Upcoming events in Social and Political Philosophy

19 Nov

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

Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, University of Naples Federico II

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

19 Nov

Workshop: Multilateralism, International Institutions and the Ethics of War

Department of Philosophy, University of Bern

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

19 Nov

Talk: The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts

Center for Ethical Thinking, Pace University

Third Thursdays Speaker Series

Matthew Lindauer (Brooklyn College (CUNY))

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

20 Nov

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

Humanities Institute, University College Dublin

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

21 Nov

Reading Group: Reading Badiou’s Inaesthetics

OnlineIncite Seminars

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

24 Nov

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

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

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

25 Nov

Conference: Simposio Internacional MemoriEs 2026

OnlineUniversity of Western Australia

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

25 Nov

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

Gonzaga in Florence, Gonzaga University

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

26 Nov

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

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

PHILAWSON WORKSHOP

Topics: Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

26 Nov

Conference: Perspectives on Political Legitimacy

Central European University

Topics: Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

28 Nov

Conference: Anti-Democratic Communication

HybridUniversity of Waterloo

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Dec

CFP: Philosophy and Technology

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

1 Dec

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

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

1 Dec

CFP: Bioethics and the Border 2027: Contested Spaces

HybridUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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

2 Dec

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

Department of Communication and Arts, University of Beira Interior

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

3 Dec

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

Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona

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

7 Dec

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

HybridDepartment of Phliosophy, Maastricht University

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

7 Dec

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

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

8 Dec

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

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

8 Dec

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

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

Tromsø Conference in Ethics and Political Philosophy

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

9 Dec

Conference: 2nd Annual PPEL in the Global South Conference

University of Los Andes

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

10 Dec

Conference: What is Economic Planning? Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

The Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP); The Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE); Transforming Interdisciplinary Education and Research for Evolving Democracies (TIERED), Sciences Po

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

11 Dec

CFP: Hannah Arendt Circle 2027

University of Paderborn, Germany

Topics: Continental Philosophy, European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

11 Dec

Conference: The Significance of Enlightenment Philosophy in European Culture

HybridJournal "Culture and Values", The Department of the History of Philosophy and Comparative Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS), Poland

The Significance of Enlightenment Philosophy in European Culture

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

20 Dec

CFP: Journal of Law, Society, and Authority (JLSA) | Volume 16, Issue 1 — March 2027

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

20 Dec

CFP: Boston University 2027 Graduate Conference

Department of Philosophy, Boston University

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

4 Jan 2027

CFP: Feminist Accountability and Transformative Justice - Special Issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly

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

8 Jan 2027

CFP: Imagining Feminist Alternatives

Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University

Michigan State University Graduate Philosophy Conferences

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

9 Jan 2027

CFP: 2nd East Tennessee Rural Biomedical Ethics Conference

OnlineEast Tennessee State University

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

10 Jan 2027

CFP: Thomas Carlyle and the Twenty-First Century: Reexamining Carlyle Amid Political, Economic, Technological, and Religious Change

University of New Hampshire

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

14 Jan 2027

Conference: 9th Workshop in Political Philosophy

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jan 2027

CFP: 3rd Dortmund Disputes on Economic Justice

TU Dortmund University

Dortmund Disputes on Economic Justice

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jan 2027

CFP: Civil Discourse in a Polarized World

The Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics; The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program; The Department of Philosophy; The Center for Ethics Student Forum, Georgia State University

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

21 Jan 2027

Conference: Disclosure in Thought and Action Philosophical Perspectives on Political Narration and Democratic Prefiguration

FernUniversität in Hagen

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

21 Jan 2027

Conference: Politics of Commitment. Militant Subjectivity and Democratic Contestation

Department of Political Science; Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

21 Jan 2027

Conference: The Political Theory of Labour Unions

Munich School of Politics and Public Policy, Technical University of Munich

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

31 Jan 2027

CFP: Special Issue Puncta “Phenomarxism: Ideology and Materialism in Critical and Political Phenomenology”

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

1 Feb 2027

Conference: PLP Graduate Forum Seminar Series 2026–27

HybridProgramme in Philosophy, Law and Politics, University of Oxford

PLP Graduate Forum Seminars

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

1 Feb 2027

CFP: PLP Graduate Forum Seminar Series 2026–27

HybridProgramme in Philosophy, Law and Politics, University of Oxford

PLP Graduate Forum Seminars

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

1 Feb 2027

CFP: 2nd Dortmund Disputes on Economic Justice

Department of Philosophy and Political Science, TU Dortmund University

Dortmund Disputes on Economic Justice

Topics: Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

5 Feb 2027

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

Teachers College, Columbia University

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

5 Feb 2027

Conference: Bioethics and the Border 2027: Contested Spaces

HybridUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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

12 Feb 2027

Conference: Biophilia: The Ethics, Politics, and Aesthetics of Love for the Living World

Department of Philosophy, Mississippi State University

The Mississippi Philosophical Association Annual Conference 2027

Topics: Aesthetics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

20 Feb 2027

Conference: 2nd East Tennessee Rural Biomedical Ethics Conference

OnlineEast Tennessee State University

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

24 Feb 2027

Conference: NASSP at Central APA

North American Society for Social Philosophy

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

26 Feb 2027

Conference: Focusing Policy for Good: Promoting AI for Good for the Disability Community

University of San Diego

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

28 Feb 2027

CFP: Truth, Democracy, and Misinformation

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

1 Mar 2027

CFP: International Society for Military Ethics

International Society for Military Ethics

International Society for Military Ethics Annual Conference

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

2 Mar 2027

Talk: Being-for-War: Freedom and the Fragility of the Shared World

HybridPHIRES Research Group, Deakin University

PHIRES Seminar Series

Lior Levy (University of Haifa)

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

3 Mar 2027

Conference: Rethinking Agency under Non-Ideal Conditions

Department of Philosophy (Section Phenomenology), University of Graz

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