Upcoming events in Value Theory

17 Apr

Conference: Philosophy and Emotion at Nottingham

Department of Philosophy, University of Nottingham

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Applied Ethics

17 Apr

Conference: Princeton University Graduate Conference in Political Theory

University Center for Human Values and the Department of Politics, Princeton University

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

17 Apr

Conference: New Work on Discrimination

Yale University

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

17 Apr

Conference: 1st UChicago WAMIP Philosophy Graduate Conference: Practical Philosophy & Philosophy’s Practicalities

The Department of Philosophy , University of Chicago

Topics: Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

18 Apr

Conference: TOMATO²

Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, Georgetown University

Topics: Value Theory

20 Apr

CFP: Algorithmic Bias, Phallicism & Counter-Insurgency: Understanding the Racialized Male Target

Topics: African/Africana Philosophy, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality

23 Apr

Conference: Workshop on AI Agents and Companions

University of Hong Kong

Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

23 Apr

Conference: Raising a Mirror to the University: Theory and the Canadian Institution

Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism, The University of Western Ontario

Annual Graduate Theory Conference

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Social and Political Philosophy

24 Apr

Conference: The Digital Worlds Workshop

OnlineUniversity of North Dakota, Grand Forks

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Aesthetics

24 Apr

Conference: 8th Annual Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop: Montreal Edition!

McGill University

Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop

Topics: Epistemology, Meta-Ethics, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

24 Apr

Conference: 6th Upstate Workshop on AI and Human Values

Department of Philosophy, University of Rochester

Topics: Philosophy of Computing and Information, Value Theory

24 Apr

Conference: Intelligence and Imitation: Mind, Mechanism, Mimesis

Johns Hopkins University

Topics: Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

24 Apr

Conference: Conference in Honor of George Sher

Department of Philosophy, Rice University

Topics: Value Theory

24 Apr

Conference: Southwest Graduate Philosophy Conference

Department of Philosophy, Arizona State University Graduate Philosophical Society

Annual Southwest Graduate Philosophy Conference

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

24 Apr

Conference: Ethics, Epistemology, and Engineering

Department of Philosophy, University of Delaware

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous, Applied Ethics

27 Apr

CFP: Essay Competition: Does Liberty Upset Patterns?

Topics: Value Theory

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

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

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

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

10 May

Conference: 21st Annual Bentley Business Ethics Teaching Workshop

Hoffman Center for Business Ethics, Bentley University

Topics: Applied Ethics

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

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

17 May

Conference: SLACRR 2026

UMSL, WUSTL, SLU

Topics: Epistemology, Meta-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: 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

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

28 May

Conference: Workshop on Meaning, LLMs, and Experience

Department of Philosophy, Paderborn University

Topics: Philosophy of Language, European Philosophy, Normative Ethics

28 May

Conference: Licht an im Gehirn. Neuronale Optogenetik als interdizsiplinäre Debatte zwischen Ethik, Recht und Kunst / Light on in the brain. Neuronal optogenetics as an interdisciplinary debate between ethics, law and art

Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg

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

28 May

Conference: The Wisdom, and Madness, of Crowds: a workshop on group beliefs, echo chambers and collective identities

Erasmus School of Philosophy (ESPhil), Erasmus University Rotterdam

Topics: Epistemology, Social and Political Philosophy

28 May

Conference: 12th LSE Graduate Conference in Political Theory (2026)

Department of Government, London School of Economics

Topics: Value Theory

28 May

Conference: Hannah Arendt - The Origins of Totalitarianism Today

Paderborn University

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Social and Political Philosophy

30 May

CFP: (Neo)Colonial Images and Literature: The Construction of the Other

Humanities Research Centre, University of Warwick

Humanities Research Centre's Events

Topics: Philosophy of the Americas, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality

30 May

Conference: (Neo)Colonial Images and Literature: The Construction of the Other

Humanities Research Centre, University of Warwick

Humanities Research Centre's Events

Topics: Philosophy of the Americas, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality

1 Jun

CFP: International Conference: “Cornelius Castoriadis (1997-2027) : Thirty Years Later”

Les Nouveaux Cahiers Castoriadis

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Jun

CFP: "After “Consciousness”: Conceptual Engineering for AI, Mind, and Moral Standing" (Special Issue, Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy)

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Value Theory

1 Jun

Conference: AI and Data Ethics Summer Training Program

Ethics Institute / Philosophy Department, Northeastern University

Topics: General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Applied Ethics

1 Jun

Conference: Free and Inclusive Speech in Times of Polarisation

University of Ottawa

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

1 Jun

CFP: Free and Inclusive Speech in Times of Polarisation

University of Ottawa

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

1 Jun

CFP: Using AI tools to support ethical inquiry—Can it be done? If so, how, and what are the risks and potential benefits?

Topics: Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics