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 4 Jun

Conference: Stanley Cavell at 100. An International Centennial Conference

Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne; Sapienza Università di Roma; Boston University

Topics: Aesthetics, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

Ongoing 4 Jul

Conference: Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2026: Climate Philosophy in the Capitalocene

Collegium Phaenomenologicum

Collegium Phaenomenologicum

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

Today 6 Jul

Conference: Rethinking Leadership

Webster University

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

Today 6 Jul

Conference: Collective Moral and Intellectual Virtues - Summer Course

Department of Philosophy, Central European University

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

10 Jul

Conference: Losing Oneself: Self-Alienation in Post-Kantianism and Beyond

Philosophy, Royal Holloway University of London

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

10 Jul

Talk: The Politics of Heritage

Department of Political Economy, King's College London

The PPE Society Annual Meetings

Jack Hume (King's College London)

Rasa Davidavičiūtė (LMU Munich)

Fred Matthews (University of Bristol)

Topics: Epistemology, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

10 Jul

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

Humanities Institute, University College Dublin

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

11 Jul

Conference: The Life of Freedom in Kant and Hegel: Book Talk and Discussion with Thomas Khurana

Royal Holloway, University of London

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

13 Jul

Conference: Trust & Cooperation

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Vienna Summer School 2026

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

13 Jul

Conference: 9th Derrida Today Conference

HybridÉcole Normale Supérieure

9th Derrida Today Conference

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

13 Jul

Conference: 4th Annual Berlin Workshop on Speech and Harm

Technische Universität Berlin

Berlin Workshop on Speech and Harm

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

13 Jul

Conference: Critical Theories of Fascism - Lisbon Praxis Summer School 2026

PRAXIS Group, Centre for Philosophy of the University of Lisbon

Lisbon Praxis Summer School

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

13 Jul

Conference: Formal Ethics 2026

Philosophy Department, The State University of New York at Buffalo

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

14 Jul

Talk: What’s Wrong with Adaptive Preferences?

Philosophy, Université de Fribourg

Niko Kolodny (University of California, Berkeley)

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

Talk: Unilateralism and the Omnilateral Will

Philosophy, Université de Fribourg

Topics: 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

CFA: Philosophy, Evidence and Policymaking

Netherlands' Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous, 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: CFP for publication: “The Cinema of Democracy – Event and Reinvention of the Mass”

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

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

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

15 Jul

CFP: Anti-Democratic Communication

HybridUniversity of Waterloo

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

15 Jul

CFP: 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

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

31 Jul

CFP: International Workshop Counterrevolution and Democratic Transformation

Chair of Philosophy, University of St. Gallen

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

31 Jul

CFP: 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

31 Jul

CFP: The Political Theory of Labour Unions

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

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

8 Aug

CFP: The Seven Cs

OnlinePhilosophy for the Demos

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

10 Aug

CFP: The Third “Frontiers in Ethics and Political Philosophy” Workshop

Department of Philosophy, Zhejiang University

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

15 Aug

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

Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University

Topics: 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

1 Sep

CFP: Digital Ethics and Wellbeing

University of Southern Denmark

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

31 Aug

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

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

1 Sep

CFP: 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

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