Upcoming events in Social and Political Philosophy

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Ongoing 29 Apr

Conference: Séminaire Arendt 2026

OnlineRéseau Arendtien Francophone

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

Ongoing 24 Sep

Conference: Reading Gramsci: Context, Concepts, and Critique

OnlineIncite Seminars

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

Ongoing 25 Sep

Conference: Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics

The Wharton School, Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, University of Pennsylvania

Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics

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

Ongoing 9 Oct

Conference: Technology and citizenship - V IF Conference · First International Conference

University of Oviedo

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

Ongoing 27 Oct

Conference: "Ricœur, Dead or Alive?" Fonds Ricœur Monthly Seminar (ENS, Paris)

HybridUMR 8547, Pays germaniques, École Normale Supérieure

The seminar "Ricœur Studies Today"

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Nov

Conference: Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium

University of Macerata Italy

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Nov

Conference: Normative Perspectives on the Armed Forces and Civil–Military Relations

Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

12 Nov

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

Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative

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

12 Nov

CFP: Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium

University of Macerata Italy

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

13 Nov

CFP: The Right of War in Grotius and Hobbes

Department of Philosophy, Middle East Technical University (Ankara)

The Hobbes Scholars International Association Sixth International Conference

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

13 Nov

Conference: The Right of War in Grotius and Hobbes

Department of Philosophy, Middle East Technical University (Ankara)

The Hobbes Scholars International Association Sixth International Conference

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

13 Nov

Conference: Another Sense of Earth at the End of Worlds: Environmental Humanities in the Face of Crises

Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas

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

15 Nov

CFP: 5th Annual Penn-Georgetown Digital Ethics Workshop

Georgetown University

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

17 Nov

Talk: When Uncertainty Becomes a Vacuum: Misinformation, Trust, and the Ethics of Communicating What We Don’t Know (Q&A Session with Professor Mike Steer)

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Larelle Bossi (Griffith University)

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

17 Nov

Talk: Not Born Yesterday: Why humans are less gullible than we think (Closing Keynote)

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Hugo Mercier (Institut Jean Nicod)

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Nov

Talk: Anticipatory Obedience: Living in the Autocrat's Reality

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Joanne B Ciulla (Rutgers University - Newark)

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

17 Nov

Talk: Trustworthy Institutions Stick Their Necks Out: Prediction, Accommodation, and the Ethics of Public Health Communication

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Brendan Shea (Rochester Community And Technical College)

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Nov

Talk: Democratic Understanding

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Jaclyn Rekis (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Nov

Talk: From Aligned Outcomes to Conditions of Judgment: AI, Deep Disagreement, and Democratic Public Discourse (Yifan Li)

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Nov

Talk: How to Handle Conspiracy Theories?

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Eva Pöll (University of Münster)

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Nov

Talk: The Principle of Habeas Mentem and the Democratic Harms of Digital Misinformation (Gabriele Giacomini)

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Nov

Talk: Free Speech and Experimentality

Department of Values, Technology and Innovation, Delft University of Technology

Van Hasselt Lecture

Robert Mark Simpson (University College London)

Topics: Aesthetics, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

18 Nov

Talk: Fair Play For Whom? A Social Imaginaries Analysis of TERF Propaganda

HybridPHIRES Research Group, Deakin University

PHIRES Seminar Series

Louise Richardson-Self (University of Tasmania)

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

19 Nov

Conference: Winter School in Phenomenology: "Phenomenology of the We. Intersubjectivity, Collective Emotions, and the Constitution of the Social World"

Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, University of Naples Federico II

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

19 Nov

Workshop: Multilateralism, International Institutions and the Ethics of War

Department of Philosophy, University of Bern

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

19 Nov

Talk: The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts

Center for Ethical Thinking, Pace University

Third Thursdays Speaker Series

Matthew Lindauer (Brooklyn College (CUNY))

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

20 Nov

Conference: Deprived Health: the Collaborative Pursuit of Health Capability in Contexts of Socioeconomic Deprivation

Humanities Institute, University College Dublin

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

20 Nov

Talk: A critical phenomenology of colonial duration: Palestine and Fanon

OnlineBoston College & Boston University

Boston Phenomenology Circle Masterclass Series

Alia Al-Saji (McGill University)

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

21 Nov

Reading Group: Reading Badiou’s Inaesthetics

OnlineIncite Seminars

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

24 Nov

Conference: Mid Conference - Reimagining Justice in the 21st Century: Normativity, Politics, and Society

Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH), University of Campinas

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

25 Nov

Conference: Simposio Internacional MemoriEs 2026

OnlineUniversity of Western Australia

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

25 Nov

CFP: Destination Management and Mobility Justice for Sustainable Human and More-than-human Futures: Approaching Florence (and Destinations Beyond) in Motion

Gonzaga in Florence, Gonzaga University

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

26 Nov

Conference: 2nd PHILAWSON WORKSHOP: Contemporary Views on Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law

Departamento de Derecho Público y Filosofía Jurídica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

PHILAWSON WORKSHOP

Topics: Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

26 Nov

Conference: Perspectives on Political Legitimacy

Central European University

Topics: Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

28 Nov

Conference: Anti-Democratic Communication

HybridUniversity of Waterloo

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

29 Nov

Conference: Planetary Yui: Arts for Living Together

OnlineIncite Seminars

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

1 Dec

CFP: “Philosophical Problems of Trans Theory”

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

1 Dec

CFP: Philosophy and Technology

Topics: Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Computing and Information, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Dec

CFP: Special Issue of Telos on the Russo-Ukrainian War

Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Dec

CFP: Bioethics and the Border 2027: Contested Spaces

HybridUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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

2 Dec

Conference: Phenomenology and the Political: Experience, Power, and Methods

Department of Communication and Arts, University of Beira Interior

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

2 Dec

Conference: Phenomenology and the Political: Experience, Power, and Methods

Department of Communication, Philosophy and Politics, University of Beira Interior

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

3 Dec

Conference: "On Trial". Claiming Feminist Justice in Dark Times - Between Law, Testimony, and Politics

Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona

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

3 Dec

Conference: On Trial. Claiming Feminist Justice in Dark Times - Between Law, Testimony and Politics

Università degli Studi di Verona

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

6 Dec

CFP: 2027 GSCOPE (Graduate Student Conference on Philosophy and Education)

Teachers College, Columbia University

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

7 Dec

Conference: Knowledge from the Margins. Social Philosophy and Vernacular Culture in Progressive-Era America

HybridDepartment of Phliosophy, Maastricht University

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Social Science, Social and Political Philosophy

7 Dec

CFP: Call for Book Chapters – Beyond the Sum: Experiences, Autonomy, and Complexity in Multiple Disabilities

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

8 Dec

Workshop: Negative Social Action: Silence, Salience, and the Politics of Absence

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

8 Dec

Conference: Philosophical Perspectives on Homelessness, Home-making and Belonging

Department of Philosophy and First Semester Studies, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso

Tromsø Conference in Ethics and Political Philosophy

Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

9 Dec

Conference: 2nd Annual PPEL in the Global South Conference

University of Los Andes

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

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