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: TBA
Date and Time: September (TBA) 2026\, 18:00 CET
Discrimination remains a largely neglected topic in philosophy. This is surprising in several respects. Discrimination is of central relevance to a wide range of subdisciplines in philosophy. \;But since the emergence of anti-discrimination law in the \;late twentieth century\, almost all scholarship on discrimination theory has taken place in law journals\; these works mainly focus on matters of legal doctrine. Moreover\, several recent developments&mdash\;political changes (such as the recent weaponization of anti-discrimination norms and law)\, technological progress (such as the explosive growth of machine learning and AI in reshaping our social world)\, and theoretical developments (such as new work that presses on the conceptual boundaries of discriminatory action)&mdash\;make the topic more philosophically significant than ever. In light of this\, we are hosting a workshop for new work on discrimination theory. \;
\nAlong with the eight talks listed above\, there will be comments by:
- Shalom Chalson
- Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre
- Katie Creel
- Myracka D&rsquo\;Leeuwen
- Ying Huang
- Zinhle Mncube
- Christian Nakazawa\, and
- Meredith Sheeks.
Please see the link to the program below.
ORGANIZER;CN=Daniel Wodak;CN=Lily Hu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260417T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260418T170000 SUMMARY:1st UChicago WAMIP Philosophy Graduate Conference: Practical Philosophy & Philosophy’s Practicalities UID:20260423T162247Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Chicago\, United States\, 60637 DESCRIPTION:UChicago&rsquo\;s Women in Philosophy (WIP) and Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) invites abstracts for the first WAMIP (Women &\; Minorities in Philosophy) Philosophy Graduate Conference\, taking place on April 17-18\, 2026 at the University of Chicago.
\nThis conference brings together graduate students and scholars working on moral philosophy\, broadly construed\, coming from a wide variety of philosophical backgrounds to discuss issues in philosophy and academia. In addition to discussing research\, it is our conference&rsquo\;s explicit aim to make tacit institutional knowledge about academia more explicit\, foster community\, and just generally help each other excel.
\nLocation University of Chicago
Dates April 17-18\, 2026
CFA Deadline February 2\, 2026
Keynotes
Zoë\; Johnson King (Harvard)
Annette Martí\;n (UIC)
Mikayla Kelley (UChicago)
The first day of the event is a topical conference on moral philosophy (see below for more info). It includes two keynotes and two graduate panels. On the graduate panels\, each graduate student has 15-20 minutes to present their work. After each one has presented\, there will be an open Q&\;A for all panelists.
\nThe second (half-)day will include a panel discussion where we invite our keynotes to talk about pragmatics in academia\, with a particular focus on supporting and highlighting the experiences of minorities in philosophy. The point of this is really to make tacit knowledge about these things more widely available.
\nApril 17
9-10.30 Annette Martí\;n (UIC)
11-12.30 Graduate Student Panel
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15 Graduate Student Panel
15.30 - 17 Zoë\; Johnson King (Harvard)
April 18
9-10.30 Mikayla Kelley (UChicago)
11-12.30 Keynote Panel Discussion on the Pragmatics of Academia
The 2026 edition of the UCSIA Summer School is titled &ldquo\;From Disciples to Followers: Questioning the Digital Experience of Religions Online&rdquo\;\, and marks the final year of UCSIA&rsquo\;s three-year cycle on &ldquo\;Religion &\; Politics: (Dis)Entanglements in Communities and Societies&rdquo\;.
\nThis summer school invites early-career scholars to critically examine how digital technologies\, online platforms\, and political economies are reshaping religious practices\, publics\, authorities\, and forms of belonging.
\nCall for papers
\nWe welcome paper proposals from PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers working in the humanities\, social sciences\, or law\, whose research engages with religion in relation to digital media\, online publics\, theology\, ritual\, ethics\, or (theo)politics.
\nContributions may address\, among other themes:
\n&rarr\; \; \;the transformation of religious authority\, authenticity\, and community in online environments
&rarr\; \; \;the interaction between digital religion and political imaginaries
&rarr\; \; \;historical and comparative perspectives on media and religion
&rarr\; \; \;questions of power\, representation\, racialization\, and moral vocabularies in digital religious spaces
Selected participants will join an intensive one-week mentoring programme combining expert lectures\, interdisciplinary discussions\, paper presentations\, and individual tutorials.
\nThe Faculty
\nTwo experts have already confirmed their attendance:
\nYasmin Moll (University of Michigan) is a socio-cultural anthropologist whose work explores the intersections of religion\, media\, politics\, and ethics in the Middle East and North Africa.
\nAlessandra Vitullo (Sapienza University of Rome) is a sociologist specializing in digital religion\, online mediation of belief\, and the transformation of religious authority and belonging in digital cultures.
\nSubmit your abstract by 20 April 2026\, and be part of this enriching academic experience!
ORGANIZER;CN=University Centre Saint-Ignatius Antwerp Ucsia: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260420T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260420T230000 SUMMARY:Chiasma Journal Volume 11: The Question of Sovereignty UID:20260423T162249Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Theme and Scope:
\nSovereignty\, often imagined as the fixed and self-contained authority of the modern state is historically inseparable from colonization\, which transforms it into a technology of conquest that divided populations into those protected by law and those rendered exploitable outside it. Citizenship for the metropole\, subjugation for the colony exposed sovereignty as a project of territorial expansion rather than a universal political form. A dynamic that persisted after formal decolonization through economic dependency\, Cold War geopolitics\, and the global financial institutions that disciplined postcolonial states.
\nWith the rise of neoliberalism\, sovereignty was further hollowed out as states ceded power to markets\, transnational capital\, and technocratic bodies\, transforming governments from sites of popular will into managers of competitiveness\, debt\, and austerity. Today\, we can say that the nation-sate faces a crisis in which borders tighten as neoliberal sovereignty disperses across supply chains\, privatization\, and supranational agreements\, producing a paradoxical condition: some states amplify coercion and nationalist rhetoric invoking &ldquo\;the people&rdquo\; or the &ldquo\;popular&rdquo\;\, while the populations invoked experience sovereignty less as a democratic self-rule than as a fragmented apparatus of exclusion.
\nIn this conjuncture\, the governed are left behind\; they are excluded from decision-making centers. Fed up with this logic\, some of them become ready to exclude others to simulate their inclusion within the state. Even educational institutions are affected\, becoming a battleground&mdash\;a terrain to be conquered by different sides of the current political spectrum. This opened different questions that can need to be addressed: Is there a way to understand sovereignty as a universal right to self-determination? Can we\, as citizens\, propose a practice to exercise autonomy in individual and communal spheres? What has happened to the common or communal identity constitution in our present paradox? Can we still think of cultural phenomena such as folklore\, rituals\, religion\, traditions\, and forms of discourse as forms of cohesion\, common forms of governmentality\, or governance?
\nTo address these questions\, we propose Canada as an occasion and a site for theorizing sovereignty and challenging established genealogies. Its historical-political positioning toward the U.S. empire\, its colonial history\, and its Indigenous theory that seeks to build alternative epistemes in the face of colonialism and neoliberalism\, together with its struggle for sovereignty\, can be extremely useful for grounding our theoretical thought. That is why we invite different disciplines (but not limited to) like \;philosophy\, cultural studies\, indigenous theory\, political science\, marxism\, gender and sexuality studies\, postcolonial studies\, sociology\, anarchism and anti-anarchism\, to think with us the role of sovereignty in our current historical bloc.
\nSubmission Guidelines:
\nChiasma \;accepts any and all manuscripts related to the topic at hand. That being said\, submissions should be theoretically rigorous and diverse\, in keeping with the trans-disciplinary nature of the journal. We ask for complete papers between 6\,000&ndash\;10\,000 words that conform to a slightly modified version of the Chicago Manual of Style with footnotes and no bibliography (see our \;Style Guidelines). If there are original works of art that you think might fit within the theme\, please get in contact via the email below. When submitting your manuscript\, please include two documents:
\nPlease submit your manuscript via our submission page \;here. The deadline for submissions is \;April 20th\, 2026.
\nShould you have any questions\, comments\, or concerns\, please don&rsquo\;t hesitate to get in touch with us at \;chiasma@uwo.ca
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T190000 SUMMARY:RTAIM 27 | "Ethical Dimensions of AI Health Monitoring as a Gendered Practice" | ANITA HO (British Columbia Uni.) UID:20260423T162250Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:rTAIM \;(Rebuilding Trust in AI Medicine)
\n\nMonthly Seminars
\n\;
\nSeminar #27
\nEthical Dimensions of AI Health Monitoring as a Gendered Practice
\nAnita Ho (University of British Columbia)
\n\nWe are happy to announce the forthcoming 27th rTAIM \;Online Seminar\, \;with the participation of Anita Ho on 22 April 2026\, \;18h00-19h00 Lisbon Time Zone\, via Microsoft Teams.
\n\nONLINE \;|Link Microsoft Teams
\nID Teams: 380943280593279\nPassword: AA3Td6AH\n# Seminar 27: AI-enabled health monitoring technologies are increasingly integrated into clinical\, home-based\, and long-term care settings\, often promoted as tools to enhance efficiency\, safety\, and individual autonomy. Yet AI models \;are developed and deployed within social and institutional contexts shaped by gendered norms\, unequal distributions of care work\, and entrenched power asymmetries. This presentation argues that ethical analyses centered on individual consent and privacy are insufficient for assessing the justice implications of AI health monitoring. Drawing on a relational conception of autonomy\, it examines how gendered expectations regarding caregiving\, responsibility\, independence\, and risk shape both the adoption and expectations around AI health monitoring. The analysis highlights how institutional funding structures\, design assumptions\, and governance arrangements can constrain meaningful choice\, redistribute surveillance and care labor\, and differentially burden different populations while framing monitoring as empowering. The presentation concludes by advancing a justice-oriented relational framework that emphasizes interdependence\, relational accountability\, and the structural conditions necessary for autonomy in technologically mediated care.
\nShort bio: \;Anita Ho is Clinical Professor at the Centre for Applied Ethics at University of British Columbia\, Associate Professor at the UCSF Bioethics Program\, and Vice President of Ethics for CommonSpirit Health in California. \;An elected fellow of The Hastings Center\, Anita's current research focuses on ethical dimensions of utilizing AI in health care. She is particularly interested in systemic and social justice issues arising in the use of AI in health care settings. Her book\, Live Like Nobody is Watching: Relational Autonomy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Health Monitoring\, was published by Oxford University Press in 2023.
\nrTAIM \;Seminars: https://ifilosofia.up.pt/activities/rtaim-seminars
\nhttps://trustaimedicine.weebly.com/rtaim-seminars.html
\n\nOrganisation:
Steven S. Gouveia (MLAG/IF)
Mind\, Language and Action Group (MLAG)
Instituto de Filosofia da Universidade do Porto &ndash\; UIDB/00502/2020
Fundaç\;ã\;o para a Ciê\;ncia e a Tecnologia (FCT)
____________________________________________
\nInstituto de Filosofia (UI&\;D 502)
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto
Via Panorâ\;mica s/n
4150-564 Porto
Tel. 22 607 71 80
E-mail: ifilosofia@letras.up.pt
http://ifilosofia.up.pt/
The Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism at Western University is pleased to announce our in-person 2026 Annual Theory Conference\, an event that will also commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Theory Centre. The Conference will take place from Thursday\, April 23 - Friday\, April 24 2026.
\nThe theoretical objective of the conference is twofold. Our first objective is centered around the ceremonious occasion of the CSTC&rsquo\;s 40th anniversary. This occasion allows us to foreground theory as an intellectual tradition and academic practice that has shaped the Canadian university. This comes at a critical time when the programs of the humanities and social sciences within the university are being challenged across the country by austere policies and ideologies that have increasingly favoured more practical (or profitable) disciplines. This poses the broader question of the university&rsquo\;s role as a public institution\, as well as the function that it ought to play in contributing to broader social goods such as culture\, aesthetics\, and democracy.
\nOur second objective is centered around the problematic of Canadian identity. Building off our first objective\, this conference aims to provide a ground for theorists and critical scholars to consider theory&rsquo\;s role in shaping the various institutions that affect Canadian identity. This comes at a time when the question of national identity has taken center stage within political discourse and has been continuously leveraged by power players to achieve political outcomes within Canada. In posing this question\, our conference aims to establish space for critical theory to engage with the public discourse in ways that are both nationally situated and generative of a Canadian intellectual tradition not necessarily tied to national frameworks.
\n
Possible topics may include\, but are not limited to:
● The role of theory within/outside the university
\n○ Theory as praxis\; theory and hegemony
\n○ The question of theory and practice
\n○ The Canadian intellectual tradition (Canada&rsquo\;s successes and failures)
\n● The commodification of the university
\n○ Historically contingent vs structurally necessary
\n○ The division of disciplines and the defunding of the humanities
\n○ Democracy and Capitalism\, the University as a site of struggle
\n● The question of Canadian Identity
\n○ Canadian self-conception: One or many or (no) Canadas?
\n○ Literature and Canadian Identity (e.g.\, Frye&rsquo\;s &lsquo\;garrison mentality&rsquo\;\; Atwood&rsquo\;s &lsquo\;Survival&rsquo\;)
\n○ Negation of Americanism\; Canadian identity in an era of declining American hegemony
\n○ Mosaic vs. Melting Pot\; Cultural Diversity vs. Cultural Difference (immigration and the Canadian University)
\n○ Localized cultural identities
\n○ Theory\, Indigenous Sovereignty and Decolonization
\n○ Does Canada have a national question?
The Annual Theory Conference endeavours to cultivate a forum for diverse engagement from graduate students and scholars with a broad range of backgrounds and approaches. This year we are seeking submissions across the humanities and social sciences that deal critically and theoretically with problems related to the university and national identity in a Canadian context.
\nSubmission Instructions:
\nSubmissions will undergo anonymous review. Please submit proposals as a .docx or .pdf file to cstcconference@uwo.ca. Accepted candidates will be notified by email.
Submission Deadline: February 20th\, 2026
Please submit:
1. A cover page that includes: the title of your proposed presentation\, your name\, affiliation(s)\,
\nemail address\, a brief (150-200 word) bio\, and 3-5 keywords for your presentation
\n2. A separate document that includes: the title of your presentation and an abstract of 150- 200
\nwords describing the intentions of your presentation.
ORGANIZER;CN=Ulysse Sizov: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260424T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260425T170000 SUMMARY:Southwest Graduate Philosophy Conference UID:20260423T162252Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:America/Phoenix LOCATION:976 S Forest Mall\, Tempe\, United States\, 85281 DESCRIPTION:Theme: Civility and Incivility
\nKeynote Speaker: Dr. Sukaina Hirji (University of Pennsylvania). \;
\nThe annual Southwest Graduate Philosophy Conference will resume in Spring 2026 at Arizona State University in Tempe\, Arizona. This year\, our theme will be Civility and Incivility. We welcome graduate student submissions from any area of philosophy\, but priority will be given to papers relevant to the theme and/or relevant to social philosophy broadly constructed. This year our conference is co-hosted by ASU&rsquo\;s MAP chapter\, so we particularly encourage graduate students to submit papers on topics that are relevant to marginalized communities.
\n\nWe are thrilled to welcome Dr. Sukiana Hirji from the University of Pennsylvania as our keynote speaker. The keynote presentation will be the final talk of the conference on Saturday\, April 25th.
ORGANIZER;CN=Scout Etterson;CN=Dustin Taylor;CN=Miranda Judson;CN=Christopher Chimienti: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260425T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260425T090000 SUMMARY:Beyond the Imitation Game UID:20260423T162253Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independentei nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania DESCRIPTION:We encourage BA\, MA and PhD students\, as well as early PhDs and postdocs\, to contribute research abstracts related to the event's topic areas. Abstracts should be written in English and should not exceed 300 words.
\nAbstracts will receive full consideration if sent before 25th of April 2026 at the following address: beyondimconference@gmail.com Word or PDF attachments preferred\, with the message titled "abstract submission".
\nAll submissions will go through a process of blind peer review. (Please write your identifying details in the body of the email\, and leave the attached abstract anonymized.) We intend notifications of acceptance to be sent out on or before the 28th of April. The conference programme will be announced as soon as review is completed.
\nFor any questions\, please don't hesitate to email: beyondimconference@gmail.com \;
\nYou may register at the same address (or by RSVP here on PhilEvents) on or before 8th of May in order to receive the Zoom connection details if you want to attend online.
\nThe conference is organized with the support of undergraduate students in the bachelor&rsquo\;s programme in cognitive science within the Department for Psychology at the University of Bucharest\, the support of the students enrolled in the Master&rsquo\;s Programme in Cognitive Science (Mind the Brain!) within the Department for Philosophy at the University of Bucharest\, and with the support of graduate students in the Doctoral School of Theoretical Philosophy within the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Bucharest.
ORGANIZER;CN=Sandra-Catalina Branzaru;CN="Catalina Frâncu";CN=Daniel Cristian Stancu;CN=E.G. Rosu;CN=David Buciuman;CN=Petru A. Costeschi;CN=Alexia Lungianu;CN=Andreea-Isabela Gavrila: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260427T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260429T170000 SUMMARY:21st Annual Doctoral Conference 2026 UID:20260423T162254Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Quellenstraße 51\, Vienna\, Austria\, Austria DESCRIPTION:Humanity at a Turning Point: Reaffirming or Reimagining Political Common Sense? CEU&rsquo\;s Annual Doctoral Conference (ADC) provides an interdisciplinary space to present works in progress\, receive constructive feedback\, and form connections for future research. We invite PhD students and early-career researchers to submit paper proposals. This three-day conference is organised by the Doctoral School of Political Science\, Public Policy and International Relations\, and there will be 4 panels specifically for political philosophy/political theory. Dates: April 27-29\, 2026. Location: Central European University\, Vienna. Keynote Speaker: \;Andrew Williams Abstract Submission Deadline: Feb.26\, 2026 Paper submission deadline: April 8\, 2026. All documents please send to: \;adc2026@ceu.eduThis conference takes &ldquo\;Humanity at a Turning Point: Reaffirming or Reimagining Political Common Sense?&rdquo\; as its background concern\, but focuses on a set of concrete philosophical puzzles that have become increasingly difficult to answer with familiar ideas of justice\, responsibility\, and fairness. Across different domains of political life\, views that once seemed obvious or stable are now under pressure\, not because of theoretical fashion\, but because social and technological conditions have changed in ways our inherited frameworks struggle to capture. We invite contributions in political philosophy that engage with such points of tension\, possible areas of interest include (but are by no means limited to):
\nWe welcome paper proposals from political philosophy and closely related normative fields. If you have any questions\, please contact us at: \;adc2026@ceu.edu
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260427T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260427T170000 SUMMARY:Global Theory Forum Spring Symposium on Applied International Political Philosophy UID:20260423T162255Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Room 421\, Roberts Building\, London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:The Global Theory Forum's Spring Symposium is being hosted at \;UCL \;this year\, and is made possible by the generous support of the \;Society for Applied Philosophy. We are very much looking forward to hearing all of the contributions of our ECR presenters and senior discussants - Dr. Alice Baderin (Reading)\, Dr. Tom Parr (Warwick)\, Dr. Alex Grzankowski (KCL) and Dr. Ross Mittiga (SOAS) - as well as our keynote lecture by Prof. Jeffrey Howard (UCL).
\nNote this is a free event but there are limited spaces so please do register your interest via Eventbrite: \;https://tinyurl.com/GTFSymposium
\nSchedule: \;
\n9:00&ndash\;9:30
\nRegistration
\n9:30&ndash\;10:30
\n&ldquo\;When Criticism Becomes Abuse: The Ethics of Political Attack&rdquo\;\, keynote lecture by Prof Jeff Howard (UCL)
\n10:30&ndash\;11:45
\nThe Methodology of Situated Theory: Engaging with Politics in Historical\, Ethnographic\, and Realist Terms
\nModerated by Dr Alice Baderin (Reading)
\n&ldquo\;Climate Resistance and (Non)Violence Recognition: The Case of Portugal's Climá\;ximo&rdquo\;\,Daniel Santos (Loughborough)
\n&ldquo\;From Methodological Turn to Disciplinary Crisis? Three Problems for Situated Political Theory&rdquo\;\, George Boss (QMUL)
\n12:00&ndash\;1:15
\nAn Incredible Alternative to Politics: Digital Technology and Global Power in the Age of AI
\nModerated by Dr Alex Grzankowski (KCL)
\n&ldquo\;Fake Stage Capitalism? AI Deep Fakes and the New (?) Politics of Truth&rdquo\;\, Caio Simoneti (Cambridge)
\n&ldquo\;The Automated Demos: Identity\, Recognition\, and the Collapse of the Political Interval&rdquo\;\,Erik Cardona-Gomez (SOAS)
\n1:15&ndash\;2:00
\nLunch
\n2:00&ndash\;3:15
\nForming a Green Imaginary: The Politics of Stasis and Reconstruction in the Context of Climate Catastrophe
\nModerated by Dr Ross Mittiga (SOAS)
\n&ldquo\;Eschatological Ethics: Imagining a Fair End of the World&rdquo\;\,Rhiannon Emm (KCL)
\n&ldquo\;Transnational Governmentality as an Antidote to Climate Stasis&rdquo\;\, Daniel Drury (St. Andrews)
\n3:30&ndash\;4:45
\nWork and Beyond: Exploring the Moral and Political Centrality of Work
\nModerated by Dr Tom Parr (Warwick)
\n&ldquo\;Free Riding on Reproduction&rdquo\;\,Rebecca Clark (LSE)
\n&ldquo\;Post-work\, Anti-Work\, and the State&rdquo\;\, Jonjo Brady (QMUL)
\n5:00&ndash\;6:00
\nPolitical Theorising In and Against the Globalised Present: Local Struggles\, Globalised Power\, roundtable featuring Dr Baderin\, Dr Grzankowski\, Dr Mittiga\, Dr Parr and Prof Howard.
\n6:00&ndash\;7:00
\nNetworking and Drinks Reception at UCL
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260427T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260427T170000 SUMMARY:Global Theory Forum Spring Symposium UID:20260423T162256Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London LOCATION: Room 421\, Roberts Building\, University College London\, London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:The Global Theory Forum (GTF) is now inviting submissions from Early Career political theorists and philosophers for our 2026 Spring Symposium (27th April\, Room 421\, Roberts Building\, University College London). We are thrilled to be funded by the Society for Applied Philosophy\, which aims to promote philosophical work with direct practical and public impact.
\nThe event will include four panels\, each involving two early-career speakers and one senior discussant\, and arranged around four topical themes:
\nThe methodology of situated theory (chaired by Dr Alice Baderin\, University of Reading)
\nDigital technology\, AI\, and global power (chaired by Dr Alex Grzankowski\, KCL)
\nThe climate crisis (chaired by Dr Ross Mittiga\, SOAS)
\nWork and its future (chaired by Dr Tom Parr\, University of Warwick)
\nIn each panel\, speakers will present for 15-20 minutes\, followed by a response from our senior discussant and a Q&\;A.
\nThe Symposium keynote will be delivered by Professor Jeff Howard (UCL)\, whose research on online communications pairs political philosophy with deep engagement with policy and legal scholarship. There will also be a drinks reception hosted at UCL\, and dinner for the selected panellists and discussants.
\nMore details here: \;https://www.globaltheoryforum.co.uk/spring-symposium.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260427T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260427T113000 SUMMARY:Inclusive Economics: How Could AI Technologies Shape a New Inclusive Economy? UID:20260423T162257Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Sometime in 2017\, Google researchers developed and demonstrated the 'transformer' architecture\, a fundamentally new way to overcome the human--computer representation problem. Fast forward to 2026 and we see the rapid integration of AI systems through all aspects of modern economic life. I will argue that more than the typical economic lens of general purpose technology\, we should also conceptualise AI systems as a new kind of institutional infrastructure -- a mediating layer that shapes who can participate in the economy\, and on what terms. There is huge potential here for new kinds of economic inclusion\, but also great risks around \;bias\, dependency\, surveillance\, and power concentration. My aim is not to bring answers but prompt a discussion about governance\, autonomy\, and human flourishing in this new Age of AI.
\nSimon Angus is a Professor in the School of Business and Economics at Monash University\, Australia\, and is affiliated as Professor with Impact Labs. He describes his work as computational and complexity science\, applying methods such as numerical simulation\, data science/engineering\, machine learning\, and agent-based modelling across the social\, biological\, and physical sciences\, with increasing focus on projects at the intersection of empirical social science and applied machine learning.
ORGANIZER;CN=Christopher Watkin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260427T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260427T234500 SUMMARY:2ª ed congreso internacional de desterritorializaciones políticas UID:20260423T162258Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Madrid\, Spain DESCRIPTION:From the National University of Distance Education\, the Complutense University of Madrid\, and the Universidad Autó\;noma Metropolitana&ndash\;Iztapalapa\, we invite researchers to submit proposals that explore and analyze our political present from a Deleuzo‑Guattarian perspective that understands the centrality of capitalism as an axiomatics and immanent system.
\nWe are now accepting abstracts that follow (but are not limited to) the following thematic lines:
\nDialogues between macro\, micro and mesopolitics: thinking a minor politics
Democracy\, institutions and community
State and war: borders and imperial regimes
The affective turn in politics
Capitalist axiomatics\, social organization and libidinal economy
Militant clinic: antipsychiatry and schizoanalysis
Feminisms of difference\, xenofeminisms and post‑humanist feminisms
Anticoloniality\, postcoloniality and decoloniality
Corporealities and dissident desires
Violence\, extractivism and climate catastrophe
Proposal submission:
An anonymized abstract should be sent to the organizing email address (desteticas@gmail.com)\, summarizing the proposal in 250 to 300 words. The title\, thematic lines\, five keywords\, and an essential bibliography must be included. In addition\, a second document should be attached to the email stating the author&rsquo\;s name\, institutional affiliation\, a brief biography\, contact email\, and the title of the proposal.
Deadline:
April 27\, 2026 will be the deadline for submitting papers.
Conference dates:
&ldquo\;Political Deterritorializations&rdquo\; will take place on June 17\, 18\, and 19\, 2026 at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the National University of Distance Education (UNED).
Organizers:
Luis Jaime Estrada (UAM‑I &ndash\; UCM)\, Myriam Rodrí\;guez del Real (UNED)\, Ana Gorostizu (UC3M).
Scientific committee:
Germá\;n Cano (UCM)\, Francisco José\; Martí\;nez (UNED)\, Amanda Nú\;ñ\;ez (UNED)\, Nicolá\;s Ried (Universidad Diego Portales&ndash\;Chile)\, Juan Evaristo Valls Boix (UCM)\, Sayak Valencia (COLEF&ndash\;Mexico).
The Center for Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (CPAI) at the University of Copenhagen invites you to a public talk by \;Gleb Papyshev\, \;Assistant Professor at \;Lingnan University. \; \;
\nAI Regulation and Consumer Protection \; \;
\nThis talk describes a captured techno-regulatory imaginary in Artificial Intelligence governance\, defined by a teleological focus on Artificial General Intelligence\, a hierarchy of speculative risk\, and a pro-innovation regulation. Using the eight United Nations consumer rights as a lens\, it traces how this imaginary is authored by leading AI firms\, legitimized by national governments\, and universalized through international soft law. This process systematically marginalizes present-day consumer harms. The analysis concludes that operationalizing the underdeveloped rights to consumer education and redress is the pathway for reform\, which can help realign existing AI regulation with real consumer welfare. \;
\nGleb Papyshev \;is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and International Affairs and the Division of Artificial Intelligence at Lingnan University. His research focuses on AI governance\, regulation\, and ethics. Previously\, he served as a Research Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His work has appeared in peer-reviewed outlets such as Electronic Markets\, Technology in Society\, Review of Policy Research\, Policy Design and Practice\, AI &\; Society\, and the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI\, Ethics\, and Society\, among others. \; The talk will be one hour with a Q&\;A afterward. \;
\nTime: \;Tuesday 28 April 2026\, \;19:00 &ndash\; 20:30 (doors 18:30)
\nPlace: \;HUSET (Xenon)\, Rå\;dhusstræ\;de 13\, 1466 \;Copenhagen\, Denmark. \;
\n(Please note: This is an in-person only event)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260429T210000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261126T170000 SUMMARY:Séminaire Arendt 2026 UID:20260423T162300Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION: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:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260430T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260430T070000 SUMMARY:CEE Forum of Young Legal\, Political and Social Theorists UID:20260423T162301Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Katowice\, Poland DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to apply and register for the 18th CEE Forum of Young Legal\, Political and Social Theorists\, which will take place on 3&ndash\;4 September 2026 at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland).\n\nThis year's theme\, "Reconstructing Justice in a Changing World\," encourages reflection on how law\, politics\, and social theory respond to contemporary crises\, conflicts\, technological transformations\, and shifting normative frameworks. We welcome submissions from early-career scholars working in legal theory\, political philosophy\, social and constitutional theory\, and related disciplines.\n\nThe CEE Forum is a long-standing international initiative that creates a space for rigorous discussion\, constructive feedback\, and academic networking across Central and Eastern Europe and beyond.\n\nSubmission Details\nAbstract length: up to 400 words\nDeadline for abstracts: 30 April 2026\nNotification of acceptance: 15 May 2026\nConference dates: 3-4 September 2026\nVenue: University of Silesia\, Katowice\, Poland\n\nPlease submit your abstract via the registration form:\nhttps://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/XnQVzRLbSs\n\nFurther details (conference fee\, accommodation\, practical information) are available here: https://tinyurl.com/CEEForum2026 ORGANIZER;CN=Maciej Juzaszek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260430T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260430T090000 SUMMARY:Caring for Non-Humans: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Care among Animals\, the Environment\, and AI UID:20260423T162302Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:Praha\, Czech Republic DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\nCaring for Non-Humans
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Care among Animals\, the Environment\, and AI
What is the meaning of care in more-than-human worlds? How should we care for non-humans? How do non-humans care for each other and how do they care for humans?
\nThese questions stand at the heart of the conference Caring for Non-Humans\, hosted by the Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics &ndash\; Prague (CETE-P).
\nCare has long been an important concept in moral and political philosophy and has shaped debates in animal ethics\, environmental thought\, and science and technology studies. Yet discussions of care in relation to animals\, ecosystems\, and artificial intelligence tend to remain fragmented across disciplines. At the same time\, growing ecological pressures\, changing human&ndash\;animal relations\, and rapid technological development raise new practical and normative questions about how care should be understood and organized in increasingly entangled human\, environmental\, and technological contexts. This conference aims to provide a forum for addressing these questions in a systematic and interdisciplinary way.
\nConcretely\, the conference will examine what it means to think and practice care in relation to animals\, the environment\, and artificial intelligence. We will explore how caring relations are conceptualized and enacted across these domains\, and how limited care resources might be allocated among diverse beings and systems.
\nCentral questions include: What grounds obligations of care? Which moral\, scientific\, political\, or practical considerations matter when needs compete? And how ought care be distributed when the interests of humans\, animals\, ecosystems\, and artificial agents come into tension? At the same time\, we encourage reflection on care as a relational practice shaped by interdependence within more-than-human contexts. How do animals\, ecological systems\, and AI challenge prevailing assumptions about agency and moral standing? Who cares for whom\, how\, and under what conditions?
\nThe event will take place in Prague from 12th&ndash\;14th October 2026\, and will bring together scholars and practitioners from philosophy\, environmental humanities and animal studies\, technology ethics\, social sciences\, and related fields.
\nEach of the conference&rsquo\;s three days will center on one of the core themes:
\nCaring for Animals
Keynote: Maneesha Deckha (University of Victoria\, Canada)
Caring for the Environment
Keynote: Christine Hentschel (University of Hamburg\, Germany)
Caring for AI
Keynote: Patrick Butlin (Eleos AI\, UK)
We welcome contributions from a wide range of disciplines and methodological perspectives\, including (but not limited to) philosophy\, animal ethics\, technology ethics\, science and technology studies (STS)\, sustainable AI\, environmental humanities\, cognitive and social sciences\, political theory\, and art.
\nWe particularly encourage submissions from scholars and practitioners from underrepresented groups and from regions less visible in academic discourse. The event will be held in English\, and we aim to create a collegial and inclusive atmosphere where participants from diverse backgrounds can engage in open and constructive discourse.
\nSubmission details
Please submit the following materials to caringconferenceprague@gmail.com by April 30th 2026. Notifications will be sent out by early June 2026.
1. \; \; \; \; \; An anonymized abstract of 250&ndash\;500 words for blind peer review.
Please use the following naming convention to title the file:
Anonymous_Title of your contribution_Caring Conf
2. \; \; \; \; \; A brief biography\, affiliation\, and contact details (maximum 100 words).
Please use the following naming convention to title the file:
Your Name_Title of your contribution_Caring Conf
Selected papers from the conference\, if not previously published\, will be considered for inclusion in a special journal issue or edited volume to be published with a reputable academic press.
\nIn case of questions\, please don&rsquo\;t hesitate to reach out to caringconferenceprague@gmail.com
\nBest wishes\,
\nFriderike Spang &\; John Dorsch
\n https://cetep.eu/news/cfa-caring-for-non-humans/ \n ORGANIZER;CN=Friderike Spang;CN=John Dorsch: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T090000 SUMMARY:Women’s contributions to political economy during the long nineteenth century UID:20260423T162303Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:By the beginning of the nineteenth century\, there had been a significant shift in political thought. This shift arguably turned away from the Enlightenment conception of political progress as a vehicle for the moral progress of humanity and towards a more scientific conception of political and economic progress resulting from an understanding of how the economy works. Adam Smith's 'Wealth of Nations' spurred growth in interest in political economy\, and Jane Marcet and Harriet Martineau emerged as early popularisers and advocates of the new science of political economy that built on his work. By the middle of the century\, critical texts written by women emerged in Italy\, France\, Germany and England\, contributing to debates such as political economy\, exploitation of workers\, the nature of exploitation\, the marriage market\, the sexual economy\, the defects and benefits of capitalism\, women's property rights\, the nature and place of women's work\, and the economic role of the family. Submissions are invited on all aspects of nineteenth-century women's contrubutions to these economic and political debates.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260430T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260430T234500 SUMMARY:2nd PHILAWSON WORKSHOP: Contemporary Views on Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law UID:20260423T162304Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Faculty of Law (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)\, Madrid\, Spain DESCRIPTION:2nd \;PHILAWSON WORKSHOP:
\nContemporary Views on Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law
\n\;
\nMadrid\, 26-27 November
\nFaculty of Law (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid)
\nDeadline for submissions: 30th April 2026
\nLink for submissions: \;https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=2ndplw
\nWe are glad to announce the \;2nd \;Philawson Workshop: \;Contemporary Views on Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law. This activity\, promoted by the \;Philawson Network\, aims to advance research at the intersection of social ontology and the philosophy of law\, further investigating the philosophical foundations\, thematic overlaps\, and methodological affinities connecting these fields.
\nThis second edition will place particular emphasis on vulnerability and non-ideal social ontology. Addressing these themes offers an opportunity to explore how social ontology and legal philosophy can illuminate collective agency\, institutional responsibility\, and normative responses in contexts marked by ecological and social precarity.
\nThe 2nd \;edition of the Philawson Workshop will be organised around two main thematic axes:
\n(1) \;Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law: Foundations\, Concepts\, and Methods. This first axis continues the core aim of the network and the 1st \;Philawson Workshop (held in Milan in 2024): to explore the conceptual\, historical\, and methodological connections between social ontology and legal philosophy. Contributions may address classical and contemporary authors\, themes such as constitutive rules\, legal and social facts\, and the metaphysics of normative entities.
\n(2) \;Vulnerability\, Non-ideal Social Ontology\, and Law. We invite contributions that examine how social ontology and legal philosophy can illuminate issues of structural vulnerability\, environmental crises\, climate justice\, and non-ideal theoretical frameworks. This includes\, for example\, analyses of responsibility\, collective agency\, the ontological status of environmental harms\, the relationship between legal systems and social oppression\, and the connections between social change and law. We also welcome discussion of the boundaries between the natural and the social in addressing political and legal challenges.
\nThe workshop will be held in Madrid (Spain) at the Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid on 26 and 27 November.
\nCONFIRMED SPEAKERS
\nAlba Lojo (Università\; Roma Tre\, Italy)\;
\nAndrea Loi (Università\; Vita-Salute San Raffaele\, Italy)\;
\nAndrei Marmor (Cornell University\, US)\;
\nAnita de Franco (Politecnico di Milano\, Italy)\;
\nÅ\;sa Burman (University of Stockholm\, Sweden)\;
\nCorrado Roversi (Università\; di Bologna\, Italy)\;
\nGiulia Lasagni (Università\; degli Studi di Parma\, Italy)\;
\nKenneth Ehrenberg (University of Surrey\, UK)\;
\nMaribel Ná\;rvaez Mora (Unversitat de Girona\, Spain)
\nMatilde Rey (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid\, Spain)\;
\nMiguel Garcia-Godinez (Università\; di Bologna\, Italy)\;
\nOlimpia Loddo (Università\; di Cagliari\, Italy)\;
\nSamuele Chilovi (CSIC\, Spain)\;
\nSebastiá\;n Figueroa Rubio (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid\, Spain)\;
\nVirginia Presi (Università\; di Milano\, Italy)\;
\nVittorio Catalano (University of Vienna\, Austria)\;
\nCALL FOR ABSTRACTS
\nWe invite contributions for the two aforementioned thematic axes:
\n1. Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law: Foundations\, Concepts\, and Methods.
\n2. Vulnerability\, Non-ideal Social Ontology\, and Law.
\nSubmissions must be prepared for double-blind review. Manuscripts must be written in English (in .doc format)\, should not contain any identifying information and they cannot exceed 1.000 words (excluding bibliography). Moreover\, they must contain:
\nSelected abstracts will be invited to be discussed in person in Madrid\, where each presentation will last around 20 minutes followed by a Q&\;A section. There will be no conference fee.
\nWe have resources to contribute for travel and accommodation costs for young scholars without institutional support. If you are in this situation\, please include &ldquo\;Opting for Philawson scholarship&rdquo\; in your submission.
\nSubmissions should be sent via EasyChair \;until April 30th\, 2026 (included). A committee in charge will evaluate the submission\, and decisions will be communicated around the end of May.
\nThe organizers are considering the possibility of publishing a special issue or edited volume based on a selection of contributions presented at the workshop. While publication is not guaranteed\, participants should be aware of this prospective outcome when submitting their abstracts. We therefore encourage submissions of original and unpublished work.
\nThis event is possible thanks to the financial support of \;International Social Ontology Society (ISOS) \;and the research project \;&ldquo\;Ecogentium. Ecological justice and new vulnerabilities: global legal challenges&rdquo\; \;(Project No. 2024/00209/001)\, funded by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI).
\nOrganizers: Sebastiá\;n Figueroa Rubio (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid)\, Matilde Rey (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid).
\nScientific Committee: Alba Lojo (Università\; Roma Tre)\, Giulia Lasagni (Università\; degli Studi di Parma).
\nFor further information about the event\, please contact the organizers at \;philawson.network@gmail.com.
\nFurther information about the Philawson Network is available at \;https://philawsonnetwork.wordpress.com.
ORGANIZER;CN="Sebastián Figueroa Rubio";CN="Matilde Rey Aramendía": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Budapest:20260501T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Budapest:20260501T070000 SUMMARY:Chosen Nation(s): Historical and Cultural Interpretations of Exceptionalism UID:20260423T162305Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw 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:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T080000 SUMMARY:Genocide and Democratic Theory (MANCEPT Workshop 2026) UID:20260423T162306Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Convenors: Torsten Menge\, Tereza Hendl
\nAs Israel continues its genocide in Gaza and genocidal violence continues to be waged against the Rohingya in Myanmar\, Uyghurs in China\, the people of Sudan\, Ukraine\, Yemen and other places\, this calls for the re-examination of the basic contours of democratic theory. What are the implications for our thinking about democracy and democratic ideals when a genocide is perpetrated\, in the case of Israel\, by a regime that understands itself and is understood by many to be a democracy? What does it mean when genocidal violence is supported and facilitated in one way or another by democracies? When some genocides are sidelined\, minimized\, or denied by democratic publics or even by left movements that appeal to democratic ideals? How should this affect our analyses of democracy\, of its central commitments and tensions\, its values and authority\, its current crises and its futures? The goal of the workshop is to bring political philosophy and democratic theory into conversation with insights from genocide studies and other relevant fields.
\nGenocide has received relatively little attention from contemporary political philosophers (notable exceptions include contributions from Anne O&rsquo\;Byrne\, Mathias Thaler\, Larry May\, Claudia Card). Few contributions consider it from the perspective of democratic theory. The logic and practice of genocide is usually seen to be the antithesis of a presumed universalistic and egalitarian ethos of liberal democracy. Helpful starting points for addressing this theoretical disconnect include Mahmood Mamdani&rsquo\;s (2020) genealogy of political modernity. The political anthropologist argues that nation-states (first as settler democracies) are created from an ethnonationalist logic for which ethnic cleansing and genocide are\, if not inevitable\, always an option. This logic has led to ongoing cycles of political violence as nation-building necessarily creates permanent minorities. Genocide scholar Dirk Moses (2021) has argued that a liberal notion of permanent security\, which envisions the world to be secured from &ldquo\;enemies of humanity&rdquo\; in the name peace and self-determination\, has been used to justify civilian destruction and mass displacements. Malcom Bull (2006) has polemically argued that liberal just war theory&rsquo\;s consideration of &ldquo\;supreme emergencies&rdquo\; and humanitarian interventions in &ldquo\;outlaw states&rdquo\; have allowed for the liberal justification of mass violence against civilian populations. Sociologist Michael Mann (2004) has suggested that murderous ethnic cleanings are the &ldquo\;dark side of democracy\,&rdquo\; where the democratic ideal of rule by the people entwines the demos with the dominant ethnos. Philosopher Anne O&rsquo\;Byrne (2023) has emphasized the intricate tension between demos and genos\, the &ldquo\;empty form of democratic citizenship&rdquo\; and the need for a people&rsquo\;s reproduction over time and the creation of boundaries of belonging (which are attacked by genocidal violence). \;
\nFellow philosopher Melanie Altanian (2024) has observed that long-term genocide denialism serves to &ldquo\;consolidate relations of domination through epistemic means&rdquo\;\, with serious implications for the presumably egalitarian ethos of democracies. Indeed\, theorist of psychoanalysis Sarah El Bulbeisi (2026) argues that the suppression of the Palestinian experience of violence serves a social function\, especially in post-Holocaust Germany\, where it enables the construction of &ldquo\;a national narrative of atonement and moral righteousness&rdquo\; despite the country&rsquo\;s historical and continuous entanglements in racializing and colonial violence. Meanwhile\, these and other legacies of erasure and genocide denial have also significantly shaped scholarly debates. In response\, environmental humanities scholar and theorist of ecocide Darya Tsymbalyuk (2022) has highlighted that academia ought to re-center embodied and uncomfortable knowledges\, as its ongoing normalized detachment from the &ldquo\;wreck of reality&rdquo\; and lived experience reinforces hierarchies of knowledge&mdash\;and thereby arguably undermines the egalitarian character of democratic deliberation. Concerningly\, decolonial scholar Madina Tlostanova (2025) has observed that too often\, these hierarchies of knowledge reinforce the hierarchies of suffering\, fueling a binary either-or logic dividing the world into us and them\, which effectively enables various forms of exceptionalism that fuel genocides\, and in turn\, fail to uphold humanity and protection of life for all. \;
\nAgainst the backdrop of these persistent issues\, workshop contributions will confront genocidal aspects and tendencies of (or at least seeds in) central concepts of democratic theory and political philosophy\, such as peoplehood\, popular sovereignty\, majority rule\, national self-determination\, citizenship\, security\, and self-defense. How do seemingly emancipatory democratic ideals and rhetorics become intertwined with the large‑scale destruction of civilian life and social worlds? What does it mean when democratic publics authorize\, support\, tolerate\, or deny such genocidal violence? What are blind spots of global left\, decolonial and anticapitalist movements in recognizing and supporting victims of genocidal violence? How do colonial and imperial legacies shape who is removable\, killable\, and grievable? How does the so-called boundary problem of democratic theory relate to genocidal forms of boundary-drawing? How do anti-imperialist national movements avoid the pitfalls of postcolonial nationalism\, and simultaneously\, how can we better distinguish between the forms of ethnonationalism that drive genocides and the political forms of nationalism that resist the genocidal erasure and annihilation of a people? How do we imagine genuinely non-genocidal forms of political life (building on\, for example\, Wendy Brown&rsquo\;s notion of &ldquo\;reparative democracy&rdquo\; or Mamdani&rsquo\;s project of &ldquo\;decolonizing political community&rdquo\;)? And which approaches to knowledge making and political deliberation can best nurture such communities and support livable and equitable conditions across the world?
\nThe discussions in the workshop are meant to be exploratory and generative. The workshop is open to contributions from various disciplines and philosophical traditions\, and welcomes systematic and historical contributions and discussions of particular case studies\, specific theoretical approaches\, or individual thinkers. \;
\nPlease send abstracts of 300-500 words to \;gdt.mancept2026@protonmail.com. The deadline is May 1\, 2026. We will encourage participants to share a draft of their thoughts in some form (short paper\, handout\, etc.) by Aug. 1\, if feasible. \;
\nThe workshop will be held in person on Sept. 2-4\, 2026 as part of the annual MANCEPT Workshops. Please visit the \;conference website \;for information about costs and registration. \;MANCEPT provides a limited number of bursaries to participants on the basis of need. \;
\nIf you have any questions\, please feel free to contact us directly (torsten.menge@northwestern.edu).
ORGANIZER;CN=Torsten Menge;CN=Tereza Hendl: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T090000 SUMMARY:MANCEPT Workshop 2026 - Just Profit UID:20260423T162307Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:This workshop explores the relevance of a philosophical and political theoretical debate on just profit. \;Most wealth is generated through corporate profit making. Together with inheritances the corporate machine and its financialization seem to be mainly responsible for the growing concentration of wealth. Against this backdrop\, it is somewhat surprising that philosophical and political theoretical debates have largely focused on limiting wealth in general and on inheritance taxation\, but not so much on a regulation of profits. \;
\nOne possible explanation lies in a somewhat unquestioned acceptance of the classical liberal framing of profits. According to this framing it is reasonable to regulate profits as little as possible in order to stimulate economic activity and growth\, which will ultimately benefit society as a whole. Another argument is the fear of capital flight with the potential of serious disruption of economic functionalities and great welfare losses. \;
\nAt the same time\, the historical failure of social democratic and liberal socialist transformations in the second half of the 20thcentury seems to be connected to a lack of profit regulation. An important case in point is the failing of the implementation of the Meidner plan in Sweden due to strong unregulated profit concentration and a corresponding political power structure.
\nWe aim to promote interdisciplinary dialogue across political philosophy\, political theory\, and critical social theory. \;
\nPossible themes include (but are not limited to): \;
\nSubmission Guidelines:
\nUp to 15 speakers will be selected for the workshop. Each speaker will be given approximately 30 minutes to speak\, followed by 30 minutes for Q&\;A.
\nBursaries are available to help cover the conference registration fee\, and participants are encouraged to apply if needed.
\nThe workshop will take place as part of the MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory at the University of Manchester (September 2-4\, 2026).
\nFor the panel description and details see also: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/activities/just-profit/
ORGANIZER;CN=Stefan Gosepath;CN="Christian Neuhäuser";CN=Laura Opolka: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T170000 SUMMARY:Ratio Annual Conference on Animals and Philosophy UID:20260423T162308Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Reading\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Ratio \;Annual Conference on Animals and Philosophy
\nDate: \;1st \;of May\, 2026 from 09:00 to 18:00
\nLocation: \;LONDON ROAD L22 110
University of Reading\, Reading
Details: \;While once neglected among philosophers\, animals have recently become much more central to philosophical debates\, from the philosophy of mind to ethics and political philosophy. In part\, this reflects the growing public demand to take animal rights and welfare more seriously. Thanks to the work of philosophers\, the UK government even changed their legislation to recognise octopuses and decapod crustaceans (shrimp\, lobsters\, crabs) as sentient creatures worthy of protection. The study of animal minds has profound implications for how we ought to treat other species. As our understanding of animal cognition\, sentience\, and emotional capacities continues to advance\, philosophers and scientists face pressing questions about what these discoveries entail for ethics\, policy\, and philosophy itself.
\nThe \;Ratio \;Annual Conference 2026 \;brings together five leading philosophers working on animals to discuss the future of animals\, both within the field of philosophy\, as well as science and public policy:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Heather Browning (University of Southampton)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Oscar Horta (University of Santiago de Compostela)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Kyle Johannsen (Trent University &\; \;Queen's \;University)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Josh Milburn (Loughborough University)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Walter Veit (University of Reading)
\nLunch will be provided. All are welcome\, but spaces are \;limited!
\nRegistration required. \;
\nRegister at: \;https://www.store.reading.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/school-of-philosophy-politics-and-economics/philosophy/ratio-annual-conference-on-animals-and-philosophy
\nContact: \;For any queries\, contact the organiser: Walter Veit (w.r.w.veit@reading.ac.uk) \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Walter Veit: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T090000 SUMMARY:Special Issue on "Pacifism and World Peace" for Dialogue and Universalism UID:20260423T162309Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:PACIFISM AND WORLD PEACE
\nSpecial Issue of Dialogue and Universalism
\nGuest Editor: Andrew Fiala\, Ph.D. (California State University\, Fresno)
\nDeadline: May 1\, 2026
\nAs wars continue to rage across the globe\, we invite philosophical reflection on pacifism and world peace. \; Philosophers of the European Enlightenment once worked to formulate proposals for world peace. \; Kant&rsquo\;s proposal for &ldquo\;perpetual peace&rdquo\; is perhaps the most famous of these. \; Before Kant\, Bentham\, Rousseau\, and others discussed the problem of world peace\, while criticizing war and political systems that prepare for war. \; Jane Addams suggested in her 1907 book Newer Ideals of Peace that we should begin &ldquo\;extinguishing war&rdquo\; by substituting &ldquo\;nurture&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;good-will&rdquo\; for the spirit of warfare. \; Similar ideas can be found in William James&rsquo\;s proposal for a &ldquo\;moral equivalent of war&rdquo\; as articulated in his influential essay from 1910. \; And in his &ldquo\;Last Essay&rdquo\; (from 1967)\, after a lifetime spent arguing against war\, Betrand Russell concluded\, &ldquo\;The powers must learn that peace is the paramount interest of everybody. To cause this to be realized by governments should be the supreme aim.&rdquo\; \; More recently\, Cheyney Ryan\, Robert Holmes\, Alex Bellamy\, and other scholars have supported pacifism\, criticized the war system\, and outlined proposals for developing a more peaceful world. \; This literature indicates that there are complex problems to be solved as we work to build a more pacific human future.
\nWe invite papers for this special issue of Dialogue and Universalism that further the philosophical work of imagining world peace and criticizing militarism and war. \; To this end\, we encourage papers that provide a broad philosophical exploration of this topic. \; We are not looking for case studies of particular wars (so we are not soliciting papers that focus exclusively on contemporary wars in Gaza\, Ukraine\, or on other historical cases). \; Nor are we looking for papers that offer a limited exegetical focus on a single philosopher or text (so we are not calling for papers that focus narrowly on Kant\, Addams\, James\, or Russell). \; Rather\, our goal is to encourage work that takes up the challenge that was articulated by such authors. \; This is a call for papers that engage in broad critical reflection on human nature\, the war system\, war economics\, geo-political structures\, militaristic cultures\, and related themes\, along with papers that offer imaginative and constructive proposals for developing a more peaceful world. \; This may include discussions of &ldquo\;dialogue&rdquo\; and &bdquo\;universalism\,&rdquo\; which are part of the thematic focus of the journal\, and which would likely be an important component of world peace.
\nMore information on the journal: https://dialogueanduniversalism.eu/ \;
\nDates and Deadlines: Full papers to be submitted May 1\, 2026
\nAnticipated publication date: Fall 2026
\nLength: 8\,000 words maximum (including notes and bibliography)
\nSend inquiries and completed papers to Dr. Andrew Fiala: afiala@csufresno.edu
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T170000 SUMMARY:MANCEPT Workshop - Epistemic Injustice and Backlash UID:20260423T162310Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:MANCEPT Workshop - Epistemic Injustice and Backlash: Call for Abstracts \; Recent years have been characterized by significant backlash to progressive social movements and social changes such as the #MeToo movement\, the Black Lives Matter movement\, and the increased visibility of trans people in public life. Dimensions to this backlash include the electoral &ndash\; i.e.\, the rise of far-right political parties\; the legal &ndash\; legislation\, executive orders and judicial decisions e.g. overturning rights to abortion and gender-affirming healthcare\, banning affirmative action and DEI initiatives\, and excluding trans people from participation in sport\; and the necropolitical &ndash\; e.g. the misogynistic murder of René\;e Good and the rising tide of anti-trans violence. A further important dimension to this backlash is the epistemic &ndash\; e.g. the widespread repudiation of the testimonies of Christine Blasey Ford and Amber Heard\, the ridiculing of slogans such as &lsquo\;defund the police&rsquo\;\, and the growing dissemination of myths and disinformation concerning trans people. This dimension to the backlash has recently begun to receive philosophical attention\, with aspects of it being theorized variously as 'hermeneutical backlash' (George &\; Goguen 2021)\, 'hermeneutical sabotage' (Edgoose 2024)\, and 'hermeneutical disarmament' (Morgan 2025) &ndash\; all phenomena thought either to constitute or to result in epistemic injustices. It has also been argued that previously proposed strategies for preventing epistemic injustices are frequently ineffective when confronted by backlash\, prompting a search for other strategies which might be pursued more effectively towards this end (Clanchy forthcoming). Much work on epistemic injustice and backlash remains to be done\, however &ndash\; especially in light of the epistemic injustice literature&rsquo\;s &lsquo\;methodological commitment to the primacy of the nonideal&rsquo\; (Medina 2013: 11). The aim of this workshop is to provide a space for the development of such work.
We invite submissions of abstracts of up to 500 words to a MANCEPT workshop on this topic. Abstracts should be submitted by \;May 1st \;and should be sent to \;han.edgoose@glasgow.ac.uk
Questions that papers may address include\, but are not limited to:
&bull\;How is the epistemic dimension related to other dimensions of backlash?
&bull\;To what kinds of epistemic injustice does backlash give rise? What strategies can be most effectively pursued to prevent epistemic injustices in times of backlash? What kinds of epistemic agency can be exercised by members of targeted groups (Pohlhaus 2020)?
&bull\;Does 'epistemic injustice' (Fricker 2007) in fact provide an adequate framework for thinking about these issues? What about these issues might this framework miss or distort but the frameworks provided by e.g. 'epistemic oppression' (Dotson 2014) or 'epistemologies of ignorance' (Mills 2007) capture?
&bull\;How should previous work on epistemic injustice and e.g. the #MeToo movement (e.g. Jackson 2018) or the Black Lives Matter movement (e.g. Anderson 2017) be developed or rethought in light of the current backlash?
&bull\;What practical lessons can be drawn for the present moment from a study of the epistemic dimension of previous backlashes (e.g. Faludi 1991)?
&bull\;Who bears responsibility\, in both backward- and forward-looking senses (Young 2011)\, for the epistemic dimension of backlash?
&bull\;How can thinking about epistemic injustice and backlash inform methodological debates concerning the relative merits of ideal and nonideal theory? \; The panel will take place in-person at the University of Manchester\, between September 2nd \;and September 4th \;2026. Further details about the MANCEPT workshops can be
found here: \;MANCEPT Workshops 2026 - Research Explorer The University of Manchester \; Han Edgoose and Nick Clanchy (organisers) \;
The topic of the 2026 University of Alberta Graduate Philosophy Conference \;hosted by the University of Alberta Philosophy Graduate Student Group in collaboration with the UofA chapter of 'Minorities in Philosophy' (MAP) \;to be held Friday May 1 - Saturday\, May 2 is political philosophy concerning political violence\, resistance\, and themes in decoloniality. With the pervasiveness of news outlets reporting on a seemingly relentless flow of geopolitical and civil unrest worldwide\, issues continue to arise that incite philosophical perspectives including theories of justice\, the role of the state\, and duties of authority figures\, among others. This raises several important questions about what citizens and individuals can do in the face of the abuse of power\, how to work on decolonizing oppressive power structures\, where researchers should focus their investigations to address this unyielding era of political violence\, and more generally\, the role academia plays in theorizing and acting against oppressive forces. The aims of this conference include:
\nDiscussing and analyzing the rise in political violence in North America\;
\nExploring the desensitization to violent acts that may occur through the dissemination of graphic videos\, photographs\, and stories via social media platforms\;
\nExamining and understanding tools for decoloniality and their application to the various colonized territories and peoples around the world\;
\nConsidering the role of political institutions in moderating the escalation of abuses of states&rsquo\; power\;
\nDiscussing what forms resistance may take and what forms of resistance may be justified in differing contexts\; and
\nProposing actions people can take to resist injustice and surveying the potential of historical tactics and/or successful solutions people have adopted in response to breaches of the social contract or human rights infringements.
\nThe lenses through which we intend to think critically about these issues pertain to but are not limited to\, ethics\, Indigenous philosophies and methodologies\, epistemology\, political theory\, the philosophy of law\, feminist theories\, and continental accounts of violence\, grief\, and loss.
\nKeynote Presentations
\nDr. Jé\;rô\;me Melanç\;on\, University of Regina.
\n&lsquo\;Title TBA&rsquo\;
\n\;Dr. Nathan Kowalsky\, St Joseph&rsquo\;s College\, University of Alberta. \;
\n&lsquo\;Title TBA&rsquo\;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260502T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260502T000000 SUMMARY:MANCEPT 2026: Political Ordinary Language UID:20260423T162312Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Political philosophy has long privileged public speech and institutional political discourse as central sites of analysis. Increasingly\, however\, attention has shifted toward the normative dimensions of ordinary language use and the dynamics of linguistic change in non-ideal social contexts.
Language is a social practice through which shared forms of understanding\, coordination\, and mutual orientation are sustained over time. Shifts in linguistic conventions can reshape how individuals relate to one another\, influence how social differences are marked or obscured\, and affect patterns of inclusion within pluralistic and diverse societies. The ways in which linguistic expressions are used\, repeated\, and taken up also structure expectations about what can be said and contribute to the reinforcement or attenuation of prejudices and stereotypes. In this sense\, language plays a constitutive role in shaping the normative environment in which social and political life unfolds.
This constitutive role gives rise to a range of philosophical questions concerning the emergence\, stability\, and contestation of norms governing language use. It invites reflection on how such norms are maintained over time and on the extent to which participants in shared linguistic practices are answerable to one another for their contributions to evolving communicative environments.
This panel seeks to bring together normative and descriptive perspectives on how patterns of language use emerge\, stabilize\, and transform across different settings. It therefore welcomes contributions that offer conceptual\, normative\, or empirically informed philosophical analyses of language as a social practice. These include\, but are not limited to\, the following areas:
&bull\; language in social construction
&bull\; the relationship between language use and social coordination
&bull\; feminist philosophy of language
&bull\; communicative responsibilities
&bull\; normative views on stereotyping and discrimination in communication
&bull\; social/political speech and social norm change
&bull\; linguistic injustice
&bull\; the distribution and justification of normative expectations across different speakers and contexts
&bull\; methodological issues in language and analytic ideology critique
&bull\; counterspeech
To apply\, please send a 500 words anonymized abstract at: martina.rosola@gmail.com
\nApplication deadline: May\, 2nd
\nNotification of acceptance: May\, 10th (to allow selected speakers to possibly apply for the conference fee waiver bursary)
ORGANIZER;CN=Martina Rosola;CN=Corrado Fumagalli: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T234500 SUMMARY:The Philosopher UID:20260423T162313Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers
\nA Weaponised Earth: The Elements of Death and Disappearance
\nThe Philosopher Spring 2027
\nSpeaking of the agency of nature is \;now \;common \;practice. The biosphere is recognised as being life sustaining and its vitality essential to human existence. Following thinkers such as Felix \;Guattari\, nature has \;also \;been recognised has having subjective qualities\, inseparable from the meaning and values humans \;attribute \;to life and \;the \;visions \;we conjure \;of \;what constitutes \;a just and habitable future. The \;philosophical \;legacy of Immanuel Kant looms large over this \;aesthetic \;terrain\, notably his work on the beautiful and the sublime\, which \;still \;compels us to \;consider the \;complex \;relationship between humans and life-world systems. \; \;
\nYet if we accept the planetary biosphere is life giving \;and sustaining\, might it also be life taking? We only \;have to \;think of the way oceans and deserts have been consciously weaponised to bring about the death and disappearance of precarious \;human \;bodies. Nature \;is capable of revealing \;back &ldquo\;signs of life&rdquo\;\; \;unusual flora and fauna grow where bodies are decomposing \;which suggests \;a kind of \;witnessing \;by nature. Does \;this complicity and \;witnessing \;in acts of killing point to a different kind of agency? \;What does that mean for how space is lived \;and \;imagined? And does it require us to \;speak to a more than human relationality? \; \; \; \; \;
\nThis \;special edition of \;The Philosopher \; \;(https://www.thephilosopher1923.org/) invites contributions dealing \;in a broad sense with the weaponisation of the earth. We encourage submissions \;that \;specifically question \;the violent agency of nature\; \;the conscious weaponisation of the elements (earth\, air\, fire and \;water)\; \;the terror of the \;sublime\; \;and how the planetary biosphere \;is \;witness to human atrocities\, thereby \;challenging \;our understanding of \;forensic\, aesthetic\, \;and ontological awareness. \;Contributions \;that \;address the interplay between visibility and disappearance in acts of killing that require a rethinking of ecologies of belonging and thought \;are also encouraged. \; \;
\nThe volume will complement the \;A Natural History of Violence \;exhibition to be held in Puebla\, Mexico in 2027 by the acclaimed Mexican painter Chantal Meza\, whose art will feature throughout the edition. \;A series of events and masterclasses will be held (physically and virtually) \;in association with this that will draw from the \;volumes \;contributions. \; \;
\nDeadlines: \; \;Submission of Proposed Abstracts: \;May \;1st \;2026 \;
\nSubmission of 1st \;Drafts: \; \;September 1st \;2026 \;
\nSubmission of final drafts: December 1st \;2026 \;
\nContributions: Submit an abstract (250-400 words) using \;The Philosopher submission form \;(see bottom of this page). Include &ldquo\;Weaponized Earth&rdquo\; in your working title and the intended genre from the following:
\nEssays: \;3000 word \;limit addressing the key themes \;
\nCreative Interventions: \;1500 word \;limit\, which can be in a poetic or literary style \;
\nInterviews: \;2000 word \;limit with \;leading authorities \;from academic\, policy\, activist\, or cultural spheres.
\nPlease note: The Philosopher is a magazine of public philosophy. Contributions should be written in clear\, non-technical language that is suitable for a general audience and avoids excessive jargon. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260502T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260502T234500 SUMMARY:Land\, Territory\, and Justice (MANCEPT Workshop 2026) UID:20260423T162314Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Convenors:
Kaitie Jourdeuil (Queen&rsquo\;s University\, Canada)
Michael Luoma (University of Northern British Columbia\, Canada)
Land\, Territory\, and Justice
\n\n2026 MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory\, 2-4 September 2026 \;
\n\nThere is now a rich debate within and across diverse traditions of political and moral thought about the meaning\, use\, and desirability of the concepts of land and territory\, and their relation to justice. These debates extend beyond analytical moral and political philosophy and include vital perspectives within Indigenous political theory\, eco-phenomenology\, critical theory\, and dialogical traditions. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers working in these diverse traditions to discuss both established questions concerning the relations between land\, territory\, and justice\, and new questions arising from dialogue across these traditions.
\n\n\nFor example\, the past fifteen years have been marked by an uptick in dedicated theorizing about territorial rights in contemporary Anglo-American moral and political philosophy (see for example: Miller\, 2012\; Moore\, 2014\, 2015\, 2019\; Nine\, 2012\, 2022\; Ochoa-Espejo\, 2020\; Simmons\, 2016\; Stilz\, 2019). While the first wave of this literature focused on core conceptual questions about the nature and scope of various territorial rights (including jurisdiction\, self-determination\, resource control\, and immigration)\, the kinds of agents who hold these rights\, and the normative justifications for them\, this literature has now self-reflexively entered a &ldquo\;second wave&rdquo\; characterised by a deeper concern for questions of global inequality\, decolonization\, overlapping projects of self-determination\, and the environmental crisis (Moore &\; Ugalde\, 2025). For example\, recent inquiries have asked (but not fully answered) questions such as: What is the extent of morally mandatory restitution in cases of territorial wrongdoing\, including settler colonialism (Luoma\, 2023\; Luoma and Moore\, 2024\; Moore\, 2019\; Stilz\, 2024\; Riebold\, 2022\, 2023)? How may multiple peoples\, with distinct normative and ontological systems\, overlap in the same place without retrenching relationships of structural injustice and inter-group domination (Jourdeuil 2024\, 2025a\, 2025b\; Luoma\, 2022\, 2023\, 2024\, 2025)? What forms of governance are required in ecologically integrated regions spanning borders (Nine\, 2022)? How are territorial rights contingent on respect for biodiversity and ecological integrity (Moore\, 2023\; Kwan\, 2025)? And how can the benefits and burdens of natural resources\, energy transition\, and climate change mitigation/adaptation be fairly distributed between groups (Armstrong\, 2017\; De Biaso 2024a\, 2024b\; Li\, 2022\; Moore\, 2019)?
\n\n\nConcurrently to these discourses\, Indigenous scholars\, environmental philosophers\, and eco-phenomenologists interrogate the core normative\, ontological\, and epistemological assumptions of these discourses. Indigenous theorists challenge the hegemony of rights-based territorial frameworks\, contending that the natural world is not a stockpile of &ldquo\;resources&rdquo\; to be distributed and controlled according to a theory of justice\, but is better conceived of as a kinship network populated by beings deserving of intrinsic concern and respect with whom we must live harmoniously (e.g.\, Allard-Tremblay 2023\, 2025\; Burkhart\, 2019\; Mills 2017\, 2018\, 2019\; Simpson 2011\, 2017\; Temin 2023). Eco-phenomenologists challenge conceptions of land as a neutral background container against which we exercise our agency\, demonstrating how land and place structure our lived experience and subjectivity\, our ethical encounter with the alterity of the other-than-human\, and the possibilities for political agency (Casey\, 1993\, 2018\; Ingold\, 2010\; Malpas\, 1998\; Rose\, 2005\; Seamon\, 2018\; Smith\, 2001\, 2011\; Toadvine\, 2019). Beyond political theory\, land and territory are at the heart of intensifying international political conflicts\, including attempted territorial annexations\, rising majority and minority nationalism\, struggles against (neo-)colonialism\, and the global climate and environmental crises.
\n\n\nConsequently\, this workshop welcomes submissions that investigate conceptual\, ontological\, normative\, methodological\, and/or applied questions at the intersection of land\, territory\, and justice. We invite paper submissions from diverse methodological perspectives (including\, but not limited to analytical\, moral and political philosophy\, environmental philosophy and eco-phenomenology\, Indigenous political thought\, critical theory\, and comparative dialogue) from researchers at all stages of their career. Works in progress are encouraged. Workshop sessions will be pre-read\, with a brief presentation (10 min. max.) from the author\, followed by a 40-minute Q&\;A.
\n\n\nSubmission Guidelines:
\n\nAbstracts should be anonymised and must not exceed 500 words (including references). Please include your name\, affiliation\, and contact details in the email submission. Abstracts should be submitted by email to both convenors (kaitie.jourdeuil@queensu.ca and michael.luoma@unbc.ca) by May 2nd. Selected participants will be notified by May 26th. Participants will be expected to circulate their papers by August 16th. Please do not hesitate the contact the convenors with any questions.
\n\n\nAbout MANCEPT:
\n\nThe MANCEPT Workshops is an annual conference in political theory\, organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory. The conference is run fully-in person at the University of Manchester. Bursaries are available to speakers based on need. Further instructions on registration and bursary applications will be released in due course.
\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Kaitie Jourdeuil;CN=Michael Luoma: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260503T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260503T234500 SUMMARY:16TH BRAGA SUMMER SCHOOL: WORKPLACE DEMOCRACY AND THE FUTURE OF WORK UID:20260423T162315Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:ELACH Building - University of Minho\, Campus de Gualtar\, Braga\, Portugal\, Braga\, Portugal\, 4710-057 DESCRIPTION:Contemporary scholarship increasingly examines transformations in labor and workplace governance within advanced capitalism\, with particular emphasis on technological change\, automation\, and artificial intelligence. Often justified in terms of efficiency&mdash\;productivity\, cost reduction\, flexibility\, and competitiveness&mdash\;these developments raise profound normative concerns about justice\, domination\, and inequality in the workplace.
From industrial capitalism to contemporary platform economies governed by algorithmic management\, efficiency has evolved into a normative principle shaping labor relations\, institutional frameworks\, and political priorities. Today\, it manifests in precarious employment\, weakened labor protections\, intensified managerial oversight\, and technological displacement\, posing significant challenges for democratic societies.
Building on the success of previous editions\, this Summer School focuses on workplace democracy and the future of work\, treating workplaces as primary sites of justice and injustice in contemporary societies. Efficiency-driven market structures may generate normatively objectionable forms of exploitation\, domination\, and exclusion\, raising fundamental questions about freedom\, equality\, and democratic legitimacy.
Key questions include: To what extent is labor exploitation an unavoidable feature of efficiency-oriented markets? How does exploitation relate to republican freedom as non-domination and liberal ideals of fair cooperation? How do organizational hierarchies\, governance structures\, and algorithmic management shape workplace injustice and broader social inequalities? What institutional responses&mdash\;from exit options such as Unconditional Basic Income to labor constitutionalism\, co-determination\, or alternative ownership models&mdash\;are normatively justified?
We invite submissions on topics including (but not limited to):
The Braga Summer School aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among political philosophers\, legal theorists\, economists\, and social scientists. It will combine keynote lectures\, participant presentations\, and mentoring opportunities for PhD students and early-career researchers.
ORGANIZER;CN=Alexandre Carvalho;CN=Thiago Monteiro de Souza;CN=Daniele Santoro: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260504T141500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260504T154500 SUMMARY:Is It Control or Boundary-Setting? UID:20260423T162316Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce a series of three online seminars\, each dedicated to the discussion with the author(s) of a draft paper circulated among participants in advance.
\nEach paper and seminar engages\, in a different way\, with the moral limits of shaping others. The first seminar will focus on a paper by Areti Theofilopoulou (Warwick) that examines the distinction between coercive control and boundary-setting in romantic relationships. The second will discuss a paper by Christie Harley (Georgia State) and Ashley Lindsley-Kim (British Columbia)\, arguing for abortion rights on the grounds that state-enforced pregnancy and childbirth are incompatible with the status of equal citizenship. The third and final seminar will consider a paper by Nanette Ryan (Singapore) and Joshua Lucza (Singapore) which argues that\, in response to the climate crisis\, children&rsquo\;s capacities for responsible\, reflective\, and ethically engaged citizenship should be prioritized over cultivating frugal preferences in children.
\nMonday\, May 4\, 2026: Areti Theofilopoulou (Warwick)\, &ldquo\;Is It Control or Boundary-Setting?&rdquo\;
\nMonday\, May 11\, 2026: Christie Hartley (Georgia State) and Ashley Lindsley-Kim (British Columbia)\, &ldquo\;Equality and the Right to Abortion&rdquo\;
\nMonday\, May 18\, 2026: Nanette Ryan (Singapore)\, &ldquo\;Cultivating Frugal Preferences in Children: A Response to the Climate Crisis&rdquo\; (co-authored with Joshua Lucza)
\nThe seminars will be held online on Mondays at 2.15-3.45 p.m. CET. \;
\nWe welcome participants at any or all of the seminars! Please email justparenthood.project@gmail.com \;to receive the draft papers and the online meeting link.
\nThe seminars are organized by Francesca Miccoli (Basel)\, Tom Bailey (John Cabot)\, and Johanna Rensing (Basel).
ORGANIZER;CN=Tom Bailey: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260504T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260504T170000 SUMMARY:MANCEPT Workshop on Intimate (In)Justices UID:20260423T162317Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Convenors: Kristin Kä\;uper\, Isobel Logan\, Charlotte Curran (University of Leeds)
Contact: \;i.j.logan@leeds.ac.uk
This workshop will explore the relationship between intimacy and justice. We encourage speakers to ask: When and how should considerations of justice extend into our intimate lives and influence our actions? How are intimate relationships shaped by\, reproduce\, and resistant to broader structures of injustice and oppression? Should we worry about the distribution of opportunities for intimacy? How do we balance the responsibilities of the individual\, communities\, and the state in promoting just forms of relating?
We hope to better understand the ways in which hegemonic norms\, institutions\, and intersecting forms of oppression structure intimate life\, governing who is able to form certain relationships\, which relationships are socially valued\, and how power operates within them. We seek to explore the potential of intimate practices and communities of care as sites of resistance\, solidarity\, and social transformation.
By intimacy\, we mean forms of closeness and connection upon which special relationships are based. This encompasses a wide range of relationships\, including but not limited to sexual\, romantic\, platonic\, collegial\, familial\, and parental relationships\, whether in-person or technologically mediated.
We are particularly interested in submissions which explore non-normative ways of relating (e.g. asexuality/aromanticism\, polyamory\, relationship anarchy) and matters of intersecting identities that are underrepresented in philosophy (e.g. sexuality\, disability\, race\, age\, socio-economic status).
We invite abstracts of no more than 500 words for a presentation of approximately 30 minutes to engage with the theme of intimate (in)justices. Here is a non-exclusive list of some indicative questions:
We actively welcome in-progress work and seek to foster a friendly and collaborative environment. Postgraduate and early career researchers are especially welcome. We are also receptive to interdisciplinary explorations of these ideas\, provided they are accessible to non-specialists.
Please send your abstract to \;i.j.logan@leeds.ac.uk \;by end of day on the 4th of May\, 2026. Selected speakers will be notified by the 18th of May\, in time for eligible participants to apply for a bursary.
The Anna Tumarkin Lectures in Philosophy are a lecture series dedicated to presenting top women philosophers.
\nThis is part 1 of a series of three lectures on The Right to Be Known. Epistemic Reparations and the Making of Rounder Stories
\nAbstract This lecture provides a philosophical discussion of the epistemic significance of the phenomenon of &ldquo\;being known&rdquo\; as well as the relationship it has to reparations that are distinctively epistemic. Drawing on a framework provided by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights\, it is argued that victims of gross violations and injustices not only have the right to know what happened\, as the UN maintains\, but they also have a right that is altogether absent from these discussions&mdash\;the right to be known. The case is made for expanding the standard conception of reparations to include actions intended to redress distinctively epistemic wrongs. An account is then provided of how to best understand these epistemic reparations that capture both the right to know and the right to be known possessed by survivors of gross violations and injustices.
ORGANIZER;CN=Georg Brun;CN=Claus Beisbart: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260505T181500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260505T194500 SUMMARY:Stories That Wrong and Stories That Repair UID:20260423T162319Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Hochschulstrasse 4\, Bern\, Switzerland\, 3012 DESCRIPTION:The Anna Tumarkin Lectures in Philosophy are a lecture series dedicated to presenting top women philosophers.
\nThis is part 2 of a series of three lectures on The Right to Be Known. Epistemic Reparations and the Making of Rounder Stories
\nAbstract This lecture focuses on how stories themselves can wrong a person in ways that rise to the level of inflicting a gross violation or injustice. This is supported by the introduction of the concept of &ldquo\;misknowing\,&rdquo\; which applies when only a narrow\, one-dimensional set of facts is centered on a person or persons\, often focusing on those that are most injurious. It is shown that misknowing is often fueled by &ldquo\;flat stories\,&rdquo\; which are agentially closed and depict a person in static\, one-dimensional\, and psychologically simplistic terms. When such stories are grounded in or constitute gross violations or injustices\, epistemic reparations require &ldquo\;rounder stories\,&rdquo\; which are agentially open and portray a person in dynamic\, multidimensional\, and psychologically complex terms. In this way\, while stories can epistemically wrong a person in life-altering ways\, they can also be the source of the life-restoring epistemic reparations that are demanded in response.
ORGANIZER;CN=Claus Beisbart;CN=Georg Brun: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260505T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260505T234500 SUMMARY:Tolerance and Education: Concepts\, Justifications\, and Limits (MANCEPT Panel 2026) UID:20260423T162320Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:University of Manchester\, Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Tolerance and Education: Concepts\, Justifications\, and Limits \;
\nPanel at the 2026 MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory\, 2-4 September 2026
\n&ldquo\;Toleration&rdquo\; has long been a central concept in political philosophy\, yet its role in education remains surprisingly under-theorised. Philosophers typically analyse tolerance as forbearance: refraining from interfering with practices or ways of life one disapproves of. By contrast\, educational policy\, public debate\, and classroom practice often invoke tolerance in a thicker sense\, associating it with open-mindedness and being &ldquo\;non-judgemental&rdquo\;. This divergence raises a set of questions about what tolerance should mean in educational contexts\, and what schools can legitimately be expected to teach.
\nThis panel will explore the concept\, justification\, and practical implications of tolerance in education. It will bring together work in political philosophy and philosophy of education to examine how tolerance should be understood when the subjects are children and young people rather than adults\, and when the setting is the classroom rather than the public square.
\nOne set of questions concerns conceptual analysis. In the educational context\, is tolerance best understood as non-interference\, as non-disapproval\, as open-mindedness\, or as something else entirely? Are these rival concepts in tension\, or can they play complementary roles at different stages of education or in relation to different kinds of disagreement? Should tolerance be understood as a civic virtue\, a moral attitude\, an epistemic virtue\, or a cluster of beliefs and practices? And how does tolerance differ from neighbouring ideals such as respect\, recognition\, and inclusion?
\nA second set of questions concerns \;legitimacy and justification. Liberal political theory has traditionally been wary of state efforts to shape citizens&rsquo\; beliefs or attitudes. Yet schools routinely aim to influence how students think and feel about others\, and educational policy often treats certain attitudes &ndash\; racism and sexism\, for example &ndash\; as objectionable in themselves. When\, if ever\, is it legitimate for the state\, acting through its educational institutions\, to promote or discourage particular attitudes? And does the justification for tolerance in education rest on harm prevention\, autonomy\, or something else?
\nThird\, there are questions relating to \;feasibility and efficacy. Can tolerance be taught\, and if so\, what does successful teaching look like? How should philosophical accounts of tolerance respond to recent challenges questioning whether tolerant attitudes can be taught?
\nPresentations are likely to take the form of 30 mins presentation followed by 25 mins Q&\;A. The Q&\;A will be friendly and exploratory\, and there is no need for your paper to be near final form &ndash\; it can be a work-in-progress. Participants will be encouraged to submit and read papers in advance\, but this will not be a requirement.
\nLike all other MANCEPT workshops this year\, this event will take place in-person only.
\nFor information about the conference\, see the conference website: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/mancept/mancept-workshops/
\nPlease note that registration\, travel and accommodation fees must be covered by speakers themselves. Information on current registration fees will be available on the MANCEPT website. Bursaries are available to help cover the conference registration fee\, and participants are encouraged to apply for these if needed (deadline 10th June).
\nSubmission Guidelines:
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\nPlease also feel free to reach out to Christina Easton\, the workshop convener\, with any questions.
ORGANIZER;CN=Christina Elizabeth Easton: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260506T181500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260506T194500 SUMMARY:Talking\, Listening\, and Learning UID:20260423T162321Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Hochschulstrasse 4\, Bern\, Switzerland\, 3012 DESCRIPTION:The Anna Tumarkin Lectures in Philosophy are a lecture series dedicated to presenting top women philosophers.
\nThis is part 3 of a series of three lectures on The Right to Be Known. Epistemic Reparations and the Making of Rounder Stories
\nAbstract When we talk about victims of gross violations and injustices having the right to be known\, traditional epistemological theories push us toward understanding this as involving either wholesale deference to their testimony\, on the one hand\, or autonomous\, firsthand inquiry\, on the other. In this lecture\, it is shown that there is a third\, powerful option available to us: knowing someone through the interpersonal process of talking\, listening\, and learning. This process can lead to coconstructed narratives that are epistemically generative for both those who are telling their stories and those who are appropriate listeners\, leading to the repairing of epistemic wrongs\, the creation of new narratives and new identities\, and\, ultimately\, the development of new selves.
ORGANIZER;CN=Claus Beisbart;CN=Georg Brun: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260507T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260508T170000 SUMMARY:I Congreso Éticas Aplicadas de la Universidad de Málaga UID:20260423T162322Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Boulevard Louis Pasteur 27\, Málaga\, Spain\, 29010 DESCRIPTION:Presentació\;n
\n
La reflexió\;n é\;tica tiene como uno de sus ejes centrales la denuncia y el combate de la injusticia en sus mú\;ltiples formas. Desde las desigualdades sociales y econó\;micas hasta las discriminaciones vinculadas al gé\;nero\, la raza\, la orientació\;n sexual o la especie\; la é\;tica se configura como un espacio crí\;tico desde el que cuestionar los fundamentos del trato desigual.
No obstante\, en la actualidad\, la presencia de estas asimetrí\;as no solo persiste\, sino que cada vez se desarrollan y descubren de diversas formas y en nuevos á\;mbitos\, generando así\; nuevos desafí\;os para la filosofí\;a y otras disciplinas. Por ello\, el trabajo interdisciplinar es de suma importancia\, pues ofrece nuevas perspectivas que enriquecen la investigació\;n de fenó\;menos en los que alguna desigualdad se manifiesta. De muchas colaboraciones interdisciplinares surgen nuevas é\;ticas aplicadas que se convierten en herramientas imprescindibles para analizar\, comprender y orientar la acció\;n frente a las diversas formas de trato diferenciado.
\nCon esto en mente\, nace el I Congreso de É\;ticas Aplicadas de la Universidad de Má\;laga: Injusticia y trato diferenciado\, donde proponemos un espacio de encuentro interdisciplinar en el que podamos debatir có\;mo afrontar situaciones de injusticia concretas. Esta reunió\;n tendrá\; lugar los dí\;as 7 y 8 de mayo de 2026 en la Facultad de Filosofí\;a y Letras de la Universidad de Má\;laga. Má\;s adelante será\;n indicados los espacios concretos.
\nInvitamos al estudiantado de cualquier nivel y al personal investigador y profesional a sumarse a esta interesante discusió\;n. Las lí\;neas temá\;ticas de este congreso está\;n pensadas para favorecer el debate en torno a problemas actuales\, ofreciendo marcos de aná\;lisis y propuestas que contribuyan tanto a la teorí\;a como a la prá\;ctica en un mundo que exige respuestas é\;ticas cada vez má\;s urgentes. Estas lí\;neas temá\;ticas son:
\nLí\;neas Temá\;ticas
\n&bull\; Cuestiones de (in)justicia en salud pú\;blica y atenció\;n sanitaria.
\n&bull\; Problemas clá\;sicos de las é\;ticas aplicadas ante el avance de las nuevas tecnologí\;as.
\n&bull\; É\;tica del cuidado y responsabilidad personal y colectiva.
\n&bull\; Respuestas é\;tico-polí\;ticas a las discriminaciones por gé\;nero\, edad\, raza\, orientació\;n
sexual\, condició\;n socioeconó\;mica y otros factores.
&bull\; É\;tica empresarial y econó\;mica: justicia distributiva\, sostenibilidad y precarizació\;n.
\n&bull\; É\;tica de la comunicació\;n en la era de la desinformació\;n.
\n&bull\; É\;ticas profesionales: é\;tica de la ingenierí\;a\, é\;tica del deporte\, etc.
\n&bull\; É\;tica y bienestar animal y teorí\;as del estatus moral.
\n&bull\; Corrientes é\;ticas en relació\;n con el medio ambiente: ecofeminismo\, é\;tica ambiental\,
conservacionismos\, largoplacismo\, etc.
&bull\; Metodologí\;as de investigació\;n en é\;tica: é\;tica experimental\, bioé\;tica empí\;rica\, ingenierí\;a
conceptual\, etc.
&bull\; Educació\;n é\;tica y formació\;n para la ciudadaní\;a crí\;tica.
\n&bull\; Temá\;ticas afines no incluidas en las lí\;neas anteriores (indicar en la propuesta).
\nEnví\;o de Propuestas
\nPara enviar una propuesta se deberá\;n presentar dos documentos\, en españ\;ol o en inglé\;s.
\nEl primero de ellos deberá\; incluir lo siguiente:
\na. Informació\;n bá\;sica de contacto (nombre y apellidos y correo electró\;nico).
\nb. Tí\;tulo de la comunicació\;n.
\nc. Breve biografí\;a del autor/a de no má\;s de 150 palabras (centro de afiliació\;n /universidad a la que pertenece\, intereses acadé\;micos\, publicaciones y participaciones relevantes)
\nEn el segundo documento se incluirá\;\, de manera anó\;nima\, la siguiente informació\;n:
\na. Lí\;nea(s) temá\;tica(s) en la que se enmarca la propuesta (entre una y dos).
\nb. Tí\;tulo de la comunicació\;n.
\nc. Cinco palabras clave ordenadas alfabé\;ticamente.
\nd. Resumen de la ponencia que cuente con una extensió\;n aproximada de
entre 200 y 300 palabras.
e. Breve bibliografí\;a provisional
\nLa fecha lí\;mite para el enví\;o de propuestas será\; el dí\;a 6 de marzo de 2026. El modo de entrega de las propuestas será\; enviando un correo con los dos archivos en formato PDF adjunto a la siguiente direcció\;n: seminarioeticaactual@gmail.com. Responderemos con la evaluació\;n y resolució\;n del comité\; cientí\;fico con la mayor brevedad posible.
ORGANIZER;CN="Francisco Miguel Macías-Pozo";CN=Marta Postigo Asenjo;CN=Olga Ramirez Calle;CN="Pedro García-Guirao";CN="Álvaro Herrera-Moya";CN="Yecenia Rodríguez Caro": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T170000 SUMMARY:The Oxford Spinoza Conference 2026 UID:20260423T162323Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Pembroke College\, Oxford\, United Kingdom\, OX1 1DW DESCRIPTION:Oxford Spinoza Conference 2026
\nSpinoza in Context: War\, Peace\, Colonialism &\; Slavery
\n7 May 2026
\n\n\n8.30-9.00
\nCoffee Reception \;in the Harold Lee Room
\nWelcome by
\nJames Read (Pembroke)
\nPart One &mdash\; War &\; Conflict
\nChair: Olivier Yasar de France (Pembroke)
\n9.00-10.15
\nOpening Keynote
\nJonathan Israel (Institute for Advanced Study\, Princeton)
\nSpinoza on War &\; Peace in the Midst of the Anglo-Dutch Wars
\n10.15-11.00
\nJack Stetter (Louisiana State)
\n&lsquo\;Duae civitates natura hostes sunt&rsquo\;: States as Enemies in Spinoza&rsquo\;s Political Treatise \;
\n11.00-11.30
\nRefreshments on the Isaacson Terrace
\n11.30-12.15
\nMark Markovich (Sofia St. Kliment)
\nTwo Realisms in Dialogue: Spinoza\, Condé\;\, &\; the Desacralization of War in 1672
\nPart Two &mdash\; Concord &\; Democracy
\nChair: Susan James (Birkbeck)
\n12.15-1.00
\nEricka Tucker (Marquette)
\nEpistemic Democracy &\; Spinoza&rsquo\;s Political Epistemology
\n1.00-2.30
\nLunch for speakers
\n2.30-3.15
\nAntonio Borge (Nottingham)
\nTowards an Objectivist Reading of Spinoza&rsquo\;s Panpsychism
\nPart Three &mdash\; Slavery &\; Colonialism
\nChair: Mogens Læ\;rke (CNRS\, MFO)
\n3.15-4.00
\nBernardo Bianchi (Centre Marc Bloch)
\nRepublicanism &\; the Figure of the &lsquo\;Indian&rsquo\;: Van den Enden in Spinoza&rsquo\;s Political Milieu
\n4.00-4.30
\nRefreshments on the Isaacson Terrace
\n4.30-5.15
\nRuben Noorloos (UCD)
\nVan den Enden on Slavery &\; Equality
\n5.15-6.30
\nClosing Keynote
\nHasana Sharp (McGill)
\nSpinoza &\; Slavery
\nConcluding words by
\nThe Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder\, Master of Pembroke
ORGANIZER;CN=Olivier Yasar de France;CN=James Read;CN="Mogens Lærke": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260507T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260508T170000 SUMMARY:York University Graduate Philosophy Conference: Trust\, Distrust\, and Technology UID:20260423T162324Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:4700 Keele Street\, Toronto\, Canada\, M3J 1P3 ORGANIZER;CN=Daniel Rodrigues;CN=Gage Goulet;CN=Rayanna Calaza: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260508T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260510T170000 SUMMARY:Treasuring Old and New in Social Theology: from Rerum novarum to the Present Pontificate UID:20260423T162325Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Strada General Berthelot 19\, Bucharest\, Romania\, 010164 DESCRIPTION:The Symposium of our Faculty (8&ndash\;10 May 2026) proposes an interdisciplinary reflection on social theology understood as a space of creative continuity between tradition and renewal. The notion of &ldquo\;old and new things&rdquo\; (cf. Matthew 13:52) expresses the fruitful tension between the Church&rsquo\;s doctrinal heritage and its capacity to interpret and orient the social realities of each historical period.
\nThe symposium aims to explore the theological\, biblical\, philosophical\, and cultural foundations of Christian social engagement\, as well as its concrete forms of expression within the life of the Church and in the public sphere. \;Rerum novarum \;is taken both as a point of departure and as a paradigmatic moment in the dialogue between theology\, society\, and public responsibility.
\nContributions are welcome from systematic and moral theology\, biblical exegesis\, patristics\, canon law\, social sciences\, and philosophy\, as well as from approaches that explore the spiritual\, symbolic\, and cultural dimensions of social theology. The symposium seeks to provide a space of encounter between different disciplines and methods\, united by a shared concern for human dignity\, the common good\, and the social vocation of Christian faith.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260508T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260508T234500 SUMMARY:2026 Policing\, Policy\, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) Symposium UID:20260423T162326Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:New Orleans\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Policing\, Policy\, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) is accepting submissions for its 2026 Paper Prize. The prize winner will be recognized this November at the Philosophy\, Politics\, and Economics (PPE) Society Annual Meeting in New Orleans\, LA.
\nThe prize committee will evaluate papers based on their originality in advancing philosophical debates on policing and their skill in translating insights from philosophy into concrete implications for policy. The winner of the 3PI Paper Prize will receive a $1\,000 award. Also\, should the author(s) choose\, the paper awarded the 3PI Paper Prize will receive consideration for publication in the \;Journal of Public Policy. \;
\nFaculty\, postdocs\, graduate students\, and independent scholars with advanced degrees all are eligible to submit a paper for consideration. (Past prize winners are not eligible.) \;Submissions for the 3PI Paper Prize should be (1) unpublished manuscripts\, (2) anonymous\, and (3) no more than 3\,500 words (excluding abstract\, notes\, and references). \;The deadline to apply is May 8\, 2026. Please submit your paper at the following link: https://forms.gle/nGgsBLPwWsPRfphHA. \;Decision notifications will be sent in late May.
\nThe winner and runner-up of the prize will present their papers at the 3PI Symposium\, which for the first time in 2026 will be in person. The symposium will take place at the 2026 PPE Society Annual Meeting\, November 12&ndash\;14 in New Orleans. The exact day of the symposium/panel featuring the 3PI prize winner and runner-up will be announced this summer. Symposium participants will need to register for and travel to the PPE Society Annual Meeting.
\nAbout 3PI: The Policing\, Policy\, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) draws on tools from philosophy to understand policing&rsquo\;s role in society and inform policy. Through its events and resources\, 3PI fosters collaboration among philosophers and ethicists\, highlights research in philosophy on policing\, and connects scholars with policymakers and community leaders. 3PI has been supported by funding from the American Philosophical Association \;and Rock Ethics Institute \;at Penn State\, where it is based. For more information about 3PI\, visit: https://3pi.la.psu.edu/. If you have questions about 3PI or its paper prize\, please email contact3pi@psu.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Ben Jones;CN=Raff Donelson;CN="Désirée Lim": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260509T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20260510T170000 SUMMARY:Beyond the Imitation Game UID:20260423T162327Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independentei nr. 204\, Bucharest\, Romania DESCRIPTION:Since its release for public use\, AI has been introduced in a significant number of industries\, and many aspects of our day-to-day lives. Therefore\, \;Beyond the Imitation Game \;student conference aims to bring together students and researchers in fields such as philosophy of cognitive science\, psychotherapy\, law\, policy making\, social and political philosophy\; in order to further our understanding regarding the effects that mainstream integration of AI has had on the practice of psychotherapy\, work-life\, authorship (e.g. art and research).
\nThe conference will have three different panels:
\n- Human and AI interaction: issues in cognitive science\, psychology and philosophy of mind
\nThis panel is dedicated to interdisciplinary approaches to the mind and potential impacts from AI use and Human-LLMs interaction: cognitive offloading\, general and social skill erosion\, anthropomorphism\, human-AI social bonding (how it impacts theory of mind in humans\, why humans assume - if they assume- AI minds). We also accept submissions that explore benchmarking understanding (both scientific and social)\, consciousness and cognitive mechanisms in humans and AI.
\n- Therapy bots and healthcare
\nSeveral debates have emerged with regards to the social skills LLMs may or may not have developed\, such as empathy\, theory of mind\, compassion\, sympathy\, broadly understanding others\, their goals\, intentions\, hopes and desires. Either lack of embodiment\, opaque reasoning or the uncertainty with regards to LLMs mechanisms at play\, may lead to misaligned\, superficial therapeutic values\, ethical and dangerous outcomes in the case of therapy bots. This panel explores how therapy bots may impact the users\, but also psychotherapy in general.
\n-AI use on law and policy making\, social and political philosophy
\nThis panel explores the impact of AI on law and policy making (autonomous agents performing different tasks\, authorship\, academic risks resulting from AI use)\, but also how concepts such as agency\, democracy\, privacy and autonomy are affected by AI tools.
\nAside from the aforementioned subjects\, other topics of interest are: the interaction between humans and LLMs broadly construed\, AI driven misinformation\, AI and the educational sector\, AI and inequality\, and other connected issues.
\nThe conference will take place on the 9th and 10th of May in Bucharest\, Romania and online. Regular presentations will be 20 minutes long\, followed by 10 minutes long Q&\;A.
\nIt will have a mixed format\, in that speakers may choose whether they present online only or face to face at the event's location (if so\, their session will enjoy a live audience\, but it will also be streamed to remote participants).
ORGANIZER;CN=Sandra-Catalina Branzaru;CN="Catalina Frâncu";CN=Daniel Cristian Stancu;CN=E.G. Rosu;CN=David Buciuman;CN=Petru A. Costeschi;CN=Alexia Lungianu;CN=Andreea-Isabela Gavrila: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260510T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Riga:20260510T140000 SUMMARY:The F-word: autofiction as resistance to patriarchy UID:20260423T162328Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Riga LOCATION:Saulkrasti\, Latvia DESCRIPTION:Feminism gives us a vision\, a framework\, and tools to upend systems. One of those systems is how we think of language and the self. Is it possible to say what is true\, when stories are always already framed by the world in which they take place? What role does autofiction play in our own lives\, in the process of resistance\, in the call for that which remains invisible? The poetic attention inherent in autofiction\, in escrevivê\;ncia\, that is inherent in the work\, is created for and by and to address the necessity of the impossible. Autofiction as an act of God\, of the transcendent that manifests itself in the real\, in lived experience\, and as such is aimed at resisting the patriarchy.
\nIn this symposium we aim to bring together people with whom this theme resonates\, and we ask people to share from their own life\, practise\, profession\, in order to create an ongoing conversation as a way to build resilience. We explicitly invite people to embrace the difference they bring in to contribute towards this shared endeavour. \;
\nAutofiction as Resistance as a method
\nDuring this week we aim to work together on exploring the themes that are central to this circle also in the way we participate. We explicitly invite people to share their insights\, artistic practises and theoretic understanding in a way that invites collaborative thinking. For this reason academic presentations are not accepted\, although a presentation can be a part of a larger workshop. Please indicate in your application how much time you would need for your intervention\, and a brief description on how you aim to use the time allotted to your session. First-time experiments are as welcome as tested concepts. \;
\nParticipants without workshops/sharing of their own personal project/ideas are also most welcome to collaborate during the week in the interactive program. \;
\nAbout Nordic Summer University (NSU):
\nNSU is a space for collaboration between disciplines/peoples/ideas. During the Summer Session several study circles\, each hosting their own program\, will come together &ndash\; participants are welcome to join different circles/programmes during the week. NSU is a horizontal organisation\, being present means you are a member and part of the organisation.
\nCosts
\nNSU offers a limited amount of grants and scholarships. If you are interested in receiving one (which means a reduced participation fee of 100 euro for the whole week)\, please let us know while applying. \;
\n100 euros Scholarship (in shared 4-bed rooms with shared bathroom)
\n1250 euros Institutional price/any room type
\n900 euros Institutional price PhD/any room type
\n950 euros Single room
\n700 euros Bed in double room
\n1000 euros Double room 1 adult 1 child
\n1200 euros Family room 1 adult 2 children
\n1800 euros Family room 2 adults 2 children
\n1500 euros Family room 2 adults 1 child
\n500 euros Camping \;
\nThis includes accommodation and all meals for the full week. The price also includes NSU membership\, so it is not necessary to purchase it separately. Those who have already attended a winter symposium and paid the membership will receive a discount code to deduct the membership fee. No refunds will be given if participants pay membership twice by mistake\, so please mention in your application that you already attended an NSU event this year\, to receive a discount code.
\nDeadlines
\nPlease send us a short text explaining your aim / topic / idea\, how much time you would need to host the experience\, and what materials you would require (paper/paint/bicycles)\, which we will try to accommodate. \;
\nPlease send us your application by April 5th. Especially if you would like to be considered to receive a grant/scholarship\, as decisions on grants/scholarships will be made at the end of April. Deadline to confirm and pay your spot as a grant/scholarship receiver is May 1st. \;
\nOther applicants are accepted on a rolling basis. Final deadline to apply: May 10th. By May 15th you will need to register and pay for the accommodation.
\nApplications and queries can be send to: nicole.nobyeni@nsuweb.org
\nPlease be aware that everyone involved at Nordic Summer University is collaborating on a voluntary basis.
\nAbout the Circle:
\nHow to think/write/be/inter-act without being limited by an already outlined goal/outcome/impact? How to explore what is messy/confused/embodied while accepting that exploration is always also taking place within philosophy/genre/language/life &ndash\; within what is. That is\, our attempt to explore\, to transcend our sites of speech happens in this world and is framed by the situatedness of our lives. Could it be otherwise? This study circle aims to take advantage of the network\, space and openness provided by the Nordic Summer University to raise questions that cannot be answered/grounded/voiced\, for philosophers/writers/feminists and/or/as-well-as those who are other(s/ed/ing). \;
\nThis study circle will explore the liminality of not belonging in a discipline/space/frame/ category/nation. Accepting language as the limit/tool/curse and an unavoidable starting point\, building upon the work of Irigaray/Arendt/Ettinger\, this state of exception of being-with/in/of language is not simple put aside\, but accepted as a reality which is &ldquo\;disturbing\, overwhelming\, and sometimes too close for comfort&rdquo\;. \;
\nThese tensions open up a liminal space &ndash\; how to think/write/be/inter-act within such a space\, while being an/Other\\not-I/(m)\\Other within feminist philosophy? How to write/create/live as a being that is more than the categories available to mark/describe/situate them? How to explore power as a temporary space\, a moment\, political and liminal? How to read and ground ourselves in feminist philosophy while also living/m-othering/PhD-ing? How to even ask/write/question these questions\, without falling prey to the linearity inherent in what/who/why it means to question? \;
\nMore information: https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-4-an-other-not-i-m-other-in-feminist-philosophy/ \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole Des Bouvrie: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T234500 SUMMARY:MANCEPT Workshop on Republican Political Economy UID:20260423T162329Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Since the publication of Quentin Skinner (1997) and Philip Pettit&rsquo\;s (1999) groundbreaking analyses of the republican tradition and the notion of freedom as non-domination associated with it\, political theorists and philosophers have applied the &ldquo\;neo-republican&rdquo\; lens to a wide variety of political issues. One domain where the implications of neo-republicanism are particularly contested is political economy. While some neo-republicans posit that republicans should simply want a familiar type of competitive market economy supplemented by a universal basic income (Pettit 2006\, Lovett 2009)\, many others have argued that the implications of republican values may well be more radical. To truly realize freedom as non-domination\, they have argued\, we may need a property-owning democracy (Thomas 2017)\, an economy of worker cooperatives (Gourevitch 2014)\, or even some form of socialism (O&rsquo\;Shea 2020\, Muldoon 2022). In addition to these big-picture questions about economic systems\, however\, neo-republican theory has much to offer for the normative analysis of more particular economic phenomena\, such as work\, debt\, housing\, financialization\, trade\, and many others.
This panel will serve as a venue for theorists to further interrogate the implications of republican values for normative political economy. We invite proposals that address\, but are not limited to\, the following questions:
If you are interested in participating\, please send a 500-word abstract to mjaarte@stanford.edu by May 10th. \;
\n
The MANCEPT Workshops is an annual conference in political theory\, organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory. The conference offers academics an opportunity to come together in a series of workshops to develop specialised work and engage in lively philosophical discussion. Attracting scholars throughout the world\, the conference is now established as a leading international forum dedicated to the development of research in all subfields of political theory. You can find more information here: \;https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/activities/mancept-workshops-2026/
This workshop will focus on questions of justice raised by efforts to litigate the climate crisis. \;
\nAs climate change progresses\, individuals and groups are increasingly turning to the courts in pursuit of climate justice. As of March 31\, 2026\, the Climate Litigation Database maintained by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law lists over 4800 climate court cases\, nearly 70% of which were filed in the USA. Climate lawsuits have been used to pursue a variety of goals\, including injunctions on fossil fuel extraction\, stronger regulation of greenhouse gas emissions\, the implementation or funding of adaptation measures\, compensation for climate loss and damage\, and even punishment of those who contribute to severe climate-related harm. Climate litigation may also be undertaken for strategic reasons\, in an effort to promote awareness of the climate crisis\, undermine the social license of those contributing to it\, and spur more systemic change.
\nThough climate litigation is often used in an attempt to pursue goals of climate justice\, its use for this purpose raises various normative questions. These include questions about the legitimate role of the courts in climate governance\, and the potential for litigation to reproduce patterns of disadvantage due to the unequal accessibility of legal remedies. Some have also raised concerns that climate litigation could prove strategically counterproductive\, for example by spurring political backlash. \;
\nThis workshop will examine how litigation might be used as a tool in the pursuit of climate justice\, new concerns of justice that are raised by such efforts\, and how such concerns might be addressed.
\nQuestions that papers may examine include:
\nHow might litigation serve to promote or undermine climate justice?
\nWhat role should courts play in climate governance?
\nWhen should judicial interventions into climate policy be viewed as legitimate or illegitimate?
\nHow might climate litigation provide access to justice without reproducing existing inequalities?
\nWhat kinds of legal innovation or evolution might be required for the law to adequately respond to the challenge of climate change?
\nWhat are the ethical responsibilities of legal practitioners regarding climate litigation?
\nWhat is the proper role of scientists\, and scientific research\, in supporting climate litigation?
\nWhat role might philosophers and political theorists play in supporting climate litigation?
\nConfirmed speakers: Megan Blomfield\, Laura \;Garcí\;a‐Portela\, Santiago Truccone\, and Paula Nieto \;Herná\;ndez
\nCFA
\nIf you would like to present a paper at this workshop\, please send an abstract of 300-500 words to m.blomfield@sheffield.ac.uk\, by midnight UK time on Monday the 11th of May. Please include your name and any affiliation. We will endeavour to inform you whether your paper has been accepted by May 22nd.
\nPapers will be pre-circulated and everyone attending the workshop will be asked to read the whole set of papers in advance (anticipated to be approx. 6-10 papers). The deadline to submit full versions of the conference papers (maximum 8000 words) will be confirmed after acceptance\, but is likely to be around August 20th.
\nPractical information
\nPlease note that this workshop will take place on Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th of September. This year&rsquo\;s MANCEPT workshops are expected to take place in-person only. If this will be a barrier to your participation\, please make note of this in your submission.
\nParticipants will be required to register in full for the MANCEPT workshops (September 2nd to 4th) and will be free to attend other panels when ours is not running. Information about registration fees and how to apply for a bursary will be available at:https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/activities/mancept-workshops-2026/
\nIf you have any questions\, please don&rsquo\;t hesitate to contact us at: m.blomfield@sheffield.ac.uk
ORGANIZER;CN=Megan Blomfield;CN="Laura García-Portela";CN=Santiago Truccone: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T141500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T154500 SUMMARY:“Equality and the Right to Abortion” UID:20260423T162331Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce a series of three online seminars\, each dedicated to the discussion with the author(s) of a draft paper circulated among participants in advance.
\nEach paper and seminar engages\, in a different way\, with the moral limits of shaping others. The first seminar will focus on a paper by Areti Theofilopoulou (Warwick) that examines the distinction between coercive control and boundary-setting in romantic relationships. The second will discuss a paper by Christie Harley (Georgia State) and Ashley Lindsley-Kim (British Columbia)\, arguing for abortion rights on the grounds that state-enforced pregnancy and childbirth are incompatible with the status of equal citizenship. The third and final seminar will consider a paper by Nanette Ryan (Singapore) and Joshua Lucza (Singapore) which argues that\, in response to the climate crisis\, children&rsquo\;s capacities for responsible\, reflective\, and ethically engaged citizenship should be prioritized over cultivating frugal preferences in children.
\nMonday\, May 4\, 2026: Areti Theofilopoulou (Warwick)\, &ldquo\;Is It Control or Boundary-Setting?&rdquo\;
\nMonday\, May 11\, 2026: Christie Hartley (Georgia State) and Ashley Lindsley-Kim (British Columbia)\, &ldquo\;Equality and the Right to Abortion&rdquo\;
\nMonday\, May 18\, 2026: Nanette Ryan (Singapore)\, &ldquo\;Cultivating Frugal Preferences in Children: A Response to the Climate Crisis&rdquo\; (co-authored with Joshua Lucza)
\nThe seminars will be held online on Mondays at 2.15-3.45 p.m. CET. \;
\nWe welcome participants at any or all of the seminars! Please email justparenthood.project@gmail.com to receive the draft papers and the online meeting link.
\nThe seminars are organized by Francesca Miccoli (Basel)\, Tom Bailey (John Cabot)\, and Johanna Rensing (Basel).
ORGANIZER;CN=Tom Bailey: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T080000 SUMMARY:MANCEPT Workshop on Theories of Public Reason UID:20260423T162332Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Theories of Public Reason
\nPanel at the 2026 MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory\, 2-4 September 2026 \;
\nThis panel seeks to bring together those working on issues related to public reason\, broadly conceived. Public reason is an influential framework for understanding how liberal democracies can make fair decisions for diverse citizenries. There is now an extensive literature around public reason: alongside John Rawls&rsquo\;s well-known account\, variants of the idea have been developed in the work of Gerald Gaus\, Jonathan Quong\, Andrew Lister\, Kevin Vallier\, Christie Hartley\, Lori Watson\, and others.
\nWe intend for this panel to have a broad remit within this topic. So\, we invite submissions contributing to any of the classic debates internal to public reason liberalism\, including\, e.g.\, the correct foundations of public reason requirements and the appropriate level of idealisation for public reason&rsquo\;s &lsquo\;justificatory constituency&rsquo\;. Papers on the application of the idea of public reason to the international domain also are welcome. Relatedly\, we are interested in the clash between competing approaches to public reason\, as exemplified by the debates between &lsquo\;consensus&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;convergence&rsquo\; public reason liberals. In addition\, we are open to submissions that are critical of the public reason framework\, for instance\, from liberal perfectionist\, realist\, or agonist perspectives. Moreover\, we would be interested in discussing key issues related to political liberalism\, Rawlsian or otherwise\, that go beyond the role of public reason within it. Possible examples include the nature of legitimacy\, the debate between advocates of &lsquo\;egalitarian&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;neo-classical liberal&rsquo\; political conceptions of justice\, and questions concerning the organisation of families within pluralist societies.
\nLike all other MANCEPT workshops this year\, this event will take place in person.
\nhttps://sites.manchester.ac.uk/mancept/mancept-workshops/
\nWe invite abstracts of around 500 words\, to be sent to gabriele.badano@york.ac.uk\, \;neufeld@uwm.edu\, and tahzib@usc.edu by 12 May 2026.
ORGANIZER;CN=Gabriele Badano;CN=Blain Neufeld;CN=Collis Tahzib: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T113000 SUMMARY:Rethinking the Social Contract: A Ricœurian Perspective UID:20260423T162333Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:This presentation examines the contribution of Paul Ric&oelig\;ur&rsquo\;s political philosophy to the social contract tradition. It shall explain how Ric&oelig\;ur&rsquo\;s notion of the &ldquo\;political paradox&rdquo\; highlights the fundamental ambiguity of political power: the state exists to establish justice and protect citizens yet simultaneously contains the potential for domination and violence. Drawing on Ric&oelig\;ur&rsquo\;s understanding of justice as requiring both interpersonal ethics and institutional structures\, the presentation \;further highlights how Ric&oelig\;ur conceives institutions as essential mediations\, extending solicitude beyond \;face-to-face relationships. \;His framework for understanding ethics and institutions as necessary for actualizing the good life \;provides resources for reimagining the social contract\, by grounding political legitimacy in a distinctive type of relationality and the dynamic pursuit of just institutional arrangements\, rather than mere hypothetical\, rational\, and abstract consent.
\nDr. Laure Gillot-Assayag is a postdoctoral scholar at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at Goethe University Frankfurt\, Germany (Democratic Vistas). Former visiting scholar at Monash University (Prato campus)\, she published her research in political philosophy in the \;Ric&oelig\;ur \;Studies\, \;the Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy\, \;the \;Journal of Philosophy of Education\, and soon \;Democratic Theory. Her book on Paul Ric&oelig\;ur is forthcoming with SUNY Press. In 2025\, she received \;the Paul Ric&oelig\;ur Excellence Prize for the best paper on Paul Ric&oelig\;ur.
ORGANIZER;CN=Christopher Watkin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T215736Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260514T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260515T170000 SUMMARY:STAL 2026 UID:20260423T162334Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-g4ggw TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Carmen de la Victoria\, Cta. del Chapiz\, 9\, Granada\, Spain\, 18010 DESCRIPTION:Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL-2026) is an international and interdisciplinary workshop whose primary aim is to gather work on slurs from languages that have been seldom discussed in the recent philosophical and semantic literature\, and in particular\, from sign languages and non-Indo-European languages. It aims to bring to light new empirical data and uncover novel interesting phenomena that may have the potential to challenge current theories of slurs. We search for theoretical and empirical studies of slurs from such languages\, comparisons with English slurs\, as well as wider cross-linguistic approaches. We also welcome developments of extant theories in application to the new data or previously neglected phenomena.
\nProgram Committee
\nJustina Berskyte (University of Manchester)\, Bianca Cepollaro (University Vita-Salute San Raffaele)\, Filippo Domaneschi (University of Genoa)\, Leopold Hess (Jagiellonian University)\, Elsi Kaiser (University of Southern California)\, Chang Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)\, Nicolas Lo Guercio (CONICET/University of Buenos Aires)\, Elin McCready (ICREA/Autonomous University of Barcelona)\, Alba Moreno Zurita (University of Santiago de Compostela)\, Eleonora Orlando (CONICET/University of Buenos Aires)\, Camilo Rodriguez Ronderos (University of Oslo)\, André\;s Saab (SADAF/University of Buenos Aires)\, Isidora Stojanovic (CNRS/Institut Jean Nicod &\; Pompeu Fabra University)\, Simone Sulpizio (University of Milano-Bicocca)\, Neftali Villanueva (University of Granada)\, Dan Zeman (University of Porto).
\nOrganizing committee
\nThe workshop is organized by Neftali Villanueva (University of Granada)\, Alba Moreno Zurita (University of Santiago de Compostela)\, Sergio Guerra (University of Granada)\, Dan Zeman (University of Porto) and Isidora Stojanovic (CNRS &\; Pompeu Fabra University) \;
\nAccommodation
\nPlease note that the organizers won&rsquo\;t cover accommodation costs. It is\, however\, possible to book rooms for participants at the venue of the conference for the duration of the workshop (3 nights: May 13-16) at the usual rates. Participants should let the organizers know in advance if they have this preference. \;
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