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:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260201T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:Inquiry Network WIP Talks (Spring 2026) UID:20260609T103659Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm 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.
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:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T170000 SUMMARY:AI and Data Ethics Summer Training Program UID:20260609T103702Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm 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:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260604T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Stanley Cavell at 100. An International Centennial Conference UID:20260609T103703Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm 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:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260608T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260628T170000 SUMMARY:The 32nd World Congress of the International Association Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy UID:20260609T103704Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:İstanbul\, Turkey ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260608T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260628T170000 SUMMARY:The 32nd World Congress of the International Association Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy UID:20260609T103705Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:İstanbul\, Turkey ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260608T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260610T170000 SUMMARY:Stanley Cavell at 100. An International Centennial Conference - Rome Conference UID:20260609T103706Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Via Carlo Fea 2\, Roma\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Department of Philosophy
\nSapienza Università\; di Roma
\n\;
\nStanley Cavell at 100
\nAn International Centennial Conference
\nParis | Rome | Boston
\n- Rome Conference -
\nEthics\, Politics\, Forms of Life
\n8-10 June 2026
\nOrganized by Piergiorgio Donatelli
\n\;
\nVenue
\nVilla Mirafiori
\nVia Carlo Fea 2\, Rome
\n\;
\nProgram
\n8 JUNE
\nROOM 5
\n09:00&ndash\;9:30: Welcome and Opening remarks
\nOpening Lecture | Chair: Paola Marrati
\n9:30&ndash\;10:30 Veena Das \;(Johns Hopkins): Opening lecture Objects Beyond Catalogues: Yet Another Take on the Outer and the Inner
\n10:30&ndash\;10:45: Break
\nROOM 5
\nPlenary Panel 1 | Chair: Jeroen Gerrits
\n10:45&ndash\;11:25 É\;lise Domenach (É\;cole Nationale Supé\;rieure Louis-Lumiè\;re\, IUF): Projecting Cavell: skepticism and ecocinema
\n11:25&ndash\;12:05 Nancy Yousef \;(Yale): Must we mean what we write? or\, can ethics and aesthetics be one?
\n12:05&ndash\;12:45 Michael Campbell \;(Kyoto University): The critical sensibility and the senses of criticism
\n12:45&ndash\;14:15: Lunch break
\nROOM 5
\nKeynote Lecture 1 | Chair: Juliet Floyd
\n14:15&ndash\;15:05: Alice Crary \;(New School &ndash\; ISJPS Paris 1): Pro-democratic defiance
\n15:05&ndash\;15:20: Break
\nParallel Sessions A
\n\;
\nROOM 5 | Chair: Alessio Vaccari
\n15:20&ndash\;16:20
\nRico Gutschmidt \;(Universitä\;t Konstanz): Cavell\, skepticism\, and the epistemic transformation of groundlessness
\nChester Leung \;(University of Southampton): Self-knowledge\, selfhood\, and the truth of scepticism
\nFrancesco Gandellini \;(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem): The truth on the truth of scepticism
\n16:20&ndash\;16:50 Discussion
\nROOM 1 | Chair: Miranda Boldrini
\n15:20&ndash\;16:20
\nSimon van der Weele \;(University of Humanistic Studies Utrecht): Moral status\, profound intellectual disability\, and skepticism: from moral status to acknowledgment
\nUri Brun \;(Oxford): Beyond the implementation problem: \;a Cavellian perspective on conceptual engineering
\nFrancesco Zucchini \;(Sapienza): Normativity without rules: Stanley Cavell on language and ethics
\n16:20&ndash\;16:50 Discussion
\nROOM 12 | Chair: Clara Han
\n15:20&ndash\;16:20 \;
\nReza Hosseini \;(Rosebank International\, South Africa): Stanley Cavell on what used to be called the state of one&rsquo\;s soul
\nAmir Sotoudeh \;(Sapienza): From Private Sensation to Shared Intelligibility: The Moral Life of Reason and the Perfectionist Imagination in Pain
\nLucilla Guidi \;(UniPegaso - Universitä\;t Potsdam): Cavell on soul-blindness: seeing and failing to see others
\n16:20&ndash\;16:50 Discussion
\n16:50&ndash\;17:05: Break
\nROOM 5
\nKeynote Lecture 2 | Chair: \;Sandra Laugier
\n17:05&ndash\;17:55: Roberto De Gaetano \;(Sapienza): The art of acknowledgement
\n9 JUNE
\nROOM 5
\nKeynote Lecture 3 | Chair: Alice Crary
\n09:15&ndash\;10:05: Victor Krebs \;(Pontificia Universidad Cató\;lica del Perú\;): Neither progress nor decline. Cavell&rsquo\;s pertinence to the anthropocene
\n10:05&ndash\;10:20: Break
\nROOM 5
\nPlenary Panel 2 | Chair: Daniele Lorenzini
\n10:20&ndash\;11:00 Clara Han \;(Johns Hopkins): &ldquo\;From me it is born&rdquo\;: the singularity of a life and a politics of the ordinary
\n11:00&ndash\;11:40 Alessio Vaccari \;(Sapienza): Reading Nietzsche&rsquo\;s ethical thought through Cavell&rsquo\;s moral perfectionism
\n11:40&ndash\;12:20 Lotte Buch Segal Undoing a form of life: How knowledge of Palestine became pale
\n\;
\n12:20&ndash\;13:35: Lunch break
\nParallel Sessions B
\n\;
\nROOM 5 \;| Chair: Piergiorgio Donatelli
\n13:35&ndash\;14:35
\nGustavo Gó\;mez Pé\;rez \;(Pontificia Universidad Javeriana): The tragic sense of responsibility: Cavell\, affective injustice\, and the acknowledgment of pain in Colombia&rsquo\;s conflict
\nLuigi Corrias \;(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): Acknowledgement after dehumanization: Cavell and the politics of reconciliation
\nArnaud Petit \;(Oxford): A perfectionist play of voices
\n14:35&ndash\;15:05 Discussion
\nROOM 12 \;| Chair: Lucilla Guidi
\n13:35&ndash\;14:35
\nCamila Lobo \;(Universidade Nova de Lisboa): Cavell&rsquo\;s politics of means: moral perfectionism and prefigurative practice in times of crisis
\nWade Roberts \;(Juniata College): Aversive thinking in dark times: confronting the contemporary crises of democracy
\nMiranda Boldrini (Nantes Université\;): Cavell\, anthropology\, and ordinary ethics
\n\;14:35&ndash\;15:05 Discussion
\n15:05&ndash\;15:20: Break
\n\;Parallel Sessions C
\n\;
\nROOM 5 \;| Chair: Victor Krebs \;
\n15:20&ndash\;16:20
\nGilad Nir \;(Universitä\;t Potsdam): Modernism\, skepticism and theatricality
\nBojin Zhu \;(Universitä\;t Wien): Separateness and the limits of public language
\nKristen De Man \;(University of Chicago): &ldquo\;All my words are someone else&rsquo\;s&rdquo\;: Stanley Cavell on the individual and the community
\n16:20&ndash\;16:50 Discussion
\nROOM 1 | Chair Luca Tenneriello
\n15:20&ndash\;16:00
\nJonas Friedli \;(New School): Overconfidence in convention: on passion\, expression and irreducibility in Derrida&rsquo\;s and Cavell&rsquo\;s second encounter with Austin
\nJuliette Courtillé\; \;(Sorbonne University): Ways of doing philosophy: the Cavellian legacy of Hilary Putnam
\nLuca Antonio Donato (Sapienza): Acknowledgment after AI: Enabling Avoidance
\n16:00&ndash\;16:30 Discussion
\n\;
\nROOM 12 | Chair: É\;lise Domenach
\n15:20&ndash\;16:20
\nMoran Godess Riccitelli \;(Bar-Ilan University &ndash\; Universitä\;t Potsdam): The aesthetic ground of Cavell&rsquo\;s moral perfectionism
\nSaliha Shah (Women&rsquo\;s College Srinagar): \;The Ontology of Onwardness: Thinking of Cavell and Iqbal
\nLuka Chilvers \;(University College London): Cavell and Midgley on games and (ordinary) life
\n16:20&ndash\;16:50 Discussion
\n16:50&ndash\;17:05: Break
\n\;
\nROOM 5
\nKeynote Lecture 4 | Chair: Paul Standish
\n17:05&ndash\;17:55: Paola Marrati \;(Johns Hopkins): Cavell and Baldwin: knowledge of the self and knowledge of reality
\n10 JUNE
\nParallel Sessions D
\n\;
\nROOM 5 | Chair: Nancy Yousef
\n9:30&ndash\;10:30
\nKevin Spencer \;(Wenzhou-Kean University): Debasing Emersonian perfectionism: l'acte gratuit as genre
\nLè\;a Boman \;(Paris 1 Panthé\;on-Sorbonne): From events to moments: the ethics of ordinary time in Cavell and Emerson
\nLuke Ciancarelli \;(Harvard) and Austin Wang (Johns Hopkins): On the source of the perfectionist demand &ldquo\;Be true to yourself&rdquo\;
\n10:30&ndash\;11:00 Discussion
\nROOM 1 \;| Chair: Michael Campbell
\n9:30&ndash\;10:30
\nAnton Hug \;(Paris 1 Panthé\;on-Sorbonne): Conflictual gender disagreements
\nFrancesca Scapinello \;(Universidade de Lisboa): Cavell and anarchy
\nLuca Tenneriello \;(Sapienza): &ldquo\;Not a competing theory of the moral life&rdquo\;: Cavell vs Rawls
\n10.30-11.00: Discussion
\n\;
\nROOM 12 \;| Chair: Lotte Buch Segal
\n9:30&ndash\;10:10
\nEdward Guetti \;(American University\, Washington\, DC): With and against abandonment: the Emersonian perfectionist and Homo Sacer
\nJustin Burdick \;(University of South Florida): Attuning to the Over-Soul: Emerson&rsquo\;s metaphysical posture and Cavellian moral perfectionism
\n10:10-10:40: Discussion
\n11:00&ndash\;11:15: Break
\nROOM 5
\nKeynote Lecture 5 | \;Chair: Naoko Saito
\n11:15&ndash\;12:05: Paul Standish \;(University College London): In the craftsman&rsquo\;s garden
\nConclusions
\n12:05&ndash\;12:35: Piergiorgio Donatelli\, Sandra Laugier\, Juliet Floyd
\nROOMS
\nRoom 5 (Aula V): ground floor
\nRoom 12 (Aula XII): outside
\nRoom 1 (Aula I): outside
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260608T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260610T170000 SUMMARY:The Emotional Aspects of Resistance and Solidarity Conference UID:20260609T103707Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Bologna\, Italy DESCRIPTION:TEARS CONFERENCE\, 8-10 June 2026
\nPhilosophy Department\, University of Bologna
\nOrganizers: Laurencia Sá\;enz Benavides &\; Pia Campeggiani
\nI am happy to announce the conference entitled &ldquo\;The Emotional Aspects of Resistance and Solidarity&rdquo\;. This conference aims to bring in post-graduate students\, early career academics and established scholars whose work on the socio-political aspects of narrative practices\, affects and emotions can offer illuminating perspectives on some of the issues addressed by the \;TEARS project\, such as:
\nThe conference will take place on the 8th-10th June 2026\, at the Philosophy Department of the University of Bologna\, Via Azzo Gardino 23\, Sala Rossa (June 8th &\; 9th)\; Via Zamboni 38\, Sala Apollo (June 10th). \;
\nThis conference is supported by the European Union&rsquo\;s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement n°\;1011105929 Project TEARS
\nIf you wish to attend this event\, please register here: \;https://forms.gle/CQvzuoV7YSiautBs5 \;
\nFor any inquiries\, please email \; \;maria.saenzbenavides@unibo.it \;or \;laurenciasaenz@gmail.com \;
\nConference Programme:
\nKeynote Speakers: Maria Pia Lara (UAM) &\; Mariana Ortega (Penn State University)
\nDay 1. Monday June 8th. \;
\nVenue: Sala Rossa\, Via Azzo Gardino 23. \;
\n14: 30 Welcome
\n15:00-16:00 &ldquo\;From outlaw emotions to moral injury: Rethinking the affective disruptions of norms&rdquo\; Ditte Munch-Jurisic (Copenhagen) \;
\n16:00-17:00 &ldquo\;Feelings and Epistemic Resistance&rdquo\; Caleb Ward (Hamburg)
\n17:00 Keynote address: Maria Pia Lara (UAM)
\n19:30 Social Dinner
\nDay 2 Tuesday June 9th. \;
\nVenue: Sala Rossa\, Via Azzo Gardino 23
\n8:00-9:00 \; &ldquo\;The emancipatory power of narrative practices&rdquo\; Laurencia Saenz Benavides (Bologna)
\n9:00-10:00 &ldquo\;Pedagogical perspectives on loneliness narratives in extremist and emancipatory movements&rdquo\; Ruth Rebecca Tietjen (Tilburg) \;
\nBreak
\n10:15-11:15 \;&ldquo\;The Unfinished &lsquo\;We&rsquo\;: Longing for Belonging\, Loneliness\, and the Affective Fault Lines of Political Communities&rdquo\; Marie Wuth (Erlangen-Nü\;rnberg).
\n11:15-12:15: TBC Tris Hedges (Copenhagen)
\n12:30-14:30 Lunch
\n14:30-15:30 &ldquo\;Mass Masochism&rdquo\; Serena Gregorio (Justus-Liebig-University Giessen). \;
\n15:30-16:30 &ldquo\;&lsquo\;Something new must be created at all costs&rsquo\;. Affects of Societal Transformation&rdquo\; Henrike Kohpeiß\; (Lü\;neburg)
\nBreak
\n17:00 Keynote lecture: Mariana Ortega (Penn State University)
\n19:30 \;Dinner \;
\nDay 3. Wednesday June 10th. \;
\nVenue: Sala Apollo\, 38 Via Zamboni \;
\n9:00-11:00 Concluding remarks
\nEnd of the conference
\n ORGANIZER;CN="Laurencia Sáenz Benavides": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260609T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260610T170000 SUMMARY:Normativity and Gender Workshop UID:20260609T103708Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Helsinki LOCATION:Tampere\, Finland DESCRIPTION:It is natural to theorize gender within a normative framework: gender is not a neutral classificatory category\, but one which encodes evaluative assumptions\, sets standards of correctness\, and generates reasons and obligations for individuals. At the same time\, philosophical thought about normativity itself - for instance\, about the nature of agency\, reasons\, authority\, or objectivity - has been shaped by socially situated assumptions. As a result\, the intersection between gender and normativity as areas of philosophical theorizing can be particularly fruitful\, enhancing our understanding of both categories and motivating revisions to our existing accounts of either. \; \;
\nWe invite abstracts for three contributed talks that explore issues concerning normativity\, gender\, and their connections. Abstracts that lie a the intersections between different fields or subfields of philosophy are also welcome. Possible topics can include but are not limited to: \; \;
\nSubmissions from underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged.
\nAbstract details \;
\nLength: 750-1000 words\, suitable for a 30-minute presentation with a 45-minute Q&\;A\, or a 45-minute presentation with a 30-minute Q&\;A. \;
\nDeadline: 15 March 2026 \;
\nNotification of Acceptance: End of March \;
\nSubmission: Please submit your abstracts to normativityandgender@gmail.com. The submission should be attached to the email in .pdf format and prepared for blind review. Please include the following information separately in the body of the email: your name(s)\, affiliation(s)\, the title of your talk\, and whether you consider yourself to be a member of an underrepresented group. \;
\nAbout the workshop \;
\nThe workshop is in-person only. The venues are accessible and childcare is available during the presentations\, if required. \; \;
\nUnfortunately\, we are unable to provide monetary assistance for travel or accommodation. \; \;
\nThis workshop is organized by the Normativity\, Gender\, and Mathematics project\, funded by Kone Foundation\, and the Quasi-Realism project\, funded by the Research Council of Finland. \; \;
\nOrganizers: Laura Nicoară\, Siiri Porkkala\, Jenni Rytilä\;\, Teemu Toppinen\, Vilma Venesmaa. \;
\nFor any questions\, please contact the organizers at normativityandgender@gmail.com. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260609T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260610T170000 SUMMARY:Liberty and Patterns UID:20260609T103709Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Fribourg\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:The workshop "Liberty and Patterns" will take place on 9&ndash\;10 June 2026 at the University of Fribourg\, Switzerland.
\nConfirmed speakers: Robert Sugden\, Michael Garnett\, Jessica Flanigan\, Claudio Kretz\, Nicolas Cô\;té\;\, Hendrik Rommeswinkel\, and Ralf Bader.
\nThe workshop is part of the project "Liberty\, Equality\, and Utility" funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
\nThere is an associated essay competition. More details: \;https://philevents.org/event/show/141689
\nIf you are interested in attending\, please contact \;kacper.kowalczyk@unifr.ch.
ORGANIZER;CN=Ralf M. Bader;CN=Kacper Kowalczyk;CN=Aidan Penn;CN=Tomi Francis: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260609T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260609T170000 SUMMARY:Einstein's Violin. Music\, Science\, Philosophy UID:20260609T103710Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Roma\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Einstein&rsquo\;s Violin. Music\, Philosophy\, Science
\n9 June 2026
\nUniversity of Rome &ldquo\;Tor Vergata&rdquo\; - Sala convegni (Faculty of Engineering)
\nOrganisers: Deborah De Rosa (University of Calabria)\, Luigi Sansò\; (University of Rome "Tor Vergata")\; Giovanni Costantini (University of Rome "Tor Vergata")
\nAlbert Einstein played the violin\, Richard Feynman developed a great passion for the bongo\; Brian May never entirely abandoned the studies that earned him a PhD in astrophysics. The two famous physicists and the great guitarist are just a few of the many examples of lives in which music and science are significantly intertwined. Are these mere biographical coincidences\, or a deep and productive connection? Is there a mutual influence between musical practice and scientific thought? \;
\nWith this conference\, we aim to explore the possibilities of interaction between music and science\, in both their theoretical and technological dimensions. Music and science appear to be two distinct languages\, two different ways of experiencing and interpreting the world\, but a closer analysis reveals valuable and fruitful intersections: consider the concepts of form\, time\, structure and creativity. Artificial intelligence also fits into this framework today\, as one of the contexts in which creativity is redefined\, performance is reshaped and the role of the author is debated: central themes in both the musical and scientific fields.
\nThe conference combines theoretical presentations and workshops\, bringing together philosophers\, scientists\, musicians and professionals from the music industry. The aim is to create a shared space for reflection and practice\, to gather and highlight the most interesting and innovative connections emerging from the encounter between these worlds.
\nVisit the website to view the programme and find out who the speakers are: \;https://www.nexusconference.it/
\nCSWIP/CSHPS/WSP at CPA Symposium: "The Whale Sanctuary Project: Scholar Advocacy and Interspecies Justice"
\nJune 9\, 9am to 12pm ADT
\nIn person: Rm 2176\, Marion McCain Bldg\, Dalhousie University\, Halifax\, NS
\nOn Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83778656721
\nQuestions? Contact rring578@yorku.ca
\nSpeaker: Dr. Lori Marino\; Founder/President\; Whale Sanctuary Project
\nSpeaker: Dr. Letitia Meynell\; Professor\; Philosophy\, Gender and Women's Studies\, Dalhousie University
\nSpeaker: Dr. Andrew Fenton\; Professor\; Philosophy\, Dalhousie University
\nChair: Rebecca Ring\; PhD Candidate\; Philosophy\, York University
\nIn 2019\, the Government of Canada passed the "Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act". It prohibits the taking of cetaceans into captivity\, and requires permits for importing or exporting cetaceans. It is now a criminal offence to use or display cetaceans for entertainment purposes. However\, there are exceptions to the ban on cetacean captivity. These include using captive cetaceans for scientific research\, or even for entertainment if a licence is obtained from a provincial Lieutenant Governor. Further\, any cetaceans in captivity at the passing of the bill are 'grandfathered' so their owners are permitted to keep them captive for the rest of their lives\, but not force them to perform. In Canada\, there are approximately 30 belugas and 4 bottlenose dolphins remaining in captivity at Marineland\, Niagara Falls. The contentious theme park closed in 2024 and now wants to offload the animals at its park\, including the whales and dolphins.
\nFrance has recently passed a similar law ending the captivity of cetaceans. Marineland Antibes is also looking to offload its last two orcas in captivity\, Wikie and Keijo\, who are mother and son. After proclaiming that the Port Hilford Whale Sanctuary is the most responsible and ethical option for Wikie and Keijo\, the French Government announced that instead they will allow their transfer to a similar aquarium in Spain. These cetaceans are among the more than 3000 that remain in captivity in the world. Some governments are certainly doing the right thing in legislating an end to the cruel practices of cetacean captivity\, but there exists a lacuna between policy and practice. What justice is owed to the non-human animals we humans have treated so badly\, and how might we implement reparations?
\nThe CSWIP/CSHPS panel will present and workshop the problems and solutions for achieving interspecies justice\, including the roles of scholar advocacy.
\nDr. Lori Marino will speak about the 100-acre ocean sanctuary at Port Hilford\, Nova Scotia. It is the first of its kind in the world and aims to be ready to receive its first residents this year. Marino is an internationally renowned neuroscientist\, whose research includes the evolution of the brain and intelligence in cetaceans\, primates and farmed animals. Her expertise includes issues in marine mammal captivity\, such as dolphin assisted therapy\, and the educational and science claims of the zoo and aquarium industry. She is the founder and executive director of The Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy\, which focuses on bridging the gap between academic scholarship and praxes in animal advocacy.
\nDr. Letitia Meynell will put sanctuaries and species inclusive justice in conversation with feminist philosophy. Scholar advocacy has long been a part of feminist praxis. Meynell will investigate what it means to make that praxis species inclusive. Importantly\, moving individuals from entertainment-based\, for-profit aquaria to non-profit sanctuaries changes our relationships with them. Seeing them as exploitable\, fungible objects is transformed to seeing them as vulnerable particular others\, to whom we have obligations. This transformative power makes projects like WSP radically important\, but it also explains the resistance that such projects face. Such resistance lays bare the lacuna that exists in interspecies justice. The thirty belugas languishing at Marineland and the two orcas being trafficked to another concrete tank are particular others to whom we humans owe species inclusive justice.
\nDr. Andrew Fenton will show how species-inclusive ethics intersects with what the WSP is enacting. Both the WSP and changes afoot at the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) raise issues of societal-level obligations to other animals when transitioning away from ethically objectionable uses of captive animals. Fenton will discuss the changes afoot at the CCAC on the national "governance" level concerning the scientific use of non-human animals. He will argue that further changes are required to bring Canadian entertainment and scientific industries in alignment with species inclusive ethics. We Canadians cannot ethically export away our legally recognized duties to captive non-human animals\, including cetaceans. Neither can we "humanely kill" our way to meeting duties to non-human animals used science\, education or entertainment.
\nRebecca Ring will chair the session. Her research is on culture in non-human animals\, with a focus on cetaceans. She argues that cultural practises and heritage imply meaning\, value and agency for those enacting such practises. Achieving interspecies justice for cetaceans in captivity requires taking their cultural lives into account.
ORGANIZER;CN=Rebecca Ring: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Budapest:20260610T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Budapest:20260611T170000 SUMMARY:Chosen Nation(s): Historical and Cultural Interpretations of Exceptionalism UID:20260609T103712Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Budapest LOCATION:Ludovika tér 2.\, Budapest\, Hungary\, 1083 DESCRIPTION:The Ludovika University of Public Service (NKE) and the Jewish Theological Seminary &ndash\; University of Jewish Studies (OR-ZSE) are pleased to announce a joint academic conference on \;&ldquo\;Chosen Nation(s): Historical and Cultural Interpretations of Exceptionalism&rdquo\;\, to be held in Budapest\, Hungary.
\nKeynote speaker: \;DR. CHRISTINA LITTLEFIELD\, Associate Professor of Communication and Religion at Pepperdine University\, author of "Chosen Nations: Pursuit of the Kingdom of God and its Influence on Democratic Values in Late-Nineteenth Century Britain and the United States" (Fortress Press\, 2013)\, and \;"Christian America and the Kingdom of God" (University of Illinois Press\, 2025\, with \;Richard T. Hughes).
\nThe aim of this interdisciplinary conference is to present the elements of various religious\, group\, national\, and imperial identities that refer to chosenness\, historical vocation\, and uniqueness in world history. This includes everything from the religious formulation of the chosen people\, through the sense of civilizational mission\, to the martyrdom concepts of individual groups and nations. We are particularly interested in examining how claims of chosenness function as instruments of legitimacy\, exclusion\, and moral hierarchy\, and how they are contested\, transformed\, or inverted in different historical and cultural contexts.
\n\;
\nConference Themes
\nWe invite proposals for papers that engage with the following topics\, among others:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; the concept of the chosen people in Jewish religious tradition and in modern Jewish secular thought
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; the concept of chosenness in Christian and Muslim religious understanding
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; secularized chosenness and political theology
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; victimhood\, sacrifice\, and negative exceptionalism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; the Christian empire as the embodiment of universalism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; the civilizing mission of modern empires
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; the religious foundations of the American republics
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; the Russian World and Eurasianism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; American exceptionalism and Manifest Destiny
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; the German Sonderweg and tragedy
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; the vanguards of Communism and liberal democracy in the 20th century
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; aesthetics of chosenness
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; canon formation and cultural chosenness
\nThere is no conference participation fee\, and accommodation is provided for speakers.
\nKey Details
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Date: \;10-11 June 2026
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Location: \;Nemzeti Kö\;zszolgá\;lati Egyetem\, Orszá\;gos Rabbiké\;pző &ndash\; Zsidó\; Egyetem\, Budapest\, Hungary
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Language: \;English
\n\;
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nWe welcome abstracts of no more than 300 words\, accompanied by a brief biography (100 words)\, including current institutional affiliation. Individual presentations will be 20 minutes\, followed by discussion. Proposals for individual papers and thematic panels are both encouraged.
\nSubmissions should be sent to \;chosennations2026@gmail.com by \;1 May 2025. Notification of acceptance will be sent on a rolling basis\, at the latest by \;10 May 2025.
\n\;
\nPublication Opportunities
\nSelected papers from the conference may be considered for publication in a peer-reviewed volume.
\nContact
\nFor further information\, please contact \;chosennations2026@gmail.com.
\nWe look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to a stimulating dialogue on chosenness and exceptionalism in religion\, history\, and culture.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20260610T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Copenhagen:20260611T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives on AI companionship UID:20260609T103713Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Copenhagen LOCATION:Campusvej 55\, Odense\, Denmark\, 5230 DESCRIPTION:The seminar Philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives on AI-companionship will explore questions related to rapidly growing use of chatbots to simulate human-like emotional support\, empathy and social interactions: How good is friendship or love with a chatbot? How can it be better or worse? What can be gained\, what is lost\, and what can or cannot so easily be simulated? How can the use of AI companions impact wellbeing and personal development? What are the ramifications for human-human social interactions and societal life more generally? The topic covers more than deep personal relationships like friendship and love\, for example also the use of AI therapists\, coaches\, trainers and teachers.
The seminar brings together internationally leading scholars on the philosophy and interdisciplinary study of AI-companionship and related issues. \;
The seminar is open to everyone.
\nPhilosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives on AI-companionship
\nUniversity of Southern Denmark\, Odense\, 10-11th June 2026
\nHosted by the Wellbeing and Virtual Worlds project \;
\nJune 10th (O100)
9:30-9.45 Sø\;ren Harnow Klausen (SDU): Introduction
9.45-10.35 Lucy Osler (Exeter): Devotional AI: AI Companions and Bad Faith Love
10.45-11.35 Renee Ye (Bochum): AI Companionship: A New Frontier
11.45-12.35 Anne Gerdes (SDU): Stochastic Care
12.35-13.20 Lunch
13.20-14.10 Chunfang Zhou (SDU): How did it Feel to Work with ChatGPT?
14.20-15.10 Niclas Rautenberg (Hamburg): A critical phenomenology of flourishing with/out AI:
15.30-16.30 Valerie Tiberius (Minnesota): It&rsquo\;s Good to Be Loved: Experientialism and the Problem of Chatbots \;
June 11th (O97)
9:30-10:20 Flor Pasturino &\; Matthew Dennis (Eindhoven): Sphere- Transgressions in Mental Health Chatbots
10.30-11.20 Victoria Paul (SDU): Being somebody else: AI and playfulness
11.30-12.20 Helena Ward (Oxford): Grief Bots and Continued Bonds
12.20-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.50 Anastasiia Babash (Tartu): Why Dating the Wrong Person Might Be Good for You: AI and the Diagnostic Value of Freedom
14.00-14.50 Sø\;ren Harnow Klausen (SDU): AI and self-cultivation
15.05-15.55 Matthews Dennis (Eindhoven): The Ethical Dangers of Content- Creating Machines
\n\nDear participants\,
\nIt is possible to join the seminar online via Zoom.
\nIf you wish to participate virtually\, please use the respective links below:
\n\nPlease note that upon clicking the link\, you will enter a virtual waiting room. You will be admitted to the meeting 15 minutes before the daily program begins\, or during the breaks between presentations. We look forward to welcoming you\, whether in person or online!
\n\nBest regards\,
\nWellbeing and Virtual Worlds
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Fiction and Lies: the ASIFF/SIRFF Fourth International Congress UID:20260609T103714Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Edinburgh\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:This three-day international conference aims to explore the relationship between fiction and lies from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives\, including philosophy\, literary history and theory\, narratology\, film and media studies\, psychology and cognitive science. \;
\nThe keynote speakers are Eileen John (Philosophy\, Warwick) and Pierre Bayard (Literature\, Université\; Paris 8 - Saint-Denis). The full programme is available on the conference web page: https://fictionstudies.org/?p=index&\;art_ID=420.
\nRegistration is £\;50 for staff\, £\;15 for students\, except for those at Scottish universities. This includes lunch on all three days.
\nFunding from the Scots Philosophical Association means that staff (including emeritus) and students from Scottish universities attending the conference can have their fees waived. Please email fictionlies2026@gmail.com from your institutional address to request a password before registering. We encourage you to join the ASIFF/SIRFF for other benefits.
\nAll other delegates must be members of ASIFF/SIRFF. If you are not yet a member\, please go to https://fictionstudies.org/?index&\;art_ID=333 and follow the instructions. Membership status will be checked against registration.
\nThere will also be an optional conference dinner. Please go to the conference web page for more information: https://fictionstudies.org/?p=index&\;art_ID=420.
ORGANIZER;CN=Stacie Friend: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260610T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260611T170000 SUMMARY:SHOULD HUMANITY END? Apocalypse and the World to Come UID:20260609T103715Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION: Universitätsplatz 1\, Heidelberg\, Germany\, 69117 DESCRIPTION:Ecological\, technological\, and political transformations are intensifying apocalyptic images and narratives. However\, the most pressing question of our present is not how we can avert the end of humanity\, as such an outlook is doubly misleading. It is doubtful whether we would ever be capable of doing so\, or whether sufficient time remains\, but more fundamentally\, it reflects an ideological distortion that obscures a more decisive problem: Should humanity end? Rather than being captivated by ever-new scenarios of impending doom\, it is far more urgent to ask: How exactly will humanity come to an end? And as if that were not enough\, we must consider that the humanity that might be wiped out\, and whose extinction we fear\, perhaps does not even exist yet. Will it ever come to exist? If it does not\, what exactly are we trying to preserve? And after all\, can we really coherently argue for the prevention of extinction if humans are constantly excluded from humanity in the first place? This means the question &ldquo\;should humanity end?&rdquo\; cannot be separated from the question &ldquo\;whose humanity?&rdquo\; and whether the concept is worth preserving at all or needs to be broken open entirely.
\n&ldquo\;Should Humanity End? Apocalypse and the World to Come&rdquo\; is a philosophical event hosted by the Kä\;te Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (CAPAS) at the Heidelberg University in collaboration with the Kunstakademie Dü\;sseldorf. The evening brings together three thinkers &ndash\; current and former CAPAS fellows &ndash\; to discuss both their research and their individual positions on the guiding question: &ldquo\;Should humanity end? And if so\, how?&rdquo\;
\nWith: Gabi Balcarce (University of Buenos Aires\, CAPAS Fellow)\, Goran Vrane&scaron\;ević (University of Ljubljana\, CAPAS Fellow)\, and Marcus Quent (Kunstakademie Dü\;sseldorf\; CAPAS Alumnus).
\nInfo: \;https://www.capas.uni-heidelberg.de/en/outreach/outreach-events/should-humanity-end-apocalypse-and-the-world-to-come
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260610T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260610T234500 SUMMARY:'Sex between Law and Morality' IVR Special Workshop UID:20260609T103716Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:İstanbul\, Turkey DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers
\nIVR World Congress in Istambul\, \; June 28 &ndash\; July 3\, 2026 \;
\nSpecial Workshop "Sex between Law and Morality"
\n"Sexual autonomy is one of the most important as well as fragile aspects of human lives. Any violation of it is perceived as a serious moral wrong\, often deserving of criminal punishment. However\, the understanding of what constitutes sexual autonomy and what can infringe on it is subject to dynamic change in response to various social shifts. Questions about consent limits\, implications of unequal power dynamics for sexual relationships or morally grey areas of sex remain fundamentally relevant for both philosophy and law.
\nThis workshop invites contributions that explore sex and sexual autonomy from the perspective of moral philosophy\, ethics\, feminist studies\, and legal theory. Papers may engage in a critique of existing frameworks regarding sexual ethics\, analyse challenges arising for the protection of sexual autonomy in law or contribute to debates regarding so-called &ldquo\;grey rape&rdquo\;. The aim of the workshop is to foster careful philosophical analysis and provide a forum for exploring how current understandings of sex\, consent\, and sexual autonomy can be defended\, reinterpreted\, or contested in light of contemporary political and legal challenges.
\nSuggested topics include (but are not limited to):
\nThe limits of criminalisation: how far can we go in the protection of sexual autonomy?
\nEthics and legal regulation of sexual relations in liberal and illiberal frameworks
\nFeminist approaches and critiques of unequal power dynamics in sexual ethics
\nThe scope of sexual consent and its grey areas
\nFolk understanding of sex: experimental jurisprudence in studies on sexual ethics
\nIs there a right to sex?
\n#MeToo: what are the lasting implications of the movement?
\nEthics of belief and epistemology in sexual relationships"
\nOrganizational Information
\nConvenors: Klaudyna Horniczak (Jagiellonian University)\, Maciej Juzaszek (University of Silesia in Katowice)\, and Karolina Śliwecka (Jagiellonian University).
\nContact: maciej.juzaszek@us.edu.pl
\nAbstracts of no more than 500 words should be submitted no later than June 10\, 2026\, to:
\nmaciej.juzaszek@us.edu.pl
\nNotifications of acceptance will be sent on a rolling basis\, no later than June 12 2026. Applicants are kindly reminded of the registration deadlines: regular registration ends on April 30\, 2026\, and late registration closes on June 15\, 2026. https://ivr2026istanbul.org/registration/
ORGANIZER;CN=Maciej Juzaszek;CN="Karolina Śliwecka";CN=Klaudyna Horniczak: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260611T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260611T070000 SUMMARY:Styles of Appearing. Aesthetics and Phenomenology UID:20260609T103717Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Avenue de l'Europe 20\, Fribourg\, Switzerland\, 1700 DESCRIPTION:In January 1907\, the founder of phenomenology\, \; Edmund Husserl\, wrote a letter to the Viennese Modernist playwright and poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal\, suggesting that the phenomenologist&rsquo\;s and the artist&rsquo\;s methods are closely connected. Husserl&rsquo\;s suggestion remains provocative to this day\, as its full implications are yet to be fully grasped. Undeniably\, for more than a century now\, the tradition of phenomenology has cleared a path for philosophy that departs from argument-centric approaches in favor of firsthand corporeal experiences rooted in the lifeworld. This also entailed suspending or &ldquo\;bracketing&rdquo\; the question of whether our metaphysical\, ethical\, or aesthetic beliefs are justified\, focusing instead on the way things appear to us: phenomenology sets aside the &ldquo\;what&rdquo\; (the mind-independent nature of things) to home in on the &ldquo\;how&rdquo\;&mdash\;the mode in which things are given in our experience.
\nIf this is a valid characterization of the phenomenological method\, it aligns it closely with the discipline of aesthetics\, as founded by A.G. Baumgarten in the 18th century. Aesthetics too\, one might argue\, predominantly leaves aside the nature of what is being depicted or expressed to focus on the &ldquo\;how&rdquo\;: on how things are presented to us by artworks or other aesthetic objects and\, correspondingly\, on what it is like to sense them in aesthetic experience. Gü\;nter Figal even went as far as to claim that aesthetics could never be anything but phenomenological. Be that as it may: uncontestably\, what phenomenology and aesthetics have in common is a shared interest in the &ldquo\;style&rdquo\; of appearing.
\nAlthough Husserl himself hinted at this proximity in his letter to von Hofmannsthal\, his own writings on art and literature are remarkably sparse. While Husserl never wrote a formal work on aesthetics\, Jacques Derrida
\nmaintained that his thinking yields a &ldquo\;latent aesthetics.&rdquo\; This claim seems applicable to the phenomenological movement as a whole: while attempts to develop a systematic phenomenological aesthetics are surprisingly rare&mdash\;with Roman Ingarden and \; Mikel Dufrenne as the exceptions that prove the rule &mdash\;the aesthetic dimension however takes center stage in the work of numerous other authors\, from Eugen Fink\, Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty through Erwin Straus\, Henri Maldiney\, and Bernhard Waldenfels. What happens\, then\, when we look at phenomenology through an aesthetic lens? And in turn\, what is the outcome of practicing aesthetics as a kind of phenomenology?
\nThe ninth iteration of the Aesthetics &\; Critique workshop will address the complex and layered relationship between aesthetics and phenomenology. Topics for discussion include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What does it mean to ground aesthetics in phenomenological analysis rather than other approaches? Conversely\, could an aesthesiological approach&mdash\;as required by aesthetic objects and situations&mdash\;offer a refinement to phenomenology as a method?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What is the relationship between sensible experience and artistic experience\, and how does a phenomenology of art relate to the phenomenological analysis of sensible experience in general?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Can the concept of style help describe different modes of appearing (and of reacting to it)?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How is sense-making inextricably connected to corporeal sensing?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;What possibilities does the artist&rsquo\;s encounter with the world offer the phenomenologist&mdash\;perhaps a heightened sensitivity to the nuances of lived experience?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;How can aesthetic as well as aesthesiological categories help reconceptualizing the multisensorial mediascapes of our contemporary condition?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How can experimental aesthetic practices become test sites\, both individually and collectively\, for transformative embodied experiences?
\n\nConveners: Emmanuel Alloa\, Alessandro De Cesaris\, Masoud Olia
\n\;
\nInvited Speakers
\n\nCharles Bobant (Paris)
\nMauro Carbone (Lyon)
\nMaud Hagelstein (Liè\;ge)
\nAdnen Jdey (Louvain)
\nHarri Mä\;cklin (Helsinki)
\nMarcia Sá\; Schuback Cavalcante (Stockholm)
\nAlessandra Scotti (Torino)
\n\nHow to participate
\n\nParticipants are invited to send a proposal (max 400 words) and a CV to Alessandro De Cesaris (alessandro.decesaris@unifr.ch) by April 30th. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by May 5th.
\n\n\nTravel\, accommodation and meal costs will be covered for all speakers. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Alessandro De Cesaris;CN=Emmanuel Alloa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Dialogue in Democratic Education UID:20260609T103718Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Helsinki LOCATION:Pentti Kaiteran katu 1 \, Oulu\, Finland DESCRIPTION:Dialogue in Democratic Education -Conference \; University of Oulu\, 11.-12.6.2026 We are pleased to announce a joint conference that specifically invites academic researchers engaged in the study of dialogue\, democracy\, and education. This collaborative event aims to foster rigorous scholarly exchange\, encourage interdisciplinary perspectives\, and deepen theoretical and empirical inquiry in these intersecting fields. Researchers from philosophy\, pedagogy\, history\, political science\, and related disciplines are encouraged to contribute their expertise as we collectively advance academic understanding and innovation within democratic education. Keynote speakers and invited panelists of the main event include Nicholas Burbules\, Silvia Edling\, Andrea English\, Maughn Gregory\, Walter Kohan\, Jonas Lieberkind\, and Dina Mendonç\;a.
\nAs part of the conference\, a pre-seminar and workshop on philosophizing with children and young people and the Community of Philosophical Inquiry pedagogy will be held on June 10. The pre-seminar will feature presentations and a panel discussion with Maughn Gregory\, Walter Kohan\, and Dina Mendonç\;a &ndash\; internationally recognized experts in the field. Further details and registration for the pre-seminar will be made available in early 2026.
\nConference theme
\nDialogue has traditionally been situated at the very heart of democracy. Recently\, however\, the role of dialogue in both democracy and democratic education has been contested from different perspectives. The increasing difficulty to establish a genuine dialogue between political rivals in the present polarized political culture has led to seeking alternative interpretations and approaches to understanding the nature of democracy (e.g. conflict-based\, agonistic). On a theoretical level\, discussion-based models of democracy have been challenged for their over-idealized and normative nature. In the same vein\, democratic education and pedagogy have been argued to be unfeasible considering the institutional realities of schooling and persistent educational inequalities. Still\, the idea of democracy as dialogue seems vital and worth sustaining. In pedagogical practices\, dialogue\, deliberation\, and debate all belong to the broader category of discussion-based approaches. Rational and evidence-based forms of dialogue\, deliberation\, and debate can still be justifiably regarded as crucial modes of communication for the functioning of democratic society as a whole. The purpose of the conference is to examine the significance and realizations of these modes of communication in the context of democratic education.
\nWe invite presentations on a broad range of topics concerning the relationship between dialogue\, deliberation\, debate\, education\, democracy and the related concepts. We are also interested in contributions focusing on or fostering dialogue between different theories and fields of research in relation to these themes. In addition to contributions in the field of philosophy of education\, which is the primary focus of the conference\, we invite papers addressing these issues from various perspectives\, including but not limited to\, pedagogical practices\, teachers and teacher education\, empirical research on education\, history of education\, and political science. On abstract submissions\, see further information on page \;Presentations.
\nOrganizers: \;
\nResearch Consortium \;Education for Deliberation: Practices of Inquiry in Dialogue-Based Democratic Education \;(DELIBERATE\; Research Council of Finland) &\;
The Philosophy of Democracy Education research group (DEMOED)\, University of Oulu &\;
The Finnish Network of the History and Philosophy of Education
Conference web-page: \;Dialogue in Democratic Education -Conference
Invited speakers:
\nTraditionally\, analyses of privacy start from hard cases of breach\, such as reading other people&rsquo\;s diaries and letters without permission\, wiring houses and passing on medical records\, and these are well covered\, for instance\, by the so-called control account of the right to privacy (Marmor 2015\, Menges 2024). Yet there are many actions and attitudes which are\, as it were\, on the margins of privacy\, and which either are sketchy or uncouth but not obviously wrong\, or are clearly wrong but not obviously a breach of privacy: passing on intimate information but in an anonymised way\, novelists using others&rsquo\; intimate information in writing\, gossip\, stalking\, off- or online\, gathering too much public information about a public person\, deep-fakes\, asking someone questions about their personal life\, and the list can go on. Some of these have been recently discussed by philosophers\, within or without the context of privacy. The conference thus aims to bring people together in order to discuss these in-between cases\, and many other similar ones\, and to think:
\nAs algorithms shape the choices we make\, traditional assumptions about autonomy and deliberation come under pressure. By curating what is visible\, relevant\, or recommended\, algorithmic outputs play a formative role in human deliberation and action. These developments raise well-known yet unresolved philosophical questions: What does it mean to act and think autonomously in contexts mediated by algorithms? How do algorithmic environments affect inquiry or deliberation? What are the implications for democratic autonomy? Furthermore\, how are we to assess all this normatively?
\nThis workshop aims to examine these issues within the frameworks of philosophy of autonomy\, ethics of AI\, social epistemology\, and political philosophy. We welcome contributions that address conceptual foundations\, engage in normative evaluation\, analyze epistemic dynamics in algorithmic environments\, and reflect on their institutional or societal implications.
\nTopics of interest include\, but are not limited to:
\nThe workshop will take place \;from 11.06.2026 to 12.06.2026 \;at the \;Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and is organized within the DFG project "The Ethics of State Mass Surveillance". Invited speakers who have confirmed their participation include Simona Chiodo\, Keith Harris\, Nicola Mö\;ß\;ner\, Carina Prunkl\, and Otto Sahlgren.
\nOrganizers: Alina Jacobs &\; Christian Seidel \;
\nFor inquiries\, please contact the organizers via \;alina.jacobs@kit.edu.
\nModus: Prä\;senzveranstaltung
\nVeranstaltungszeitraum: \;11.06.2026-12.06.2026
\nKontaktadresse: \;alina.jacobs@kit.edu
\nBewerbungsfrist: \;31.01.2026
ORGANIZER;CN=Alina Jacobs;CN=Christian Seidel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges UID:20260609T103721Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:4 Rue de Chevreuse \, Paris\, France\, 75006 DESCRIPTION:The Center for the Study of Bioethics&rsquo\; (CSB) is pleased to collaborate with The Hastings Center\, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Centre for Bioethics\, and Columbia University&rsquo\;s Master of Bioethics Program to organize the conference.
\nIn 2024\, CSB\, with The Hastings Center and The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics coorganized \;&ldquo\;Existential Threats and Other Disasters: How Should We Address Them?&rdquo\; Held in \;Budva\, Montenegro\, it featured a distinguished lineup\, including Peter Singer\, Julian Savulescu\, \;Arthur Caplan\, Josephine Johnston\, Ingmar Persson\, Anders Sandberg\, as well as the conference \;organizers Vardit Ravitsky\, Roger Crisp and Vojin Rakić.
\nThe 2026 Paris conference continues this trajectory. It will assess the critical questions raised in \;2024 in light of the rapid evolution of global crises. \;Building on the foundation established in the \;2024 conference\, the Paris event will adopt a broader scope\, adding novel and diverse \;perspectives\, organizers and participants\, explicitly addressing not only catastrophic risks but also \;the constructive ethical deployment of emerging technologies.
ORGANIZER;CN="The Center for the Study of Bioethics’ (CSB) Csb";CN=The Hastings Center The Hastings Center;CN=The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Centre for Bioethics;CN=Columbia University Master of Bioethics Program: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Styles of Appearing. Aesthetics and Phenomenology UID:20260609T103722Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Avenue de l'Europe 20\, Fribourg\, Switzerland\, 1700 DESCRIPTION:In January 1907\, the founder of phenomenology\, \; Edmund Husserl\, wrote a letter to the Viennese Modernist playwright and poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal\, suggesting that the phenomenologist&rsquo\;s and the artist&rsquo\;s methods are closely connected. Husserl&rsquo\;s suggestion remains provocative to this day\, as its full implications are yet to be fully grasped. Undeniably\, for more than a century now\, the tradition of phenomenology has cleared a path for philosophy that departs from argument-centric approaches in favor of firsthand corporeal experiences rooted in the lifeworld. This also entailed suspending or &ldquo\;bracketing&rdquo\; the question of whether our metaphysical\, ethical\, or aesthetic beliefs are justified\, focusing instead on the way things appear to us: phenomenology sets aside the &ldquo\;what&rdquo\; (the mind-independent nature of things) to home in on the &ldquo\;how&rdquo\;&mdash\;the mode in which things are given in our experience.
\nIf this is a valid characterization of the phenomenological method\, it aligns it closely with the discipline of aesthetics\, as founded by A.G. Baumgarten in the 18th century. Aesthetics too\, one might argue\, predominantly leaves aside the nature of what is being depicted or expressed to focus on the &ldquo\;how&rdquo\;: on how things are presented to us by artworks or other aesthetic objects and\, correspondingly\, on what it is like to sense them in aesthetic experience. Gü\;nter Figal even went as far as to claim that aesthetics could never be anything but phenomenological. Be that as it may: uncontestably\, what phenomenology and aesthetics have in common is a shared interest in the &ldquo\;style&rdquo\; of appearing.
\nAlthough Husserl himself hinted at this proximity in his letter to von Hofmannsthal\, his own writings on art and literature are remarkably sparse. While Husserl never wrote a formal work on aesthetics\, Jacques Derrida
\nmaintained that his thinking yields a &ldquo\;latent aesthetics.&rdquo\; This claim seems applicable to the phenomenological movement as a whole: while attempts to develop a systematic phenomenological aesthetics are surprisingly rare&mdash\;with Roman Ingarden and \; Mikel Dufrenne as the exceptions that prove the rule &mdash\;the aesthetic dimension however takes center stage in the work of numerous other authors\, from Eugen Fink\, Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty through Erwin Straus\, Henri Maldiney\, and Bernhard Waldenfels. What happens\, then\, when we look at phenomenology through an aesthetic lens? And in turn\, what is the outcome of practicing aesthetics as a kind of phenomenology?
\nThe ninth iteration of the Aesthetics &\; Critique workshop will address the complex and layered relationship between aesthetics and phenomenology. Topics for discussion include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What does it mean to ground aesthetics in phenomenological analysis rather than other approaches? Conversely\, could an aesthesiological approach&mdash\;as required by aesthetic objects and situations&mdash\;offer a refinement to phenomenology as a method?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What is the relationship between sensible experience and artistic experience\, and how does a phenomenology of art relate to the phenomenological analysis of sensible experience in general?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Can the concept of style help describe different modes of appearing (and of reacting to it)?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How is sense-making inextricably connected to corporeal sensing?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;What possibilities does the artist&rsquo\;s encounter with the world offer the phenomenologist&mdash\;perhaps a heightened sensitivity to the nuances of lived experience?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;How can aesthetic as well as aesthesiological categories help reconceptualizing the multisensorial mediascapes of our contemporary condition?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How can experimental aesthetic practices become test sites\, both individually and collectively\, for transformative embodied experiences?
ORGANIZER;CN=Emmanuel Alloa;CN=Alessandro De Cesaris: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:POLEMO – GOODINT Symposium: Justice\, Integration & Democracy UID:20260609T103723Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Quellenstraße 51\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1100 DESCRIPTION:The Political\, Legal\, and Moral Philosophy Research Group (POLEMO) at Central European University kindly invites submissions for its annual conference\, the 7th POLEMO Symposium\, which will take place on \;the 11th and 12th of June 2026 in Vienna\, Austria.
\nThe Symposium provides a professional\, stimulating\, and international environment for PhD students and early career researchers in political\, legal\, and moral philosophy to discuss their works in progress\, establish informal networks\, and initiate future collaborative research.
\nWe are delighted to announce that our keynote speakers for the 2026 Symposium will be:
\nWe welcome early-career researchers in political theory and political philosophy to submit \;abstracts of 700 words or less by email to \;polemo@ceu.edu \;by the deadline of 1st March 2026.
\nAbstracts should be in PDF format and fully prepared for blind review. \;Please include your name\, institutional affiliation\, and contact information in the body of your email. Papers should be suitable for a 20-minute presentation. We will endeavour \;to communicate a decision by the 1st April 2026.
\nThe conference will be held at CEU's campus in Vienna. It is planned as a fully in-person event.
\nAttendance is free of charge and open to anyone upon registration. Please note that POLEMO is unable to provide financial assistance for participants though lunches\, coffee breaks\, and a conference dinner will be covered for participants over the duration of the conference. \;
\nIf you have any questions\, please contact us at \;polemo@ceu.edu. For more information\, please see the details of previous symposia \;here.
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew Haji-Michael: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Legal Philosophy Workshop 2026 UID:20260609T103724Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Chicago-Kent College of Law\, 565 West Adams Street\, Chicago\, United States\, 60661 DESCRIPTION:The Legal Philosophy Workshop (LPW) is an annual conference designed to foster reflection on the nature of law and the philosophical issues underlying its different areas. Our aim is to promote work that connects legal philosophy with other branches of philosophy (e.g. moral and political philosophy\, metaphysics\, philosophy of language\, epistemology\, or philosophy of action) and to create a venue for the critical examination of different viewpoints about law.
\nLPW 2026 will be hosted on \;June 11-12 \;at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. \;You can find the Call for Abstracts here. \;The LPW is an annual\, read-ahead\, event\, hosted in venues alternating between North America and Europe. \;Previous workshops \;have been hosted by the University of Amsterdam\, University of Michigan\, \; \;Trinity College Dublin\, \;the University of Pennsylvania\, University of Edinburgh\, Queens University\, University College London\, Rutgers University\, University of Surrey\, and the University of Southern California. \;
\nIf you would like to be on our mailing list\, attend\, or host a future LPW\, \;please join the Legal Philosophy Workshop Google Group. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Wendy Salkin;CN=Raff Donelson;CN=Hadassa Anne Noorda: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260612T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Ethical Theory and Obligatory Ends UID:20260609T103725Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Bielefeld\, Germany DESCRIPTION:The concept of an \;obligatory \;end is commonly associated with Kantian ethics\, specifically\, with Kant's idea that there are duties to adopt the happiness of others and one's own perfection as ends. However\, the notion of \;obligatory \;ends has been recently attracting philosophical interest from outside Kantian tradition and there is good reason to think that this notion can be fruitfully employed in moral theorising beyond Kantian ethics. \;Obligatory \;ends play an important role in recent treatments of topics such as supererogation (Portmore \;2023)\, moral demandingness and justification of moral options (Hanser 2014\, Igneski 2008\, Noggle 2009\, Sticker 2024)\, collective harm (Albertzart 2019)\, and moral and non-moral normativity more generally (Bastian 2025\, Greenspan 2010\, \;Portmore \;ms\, van Ackeren &\; Sticker 2018). The aim of this workshop is to further investigate the nature of \;obligatory \;ends and the role they can play in ethical theory broadly construed.
\nThe following is a non-exhaustive list of questions\, with which this workshop is concerned:
\nParticipation is free\, but registration is required and places are limited.
\nRegistration deadline: 08 June \;2026
\nRegister at obligatory.ends(at)uni-bielefeld(dot)de
\nPlease visit our website for further information:
ORGANIZER;CN=Dmitry Ananiev;CN=Benjamin Kiesewetter: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260612T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260613T170000 SUMMARY:AI and decision-making: tools\, hybrids\, and collectives UID:20260609T103726Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Theaterstrasse 14\, Aachen\, Germany\, 52062 DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the Chair of Applied Ethics at RWTH Aachen\, we invite abstract submissions for participation in the workshop &ldquo\;AI and decision-making: tools\, hybrids\, and collectives&rdquo\;\, funded by the German Federal Ministry Research\, Technology and Space. \;
\nThe workshop is scheduled for 12-13th June\, 2026 and will take place at RWTH Aachen University. It aims to be a discussion-focused event seeking to discuss the relationship between so-called AI technologies and our individual and especially our collective decision-making. Confirmed speakers include Prof. Karl de Fine Licht (Gothenburg\, Sweden)\, Prof. Tobias Schlicht (Bochum\, Germany)\, Prof. Pekka Mä\;kelä\; (Helsinki\, Finland). Details on the topic can be found in the abstract below. \;
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\nAbstract: \;
\nMany of the &ldquo\;AI&rdquo\; technologies currently impacting our shared world have significant consequences for our individual and collective decision-making. This can be through permitting cognitive offloading\, nudging or otherwise being designed to optimize or alter our choices. LLMs are used pervasively by those needing to make decisions about everything from paint colours to public policy\, smart technologies are incorporated into medical devices to assist in maintaining healthy habits and treatment regimes\, machine-learning enabled systems play a role in identifying and selecting targets for active militaries\, and sorting algorithms help shape the choice architecture of our digital lives. How then should we understand the dynamics of these impacts on our individual and collective decision-making? Should we understand these technologies as tools\, as partners or as co-constituents of decision-making hybrids or collectives? When might they manipulate us\, lead us stray\, or enhance our decision-making? And what sort of relationship to us as decision-makers should these technologies have\, and we to them? These are the central animating questions of this workshop\, each encompassing a vast array of important topics. These include\, among others: \;
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\nThis workshop aims to engage with these intertwined topics through a wide range of conceptual tools and angles. To this end\, we invite submissions of abstracts of up to 300 words that should be accompanied by a title\, name of the submitter\, institutional affiliation\, and contact information. This should be sent as a .pdf to niel.conradie@humtec.rwth-aachen.de by the deadline of April\, 10th. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Camilla Francesca Colombo;CN="Niël Conradie";CN=Saskia Nagel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260612T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Réceptions de la République de Platon au XIXe siècle : Utopies\, socialismes et féminismes UID:20260609T103727Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:Campus Condorcet - 5\, cours des Humanités\, Aubervilliers\, France\, 93300 DESCRIPTION:9h30 | Patrice Vermeren : Mot d'ouverture
10h00 | Julie Mestery : Comment lisait-on le livre V de la Ré\;publique dans l&rsquo\;université\; du XIXe siè\;cle ?"
11h20 | Clara Chauvel-Thé\;bault : La ré\;ception de Platon dans la presse fé\;ministe du XIXe siè\;cle
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14h00 | Franç\;ois Fourn : Le communisme d'É\;tienne Cabet avant 1840
15h10 | Etienne Lamarche : Ê\;tre «\; fou avec Platon »\; : lé\;gitimation et dé\;lé\;gitimation du communisme icarien par l'invocation platonicienne
16h30 | Nicolas Le Merrer : Le conflit entre utopistes et universitaires pour l&rsquo\;hé\;ritage platonicien : une voie d&rsquo\;accè\;s au «\; communisme »\; de la Ré\;publique
Under the dual themes of fragility and sensitivity\, and in light of contemporary systemic crises\, the symposium aims to examine changing disciplinary conditions in the production of knowledge and the practice of research at the intersection of science\, politics\, and aesthetics
\n\nThe symposium will feature keynote presentations by Brigitte Hart and Andrew Goffey. Brigitte Hart is a sound artist whose recent work explores the sonic textures of found objects along the Thames\, examining the relationships between ecosystems\, soundscape\, and society. Andrew Goffey is Associate Professor of Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham. His work has extensively engaged with questions of transdisciplinarity and the thought of Fé\;lix Guattari.
\n\nThe programme also includes four research papers and an open discussion between Anca-Maria Pop\, a PhD student in Philosophy\, and Julia Schauerman\, an electroacoustic composer\, improviser\, and community artist whose current research explores acousmatic storytelling as a collaborative creative practice for engaging complex contemporary issues.
\n\nThis is a hybrid event. Full programme details and registration information are available below with a link for online participation. \;
\n\nPlease note: The venue for the symposium has changed from Clattern Lecture Theatre to JG0002.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260612T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Migration and Asylum in Scotland: A Philosophical Perspective UID:20260609T103729Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Sir Duncan Rice Library\, Aberdeen\, United Kingdom\, AB24 3AA DESCRIPTION:The Department of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen is hosting the upcoming workshop\, &ldquo\;Migration and Asylum in Scotland: A Philosophical Perspective&rdquo\;. This one-day event will explore how a distinctively philosophical voice might be added to the existing scholarly literature on migration and asylum in Scotland in particular\, and in sub-state regions more generally. \;
\nWorkshop Date: \;Friday 12th June 2026
(rescheduled from \;Wednesday 29th April 2026)
Confirmed Speakers:
\nOrganiser: \;Eilidh Beaton (University of Aberdeen)
\nExpressions of interest in attending should be sent to Eilidh Beaton at eilidh.beaton@abdn.ac.uk.
\nDetails
\nThe philosophy of migration and asylum is often state-centric. Much work in this area focuses on migrants&rsquo\; entitlements against states\, and states&rsquo\; corresponding responsibilities to fulfil these entitlements (e.g. Carens 2013\, Miller 2016\, Gibney 2018). In recent years\, however\, calls have been made to move beyond this state-centric lens\, including by paying more attention to the role of sub-state political authorities (e.g. Sager 2016\, Buxton 2024). \;
\nAgainst this background\, Scotland presents itself as a promising case study. As a devolved nation within the UK\, the Scottish Parliament retains control over a wide range of social matters\, including housing\, benefits\, and social services. Hence\, as Gareth Mulvey (2018) nicely summarises\, while immigration policy is reserved to Westminster\, immigrant policy&mdash\;what happens once people arrive&mdash\;is largely devolved to the Scottish government. Layered legal landscapes of this sort raise questions which remain as-yet under-explored in the philosophical literature. For instance\, how should existing recommendations for migrant integration and inclusion (e.g. Carens 2013\, De Schutter &\; Ypi 2015\, Miller 2016) be (re-) interpreted and applied in such contexts\, given their distinctive features\, promises\, and risks (e.g. Arrighi 2014\; Galandini et al 2018)?
\nSocio-culturally too\, the Scottish context is ripe for further exploration. It is common across sub-state regions to find discourse portraying the regional government as more progressive and welcoming than the &lsquo\;exclusionary and hostile&rsquo\; central state (Edwards &\; Wisthaler 2023)\, and Scotland is no exception (e.g. SNP 2025\, Brand Scotland). However\, the reality of Scottish attitudes toward migration is more complex than these announcements suggest (e.g. Kyambi &\; Kay 2025)\, and this discourse of progressiveness often serves regional nation-building projects (Edwards &\; Wisthaler 2023\, Wisthaler 2023). Again\, this context raises normative questions worthy of greater philosophical attention&mdash\;for instance\, the extent to which advocates seeking meaningful material support for migrants should support or oppose such rhetoric. \;
\nThis one-day workshop aims to explore how a distinctively philosophical voice might be added to the existing scholarly literature on migration and asylum in Scotland in particular\, and in sub-state regions more generally.
\nThis workshop is sponsored by the Scots Philosophical Association\, the Society of Applied Philosophy\, and CEKAS at the University of Aberdeen.
\nReferences
\nArrighi\, Jean-Thomas\, &lsquo\;Managing Immigration in a Multinational Context. Border Struggles and Nation-Building in Contemporary Scotland and Catalonia&rsquo\;\, in The Politics of Immigration in Multi-Level States: Governance and Political Parties ed. by ed. by E. Hepburn and R. Zapata-Barrero (London: Palgrave MacMillan\, 2014)\, 108-129.
\nBrand Scotland\, &lsquo\;Scotland Welcomes Refugees&rsquo\; (accessed Jan 2026). Available at .
\nBuxton\, Rebecca\, &lsquo\;The State by Philip Pettit&rsquo\;\, Mind (2024)\, 1-7.
\nCarens\, Joseph\, The Ethics of Immigration (Oxford: Oxford University Press\, 2013).
\nDe Schutter\, Helder and Lea Ypi\, &lsquo\;Mandatory Citizenship for Immigrants&rsquo\;\, British Journal of Political Science 45:2 (2015)\, 235-251.
\nEdwards\, Catrin Wyn and Verena Wisthaler\, &lsquo\;The Power of Symbolic Sanctuary: Insights from Wales on the Limitations and Potential of a Regional Approach to Sanctuary&rsquo\;\, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 49:14 (2023)\, 3602-3628.
\nGalandini\, Silvia\, Gareth Mulvey\, and Laurence Lessard-Phillips\, &lsquo\;Stuck Between Mainstreaming and Localism: Views on the Practice of Migrant Integration in a Devolved Policy Framework&rsquo\;\, Journal of International Migration and Integration 20 (2019)\, 685-702.
\nGibney\, Matthew J.\, &lsquo\;The Ethics of Refugees&rsquo\;\, Philosophy Compass 13:10 (2018)\, 1-9.
\nHepburn\, Eve and Ricard Zapata Barrero\, The Politics of Immigration in Multi-Level States: Governance and Political Parties (London: Palgrave Macmillan\, 2014).
\nKyambi\, Sarah and Rebecca Kay\, &lsquo\;Attitudes to Immigration in Scotland: Changing\, complex\, contradictory&rsquo\;\, Migration Policy Scotland (2025). Available at .
\nMiller\, David\, Strangers in Our Midst (Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press\, 2016).
\nMulvey\, Gareth. &lsquo\;Refugee Integration Policy: The Effects of UK Policy-Making on Refugees in Scotland&rsquo\;\, Journal of Social Policy 44:2 (2015)\, 357-375.
\n&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;.\, &lsquo\;Social Citizenship\, Social Policy and Refugee Integration: a Case of Policy and Divergence in Scotland?&rsquo\;\, Journal of Social Policy 47:1 (2018)\, 161-178.
\nSager\, Alex\, &lsquo\;Methodological Nationalism\, Migration and Political Theory&rsquo\;\, Political Studies 64:1 (2016)\, 42-59.
\nSNP\, &lsquo\;First Minister John Swinney addresses the nation about Scotland&rsquo\;s right to decide &ndash\; Full Speech&rsquo\;. Available at .
\nWisthaler\, Verena\, &lsquo\;Migrants\, New Citizens\, Co-Citizens and Citizens by Adoption &ndash\; Regionalist Parties&rsquo\; Framing of Immigrants in the Basque Country\, Corsica\, South Tyrol\, Scotland and Wales&rsquo\;\, in Revising the Integration-Citizenship Nexus in Europe ed. by Roxana Barbulescu\, Sara Wallace Goodman\, Luicy Pedroza (Cham\, Switzerland: Springer Nature\, 2023)\, 91-109.
ORGANIZER;CN=Eilidh Beaton: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260612T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260613T170000 SUMMARY:Third Annual Toronto Bioethics Workshop UID:20260609T103730Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:170 Saint George Street\, Toronto\, Canada\, M5S 1V8 DESCRIPTION:The Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce the third annual Toronto Bioethics Workshop\, taking place on Friday\, June 12th and Saturday\, June 13th at the St. George (downtown) campus of the University of Toronto.
The theme of the workshop is philosophical bioethics\, with a specific emphasis on health\, healthcare\, and health research\, including public health\, research ethics\, clinical ethics\, neuroethics\, and reproductive ethics.
Attendance is free but registration is required: \;https://forms.gle/ntKpYX5ANSktdcv17
\nFriday\, June 12th
\n1:00 pm-2:15 pm Aaron Gray - Dementia-specific Advance Directives and the Continuous Self
\n2:30 pm-3:45 pm \;Sonya Ringer - \;What Do We Owe Your Mother?
\n4:00 pm-5:15 pm \;Jack Harris - Bioethical Autonomy: We Cannot Balance What We Cannot Measure
\nSaturday\, June 13th
\n9:00 am-10:15 am \;Chrysogonus Okwenna - \;Addiction as Socially Mediated Harm: Rethinking the Locus of Responsibility and Public Health Intervention
\n10:30 am-11:45 am \;Vida Panitch - \;Justice and the Sale of Body Parts
\n1:15 pm-2:30 pm Jared Smith - Reasons at the Bedside: A Critique of Reasons-Internalism in Medical Decision Making
\n2:45 pm-4:00 pm Isabella Braga - \;Defining Death at the Bedside: A Pluralistic Approach to Conflicting Standards
\n4:15 pm-5:45 pm \;Nir Eyal - \;Disclaiming Research Ethics
ORGANIZER;CN=Eric Mathison;CN=Andrew Franklin-Hall: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260612T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260612T234500 SUMMARY:Social Ties in Animal Politics: Mutuality Beyond Humanity UID:20260609T103731Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:The Wave\, Sheffield\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Social and political relationships constitute the foundation of our shared communities. Yet\, scholars working in the field of animal politics have not had these social ties as their primary focus. They have predominately highlighted the systematic injustice and exploitation that blight many of our relationships with nonhuman animals. This body of work has argued extensively for the rights of animals to fair treatment and political representation.
\nAlthough crucial\, a focus on injustice leaves out the question of whether the numerous relational concepts traditionally reserved for human society &mdash\; such as civic friendship\, trust\, and solidarity &mdash\; can be meaningfully extended to nonhuman animals. The project of identifying and theorising injustice continues to be important\, but a positive vision of what a just interspecies community would look like necessitates engagement with social ties. To reimagine and build a multispecies political community that works for us all\, we must begin exploring the actual\, lived quality of the social and political relationships that bind humans and animals together\, or set us apart.
\nTo that end\, this conference seeks to investigate the everyday reality of coexistence with animals by exploring the diverse range of social\, political\, and institutional relationships between us. By thinking about the limits and potential of existing interspecies encounters\, we hope to unearth the conceptual and critical resources needed to rethink our shared social and political life with animals.
\nDoing so requires us to engage with the idea that we are co-participants who share in social ties with nonhuman others. But there are profound challenges to any possible vision of mutuality beyond humanity. For example\, can the inescapable asymmetries in power\, or the significant communicative and epistemic barriers between species\, be overcome to realise a genuine interspecies politics?
\nWe will bring together scholars of animal ethics\, animal politics\, and cognate disciplines to explore these and related questions\, including but not limited to:
\nIn what ways do human-animal social relationships contribute to a flourishing political community? How do these relationships serve individual and collective interests in health\, happiness\, and community?
\nCan positive relational concepts like civic friendship or co-citizenship be meaningfully extended to non-human animals? Are interspecies relations of trust\, civility\, and tolerance possible?
\nHow\, if at all\, should negative relational concepts like aggression\, incivility\, or contempt be applied to animals? If animals can be our companions and our friends\, can they also be our enemies?
\nIs interspecies solidarity possible? Can humans and animals have mutual goodwill towards one another? \; Can we have alliances with animals?
\nWhy might mutuality with domesticated animals differ from with wild animals? Should we pursue relationships with wild animals\, or is mutuality undesirable? On what terms might it be acceptable?
\nCan humans and animals engage in mutually creative and cultural relationships? Can humans and animals play\, learn and co-create?
\nAre relations of mutuality possible if there are profound asymmetries in power and cognitive ability between humans and animals? Can farmers\, for example\, be friends with those animals that they exploit? Can humans be friends with mice?
\nHow do the concepts of love and care challenge or complicate traditional ways of thinking about justice for animals? \;
\nHow should ethical theory account for the inherent dangers and exploitation present in many human-animal relationships\, even those defined by intimacy? Can animals be exploited? Do animals have an interest in noninferiority?
\nHow might emerging technologies facilitate\, improve or harm relationships with animals? How\, if at all\, should AI be used to transform relationships with animals? How might animals need protection from these developments?
\nThis is the latest in a series of longstanding annual &lsquo\;Animal Politics&rsquo\; conferences. Details on past events (since 2010) can be found here: https://josh-milburn.com/animal-politics/ \;
\nOrganisers: Alasdair Cochrane (University of Sheffield)\; Steve Cooke (University of Leicester)\; Sara van Goozen (University of York)\; Josh Milburn (Loughborough University)\; Angie Pepper (Roehampton University)\; Matt Perry (University of Sheffield).
\nPlease send anonymised abstracts of no more than 300 words to m.w.perry@sheffield.ac.uk by end of day Friday 12th June. \;Please include your name and affiliation in the body of your email. \;Abstracts should be suitable for a 30 minute presentation and will be subject to a blind review process. Successful proposals will be notified by 30th June.
\nThere are no fees to attend\, but please register or submit an abstract by emailing the organisers. Refreshments and a buffet lunch will be provided. This conference is gratefully funded by a Mind Association Conference Grant\, as well as a contribution from a Wellcome Trust grant on Multispecies Mutualisms held at the University of Sheffield.
\nThis has allowed us to cover a small number of ECR/graduate student speaker fees consisting of accommodation and dinner (but excluding travel). The details of how to apply for this will be sent out with successful abstract responses. \;
\nWe are committed to making the event welcoming for everyone by adhering to the BPA/SWiP Guidelines for Accessible Conferences and the BPA/SWiP Good Practice Scheme. For more information\, please get in touch with the organisers.
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew W. Perry;CN=Alasdair Cochrane;CN=Angie Pepper;CN=Josh Milburn;CN=Sara Van Goozen;CN=Steve Cooke: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T170000 SUMMARY:4th Annual Conference of The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy UID:20260609T103732Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Worcester College\, Oxford\, United Kingdom\, OX1 2HB DESCRIPTION:The purpose of this annual conference is to provide an interactive forum for new work by women in legal theory and philosophy of law whose methodology is analytic. \; The conference draws primarily from women in North America\, Europe and the United Kingdom. \; Participants include both students and professionals. \; The event is hybrid and pre-read. \; In-person attendance is by invitation only\, but all are welcome to register to attend virtually using this link:
\n\;https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/019cbaa8ad1a7a3492d4403f512ab706
\nPapers will be available online two weeks in advance. Links to join will be sent out one week in advance.
ORGANIZER;CN=Michelle Dempsey;CN=Kara Woodbury-Smith: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:Early Modern Debates About Slavery UID:20260609T103733Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Amherst Center\, United States DESCRIPTION:This one week seminar will explore 17th and 18th-century texts about slavery from Europe and America. Prof. Jorati will direct an intensive week of summer classes for the benefit of a small group of recent PhDs whose main research and teaching are in the relevant area. Up to six individuals from among those who apply will be selected to participate in five days of intense classes on the announced subject. Travel\, housing and food for the duration of the classes will be paid by the \;JHP \;up to $2\,000. Applications due by Feb. 1\, 2026. To apply visit \;https://jhp.wisc.edu/summerseminar.html.
\n\n\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Eileen C. Sweeney: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260614T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260614T234500 SUMMARY:Workshop “What is Good Reasoning?” UID:20260609T103734Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Bern\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
\nWorkshop &ldquo\;What is Good Reasoning?&rdquo\;
\nUniversity of Bern\, Switzerland
\n10&ndash\;11 September 2026
\nThe aim of the workshop is to investigate the nature of good reasoning and its place within the normative domain. We will explore how good reasoning should be understood and how it relates to other central normative notions\, such as reasons\, ought\, value\, and fittingness. The workshop seeks to foster discussion of questions including: What are the norms and aims of reasoning? Can we explain what it means to reason well in terms of other normative or non-normative notions? And what roles do normative reasons play in good reasoning?
\nConfirmed speakers:
\n- Frank Hofmann \;
\n- Benjamin Kiesewetter \;
\n- David Lussi \;
\n- Alessandra Marra \;
\n- Connor McHugh \;
\nWe invite submissions for additional talks. If you are interested\, please send an abstract of 600&ndash\;800 words (suitable for a talk of 40 minutes) as a PDF attachment to ethicsbern@gmail.com by 14 June 2026. We will notify you about the decision by the end of June.
\nThe abstract must be suitable for blind review and not contain any information that may identify you as the author. However\, please make sure that the e-mail to which the abstract is attached contains your name and institutional affiliation (if applicable).
\nResearchers from underrepresented groups in academic philosophy are especially encouraged to submit. We will provide hotel accommodation for all accepted speakers. In addition\, there is a limited budget for covering (some of) the travelling expenses of those who do not have access to financial support from their home institution.
\nOrganizers: David Lussi\, Andreas Mü\;ller (University of Bern)
\nIf you have any questions\, please contact us at \;ethicsbern@gmail.com. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=David Lussi;CN="Andreas Müller": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T000000 SUMMARY:2026 Southern Aesthetics Workshop UID:20260609T103735Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:University of South Carolina\, Columbia\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Southern Division of the American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to announce a two-day\, pre-read workshop at the University of South Carolina in Columbia\, SC\, October 9-10\, 2026. Each paper will have two commentators. The program will include a performance and keynote by a local artist.
\nWork in any area of aesthetics or the philosophy of art is welcome. We especially encourage submissions that explore issues of special concern in the South\, broadly construed\, and issues pertaining particularly to the southeastern region\, such as local food and food culture\, poetry\, music\, or sites of conflict. Scholars are welcome to submit no matter where they live or work\, and members of traditionally underrepresented groups in philosophy are especially encouraged to apply.
\nThe deadline for papers of no more than 3500 words (including footnotes\, excluding references) is June 15\, 2026. Decisions will be made by late July. Submissions should be prepared for anonymous review and sent to SouthernAestheticsWorkshop@gmail.com. Submissions will be reviewed by members of the SAW conference committee. Those who presented papers at the 2025 Southern Aesthetics Workshop are not eligible to submit papers to the upcoming event. Papers presented at the ASA Annual Meeting are not eligible for presentation at SAW. All presentations and commentaries must be in-person.
\nAll persons on the program other than the invited keynote&mdash\;including presenters\, commentators\, and chairs&mdash\;must have active ASA membership before the conference program is announced. Registration will be $30\; $15 for students. The workshop will be open to anyone registered. Presenters with no other access to travel funds may be considered for Irene H. Chayes Travel grants from the American Society for Aesthetics. To apply for travel funding\, please note in your submission email that you wish to be considered and include an estimate of your travel costs.
\nQueries can be sent to SouthernAestheticsWorkshop@gmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN=Angela Sun;CN=Michael Dickson;CN=Kyle Kirby;CN=Jeremy Killian;CN=Zachary Weinstein;CN=Tyler Olsson;CN=Guy Rohrbaugh: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260615T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260616T170000 SUMMARY:Ethnographilosophy UID:20260609T103736Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany DESCRIPTION:
ETHNOGRAPHILOSOPHY \; June 15-16\, 2026\, Freie Universitä\;t\, Berlin\, Germany. Organizers: Deborah Mü\;hlebach (FU Berlin)\, Quill Kukla (Georgetown University/Leibniz Universitä\;t Hannover)\, and Antoine Louette (FU Berlin) \; How can or should philosophers incorporate their own or others' ethnographic work into their philosophical research? Does socially engaged philosophy need ethnography? What ethnographic methods can philosophers use? What creative syntheses of philosophy and ethnography are already happening? What are the distinctive ethical and epistemological issues raised by ethnographic research? Should or could there be different uses of ethnography in different subfields of philosophy\, e.g. political theory vs. epistemology? This workshop will explore the meeting points between philosophy and ethnography. All topics that bring together these two disciplines are welcome. \; Invited speakers include Shelbi Meissner (University of Maryland)\, Lisa Guenther (Queen&rsquo\;s University)\, and Bernardo Zacka (MIT) \; This workshop is supported by a DFG Emmy Noether grant on "Critical Agency&rdquo\; (www.criticalagency.de). \;
Schedule Corporate Responsibility Revisited
\n\;University of Vienna\, Room 3A at the NIG\, Universitatsstrasse 7\, 1010 Wien. (In person).
\nMonday 15 June 2026:
\n09.00-10.30: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Jessica Brown &ndash\; University of St. Andrews
\n10.45-12.15: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Lilian O&rsquo\;Brien &ndash\; University of Helsinki
\n12.15-14.00: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Lunch
\n14.00-15.30: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Lars Moen &ndash\; University of Vienna
\n15.45-17.15: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Niels de Haan &ndash\; University of Vienna
\n18.00 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Dinner
\nTuesday 16 June 2026:
\n09.00-10.30: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Amy Sepinwall &ndash\; University of Pennsylvania
\n10.45-12.15: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Felix Lambrecht &ndash\; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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ORGANIZER;CN=Niels de Haan;CN=Lars Moen: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260615T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260616T170000 SUMMARY:From Virtual to Virtue: Ethics\, Epistemology\, Education UID:20260609T103738Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Maistrova ulica 1\, Ljubljana\, Slovenia\, 1000 DESCRIPTION:From Virtual to Virtue: Ethics\, Epistemology\, Education
\nDate: \;June 15th &ndash\; 16th\, 2026\; deadline for application: March 2\, 2026
\nLocation:Ljubljana\, Slovenia (National Museum of Slovenia\, Maistrova ulica 1)
\nFormat:in person
\nDear colleagues\,
\nWe are delighted to announce a conference dedicated to exploring virtue\, virtuousness\, and related concepts in the context of emerging AI technologies and the digital realm. Grounded in the understanding that human beings are fundamentally relational\, and that virtues are formed through lived experience\, the conference examines how these processes are challenged and reshaped within digital environments. Submissions may address questions of ethics\, epistemology\, or education in relation to virtue and digital or AI-mediated contexts. They are not required to engage with all three areas\; focused treatments within a single domain are equally welcome.
\nThe event welcomes the employment of several disciplines\, including but not limited to philosophy\, computer science\, educational sciences\, cultural anthropology\, bioethics\, law\, and their interdisciplinary permeation. Adopting this interdisciplinary approach\, the conference brings together these perspectives to address the normative and practical implications of the development and use of AI systems in digital culture. Particular attention will be given to questions of responsible technological design\, digital well-being\, and the impact of digital technologies on everyday life.
\nThe conference will feature a dedicated thematic session on the ethical training and alignment of LLMs\, with particular focus on culturally-specific and language-specific approaches. This session will showcase current research and development concerning GaMS (Generative Model for Slovene)\, the Slovene open-source language model. Researchers from the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Ljubljana will present their methodological frameworks and technical implementations related to developing responsible AI for smaller linguistic communities within broader international governance standards.
\nSuggested themes include (but are not limited to):
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Attaining human virtues and virtuousness in digitally mediated life
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Moral and epistemic responsibility and accountability in human&ndash\;AI interaction: knowledge\, authority\, and authorship
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Virtue ethics beyond the individual: institutional design\, practices and cultures in the digital era
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Ethical and related aspect of the use of AI in education: virtues in/of AI-mediated learning environments
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; AI-supported personalization and its implications for educational equity\, inclusion\, and justice
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; The role of educators and educational institutions in shaping responsible AI use
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Epistemic dependence\, autonomy\, and trust in AI-assisted educational processes and the concept of digital well-being
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; The role of science communication in the post-truth era: addressing the impact of fake news\, misinformation\, and declining institutional trust
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Imaginaries of technology\, artifacts\, and human-machine relations
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Novelty and defining characteristics of AI-mediated\, virtual\, and digital (religious) experience
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Ethical training of LLMs across languages and cultural contexts
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Responsible governance of AI protocols (documentation\, auditability\, explainability\, escalation)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Cultural variability\, minority perspectives\, and vulnerable groups in the context of the development and operation of AI systems
\nStudent section and workshops
\nThe conference will include workshops and poster presentations devised for PhD candidates and early-career researchers. These workshops and presentations will provide a supportive environment for presenting work in progress\, receiving feedback\, and engaging in methodological and conceptual discussions fostering academic growth. (Students are invited to apply at the contact email below.)
\nDeadlines and other instructions
\nThe deadline for submitting your abstract for review is March 2nd\, 2026.
\nSubmissions should include the title\, a short abstract (between 300 and 450 words)\, your affiliation\, e-mail address\, academic title and/or position. Applicants will be notified of the acceptance of the paper by April 3rd\, 2026.
\nYou can submit your application and abstract to the following e-mail address:mateja.centastrahovnik@teof.uni-lj.si or info@ethics-ai.eu
\nThe conference is planned as an exclusively in-person event. \;Each lecture will last 30 minutes (followed by 15 minutes of Q&\;A).
\nAccommodation: Upon acceptance of their paper\, participants will be provided with detailed information and recommendations regarding accommodation options in Ljubljana\, together with practical guidance for attending the conference and making the most of a visit to the city.
\nConference fee: In alignment with the Centre&rsquo\;s commitment to open and accessible science\, there is no registration fee for this event.
\nAll presenters will receive complimentary coffee\, snacks\, and lunch on both days of the conference. Additionally\, presenters will receive a conference swag bag and an invitation to submit a full paper for a peer-reviewed collection (to be published by an international academic publisher\, TBD).
\nFull paper submission (optional): The deadline for submission is tentatively scheduled for early autumn 2026.
\nProgram committee
\nVojko Strahovnik
Department of Philosophy\, Faculty of Arts\, University of Ljubljana
Head of the \;Centre for Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence and the Ethics of New Technologies
\;
\nMateja Centa Strahovnik
Faculty of Theology\, University of Ljubljana
Leader of the research programme \;The Intersection of Virtue\, Experience\, and Digital Culture: Ethical and Theological Insights
\;
\nDiana C. Daly
Associate Dean\, Graduate Academic Affairs\, University of Arizona iSchool
\;
\nIvan Cerovac
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Rijeka
\;
\n\;
\nContact person
\nMateja Centa Strahovnik
\nmateja.centastrahovnik@teof.uni-lj.si
\n\;
\nConference webpage:
\nhttps://ethics-ai.eu/2026-conference
\n\;
ORGANIZER;CN=Vojko Strahovnik: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260615T130000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260615T170000 SUMMARY:International workshop: Political Philosophy of Technologies UID:20260609T103739Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Africa/Johannesburg LOCATION:11th Floor\, UJ on Empire\, Johannesburg\, South Africa DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a workshop on political philosophy of technology on June 15\, 12:00 CET. \;
\nThe centrepiece of the workshop is a keynote address by Professor Mathias Risse\, whose book Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us offers one of the most foundational contributions to this conversation. Risse&rsquo\;s work provides rich frameworks for understanding how emerging technologies may reshape political structures\, rights\, and governance\, and his keynote will open the day of scholarly discussion. Participants will have the opportunity to interrogate and expand on his arguments\, bringing together scholars with a shared interest in the political and ethical dimensions of technology.
\nKeynote title: Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take US \;
\nProf. Mathias Risse
\nAbstract: This talk will offer reflections on what kind of questions come up for political theory in the digital age &ndash\; new questions or perhaps old questions in new forms. Thereby the talk is simultaneously also a reflection on my 2023 book that was actually called &ldquo\;Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us\,&rdquo\; and explores how well that book has aged in this period given the breathtaking pace of change in this field. \;
\nThe workshop is designed to be fully hybrid\, allowing in-person and online participation. \;
\nto join online\, please register here: \;
https://zoom.us/j/99823499564
please direct any questions to: \;SPTPPETSIG@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Paige Benton;CN=Michael W. Schmidt;CN=Veli Mitova;CN=Avigail Ferdman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T170000 SUMMARY:Pathologies of Legalism and the Rule of Law UID:20260609T103740Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Ithaca\, United States DESCRIPTION:While some societies suffer from lawlessness\, others suffer from what could be called &ldquo\;pathologies of legalism&rdquo\;. Here\, while citizens and officials adhere to the letter of the law\, they frequently flout something more fundamental in ways that erode the rule of law. In addition to the familiar uses of technicalities to game the legal system\, there are much more serious instances\, such as &ldquo\;lawfare&rdquo\;\, in which political officials weaponize the law in order to attack their political opponents. This project aims to illuminate the nature of the rule of law by investigating these and other pathologies of legalism. Questions to be posed include: What exactly is flouted when citizens or officials resort to legalism? Wherein lies the wrong or harm in such floutings? What kinds of measures would be suitable to address them effectively? Are there certain virtues that\, if cultivated\, would protect against the pathologies of legalism? Speakers will include Gerald Postema (UNC-CH)\, &ldquo\;No Tyranny More Cruel"\; Amanda Greene (UC Santa Barbara)\, &ldquo\;What&rsquo\;s Wrong with Lawfare?&rdquo\;\; Lucas Stanczyk (Harvard)\, "The Shadow Republic: Liberalism\, State Violence\, the Responsibility of Intellectuals&rdquo\;\; Kevin Toh (UCL)\, "Mutual Freedom\, Substrata of Rules\, and Subversive Legalism&rdquo\;\; Hilary Nye (Alberta)\, &ldquo\;The Rule of Law as a Thick Concept&rdquo\;\; and Mitchell Berman (Penn)\, "Cheating\, Second-Order Rules\, and Principles".
ORGANIZER;CN=Amanda R. Greene;CN=Emad H. Atiq;CN=Kevin Toh: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260615T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260615T234500 SUMMARY:Technology Ethics in Turbulent Times UID:20260609T103741Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Hoge Steeg 2\, Wageningen\, Netherlands\, 6708 PH DESCRIPTION:The international conference on "Technology Ethics in Turbulent Times. Expanding the Moral Agenda for Transformation" will take place from November 4th to November 6th 2026 at the Wageningen University in the Netherlands. \;
\n
About the conference topic
What do philosophy and ethics of technology mean in turbulent times?
\nThe impact of new technological developments in domains such as artificial intelligence\, synthetic biology\, and quantum technologies is enormous and interconnected with global challenges such as climate change\, authoritarianism\, and geopolitical tensions. Such times demand targeted philosophical and ethical inquiry\, which is the aim of the international conference Technology Ethics in Turbulent Times.
\nWhether your work concerns conceptual analysis\, philosophical methods for studying and evaluating technology\, case-studies in the ethics of (disruptive) technologies\, sustainable technology\, praxis-oriented approaches geared towards design and social implications\, or another related topic: We welcome you to submit an abstract or participate!
\n
Keynote speakers:
Prof. Dr. Soraj Hongladarom (Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University)
Prof. Dr. Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem (University of Pretoria)
Prof. Dr. Catriona McKinnon (University of Exeter)
More information about our keynote speakers can be found here https://www.esdit.nl/conference-2026/programme/
Submissions:
The conference will be structured around 6 thematic tracks. A track may consist of various submission types (single papers\, panels\, and sessions). Details about the various submission types can be found here https://www.esdit.nl/conference-2026/call-for-papers/ Please note: Being part of a special conference track is not a condition for being accepted.
You can find descriptions of the tracks by navigating to the website and clicking on the track titles https://www.esdit.nl/conference-2026/call-for-papers/
\nThe submission deadline \;is June 15\, 2026\, 23:59 CET. This willbe the final deadline. Notes of acceptance will be sent before 1 July 2026.
The conference is organized by the
We look forward to receiving your submissions \;by June 15\, 2026.
ORGANIZER;CN=Mariska Bosschaert: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260615T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260615T234500 SUMMARY:2nd Praxis International Conference "Enacting Emotions in Today’s World" UID:20260609T103742Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Évora\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:Confirmed keynote speakers:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Fabrice Teroni (Université\; de Genè\;ve)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Irene Borges-Duarte (Universidade de É\;vora)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Pierre Leger (Université\; d&rsquo\;Aix-Marseille)
\nMany thinkers stressed that emotions (at least a significant part of them) do not just happen to us. Since ancient philosophy\, there have been many discussions about how there are active components in our emotions: that they are determined by our judgements\, by our will or by our choices. There have also been many debates about how one&rsquo\;s culture determines one&rsquo\;s emotions. To a larger extent\, this active shaping of emotions is unconscious\, but many thinkers explored the possibility of expressly cultivating certain emotions and transforming our emotional life. What we do shapes our emotions. They are at least in part our responsibility. On the other hand\, emotions decisively affect the way we think about action and act. This reciprocal relation between action and emotions affects our whole life and it is also decisive for the main crises we face today\, such as ecological and climatic disruption\, technological perils\, social and cultural dissolution\, the systemic decay of democratic and geopolitical orders\, the erosion of shared truth\, the atrophy of sustained attention\, global mental health crisis\, and so on. The goal of this conference is to discuss how our enacting of emotions contributes to these and other problems we face\, as well as how we can cultivate different emotions to help us deal with these problems. \;
\nTo discuss this question\, it is of course necessary to determine how emotions result from our activity (whether at an empirical level or at a deeper or transcendental level) or how they are marked by what we do. It is also necessary to consider how our enacted emotions have\, in turn\, a deep impact on our life. Many thinkers studied the way our cognitive processes or our practical decisions are affected by emotions\, and contemporary debates on epistemic\, aesthetic\, moral\, political\, climatic emotions (among others) help us understand how any emotion we enact affects the way we think\, the way we experience things\, and the way we act at the individual and the collective level. Thus\, it stands to reason that all the problems we face today are also to an extent shaped by the emotions we ourselves have enacted and will enact in the future. This involves both perils and opportunities: on the one hand\, emotions can be manipulated to generate reactions\, or to mold perceptions of events\; on the other hand\, one can cultivate emotions to develop capabilities needed in the contemporary world and to build hope\, resilience\, courage\, fortitude\, empathy.
\nWe welcome contributions from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and methodological frameworks\, fostering a truly interdisciplinary dialogue on these issues.
\nPaper proposals should be sent to praxis@ubi.pt by June 15. They should include an abstract (250-350 words) and a brief biographical note about the authors (up to 100 words). We also welcome panel proposals (3 participants per panel\, preferably mixed gender). Notifications of acceptance and rejection will be sent by July 15. Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes and may be delivered in English\, Portuguese or French. Please note that all presentations must be delivered in person\, as videoconferencing will not be available.
ORGANIZER;CN="Praxis Center for Philosophy, Politics and Culture (University of Beira Interior/University of Évora)": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T234500 SUMMARY:Formal Approaches to Rationality and Meaning (FARM) UID:20260609T103743Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:New York\, United States DESCRIPTION:FARM is a conference that aims to bring together researchers studying meaning\, reasoning and rational norms. \;
\nConference webpage: https://mmandelkern.github.io/farm26.html
\nTime: October 10-11\, 2026
\nLocation: NYU Department of Philosophy
\nWe welcome submissions from a variety of fields\, including epistemology\, philosophy of language\, decision theory\, philosophical logic\, metaphysics\, philosophy of mind\, and metaethics. \;
\nWe will cover accommodation for speakers and assist with travel.
\nPlease submit a draft of no more than 5000 words formatted for anonymous review. \; Submissions are due June 15\, 2026
\nSubmission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=FARM/2026/Conference#tab-your-consoles
\nPlease contact the organizers with any questions. \;
\nConference email: farm.nyip@gmail.com
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew Mandelkern;CN=Harvey Lederman;CN=Snow Zhang;CN=Paolo Santorio;CN=Julia Staffel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260616T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260618T170000 SUMMARY:Moral Progress and Moral Change UID:20260609T103744Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Ulica grada Vukovara 54\, Zagreb\, Croatia\, 10000 DESCRIPTION:We are very pleased to announce that the Summer School \;&lsquo\;Moral Progress and Moral Change&rsquo\; \;will take place from \;June 16 &ndash\; 18 2026 \;at the \;Institute of Philosophy in Zagreb.
\nThe program is designed for a maximum of 20 PhD candidates\, advanced MA students\, or early career researchers working in the philosophy of moral progress and moral change broadly construed. Our summer school will encompass debates about the normative criteria of moral progress\, the empirical case for ongoing moral regress\, the relationship between social identities and social norm change\, and the relationship between technological and moral change.
\nThe summer school will feature keynotes from:
\n&bull\; Agnes Tam (University of Calgary)
\n&bull\; Victor Kumar (Boston University)
\n&bull\; John Danaher (University of Galway)
\nIn addition to keynote lectures and student presentations\, we will also have a few presentations on moral progress and moral change from scholars in the regional research community. However\, our key focus is on allowing plenty of time for participants to discuss issues related to the philosophy of moral progress and moral change and make fruitful research connections among a group of scholars with related interests.
\nHow to apply: Our program has space for a limited number of student presentations (20 mins talk\, followed by 10 mins Q&\;A). If you would like to present at the Summer School\, please send an anonymised abstract of up to 500 words to Mia Biturajac at \;mbiturajac@ifzg.hr \;by \;12 April 2026. In the body of your email\, please include your name and your institution. Note that it is not necessary to present in order to attend.
\nIf you have any additional questions\, you can also contact Mia via the email address above.
\nThe attendance fee is \;&euro\;100. Our three-day program will include lunch each day\, and a dinner one evening to which all participants are invited.
\nYou can find more information on our website: \;https://mpmc.ifzg.hr/
\nThis Summer School is supported by the Institute of Philosophy\, and by the Croatian Science Foundation-funded projects \;MoPIC \;and \;AIAJ.
\nBest wishes from the Summer School Organising Committee\, Mia Biturajac\, Charlie Blunden\, Petar Bodlović\, Nino Kadić\, Marco Tassella\, Monika Zeba
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260616T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260616T170000 SUMMARY:Justice in Local Space UID:20260609T103745Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Sir Arthur Lewis Building\, Lincoln's Inn Fields\, London\, United Kingdom\, WC2A 2PH DESCRIPTION:The use and control of physical space has long been central to political philosophy (conceived\, for instance\, in terms of private property rights or collective territorial rights). However\, this rich body of work has focused primarily on the justification of exclusive control rights at either the small (individual-property-right) scale or the large (territorial-right) scale\, rather than on the normative dimensions of intermediate local-scale use of physical space and everyday spatial experience\, the demands of justice or morality that arise from the local-level inhabiting of a shared physical environment. This is beginning to emerge as a subject of study in political philosophy/theory\, and recent book-length treatments (e.g. Kohn's The Death and Life of the Urban Commonwealth (2016)\; Kukla's City Living (2021)) and emerging literatures on topics such as gentrification and housing justice begin to address these concerns. Much of this work\, though\, assumes "the city" (metropolitan area or municipality) as the relevant unit of analysis. Yet for theories concerned with justice in day-to-day life\, issues of justice in local land use need not be distinctively urban\, and the local space more generally&mdash\;neighbourhoods\, districts\, villages\, rural areas&mdash\;and the relations between them (home to work\, home to community) may be a more meaningful unit of analysis.
\nIn this workshop we wish to explore what is distinctive about justice at the local scale and in the local organisation of land use\, and how established justice frameworks might need modification when applied to everyday spatial experience.
\nInvited speakers:
\nKaty Wells (Warwick)
\nBart van Leeuwen (Radboud)
\nHolly Longair (Kwantlen Polytechnic)
\nPilar Lopez-Cantero (Antwerp) &\; Dan Guillery (LSE)
\nBettina Lange (Radboud)
\nCorey Schuck (Radboud)
\nGah-Kai Leung (Warwick)
\nThis workshop is hosted and funded by the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the LSE.
\nPracticalities
\n9.30 - 18.00\, 16th June 2026\, in person
\nLondon School of Economics and Political Science (Sir Arthur Lewis Building\, Room G.03)
\nAll are welcome\, but please register your attendance at the link above\, so that we have an idea of numbers for catering\, and since\, if you are not a member of the LSE\, you will not be able to access the building unless you are on our list in advance.
ORGANIZER;CN=Daniel Guillery;CN=Corey Schuck;CN=Bettina Lange: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260608T224941Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260617T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260618T170000 SUMMARY:Enlightenment & Citizenship Workshop UID:20260609T103746Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Fribourg\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:&ldquo\;Enlightenment and Publicity: The Problem of Deception in Late 18th Century Political and Religious Thought&rdquo\; is a multilateral research project funded by \;the Swiss National Science Foundation and housed at the University of Fribourg\, University of Bucharest\, and Jagiellonian University. \;
\nThe project&rsquo\;s first workshop will take place on June 17&ndash\;18 at the University of Fribourg. The topic is &ldquo\;Enlightenment and Citizenship&rdquo\;. The speakers for the event are as follows:
\nJames Clarke (York)
\nLuke Davies (Groningen)
\nSebastiano Ghisu (Sassari)
\nStefan Klinger (Gö\;ttingen)
\nTinca Prunea-Bretonnet (Bucharest)
\nPaola Rumore (Turin)
\nElisabeth Widmer (LSE)
\nThis is an in-person event. To register for the workshop\, please email michael.kryluk@unifr.ch
ORGANIZER;CN=Michael Kryluk;CN=Ralf M. Bader: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR