Upcoming events in Value Theory

29 Apr

Conference: Migration and Asylum in Scotland: A Philosophical Perspective

Department of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

30 Apr

CFP: CEE Forum of Young Legal, Political and Social Theorists

University of Silesia

Topics: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

30 Apr

CFP: The Kristeva Circle

Comparative Literature, University at Buffalo

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Value Theory

30 Apr

CFP: Australasian Philosophical Review Special Issue on Ancient ethics

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Normative Ethics

1 May

CFP: Chosen Nation(s): Historical and Cultural Interpretations of Exceptionalism

Ludovika University of Public Service; Jewish Theological Seminary - University of Jewish Studies

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

1 May

Conference: Ratio Annual Conference on Animals and Philosophy

University of Reading

Ratio Annual Conference

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

1 May

Workshop: The Political Dimension in Hegel's Aesthetics

School of Advanced Study, University of London

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

1 May

CFP: Special Issue on "Pacifism and World Peace" for Dialogue and Universalism

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

1 May

CFP: Slacker: Answering the True Call - Essays on Linklater’s Cult Classic (Working Title)

Topics: Aesthetics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

1 May

Conference: Violence, Resistance, and Decoloniality: Rage Against the Machine

Department of Philosophy, Philosophy Graduate Student Group

University of Alberta Philosophy Graduate Conference

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

1 May

CFP: CFA: APA Studies on Feminism and Philosophy Spring 2027 – Quill Kukla’s Sex Beyond “Yes”: Pleasure and Agency for Everyone

Topics: Value Theory

1 May

CFP: MadMeta XXIII

Dept. of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Madison Metaethics Workshop

Topics: Meta-Ethics

4 May

Conference: 6th International Conference on Philosophy of Mind: Artificial Intelligence (6ICPH)

HybridInstitute of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto

Topics: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics, Value Theory

4 May

CFP: Call for Papers: Philosophical Counselor, Interdisciplinary Journal for Practical Philosophy, Psychotherapy, and the Philosophy of Health

Topics: Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Social Science, Applied Ethics

6 May

Conference: Neuroethics in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities for Research, Politics, and Society

HybridResearch Hub Neuroethics, Universität Bonn

Topics: Applied Ethics

6 May

Conference: Designing and Developing Ethically Aligned Military AI Technology

Section for Ethics and Philosophy of Technology, Delft University of Technology

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

7 May

Conference: I Congreso Éticas Aplicadas de la Universidad de Málaga

Department of Philosophy, Universidad de Málaga

Topics: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

7 May

Conference: York University Graduate Philosophy Conference: Trust, Distrust, and Technology

Department of Philosophy, York University

Topics: Epistemology, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

8 May

Conference: Treasuring Old and New in Social Theology: from Rerum novarum to the Present Pontificate

HybridFaculty of Roman Catholic Theology, University of Bucharest

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

8 May

Conference: 6th Annual NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop

Center for Bioethics, New York University

NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

8 May

Talk: “Moral Imagination for Moral Education”

Humanities Division, New College of Florida

Wojciech Kaftanski (Harvard University)

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Action, Normative Ethics

8 May

CFP: 2026 Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) Symposium

Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative

Topics: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

9 May

Conference: Beyond the Imitation Game

HybridUniversity of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

10 May

CFP: The F-word: autofiction as resistance to patriarchy

Circle 4: Feminist Philosophy, Nordic Summer University

NSU study circles

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

10 May

Conference: 21st Annual Bentley Business Ethics Teaching Workshop

Hoffman Center for Business Ethics, Bentley University

Topics: Applied Ethics

12 May

CFP: MANCEPT Workshop on Theories of Public Reason

University of Manchester

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

12 May

Talk: Rethinking the Social Contract: A Ricœurian Perspective

OnlineFaculty of Arts, Monash University

Monash Social Contract Research Network (SCRN) seminar series

Laure Gillot-Assayag

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

13 May

Conference: Early Career Workshop

OnlineStockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace

Topics: Value Theory

14 May

Conference: STAL 2026

University of Granada

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

14 May

Conference: Stanford-Hopkins 7th Annual Philosophy & Literature Graduate Conference

Philosophy & Literature Initiative, Stanford University

Topics: Aesthetics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

15 May

Conference: Self(less)-Care: Ancient and Contemporary Care Ethics from a Labor Perspective

University of Pardubice

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Applied Ethics

15 May

Conference: Tackling speciesism and anthropocentrism in higher education

OnlineUniversity of York

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

15 May

CFP: 5th International Conference on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (5ICEAI)

University of Zagreb

Topics: Science, Logic, and Mathematics, Value Theory

17 May

Conference: SLACRR 2026

UMSL, WUSTL, SLU

Topics: Epistemology, Meta-Ethics

18 May

Conference: “Rethinking Anthropocentrism: New Technologies and More- than-Human Sensing"

Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Utrecht University

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Aesthetics

18 May

Conference: EMW XIV: Aesthetic Attention

Department for Analytic Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences

Ernst Mach Workshop

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Aesthetics

20 May

Conference: Boycotts and Beyond: How should we respond to ethically compromised sporting events?

University of Glasgow

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

20 May

Conference: Risk and Uncertainty in Ethics

University of Leeds

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

21 May

Conference: Business Ethics in the 6ix

Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

21 May

Conference: 30th Annual IAEP Conference (Virtual)

OnlineInternational Association for Environmental Philosophy

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of the Americas, Applied Ethics

21 May

Conference: MANCEPT's Brave New World 2026

MANCEPT, University of Manchester

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

22 May

Conference: Power and Vulnerability: Narratives of Uncertainty in Global Dynamics

Faculty of Theology, “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

RELIGION, KNOWLEDGE, SOCIETY

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, General Philosophy of Science, Social and Political Philosophy

22 May

Conference: 2026 KCL Political Theory Conference

Department of Political Economy, King's College London

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

22 May

Conference: Woman and Human Progress in the Enlightenment

OnlineFaculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

24 May

Conference: Sacralization of Politics and Secularization of Religion. Old Narratives in New Paradigms

Faculty of Theology, “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

RELIGION, KNOWLEDGE, SOCIETY

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

26 May

Conference: 2026 Feminist Decolonial Politics Workshop

HybridUniversity at Buffalo, University at North Carolina and Online

Feminist Decolonial Politics Workshop

Topics: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

27 May

Conference: "Speech and Politics" with Miranda Fricker

Sciences Po's 12th Graduate Conference of Political Theory

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Value Theory

27 May

Conference: Death in the Eyes 2: Philosophical Perspectives on Film Genres and Death

NOVA University Lisbon

Topics: Value Theory

27 May

Conference: 3rd Annual Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative Summer Workshop at UC Berkeley

Jurisprudence and Social Policy, UC Berkeley

Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative Summer Workshop

Topics: Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

28 May

Conference: Lund Medical Ethics Conference

Unit of Medical Ethics, Lund University

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics