Upcoming events in Social and Political Philosophy

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Ongoing 1 Oct 2024

Conference: In Conversation: Exploring the Philosophy of Money and Finance

OnlinePhinance - The Philosophy of Finance Network

Phinance Online Interview Series

Topics: Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

Ongoing 29 Apr

Conference: Séminaire Arendt 2026

OnlineRéseau Arendtien Francophone

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

Ongoing 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

Today 9 May

Conference: Beyond the Imitation Game

HybridUniversity of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy

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

Tomorrow 10 May

CFA: Genocide and Democratic Theory (MANCEPT Workshop 2026)

University of Manchester - MANCEPT

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

Tomorrow 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

Tomorrow 10 May

CFP: MANCEPT Workshop on Republican Political Economy

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

Topics: Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

11 May

CFP: MANCEPT Workshop on Justice in Climate Litigation

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

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

11 May

Talk: “Equality and the Right to Abortion”

OnlineUniversity of Basel & John Cabot University

The Moral Limits of Shaping Others: Love, Reproduction, and Childrearing

Christie Hartley (Georgia State University)

Ashley Lindsley-Kim (University of British Columbia)

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

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

14 May

Conference: STAL 2026

University of Granada

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

15 May

CFP: The Challenges of Hostile Epistemology: Democracy, Media, and Liberal Society

Department of Philosophy, University of Rijeka, Croatia

Topics: Epistemology, Social and Political Philosophy

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: Diskurso 2026: Philosophy at the Margins

UPLB Sophia Circle

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

15 May

CFP: New Issues on Law and Philosophy of Affirmative Action

IVR2026 Organizing Committee, International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

Special workshop at XXXIInd World Congress of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR)

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

15 May

CFP: Multilateralism, International Institutions and the Ethics of War

Department of Philosophy, University of Bern

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

16 May

Conference: Tohoku–Berkeley Colloquium on Early Modern Philosophy and Political Thought

Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

17 May

CFP: Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory

HybridDepartment of Law, Economics, and Sociology, University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro

Topics: Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

17 May

CFP: Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory

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

17 May

CFP: 16TH BRAGA SUMMER SCHOOL: WORKPLACE DEMOCRACY AND THE FUTURE OF WORK

Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society, University of Minho

Braga Summer Schools in Political Philosophy & Public Policy

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

18 May

Talk: “Cultivating Frugal Preferences in Children: A Response to the Climate Crisis”

OnlineUniversity of Basel & John Cabot University

The Moral Limits of Shaping Others: Love, Reproduction, and Childrearing

Nanette Ryan (National University of Singapore)

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

18 May

CFP: MANCEPT Workshop - Speciesism, Power and Human Prejudice

Manchester Centre for Political Theory, The University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

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

19 May

Talk: From TikTok Tics to Vampire Panics: Notes Towards a Schizoanalytic Theory of Mass Hysteria

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, Deakin University

Deakin HDR Philosophy Seminar Series

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

19 May

Conference: “Immorality Set in Stone by Law” - Reflections on the Retain and Explain Policy

University of Stirling

Topics: Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

20 May

CFP: Epistemic Dimensions of Democratic Deliberation in the Digital Age

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

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: MANCEPT's Brave New World 2026

MANCEPT, University of Manchester

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

21 May

Conference: Philosophie und Raumfahrt

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

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

21 May

Conference: Book Workshop: The Ethics of Sportswashing (hybrid)

HybridUniversity of Glasgow

Topics: Applied 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, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

22 May

Conference: Philosophy of Journalism

HybridDepartment of Political Science and International Relations, University of Geneva

Topics: Epistemology, Applied 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

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

25 May

CFP: Fellowship

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

26 May

Conference: Artificial Creativity in Theory and Practice

Center of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon

Topics: Philosophy of Computing and Information, Aesthetics, 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: 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: 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: Hannah Arendt - The Origins of Totalitarianism Today

Paderborn University

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

28 May

Conference: The Origins of Totalitarianism Today. From the Crises of Democracies to New Beginnings

Department of Philosophy, Paderborn University

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

28 May

Conference: Consent, Ethics, and Sexual Education

Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia

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

31 May

Conference: Thinking the City: Perspectives on the Philosophy of Place

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Topics: Epistemology, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

31 May

CFP: Synthese: Philosophy of Science in Public Policy

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

31 May

CFP: The 32nd World Congress of the International Association Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

Topics: Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

31 May

CFP: Rationality and Normativity Conference

Philosophical Department, University of Hradec Králové

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

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

31 May

CFP: CFP_Between Fear and Proximity: The Wolf and Contemporary Forms of Otherness

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Jun

CFP: Artifices: technology, thought, art

HybridEreignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts

Ereignis Conference

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

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