
\nInformation about the journal: \;https://athena.lt/home
\n\nConference fee: \;The conference is free of charge. However\, travel and accommodation expenses are to be covered by participants. \;
\nWorking language: \;English
\nFormat: \;The conference is an onsite event.
\nConference organizer: \;Lithuanian Culture Research Institute
\nConference partner: \;National Gallery of Art
\nOrganizing committee: \;Danutė Bacevičiūtė\, Laurynas Norus\, \;Denis Petrina\, Justas Petronis\, \;Augustas Pinkevičius\, Aistis Žekevičius\, Audronė Žukauskaitė
\n\n\nContact for enquiries: \;denis.petrina@lkti.lt
ORGANIZER;CN=Justas Petronis;CN=Denis Petrina: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260814T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260814T234500 SUMMARY:Cluelessness Critiques Competition UID:20260727T155747Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Effective Altruism Forum\, with prizes funded by Macroscopic Ventures\, is running an essay competition inviting critiques of the "unawareness argument" set out in Anthony DiGiovanni&rsquo\;s sequence The Challenge of Unawareness for Impartial Altruist Action Guidance. DiGiovanni argues that our evidence about the long-run consequences of our actions is too coarse to compare them: impact assessments\, whether precise expected-value estimates or informal best guesses\, should be severely indeterminate\, leaving the impartial altruist with no justified verdict on which action does more good.
\nEligible entries take one of three routes:
\nChallenge a premise &mdash\; argue that a specific premise (normative\, conceptual\, or empirical) is false or unmotivated.
\nChallenge the inference &mdash\; grant the premises but deny that the "no reason to prefer any action" conclusion follows.
\nOffer a constructive response &mdash\; grant the conclusion and say what the impartial altruist should do anyway\, defending an existing proposal (e.g. bracketing or wagering) or an original one.
\nThe strongest entries focus on a single\, clearly identified step of the argument rather than the whole. Length is open\, from roughly 200 to 5\,000 words. Read DiGiovanni&rsquo\;s summary post first to orient your entry.
\nPrizes (USD): $2\,500 / $1\,500 / $1\,000 for the top three essays\, plus up to $2\,000 in comment prizes during the discussion week (Week starting August 17th). An outlier prize of up to $50\,000 is on offer for a decisive critique or a genuinely original solution. A $250 referral prize is also available for those cited by a winner as the reason they entered the competition.
\nDeadline: 14 August 2026\, 23:59 anywhere on Earth. \;
\nEntries are submitted via the form linked from the announcement post. Eligible entries are published on the EA Forum during 17&ndash\;23 August\, with winners announced the week of 24 August. Open to academics\, students\, and anyone else aged 18 and over\; pieces published before the announcement are not eligible. Essay judges: Anthony DiGiovanni\, Andreas Mogensen (Oxford)\, and Jesse Clifton (Macroscopic Ventures).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260815T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260815T120000 SUMMARY:16th Annual Midwestern Medical Humanities Conference UID:20260727T155748Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:America/Detroit LOCATION:Kalamazoo\, United States DESCRIPTION:The 16th Annual Midwestern Medical Humanities Conference will be on Friday\, \;October 2nd\, 2026. The theme of this year&rsquo\;s meeting is Medical Technologies\, which will comprise (at least) one track. Note that this track includes\, but is not limited to\, artificial intelligence in medicine. Other tracks will be on any topic related to medical humanities.
\nWe invite submissions for presentations (with up to two presenters)\, and we also encourage panel submissions (with three or more presenters) that bring together participants from diverse backgrounds or academic disciplines. We further encourage proposals that involve community partners\, would be of interest to the general public\, and/or create opportunities for students.
\nSubmission Guidelines: Submissions should include name\, department/institutional affiliation\, project title\, and an abstract not to exceed 500 words. Proposals should be submitted by August 15th\, 2026 via \;Oxford Abstracts. Conference registration will be required of all presenters.
\nConference Format: \;As in recent years\, the Midwestern Medical Humanities Conference will have a robust online program\, hosted through Microsoft Teams. Our abstract submission form additionally asks whether anyone would like to present in-person (in Kalamazoo\, Michigan). When submitting abstracts\, please indicate your preferred format.
\nWe will explore a dual (online and in-person) program\, given sufficient interest. However\, it is important for us to retain our online format\, to be more inclusive of international presentations\, those with limited travel funding\, and others.
\nPlease see the link to our Oxford Abstract submission form and others at our conference site:
ORGANIZER;CN="Fritz Allhoff, J.D., Ph.D.";CN=Dominic Aishe: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260815T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260815T234500 SUMMARY:Security-Relevant Research in Academia - Debates\, Definitions\, and Best-Practices UID:20260727T155749Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Karlsruhe\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Dear Colleagues\,
\n\nWe are pleased to invite submissions for a conference on "Security-Relevant Research in Academia: Debates\, Definitions\, and Best-Practices\," taking place 5&ndash\;6 November 2026 at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)\, Germany:
\nDate: 5-6 November 2026
Location: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)\, Germany
Submission Deadline: 15 August 2026
Contact: scott.robbins@kit.edu
Universities stand at the critical intersection of open inquiry and societal responsibility. The ongoing war in Ukraine has illustrated how rapidly scientific advances can be repurposed for conflict\, raising the stakes for research touching on national security\, cryptography\, dual-use technologies\, and emerging weapon systems. To address these challenges\, we invite submissions for a conference dedicated to exploring the complex area of Security-Relevant Research (SRR) within higher-education institutions.
\nWe seek contributions from scholars\, administrators\, ethicists\, defense professionals\, policy makers\, and engineers/technology developers that examine the fundamental questions surrounding SRR. We are particularly interested in papers that address:
\nWhile advocates argue that academic freedom fuels innovation and that university-based research offers transparent\, ethical alternatives to opaque military labs\, critics warn of accelerating arms races\, the exposure of students to dual-use dilemmas\, and conflicts of interest with defense sponsors. This workshop aims to navigate these tensions\, fostering a dialogue that balances innovation with ethical stewardship.
\nSubmission Guidelines
We invite abstracts of 300&ndash\;500 words (excluding references) that propose a paper for presentation. Submissions must include the author's name and affiliation. Please send your abstracts via email to scott.robbins@kit.edu by 15 August 2026.
Presentation Format
Selected authors will be invited to present their work during the workshop. Each presentation will be allocated 20 minutes\, followed by 10 minutes for Q&\;A and discussion.
Publication Opportunity
A primary goal of this workshop is to synthesize the insights\, case studies\, and draft guidelines generated during the event. Following the conference\, all participants will be invited to submit their full manuscripts for consideration in a special issue dedicated to Security-Relevant Research in Academia. We will have more information about this in due time.
This conference is supported by BMFTR\, as part of the "MilEth" project (Military Defense Technologies and Ethics).
\nKeynotes:
Michiel Bot (Tilburg University)
Lonneke Peperkamp (Radboud University Nijmegen &\; Netherlands Defense Academy)
Conference Organizers:
\nScott Robbins &mdash\; Post-Doctoral Researcher\, KIT\, ARRTI
Nathan Wood &mdash\; Junior Research Group Leader\, TUHH
Alexander Bagattini &mdash\; Senior Researcher\, KIT\, ARRTI
Volker Gollnick &mdash\; Professor\, TUHH
Nico Brä\;hler &mdash\; Managing Director\, ARRTI\, KIT
KIT &mdash\; TUHH
ORGANIZER;CN="Nico Brähler": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260815T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260815T234500 SUMMARY:Normative Perspectives on the Armed Forces and Civil–Military Relations UID:20260727T155750Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Oxford\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Russia&rsquo\;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine\, alongside ongoing processes of democratic backsliding\, has renewed attention to the political role of military institutions and the relationship between armed forces and democratic societies. Political scientists have produced rich empirical and institutional accounts of civil&ndash\;military relations\, from Huntington and Janowitz to Feaver&rsquo\;s principal&ndash\;agent framework\, but the normative questions underlying those accounts have received little sustained philosophical attention. While classical republican thought devoted considerable attention to the armed forces and civil&ndash\;military relations\, contemporary political philosophy and theory has engaged these issues only sporadically. \;Yet military institutions raise a wide range of important normative questions.
\nThis workshop aims to advance normative theorising on military institutions and civil&ndash\;military relations. We invite papers that address any element of this topic\, including the following issues:
Abstracts of 300&ndash\;400 words should be sent\, alongside a short CV\, to \;sven.altenburger@bsg.ox.ac.uk \;by 15 August 2026. The workshop will be based on pre-circulated papers. Accepted participants will be asked to submit a paper of 7\,000&ndash\;10\,000 words by 15 October 2026. Selected contributions may be included in an intended edited volume arising from the workshop.
The biannual Philosophy group meeting for the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender (SSEMWG) will be held at the Central APA's 2027 meeting in Denver\, CO from Feb 24-27.
\nWork in any sub-area of early modern philosophy which contributes to creative scholarship on/about/from non-canonical figures is encouraged. Past meetings have included excellent work by graduate students\, junior faculty\, and senior scholars in the field. Undergraduates are welcome to attend as a session chair or commenter. \;
\nAbstracts (around 300-500 words) are due by August 15. Please submit abstracts\, or indicate interest in chairing/commenting by email to organizer Jill Hernandez\, jill.hernandez@ttu.edu. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by August 31.
\nMembership in SSEMWG is not required to attend\, nor to submit a paper. Travel bursaries for graduate student participants are available on a competitive basis! See: https://www.ssemwg.org/graduate-student-travel-grants for more information.
\nFor questions\, email Jill Hernandez\, jill.hernandez@ttu.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jill Hernandez: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260816T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260816T230000 SUMMARY:The 2026 Online Symposium of the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy UID:20260727T155752Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers
\nThe 2026 Online Symposium of the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy
\nMud\, Islands and Ocean
\nDates: November 5 (Thu) - 6 (Fri)\, 2026 \; \; \; \; \; \; No conference fee\, participation is free.
\nMud\, islands and ocean are places of mixture and changes. Animals and people leave traces in the mud. The NAEP symposium 2026 dives into blue humanities and interrogates the fringes between worlds and aims to explore views in terms of fluidity and process. In the mud\, soil and water shift forms and transform. Boundaries are not clearly apparent. Environmental philosophy forces us to reconsider certain assumptions about clear boundaries delimiting and isolating things\, and mud invites us to this journey.
\nOceans can be places of both encounters and separations\, and \; islands can easily trigger narratives of isolation. Mud involves and interconnects lands and seas. Mud also hosts specific ecosystems and bridges the worlds of different species. But places of mixtures and changes can also be places of tensions\; the encounter between different worlds can unleash clashes about access and belonging. Many struggles about justice unfold in muddy waters.
\nThe NAEP 2026 Online Symposium welcomes contributions from scholars\, practitioners and stakeholders on a broad range of aspects within Asian worldviews\, including but not limited to:
\nSilt\, sand and shells\, changing materialities and temporalities
\nPhilosophies of microbiology and oceanology
\nSea-faring people\, slow living\, Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) and practices
\nJustice and radical approaches to transformation
\nMangroves and coastal ecosystems as protectors from climate change
\nSea level rise and the futures of islands
\nEcofeminism insights on water and birth
\nPhilosophical explorations about natural boundaries\, artificial delimitations\, holism and animism
\nWhale songs and artistic expressions (narratives\, artforms\, storytelling\, memory landscape&hellip\;) related to mud\, islands and ocean in Asian cultures
\nEarly- and mid-career scholars are especially encouraged to send proposals.
\nWe welcome abstracts for individual presentations\, panels\, online posters and workshop proposals. Please submit your 200-250 words abstract with your name\, affiliation and contact informationthrough this form\, by August 16th\, 2026 (or by email toasiaenviphilo@gmail.com).
\nLanguage: The primary language of the conference is English. We aim to be non-native friendly\, so we make it a rule that we speak slow and accessible English. If you would like to present in a language other than English\, please contact us.
\nOrganisation: Laÿ\;na Droz\, Orika Komatsubara\, Dipanwita Pal\, Concordia Marie Lagasca-Hiloma\, Romaric Jannel\, Spriha Roy\, Felipe Cuervo\, May Aye Thiri.
\nAbout the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy (NAEP)
\nThe Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy (NAEP) was founded by agroup of scholarsin the field of environmental philosophy in Asia in 2019 with the goal to supportworks related to environmental philosophy within Asian traditions of thoughts broadly conceived or related to grassroots perspectives on environmental issues in Asia. \; \; Visit our website:www.asiaenviphilo.com
ORGANIZER;CN="Laÿna Droz";CN=Romaric Jannel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260818T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Breakups UID:20260727T155753Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:USC School of Philosophy\, Los Angeles\, United States\, 90089-3617 DESCRIPTION:CFCP Conference: Philosophy of Breakups
\nMany - if not most - relationships eventually end. Their endings can be good - or they can be bad. Philosophers have devoted a great deal of ink to committed relationships and enduring friendships\, and to the rehabilitation of relationships - to topics like apology\, forgiveness\, and reconciliation. Less ink has been spilled over breakups and divorce. This event seeks to remedy this omission.
\nOn August 17-18\, 2026\, the Conceptual Foundations of Conflict Project at the University of Southern California will sponsor a two-day conference on the philosophy of breakups. Quill Kukla will keynote\, and remaining presentation slots will be filled via a call for abstracts. Topics to be covered include\, but are not exhausted by:
\nWhat makes breakups good or bad?
\nWhat is the difference between a relationship ending or merely changing?
\nWhen do conflicts call for reconciliation and when for breakup?
\nWhat are the morally important differences\, if any\, between divorce and other forms of breakup?
\nBreaking up with parents or children as compared to friends or romantic partners
\nWhy haven&rsquo\;t philosophers paid more attention to breakups?
\nBreakups at scale: secession\, civil war\, organizational separation
\nThe ethics of navigating breakups in progress
\nAnd more! We hope you&rsquo\;ll come show us some of the interest and complexity in this comparatively neglected topic.
ORGANIZER;CN=Mark Schroeder: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260818T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260818T120000 SUMMARY:17th Annual McGinley-Rice Symposium on Justice for Vulnerable Populations UID:20260727T155754Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:1015 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, United States\, 15219 DESCRIPTION:You're invited to submit an abstract for the upcoming 17th Annual McGinley-Rice Symposium. This event will explore "The Face of the Person Who Has Experienced Disaster". \;
\nThe symposium provides a scholarly forum for nurses\, social workers\, psychologists\, educators\, advocates\, and other healthcare professionals. It invites abstracts that discuss the social justice tradition and its application to the health and well-being of individuals who have experienced disaster.
\nPlease share this opportunity with colleagues and networks committed to disaster response\, recovery\, and advocacy. Together\, let's advance the conversation and care.
\nThe last day to submit an abstract is Monday\, August 18\, 2026.
\n\nhttps://duquesne.jotform.com/form/213344875510959
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260819T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260821T170000 SUMMARY:Individualism and Oppression UID:20260727T155755Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Locomotiefboulevard 101\, Tilburg\, Netherlands\, 5041 SE DESCRIPTION:The 10th \;Descartes \;Lectures Tilburg University (The Netherlands)
\nAugust 19-21\, 2026
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\nEvery other year\, a distinguished philosopher visits \;Tilburg University \;to deliver the René\; \;Descartes \;Lectures. We are happy \;to announce that the \;2026 \;Descartes \;Lectures \;will be delivered by \;Prof. Serene Khader (CUNY) \;on the topic of &lsquo\;Individualism and Oppression&rsquo\;.
\nEach of Prof. Khader&rsquo\;s \;three lectures \;will be followed by an invited commentary from our \;panel of respondents:
\nParallel to the \;lectures \;&\; invited commentaries\, Tilburg University will host a workshop on the topic of \;Individualism and Oppression. \;
\nFor more information about the \;Lectures \;and workshop\, please contact the organizers via email at \;descarteslectures2026@outlook.com. \; \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072240Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260820T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260821T170000 SUMMARY:Agential Capacities in Context UID:20260727T155756Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Helsinki LOCATION:Turku\, Finland DESCRIPTION:The cognitive sciences have made significant progress in our understanding of core cognitive capacities like motivation\, self-regulation\, and working memory. Many questions remain at the interface of these capacities: How are they related? Can one of them explain others? What is their relationship to human agency? And how is their operation altered by the agent&rsquo\;s practical context\, such as structural conditions and social background? The two-day Agential Capacities Workshop will examine these questions. \;
\nAll speakers attend the event in-person\, but it will be possible to follow the talks online.
\nThere will be a pre-workshop\, "Mind in the Age of AI"\, on the 19th. The pre-workshop is in-person only.
\n
Full speaker line-up:
Denise de Ridder (Utrecht University)
\nMarina Milyavskaya (Carleton University)
\nSantiago Amaya (Rice University)
\nVeronika Job (University of Vienna)
\nDavid Barack (Carnegie Mellon University &\; University of Pittsburgh)
\nAngelica Kaufmann (University of Milan)
\nAnssi Bwalya (University of Turku)
\nFrederik Junker (University of Copenhagen)
\nJ-P Bermú\;dez (University of Southampton)
\nMarina Trakas (Universidade de Lisboa)
\nAndrea Hiott (University of Heidelberg)
\nMohsen Forghani (University of Warsaw)
\nSamuel Delorme (UC San Diego)
\nPhilipp Thamer (King's College London)
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For more information\, please see the event website: \;https://sites.utu.fi/agencyproject/2026-agential-capacities-in-context-workshop/
The 8th CNY Moral Psychology workshop will be held on Nov. 13\, 2026. Any topic in moral psychology is welcome. For suggested topics\, see the program from previous years or 'About the Workshop' (https://sites.google.com/lemoyne.edu/cnymoralpsychology/about). We will hold the Workshop this year in-person at Le Moyne College in Syracuse\, NY. There will not be an option to attend remotely.
\nPlease use the following link for more information.
\nhttps://sites.google.com/lemoyne.edu/cnymoralpsychology/2026
\nSessions are read-ahead. After a brief summary of the paper's main claims and arguments\, the session will be spent in discussion. Applicants will be asked to submit rough drafts of their work (max 25 pages) in late October.
\nThis year's Workshop will feature a keynote by Dr. Ben Bradley (Syracuse University). Title TBA.
\nTo have a presentation considered\, please submit a 500-600 word abstract to the following form (https://forms.gle/8Zdu3JtpoRBLPkUL8). Abstracts are due by Aug. 21
ORGANIZER;CN=Joseph Spino;CN=Randall R. Curren;CN=John M. Monteleone;CN=Irene Liu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T072241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260823T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260823T000000 SUMMARY:9th Workshop in Political Philosophy UID:20260727T155758Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:854:79ff:fe66:5f4%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Munich\, Germany DESCRIPTION:The 9th Workshop in Political Philosophy will be held on January 14 and 15\, 2027 at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. This edition of the series is organized by David P. Schweikard\, Laura Valentini\, and Fabian Wendt. Submissions on any topic in analytical political philosophy\, very broadly construed\, are welcome. For the peer review process\, please send your anonymized abstract of ca. 750 words as a pdf (named &ldquo\;title_of_your_paper.pdf&rdquo\;) by August 23\, 2026 to fabianwendt@vt.edu. Only submissions in English will be accepted. This is a small\, friendly workshop\, and we expect everyone to participate for the whole two days (Thu/Fri). Speakers will have 45 minutes including Q&\;A. For more information on the workshop series see https://workshopfuerpolitischephilosophie.weebly.com.
ORGANIZER;CN=Fabian Wendt;CN=Laura Valentini;CN=David P. Schweikard: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR