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"Bitcoins Left and Right: A Normative Assessment of a Digital Currency"
Authors: Lars Lindblom and Joakim Sandberg
Interviewer: Violet Victoria
Date and Time: October 6\, 2026\, 12 pm EST (18:00 CET)
[Thi is the final interview in the series. Recordings of prior interviews can be found on Phinance.]
ORGANIZER;CN=Lisa Warenski;CN=Emiliano Ippoliti: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260429T210000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261126T170000 SUMMARY:Séminaire Arendt 2026 UID:20261022T220051Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 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:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260604T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Stanley Cavell at 100. An International Centennial Conference UID:20261022T220052Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:Roma\; Paris\; Boston\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Stanley Cavell at 100 \; An International Centennial Conference \; \;
Paris: \;4-5 June 2026 \;| Organized by Sandra Laugier\, Université\; Paris 1 Panthé\;on Sorbonne \; Rome: 8-9 June 2026 \;| Organized by Piergiorgio Donatelli\, Sapienza Università\; di Roma \; Boston: 23-24 October 2026 \;| Organized by Juliet Floyd\, Boston University \; \; \;
In 2026\, we mark the centenary of \;Stanley Cavell (1926&ndash\;2026)\, one of the \;most original and wide-ranging American philosophers of the twentieth century. Cavell&rsquo\;s work traversed traditional disciplinary boundaries&mdash\;engaging deeply with philosophy\, literature\, film\, opera\, psychoanalysis\, politics\, and both American and European traditions of thought. In the spirit of his intellectual breadth and transnational sensibility\, we are organizing a three-part international conference to celebrate his life\, work\, and legacy in Paris\, Rome\, and Boston.
\nWhy This Conference Matters
\nStanley Cavell transformed philosophy into an act of acknowledgment&mdash\;of self\, of others\, and of the everyday. His writings on skepticism\, language\, film\, and the ordinary remain vital at a time when trust in both language and human connection faces renewed challenges. From \;Must We Mean What We Say? \;to \;The Claim of Reason\, from \;The World Viewed \;to \;Pursuits of Happiness\, and through his readings of Emerson and Thoreau\, Cavell helped redefine the scope and style of philosophical writing and teaching.
\nHis engagement with Wittgenstein and Austin reinvigorated the ordinary language tradition\, while his interests in modernism\, cinema\, and American transcendentalism forged a philosophical voice that responded to&mdash\;and often transcended&mdash\;the academic context.
\nThis centennial conference will bring together philosophers\, literary scholars\, and critics to reflect on Cavell&rsquo\;s legacy and extend the conversations he began.
\nThis call for papers concerns all three installments&mdash\;Paris\, Rome\, and Boston&mdash\;of the Cavell at 100 conference.
\nSuggested Themes:
\nWe welcome proposals that engage with the following themes or propose new directions for exploring Cavell&rsquo\;s thought.
\nConference Foci:
\nParis will focus especially on Ordinary Language Philosophy\, Film\, and Popular Culture.
\nRome will center mainly on Ethics\, Politics\, and Forms of Life.
\nBoston will treat primarily Philosophy and Literature\, Tragedy\, Music\, and the Idea of America.
\nSome themes&mdash\;such as skepticism\, modernism\, the ordinary&mdash\;cut across all three conferences.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260924T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261231T170000 SUMMARY:Reading Gramsci: Context\, Concepts\, and Critique UID:20261022T220053Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Join us for a weekly close reading of Gramsci&rsquo\;s Prison Notebooks! The group has a twofold goal: first\, to analyze contemporary political events through the categories formulated in the text\; and second\, to critically examine potential blind spots in Gramsci&rsquo\;s work regarding race\, gender\, and empire\, while keeping in mind the historical context in which he wrote.
TIME
THURSDAYS: weekly\, beginning September 24\, 2026.
5-6 PM Eastern US Time.
FACILITATOR
Giusi \;Russo is an associate professor of History at Montgomery County Community College in the greater Philadelphia area. Her research focuses on the relationship between the Italian left and internal colonialism\, as well as the entanglements between bodies and European empires. She is the author of \;Women\, Empires\, and Body Politics at the United Nations\, 1946&ndash\;1975 \;(University of Nebraska Press\, 2023) and has published extensively on the colonial history of the United Nations and on the construction of colonial and post-colonial narratives. She is currently working on a book project under contract with Routledge\, titled\, \;The Aesthetics of Third-Worldism in Italy: Bodies\, Spaces\, and Oppression.
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We are a mix of rogue scholars\, disgruntled academics\, disenchanted buddhists\, enchantment-hungry anarchists\, radical therapists\, and general weirdos looking to create autonomous and accessible forms of &ldquo\;higher education.&rdquo\;
We offer online seminars and reading groups to incite personal exploration and inspire community action. Incite Seminars offers an educational experience. We do so by gathering an engaged group of participants for a dynamic exchange of ideas\, led by skilled facilitators. All of our facilitators have a deep relationship to a subject or topic through intensive study or practice.
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Call for Abstracts for The Zicklin Center Normative Business Ethics Workshop Series
\nOver the 2026-2027 academic year\, the Zicklin Center for Governance and Business Ethics at the Wharton School\, University of Pennsylvania\, will convene a regular works-in-progress series for scholars working in normative business ethics (NBE). In particular\, the Series will workshop papers pursuing business ethics issues from a normative perspective\, or papers in moral or political philosophy with implications for the market\, distributive justice\, labor relations\, the role of business in society\, etc.
\nWorkshop Objectives
\nThe Series is part of an effort to foster normative business ethics in the academy and the public sphere. This particular initiative has two key objectives: First\, it endeavors to provide a regular forum for scholars working on business ethics from a normative perspective. The community of such scholars is relatively small\, and dispersed across numerous institutions\, and there are few opportunities for these individuals to convene and share work. This Series is an effort to connect these scholars and to enrich their shared intellectual life. Second\, the Series aims to be especially valuable to junior faculty and advanced graduate students\, by providing them with feedback from\, and opportunities to interact with\, more established members of the normative business ethics community. To that end\, we hope to have (at least) one junior author and one senior author at each session.
\nWorkshop Format
\nThe workshop will meet six times over the academic year. Any academic or practitioner with an interest in normative business ethics is invited to attend the sessions. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come with feedback for the paper authors. To maximize the opportunity for paper improvement\, authors will not present their papers\; we will instead spend our time together on questions and comments for the author.
\nSessions will be held on Fridays\, beginning at 1:00 pm unless otherwise indicated. We will discuss two to three papers at each session. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come prepared to offer feedback.
\nWe plan to hold all sessions in-person\, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania\, in Philadelphia.
\nSession Dates:
\nSeptember 25th\, 2026
\nOctober 30th\, 2026
\nJanuary 29th\, 2027
\nFebruary 26th\, 2027
\nMarch 19th\, 2027
\nApril 16th\, 2027
\nCall for Abstracts
\nWe invite abstract submissions from \;faculty and post-docs\, and from graduate students who have advanced to the ABD stage. \;Preferential treatment will be given to those who have not presented work at the Series before\, and we especially welcome submissions from women and under-represented minorities.
\nThe abstract should propose a paper in normative business ethics\, as described above. We ask that submissions offer a fairly detailed sense of the paper without exceeding 500 words.
\nWe ask that applicants identify three of the above dates\, in order of preference\, at which they would like to present their work. Please send your abstract to Brian Berkey &ndash\; bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu -- by July 15th\, 2026. Individuals will be notified about whether their paper has been selected for presentation by August 3rd\, 2026.
\nInformation for Selected Authors
\nThe Zicklin Center will cover reasonable travel and accommodation expenses for paper authors for the session at which their paper will be discussed.
\nReimbursement for travel expenses is subject to two conditions. By accepting the offer to workshop a paper\, the paper author pledges that:
\n1. \; \; \; \; The paper they will share is at a stage of development where the author can incorporate feedback gained at the workshop (e.g.\, the paper is not yet in page proofs or in print)\; and
\n2. \; \; \; \; The paper author will send their draft paper to the organizers no fewer than 14 days before their presentation date.
\nFor co-authored papers\, we can ordinarily only provide travel funding for one of the authors\, though other co-authors are welcome to attend.
\nPlease address any questions about the CFA or the workshop to one of the organizers: Brian Berkey (bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu)\, Amy Sepinwall (sepin@wharton.upenn.edu)\, Julian Jonker (jonker@wharton.upenn.edu)\, or Paul Forrester (pforr@wharton.upenn.edu).
ORGANIZER;CN=Brian Berkey;CN=Amy J. Sepinwall;CN=Julian Jonker;CN=Paul Forrester: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261009T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20270115T170000 SUMMARY:Technology and citizenship - V IF Conference · First International Conference UID:20261022T220055Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Gijón\, Spain\, Gijón\, Spain DESCRIPTION:Hello! We are the IF Group (Engineering and Philosophy - Ingenierí\;a y Filosofí\;a)\, a working group of the MediaLab at the University of Oviedo that develops its work from a hybridization between the two branches of knowledge that give us our name. We have a great invitation for you: come to Gijó\;n on March 29\, 30\, and 31\, 2027.
\nWe are preparing the V IF Conference (our first international conference!)\, in which\, once again\, we will address technological issues from a hybrid\, reflective\, and collaborative perspective. The title for this edition is IF 9.0: Technology and Citizenship. We want to open a space to discuss different technological and engineering issues that affect citizenship in a broad sense. We will debate questions\, problems\, and possible solutions that technology offers to people. We will listen to researchers\, but also to companies\, teachers\, civil society organizations\, and anyone interested in reflecting on technology and its relationship with people. The general reflections will revolve around questions such as the following: can we make fairer technologies?\; are our designs the most appropriate for people and the environment?\; do we lead and control the technologies we use?\; does technology serve people\, or do people serve technology?\; what capabilities does it provide us and which ones do we give up by delegating more and more decisions to it?\; who is behind the dominant technologies\, and how do they use them to dominate us?\; and what about more horizontal\, democratic\, accessible\, belligerent...\, in short\, human technological approaches?
\nFor this reason\, we have proposed the following thematic axes:
\nEducation: technologies and tools that transform teaching and learning processes\, as well as the forms of access\, participation\, and knowledge creation.
\nHealth: the influence of technology on care\, well-being\, prevention\, and the improvement of people's quality of life.
\nDesign: criteria\, processes\, and practices to develop more accessible\, usable\, inclusive\, and responsible technologies.
\nAutonomy\, governance\, and politics: relationships between technology\, decision-making capacity\, power\, and citizenship\, promoting transparent\, responsible management models oriented towards the public interest.
\nSustainability and territory: responsible models that integrate environmental\, social\, and economic challenges with the inequalities and technological transformations of the territory and the spaces inhabited by humans and other species.
\nDo you want to participate? We encourage you to submit contributions that analyze these phenomena from interdisciplinary\, critical perspectives aimed at imagining more habitable digital futures. If you develop research or teaching\, political\, business\, social\, artistic\, or relational activities linked to the aforementioned topics\, you can send us a proposal in text format (maximum 500 words) through the following form before January 15\, 2027. We hope to see you soon!
\nYou can find more information and learn more about us on our website.
\nWe thank you in advance for your time and collaboration in disseminating this event. We remain at your entire disposal for any questions or queries.
\nKind regards\,
\nIF Group (Engineering and Philosophy) MediaLab\, University of Oviedo
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261012T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261014T170000 SUMMARY:Caring for Non-Humans: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Care among Animals\, the Environment\, and AI UID:20261022T220056Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:Praha\, Czech Republic ORGANIZER;CN=Friderike Spang;CN=John Dorsch: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261012T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261012T234500 SUMMARY:What is Economic Planning? Historical and Contemporary Perspectives UID:20261022T220057Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:1 Place St Thomas d'Aquin\, Paris\, France DESCRIPTION:The workshop aims to bring together scholars working across intellectual history\, political theory\, socio-economic history\, political economy\, sociology\, and related fields in order to foster dialogue between historically grounded perspectives on economic planning and contemporary debates about its revival. We are particularly interested in contributions examining how economic planning has been conceptualised and practised across national and international contexts\, the politics of planning\, and the ways planning histories can (or not) inform present-day political and policy discussions. We are looking for both empirical and theoretical papers from diverse disciplinary angles.
Topics of papers may include (but are not limited to) the three following axes:
Applicants should submit an abstract of no more than 500 words outlining their proposal\, and a short CV by \;12 October 2026 \;to \;zoe.evrard@uclouvain.be \;and \;thomas.kayzel@sciencespo.fr. They will be informed of the outcome by \;20 October \;and will be requested to submit their papers by \;1st of December \;by the latest.
Please note that should your institution be unable to do so\, limited conference funds are available to support accommodation and travel expenses. \;
For the extended call for paper: \;https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lnpxkca8bkicgnyqcwgo2/What-is-planning_CfP_FINAL.pdf?rlkey=37mofilm7xw2h13r6lvab7f9j&\;st=skqr1nth&\;dl=0
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261015T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261015T170000 SUMMARY:Femmes et guerre dans la Grèce de Platon UID:20261022T220058Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:200 avenue de la République\, Nanterre\, France DESCRIPTION:Programme du 15 octobre 2026
\nBâ\;timent Ricoeur &ndash\; Salle des conseils - Université\; Paris Nanterre
\n9h00 - Accueil des participants
\n9h20 - Carmen Damour &\; Julie Mestery - Introduction \;
\n11h15 - Pause
\n12h20 - Pause dé\;jeuner
\n16h00 - Pause
\n17h05 - Conclusions
ORGANIZER;CN=Carmen Damour;CN=Julie Mestery: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261015T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261015T170000 SUMMARY:Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory UID:20261022T220059Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Catanzaro\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The conference &ldquo\;Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory&rdquo\;\, to be held on 15 October 2026 at the Monumental Complex of San Giovanni in Catanzaro and online\, will take place in a bilingual and hybrid format\, with contributions in both Italian and English. Participants may attend either in person or online. A certificate of attendance will be issued upon request.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261015T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261015T090000 SUMMARY:Public Affairs Quarterly UID:20261022T220100Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Public Affairs Quarterly will hold a special issue focusing on connections between ethics and political psychology. \; Philosophers\, political theorists\, and political psychologists are invited to submit normative papers exploring connections between these fields. \; Although contributions should be normative or conceptual\, submissions from practicing social scientists are particularly encouraged. \; Submissions may raise new philosophical questions from a social scientific point of view\, foster philosophical focus on concepts from political psychology\, or introduce new ways of approaching normative questions. \; Examples of possible topics include: opinion change in political beliefs\, bias and heuristics in political reasoning\, polarization (including its causes\, various dimensions\, and normatively significant consequences)\, rural or urban consciousness\, symmetries and asymmetries between political parties\, connections to democracy and democratic norms\, the psychology of deliberation\, attitudes toward political violence\, contact theory and politically significant relationships\, epistemic deference or resistance to expertise\, trust in media and political institutions\, and the political psychology of race and gender. \; This issue aims in particular to initiate conversations about issues of common normative concern between philosophers and political scientists. \; As such\, submissions need not be situated in an existing philosophical literature\; interested scholars are encouraged to introduce normatively significant conceptual questions from their own disciplinary point of view. \;
\nManuscripts should be between 7\,000 and 9\,000 words\, prepared for anonymous review\, and submitted through the PAQ submission portal by October 15\, 2026. Please note in the submission that this is intended for the special issue on Ethics and Political Psychology. Review will begin November 1\, 2026. The special issue is planned for Spring/Summer 2027. Questions may be directed to Ryan Davis.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261015T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261017T170000 SUMMARY:Radical Philosophy Association 18th Biennial Conference UID:20261022T220101Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Claremont\, United States DESCRIPTION:Conference Theme: Life After Capitalism? \;
The risks posed by the glocal economic and political system's nearly unlimited dependence on fossil fuels and ecological destruction have inspired reflection on the possibility that capitalism might spell the end of life as we know it\, and that the imperatives of this social\, political\, and economic system work against life itself. As these risks have become more apparent\, this system has only become more entrenched\, exerting progressively greater control over our patterns of production and consumption\, forms of life\, and collective political imagination. But the difficulty of envisaging life after capitalism has not translated intoa shortage of theoretical\, practical\, and artistic work on this topic. It seems rather to have spurred a rich and diverse range of attempts to imagine and enact alternative forms of social organization\, discern the possibility and dangers of revolutionary transformation\, learn from the traditions of exploited and dispossessed peoples around the world\, and assess the prospects of escape - or collapse.
The programe committee of the 18th biennial conference of the Radical Philosophy Association encourages submissions on the theme of life after capitalism\, with a special emphasis on three areas: ecology\, humanity\, and utopia. Submissions are encouraged that address any area of these topics\, including the following:
Ecology
degrowth v. eco-modernism\; afro-\, anti-colonial\, and indigenous resistance to ecological destruction\; eco-fascism\, eco-socialism\, and anarchism\; revolutionary strategy and environmental collapse\; extractivism and its critiques\; political economy and the global energy system\; ecological flourishing and ecological catastrophe\; the political\, epistemic\, or ontological concept of life
Humanity
humanism and its critics (e.g. Afro-pessimism\, posthumanism\, theoretical antihumanism)\; humanity's relationship to the environment and to itself\; pre- and post-capitalist forms of life\; political organization and political strategy\; organizing society differently in theory and practice\; capitalist production and social repdoction\; the experience of economic and social collapse
Utopia
uses and abuses of utopia/distopia\; the end of the world and the end of capitalism\; theorizing revolutionary transformation\; imagining life before\, after\, or outside of capitalism\; political temporality: kairos\, kronos\, and apocalypse
We welcome single paper\, panel\, and workshop submissions on any area related to these themes\, or to radical philosophy mroe broadly construed. Individual authors are asked to submit anonymized abstracts of 250-400 words (maximum) to \;radical.philosophy.association@gmail.com. For panel submissions (maximum 3 speakers)\, please send an abstract for each paper\, as well as a more general panel abstract. All papers received by \;February 15\, 2026\, \;will be anonymously reviewed. \;
Pace University Center for Ethical Thinking's Third Thursdays Speaker Series brings together scholars from a range of disciplines doing innovative work in ethics\, political theory\, and related areas. \;
\nAll attendees who are not Pace University students or employees must register in advance to attend. \;
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ORGANIZER;CN=Eddis Miller: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T170000 SUMMARY:PRAGMATISM\, AMERICAN PHILOSOPHIES\, AND THE CRITIQUE OF POWER UID:20261022T220103Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Winningham Building\, room 107\, Charlotte\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Sofia Alexandratos;CN=Trevor Pearce;CN=Steven Levine: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261016T141500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261018T170000 SUMMARY:North American Association for Philosophy and Education (NAAPE) 2026 UID:20261022T220104Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Mundelein\, United States DESCRIPTION:NAAPE welcomes submissions in any area related to philosophy and education and encourages submissions from all traditions of philosophy including work that is historical\, contemporary\, \;analytic\, continental\, theoretical\, and/or applied. Furthermore\, we encourage authors working within the interdisciplinary fields of educational ethics\, moral and civic education\, and ethics of educational policy to submit to the conference. However\, we only accept papers that are written in clear\, straightforward prose that is accessible to a wide range of philosophers and educators. We therefore discourage the use of technical language that is not otherwise clearly explained in the paper. Finally\, the paper must have some bearing on education. \;If that bearing is largely implicit throughout the paper\, \;the author must\, at the very least\, gesture towards its bearing in the introduction or conclusion of the paper. Submissions for NAAPE 2026 are due \;July 1st\, 2026 by 11:59 PM CDT (UTC -5\, Chicago time). \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Dennis Arjo;CN=Drew Chambers;CN=Madison Cosby;CN=Randall R. Curren;CN=Evan Dutmer;CN=Nicholas Smith;CN=Dario Vaccaro;CN=Darby Vickers;CN=Ilya Zrudlo: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20261017T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20261018T170000 SUMMARY:The Third “Frontiers in Ethics and Political Philosophy” Workshop UID:20261022T220105Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Asia/Shanghai LOCATION:Zhejiang University\, Zijingang Campus\, Hangzhou\, China\, 310058 DESCRIPTION:The Third &ldquo\;Frontiers in Ethics and Political Philosophy&rdquo\; Workshop
\nTheme: Equal Relations and Social Justice
\n\;
\nZhejiang University: October 17-18 (Sat-Sun)\, 2026
\nSubmission Deadline: August 10 (Mon)\, 2026
\nWe are pleased to announce the Third &ldquo\;Frontiers in Ethics and Political Philosophy&rdquo\; Workshop\, which will take place at Zhejiang University on October 17-18\, 2026. This workshop aims to bring together scholars to explore and discuss issues related to equal relations and social justice\, broadly conceived.
\nWorkshop Theme: \;Equal Relations and Social Justice
\nRecent developments in ethics and political philosophy have increasingly emphasized the relational dimensions of justice\, arguing that a just society requires not only fair distributions of resources and opportunities but also social relations characterized by equality\, mutual respect\, and freedom from domination. We intend for this workshop to have a broad remit within this topic. Submissions may engage with the work of influential thinkers in these debates\, including Elizabeth Anderson\, Iris Marion Young\, David Miller\, Thomas Scanlon\, Samuel Scheffler\, and others.
\nTopics of Interest
\nWe invite submissions addressing any aspect of equal relations and social justice\, including but not limited to:
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nInterested authors are invited to submit extended abstracts (500-1000 words) for blind review. Abstracts should be submitted to frontiersworkshop@foxmail.com by August 10\, 2026. We welcome submissions from scholars at all career stages.
\nLanguages: English\, Chinese.
\nThere will be 6-8 refereed talks (30 minutes each). Please also indicate whether you would like to be considered as a commentator.
\nParticipants are responsible for their own transportation expenses. Accommodation and meals will be covered by the organizers.
\nImportant Dates
\nContact Information
\nFor inquiries\, please contact Xuanpu Zhuang at xuanpuzhuang@zju.edu.cn \;or Jiangmei Liu at jl319@zju.edu.cn.
ORGANIZER;CN=Xuanpu Zhuang;CN=Jiangmei Liu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261019T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261019T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Free Speech UID:20261022T220106Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION: Bd du Pont-d’Arve 40\, \, Genève\, Switzerland\, 1203 DESCRIPTION:Philosophy of Free Speech
\nUniversity of Geneva\, Uni Mail &mdash\; Room M6620
\nBd du Pont-d&rsquo\;Arve 40\, 1205 Genè\;ve
\nTo join online via zoom\, contact ruben.marciel@unige.ch \;
\n11:15 &ndash\; 11:30 Welcome
\nSession 1 \; \; Chair: Beatrice Bella
\n11:30 &ndash\; 12:30 Uğur Aytaç\;\, Utrecht University
\nJustifying a labor right to counterpublics
\n12:30 &ndash\; 13:30 David Guerrero\, Pompeu Fabra University
\nLack of access\, misrepresentation\, and failure of speech choices: three blind spots of neorepublican accounts of free speech
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; 13:30 &ndash\; 14:30 Lunch Break \; \; \; \; \;
\nSession 2 \; \; Chair: Matthieu Debief
\n14:30 &ndash\; 15:30 Jeffrey Howard\, University College London
\nSpeech\, Harm\, and Public Office
\n15:30 &ndash\; 16:30 Suzanne Whitten\, Queen&rsquo\;s University Belfast
\nWhen does a march become a &lsquo\;hate march&rsquo\;?
\n\;
\n16:30 &ndash\; 17:00 Coffee Break
\nSession 3 \; \; Chair: Marta Dainesi
\n17:00 &ndash\; 18:00 Rowan Cruft\, University of Stirling
\nWhat is the point of news media in the digital age? A social rights perspective
\nOrganized by Rubé\;n Marciel. To join online\, please drop an email to ruben.marciel@unige.ch.
\nFunded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grant nº\; 224920)
ORGANIZER;CN="Rubén Marciel": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261020T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261020T000000 SUMMARY:Perspectives on Political Legitimacy UID:20261022T220107Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Vienna\, Austria DESCRIPTION:Perspectives on Political Legitimacy
\nCentral European University\, Vienna\, November 26-27\, 2026
\n\;
\nFew would deny that legitimacy and legitimate rule are among key theoretical challenges of contemporary societies. Yet\, across the vastly different approaches to these concepts (descriptive\, realist\, epistemic\, Weberian\, legal-theoretic\, democratic\, Rawlsian\, public-reason\, and others)\, it remains an open question to what extent these traditions ask the same questions or address the same underlying concerns.
\nThe aim of the workshop is to bring different approaches to political legitimacy into conversation and to explore where they intersect. By bringing perspectives that are not always in direct dialogue into the same room\, the workshop seeks to identify points of convergence\, shared problems\, productive disagreements\, and possibilities for conceptual exchange.
\n\nWe therefore invite contributions that explore topics related to political legitimacy\, legitimate rule\, authority\, or democracy\, regardless of theoretical tradition or perspective.
\nIf interested\, please send abstracts of around 300 words to cibikm@ceu.edu. The deadline for submissions is October 20\, 2026. The decision to accept the applications will be made and communicated no later than October 25th\, 2026.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261020T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261020T170000 SUMMARY:Book Manuscript Workshop with Martin Van Hees: "Assessing Freedom: Conceptual\, Methodological and Political Implications" (by Keith Dowding and Martin van Hees) UID:20261022T220108Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Université de Fribourg\, MIS04 411\, Fribourg\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:Location: \;University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
\nRoom: \;MIS04 411 \;
\nProgramme \;
\n10:30-12:00 Negative and positive freedom (Commentator: Pietro Intropi) \;
\n13:30-15:00 The extent of freedom (Commentator: Kacper Kowalczyk) \;
\n15:15-16:45 The value of freedom (Commentator: Ralf Bader) \;
\n17:00-18:30 The political implications of plural concepts (Commentator: Alexandra Couto) \;
\nRegistration: \;to register for the workshop and receive the manuscript\, contact Pietro Intropi: \;pietro.intropi@unifr.ch
ORGANIZER;CN=Pietro Intropi;CN=Ralf M. Bader: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Chongqing:20261021T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Chongqing:20261022T170000 SUMMARY:Digital Ethics and Wellbeing UID:20261022T220109Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Asia/Chongqing LOCATION:220 Handan Lu\, Shanghai\, China\, 200433 DESCRIPTION:The conference explores the ethics and wellbeing impact of digital technology use (online activity\, gaming\, smartphone use\, AI\, VR etc.) from philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives. We welcome contributions on a wide range of topics within this field\, for example \; \;gaming and mental health\, use of AI and VR to support wellbeing in different groups (e.g. young people and older adults)\, use of AI and VR to foster new understandings and ideas for wellbeing and individual and collective ways of living\, social media use and personal development\, existential aspects of AI companionship\, and how normative consideration and \;knowledge of the wellbeing impact can inform design of technology\, interventions and policy making\, and comparative studies o Chinese and Western approaches to ethical assessment and to integrating ethical concerns in innovation and implementation processes. \;
ORGANIZER;CN="Søren Klausen": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261021T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261021T170000 SUMMARY:Deep Disagreement and the Limits of Argumentation UID:20261022T220110Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:Klemensova 19\, Bratislava\, Slovakia\, 81109 DESCRIPTION:We invite submissions of abstracts for a one-day symposium exploring the nature and consequences of deep disagreement for argumentation theory. When interlocutors lack shared premises\, standards of evidence\, or even criteria for what counts as a good argument\, what &mdash\; if anything &mdash\; can argumentation still accomplish?
\nKeynote Speaker: Scott F. Aikin (Vanderbilt University) &mdash\; "Deep Disagreement and the Owl of Minerva Problem"
\nTopics of interest include:
\n- The nature and scope of deep disagreement
\n- Epistemic and argumentative responses to fundamental disagreement
\n- The limits of rational persuasion
\n- Deep disagreement in political\, moral\, and religious contexts
\n- The role of argumentation in polarized discourse
\n- Argumentation and epistemic agency under conditions of disagreement
\nSubmission Guidelines: Please submit an abstract of 300&ndash\;500 words to deepdisagreement2026@gmail.com by June 30\, 2026. Include your name\, affiliation\, and contact details in the body of the email.
\nNotification of acceptance: August 1\, 2026.
\nThere is no registration fee.
\nOrganizer: Tomá\;&scaron\; Kollá\;rik (Institute of Philosophy\, Slovak Academy of Sciences)
\nContact: deepdisagreement2026@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Tomas Kollarik: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261022T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Utopias of Work: Historical Perspectives UID:20261022T220111Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Oude Boteringestraat 52\, Groningen\, Netherlands\, 9712 GL DESCRIPTION:Recent changes in the world of work &ndash\; \;changes such as growing precarity in people&rsquo\;s access to the goods of work\, the rise of platform work\, the resurgent popularity of the ideal of productive self-sufficiency\, and the unequal impact of automation and AI &ndash\; have renewed interest in how work might be valued\, compensated\, and organized differently. The moral issues raised by these changes are not new\, however\, and we would benefit from revisiting the long history of thinking about ideals of work and its place in the good life. This conference turns to the history of philosophy and political economy for utopian and radical perspectives on work. We will explore how philosophers and political economists from Plato to Gandhi saw the rational or democratic organization of firms\, unions\, and labor markets as means of advancing justice\, freedom\, and virtue at work. In particular\, we are interested in insights from these figures that might help to address today&rsquo\;s injustices surrounding work. The conference will conclude with a panel on the overall relevance of returning to utopian and revolutionary thinkers from our past. What (if anything) can we learn from them for the 21st century? \;
\nKeynote Addresses
\nConference Talks
\nConference Program: \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Lisa Maria Herzog;CN=Tyler Colby Re: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261022T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Rationality and Normativity Conference UID:20261022T220112Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:nám. Svobody 331/2\, Hradec Králové\, Czech Republic DESCRIPTION:The conference is on the nature of rationality and its relation to normativity\, especially on how rationality and reasons generate norms for what to believe\, trust or doubt. Rationality provides norms governing our thinking\, not only in general (do not form incoherent beliefs)\, but also in specific cases (do not trust that obvious conman). Which reasons the agent does or does not possess\, and their quality\, is also important. This conference aims at bringing together experts on these topics and shed light on these phenomena.
\nGetting a clear picture of what rationality and reasons are and what norms they place on our thinking can aid with applied philosophical issues as well. For example\, is conspiracy thinking\, distrust towards scientific experts or falling for fake news irrational? If so\, which rational norms are violated exactly\, and under which circumstances? What does the rational standing of people who engage in these potentially irrational processes teach us about why they engage in them\, and what if anything we should do to combat these phenomena?
\nOrganization
\nOrganization committee: \;
\nAuke Montessori\, Jaroslav Malí\;k\, Zuzana Votavová\; \;
\nContact:
\nhttps://ff.uhk.cz/rationalityandnorms/#contact \;
\nThis conference is organized by the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences\, Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Hradec Krá\;lové\;\, as part of the project:
\nKnowledge in the Age of Distrust
\nFunded by the Ministry of Education\, Youth and Sports (Czech Republic). Co-funded by the European Union.
ORGANIZER;CN=Auke Montessori: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261022T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261022T170000 SUMMARY:International Workshop Counterrevolution and Democratic Transformation UID:20261022T220113Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Sankt Gallen\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:\;
\nCall for Abstracts
\n\;
\nInternational Workshop | 22 October 2026\, Chair of Philosophy\, University of St. Gallen
\nCounterrevolution and
\nDemocratic Transformation
\nWith Prof. Bernard Harcourt (Columbia University / EHESS)
\nOver the past two decades\, the world has witnessed increasing normalization of emergency measures\, restrictive border measures\, and the creation of legal and administrative apparatuses to identify\, coerce\, and eliminate internal threats. As these processes have often been driven by democratic states\, there has been intensified debates across political philosophy\, legal theory\, and critical social theory concerning how and when democratic institutions themselves can act as vehicles of authoritarian transformation. However\, disagreement remains over the mechanisms driving these processes and the conceptual vocabularies for understanding them.
\nThe workshop addresses these debates through Bernard Harcourt&rsquo\;s concept of counterrevolution. His recent analyses of counterrevolution\, counterinsurgency\, and emergency governance provide one of the most influential contemporary frameworks for understanding how coercive state rationalities migrate from exceptional contexts into ordinary democratic governance.
\nAt the centre of the workshop is an inquiry into how contemporary democratic states transform governance through legal\, political\, and security mechanisms in ways that consolidate coercive power while preserving the appearance of constitutional normality. It further asks how counterrevolutionary rationalities reshape democratic institutions through law\, administration\, and security practices\, and to what extent these transformations illuminate contemporary processes of authoritarian consolidation or fascitization.
\nThe workshop invites contributions that engage with one or more of the following questions:
\n- \; \; \; \; \; How do emergency powers and constitutional provisions become instruments of permanent governance transformation rather than temporary exception?
\n- \; \; \; \; \; By what legal and administrative mechanisms are internal enemies constructed\, classified\, and subjected to coercive state intervention?
\n- \; \; \; \; \; How do counterinsurgency rationalities migrate into the governance of domestic populations?
\n- \; \; \; \; \; To what extent is fascitization a useful analytical category for understanding contemporary authoritarian consolidation within democratic institutions\, and where does the concept reach its limits?
\nFormat
\nThe workshop takes place on 22 October 2026 at the University of St. Gallen as a one-day\, in-person event\, including a keynote presentation by Bernard Harcourt. The selected speakers will present their paper (20-30min presentation)\, followed by discussion (30 min).
\nEarly-career researchers (including advanced PhD and postdoctoral researchers) in political philosophy\, critical theory\, critical legal studies\, and related fields\, are encouraged to apply.
\nSelected papers will be considered for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Details will be communicated to participants in due course.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\n- \; \; \; \; \; Submission deadline: 31 July 2026
\n- \; \; \; \; \; Date of notification: 15 August 2026
\n- \; \; \; \; \; Workshop language: English
\n- \; \; \; \; \; The submission should include an abstract (300-500 words) for a 20&ndash\;30min presentation\, a short bio (100-200 words)\, and an indication of institutional affiliation (if applicable).
\nWe are actively seeking funding to support participant travel and accommodation (the support cannot yet be confirmed). Please indicate in your submission whether you require financial support &mdash\; this will not affect the evaluation of your application.
\nSubmissions should be sent to: Damian Nussbaumer (damian.nussbaumer@unisg.ch) and Leire Urricelqui (leire.urricelqui@unisg.ch).
ORGANIZER;CN=Leire Urricelqui;CN=Damian Nussbaumer;CN=Christine Abbt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261025T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261025T230000 SUMMARY:Negative Social Action: Silence\, Salience\, and the Politics of Absence UID:20261022T220114Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Gabelsbergerstraße 62\, Munich\, Germany DESCRIPTION:DEADLINE for Abstract Submission: 25 October 2026
\nLanguage is the specifically human alternative to physical violence. As speaking animals\, human beings are capable of inflicting harm through words alone\, and this capacity has driven scholars across philosophy of language\, linguistics\, and related disciplines to investigate verbal violence and hate speech: if we can do things with our words\, then we can also do harm with them (Austin 1962\; Langton 1993\; Maitra and McGowan 2012\; Kukla 2014\; Bianchi 2018\; Langton 2018).
\nYet what is said is only part of the picture. What happens when harm is produced not by what is said\, but by what is left unsaid\, unanswered\, unnoticed\, or absent? Silence is commonly understood as the mere absence of speech\, a neutral gap in communication\, or simply the failure to act. However\, scholars across different disciplines have increasingly challenged this conception\, arguing that silence and related forms of communicative absence are active\, socially structured\, and consequential phenomena (Maitra 2007\; Langton 2007\; Kurzon 2011\; Schrö\;ter 2013\; Tanesini 2018\; Klieber 2024). Silence can communicate\, subordinate\, exclude\, and harm (Bird 2002\; Langton 2007\; Maitra 2009\; Klieber 2024)\; it can be strategically deployed to maintain ambiguity or plausible deniability (Anthonissen 2008\; Schrö\;ter 2013\, 2019\, 2022)\, or emerge from socially organised patterns of inattention that marginalise certain voices\, perspectives\, and experiences (Fricker 2007\; Dotson 2011\; Pohlhaus 2012\; Medina 2013\; Smith and Archer 2020).
\nThis workshop takes as its starting point two converging lines of inquiry. The first concerns silence as a communicative act: a socially embedded practice capable of conveying meaning\, performing social functions\, and shaping relations (Langton 2007\; Schrö\;ter 2013\; Tanesini 2018\; Klieber 2024). The second concerns what we call the politics of absence: the socially structured forms of inattention\, non-response\, and selective salience through which collective patterns of noticing and overlooking are produced and maintained (Watzl 2017\; Wu 2024\; Kaeslin 2024\; Caprioglio Panizza 2022).
\nBy bringing these perspectives into dialogue\, the workshop extends questions traditionally associated with philosophy of language and communication studies towards philosophy of mind\, ethics and moral philosophy\, and philosophy of perception. Taken together\, they point towards a broader theoretical framework centred on negative social action: socially significant actions performed not through explicit speech or overt intervention\, but through absences\, omissions\, silences\, failures of uptake\, and organised forms of non-attention.
\nWe want to investigate cases in which harm is produced through what remains unsaid\, unacknowledged\, unanswered\, unnoticed\, or excluded from personal and collective awareness. Such harm frequently operates indirectly and diffusely\, with a high degree of deniability (Maitra 2007\; Zerubavel 2006\; Saul 2018). Rather than treating silence and inattention as passive phenomena\, the workshop examines their role in producing social meanings\, epistemic environments\, political realities\, and forms of harm.
\nWe ask how absences communicate\, how they shape what becomes collectively visible or invisible\, and how responsibility should be understood when harms arise not from what someone does or says\, but from what is omitted\, neglected\, or left unnoticed (Ayala-Ló\;pez and Vasilyeva 2016\; Smith and Archer 2020). We also welcome empirical work examining how patterns of silence\, non-response\, and inattention shape collective responses to harmful speech\, including their effects on perceived social norms and the recognition of harm (Zapata et al. 2024).
\nMore information:
ORGANIZER;CN=Irene Lo Faro;CN=Jimena Zapata: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20261026T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20261027T170000 SUMMARY:Innovation and tradition: intersections\, interactions and disputes in culture UID:20261022T220115Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:America/Mexico_City LOCATION:Cuernavaca\, Mexico DESCRIPTION:This colloquium emerges from the need to think and propose new epistemological positions to the cultural frame. From an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspective\, our aim is to bring together researchers from fields like sociology\, communication science\, Cultural Studies\, anthropology\, history\, computational sciences\, political science\, and others\, to explore critical \;reflections on cultural tradition and cultural innovation. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Omar Cerrillo: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261027T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261028T170000 SUMMARY:Race\, Ethnicity\, Religion - Categories of Descent-Based Difference UID:20261022T220116Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Bern\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\nCategories of Descent-Based Difference: Race\, Ethnicity\, Religion\, and Ethnoreligion
\nTwo-day workshop\, University of Bern
\nOctober 27 &\; 28 2026
\nAcross Europe &ndash\; and elsewhere &ndash\; politically significant boundaries often turn on forms of belonging treated as inherited: ethnic\, religious\, ethnoreligious\, or mixed. The oppression organised through such boundaries is sometimes described as racism\, even when it does not map neatly onto the colour line. This raises a general question about how race\, ethnicity\, religion\, and ethnoreligion relate to one another. Do they name distinct kinds of group\, overlapping forms of classification\, or different configurations of descent-based difference? Under what conditions do ethnic or religious groups become racialised?
\nThis workshop invites papers addressing these questions. Bosnia and Herzegovina offers one revealing example. The categories Bosniak\, Croat\, and Serb draw together national belonging\, religious affiliation\, family history\, and attributed descent. They shape political membership\, yet are neither simply religious nor straightforwardly racial categories. Belief\, practice\, self-identification\, and classification by others need not coincide\, while institutions and social practices may nevertheless treat membership as inherited and enduring. The same problem arises\, in different forms\, well beyond Southeast Europe.
\nOver recent decades\, philosophers have developed sophisticated accounts of race and racialisation. Ethnicity\, religious belonging\, and ethnoreligion have been studied extensively in history\, sociology\, anthropology\, and religious studies. Although philosophers have compared race and ethnicity\, religion and ethnoreligion have seldom been included in the same social-ontological analysis. \; Building on Morning and Manieri&rsquo\;s (2022\, 2024) proposal to compare concepts of descent-based difference\, the workshop asks whether these categories can be analysed within a common frame.
\nOne possible point of comparison is descent-based ascription: the construction of group membership as genealogically inherited and transmitted across generations. This need not involve belief in biological descent. Names\, religious practices\, language\, culture\, place of origin\, and family history may instead become signs of inherited membership. We take this proposal as a starting point for exploring the relations among race\, ethnicity\, and religion\, rather than as a framework to be assumed. What can descent-based ascription explain about these groups\, and which differences does it obscure? How does racialisation interact with ethnic\, religious\, or ethnoreligious classification\, and what follows for debates about racism?
\nSoutheast Europe\, especially former Yugoslavia\, will provide one comparative point of reference. We welcome work on European and extra-European contexts more broadly\, including papers that develop\, challenge\, or mark the limits of the proposed framework.
\nTopics
\nPossible topics include:
\nWe particularly welcome papers that expose the limits of the proposed framework or offer a different account. We also welcome historically and empirically grounded papers that use their cases to develop\, test\, or challenge an explicit conceptual or ontological claim.
\nFormat
\nPapers will be allocated 30 minutes for presentation\, followed by 30 minutes for discussion.
\nConfirmed speakers:
\nAnn Morning (New York University)
\nAdam Hochman (Macquarie University)
\nSandra King-Savić (University of Zurich)
\nVita Zalar (European University Institute)
\nSubmissions
\nPlease submit:
\nSend submissions to descent-bern@protonmail.com by September 6 2026. Decisions will be communicated by September 16.
\nWe especially encourage submissions from early-career researchers\, precariously employed or independent scholars\, and researchers working on regions and traditions underrepresented in contemporary social ontology.
\nFunding
\nFunding covering travel and accommodation costs is available for a limited number of early-career and underfunded researchers. Please indicate in the separate document if your participation depends being partly or fully funded.
\nOrganisation
\nArmin Ma&scaron\;ala\, University of Bern
\nDaniel James\, Freie Universitä\;t Berlin
ORGANIZER;CN=Daniel James;CN="Armin Mašala": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261027T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20270427T170000 SUMMARY:"Ricœur\, Dead or Alive?" Fonds Ricœur Monthly Seminar (ENS\, Paris) UID:20261022T220117Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:École Normale Supérieure\, 45 rue d'Ulm\, Paris\, France\, 75005 DESCRIPTION:Presentation of the Seminar
\nThe seminar "Actualité\;s de Ric&oelig\;ur" ("Ric&oelig\;ur Studies Today") aims to offer a space for discussion and development for early-career research on Ric&oelig\;ur. Hosted at the É\;cole Normale Supé\;rieure for the 2026&ndash\;2027 academic year\, it welcomes proposals from doctoral students\, postdoctoral researchers\, and early-career scholars who wish to explore\, extend\, or put to the test the resources of Paul Ric&oelig\;ur's philosophy.
\nThe first edition of this seminar is entitled "Ric&oelig\;ur\, Dead or Alive?" &mdash\; a deliberately ambiguous formulation\, one that invites us to question both the internal vitality of his &oelig\;uvre and its capacity to nourish the philosophical\, ethical\, and political debates of today.
\nIs Ric&oelig\;ur's hermeneutic phenomenology not defined\, in essence\, by its defense of &mdash\; and\, as it were\, its "vow" (v&oelig\;u) in favor of &mdash\; life\, the living\, and the lively? But is he still a living interlocutor\, or has his thought sedimented into heritage?
\nThe seminar will follow this format: two speakers per two-hour session\, with 30 minutes of presentation and 30 minutes of discussion for each speaker.
\nFor paper proposals\, we welcome submissions engaging with three thematic axes.
\nAxis I. Life as Resistance &ndash\; Language\, Time\, and Action
\nHow does life affirm\, narrate\, and configure itself in the face of what negates it? Ric&oelig\;ur's hermeneutic phenomenology is traversed by a fundamental tension between the power to act and the multiple forms of its hindrance. Confronted with evil\, forgetting\, or indeed death\, Ric&oelig\;ur explores the diverse forms of resistance at work within life &mdash\; metaphors\, narratives\, memories\, history. These resistances\, as actions\, possess an intrinsic logic and continue to create the meaning of life.
\nSuggested Lines of Approach
\n1. Language as resistance: How does the "living metaphor" (The Rule of Metaphor\, 1975) constitute a form of resistance to the "entropy of language\," which freezes meaning? In what sense is semantic innovation a vital act\, a "revival"?
\n2. Narrative as resistance: In Time and Narrative (1983&ndash\;1985)\, emplotment is presented as a provisional victory over temporal discordance. How are we to think this victory in the face of the radicality of Heideggerian "being-towards-death"?
\n3. Memory as resistance: Memory\, History\, Forgetting (2000) distinguishes between forgetting kept in reserve and forgetting through effacement. In what way does this distinction commit us to an ethics of memory as a form of fidelity to life?
\nAxis II. A Life of One's Own &ndash\; Selfhood\, Vulnerability\, Ethicity
\nHow might vulnerability\, far from being a limit of subjectivity\, be its very condition of ethical possibility? Ric&oelig\;ur's hermeneutics of the self is built upon the recognition of a constitutive fragility: narrative identity is always exposed to rupture\, to suffering\, to undergoing the action of the other &mdash\; the other inscribing at the very heart of the self. This axis proposes to deepen reflection on the relation between the self and the other\, and to explore the modes by which a "good life" may be accomplished\, starting from the concrete ordeals of vulnerability: trauma\, the quest for mutual recognition\, and the precariousness of existence.
\nSuggested Lines of Approach
\n4. The ordeal of narrative identity: Oneself as Another (1990) articulates idem-identity and ipse-identity around the self-constancy under trial. What becomes of this articulation when the trial is that of identity's collapse &mdash\; serious illness\, exile\, trauma? Ric&oelig\;ur's hermeneutics of narrative identity also resonates with debates on the performativity of identity and with gender studies (Butler).
\n5. The reciprocity of recognition: In The Course of Recognition (2004)\, Ric&oelig\;ur moves from self-recognition to mutual recognition. How might this course enter into dialogue with contemporary theories of vulnerability (Weil\, Levinas) or of care?
\n6. The ethical life: The "ethical aim" defined in the "ethical studies" (Oneself as Another\, Studies 5-7) seeks to realize a "good life." Does this notion remain operative in the face of situations of thwarted life\, precarity\, or desubjectivation?
\nAxis III. Ric&oelig\;ur&rsquo\;s Survival &ndash\; Present Legacies
\nRic&oelig\;ur maintained a singular relationship with his own era\, marked as much by fruitful resonances as by sharp conflicts. This axis seeks to interrogate the philosophical actuality of these past debates: what extensions\, what corrections\, and what ruptures does Ric&oelig\;urian thought call for today? Proposals will place Ric&oelig\;ur's texts in critical dialogue with contemporary problematics\, without confining themselves to historical reconstruction.
\nSuggested Lines of Approach
\n7. Radical alterity in phenomenology: Ric&oelig\;ur engaged in a twofold critical dialogue with Derridean deconstruction and Levinasian ethics &mdash\; two distinct contestations of the autonomy of the self\, the one through the play of language\, the other through the ethical injunction of the face. How do these confrontations\, taken together\, illuminate the limits and the resources of the hermeneutics of the self in the face of the contemporary challenges of hospitality\, communication\, and responsibility?
\n8. Philosophical anthropology: Is the human being\, understood as the "capable human being" (From Text to Action\, 1986)\, in a position to accommodate new forms of agency &mdash\; collective\, distributed\, digital &mdash\; or do its anthropological presuppositions constrain it? In this regard\, Ric&oelig\;urian philosophy could enter into fruitful dialogue with the theories of Stiegler (tertiary retention) and Arendt (collective action).
\n9. Justice today: How might Ric&oelig\;ur's reflections on justice\, collective memory\, and forgiveness (Memory\, History\, Forgetting\, Epilogue) be articulated with the contemporary stakes of memory conflicts\, politics of reconciliation\, or postcolonial reparations? Ric&oelig\;ur's philosophy is bound up with figures such as Halbwachs\, Derrida\, and Honneth. His reflection on memory and forgiveness continues to shed lasting light on the practices of transitional justice.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nTo submit a proposal or for any inquiries\, please write to us at the following address: seminaire.actualites.ricoeur@gmail.com. Proposals are welcome from doctoral students\, postdoctoral researchers\, and early-career scholars of any discipline (philosophy\, literary studies\, theology\, social sciences\, law)\, provided that they are grounded in Ric&oelig\;ur's texts and in contemporary debates for which Ric&oelig\;urian theory could be fruitfully mobilized. Comparative and transdisciplinary proposals are welcome. We will accept proposals in French and in English.
\nPractical Information
\nSubmissions: seminaire.actualites.ricoeur@gmail.com
\nSubmission deadline: 20 September 2026
\nVenue: É\;cole Normale Supé\;rieure\, 45 rue d'Ulm\, Paris (75005)
\nFrequency: monthly (2026&ndash\;2027 academic year)\, normally on the last Tuesday of each month\, beginning on Tuesday 27 October.
\nSchedule: 27 October\; 24 November\; 15 December (due to the holiday break)\; 26 January\; 23 February\; 16 March\; 30 March\; 27 April.
\nPaper proposals must follow these guidelines:
\nAn anonymized abstract of 400 to 600 words in Word format\, specifying the title of the paper\, the chosen axis\, and the thesis defended\, accompanied by an indicative bibliography.
\nA brief bio-bibliographical note (name\, affiliation\, current position\, thesis supervisor where applicable) should be included in the body of the email. To facilitate the archiving and processing of your submission\, we kindly ask you to format the subject line of your email as follows: [Seminar Application] Surname &ndash\; Title of the Paper. Formatting guidelines for the (anonymous) abstract: Times New Roman or Arial\, 12-point font\, 1.5 line spacing.
\nWe wish for the papers to be delivered in person\, in order to facilitate the discussions that lie at the heart of the seminar spirit of this initiative. A link will nevertheless be available for those who wish to follow the event remotely\, where applicable.
\nThe seminar has no dedicated budget for the reimbursement of travel and accommodation expenses\, and in-person participation is at the speakers' own expense. We therefore encourage them to explore\, as a first step\, the funding available from their research unit\, doctoral school\, or home institution.
\nSelected speakers will be invited to submit a preparatory text (25\,000 characters maximum)\, to be circulated to participants one week before the session\, and sent to the contact address (seminaire.actualites.ricoeur@gmail.com).
ORGANIZER;CN=Barberousse Tristan;CN=Hu Kexin;CN=Lodi Martina;CN=Chen Qiyu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261029T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261030T170000 SUMMARY:Melancholic historicity: lost pasts and past losses UID:20261022T220118Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Utrecht\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:Melancholic historicity: lost pasts and past losses
\nOrganizers: Katherina Kinzel and Robert Vinkesteijn
\nUtrecht University\, 29+30 October 2026
\nRecent reconceptualizations of historicity&mdash\;most notably in the work of Walter Benjamin and related thinkers&mdash\;have challenged the modern ideal of progress by foregrounding historical experiences of loss and destruction. These approaches question the assumption that history unfolds as a continuous movement in which past suffering is redeemed by future advancement. Instead of viewing the past as dead or completed\, they envision the past as a site of continuous unease and questioning within the present. Forgotten\, suppressed\, or destroyed pasts unsettle present self-understandings and expose their complicity in the ongoing reproduction of loss. \;
\nThis conference explores the question what a &ldquo\;melancholic&rdquo\; conception of historicity that is oriented around experiences of loss\, destruction and defeat looks like. What does it mean to think historically from a standpoint that refuses to forget or &ldquo\;accept&rdquo\; historical losses\, that interrupts linear temporality and breaks with the perpetuation of historical violence in the present. What is the political valence of different attempts at confronting historical loss? What constitutes a philosophically fruitful attitude to lost pasts (the pasts that have been forgotten or suppressed) and past losses (past experiences of loss\, injustice and defeat) that are haunting the present?
\nThis conference brings together \;critical approaches to the philosophy of history\, postcolonial perspectives on loss\, \;theoretical reflections on displacement and genocide\, accounts of ecological loss and destruction and psychoanalytic discussions of (historical) mourning and melancholia.
\nIf you would like to contribute as a speaker\, please send an abstract of maximum 500 words to r.w.vinkesteijn@uu.nl\, the deadline for abstracts is Saturday 28 February 2026. If you have further questions about the scope and topic of this conference\, do not hesitate to get in touch.
ORGANIZER;CN=Katherina Kinzel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20261030T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20261031T170000 SUMMARY:Can social ontology change the world? UID:20261022T220119Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:America/Vancouver LOCATION:Vancouver\, Canada DESCRIPTION:The International Social Ontology Society workshop "Can Social Ontology Change the World?" will take place October 30-31\, 2026 at the Harbour Centre Campus of Simon Fraser University in downtown Vancouver\, British Columbia. \;
\nIn recent years\, the sub-discipline of social ontology has undergone a decidedly political reorientation. In non-ideal\, emancipatory\, and critical social ontology\, theorists explicitly ask whether our theorizing should have political goals or be relevant for political ends. An uptick in investigations on the metaphysics of race and gender has centered anti-racist\, feminist\, and trans struggles. These projects (e.g.\, Haslanger 2000\; Dembroff 2016\; Jenkins 2023\; Richardson 2023) explicitly theorize with a political purpose\, and so presuppose that social ontology can play a role in the struggle for social justice. But\, taking a step back\, this workshop questions the precise relationship between social ontology and politics. Are social ontologists changing the world\, or merely interpreting it? Given the former\, are there social ontological theories or methods better suited for direct political intervention\, and\, if so\, what makes them better? Given the latter\, what is the relationship\, if any\, between description and political intervention? \; \; \;
\nWe invite the submission of abstracts of 500-700 words for 20-minute presentations of papers related to the theme of the conference. Please send anonymized abstracts to \;social.ontology.and.the.world@gmail.com. The deadline for submitting is \;June 15th\, with notice of acceptance by July 15th. \; \;
\nSome \;travel grants and support for accommodations \;will be available for graduate students and faculty members who do not have access to research funds\; please indicate in your submission email if you would like to be considered for support. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Zara Anwarzai;CN=August Faller: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261030T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261030T234500 SUMMARY:Medically Assisted Dying for Persons with Mental IIlness: Philosophical\, Ethical\, and Legal Perspectives UID:20261022T220120Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Chapters: Medically Assisted Dying for Persons with Mental IIlness: Philosophical\, Ethical\, and Legal Perspectives
\n\;(Edited Volume)
\nPlanned publisher: Springer (contract in preparation)
Planned series: The International Library of Bioethics
Editors: David Černý\;\, Tomá\;&scaron\; Doležal\, Adam Doležal (Czech Academy of Sciences)\, Manuel Trachsel (University of Basel)
Rationale and Scope
\nOver the past decades\, debates on euthanasia and physician-assisted dying (PAD) have matured in many respects. Yet one domain remains both conceptually unsettled and practically urgent: psychiatric euthanasia and PAD for persons with mental disorders. A small but growing number of jurisdictions&mdash\;most prominently the Netherlands\, Belgium\, and (more recently) Canada&mdash\;have opened legal pathways for cases where psychiatric suffering is the primary indication\, provoking intense controversy across psychiatry\, bioethics\, law\, and public policy.
\nThis edited volume aims to provide a comprehensive\, systematic\, book-length treatment of psychiatric euthanasia\, integrating philosophical analysis\, normative bioethics\, comparative law\, and clinical/empirical perspectives. We welcome contributions that are philosophically rigorous and normatively ambitious while carefully engaging with clinical and legal realities.
\nWhat we are looking for
\nWe invite proposals for original chapters offering:
\nrigorous argumentation and conceptual clarity\,
\ncareful engagement with clinical and legal realities\,
\nempirical grounding where relevant\,
\nan interdisciplinary orientation (chapters may be philosophical\, bioethical\, legal\, psychiatric\, or genuinely interdisciplinary)\,
\naccessibility to an international scholarly readership.
\nThe volume is envisaged as a four-part collection&mdash\;moving from conceptual groundwork through normative debates and legal frameworks to clinical practice and lived experience.
\nSuggested Topics (non-exhaustive)
\nPart I &mdash\; Conceptual and historical foundations
\nConcepts\, definitions\, and key distinctions (psychiatric vs somatic vs &ldquo\;mixed&rdquo\; cases)
\nHistory of euthanasia debates in relation to mental illness
\nThe nature of mental suffering\; the badness (or possible acceptability) of death
\nAutonomy\, competence\, and decision-making capacity in psychiatric contexts (incl. fluctuating capacity and ambivalence)
\nPart II &mdash\; Normative arguments and ethical frameworks
\n&ldquo\;Parity&rdquo\; arguments (and their limits): somatic vs psychiatric indications
\nBeneficence\, non-maleficence\, autonomy\, justice in psychiatric euthanasia
\nVulnerability\, coercion\, and structural injustice (stigma\, poverty\, loneliness\, access to care)
\nSlippery-slope arguments\, expressivist concerns\, and symbolic meanings
\nPart III &mdash\; Legal frameworks and comparative law
\nThe Netherlands: statutory framework\, guidelines\, review practice
\nBelgium: regulation\, case law\, oversight bodies and landmark cases
\nCanada: MAiD and the contested expansion to mental disorders
\nComparative and human-rights perspectives\; emerging jurisdictions and models of professional self-regulation
\nPart IV &mdash\; Clinical practice\, empirical evidence\, lived experience
\nTreatment resistance\, prognosis\, and &ldquo\;irremediability&rdquo\;: epistemic limits in psychiatry
\nAssessing voluntariness and stability of the wish to die\; distinguishing suicidality-as-symptom from a sustained request
\nEmpirical studies: patient profiles\, clinician and review-body reasoning\, procedural experiences
\nSuicide prevention\, palliative psychiatry\, recovery-oriented care\, and &ldquo\;reasonable alternatives&rdquo\;
\nFuture directions: research priorities\, policy implications\, professional guidance
\nVolume profile and review process
\nThe book is planned for Springer&rsquo\;s International Library of Bioethics (contract in preparation). We anticipate approximately 16&ndash\;17 chapters (including an overall introduction and concluding chapter). All chapters will undergo peer review through an editor-coordinated review process.
\nSubmission guidelines
\nPlease submit an abstract including:
\nprovisional title
\nabstract (recommended 400&ndash\;800 words)
\n4&ndash\;6 keywords
\nshort author bio (100&ndash\;150 words)
\nFull chapters should be original\, written in English\, and prepared to align with Springer&rsquo\;s book-manuscript requirements.
\nTimeline
\nExtended abstracts due: 28 February 2026
\nFull chapters due: 30 October 2026
\nFinal manuscript submission to Springer: 30 December 2026
\nHow to submit
\nPlease send your abstract (single PDF or DOCX) with the subject line:
&ldquo\;Psychiatric Euthanasia &ndash\; Chapter Proposal&rdquo\; \;to: David Černý\; (david.cerny@ilaw.cas.cz)
The 2027 Telos-Paul Piccone Institute Annual Conference
March 19&ndash\;20\, 2027
The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute\, Queens College/CUNY
New York\, NY
Deus et Machina: Technology\, Politics\, and Theology in the Age of AI
\nCo-sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute\, Queens College/CUNY
\nConference Description
\nOpenAI&rsquo\;s release of ChatGPT in November 2022 ushered in a new era of &ldquo\;artificial intelligence\,&rdquo\; represented by large language models\, the effects of which remain tenebrous and contested. This new technology has been rapidly adopted throughout society\, impacting many areas of everyday life and triggering an investment boom that has come to dominate U.S. economic activity\, yet it remains quite unclear what this portends. Predictions range from optimistic aspirations to free human beings from drudgery (the long-standing promise of new technologies) and bring widespread prosperity\, to serious warnings\, most particularly from inside the AI industry itself\, that AI might intentionally exterminate humanity. In between the two lie dire concerns about the implications for the labor market and perverse aspirations for AI to replace human beings as the dominant form of intelligence in the universe.
\nWe propose to turn our critical attention to this extraordinary conjuncture and revisit the question of the relationship of technology to politics and theology. What becomes of politics in an age of apparent subordination of humanity? And what becomes of religion in an age when mankind creates a power that threatens to outstrip our own understanding and become a god? Does this represent a moral crisis\, as Pope Leo has suggested? And can anything be done to avert the trajectory we are seemingly on?
\nFrom the point of view of the Telos circle\, technological acceleration poses a significant conundrum for our ongoing attempts to understand our society. If the political can be understood using theological categories\, what does this imply as it mutates due to the eruption of technology within it? Is technology itself amenable to a theological understanding\, as many have suggested? And if it might be understood alternatively as a cold god or apocalyptic event\, might this not place it on the same plane as the state\, envisaged at least since Hobbes as both machine and mortal god?
\nAbstract Submissions
\nWe invite papers dealing with the intersection of technology with politics and theology\, and most particularly of technology with political theology\, as well as contemporary reflections on the relationship of politics to theology more generally.
\nThose interested in speaking at the conference should submit a short c.v. and an abstract of up to 250 words by \;October \;30\, 2026\, to \;telos2027@telosinstitute.netwith &ldquo\;The 2027 Telos Conference&rdquo\; in the email&rsquo\;s subject line.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261031T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261031T234500 SUMMARY:Rethinking Agency under Non-Ideal Conditions UID:20261022T220122Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Graz\, Austria\, 8010 DESCRIPTION:CfP: \;Rethinking Agency under Non-Ideal Conditions
\nConfirmed \;speakers: Maria Alvarez\, Havi Carel\, Hanne Jacobs\, Quill Kukla\, Kristina Musholt and \;Caleb Ward.
\n\nThe notion of agency plays a central role across many areas of philosophy\, including philosophy of action\, ethics\, political philosophy\, epistemology\, feminist philosophy\, and phenomenology. \;While traditionally conceptualized in terms of intentional action\, rational control\, and autonomy\, our understanding of agency has recently come under intense scrutiny and is now being increasingly transformed. \;Feminist and phenomenological approaches\, in particular\, have emphasized the need for a richer and more fine-grained conception of agency&mdash\;one that takes seriously the social\, historical\, and relational contexts in which agents are situated. From this perspective\, agency cannot be adequately understood without acknowledging that agents are not only rational decision-makers\, but also emotional\, embodied\, desiring\, creative\, and affective beings.
\nThis conference invites new investigations into agency as it is lived and exercised under non-ideal conditions\, such as vulnerability\, dependency\, uncertainty\, coercion\, structural injustice\, affective ambivalence\, or crisis. Rather than presupposing idealized models of action and rational control\, the conference aims to analyze how agency isreconfigured \;under such conditions. We also particularly welcome contributions that examine how rational and virtuous agency should be rethought under non-ideal conditions and in times of crisis.
\nPossible questions include (but are not limited to):
\nIn addition to contemporary approaches\, we explicitly welcome historical-philosophical work\, including contributions engaging with the phenomenological tradition\, as well as those that critically engage with accounts of agency from marginalized figures and traditions in the history of philosophy.
\nContributions from early-career researchers are especially encouraged.
\nThe conference is planned as an in-person event only.
\n\;
\nWe invite you to submit an anonymized abstract of up to 500 words \;by \;October 31\, 2026 \;to \;laurentia.adam@uni-graz.at
\nPlease include a separate file with your name\, email address\, the title of your talk\, and your affiliation (if any) and put &lsquo\;Rethinking Agency Graz 2027&rsquo\; in the subject line.
\n\;
\nOrganizing Team: Emanuela Carta\, Denis Dzanic\, and Daniel Neumann.
ORGANIZER;CN="Denis Džanić";CN=Emanuela Carta;CN=Daniel Neumann: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261031T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261031T234500 SUMMARY:Translation—Semiotics—Music UID:20261022T220123Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Title:
\nTranslation&mdash\;Semiotics&mdash\;Music
\nGuest editors:
\nAnna Rędzioch-Korkuz (University of Warsaw)
\nMałgorzata Grajter (The Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Lodz)
\nJournal:
\nStudia Semiotyczne (Semiotic Studies)
\nhttp://studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/
\nDeadline for submissions:
\nthe 31st of October 2026
\nDescription
\nStudia Semiotyczne (Semiotic Studies) invites submissions for a special issue of the journal. Papers should be written either in English or in Polish and prepared for blind review.
\nThe field of translation and music has been attracting increased attention recently: this is evident in numerous monographs\, research papers\, and conferences focused on the complex relationship between words and sounds (see also Bennett\, 2025: 1). As Susam-Sarajeva (2008: 189-190) has noted\, this relationship appears at best challenging\, since translation scholars are &ldquo\;more comfortable dealing with written texts\,&rdquo\; and consequently\, &ldquo\;end up sliding into a predominantly textual analysis.&rdquo\; Similarly\, Desblache (2019: 58) argues that the two fields\, which are genuinely interested in that relationship &ndash\; namely\, translation studies and musicology &ndash\; remain separate because both are practice-oriented disciplines that primarily focus on either verbal translation or music.
\nAgainst this backdrop\, we would like to bring the two fields together through semiotics-based research on musical texts\, believing that this perspective has the potential to create resonance for general translation studies. It has been argued that semiotics is good for translation studies (Stecconi 2007\; Marais 2019\; Kourdis 2023)\, which means &ndash\; at least potentially &ndash\; that there is a good deal of methodological and theoretical capital that can be utilized. Research on translation and music can definitely espouse a movement away from words\, verbal artefacts and textual research towards the understanding of the performative\, enacted\, embedded and embodied nature of meaning making within translation\, i.e. towards a deeper understanding of material processes of cultural practices\, which necessitate moving beyond the verbal fixation and concentrating on more semiotically-informed approaches.
\nIn the special issue\, we would like to see how the actual go-between of semiotics bridges the fields of translation studies and musicology. We encourage scholars from across the academy to explore and provide their unique insight within the suggested thematic focus of translation\, music and semiotics. We welcome both conceptual and empirical research. Possible topics include\, but are not limited to the following questions:
\n● Can (and if yes\, then how can) semiotics contribute to solving the conceptual confusion within translation studies as exemplified by translating musical texts?
\n● How can translation and music capitalize theoretically on various theories of semiotics and vice versa?
\n● Can we (and if yes\, then how can we) apply conceptual frameworks developed by various schools\, e.g. the Moscow-Tartu School of Semiotics\, Paris School\, Eco&rsquo\;s interpretative semiotics\, Groupe &mu\;\, Peircean semiotics\, etc. to the study of translating musical texts?
\n● What methodologies can we use to research the synergy of semiotic systems in musical texts?
\n● How can the concept of &ldquo\;textuality&rdquo\; be rethought when applied to musical compositions as texts to be translated?
\n● How can the study of translating musical texts through semiotics help to challenge the traditional hierarchy between linguistic and non-linguistic forms of meaning-making?
\n● How can semiotics challenge the literal and the human in translating musical texts?
\n● How can semiotic approaches account for the performative\, enacted\, embedded and embodied dimensions of musical translation?
\n● How can semiotics bridge the disciplinary gap between musicology and translation studies?
\nIn order to submit the paper\, one is kindly asked to submit the manuscript by sending it to:
\nannaredzioch@uw.edu.pl\, malgra@amuz.lodz.pl and studiasemiotyczne@pts.edu.pl
\nAll submitted papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261031T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261031T234500 SUMMARY:Lessico di Etica Pubblica - The Divine and the Digital (2/2026) UID:20261022T220124Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Lessico di Etica Pubblica \;
\nSpecial Issue - The Divine and the Digital
\n(XVII\, n. 2\, 2026)
\nEdited by Gemma Serrano (Collè\;ge des Bernardins\, Paris).
\nThe relationship between technology and culture is an increasingly discussed topic in the humanities. The analysis of the consequences of the so-called digital turn\, sometimes regarded as an unprecedented cultural transformation\, has developed within an interdisciplinary field encompassing philosophy\, history\, anthropology\, and sociology\, as well as theology and religious studies. Like any technological transformation\, the social implementation of digital technologies has had an impact on religious and spiritual practices on a global scale. For years\, the study of religions has examined how the spread of digital media has influenced our experience of transcendence\, rituals\, communal life\, and belief. At the same time\, theology and religion can offer cultural and theoretical tools to deepen our understanding of technology and can also provide an original perspective on the meaning of transformations in contemporary society.
\nBeyond analysing the fate of theology and religion in the digital age\, it is crucial to recognize that the field of digital technologies opens up horizons of meaning and reflection that are closely intertwined with the domain of spirituality. Our relationship with technology\, more broadly\, is permeated by religion: a wide range of metaphors and notions&mdash\;either explicitly theological or rooted in religious language and practices&mdash\;are pervasively present in public and academic debates on the meaning of technology. In this sense\, many philosophers of technology&mdash\;including\, to name just a few\, Gü\;nther Anders\, Walter Benjamin\, Jacques Ellul\, Martin Heidegger\, Ivan Illich\, Emanuele Severino\, and Norbert Wiener&mdash\;have grounded their reflections in terms imbued with a theological resonance\, and have assigned a central role to the sphere of the divine in their interpretations of technology\, even when working from a secular perspective. A critical engagement with our religious tradition can help us develop analytical models for understanding our relationship with technology\, as well as for analysing our desires\, our fears\, and the socio-technical imaginaries that structure the social space.
\nThis task\, of course\, also entails theoretical and methodological challenges. First\, thinking about the relationship between technology and religion means recognizing the need for an intercultural study of different models for understanding the technical phenomenon. If the European interpretation of technology is rooted in Christian culture\, it becomes crucial to consider other traditions and other frameworks of reference.
\nAt the same time\, reference to digital technologies requires us to address the problem of technology from a historical perspective. The advent of artificial intelligence has made it even clearer that what we call the &ldquo\;digital turn&rdquo\; is in fact a layered and complex phenomenon\, and that digital technologies already have a long history\, which prevents us from thinking of &ldquo\;the digital&rdquo\; as a unified dimension. What\, then\, are the specific features of the so-called &ldquo\;digital age&rdquo\;? How can the analysis of the imaginaries and narratives associated with digital technologies help us shed light on our present?
\nIssue 2/2026 of Lessico di Etica Pubblica will address these themes from an interdisciplinary perspective\, with contributions from philosophy\, theology\, cultural and technological history\, sociology\, and media theory. The following are some of the topics that will be explored:
\nSubmission Guidelines for Article Proposals
\nPapers must be submitted by October 31\, 2026 to the following address:redazione.eticapubblica@gmail.com.
\nContributions in Italian\, English and French are accepted. Maximum length: 35\,000 characters\, including spaces and notes. Authors are also required to include an abstract of no more than 150 words in both Italian and English. The article file must be prepared in anonymous form to comply with the blind peer review process. In a separate file attached to the same email\, authors should provide their full name\, email address\, the title of the article\, and its abstract.
\nSubmissions must conform to the editorial guidelines available at the following link:
https://www.eticapubblica.it/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/LEP_Norme_redazionali.pdf.
Authors are also invited to use the journal&rsquo\;s style sheet available here:
https://www.eticapubblica.it/norme-editoriali/.
Famously\, infamously\, and cited ad nauseum\, Fredric Jameson wrote in 1994&rsquo\;s Seeds of Time that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism\, a formulation that Slavoj Zizek later borrowed to ask why we cannot even seek to reform capitalism at all. More recently\, the late Mark Fisher returned to this line of inquiry to demonstrate how Capitalist Realism depends upon the mantra that there is no viable alternative to capitalism. At last\, we have begun to see some scattered indications that our apocalyptic imaginaries may have begun to cross this threshold\, carving out fictional spaces wherein we can imagine otherwise or mourn our own entrapment in a system that will survive us all. At last\, our &ldquo\;monsters&rdquo\; may be taking on post-capitalist forms. Their images do not merely furnish fertile ground for the imagination &mdash\; they oblige us to think what may come after capitalism&rsquo\;s collapse.
\nReading contemporary pop-cultural texts through Fredric Jameson&rsquo\;s critique of late capitalism and his theorization of the apocalypse as the horizon of ideological imagination\, we ask how it is possible to stage the persistence of capital\, grief\, and meaning after the end of history has already been announced or enacted. A paradigmatic example is the 28 Later series. The 2002 film 28 Days later arguably rebooted the zombie apocalypse as faster\, stronger\, and scarier pandemic nightmare for the new millennium\, an apt rebrand for the undead in the era of advanced capitalism. But can the first two installments of the 28 Years Later cycle (2025\, Danny Boyle &\; Alex Garland)\, sequels to the 2002 film\, be read as imagining the emergence of hope that humanity might persist beyond the collapse of capitalism through communities organized around mutual aid\, shared resources\, and collective protection? Or does this narrative suggest that a few will always revert to strategies of appropriation over collaboration (as exemplified by Jimmy&rsquo\;s marauding gang)?
\nThe imagination of apocalypse can also be subverted. Rather than staging catastrophe as spectacular rupture\, some texts reimagine the &ldquo\;post-apocalypse&rdquo\; as displaced continuation. The Leftovers (HBO\, 2014&ndash\;2017) is exemplary here\, recasting the post-apocalyptic not as the end of the world but as its afterlife &mdash\; an extended\, undramatic continuation organized around endless\, unresolved mourning. In this afterlife of social relations\, catastrophe is no longer an event but becomes an ordinary form of existence. Rupture is no longer something to be survived but a condition to be inhabited. A different variation on this logic can be found in Fallout\, which invites us to reflect on the post-apocalypse as a continuation of capitalist realism rather than its rupture. Here\, ruin becomes aestheticized order and survival is fully absorbed into systems of extraction and control\, repackaged as commodity\, spectacle\, and routine. The series stages a world in which the end of the world is endlessly repeated\, without exit\, a catastrophe normalized to the extent that it forecloses any possible outside\, except for nostalgic affects.
\nThese texts are valuable not because they accurately depict a future society marked by failure or mourning\, but because they estrange the present. In Jameson's sense\, they reveal that what appears natural and inevitable&mdash\;capitalism\, private property\, wage labour\, and the organization of social life itself&mdash\;is historically contingent and therefore open to transformation.
\nBy contrast\, the recent series Pluribus (admittedly still an unfinished text\, with only its first season released) asks us a different question altogether: whether the end of the individual subject position-- and with it the end of an exploitative system working for the benefit only of the few-- would really amount to an apocalypse\, or could it be the Utopia we haven&rsquo\;t dared to dream of. These are just some of the many recent apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic texts that ask us to consider where we are\, in this moment so steeped in apocalyptic affect\, in relation to Jameson&rsquo\;s proclamation that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. The decisive issue is not whether these narratives depict a more perfect society\, but whether they expand the horizon of what can be politically imagined.
\nWe welcome submissions on any recent (pre- to post covid) pop cultural texts that contribute to our contemporary understanding of apocalyptic imaginaries. While we expect submissions on film\, television\, videogames\, literature and graphic novels\, we would be happy to consider offerings that defy medial boundaries or work within other disciplines\, such as performance or art. We welcome contributions that transcend the fictional conventions of known genres but also works that flesh out apocalyptic imaginaries by drawing from unconventional aesthetic means.
\nProspective contributors may consider examining texts such as:
\nWe imagine contemporary pop-cultural case studies speaking to these themes could engage convincingly with a large variety of texts (Pluribus\, Disco Elysium\, Fallout\, Station Eleven\, The Last of Us\, Severance\, 28 Years Later vol. 1 &\; 2\, Department of Truth and others)
\nWe also welcome submissions engaging other perspectives and topics.
\nPlease submit your abstract (250 words) alongside a short biographical note (50 words) to \;slauro@ut.edu \;by October 31\, 2026.
\nIf your abstract is accepted\, we will invite you to submit a full article by January 31\, 2027. Full articles will be about 8\,000 &ndash\; 9\,000 words long (including an abstract of 250 words\, 3-5 keywords\, references\, footnotes\, etc.)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261101T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261101T234500 SUMMARY:Epistemic Injustice and AI UID:20261022T220126Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Nijmegen\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:AI systems now play a role in many practices through which people are heard\, interpreted\, assessed\, and trusted. This raises questions that are not just ethical or political\, but also epistemic in nature: whose testimony is treated as credible\, whose experiences are made intelligible\, and who is able to participate in shared practices of knowledge production? The workshop focuses on these questions by bringing work on epistemic injustice into conversation with current debates about AI\, including debates about algorithmic bias\, transparency\, linguistic exclusion\, trust\, institutional decision-making\, and the distribution of epistemic authority. We welcome contributions on the philosophical\, ethical\, social\, and political dimensions of epistemic injustice and AI. \;
\nTopics include\, but are not limited to:
\nWe welcome abstracts of up to 500 words\, excluding references. Submissions should be anonymised\, argumentative\, and clearly engage with the workshop theme.
\nThe workshop will feature both oral presentations and a poster session\; all presentations must be in person.
\nWe encourage submissions from students and early-career researchers. \;
\nImportant dates:
\nFurther information and submission details can be found on the workshop website.
ORGANIZER;CN=Corien Bary;CN=Eline Ensinck;CN=Harmen Ghijsen;CN=Bob van Tiel;CN=Nina Poth: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261101T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261101T234500 SUMMARY:The Relevance of Michel Foucault in the Face of Global Surveillance\, Post-Truth and New Forms of Governance UID:20261022T220127Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Labyrinth: An International Journal of Philosophy\, Value Theory\, and Sociocultural Hermeneutics \;is preparing a special issue in honor of the 100th \;anniversary of Michel Foucault's birth. The publication aims to highlight the continued relevance of Foucault&rsquo\;s conception of power. His analyses of power are particularly pertinent in the present age because he describes power not only as domination of a person/group over other individuals or groups\, but also as extensive networks such as those involved in money laundering\, drug trafficking\, and the Epstein network\, to name but a few examples. Furthermore\, his theories on discipline\, surveillance\, and governmentality are essential for comprehending digital surveillance and the optimization of power and social control in today's world. Foucault also pointed out ways in which the subject can free itself from external influences and begin to "govern" itself. His revelations about the relationships between power and truth\, as well as power and knowledge\, are crucial in this regard.
\nScholars working in the field of Foucault's philosophy are invited to submit a \;brief abstract and bio-bibliographic information \;by \;April 30\, 2026. The bio-bibliographic information should include the following: name\, academic degree\, academic position\, academic affiliation\, and five to seven main publications.
\nAuthors with finished\, unpublished papers are welcome to submit them with an abstract. Final papers should be proofread and formatted according to the journal guidelines (i.e.\, print-ready) and submitted no later than \;November 1\, 2026.
\nAs a multilingual Journal \;Labyrinth \;accepts papers in English\, French\, and German.
\nFor more information about the journal policies and the submission guidelines please visit: \;https://www.axiapublishers.com/ojs/index.php/labyrinth/AuthorGuidelines
\n\;All abstracts and papers should be sent to labyrinth[at]axiapublishers.com
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261101T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261101T234500 SUMMARY:Journal of Global Human Rights UID:20261022T220128Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers: Journal of Global Human Rights &ndash\; Inaugural Volume
\nThe \;Journal of Global Human Rights \;invites submissions for its inaugural volume.
\nThe \;Journal of Global Human Rights \;is an international\, interdisciplinary\, double-blind peer-reviewed\, open-access journal devoted to the study of human rights. The journal is an initiative of Research Committee 26 on Human Rights (RC26) of the International Political Science Association (IPSA).
\nWe welcome original research articles addressing the philosophical\, legal\, political and social dimensions of human rights.
\nContributions in philosophy are particularly welcome on topics including\, but not limited to:
\nHuman rights theory
\nPolitical philosophy
\nPhilosophy of law
\nEthics and human rights
\nJustice and equality
\nDemocracy and the rule of law
\nFreedom of expression
\nMinority rights and multiculturalism
\nDiscrimination and hate speech
\nMigration and refugee rights
\nGender and human rights
\nDigital technologies and human rights
\nGlobal justice
\nContemporary challenges to human rights
\nThe journal particularly encourages work that connects philosophical and normative analysis with contemporary human rights problems\, as well as interdisciplinary contributions engaging philosophy with law\, political science\, sociology and international relations.
\nAll research articles undergo double-blind peer review.
\nThe journal is fully open access. There are no article processing charges (APCs) or publication fees.
\nSubmissions for the inaugural volume are now open.
\nJournal and submission information:
https://journalglobalhumanrights.webphilosophia.com/index.php/OJS
The first contributions to Volume 1 are already available on the journal website.
\nWe warmly invite scholars working in human rights\, political philosophy\, legal philosophy and related fields to submit their research to the \;Journal of Global Human Rights.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20261105T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20261107T170000 SUMMARY:Hegel on Historicity UID:20261022T220129Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Athens LOCATION:Athens\, Greece DESCRIPTION:10th Conference of the International Network Hegel&rsquo\;s Relevance
\nHegel on Historicity
\nAthens\, Greece
\n5-7 November 2026
\nDespite important precedents in Augustine\, Bossuet\, Voltaire\, Kant\, and Herder\, Hegel is widely regarded as the first philosopher of history&mdash\;not only because he subjected history to philosophical inquiry\, but above all because he thematized the historicity of philosophy itself. Alongside his much-debated philosophy of world history\, Hegel repeatedly stressed\, throughout his oeuvre and especially in numerous programmatic and introductory remarks\, that philosophy\, including all metaphysical categories\, and even rationality itself is substantially conditioned by history&mdash\;by world history as well as by the histories of empirical sciences\, art\, religion\, and philosophy. For Hegel\, history articulates the very possibility of the actual spirit (Geist) in all its forms: there is no subjective\, objective\, or absolute spirit without history. This emphasis famously inspired Marx to describe the &ldquo\;science of history&rdquo\; as the &ldquo\;sole science.&rdquo\;
\nThis conference aims to discuss central aspects of history and historicity in Hegel&rsquo\;s philosophy from a systematic perspective. Possible guiding questions include\, but are not limited to:
\nWe invite postdoctoral researchers working in the field to submit an abstract (maximum 500 words) addressing one or more of these topics. The conference will include four postdoctoral slots. Coverage of accommodation costs is subject to available funding.
\nA collected volume based on the conference papers is planned for publication in the series Critical Studies in German Idealism (BRILL). The publication language will be English.
\nLength of papers: 30 minutes presentation\, followed by 15 minutes of discussion
\nDeadline for submissions: 15 June 2026
\nEmail address for abstract submissions: HegelOnHistoricity@gmail.com
\nNotification of acceptance: 30 June 2026
\nConference languages: English\, German
\nConfirmed speakers: Christophe Bouton\, Paul Cobben\, Maria Daskalaki\, Allegra De Laurentiis\, Georges Faraklas\, Diogo Ferrer\, Guido Frilli\, Antonios Kalatzis\, Jean-Franç\;ois Kervé\;gan\, Jannis Kozatsas\, Christian Krijnen\, Thomas Noutsopoulos\, Tim Rojek\, Panagiotis Thanassas\, Klaus Vieweg
\nOrganizers: Georges Faraklas (Department of Political Science and History\, Panteion University)\, Jannis Kozatsas (Department of Primary Education\, University of Thessaly)\, Ermylos Plevrakis (Department of History and Philosophy of Science\, University of Athens)
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Ermylos Plevrakis;CN=Georges Faraklas;CN=Jannis Kozatsas: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261105T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop for The Journal of Ethics Special Issue on Meritocracy UID:20261022T220130Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Barcelona\, Spain DESCRIPTION:DESCRIPTION:
\nMeritocratic ideals have played a central role in shaping educational systems\, labor markets and public narratives about fairness and social mobility in modern societies (Bell 2015\; Kett 2013\; Khanna &\; Szoni 2022\; Mulligan 2018\, 2022\; Wooldridge 2021).
\nHowever\, meritocracy \;has been criticized extensively \;in recent years (Littler 2018\; Markovits 2019\; Sandel 2020\; Thomas\, Archer &\; Engelen 2024). These critiques are part of a long tradition\, spanning educational theory\, moral theory\, political philosophy\, and sociology (Arendt 1961\; Fox 1956\; Guinier 2015\; Napoletano 2024\; Rawls 1999\; Sen 2000\; Young 1958\, 2001). The word &lsquo\;meritocracy&rsquo\; itself was\, in fact\, coined by Michael Young in his dystopian novel The Rise of Meritocracy (1958). In it\, people revolt against social stratification based on innate talents. Young&rsquo\;s account has become a reference point for critics of meritocracy.
\nMeritocracy is a notoriously slippery concept. As the economist and philosopher Amartya Sen once quipped: &ldquo\;[t]he idea of meritocracy may have many virtues\, but clarity is not one of them&rdquo\; (2000\, 5). This lack of conceptual clarity complicates both normative assessment and institutional evaluation\, \;often leading critics and defenders to talk past one another. It may be the case that not all possible notions of meritocracy are vulnerable to the same objections (Daniels 1978\; Miller 1996\; Mulligan 2018).
\nThe purpose of this special issue is to provide a \;philosophical examination of meritocracy \;in light of recent critiques. \;Possible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\n&bull\; What exactly is a meritocracy? Is it a normative principle of justice\, an ideology that legitimizes inequality\, or something hovering between the two?
\n&bull\; What is the relation between meritocracy and equality of opportunity? And what is the relationship between meritocracy and responsibility?
\n&bull\; What is the distribuendum of meritocracy? Is meritocracy necessarily about the distribution of social positions and income? Or is it limited to the distribution of social positions?
\n&bull\; What is the appropriate base of merit claims? Is it talent and effort\, as Young claimed? Or is it another base\, such as productive contribution\, social contribution\, or again something else?
\n&bull\; What is the normative ground of merit claims? Are they grounded in people&rsquo\;s appreciative attitudes\, for instance? Or are they perhaps a special type of requirement?
\n&bull\; What is the connection between meritocracy and the market?
\n&bull\; What is the connection between meritocracy and related concepts\, such as desert and efficiency? How should these concepts be distinguished and/or integrated within a broader theory of justice?
\nCONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
\n- Andreas Bengtson (Aarhus University)
\n- Ryan Cox (University of Sydney)
\n- Blake Harris (University of Virginia)
\n- Gloria Mä\;hringer (Ludwig Maximilian University)
\n- David Miller (Oxford University)
\n- Pascal Mowla (Oxford University)
\n- Thomas Mulligan (Georgetown University and RAND Corporation)
\n- Ryan Semery-Palumbo (Oxford University)
\n- Huub Brouwer (Tilburg University) and Jahel Queralt (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
\nPROCEDURE:
\nPapers are recruited through a call for abstracts for a pre-read workshop at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)\, in Barcelona\, on 12-13 November 2026. The workshop is designed to facilitate in-depth discussion of draft papers and to foster constructive feedback among contributors. All papers presented at the workshop will be considered for inclusion in the special issue.
\nThe organization of the workshop associated with the Special Issue is supported by funding from an ICREA Academia grant awarded to Jahel Queralt. \;Travel and accommodation costs for workshop participants will be covered by the workshop organizers.
\nAbstracts for the workshop should address the special issue theme and consist of an abstract 750-1.000 words in length (citations not counted). These extended abstracts are intended to allow authors to clearly articulate their central argument\, methodology\, and contribution to the existing literature. All submissions should be prepared for blind review. Abstracts should be submitted to \;meritocracyworkshop@gmail.com \;by 31 March 2026.
\nTIMELINE:
\nAuthors of accepted abstracts will need to adhere to the following timeline for the full development of the paper:
\n&bull\; All contributors will participate in-person in a special issue workshop on 12-13 November 2026\, with a draft paper.
\n&bull\; The workshop will be held at UPF (Barcelona).
\n&bull\; Draft papers are due by 31 October 2026 (8.000 &ndash\; 11.000 words).
\n&bull\; Revised papers have to be submitted to \;The Journal of Ethics \;by 28 February 2027.
\n&bull\; All papers will then undergo the journal&rsquo\;s peer review process that must be concluded by the end of 2027. The special issue will be published in 2028.
\nEDITORIAL PROCESS:
\nAll submissions will go through the standard review procedure of \;The Journal of Ethics \;(publication only on the basis of an editorial decision based on at least two double blind reviews). Final acceptance is contingent upon successful completion of the journal&rsquo\;s peer review process. At that time\, all manuscripts should be prepared according to the journal&rsquo\;s guidelines provided on \;The Journal of Ethics \;website.
\nThe Special Issue will follow all Springer Journal Policies\, including \;Peer Review Policy\, Process and Guidance and peer review selection policy.
\nParticipants will be informed that the journal offers the option to publish \;Open Access \;and that they are allowed to publish open access through \;Open Choice.
\nCONTACT:
\nFor more information and questions\, please contact the Editors at \;h.m.brouwer@tilburguniversity.edu \;and \;jahel.queralt@upf.edu
ORGANIZER;CN=Huub Brouwer;CN=Jahel Queralt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261105T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Security-Relevant Research in Academia - Debates\, Definitions\, and Best-Practices UID:20261022T220131Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Karlsruhe\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Date: 5-6 November 2026
Location: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)\, Germany
Submission Deadline: 15 August 2026
Contact: scott.robbins@kit.edu
Universities stand at the critical intersection of open inquiry and societal responsibility. The ongoing war in Ukraine has illustrated how rapidly scientific advances can be repurposed for conflict\, raising the stakes for research touching on national security\, cryptography\, dual-use technologies\, and emerging weapon systems. To address these challenges\, we invite submissions for a conference dedicated to exploring the complex area of Security-Relevant Research (SRR) within higher-education institutions.
\nWe seek contributions from scholars\, administrators\, ethicists\, defense professionals\, policy makers\, and engineers/technology developers that examine the fundamental questions surrounding SRR. We are particularly interested in papers that address:
\nWhile advocates argue that academic freedom fuels innovation and that university-based research offers transparent\, ethical alternatives to opaque military labs\, critics warn of accelerating arms races\, the exposure of students to dual-use dilemmas\, and conflicts of interest with defense sponsors. This workshop aims to navigate these tensions\, fostering a dialogue that balances innovation with ethical stewardship.
\nSubmission Guidelines
We invite abstracts of 300&ndash\;500 words (excluding references) that propose a paper for presentation. Submissions must include the author's name and affiliation. Please send your abstracts via email to scott.robbins@kit.edu by 15 August 2026.
Presentation Format
Selected authors will be invited to present their work during the workshop. Each presentation will be allocated 20 minutes\, followed by 10 minutes for Q&\;A and discussion.
Publication Opportunity
A primary goal of this workshop is to synthesize the insights\, case studies\, and draft guidelines generated during the event. Following the conference\, all participants will be invited to submit their full manuscripts for consideration in a special issue dedicated to Security-Relevant Research in Academia. We will have more information about this in due time.
This conference is supported by BMFTR\, as part of the "MilEth" project (Military Defense Technologies and Ethics).
\nKeynotes:
Michiel Bot (Tilburg University)
Lonneke Peperkamp (Radboud University Nijmegen &\; Netherlands Defense Academy)
Conference Organizers:
\nScott Robbins &mdash\; Post-Doctoral Researcher\, KIT\, ARRTI
Nathan Wood &mdash\; Junior Research Group Leader\, TUHH
Alexander Bagattini &mdash\; Senior Researcher\, KIT\, ARRTI
Volker Gollnick &mdash\; Professor\, TUHH
Nico Brä\;hler &mdash\; Managing Director\, ARRTI\, KIT
KIT &mdash\; TUHH
ORGANIZER;CN="Nico Brähler": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20261105T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Emerge 2026: Contested Futures UID:20261022T220132Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Kraljice Natalije 45\, Belgrade\, Serbia\, 11000 DESCRIPTION:EMERGE: Contested Futures\, raises pressing questions about power and agency in the age of AI. Rather than treating technological change as inevitable or neutral\, the conference invites critical reflection on how emerging technologies are developed\, governed\, narrated\, and contested\, and how they reshape democratic processes\, social relations\, environmental conditions\, education\, media\, and cultural production. Whether you are a researcher\, practitioner\, or policy professional\, EMERGE offers a rare interdisciplinary space to interrogate the futures being built around us\, and to imagine alternatives. More information at \;https://emerge.ifdt.bg.ac.rs/
ORGANIZER;CN=Jelena Novakovic: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261105T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261107T170000 SUMMARY:2026 Latinx Philosophy Conference UID:20261022T220133Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:College Station\, United States DESCRIPTION:For questions reach out to Sofia Landaeta (sofialandaeta@tamu.edu) or Nora Tsou (noratsou@tamu.edu)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261106T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T170000 SUMMARY:Twenty-first Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy: The Social Contract UID:20261022T220134Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:5 Washington Place\, New York\, United States\, 10003-6611 DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 6
\n9:30&ndash\;9:55 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Check&ndash\;in and Coffee
\n9:55 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Welcome
\n10:00&ndash\;12:00 \; \; \; \; Thomas Hobbes
\nSpeaker: Sharon Lloyd (University of Southern California)
\nCommentator: Kinch Hoekstra (University California\, Berkeley)
\n12:00&ndash\;2:00 \; \; \; \; \; Lunch Break
\n2:00&ndash\;4:00 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; John Locke
\nSpeaker: Daniel Layman (Washington University)
\nCommentator: Gopal Sreenivasan (Duke University)
\n4:00&ndash\;4:30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Coffee Break
\n4:30&ndash\;6:30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Jean-Jacques Rousseau
\nSpeaker: David Lay Williams (DePaul University)
\nCommentator: Rafeeq Hasan (Amherst College)
\n6:30&ndash\;7:30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Reception
\n\;
\nSaturday\, November 7
\n9:30&ndash\;10:00 \; \; \; \; \; Check&ndash\;in and Coffee
\n10:00&ndash\;12:00 \; \; Immanuel Kant
\nSpeaker: Arthur Ripstein (University of Toronto)
\nCommentator: Japa Pallikkathayil (University of Pittsburgh)
\n12:00&ndash\;2:00 \; \; \; \; \; \; Lunch Break
\n2:00&ndash\;4:00 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
\nSpeaker: Axel Honneth (Columbia University/Goethe-Universitä\;t Frankfurt am Main)
\nCommentator: Andreja Novakovic (University of California\, Berkeley)
\n4:00&ndash\;4:30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Coffee Break
\n4:30&ndash\;6:30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Contemporary
\nSpeaker: Claire Finkelstein (University of Pennsylvania)
\nCommentator: Ryan Muldoon (University at Buffalo)
\n6:30&ndash\;7:30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Reception
ORGANIZER;CN=Anja Jauernig;CN=Don Garrett;CN=Michelle Kosch;CN=John Richardson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261107T170000 SUMMARY:Social Categories of the Future UID:20261022T220135Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, United States DESCRIPTION:Recent years have seen an explosion of work on social categories\, including gender\, race\, disability\, and sexual orientation. But little attention has been paid to what these and other categories might look like in the future. \;
\nFor example\, trans philosophy is just beginning to broach the topic of futuristic social categories\, while social metaphysics has just begun to investigate gender abolitionism (the view that gender categories should be abolished in a more just future.) Philosophers of AI have just begun thinking about how artificially intelligent entities will fit into human-constructed social structures\, or whether they will develop their own social hierarchies.
\nWe plan to bring together researchers from different approaches and viewpoints working on these and related topics. Topics for abstracts include\, but are not limited to:
\nThe existence and nonexistence of gender categories in the future\, and their level of grain
\nGender abolitionism
\nChanging notions of ability\, disability\, and health given new technologies and scientific breakthroughs
\nChanging notions of biological sex given advances in reproductive technology
\nRacial\, ethnic\, and religious categories of the future
\nAmeliorative construction and destruction of social categories \;
\nSocial categories and hierarchies of artificial intelligent agents
\nThis workshop is generously funded by the International Social Ontology Society and the Department of Philosophy at University of California\, Santa Cruz.
\nOrganizers: Sara Bernstein and Nico Orlandi
\nPlease send extended abstracts of no more than 1500 words to socialcategoriesofthefuture@gmail.com. Deadline: August 15\, 2026 (anywhere in the world).
\nSmall travel bursaries may be available for graduate students and precariously employed attendees. Please email the organizers to find out more.
ORGANIZER;CN=Sara Bernstein;CN=Nico Orlandi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261107T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261108T170000 SUMMARY:Responsible Trusting without Prejudice Workshop 2 UID:20261022T220136Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:University of Stirling\, Stirling\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:The Responsible Trusting without Prejudice project is jointly hosted by the University of Stirling and the University of Edinburgh\, and is funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Our first in-person workshop will take place on the University of Stirling campus on the 7th and 8th of November 2026.
\nIn addition to a number of invited speakers (TBA)\, we are pleased to invite the submission of extended abstracts to be considered for presentation at this workshop. Abstracts should include a short bibliography\, should be no longer than 800 words in total\, and should be anonymised for review. Abstracts should be sent to Sharon Coull thoughtmanagingeditor@gmail.com\, by the end of day on Wednesday 30th of September\, 2026. Proposed presentations can be on any aspect of the project\, though we particularly invite abstracts on what is involved in being a responsible epistemic agent\, and whether epistemic responsibility raises any distinctive issues not already raised by responsibility for action in general. Following review\, selected authors will be invited to attend the workshop and give a presentation based on their submissions\, with 2-3 nights of accommodation and the workshop dinner paid for by the project (unfortunately\, we are unable to cover the cost of travel to Stirling).
\nOverview
\nOne lesson of Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s On Certainty is that responsible inquiry requires that we take certain things on trust rather than seeking evidence in their favour\, and yet\, accepting things without evidence can be a manifestation of prejudice. How can we distinguish cases in which accepting something without evidence is demanded of us as responsible epistemic agents from those in which it must be avoided? What steps might we take as an epistemic community to promote responsible inquiry\, given the risks of falling into prejudicial thinking?
\nThese questions have particular urgency in the present social context\, in which real social harm is caused both by unjustified doubts&mdash\;such as climate change denial\, distrust of experts etc. &mdash\;and unjustified acceptances&mdash\;as seen in the phenomenon of online echo chambers\, the proliferation of conspiracy theories etc. \;This project will clarify what it takes to be a responsible inquirer in a world that is so uncooperative\, and where the consequences of lapsing into prejudicial thinking are so harmful.
\nSome issues to be explored draw on and evaluate hints and insights from On Certainty and views advanced in the extensive literature of what has come to be known as hinge epistemology. What should be included in the range of presuppositions that inquiring rational agents cannot but &lsquo\;take for granted&rsquo\; as background to the responsible formation of belief&mdash\;for example\, propositions about the effectiveness of their own cognitive capacities and the suitability of the circumstances in which they are deployed for the effective function of those capacities. Some of these propositions will admit of independent investigation\, but that of course will rest upon a further set of propositions.
\nMore specific questions to be addressed at the workshop include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; What are the nature and limits of rationally unavoidable epistemic trust?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; What is the nature of epistemic responsibility?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; What are the conditions for the effective transmission of reliable information?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; What is the significance of &lsquo\;inherited&rsquo\; backgrounds and echo chambers.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Why are people susceptible to disinformation?
\nFor additional information go tohttps://crispinjwright.com/rtwp_workshop/ \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Aidan McGlynn;CN=Alan Millar: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261107T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261108T170000 SUMMARY:Responsible Trusting without Prejudice Workshop 2 UID:20261022T220137Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:University of Stirling\, Stirling\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:The Responsible Trusting without Prejudice project is jointly hosted by the University of Stirling and the University of Edinburgh\, and is funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Our first in-person workshop will take place on the University of Stirling campus on the 7th and 8th of November 2026.
\nIn addition to a number of invited speakers (TBA)\, we are pleased to invite the submission of extended abstracts to be considered for presentation at this workshop. Abstracts should include a short bibliography\, should be no longer than 800 words in total\, and should be anonymised for review. Abstracts should be sent to Sharon Coull thoughtmanagingeditor@gmail.com\, by the end of day on Wednesday 30th of September\, 2026. Proposed presentations can be on any aspect of the project\, though we particularly invite abstracts on what is involved in being a responsible epistemic agent\, and whether epistemic responsibility raises any distinctive issues not already raised by responsibility for action in general. Following review\, selected authors will be invited to attend the workshop and give a presentation based on their submissions\, with 2-3 nights of accommodation and the workshop dinner paid for by the project (unfortunately\, we are unable to cover the cost of travel to Stirling).
\nOverview
\nOne lesson of Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s On Certainty is that responsible inquiry requires that we take certain things on trust rather than seeking evidence in their favour\, and yet\, accepting things without evidence can be a manifestation of prejudice. How can we distinguish cases in which accepting something without evidence is demanded of us as responsible epistemic agents from those in which it must be avoided? What steps might we take as an epistemic community to promote responsible inquiry\, given the risks of falling into prejudicial thinking?
\nThese questions have particular urgency in the present social context\, in which real social harm is caused both by unjustified doubts&mdash\;such as climate change denial\, distrust of experts etc. &mdash\;and unjustified acceptances&mdash\;as seen in the phenomenon of online echo chambers\, the proliferation of conspiracy theories etc. \;This project will clarify what it takes to be a responsible inquirer in a world that is so uncooperative\, and where the consequences of lapsing into prejudicial thinking are so harmful.
\nSome issues to be explored draw on and evaluate hints and insights from On Certainty and views advanced in the extensive literature of what has come to be known as hinge epistemology. What should be included in the range of presuppositions that inquiring rational agents cannot but &lsquo\;take for granted&rsquo\; as background to the responsible formation of belief&mdash\;for example\, propositions about the effectiveness of their own cognitive capacities and the suitability of the circumstances in which they are deployed for the effective function of those capacities. Some of these propositions will admit of independent investigation\, but that of course will rest upon a further set of propositions.
\nMore specific questions to be addressed at the workshop include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; What are the nature and limits of rationally unavoidable epistemic trust?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; What is the nature of epistemic responsibility?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; What are the conditions for the effective transmission of reliable information?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; What is the significance of &lsquo\;inherited&rsquo\; backgrounds and echo chambers.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Why are people susceptible to disinformation?
\nFor additional information go tohttps://crispinjwright.com/rtwp_workshop/ \;
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\nThe intention of this conference is to offer a space to think critically about pressing questions to do with the interrelated concepts of interdisciplinarity and education. These questions might include: what is the purpose of education\, how can educational aims best be achieved\, what counts as knowledge\, what counts as teaching\, where do the boundaries of individual academic disciplines (as well as the academic/non-academic distinction) serve as a barrier or limitation\, and how can these boundaries be addressed.
ORGANIZER;CN=Fiona Tuschling Brady: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T024638Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261112T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261113T170000 SUMMARY:Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium UID:20261022T220139Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c81e:70ff:fee7:7e34%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Macerata\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium
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