Upcoming events in Social and Political Philosophy

12 Mar

Conference: On the Resilience of Reason. Phenomenology, Pragmatism, and Neo-Kantianism in Times of Social Crisis

HybridDr. K. H. Eberle Reserach Centre "European Cultures in a Mulipolar World", University of Konstanz

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

14 Mar

Conference: Dasein – Existence – Mortality in Daseinanalysis and Psychotherapy

Online The European Centre for Heidegger Studies

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

15 Mar

CFP: "Philosophies" Special Issue: More-than-Human Ethics: Rethinking Nature, Dwelling, and Responsibility

Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

15 Mar

CFP: IVR 2026 Istanbul

International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

32nd World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

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

15 Mar

CFP: New Issues on Law and Philosophy of Affirmative Action

IVR2026 Organizing Committee, International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

Special workshop at XXXIInd World Congress of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR)

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

15 Mar

CFP: Individualism and Oppression

Department of Philosophy, Tilburg University

René Descartes Lectures Tilburg University

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Mar

CFP: Business Ethics in the 6ix

Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University

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

15 Mar

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

19 Mar

Conference: Capitalism – Democracy – Emancipation. Encounters Between Critical Theory and Radical Democratic Theory

Department of Political Science, University of Vienna

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

20 Mar

Conference: Responsible Trusting Without Prejudice First Workshop

OnlineDepartment of Philosophy, University of Stirling

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

20 Mar

Conference: The Chinese New Leviathan: Cultural Subjectivity and Statecraft Today

The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute

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

20 Mar

Conference: 9th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference: "Justice and Solidarity"

UTK Philosophy Graduate Student Organization

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

21 Mar

Conference: Borders, Identity, and Belonging

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, Marquette University

3rd Annual Susanne E. Foster Graduate Philosophy Conference

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

24 Mar

Conference: Workshop on Deterrence and Deontology

Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace, Stockholm University

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

25 Mar

Conference: The Faces of Responsibility

Department of Philosophy, University of Montreal

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

25 Mar

CFP: The Faces of Responsibility

Department of Philosophy, University of Montreal

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

26 Mar

Conference: Devotion, Existential Commitment, and Ethics

Philosophy, Boston University

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

26 Mar

Conference: Science, Expertise, and Society

History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) Program, University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame HPS Annual Conference

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

27 Mar

Conference: Environment, Science, and Society

Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University

15th Annual Michigan State University Department of Philosophy Graduate Student Conference

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

27 Mar

Conference: Technology for Good: An Early Career Research Conference

Walker Institute of International and Area Studies, University of South Carolina

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

31 Mar

CFP: Philosophy of Breakups

HybridConceptual Foundations of Conflict Project, University of Southern California

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

1 Apr

CFP: CFP: Arendt and the Question of War in The Modern World

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

3 Apr

Conference: 2026 West Chester University Philosophy Graduate Student Conference: Living Philosophy

West Chester University Philosophy Graduate Student Association, West Chester University

West Chester University Philosophy Graduate Student Association Conference

Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Social and Political Philosophy

3 Apr

Conference: Peace in the Age of Forever Wars

Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy (CENFAD), Temple University

Challenging War

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

3 Apr

Conference: Southern Journal of Philosophy 2026 Workshop on Hortense Spillers

Department of Philosophy, University of Memphis

Southern Journal of Philosophy Workshop series

Topics: African/Africana Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

4 Apr

Conference: 19th Annual Suncoast Graduate Philosophy Conference

Department of Philosophy, University of South Florida

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

10 Apr

CFP: MANCEPT's Brave New World 2026

MANCEPT, University of Manchester

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

10 Apr

CFP: Synthese: Philosophy of Science in Public Policy

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

14 Apr

CFP: Human Ecology: dwelling as care for the environment and relationships

Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca

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

14 Apr

Conference: Human Ecology: dwelling as care for the environment and relationships

Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca

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

16 Apr

Conference: Climate Change and Global Justice

Department of Philosophy , University of Washington

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

17 Apr

Conference: Princeton University Graduate Conference in Political Theory

University Center for Human Values and the Department of Politics, Princeton University

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

17 Apr

Conference: New Work on Discrimination

Yale University

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

17 Apr

Conference: 1st UChicago WAMIP Philosophy Graduate Conference: Practical Philosophy & Philosophy’s Practicalities

The Department of Philosophy , University of Chicago

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

17 Apr

Conference: 1st UChicago WAMIP Philosophy Graduate Conference: Practical Philosophy & Philosophy's Practicalities

The Department of Philosophy , University of Chicago

Topics: Philosophy of Action, Meta-Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

23 Apr

Conference: Raising a Mirror to the University: Theory and the Canadian Institution

Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism, The University of Western Ontario

Annual Graduate Theory Conference

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

24 Apr

Conference: Southwest Graduate Philosophy Conference

Department of Philosophy, Arizona State University Graduate Philosophical Society

Annual Southwest Graduate Philosophy Conference

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

1 May

Conference: The Political Dimension in Hegel's Aesthetics

School of Advanced Study, University of London

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

1 May

CFP: Special Issue on "Pacifism and World Peace" for Dialogue and Universalism

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

1 May

Conference: Violence, Resistance, and Decoloniality: Rage Against the Machine

Department of Philosophy, Philosophy Graduate Student Group

University of Alberta Philosophy Graduate Conference

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

14 May

Conference: STAL 2026

University of Granada

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

21 May

Conference: Business Ethics in the 6ix

Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University

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

21 May

Conference: MANCEPT's Brave New World 2026

MANCEPT, University of Manchester

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

22 May

Conference: 2026 KCL Political Theory Conference

Department of Political Economy, King's College London

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

22 May

Conference: Woman and Human Progress in the Enlightenment

OnlineFaculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

26 May

Conference: 2026 Feminist Decolonial Politics Workshop

HybridUniversity at Buffalo, University at North Carolina and Online

Feminist Decolonial Politics Workshop

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

28 May

Conference: The Wisdom, and Madness, of Crowds: a workshop on group beliefs, echo chambers and collective identities

Erasmus School of Philosophy (ESPhil), Erasmus University Rotterdam

Topics: Epistemology, Social and Political Philosophy

28 May

Conference: Hannah Arendt - The Origins of Totalitarianism Today

Paderborn University

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Jun

CFP: International Conference: “Cornelius Castoriadis (1997-2027) : Thirty Years Later”

Les Nouveaux Cahiers Castoriadis

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

1 Jun

Conference: Free and Inclusive Speech in Times of Polarisation

University of Ottawa

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