Upcoming events in Social and Political Philosophy

22 Apr

Conference: Zeitgeist: A philosophy of history course

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

24 Apr

Conference: Workshop on Intimate Relationships and the State

Department of Philosophy, Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics, Georgia State University

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

24 Apr

CFP: Workshop on Intimate Relationships and the State

Department of Philosophy, Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics, Georgia State University

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

25 Apr

Conference: 2025 KCL Political Theory Conference

Department of Political Economy , Kings College London

KCL Political Theory Conference

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

25 Apr

Conference: Worlding Beyond the End of the World

Centre for Theory and Criticism, University of Western Ontario

Annual Theory Centre Graduate Conference

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

25 Apr

CFP: 23rd Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy

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

Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy

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

25 Apr

Conference: 17th Annual TTU Graduate Conference: Social Injustice

Department of Philosophy, Philosophy Graduate Student Association at Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University Philosophy Graduate Student Conference

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

28 Apr

Conference: 2025 OXFORD GRADUATE CONFERENCE IN POLITICAL THEORY

Department of Politics and International Relations, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

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

30 Apr

CFA: Social and Political Issues in Philosophy of Language at MANCEPT Workshops 25

University of Manchester

Topics: Philosophy of Language, Social and Political Philosophy

1 May

Conference: Justice in an Unequal World

Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary

Annual University of Calgary Graduate Philosophy Conference

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

1 May

CFP: (Not) Caring to Know: Vice Epistemology meets Situated Affectivity

HybridCentre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, University of Pardubice

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

3 May

Conference: Berkeley Graduate Conference on Early Modern Political Thought

University of California, Berkeley

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

6 May

Conference: Nostalgie, utopie : les potentialités politiques des tabous temporels de la démocratie libérale

HybridConcordia University

92e Congrès de l'Acfas

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

7 May

Conference: Gender, Diversity, Citizenship (2nd Edition)

University of Évora

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

7 May

CFP: Philosophy of Degrowth Panel – MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

University of Manchester

MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

9 May

Conference: Moral Complicity: theory and context

Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto

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

9 May

Conference: Boston University Graduate Student Philosophy Conference 2025: Virtues and Vices in Social Contexts: Conflict, Conciliation, and Violence

Department of Philosophy, Boston University

Boston University Graduate Student Philosophy Conference

Topics: Epistemology, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

12 May

Conference: Business Ethics in the 6ix

OnlineTed Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University

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

13 May

Conference: 2025 Duke Social Philosophy Conference

Department of Philosophy, Duke University

Duke Social Philosophy Conference

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

14 May

CFP: Theories of Public Reason Panel at the MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory

University of Manchester

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 May

CFP: CFP "Critical and Normative Perspectives on Work" - Philosophy and Public Issues

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

15 May

Conference: Frontiers Workshop in Democratic Theory

Department of Political Science, Duke University

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 May

CFP: War and Morality: Philosophical and Historical Perspectives

Ludovika University of Public Service; Jewish Theological Seminary - University of Jewish Studies

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

19 May

Conference: CFCP Summer Conference: Emerging Technologies as Social Goods

Conceptual Foundations of Conflict Project, University of Southern California

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

20 May

Conference: ECPR Joint Sessions 2025: The Political Theory of Democratic Elections

European Consortium for Political Research

ECPR Joint Sessions

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

21 May

Conference: Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative Second Annual Summer Workshop

Chicago-Kent College of law

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

22 May

Conference: Reconceiving Business Corporations in Times of Political Contestation

Ethics Institute, Utrecht University

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

22 May

Conference: 11th LSE Graduate Conference in Political Theory (2025)

Department of Government, London School of Economics

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

22 May

Conference: Complicity - Conceptual, Ethical and Legal Issues

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague

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

22 May

Conference: Religion and Democracy

University of Notre Dame

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

22 May

Conference: Philosophy & Legal Theory stream at the Law & Society Association

LSA CRN 17, Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative

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

23 May

Conference: The 6th POLEMO Symposium

Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations, Central European University

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

23 May

CFP: The Process and Implications of Doing Social Theory (One-Day Symposium)

Sociology, University of Cambridge

A BSA Early Career Regional Funded Symposium

Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Social and Political Philosophy

23 May

Conference: The Process and Implications of Doing Social Theory (One-Day Symposium)

Sociology, University of Cambridge

A BSA Early Career Regional Funded Symposium

Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Social and Political Philosophy

26 May

Conference: Democracy’s Discontent. Questions for the Political Philosophy of Our Times

Reset Dialogues on Civilizations

Venice Seminars

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

26 May

Conference: Old Dilemmas, New Voices: Feminist Ethics and #MeToo

University of Iceland

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

29 May

Conference: ‘What’s Next for Feminism?’ LSExSWIP 2025 Conference in Feminist and Gender Theory

Department of Government, London School of Economics

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

29 May

Conference: Phenomenological Accounts and Dimensions of the Social and Political

Manhattan Campus, St. John's University

Max Scheler Society of North America/North American Society for Early Phenomenology

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

29 May

Conference: Phenomenological Accounts and Dimensions of the Social and Political

Manhattan Campus, St. John's University

North American Society for Early Phenomenology 2025 Annual Conference

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

30 May

Conference: Book Workshop: 'No Justice No Peace: The Ethics of Violent Protests' by Avia Pasternak

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics

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

30 May

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

OnlineRock Ethics Institute, The Pennsylvania State University

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

31 May

CFP: 2nd Dortmund Conference on Philosophy and Society with Kate Vredenburgh (LSE)

Department of Philosophy and Political Science, TU Dortmund

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

31 May

CFP: RICONOSCIMENTO, DIRITTO E MULTICULTURALISMO OGGI

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

31 May

CFP: The Metaphysics of Social Powers: Individuals, Groups, and Artifacts

Topics: Metaphysics, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Jun

CFP: Phil-Econ-Model-Lab

Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences, Leibniz University Hannover

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

1 Jun

CFP: Ethical Perspectives on War, Peace, and Nonviolence

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

1 Jun

CFP: Trajectories of Political Thought. Philosophical Theories Between Decline and Progress

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

2 Jun

Conference: Rahel Levin Varnhagens ›Denkblätter‹. Schreibformen und Kontexte

Germanistik, Universität Gießen, Universität Siegen

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

2 Jun

Talk: Pragmatism, Truth and Politics, The Chris Hookway Memorial Lecture

Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield

Cheryl Misak (University of Toronto, St. George Campus)

Robert B. Talisse (Vanderbilt University)

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of the Americas, Social and Political Philosophy

9 Jun

Conference: Geoanthropology: Metabolism, Legal Imagination, and Geopraxis

Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Ca' Foscari University (Venice, Italy)

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