Upcoming events in Social and Political Philosophy

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Ongoing 1 Oct 2024

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

OnlinePhinance - The Philosophy of Finance Network

Phinance Online Interview Series

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

Ongoing 29 Apr

Conference: Séminaire Arendt 2026

OnlineRéseau Arendtien Francophone

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

Ongoing 24 Sep

Conference: Reading Gramsci: Context, Concepts, and Critique

OnlineIncite Seminars

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

Ongoing 25 Sep

Conference: Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics

The Wharton School, Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, University of Pennsylvania

Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics

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

Ongoing 9 Oct

Conference: Technology and citizenship - V IF Conference · First International Conference

University of Oviedo

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

Today 26 Oct

Conference: Innovation and tradition: intersections, interactions and disputes in culture

HybridEscuela de Humanidades y Educación, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Cuernavaca

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

Tomorrow 27 Oct

Conference: Race, Ethnicity, Religion - Categories of Descent-Based Difference

Institute of Philosophy, University of Bern

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

Tomorrow 27 Oct

Conference: "Ricœur, Dead or Alive?" Fonds Ricœur Monthly Seminar (ENS, Paris)

HybridUMR 8547, Pays germaniques, École Normale Supérieure

The seminar "Ricœur Studies Today"

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

29 Oct

Conference: Melancholic historicity: lost pasts and past losses

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

30 Oct

Conference: Can social ontology change the world?

Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University

Topics: M&E, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Social Science, Social and Political Philosophy

30 Oct

CFP: Medically Assisted Dying for Persons with Mental IIlness: Philosophical, Ethical, and Legal Perspectives

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

30 Oct

CFP: Deus et Machina: Technology, Politics, and Theology in the Age of AI

The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute

The 2027 Telos-Paul Piccone Institute Annual Conference

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

31 Oct

CFP: Why Political Philosophy of Technology and Engineering? Concepts, Problems, Methods (Proposed SPT 2027 Symposium)

Political Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Special Interest Group

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

31 Oct

CFP: 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

31 Oct

CFP: Translation—Semiotics—Music

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

31 Oct

CFP: Lessico di Etica Pubblica - The Divine and the Digital (2/2026)

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

31 Oct

CFP: Special Issue of Apocalyptica: "Apocalypse now what? Capitalism and the end of the world"

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Nov

CFP: Epistemic Injustice and AI

Department of Philosophy of Mind and Language, Radboud University

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

1 Nov

CFP: 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

1 Nov

CFP: The Relevance of Michel Foucault in the Face of Global Surveillance, Post-Truth and New Forms of Governance

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Nov

CFP: Journal of Global Human Rights

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

5 Nov

Conference: Hegel on Historicity

Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University, Athens

10th Conference of the International Network Hegel’s Relevance

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

5 Nov

Conference: Workshop for The Journal of Ethics Special Issue on Meritocracy

Law Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

5 Nov

Conference: Security-Relevant Research in Academia - Debates, Definitions, and Best-Practices

ARRTI, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

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

5 Nov

Conference: Emerge 2026: Contested Futures

Digital Society Lab, University of Belgrade, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory

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

5 Nov

Conference: 2026 Latinx Philosophy Conference

Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University

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

6 Nov

Conference: Twenty-first Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy: The Social Contract

Department of Philosophy, New York University

Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, 19th Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

6 Nov

Conference: Social Categories of the Future

Department of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz

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

7 Nov

Conference: Responsible Trusting without Prejudice Workshop 2

University of Stirling

Responsible Trusting without Prejudice Workshops

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

7 Nov

Conference: Responsible Trusting without Prejudice Workshop 2

University of Stirling

Responsible Trusting without Prejudice Workshops

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

9 Nov

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

Teachers College, Columbia University

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Nov

Conference: Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium

University of Macerata Italy

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Nov

Conference: Normative Perspectives on the Armed Forces and Civil–Military Relations

Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

12 Nov

Conference: 2026 Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) Symposium

Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative

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

12 Nov

CFP: Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium

University of Macerata Italy

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

13 Nov

CFP: The Right of War in Grotius and Hobbes

Department of Philosophy, Middle East Technical University (Ankara)

The Hobbes Scholars International Association Sixth International Conference

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

13 Nov

Conference: The Right of War in Grotius and Hobbes

Department of Philosophy, Middle East Technical University (Ankara)

The Hobbes Scholars International Association Sixth International Conference

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

13 Nov

Conference: Another Sense of Earth at the End of Worlds: Environmental Humanities in the Face of Crises

Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas

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

15 Nov

CFP: 5th Annual Penn-Georgetown Digital Ethics Workshop

Georgetown University

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

17 Nov

Talk: When Uncertainty Becomes a Vacuum: Misinformation, Trust, and the Ethics of Communicating What We Don’t Know (Q&A Session with Professor Mike Steer)

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Larelle Bossi (Griffith University)

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

17 Nov

Talk: Not Born Yesterday: Why humans are less gullible than we think (Closing Keynote)

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Hugo Mercier (Institut Jean Nicod)

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Nov

Talk: Anticipatory Obedience: Living in the Autocrat's Reality

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Joanne B Ciulla (Rutgers University - Newark)

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

17 Nov

Talk: Trustworthy Institutions Stick Their Necks Out: Prediction, Accommodation, and the Ethics of Public Health Communication

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Brendan Shea (Rochester Community And Technical College)

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Nov

Talk: Democratic Understanding

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Jaclyn Rekis (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Nov

Talk: From Aligned Outcomes to Conditions of Judgment: AI, Deep Disagreement, and Democratic Public Discourse

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Nov

Talk: How to Handle Conspiracy Theories?

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Eva Pöll (University of Münster)

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Nov

Talk: The Principle of Habeas Mentem and the Democratic Harms of Digital Misinformation

OnlineAustralian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Nov

Talk: Free Speech and Experimentality

Department of Values, Technology and Innovation, Delft University of Technology

Van Hasselt Lecture

Robert Mark Simpson (University College London)

Topics: Aesthetics, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

18 Nov

Talk: Fair Play For Whom? A Social Imaginaries Analysis of TERF Propaganda

HybridPHIRES Research Group, Deakin University

PHIRES Seminar Series

Louise Richardson-Self (University of Tasmania)

Topics: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, 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

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