Upcoming events in Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

Talk: Kantian Anarchism

Philosophy, Université de Fribourg

Japa Pallikkathayil (University of Pittsburgh)

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

Conference: The Kantian State: Prospects and Challenges

Philosophy, Université de Fribourg

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

Talk: How Kantian Should Functionalists Be?

Philosophy, Université de Fribourg

Christopher Wellman (Washington University in St. Louis)

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

Talk: Private claims and Public Rights: the Infrastructure of the Kantian State

Philosophy, Université de Fribourg

Arthur Ripstein (University of Toronto, St. George Campus)

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

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

Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona

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

15 Jul

CFP: “Magic and Critique” – Pólemos (2026/2)

Topics: Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

18 Jul

Conference: Democracy & Joint Agency

Chair for Philosophy & Political Theory, LMU Munich

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Social and Political Philosophy

20 Jul

Conference: Critical Theory Workshop's 18th Annual Summer School

HybridLaboratoire d’Anthropologie Politique , École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) -- School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, France

Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

24 Jul

Conference: The F-word: autofiction as resistance to patriarchy

Circle 4: Feminist Philosophy, Nordic Summer University

NSU study circles

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

25 Jul

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

Department of Communication and Arts, University of Beira Interior

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

27 Jul

Conference: Passau Summer School for Applied Ethics 2026 - Ethics of Migration: Justice, Rights, Responsibilities

Professorship of Applied Ethics, University of Passau

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

27 Jul

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

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

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

3 Aug

Conference: Idols of Modernity: The Human Desire for Meaning and the Migration of the Holy (Summer School)

Forum for Christian Studies (foXs)

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

8 Aug

Conference: Artifices: technology, thought, art

HybridEreignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts

Ereignis Conference

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

13 Aug

Conference: Feminism and the Corporation: Radical Metaphysics, Radical Politics?

HybridTrinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin

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

17 Aug

Conference: Philosophy of Breakups

HybridConceptual Foundations of Conflict Project, University of Southern California

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

19 Aug

Conference: Individualism and Oppression

Department of Philosophy, Tilburg University

René Descartes Lectures Tilburg University

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

20 Aug

Conference: Agential Capacities in Context

HybridUniversity of Turku

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Social and Political Philosophy

23 Aug

CFP: 9th Workshop in Political Philosophy

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

23 Aug

Conference: From Disciples to Followers: Questioning the Digital Experience of Religions Online

University Centre Saint Ignatius Antwerp

UCSIA Summer School

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

27 Aug

Conference: Just Theorising 2026

IDEA: The Ethics Centre, University of Leeds

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions, Social and Political Philosophy

31 Aug

CFP: Res Practica Special Issue - “The Faces of Responsibility”

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

2 Sep

Conference: Land, Territory, and Justice (MANCEPT Workshop 2026)

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

Topics: Philosophy of the Americas, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

2 Sep

Conference: MANCEPT Workshop on Theories of Public Reason

University of Manchester

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

2 Sep

Conference: MANCEPT Workshop - Speciesism, Power and Human Prejudice

Manchester Centre for Political Theory, The University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

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

2 Sep

Conference: MANCEPT Workshop on Intimate (In)Justices

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

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

2 Sep

Conference: MANCEPT Workshop on Republican Political Economy

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

Topics: Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

2 Sep

Conference: Genocide and Democratic Theory (MANCEPT Workshop 2026)

University of Manchester - MANCEPT

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

2 Sep

Conference: MANCEPT Workshop on Ethics of Academia

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

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

2 Sep

Conference: MANCEPT Workshop - Epistemic Injustice and Backlash

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

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

2 Sep

Conference: Rethinking the Radical Right: Transnational Networks, Policy Convergence, and Discursive Power Across Gender, Health, and Environment

Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT), University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops 2026

Topics: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

2 Sep

Conference: Tolerance and Education: Concepts, Justifications, and Limits (MANCEPT Panel 2026)

University of Manchester - MANCEPT

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

2 Sep

Conference: MANCEPT 2026: Political Ordinary Language

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

3 Sep

Conference: CEE Forum of Young Legal, Political and Social Theorists

University of Silesia

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

3 Sep

Conference: Bentham House Conference: Queering Private Law

UCL Faculty of Laws

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

3 Sep

Conference: MANCEPT Workshop on Justice in Climate Litigation

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

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

4 Sep

Conference: The Prognostic Possibilities of a Philosophical Approach to History: Currents of the Contemporary World

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY FELIX ROMULIANA

Topics: Philosophy of Social Science, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

8 Sep

Conference: 2026 ECPR General Conference

Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

8 Sep

Conference: Historical Narratives and Counternarratives

APPLIED PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH CENTER, Belgrade

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

8 Sep

Conference: Social Ties in Animal Politics: Mutuality Beyond Humanity

School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield

Animal Politics

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

17 Sep

Conference: 24th Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy

Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universita' degli Studi di Pavia

Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy

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

25 Sep

Conference: Problems of Democracy and possible Solutions

Democracy Program, Carter Center

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

30 Sep

CFP: Translation—Semiotics—Music

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

5 Oct

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

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

Topics: Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

5 Oct

Conference: Deliberative Democratic Innovations: Challenges and Opportunities from a Constitutional Perspective

Faculty of Economics, University of Passau

Backsliding, Resilience, Renewal? Democracy in Eras of Transformation

Topics: Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

7 Oct

Conference: PhilML'26

Topics: Philosophy of Computing and Information, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Oct

Conference: Caring for Non-Humans: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Care among Animals, the Environment, and AI

Czech Academy of Sciences

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

15 Oct

Conference: Radical Philosophy Association 18th Biennial Conference

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Social and Political Philosophy

20 Oct

CFP: Digital Ethics and Wellbeing

University of Southern Denmark

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

20 Oct

Conference: Digital Ethics and Wellbeing

University of Southern Denmark

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