Le Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone\, cré\;é\; en 2024\, vise à\; favoriser une synergie entre celles et ceux qui\, des amateurs aux chercheuses\, fré\;quentent la pensé\;e de Hannah Arendt. Dans cette optique\, nous cherchons à\; mettre en place un rendez-vous ré\;gulier pour en discuter les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects.
\nDu fait de l&rsquo\;é\;tendue de la francophonie\, ces sé\;minaires auront lieu en ligne. Leur principe sera le suivant : les participant-e-s auront tous et toutes pré\;alablement lu un article ou un chapitre ré\;cent\, lequel sera pré\;senté\; trè\;s rapidement par souci de prioriser les é\;changes (10 minutes) par son autrice ou auteur. À\; partir de celui-ci\, un-e membre du ré\;seau ouvrira (5 min) à\; un dé\;bat plus large afin de discuter\, outre l&rsquo\;article\, les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects de l&rsquo\;&oelig\;uvre d&rsquo\;Arendt (1h30).
\nProgramme 2026\nEn 2026\, nous proposons quatre sé\;ances ordinaires du sé\;minaire et une sé\;ance spé\;ciale : «\; Arendt et la science é\;conomique »\;\, «\; Arendt et le travail »\;\, «\; Liberté\;\, volonté\;\, politique »\;\, «\; Arendt et la violence »\;\, «\; Philosophie\, é\;ducation et politique »\;.
\nLe sé\;minaire est ouvert à\; toutes et tous sans inscription pré\;alable \; n&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas à\; venir y assister et y participer. Les articles et textes discuté\;s sont disponibles sur le site du RAF. N&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas non plus à\; nous contacter pour toute demande d&rsquo\;information complé\;mentaire.
\nLe RAF ?\nLe Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone (RAF) se veut un espace divers et pluriel\, rassemblant une communauté\; de doctorant-e-s\, enseignant-e-s\, chercheurs/ses\, intellectuel-le-s et toute personne inté\;ressé\;e ou engagé\;e dans l'é\;tude et la diffusion de la pensé\;e d'Hannah Arendt en France et le monde francophone. À\; travers cette plateforme\, nous souhaitons favoriser les é\;changes intellectuels\, offrir une visibilité\; accrue aux travaux de recherche et cré\;er des liens solides entre francophones s'inté\;ressant à\; et puisant dans l'&oelig\;uvre de cette autrice majeure du XXe siè\;cle.
\nOutre l&rsquo\;organisation de ce sé\;minaire et d'é\;vè\;nements acadé\;miques lié\;s à\; la pensé\;e d'Arendt\, le ré\;seau actualise continuellement un site web qui met à\; disposition : une bibliographie des textes de langue franç\;aise consacré\;s à\; Arendt ou la mobilisant\, un annuaire des membres du ré\;seau\, un agenda des activité\;s francophones qui lui sont dé\;dié\;es et une lettre d'information mensuelle.
\nN'hé\;sitez pas à\; rejoindre le ré\;seau ou à\; nous contacter pour rejoindre l&rsquo\;é\;quipe d&rsquo\;animation !
\n ORGANIZER;CN="Rémi Zanni": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260601T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:The Kyoto School: Totality and Contradiction UID:20260615T113429Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Asia/Hong_Kong LOCATION:Chinese university of Hong Kong\, Hong Kong\, Hong Kong\, 99999 DESCRIPTION:While major Western philosophical movements in the 20th century looked upon claims to absolute knowledge with deep suspicion\, the Kyoto School never abandoned philosophy's sacred vocation to know the absolute. Against the dominant disposition to look upon contradiction as an obstacle to absolute knowledge\, the Kyoto School recognizes contradiction as the key to unlocking the secrets of absolute totality. The Summer School will think with major thinkers of the Kyoto School on totality and contradiction. Philosophizing with Nishida\, Takahashi\, Tanabe\, Nishitani\, Ueda\, Miki\, Tosaka\, and Watsuji\, the Summer School will also explore the contemporary relevance of the Kyoto School for philosophical thought in the 21st century.
ORGANIZER;CN=Gregory S. Moss;CN=Dennis Prooi;CN=Kyle Peters: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260610T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260611T170000 SUMMARY:SHOULD HUMANITY END? Apocalypse and the World to Come UID:20260615T113430Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION: Universitätsplatz 1\, Heidelberg\, Germany\, 69117 DESCRIPTION:Ecological\, technological\, and political transformations are intensifying apocalyptic images and narratives. However\, the most pressing question of our present is not how we can avert the end of humanity\, as such an outlook is doubly misleading. It is doubtful whether we would ever be capable of doing so\, or whether sufficient time remains\, but more fundamentally\, it reflects an ideological distortion that obscures a more decisive problem: Should humanity end? Rather than being captivated by ever-new scenarios of impending doom\, it is far more urgent to ask: How exactly will humanity come to an end? And as if that were not enough\, we must consider that the humanity that might be wiped out\, and whose extinction we fear\, perhaps does not even exist yet. Will it ever come to exist? If it does not\, what exactly are we trying to preserve? And after all\, can we really coherently argue for the prevention of extinction if humans are constantly excluded from humanity in the first place? This means the question &ldquo\;should humanity end?&rdquo\; cannot be separated from the question &ldquo\;whose humanity?&rdquo\; and whether the concept is worth preserving at all or needs to be broken open entirely.
\n&ldquo\;Should Humanity End? Apocalypse and the World to Come&rdquo\; is a philosophical event hosted by the Kä\;te Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (CAPAS) at the Heidelberg University in collaboration with the Kunstakademie Dü\;sseldorf. The evening brings together three thinkers &ndash\; current and former CAPAS fellows &ndash\; to discuss both their research and their individual positions on the guiding question: &ldquo\;Should humanity end? And if so\, how?&rdquo\;
\nWith: Gabi Balcarce (University of Buenos Aires\, CAPAS Fellow)\, Goran Vrane&scaron\;ević (University of Ljubljana\, CAPAS Fellow)\, and Marcus Quent (Kunstakademie Dü\;sseldorf\; CAPAS Alumnus).
\nInfo: \;https://www.capas.uni-heidelberg.de/en/outreach/outreach-events/should-humanity-end-apocalypse-and-the-world-to-come
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260611T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260611T070000 SUMMARY:Styles of Appearing. Aesthetics and Phenomenology UID:20260615T113431Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Avenue de l'Europe 20\, Fribourg\, Switzerland\, 1700 DESCRIPTION:In January 1907\, the founder of phenomenology\, \; Edmund Husserl\, wrote a letter to the Viennese Modernist playwright and poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal\, suggesting that the phenomenologist&rsquo\;s and the artist&rsquo\;s methods are closely connected. Husserl&rsquo\;s suggestion remains provocative to this day\, as its full implications are yet to be fully grasped. Undeniably\, for more than a century now\, the tradition of phenomenology has cleared a path for philosophy that departs from argument-centric approaches in favor of firsthand corporeal experiences rooted in the lifeworld. This also entailed suspending or &ldquo\;bracketing&rdquo\; the question of whether our metaphysical\, ethical\, or aesthetic beliefs are justified\, focusing instead on the way things appear to us: phenomenology sets aside the &ldquo\;what&rdquo\; (the mind-independent nature of things) to home in on the &ldquo\;how&rdquo\;&mdash\;the mode in which things are given in our experience.
\nIf this is a valid characterization of the phenomenological method\, it aligns it closely with the discipline of aesthetics\, as founded by A.G. Baumgarten in the 18th century. Aesthetics too\, one might argue\, predominantly leaves aside the nature of what is being depicted or expressed to focus on the &ldquo\;how&rdquo\;: on how things are presented to us by artworks or other aesthetic objects and\, correspondingly\, on what it is like to sense them in aesthetic experience. Gü\;nter Figal even went as far as to claim that aesthetics could never be anything but phenomenological. Be that as it may: uncontestably\, what phenomenology and aesthetics have in common is a shared interest in the &ldquo\;style&rdquo\; of appearing.
\nAlthough Husserl himself hinted at this proximity in his letter to von Hofmannsthal\, his own writings on art and literature are remarkably sparse. While Husserl never wrote a formal work on aesthetics\, Jacques Derrida
\nmaintained that his thinking yields a &ldquo\;latent aesthetics.&rdquo\; This claim seems applicable to the phenomenological movement as a whole: while attempts to develop a systematic phenomenological aesthetics are surprisingly rare&mdash\;with Roman Ingarden and \; Mikel Dufrenne as the exceptions that prove the rule &mdash\;the aesthetic dimension however takes center stage in the work of numerous other authors\, from Eugen Fink\, Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty through Erwin Straus\, Henri Maldiney\, and Bernhard Waldenfels. What happens\, then\, when we look at phenomenology through an aesthetic lens? And in turn\, what is the outcome of practicing aesthetics as a kind of phenomenology?
\nThe ninth iteration of the Aesthetics &\; Critique workshop will address the complex and layered relationship between aesthetics and phenomenology. Topics for discussion include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What does it mean to ground aesthetics in phenomenological analysis rather than other approaches? Conversely\, could an aesthesiological approach&mdash\;as required by aesthetic objects and situations&mdash\;offer a refinement to phenomenology as a method?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What is the relationship between sensible experience and artistic experience\, and how does a phenomenology of art relate to the phenomenological analysis of sensible experience in general?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Can the concept of style help describe different modes of appearing (and of reacting to it)?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How is sense-making inextricably connected to corporeal sensing?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;What possibilities does the artist&rsquo\;s encounter with the world offer the phenomenologist&mdash\;perhaps a heightened sensitivity to the nuances of lived experience?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;How can aesthetic as well as aesthesiological categories help reconceptualizing the multisensorial mediascapes of our contemporary condition?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How can experimental aesthetic practices become test sites\, both individually and collectively\, for transformative embodied experiences?
\n\nConveners: Emmanuel Alloa\, Alessandro De Cesaris\, Masoud Olia
\n\;
\nInvited Speakers
\n\nCharles Bobant (Paris)
\nMauro Carbone (Lyon)
\nMaud Hagelstein (Liè\;ge)
\nAdnen Jdey (Louvain)
\nHarri Mä\;cklin (Helsinki)
\nMarcia Sá\; Schuback Cavalcante (Stockholm)
\nAlessandra Scotti (Torino)
\n\nHow to participate
\n\nParticipants are invited to send a proposal (max 400 words) and a CV to Alessandro De Cesaris (alessandro.decesaris@unifr.ch) by April 30th. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by May 5th.
\n\n\nTravel\, accommodation and meal costs will be covered for all speakers. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Alessandro De Cesaris;CN=Emmanuel Alloa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Styles of Appearing. Aesthetics and Phenomenology UID:20260615T113432Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Avenue de l'Europe 20\, Fribourg\, Switzerland\, 1700 DESCRIPTION:In January 1907\, the founder of phenomenology\, \; Edmund Husserl\, wrote a letter to the Viennese Modernist playwright and poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal\, suggesting that the phenomenologist&rsquo\;s and the artist&rsquo\;s methods are closely connected. Husserl&rsquo\;s suggestion remains provocative to this day\, as its full implications are yet to be fully grasped. Undeniably\, for more than a century now\, the tradition of phenomenology has cleared a path for philosophy that departs from argument-centric approaches in favor of firsthand corporeal experiences rooted in the lifeworld. This also entailed suspending or &ldquo\;bracketing&rdquo\; the question of whether our metaphysical\, ethical\, or aesthetic beliefs are justified\, focusing instead on the way things appear to us: phenomenology sets aside the &ldquo\;what&rdquo\; (the mind-independent nature of things) to home in on the &ldquo\;how&rdquo\;&mdash\;the mode in which things are given in our experience.
\nIf this is a valid characterization of the phenomenological method\, it aligns it closely with the discipline of aesthetics\, as founded by A.G. Baumgarten in the 18th century. Aesthetics too\, one might argue\, predominantly leaves aside the nature of what is being depicted or expressed to focus on the &ldquo\;how&rdquo\;: on how things are presented to us by artworks or other aesthetic objects and\, correspondingly\, on what it is like to sense them in aesthetic experience. Gü\;nter Figal even went as far as to claim that aesthetics could never be anything but phenomenological. Be that as it may: uncontestably\, what phenomenology and aesthetics have in common is a shared interest in the &ldquo\;style&rdquo\; of appearing.
\nAlthough Husserl himself hinted at this proximity in his letter to von Hofmannsthal\, his own writings on art and literature are remarkably sparse. While Husserl never wrote a formal work on aesthetics\, Jacques Derrida
\nmaintained that his thinking yields a &ldquo\;latent aesthetics.&rdquo\; This claim seems applicable to the phenomenological movement as a whole: while attempts to develop a systematic phenomenological aesthetics are surprisingly rare&mdash\;with Roman Ingarden and \; Mikel Dufrenne as the exceptions that prove the rule &mdash\;the aesthetic dimension however takes center stage in the work of numerous other authors\, from Eugen Fink\, Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty through Erwin Straus\, Henri Maldiney\, and Bernhard Waldenfels. What happens\, then\, when we look at phenomenology through an aesthetic lens? And in turn\, what is the outcome of practicing aesthetics as a kind of phenomenology?
\nThe ninth iteration of the Aesthetics &\; Critique workshop will address the complex and layered relationship between aesthetics and phenomenology. Topics for discussion include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What does it mean to ground aesthetics in phenomenological analysis rather than other approaches? Conversely\, could an aesthesiological approach&mdash\;as required by aesthetic objects and situations&mdash\;offer a refinement to phenomenology as a method?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What is the relationship between sensible experience and artistic experience\, and how does a phenomenology of art relate to the phenomenological analysis of sensible experience in general?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Can the concept of style help describe different modes of appearing (and of reacting to it)?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How is sense-making inextricably connected to corporeal sensing?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;What possibilities does the artist&rsquo\;s encounter with the world offer the phenomenologist&mdash\;perhaps a heightened sensitivity to the nuances of lived experience?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;How can aesthetic as well as aesthesiological categories help reconceptualizing the multisensorial mediascapes of our contemporary condition?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How can experimental aesthetic practices become test sites\, both individually and collectively\, for transformative embodied experiences?
ORGANIZER;CN=Emmanuel Alloa;CN=Alessandro De Cesaris: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Diversity and Unity: The Metaphysical Challenge of Scientific Pluralism UID:20260615T113433Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:17 Rue de la Sorbonne\, Paris\, France\, 75005 DESCRIPTION:This workshop aims to extend the scientific pluralist stance into the domain of scientific metaphysics. Although the metaphysics of science is a vast field\, pluralism offers both a way to pose new questions and a means of addressing long-standing debates. Recent debates in metaphysics suggest that concerns of this kind are far from out of place. \;
\nIn the contemporary landscape of the general philosophy of science\, scientific pluralism has emerged as a prominent and wide-ranging research program (Ludwig &\; Ruphy 2021\; Ruphy 2016). According to the pluralist agenda\, there is no universal methodology (Feyerabend 1975)\; reductionism fails to capture the complexity of scientific theories and models (Fodor 1975\; Mitchell 2009)\; and no single\, fundamental ontology (Dupré\; 1995) underlies scientific practice. Instead\, the diversity of scientific methods\, aims\, and practices (Chang 2012) has become a central focus of analysis\, leading philosophers of science toward what Wylie (2015) aptly describes as a &ldquo\;pluralism of pluralisms.&rdquo\;
\nRecent debates in metaphysics suggest that concerns of this kind are far from out of place. Markus Schrenk (2023)\, for instance\, advances a pluralist interpretation of David Lewis&rsquo\;s Best System Analysis of laws\, proposing a proliferation of best systems across the special sciences\, each retaining the autonomy to articulate its own vocabulary. Michela Massimi (2022) similarly highlights the pluralism inherent in the classification of natural kinds\, emphasizing their historically and culturally contingent\, open-ended character. In the debate about the metaphysical nature of probability\, Mauricio Suá\;rez (Suá\;rez 2020) proposes a tripartite pluralist ontology comprising propensities\, probabilities\, and frequencies. \;
\nIn a related vein\, Hü\;ttemann (2003\, 2021) argues that part&ndash\;whole scientific explanations are non-hegemonic and grounded in relations of mutual dependence\, thereby giving rise to a form of &ldquo\;pragmatic pluralism.&rdquo\; Similarly\, James Ladyman (2024\; Ladyman &\; Ross 2007) defends the scale relativity of ontology\, according to which entities\, processes\, and structures exist at different scales of measurement\, potentially supporting a fruitful form of ontic pluralism.
ORGANIZER;CN=Adrien Avramoglou;CN=Daian Bica: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Thinking about Philosophical Counselling and Philosophy as a Way of Life from a South African Place UID:20260615T113434Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Africa/Johannesburg LOCATION:Ryneveld and Andringa Street\, Stellenbosch\, South Africa DESCRIPTION:Philosophical counselling and philosophy as a way of life are experiencing a period of renewed interest\, marked by several significant forthcoming publications and the emergence of new scholarly societies internationally. Within this broader international context\, a growing and sustained conversation has begun to take shape in South Africa\, one that asks what these practices mean when thought from \;a South African place\, and what such situated reflection might contribute to the wider field.
\nThis symposium\, \;Thinking about Philosophical Counselling and Philosophy as a Way of Life from a South African Place\, is a direct response to this conversation. It aims to bring together philosophers\, practitioners\, postgraduate students\, and those with a shared interest in these questions to foster a space for sustained and open dialogue.
\nThe aim of the symposium is to think about philosophical counselling and philosophy as a way of life from within South African contexts.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jaco Louw: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:17th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought UID:20260615T113435Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:It gives us great pleasure to present the 17th Annual London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought. This year&rsquo\;s theme is &lsquo\;Vice\, Corruption and Decay&rsquo\;.
\nThe conference will take place at UCL on 11&ndash\;12 June\, and is a really great conference to attend regardless of your research interests or stage of your academic career.
\nThe keynote speaker will be Dr Shiru Lim (Leiden University).
\nThe first day is scheduled to take place in the Moot Court\, Bentham House XG03.
\nThe second day is scheduled to take place in the Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Theatre\, Roberts Building G06.
\nPlease use the link below to register.
\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/17th-annual-london-graduate-conference-in-the-history-
\nof-political-thought-tickets-1989096535282
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260612T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260612T170000 SUMMARY:Fragility and the Aesthetics of Sensitivity UID:20260615T113436Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:55-59 Penrhyn Rd\, Kingston upon Thames\, London\, United Kingdom\, KT1 2EE DESCRIPTION:Under the dual themes of fragility and sensitivity\, and in light of contemporary systemic crises\, the symposium aims to examine changing disciplinary conditions in the production of knowledge and the practice of research at the intersection of science\, politics\, and aesthetics
\n\nThe symposium will feature keynote presentations by Brigitte Hart and Andrew Goffey. Brigitte Hart is a sound artist whose recent work explores the sonic textures of found objects along the Thames\, examining the relationships between ecosystems\, soundscape\, and society. Andrew Goffey is Associate Professor of Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham. His work has extensively engaged with questions of transdisciplinarity and the thought of Fé\;lix Guattari.
\n\nThe programme also includes four research papers and an open discussion between Anca-Maria Pop\, a PhD student in Philosophy\, and Julia Schauerman\, an electroacoustic composer\, improviser\, and community artist whose current research explores acousmatic storytelling as a collaborative creative practice for engaging complex contemporary issues.
\n\nThis is a hybrid event. Full programme details and registration information are available below with a link for online participation. \;
\n\nPlease note: The venue for the symposium has changed from Clattern Lecture Theatre to JG0002.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260612T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260612T234500 SUMMARY:Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory & Culture (EPTC/TCEP) Annual Conference UID:20260615T113437Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Vancouver LOCATION:Victoria\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers 2026\nThe Annual meeting of the EPTC will be held June 1-4\, 2026\, at the University of Victoria in Victoria\, British Columbia.
\nFounded in 2003\, the Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture (EPTC) is a Canadian-based international academic society that aims to promote rigorous scholarship drawn from the traditions of existentialism and phenomenology\, broadly construed. In addition to theoretical work on core philosophical issues and figures\, we are especially interested in providing a forum for showcasing practical and applied research\, as well as cross- and interdisciplinary developments of existential and phenomenological themes.
\nDay One of our conference will be reserved for papers exploring the foundations and pre-histories of phenomenology and/or existentialism. Please indicate in your submission if you wish your paper to be considered as contribution to this discussion. The remainder of the conference is open to submissions on any scholarship of \;existential and phenomenological themes\, \;theoretical\, practical\, or cross- and interdisciplinary.
\nInterested authors should submit the following electronically in .doc\, .docx\, or .rtf format:
\nWhile we strongly prefer complete papers\, we will also consider long abstracts (750&ndash\;1000 words\, plus bibliography). Please prepare this for anonymous review\, and submit along with a separate cover sheet listing the title\, author&rsquo\;s name\, address\, etc. Please also include a short CV.
\nThe submission deadline for the above materials is January 12\, 2026. Submissions and questions should be sent to: \;eptc.tcep@gmail.com.
\nAccepted authors will have twenty-five minutes to present their papers and should consider allocating a portion of that time to respond to commentators. Presentations will be followed by a ten-minute commentary and a twenty-minute discussion period. Accepted authors may be asked to provide a commentary on another paper\, or to chair a session. (If you are just interested in presenting a commentary or chairing a session\, please submit a brief note to this effect\, including your name\, e-mail address\, institutional affiliation\, and relevant areas of interest.)
\nAll submissions are subject to a double-blind review process\, and accepted authors will be asked to send final versions of their papers to a commentator by April 15.
\nEPTC is able to waive registration fees for a few participants each year. Such awards will be made according to criteria of financial need and paper quality at the discretion of the organizing committee. Non-tenure-stream participants interested in this award should include a note to this effect in their submission materials.
\n\nAppel à\; contributions 2026\nLa ré\;union annuelle de la TCEP aura lieu du 1er au 4 juin 2026 à\; l&rsquo\;Université\; de Victoria\, en Colombie-Britannique
\nFondé\;e en 2003\, Thé\;orie et culture existentialistes et phé\;nomé\;nologiques (TCEP) est une socié\;té\; acadé\;mique canadienne d&rsquo\;envergure internationale dont la mission est de promouvoir la recherche inspiré\;e\, au sens large\, des traditions existentialiste ou phé\;nomé\;nologique. En plus de s&rsquo\;inté\;resser aux travaux thé\;oriques portant sur des sujets et personnalité\;s du monde philosophique\, la TCEP offre une vitrine aux travaux de recherche pratique ou appliqué\;e ainsi qu&rsquo\;à\; la recherche multi- ou interdisciplinaire portant sur des thé\;matiques existentialiste ou phé\;nomé\;nologique.
\nLa premiè\;re journé\;e de notre confé\;rence sera ré\;servé\;e aux contributions explorant les fondements et les pré\;histoires de la phé\;nomé\;nologie et/ou de l&rsquo\;existentialisme. Veuillez indiquer dans votre soumission si vous souhaitez que votre article soit considé\;ré\; comme une contribution à\; cette discussion. Le reste de la confé\;rence est ouvert aux soumissions sur toute recherche portant sur des thè\;mes existentiels et phé\;nomé\;nologiques\, thé\;oriques\, pratiques ou transdisciplinaires.
\nLes auteurs inté\;ressé\;s devront soumettre les documents suivants par voie é\;lectronique en format .doc\, .docx ou .rtf :
\nBien que nous pré\;fé\;rions vivement recevoir des articles complets\, nous considé\;rerons aussi des ré\;sumé\;s approfondis (750-1000 mots\, ainsi qu&rsquo\;une bibliographie). Ceci doit ê\;tre soumis de maniè\;re anonyme\, accompagné\; d&rsquo\;un document distinct sur lequel se trouvent le titre\, le nom de l&rsquo\;auteur\, les adresses\, etc. Veuillez é\;galement fournir un bref CV.
\nLa date limite pour soumettre les documents susmentionné\;s est le 12 janvier 2026. Les dossiers doivent ê\;tre envoyé\;s à\; : \;eptc.tcep@gmail.com.
\nLes auteurs retenus auront vingt-cinq minutes pour pré\;senter leur article et devraient ré\;partir une partie du temps pour ré\;pondre aux commentateurs. Les pré\;sentations seront suivis d&rsquo\;une dizaine de minutes de commentaires ainsi qu&rsquo\;une discussion d&rsquo\;une vingtaine de minutes. Les auteurs retenus peuvent ê\;tre aussi invité\;s à\; commenter sur un article ou pré\;sider une sé\;ance. (Si vous souhaitez seulement commenter sur un article ou pré\;sider une sé\;ance\, veuillez nous contacter par courriel en nous indiquant votre nom\, votre adresse postale et é\;lectronique\, votre affiliation institutionnelle ainsi que tous vos centres d&rsquo\;inté\;rê\;t pertinents.)
\nTous les dossiers seront soumis à\; une é\;valuation à\; double insu\, and les auteurs retenus seront tenus d&rsquo\;envoyer versions dé\;finitives de leurs articles aux commentateurs/trices au plus tard le 15 avril.
\nChaque anné\;e\, la TCEP est en mesure d&rsquo\;annuler les frais d&rsquo\;inscription de quelques dé\;lé\;gué\;s. Cette dé\;cision du coordonnateur des activité\;s du Congrè\;s s&rsquo\;appuie sur la situation financiè\;re et la qualité\; de la pré\;sentation du participant. Les dé\;lé\;gué\;s non permanents souhaitant recevoir cette aide sont appelé\;s à\; en faire la demande lors de la soumission de leur dossier.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260614T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:Self-knowledge for Humans and Artificial Systems UID:20260615T113438Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Philosophy Hall\, Berkeley\, United States\, 94720-2390 DESCRIPTION:Questions about the scope and limits of self-knowledge have been and continue to be the focus of intense philosophical debate. This two-week interdisciplinary institute aims to explore the problem of self-knowledge\, from its classical roots in philosophy and contemplative traditions\, to contemporary discussions of metacognitive AI.
ORGANIZER;CN=Christian Coseru;CN="Alva Noë";CN=Evan Thompson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260615T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260615T000000 SUMMARY:Second Annual UNM Asian Philosophy Graduate Conference UID:20260615T113439Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Denver LOCATION:1 University of New Mexico \, Albuquerque\, United States DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the second annual UNM Asian Philosophy Graduate Conference\, hosted by the University of New Mexico Department of Philosophy. We invite master&rsquo\;s and Ph.D. students in Philosophy\, Religious Studies\, Asian Studies\, and related disciplines to submit papers for presentation. The conference aims to provide a platform for emerging scholars to engage in meaningful dialogue on ancient and modern Asian philosophical traditions\, which include (but are not necessarily limited to) those from South Asia\, East Asia\, Southeast Asia\, West Asia\, Tibet\, Central Asia\, and Islamic traditions.
\n\nWe accept papers on any topic or issue as long as there is substantial engagement with Asian philosophy. Papers that are comparative in nature are welcome\, although the primary focus should be on some aspect of Asian philosophy (e.g.\, we are unlikely to accept a paper that mostly focuses on Wittgenstein but only briefly discusses Kong Zi). Papers concerning diversifying philosophy curricula and canon are also welcomed.
\nPlease visit the link below for the official CFP and submission link.
\nhttps://linktr.ee/apgc.unm
ORGANIZER;CN=Rui Teng Phoebe Mak;CN=Jack Swick;CN=Sanghyeon Kim;CN=Addison Hinton;CN=Utkarsh Chawla;CN=Kedar Patwary: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260615T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260615T230000 SUMMARY:Re-examining AI / Rethinking Modernity. Critical philosophical\, anthropological and interdisciplinary perspectives on technology UID:20260615T113440Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Athens LOCATION:Kérkyra\, Greece DESCRIPTION:INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
\nRe-examining AI / Rethinking Modernity
\nCritical philosophical\, anthropological and interdisciplinary perspectives on technology
\nCorfu\, 22-23 October 2026
\n\;
\nConference scope
\nIn recent years\, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed multiple sectors\, from healthcare and finance to education and entertainment. However\, amidst the excitement surrounding these technological developments\, it is essential to critically revisit the philosophical foundations of this plural technology and\, on this basis\, examine the societal\, ethical\, political\, economic\, and ecological challenges it presents. This conference focuses primarily on this foundational dimension and\, through such critique\, seeks to offer a deeper perspective on the notions\, assumptions\, and frameworks of modernity at large. Which modern understandings of nature\, the human\, intelligence\, imagination\, the body\, the mind\, or reason were taken for granted in the development of what is now called &ldquo\;Artificial Intelligence&rdquo\;? Have these onto-epistemological foundations proved adequate\, or have they produced problems that become visible today through the socio-political\, economic\, and ecological crises associated with AI? Also\, an anthropological lens is crucial here\, as AI exposes how culturally situated\, rather than universal\, the modern Western assumptions about the human\, reason\, and technological agency have always been. \;By bringing these foundations into dialogue with alternative anthropologies\, including non-Western and Indigenous ontologies and epistemologies\, the conference also seeks to rethink entrenched West/East divides that structure contemporary imaginaries of both "intelligence" and technological "progress".
\nWhile we wish to approach AI with a critical lens\, this conference is not grounded in technophobia or anti-AI sentiment. We recognize the transformative reality and potential of AI but we don&rsquo\;t align with neo-Luddite efforts to &ldquo\;destroy&rdquo\; or reject this technology altogether. Instead\, our aim is to foster a constructive dialogue that acknowledges AI&rsquo\;s profound influence on our lives while addressing its underlying ontological and epistemological challenges. By bringing together scholars\, researchers\, and practitioners from diverse fields\, this conference seeks to refine our understanding of AI while also identifying flaws within our current phase of modernity that become visible through the global impact of this technology.
\nCall for papers
\nIn this context\, we invite scholars\, researchers\, and thinkers to contribute to a critical examination of Artificial Intelligence in all its forms at our upcoming Critical philosophical\, anthropological and interdisciplinary perspectives on technology international conference.
\nWe are particularly interested in papers that interrogate (but are not limited to) the following areas:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Philosophical and Ontological Foundations of AI.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Alternative ontologies and/or epistemologies that can either stand as foundations for (a different) AI or critique current AI.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; AI and Modernity (drawing lines between modern thinkers and contemporary AI).
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Socio-Political\, Economic\, and Ecological Implications based on elements of AI that stem from ideas rooted in modernity).
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Epistemology and Knowledge Production in the Age of AI.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Constructive Critique Beyond Technophobia (grounded in renewed modern theories -Critical Theory\, Phenomenology\, Anthropology of Technology\, Bergsonian Vitalism\, etc.- or in thinkers who were previously overlooked or not typically associated with AI).
\nThis conference focuses on theoretical approaches to Artificial Intelligence and in this context\, we welcome contributions from a range of fields\, including philosophy\, anthropology\, sociology\, media studies\, and cultural theory\, but despite its theoretical orientation\, the conference also welcomes technical approaches\, as well as contributions from computer engineers\, code developers\, and other branches of informatics\, provided these approaches are situated within the broader philosophical roots of AI. Our aim is to cultivate a space for critical engagement with AI\, which\, while informed by its technical foundations\, transcends the hype and focuses on the onto-political impacts of this field of study and technology.
\nKeynote Speakers
\nAgostino Cera\, Associate Professor\, Humanities Department\, University of Ferrara
\nMore Keynote Speakers tba)
\nConference Language
\nEnglish
\nAbstract submission
\nYou are kindly requested to send both your abstract (max. 300 words) and a short CV (max. 150 words) in one .doc file at: \;aicene.research@gmail.com
\n\;
\nImportant Dates
\nAbstract submission deadline: June 15\, 2026
\nAbstract acceptance notification: July 31\, 2026
\nConference Program: September 2026
\nScientific Committee
\nFotini Vaki\, Associate Professor\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University.
\nKonstantinos Aggelakos\, Professor\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University.
\nAnna Apostolidou\, Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University.
\nGiannis Perperidis\, Adjunct Lecturer\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University.
\nOrganizers
\nPolitical Philosophy and Digital Technologies Laboratory\, Department of History and Digital Humanities\, Ionian University\, Greece.
\nResearch Project &ldquo\;A(I)nthropology during the Anthropocene: Hybrid research and creative pedagogy at the limits of the human&rdquo\;\, funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (2025-2028).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260615T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260615T234500 SUMMARY:Technology Ethics in Turbulent Times UID:20260615T113441Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Hoge Steeg 2\, Wageningen\, Netherlands\, 6708 PH DESCRIPTION:The international conference on "Technology Ethics in Turbulent Times. Expanding the Moral Agenda for Transformation" will take place from November 4th to November 6th 2026 at the Wageningen University in the Netherlands. \;
\n
About the conference topic
What do philosophy and ethics of technology mean in turbulent times?
\nThe impact of new technological developments in domains such as artificial intelligence\, synthetic biology\, and quantum technologies is enormous and interconnected with global challenges such as climate change\, authoritarianism\, and geopolitical tensions. Such times demand targeted philosophical and ethical inquiry\, which is the aim of the international conference Technology Ethics in Turbulent Times.
\nWhether your work concerns conceptual analysis\, philosophical methods for studying and evaluating technology\, case-studies in the ethics of (disruptive) technologies\, sustainable technology\, praxis-oriented approaches geared towards design and social implications\, or another related topic: We welcome you to submit an abstract or participate!
\n
Keynote speakers:
Prof. Dr. Soraj Hongladarom (Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University)
Prof. Dr. Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem (University of Pretoria)
Prof. Dr. Catriona McKinnon (University of Exeter)
More information about our keynote speakers can be found here https://www.esdit.nl/conference-2026/programme/
Submissions:
The conference will be structured around 6 thematic tracks. A track may consist of various submission types (single papers\, panels\, and sessions). Details about the various submission types can be found here https://www.esdit.nl/conference-2026/call-for-papers/ Please note: Being part of a special conference track is not a condition for being accepted.
You can find descriptions of the tracks by navigating to the website and clicking on the track titles https://www.esdit.nl/conference-2026/call-for-papers/
\nThe submission deadline \;is June 15\, 2026\, 23:59 CET. This willbe the final deadline. Notes of acceptance will be sent before 1 July 2026.
The conference is organized by the
We look forward to receiving your submissions \;by June 15\, 2026.
ORGANIZER;CN=Mariska Bosschaert: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260615T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260615T234500 SUMMARY:2nd Praxis International Conference "Enacting Emotions in Today’s World" UID:20260615T113442Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Évora\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:Confirmed keynote speakers:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Fabrice Teroni (Université\; de Genè\;ve)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Irene Borges-Duarte (Universidade de É\;vora)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Pierre Leger (Université\; d&rsquo\;Aix-Marseille)
\nMany thinkers stressed that emotions (at least a significant part of them) do not just happen to us. Since ancient philosophy\, there have been many discussions about how there are active components in our emotions: that they are determined by our judgements\, by our will or by our choices. There have also been many debates about how one&rsquo\;s culture determines one&rsquo\;s emotions. To a larger extent\, this active shaping of emotions is unconscious\, but many thinkers explored the possibility of expressly cultivating certain emotions and transforming our emotional life. What we do shapes our emotions. They are at least in part our responsibility. On the other hand\, emotions decisively affect the way we think about action and act. This reciprocal relation between action and emotions affects our whole life and it is also decisive for the main crises we face today\, such as ecological and climatic disruption\, technological perils\, social and cultural dissolution\, the systemic decay of democratic and geopolitical orders\, the erosion of shared truth\, the atrophy of sustained attention\, global mental health crisis\, and so on. The goal of this conference is to discuss how our enacting of emotions contributes to these and other problems we face\, as well as how we can cultivate different emotions to help us deal with these problems. \;
\nTo discuss this question\, it is of course necessary to determine how emotions result from our activity (whether at an empirical level or at a deeper or transcendental level) or how they are marked by what we do. It is also necessary to consider how our enacted emotions have\, in turn\, a deep impact on our life. Many thinkers studied the way our cognitive processes or our practical decisions are affected by emotions\, and contemporary debates on epistemic\, aesthetic\, moral\, political\, climatic emotions (among others) help us understand how any emotion we enact affects the way we think\, the way we experience things\, and the way we act at the individual and the collective level. Thus\, it stands to reason that all the problems we face today are also to an extent shaped by the emotions we ourselves have enacted and will enact in the future. This involves both perils and opportunities: on the one hand\, emotions can be manipulated to generate reactions\, or to mold perceptions of events\; on the other hand\, one can cultivate emotions to develop capabilities needed in the contemporary world and to build hope\, resilience\, courage\, fortitude\, empathy.
\nWe welcome contributions from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and methodological frameworks\, fostering a truly interdisciplinary dialogue on these issues.
\nPaper proposals should be sent to praxis@ubi.pt by June 15. They should include an abstract (250-350 words) and a brief biographical note about the authors (up to 100 words). We also welcome panel proposals (3 participants per panel\, preferably mixed gender). Notifications of acceptance and rejection will be sent by July 15. Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes and may be delivered in English\, Portuguese or French. Please note that all presentations must be delivered in person\, as videoconferencing will not be available.
ORGANIZER;CN="Praxis Center for Philosophy, Politics and Culture (University of Beira Interior/University of Évora)": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260617T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:18th International Critical Theory Conference UID:20260615T113443Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Via Barberia 4\, Bologna\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Since 2007 every year we organize the international Critical Theory conference in different academic venues. These conferences usually gather between 110 and 150 speakers from all over the world from prestigious academic and non-academic institutions. Among the past keynoters we had the pleasure of hosting major scholars such as \;Deborah Cook\, Peter Dews\, \;Andrew Feenberg\, \;Rahel Jaeggi\, \;Martin Jay\, \;Stephan Lessenich\, \;Max Pensky\, Stefano Petrucciani and many others. \;
\nThe 2026 Conference will be hosted by Alma Mater Studiorum\, University of Bologna &ndash\; Department of the Arts (DAR) \, located in Via Barberia 4\, Bologna\, Italy. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260617T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:MBR026_ROME - MODEL-BASED REASONING: EPISTEMOLOGY\, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE\, COGNITIVE SCIENCE UID:20260615T113444Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Via carlo fea 2\, Roma\, Italy\, 00161 DESCRIPTION:Proceedings will be published by Springer
Series "SAPERE" \;http://www.springer.com/series/10087
Selected technical papers will be published in special issues of the
Logic Journal of the IGPL
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\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;MODEL-BASED REASONING
\; \;EPISTEMOLOGY\, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE\, COGNITIVE SCIENCE
\; \; \; MBR026_ROME (Tenth International MBR Conference)
\; \; \;Chairs: Selene Arfini\, Emiliano Ippoliti\, Lorenzo Magnani
\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;June 17-19\, 2026 - Rome\, Italy
\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Venue:
\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Department of Philosophy
\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Sapienza University of Rome
\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Villa Mirafiori - Via Carlo Fea 2\,
\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; 00161 Roma
\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Rooms: II\, VI\, X
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KEY DATES
Deadline for extended abstract submissions: February 1\, 2026
Notification of acceptance: February 20\, 2026
Early registration deadline (discounted rate): March 10\, 2026
Late registration deadline: before April 15\, 2026
Conference dates: June 17-19\, 2026
Final paper submission deadline: September 30\, 2026
CONGRESS WEBSITE: \;https://mbr026.com/
MBR COMMUNITY WEBSITE
http://www-9.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/wordpress/index.php/research/mbr-community/ \; INVITED SPEAKERS
Sorin Bangu - University of Bergen
Marta Bertolaso - University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome
Axel Gelfert - Technische Universitä\;t\, Berlin
James Ladyman - University of Bristol
Lorenzo Magnani - University of Pavia
Patricia Palacios - University of Salzburg
Demetris Portides - University of Cyprus
Viola Schiaffonati - Politecnico di Milano
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: \;https://mbr026.com/scientific-committee/
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Organization:
- Department of Philosophy\, Sapienza University of Rome
- Department of Humanities\, Philosophy Section\, University of Pavia
Under the patronage of the Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of
Science (SILFS)
PROGRAM
The conference will investigate the logical\, epistemological\, and
cognitive dimensions of modeling practices across science\, technology
(with particular attention to AI)\, and cognitive science. This includes
both logical and computational approaches to modeling. We welcome
submissions that analyze model-based reasoning from a variety of
perspectives: philosophical\, logical\, epistemological\, historical\,
sociological\, psychological\, or computational. Additionally\, the
conference will address how model-based reasoning contributes to the
development and enhancement of human cognitive abilities\, whether
mental\, embodied\, hybrid\, or tool-assisted.
The conference will only be in person.
SUBMISSION OF EXTENDED ABSTRACTS AND SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS
Presentation Proposals
To participate in the conference\, authors must submit a 1000-1500 word
extended abstract by February 1\, 2026 in .pdf format.
A 300-word summary for the conference booklet and website must also be
included.
Authors should submit the abstracts using this form:
https://forms.gle/2RiHxv2ezPS91Ku88
Symposia Proposals
Proposals for symposia\, typically involving 3-4-5 participants\, should
be submitted as a 2-page .pdf document by by February 1\, \;2026 at this
link: \;https://forms.gle/2RiHxv2ezPS91Ku88
All extended abstracts will undergo peer review. The final structure of
the conference will be determined following the review process.
Following the conference\, authors of accepted proposals may submit a
complete manuscript for the proceedings.
PROCEEDINGS
Submitted papers must be original\, unpublished\, and written in English.
Manuscripts should be prepared using either LaTeX (with a preference for
BibTeX for references) or Microsoft Word\, and should not exceed 20 pages
in length.
Accepted papers will be published in the Springer SAPERE series
(https://www.springer.com/series/10087).
In addition\, a selection of technical papers will be considered\, pending
further peer review\, for inclusion in one or two special issues of The
Logic Journal of IGPL (OUP)\, which have previously hosted contributions
from past MBR conferences (MBR98\, MBR01\, MBR04\, MBR06_CHINA\,
MBR09_BRAZIL\, MBR015_ITALY\, MBR018_SPAIN\, MBR023_ROME).
The final deadline for submission is September 30th\, 2026. Please send
the files to Matteo Costa\, \;matteo.costa@uniroma1.it
RELEVANT RESEARCH AREAS
We welcome contributions addressing topics such as:
- General theoretical and cognitive issues in model-based reasoning
- Models as fictions\, distortions\, credible worlds
- Creative reasoning
- Models and games of make-believe
- Ontology of models
- Affordances\, artifacts\, and model-based reasoning
- Brain\, neuroscience\, and model-based reasoning
- Abduction
- Logical analyses related to model-based reasoning
- Inferences\, interaction and duality in logic and language
- Visual\, spatial\, imagistic modeling and reasoning
- Simulative modeling
- Surrogative reasoning
- The role of diagrammatic reasoning
- Computational models of visual and simulative reasoning
- Causal and counterfactual reasoning in model construction
- Visual analogy
- Thought experiments
- Manipulative reasoning
- Distributed model-based reasoning
- Distributed cognition\, embodiment\, and model-based reasoning
- Models of rationality and inference patterns in decision making
- Model-based reasoning in scientific discovery and conceptual change
- Model-based reasoning and ethics
- Model-based reasoning and finance
- Model-based reasoning and economics
- Model-based reasoning and history of philosophy
- Model-based reasoning and semiotics
- Model-based reasoning in scientific explanation
- Model-based medical diagnosis
- Model-based reasoning in engineering and robotics
- Model-based reasoning and technological artifacts
- Model-based reasoning and knowledge management
- Model-based reasoning and information technology
- Model-based reasoning and AI
- Model-based reasoning and learning
- Model-based reasoning and language
- The role of models in scientific and technological thinking
FEES AND REGISTRATION
The registration fee covers participation in all MBR conference sessions
and includes access to the social dinner.
Early Registration (before March 10\, 2026):
* Standard: euro 250
* PhD students and independent researchers: euro 150
* Bachelor's and Master's degree students: euro 60
Late Registration (after March 10\, 2026):
* Standard: euro 300
* PhD students and independent researchers: euro 200
* Bachelor's and Master's degree students: euro 75
Additional Options:
* One-day attendance: euro 100
* Social dinner only: euro 45
Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations must be submitted in writing. An administrative fee of 75
euros will be applied to cancellations made before May 22\, 2026. No
refunds will be issued for cancellations received after that date.
Payment Methods:
Payments can be made via credit card or bank transfer upon registration
through the official conference website.
Every participant must complete the form at this link to register for
the conference: \;https://forms.gle/xfqxA396WqBdk1iQ6
CHAIRS
- Selene Arfini
Department of Humanities - Philosophy Section\, University of Pavia
Piazza Botta 6\, 27100 Pavia\, ITALY
Email: \;selene.arfini@unipv.it
- Emiliano Ippoliti
Department of Philosophy\, Sapienza University of Rome
Via Carlo Fea 2\, 00161 Rome\, ITALY
Email: \;emiliano.ippoliti@uniroma1.it
- Lorenzo Magnani
Director\, Computational Philosophy Laboratory
http://www-9.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/wordpress/
Department of Humanities - Philosophy Section\, University of Pavia
Piazza Botta 6\, 27100 Pavia\, ITALY
Email: \;lmagnani@unipv.it
LOCAL ORGANIZATION
Matteo Costa \;matteo.costa@uniroma1.it
Emiliano Ippoliti \;emiliano.ippoliti@uniroma1.it
HOW TO GET TO Villa Mirafiori (Department of Philosophy\, Sapienza
University of Rome)
\; From Fiumicino Airport (Leonardo da Vinci):
Take the Leonardo Express train to Roma Termini (about 35 minutes). Once
at Termini Station\, follow the directions above to reach Villa Mirafiori
via bus 90.
\; From Termini Station:
Head to Piazza dei Cinquecento and board bus number 90 in the direction
of "Labia." Ride for four stops and get off at "Nomentana/XXI Aprile."
The journey takes approximately 15 minutes.
PREVIOUS MBR CONFERENCES
The conference continues the themes and scholarly traditions established
by the previous nine editions of the MBR (Model-Based Reasoning)
conference series:
* Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery (MBR'98)\, Pavia\, Italy
* Model-Based Reasoning: Scientific Discovery\, Technological Innovation\,
and Values (MBR'01)\, Pavia Italy
* Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Engineering: Abduction\,
Visualization\, and Simulation (MBR'04)\, Pavia\, Italy
* Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Medicine (MBR06_CHINA)\,
Guangzhou\, P. R. China
* Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology: Abduction\, Logic\, and
Computational Discovery (MBR09_BRAZIL)\, Campinas\, Brazil
* Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology: Theoretical and
Cognitive Issues (MBR12_ITALY)\, Sestri Levante\, Italy
* Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology: Models and Inferences
Logical\, Epistemological\, and Cognitive Issues (MBR15_ITALY)\, Sestri
Levante\, Italy
* Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology: Inferential Models
for Logic\, Language\, Cognition\, and Computation (MBR018_SPAIN)\, Seville\,
Spain
* Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology: Inferences &\; Models
in Science\, Logic\, Language\, and Technology (MBR023_ROME)\, Rome\, Italy
The proceedings from these conferences have been published in the
following volumes:
- L. Magnani\, N. J. Nersessian\, and P. Thagard (eds.) (1999)\,
Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery\, Kluwer Academic/Plenum
Publishers\, New York. \;http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-306-46292-3 \;(Chinese
edition\, translated and edited by Q. Yu and T. Wang\, China Science and
Technology Press\, Beijing\, 2000).
- L. Magnani and N. J. Nersessian (eds.) (2002)\, Model-Based Reasoning.
Science\, Technology\, Values\, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers\, New
York. \;http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-306-47244-9
- L. Magnani\, N. J. Nersessian\, and C. Pizzi (eds.) (2002)\, Logical and
Computational Aspects of Model-Based Reasoning\, Kluwer Academic\,
Dordrecht. \;http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-0791-4
- P. Li\, X. Chen\, Z. Zhang\, and H. Zhang (eds.)(2004)\, Science\,
Cognition\, and Consciousness\, JiangXi People's Press\, Nanchang\, China.
- L. Magnani and Li. Ping (eds.) (2006)\, Philosophical Investigations
from a Perspective of Cognition\, Guangdong People's Publishing House\,
Guangzhou\, (published in Chinese).
- L. Magnani (2006) (ed.)\, Model-Based Reasoning in Science and
Engineering. Cognitive Science\, Epistemology\, Logic\, College
Publications\, London.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Model-Based-Reasoning-Science-Engineering/dp/1904987230
- L. Magnani and P. Li (eds.) (2007)\, Model-Based Reasoning in Science\,
Technology\, and Medicine\, Series "Studies in Computational
Intelligence"\, Vol. 64\, Springer\, Berlin/New York.
http://www.springer.com/engineering/book/978-3-540-71985-4
- L. Magnani\, W. Carnielli\, C. Pizzi (eds.) (2010) Model-Based Reasoning
in Science and Technology Abduction\, Logic\, and Computational Discovery\,
Series "Studies in Computational Intelligence"\, Vol. 314\, Springer\,
Heidelberg/Berlin. \;http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642152221
- L. Magnani (ed.) (2014) Model-Based Reasoning in Science and
Technology. Theoretical and Cognitive Issues\, Series "Sapere"\, Vol. 8\,
Springer\, Heidelberg/Berlin. \;http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642374272
- L. Magnani and C. Casadio (eds.) (2016)\, Model-Based Reasoning in
Science and Technology. Logical\, Epistemological\, and Cognitive Issues\,
Springer\, Switzerland\, Series "Sapere"
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319389820
- A. Nepomuceno\, L. Magnani\, F. Salguero\, C. Bar s and M. Fontaine
(eds.) (2019)\, Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology -
Inferential Models for Logic\, Language\, Cognition and Computation\,
Springer\, Cham\, Switzerland.
- E. Ippoliti\, S. Arfini\, L. Magnani (eds) (2024). Model-Based
Reasoning\, Abductive Cognition\, Creativity. Springer\, Cham.
A selection of papers from previous MBR conferences has appeared in
esteemed international journals\, including Philosophia\, Foundations of
Science\, and the Logic Journal of the IGPL.
Recent handbooks reflecting the research developed within the MBR
community include:
- L. Magnani\, T. Bertolotti (eds.) (2017) Springer Handbook of
Model-Based Science\, Springer\, Switzerland
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319305257
L. Magnani (ed.) (2022) \; Handbook of abductive cognition \, Springer\,
Switzerland
(https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-030-68436-5). \; \;
International Levinas Conference\, June 17-19\, 2026\, Vytautas Magnus University\, Kaunas\, Lithuania
Emmanuel Levinas&rsquo\;s philosophical reflections on \;home\, \;exile\, \;dwelling\, and \;displacement \;remain central to contemporary ethical\, political\, and phenomenological inquiry. These themes resonate with questions of identity\, hospitality\, migration\, and responsibility &ndash\; issues that continue to shape our global and local landscapes.
In \;June 2026\, scholars gather in \;Kaunas\, \;Lithuania\, the birthplace of Levinas\, for a three‑day conference dedicated to exploring these themes from diverse methodological\, historical\, and interdisciplinary perspectives. The conference aims to provide a platform for Levinas scholars &ndash\; both established and emerging &ndash\; to engage deeply with his thought and its contemporary relevance. \; Scholars from \;all backgrounds and disciplines \;are welcome to attend and participate! \; For further information on the venue and programme: \;International Levinas Conference \; \; If you would like to attend/find out more\, please contact: thomas.froy@uantwerpen.be \; viktoras.bachmetjevas@vdu.lt dfhoinski@mail.wvu.edu agne.gintautaite@vdu.lt \; We hope to see you there! (On behalf of the organising committee) Thomas Froy
What is missing in the histories of German Jewish thought and of Critical Theory is a sustained account of their relations to European imperialism and colonialism. This workshop asks how apparently non-systematic references irritate established meanings\, allowing the Global South to penetrate into European philosophical modernity.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260619T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260619T234500 SUMMARY:Political Philosophy and the Good Life UID:20260615T113447Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Saint Louis University\, Saint Louis\, United States DESCRIPTION:Saint Louis University's Philosophy Graduate Student Association welcomes submissions from graduate students writing on topics at the intersection of political philosophy and the good life.
\nThe conference will be held in person on 24-25 September 2026 at Saint Louis University. In addition to student presentations\, there will be two keynote presentations\, one by Professor Stephen Angle (Wesleyan University) and the other by Professor Dan Haybron (Saint Louis University). \;
\nThe conference theme is Political Philosophy and the Good Life. \;
\nRelevant topics include (but are not limited to):
\nComparative political philosophy
\nCritical theory
\nEquality and egalitarianism
\nHappiness \;
\nLiberal neutrality and perfectionism
\nLiberal theory
\nAlternatives to liberalism
\nPhilosophy of democracy
\nPhilosophy of law
\nPhilosophy of technology
\nSocial ontology
\nSocial metaphysics
\nWell-being theory
\nVirtue politics
\nWe welcome submissions from all philosophical backgrounds.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nSubmissions should be less than 3500 words\, prepared for blind review\, and accompanied by a separate cover page containing the author&rsquo\;s name\, affiliation\, paper title\, word count\, and an abstract of 350 words or fewer.
\nPlease send all submissions to pgsa.conf@slu.edu. Format the subject line of your email as follows: SLUGRADCONF 2026 - [your name] - [your paper title].
\nYou must be enrolled in a graduate program at the time of submission. Current SLU students are ineligible.
\n***The submission deadline is 19 June 2026.
\nConference website: https://sites.google.com/view/pgsaconference/
ORGANIZER;CN=Ryan Powers;CN=Joel Cox: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T170000 SUMMARY:Gadamer and the Task of Philosophy UID:20260615T113448Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Oxford\, United Kingdom ORGANIZER;CN=Carolyn Culbertson;CN=Jessica Frazier: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260622T090000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:Melbourne Critical Theory Winter School - Structure and Action: Psychoanalytic Theory Now UID:20260615T113449Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:Old Arts\, University of Melbourne\, Melbourne\, Australia\, 3010 DESCRIPTION:The CRAM Critical Theory Winter School is an annual event that takes up a pressing topic confronting contemporary critical theory and philosophy. The 2026 Winter School\, taught by Sigi Jö\;ttkandt and Justin Clemens\, will interrogate the conditions of action within the structures of our contemporary situation.
\nThe relation of &lsquo\;Structure and action&rsquo\; is the most enduring of psychoanalytic preoccupations. Under what conditions\, asked Jacques Lacan\, do actions &ldquo\;give the lie&rdquo\; to the structures upon which they operate? How has such action been misrecognised in the past\, and to what extent must it remain so for the sake of the present? Whether thought in terms of continuity or break\, revelation or generation\, the psychoanalytic theory of how actions succeed existing structures and precede new ones presses urgent ethical\, epistemological\, and political questions. To pose the question of &lsquo\;psychoanalytic theory now\,&rsquo\; then\, necessitates a rigorous rearticulation of contemporary structures \;and \;the actions &ndash\; latent\, virtual\, as yet unnamed &ndash\; that would be capable of transforming them. For psychoanalysis\, the relation between structure and action is lived\, by the subject\, as the difference between repetition and transformation.
\nOur two instructors leading the 2026 CRAM Winter School are globally recognised for their scholarly and pedagogical responses to these questions. Sigi Jö\;ttkandt (UNSW) and Justin Clemens (University of Melbourne) will lead participants in a full week of immersive collaborative study and intensive discussion. Attendees will be offered a substantial programme of masterclasses\, reading groups\, public lectures\, and screenings designed to further the critical inquiry into the very structures and actions our instructors have spent their careers articulating.
\nWe especially encourage graduate students and early-career researchers to apply.
\nStructure:
Each participant will attend five 3-hour reading groups (reading packs will be supplied)\, two 2-hour masterclasses\, and two 1.5-hour public lectures throughout the week. In addition to this core program\, several optional activities will be scheduled.
Fees:
$120 student/unwaged
$180 waged
$300 waged with institutional support
Participants are responsible for independently organising their travel and accommodation.
\nHow to apply:
Please prepare a short statement giving detail of your current/previous education and the describing the relevance of the Winter School theme to your current research interests. Submit via the link at our webpage by 20 May. \;
Places are strictly limited. Successful applicants will be notified by 22 May.
Bursaries:
We are able to offer several travel bursaries of up to $500 to graduate students and scholars unable to access institutional funds travelling from overseas\, interstate\, or regional Victoria. Bursary recipients will also have their participation fee waived. Please indicate in your application whether you wish to be considered for a bursary.
Instructors:
Professor Justin Clemens works at the intersection of literary studies\, psychoanalysis and contemporary European philosophy. He has written extensively on figures such as Sigmund Freud\, Jacques Lacan\, Alain Badiou\, and Giorgio Agamben\, as well as on themes of technology\, slavery\, torture\, and love. Among his scholarly publications are \;Barron Field in New South Wales \;(2023)\, co-authored with Thomas H. Ford\, \;What is Education? \;(2017)\, edited with A.J. Bartlett\, and \;Psychoanalysis is an Antiphilosophy \;(2013). In addition to his scholarly research\, he also publishes poetry and criticism.
Professor Sigi Jö\;ttkandt specialises in 19th and 20th century British and American literature\, Lacanian psychoanalysis\, and continental philosophy. She is the author of several books\, including most recently \;The Nabokov Effect: Reading in the Endgame\, and has published widely on such topics as Henry James\, Jacques Lacan\, Alain Badiou\, love\, aesthetics\, feminism\, and environmental philosophy. She is a founding Director of Open Humanities Press and edits \;S: Journal of the Circle for Lacanian Ideology Critique.
ORGANIZER;CN=Critical Research Association Melbourne (cram): METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260624T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260624T170000 SUMMARY:(Ri)pensare: problemi e metodi della storia della filosofia UID:20260615T113450Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Piazzale Aldo Moro 7\, Roma\, Italy ORGANIZER;CN=Simone Guidi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260624T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260624T170000 SUMMARY:Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History - "In Search of Refuge" UID:20260615T113451Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Cambridge\, United Kingdom\, CB2 1TQ DESCRIPTION:When in danger\, humans search for places of refuge &mdash\; whether in states\, homes\, or religions. Political communities have their origins in our desire for shelter. Throughout history\, what have we thought of as places of refuge? We have many reasons to seek refuge. Sometimes\, we leave our homes in search of greater economic or educational opportunities. Other times\, the places we knew as home no longer exist. How have people justified the need to leave\, and what legitimises appeals for refuge in the eyes of receiving states and communities? And what happens when a place of refuge turns out to be just as unsafe as the place we have left behind? \;
\nThis year&rsquo\;s conference will focus on these questions through the lens of political theory and the history of political thought. It will showcase papers addressing such topics as the relation between refuge and territorial sovereignty\, statehood\, religious and civil conflict\, trade and the market\, the family\, sexual politics\, racial politics\, and the environment. It will also take account of these questions in order to address some of the basic themes in political theory\, such as the purpose of civil association\, the relation between protection and obedience\, and the boundaries of legitimate force. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20260625T083000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20260625T170000 SUMMARY:ICIC 2026 - Seventy Years Forward: Liberal Learning for a Changing World UID:20260615T113452Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Asia/Taipei LOCATION:Taichung\, Taiwan DESCRIPTION:ICIC 2026: Seventy Years Forward: Liberal Learning for a Changing World
\nJune 25\, 2026\, Tunghai University\, Taichung\, Taiwan
\nAs Tunghai University approaches its seventieth anniversary\, the International College invites scholars who teach and conduct research in English to share work that reflects the breadth and diversity of academic inquiry within English-medium higher education. We place particular emphasis on scholars teaching in non-English-dominant contexts\, such as international colleges\, where English functions as a shared academic language across linguistic\, cultural\, and disciplinary boundaries.
\nInternational colleges occupy a distinctive position within higher education: multilingual in practice\, globally oriented in outlook\, and committed to both academic breadth and professional preparation. These environments raise important questions about how liberal learning is pursued\, communicated in such contexts. ICIC 2026 provides a forum for exploring these questions indirectly\, through the presentation of diverse research and teaching-related work across disciplines.
\nIn this spirit\, ICIC 2026 welcomes submissions from all academic fields. Submissions need not address the conference theme directly\; rather\, the conference highlights how the full range of scholarly work conducted in English-medium\, internationally oriented settings contributes to liberal learning in an increasingly interconnected world.
\nSubmissions
\nSubmissions can be made using this form\, also accessible via the ICIC website: www.icic.thu.edu.tw.
\nPresenters should submit a title and 300-word abstract.
\nThe deadline for submissions is May 5. Acceptance decisions will be communicated by late May.
\nConference Support
\nFunding permitting\, we anticipate being able to provide two nights of accommodation\, high speed rail tickets from Taoyuan International Airport to Taichung\, and a modest per diem\, for a limited number of participants.
ORGANIZER;CN=Michael Hemmingsen: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260625T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:Making Kin as Practice of Care: Habitable Bodies or Unexpected Alliances between Ecology\, Technology and Feminism UID:20260615T113453Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:R. Marquês de Ávila e Bolama\, Covilhã\, Portugal\, 6201-001 DESCRIPTION:Making kin is first and foremost a gesture rather than a concept. Donna Haraway \; presents it as a gesture that reacts to a world organized by rigid separations: nature and \; culture\, feminine and masculine\, human and machine\, organism and technique. To \; make kin is to learn how to live together under the epistemological horizontality of \; habitable bodies in damaged landscapes\, accepting interdependence as an ontological \; and political condition. It is not a matter of restoring a lost nature\, nor of celebrating \; technology as a promise of salvation\, but of weaving possible relations within wounded \; worlds. This proposal emerges from the recognition of the most recent narcissistic \; wound in the human imaginary: technology.
\nAfter Copernicus\, Darwin and Freud&mdash\;who \; unsettled anthropocentric pride by demonstrating that the Earth is not the center of the \; universe\, that human beings are not isolated divine creations but part of animal \; evolution\, and that we do not exercise full control over our own mind\, being also \; governed by the unconscious&mdash\;technoscience\, particularly the digital and artificial \; intelligence\, once again displaces the human from the center by challenging its cognitive\, \; ontological\, and moral exceptionalism. For Donna Haraway\, this wound should neither \; be denied nor healed\, but inhabited through a profound reconfiguration of how agency\, \; responsibility\, kinship\, space\, and time are conceived in a shared and fragmented world \; composed of human and non-human cultural entities. Making kin therefore entails \; rethinking and reinhabiting bodies\, beginning by questioning which bodies are \; recognized and how they appear. Bodies that are sites of passage\, traversed by regimes \; of gender\, race\, class\, and species\; bodies exposed to toxicities\, extraction\, and \; infrastructures\; bodies amplified\, monitored\, and reconfigured by technologies. Bodies \; that are also habitats of resistance\, care\, and the invention of new ways of dwelling. The \; pressing question is not only how to survive\, nor even how to live\, but how to render \; bodies habitable. In this sense\, this congress seeks to bring together philosophical and \; interdisciplinary reflections that explore the unexpected alliances between ecology\, \; technology and feminism\, interrogating the conditions of possibility for habitable bodies \; within contemporary ecological techniques. In doing so\, it aims to contribute to \; imagining futures in which making kin is not merely a concept\, but an urgent ethical and \; political praxis.
\nThis way\, researchers are invited to submit presentation proposals within the \; three main strands of the congress&mdash\;feminism\, ecology and technology&mdash\;placing them in \; dialogue through perspectives such as ecofeminism\, transhumanism\, new materialisms\, \; the ethics of care\, decolonial thought\, among others. Theoretical\, critical\, or situated \; approaches from philosophy and related fields are welcome\, exploring\, among other \; possibilities:
\n➢ Contemporary transformations of the categories of subject\, agency and community \; in light of posthumanism\, new materialisms\, and relational metaphysics\;
\n➢ Practices of care\, hospitality and kinship as ethical and political questions\, analyzed \; from the perspectives of care ethics\, applied ethics\, bioethics and contemporary \; political philosophy\;
\n➢ The reconfiguration of the body as a site of experience\, agency and vulnerability\, \; considering dialogues between phenomenology\, philosophy of embodiment\, gender \; studies and philosophy of technology\;
\n➢ Interdependencies between humans\, non-humans and technologies and their \; epistemological implications\, addressed through the lens of philosophy of science\, \; feminist epistemology and technoscience studies\;
\n➢ Questions of justice\, responsibility and vulnerability in wounded ecologies\, \; examined from the optic of political philosophy\, critical theory\, postcolonial theory \; and environmental ethics\;
\n➢ Critiques of traditional hierarchies (nature/culture\, human/non-human\, \; masculine/feminine) and the exploration of alternative models of kinship and \; coexistence\, drawing on metaphysics\, ontology\, social philosophy and posthuman \; theories\;
\n➢ Reflections on technology\, artificial intelligence\, biotechnology and digitalities as \; forces that displace the subject\, transform agency and redefine modes of inhabiting\, \; from the perspectives of philosophy of technology\, critical cybernetics and AI \; studies\;
\n➢ The construction of shared worlds\, kinships and interdependencies through visual \; and performing arts and cinema\, considered in light of philosophy of art\, relational \; aesthetics\, and philosophy of film\;
\n➢ The role of language\, narrative and symbolic representation in mediating bodies\, \; technologies and ecologies\, investigated through philosophy of language\, narrative \; theory\, critical semiotics\, and philosophy of communication.
\nProposals must be submitted in English\, Portuguese\, Spanish\, French\, or \; Italian to makingkin@outlook.pt by April 21\, 2026. They should include an abstract \; (up to 300 words) and a brief biographical note (up to 150 words). Presentations should \; not exceed 20 minutes. The results will be announced on 7 May 2026. This International Congress is organized within the framework of PRAXIS &ndash\; Center for \; Philosophy\, Politics and Culture\, University of Beira Interior (Covilhã\;\, Portugal).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260625T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260625T170000 SUMMARY:Book symposium: Marco Brigaglia's Foucault on Power\, Law\, and Society: A Reappraisal UID:20260615T113454Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Law Building\, Queen Mary University of London\, Mile End Road\, London\, United Kingdom\, E1 4NS DESCRIPTION:On the book
\nFoucault on Power\, Law\, and Society offers a detailed analysis and reappraisal of Michel Foucault&rsquo\;s work on power\, law\, and society. Highlighting the ambiguities\, tensions\, inconsistencies\, and transformations in Foucault&rsquo\;s work\, the book shows how\, in Foucault&rsquo\;s later years\, his ideas gradually converged toward a conception of power that was significantly different from the one that emerges from the works and courses of the mid-1970s\, and which came to provide the mainstream understanding of his thought. From the vantage point of this later conception\, the book is then able to reframe the tensions and inconsistencies in Foucault&rsquo\;s thought as parts of a multiplex but coherent conceptual system. Foucault&rsquo\;s theses on the development of techniques of power since the 18th century\, and on the impact of these developments affected the structure of modern law\, are then reformulated to offer a more comprehensive and more balanced appraisal of their significance.
\nOn the author
\nMarco Brigaglia is a Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Palermo\, Italy. He is the author of three books and various articles on topics such as the theory of the material constitution\; law and power\; constitutive rules\; the psychology of normativity\; rule-based reasoning\; the naturalization of normativity and jurisprudence. He has led the European projectsRecognise &ndash\; Legal Reasoning and Cognitive ScienceandABIDE &ndash\; Rule of Law and the Problem of Responsible Obedience. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Noam Gur: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260626T010000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260629T170000 SUMMARY:18th Philosophy of Management Annual Conference UID:20260615T113455Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:30-32 Rue Henri Barbusse\, 92110 Clichy\, Paris\, France DESCRIPTION:The 18th edition of the Philosophy of Management Annual Conference moves to Paris\, France\, and will be held at the EM Normandie from \;26 \;to 29 \;June 2026. As usual\, each paper will be guaranteed a \;45-minute slot \;for an unhurried presentation and in-depth discussion. \; We are looking forward to receiving your submissions by \;1 February 2026.
\nWe welcome submissions that explore the diverse facets of management in private or public organizations through a philosophical lens. Whether it&rsquo\;s applied ethics\, social\, moral\, and political philosophy\, ontology\, epistemology\, axiology\, or aesthetics\, we encourage scholars to propose novel\, critical\, timely\, and/or controversial arguments. Submissions can also adopt a &lsquo\;meta-&rsquo\; standpoint for raising and answering questions such as: \;What is philosophy of management? \;Is philosophy useful for managers? \;Is management a science or an art? \;Can management be part of the humanities and\, if not\, what else should it be part of?
\nSpecial Tracks
\nTrack 1: Politization of Business - \;This special track invites scholars to critically examine the emergence of Political CSR and the growing politicization of business. We seek contributions that investigate how and why corporations adopt political roles\, when they should or should not adopt such roles\, the forms such involvement takes\, and the consequences for firms\, societies\, and global governance.
\nTrack 2: The Virtues of the Manager: Rethinking MacIntyre's Critique - \;Can managers be understood not as the manipulators of MacIntyre&rsquo\;s early critique\, but as practitioners of virtue whose work sustains common goods? Might management itself be reconceived as a practice requiring virtues such as justice\, constancy\, and practical wisdom?
ORGANIZER;CN=Marian Eabrasu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260628T170000 SUMMARY:Southwest Seminar in Continental Philosophy UID:20260615T113456Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Merced\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Southwest Seminar in Continental Philosophy is an annual gathering and growing community of scholars. This year\, the seminar will be hosted by UC Merced in Merced\, California.
ORGANIZER;CN=Moriah Q. Poliakoff;CN=Robin M. Muller: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T160000 SUMMARY:Southwest Seminar in Continental Philosophy UID:20260615T113457Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Merced\, United States DESCRIPTION:Southwest Seminar in Continental Philosophy 2026\nJune 26&ndash\;28\, 2026 | University of California\, Merced
\nThe Southwest Seminar in Continental Philosophy is an annual gathering and growing community of scholars. This year\, the seminar will be hosted by UC Merced in Merced\, California. \;
\nSubmission Guidelines\nWe invite submissions from faculty members\, graduate students\, and independent scholars at all career stages. Submissions in all areas of Continental philosophy&mdash\;very broadly construed to include historical and comparative work&mdash\;are welcome\, and should adhere to the following specifications:
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Full Paper: approx. 4\,000 words (suitable for presentation in a timeslot of 40-60 minutes\, inclusive of Q&\;A).
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Abstract: 150&ndash\;200 words.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Blind Review: To facilitate fair review\, please ensure your name and affiliation do not appear on the paper itself.
\nHow to Submit\nPlease email your submission to mqp@tamu.edu with the following details:
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Subject Line: "SWSCP 2026"
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Email Body: Your name and any institutional affiliation.
\nImportant Dates\n● \; \; \; \; \; Submission Deadline: April 15\, 2026 (decisions will be communicated by May 1).
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Seminar Dates: June 26&ndash\;28\, 2026
\nTravel &\; Contact Information\n● \; \; \; \; \; Transit Recommendation: Fly into Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT). From the airport\, take a taxi or Uber to the Fresno Amtrak Station\, then board the San Joaquins train to the Merced Station.
\n● \; \; \; \; \; Inquiries: For questions\, comments\, or more information regarding the seminar\, please contact us at the submission email provided above.
ORGANIZER;CN=Moriah Q. Poliakoff;CN=Robin M. Muller: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260629T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260629T070000 SUMMARY:Charles Taylor Annual Summer Institute on Democratic Agendas 2026 UID:20260615T113458Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Kraljice Natalije 45\, Belgrade\, Serbia\, 11000 DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the Call for Applications for\nCharles Taylor Annual Summer Institute on Democratic Agendas 2026
\nInstitutions in Motion: Democracy Between Social Struggle and the State
\nInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory (IFDT)\, University of Belgrade\nJune 29 &ndash\; July 4\, 2026\nThe central focus of the Summer Institute is the open question of what potential democratic institutions hold for responding to the political challenges of the twenty-first century. How are claims articulated in the language of protest\, resistance\, and social justice transformed into durable institutions? When do bottom-up initiatives succeed in producing institutions that are both democratically legitimate and practically effective? How are democratic institutions failing: through cooptation\, bureaucratic neutralization\, or repression? How can institutions remain open to contestation without losing their capacity to govern? Amid polarized publics\, contested rights regimes\, and declining trust how can democratic institutions be restored?\nThe Summer University is convened by: \;Gazela Pudar Dra&scaron\;ko \;(Political Sociology\, IFDT\, University of Belgrade)\, \;Dilip Gaonkar \;(Rhetoric\, Media\, and Publics\, Northwestern University)\, \;Luka Glu&scaron\;ac \;(Political Science\, IFDT\, University of Belgrade) and \;Liam Mayes \;(Media Studies\, Rice University). \;\nThe Institute brings together an interdisciplinary and globally diverse faculty\, including:\nPrathama Banerjee \;(History and Politics\, Center for the Study of Developing Societies\, New Delhi)Admitted students receive:
\nTuition waiver
\nFree accommodation (for students traveling from abroad)
\nPartially covered meals
\nTravel assistance provided on a case-by-case basis (with priority for students from Asia\, Africa\, and Latin America)
\nDedicated travel support for students from the Western Balkans (Rockefeller Brothers Fund)
\nCall for papers open
\nWittgenstein and Ancient Philosophy \;(29.6&ndash\;1.7.2026 Athens\, Greece)
\nLudwig Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s relation to the history of ancient philosophy constitutes a riddle. Wittgenstein was certainly not a scholarly oriented philosopher\, who would have commented at large on classical works like Aristotle&rsquo\;s \;Metaphysics\, or entered disputes concerning their correct interpretation. On the other hand\, it is well known that Wittgenstein had read select classical philosophical authors and was deeply impressed by them: after all\, he started his \;Philosophical Investigations \;with a Latin quotation from St. Augustine&rsquo\;s \;Confessiones\, and he refers or alludes to Plato&rsquo\;s dialogues in many contexts (e.g. PI §\;46). Some manuscripts and typescripts contain further references to various ancient philosophers.
\nThe conference &ldquo\;Wittgenstein and Ancient Philosophy&rdquo\; invites scholars to discuss Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s relation to the heritage of ancient (Greek and Roman) philosophy. We invite contributions that explore the topic understood in a broad fashion. Possible themes include &ndash\; but are not limited to &ndash\; Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s references to ancient authors\; connections and parallels between Wittgenstein and early Greek philosophy\, Socrates\, Plato and Platonism\, Aristotle\, and Hellenistic and Roman schools of thought\; or classics of ancient philosophy revisited in the light of Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s insights (and vice versa). We are also open to promising papers that discuss Wittgenstein in relation to other genres of ancient Greek literature.
We welcome paper proposals for the conference. Abstracts up to 500 words should be submitted by email to \;wittgenstein@finninstitute.gr. Abstracts should include the author&rsquo\;s name\, affiliation\, contact information\, and the title of the paper. Accepted proposals will be given a presentation time of 40 minutes (25 minutes for presentation and 15 minutes for discussion).
The deadline for proposals is \;31 January 2026.
Notification of acceptance will be sent out by \;28 February 2026.
There is no conference fee. However\, selected speakers should be prepared to pay for their own travel and accommodation.
\nInvited keynote speakers:
James Conant (University of Chicago)
Constantine Sandis (University of Hertfordshire)
Thomas Wallgren (University of Helsinki)
Organizing committee:
\nProf. Vasso Kindi (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
\nDr. Lassi Jakola (Finnish Institute of Athens and University of Helsinki)
ORGANIZER;CN=Vasso Kindi;CN=Lassi Jakola: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260629T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260704T170000 SUMMARY:Charles Taylor Annual Summer Institute on Democratic Agendas 2026 UID:20260615T113500Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Kraljice Natalije 45\, Belgrade\, Serbia\, 11000 DESCRIPTION:Charles Taylor Annual Summer Institute on Democratic Agendas 2026
\nInstitutions in Motion: Democracy Between Social Struggle and the State
\nInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory (IFDT)\, University of Belgrade June 29 &ndash\; July 4\, 2026 The central focus of the Summer Institute is the open question of what potential democratic institutions hold for responding to the political challenges of the twenty-first century. How are claims articulated in the language of protest\, resistance\, and social justice transformed into durable institutions? When do bottom-up initiatives succeed in producing institutions that are both democratically legitimate and practically effective? How are democratic institutions failing: through cooptation\, bureaucratic neutralization\, or repression? How can institutions remain open to contestation without losing their capacity to govern? Amid polarized publics\, contested rights regimes\, and declining trust how can democratic institutions be restored? The Summer University is convened by: \;Gazela Pudar Dra&scaron\;ko \;(Political Sociology\, IFDT\, University of Belgrade)\, \;Dilip Gaonkar \;(Rhetoric\, Media\, and Publics\, Northwestern University)\, \;Luka Glu&scaron\;ac \;(Political Science\, IFDT\, University of Belgrade) and \;Liam Mayes \;(Media Studies\, Rice University). \; The Institute brings together an interdisciplinary and globally diverse faculty\, including: Prathama Banerjee \;(History and Politics\, Center for the Study of Developing Societies\, New Delhi)
Craig Calhoun \;(Sociology and Social Science\, Arizona State University)
Harris Feinsod \;(English\, Johns Hopkins University)
Shalini Randeria \;(Social Anthropology\, Central European University)
Stephen Sawyer \;(History and Politics\, American University of Paris)
Roman Zinigrad \;(Law\, American University of Paris)
Srđan Prodanović \;(Sociology\, IFDT\, University of Belgrade)
Irena Fiket \;(Political Science\, IFDT\, University of Belgrade) The Summer Institute is organized by the Center for Transcultural Studies (Chicago &\; New York)\, the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory\, University of Belgrade and the Center for Global Culture and Communication\, Northwestern University. It is supported by the Mastercard Foundation\, Arizona State University\, the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs\, Northwestern University\, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
How to teach philosophy has always been one of philosophy&rsquo\;s central questions. \;In person\, in some sense\, but how precisely\, and why? The traditional answers usually rely on distinguishing between opinion and knowledge and aligning this epistemological distinction with an ontological-metaphysical distinction between appearance and reality: truth\, based in the real\, can be taught. \; Socrates\, seeking definition\, interrogated his interlocutors face-to-face\; Plato established an Academy and published Dialogues\; Aristotle set up a Lyceum and published his lectures. \;Levinas calls for a fundamental reorientation of intelligibility\, finding its source not in knowledge and being but in moral responsibility\, in ethics. \;Levinas\, throughout his adult life\, was a teacher\, from 1930 at a Jewish school in Paris through to the 1980s\, when\, after WWII\, he became Director of the same school\, and for fifteen years\, from 1961 to 1976\, he was also a French university professor. His life and thought are devoted to teaching as an integral part of ethics. &ldquo\;Teaching\,&rdquo\; Levinas wrote at the start of Totality and Infinity (1964)\, &ldquo\;is not reducible to maieutics\; it comes from the exterior and brings me more than I contain. \; In its non-violent transitivity\, the very epiphany of the face is produced.&rdquo\; \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260629T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:“Tracing Genealogy” — Warwick Continental Philosophy Conference 2026 UID:20260615T113502Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:S0.21\, The Social Sciences Building\, Central Campus\, Coventry\, United Kingdom\, CV4 7AL DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speakers
\nCatarina Dutilh Novaes (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
\nAlexander Prescott-Couch (University of Oxford)
\nContributed Speakers
\nGiulio M. Cavalli (University of Parma)
Metaphysics and the Genealogy of Thought: Bradley between (and beyond) Nietzsche and Collingwood
Wallace Gó\;is (Pontifical Catholic University of Sã\;o Paulo)
Courage to Be\, Courage of Truth: Ontology\, Genealogy\, and Political Spirituality at the Intersection of Tillich and Foucault
Cameron Hubbard (University of California\, Riverside)
To Have In One&rsquo\;s Power: The Use of Perspectives in Genealogy
Abbas Jamaliarmandi (UNSW Sydney)
Foucault\, Agamben\, and the Poetic Function of Genealogy: Historical Intelligibility and Critical Subjectivity
Rong-Shih Li (National Chengchi University)
The Playful Agent: Resolving the Problem of the Self in On the Genealogy of Morality
Julian Ratcliffe (University of Oxford)
Who&rsquo\;s Afraid of Friedrich Nietzsche? Genealogical Anxiety\, Normative Nihilism\, and Rule-Following
Ronya Ramrath (University of Oxford)
Herkunft Ursprung
Tuomo Tiisala (University of Vienna)
Why History Matters to the Evaluation of Concepts
Jan Thü\;mmel (Max Josef Metzger Institute for Dialogue and Reconciliation)
Mythology as Genealogy in F. W. J. Schelling&rsquo\;s Early Writings
Lin Zijie (Sun Yat-sen University)
Primitive Accumulation as Genealogy without Reconciliation: On the Disjunction of Logic and History in Capital\, Vol. I
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ORGANIZER;CN=Rozemin Keshvani;CN=Keyu Qiu;CN=Oscar Crocker;CN=Shifan Zhou;CN=Sam Ronalds: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T000000 SUMMARY:Journal of Law\, Society\, and Authority (Volume 15\, Issue2\, September 2026) UID:20260615T113503Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers
Journal of Law\, Society\, and Authority (JLSA)
Volume 15\, Issue 2 &ndash\; September 2026
a peer-reviewed\, open-access academic journal published biannually.
\nThe Journal of Law\, Society\, and Authority invites original research articles and theoretical contributions for its upcoming Volume 15\, Issue 2 (September 2026). The journal welcomes rigorous interdisciplinary scholarship addressing contemporary transformations in legal systems\, governance structures\, political authority\, and international dynamics.
\nTopics of interest include\, but are not limited to:
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Submissions are accepted in English and French.
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\nSubmission by email will be considered only in exceptional circumstances and upon prior communication with the editorial office (jlsa.journal@gmail.com).
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Call for Abstracts
\n&ldquo\;Early Phenomenology on &lsquo\;Position-Taking&rsquo\; (Stellungnahme). Theoretical Stance\, Emotional Response\, and the Constitution of the Person&rdquo\;
\nUCLouvain\, Belgium\, 17&ndash\;19 March 2027
\nOrganizing committee: Alexis Delamare (University College Dublin/ULiè\;ge) &\; É\;lise Dravigny (UCLouvain/Sorbonne Université\;)
\nScientific committee: Sylvain Camilleri (UCLouvain)\, Alexis Delamare (University College Dublin/ULiè\;ge)\, Arnaud Dewalque (ULiè\;ge)\, É\;lise Dravigny (UCLouvain/Sorbonne Université\;)\, Bruno Leclercq (ULiè\;ge)\, Marc Maesschalck (UCLouvain)\, Denis Seron (ULiè\;ge)
\nSubmission guidelines
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Please send your abstracts as attachments (Word or PDF) to both elise.dravigny@uclouvain.be and alexis.delamare@ucd.ie
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Abstract length: max. 600 words (bibliography excluded\, if any).
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Abstracts should be anonymized. Please include your name\, affiliation\, and position in the body of the email.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Deadline for abstract submission: 30 June 2026.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Notification of acceptance: by 15 July 2026.
\nTheme and scope of the conference
\n&ldquo\;Now the question is how we want to fix the concept of position-taking. It is not so easy&rdquo\; (Edmund Husserl\, Ms A VI 31\, 42a\, 1928)
\nThis conference aims to shed new light on the intriguing concept of Stellungnahme (usually translated as &ldquo\;position-taking&rdquo\;) as it is applied by early phenomenologists\, especially by Edmund Husserl and the so-called &lsquo\;Munich-Gö\;ttingen&rsquo\; Circle of phenomenology\, composed of Johannes Daubert\, Dietrich von Hildebrand\, Roman Ingarden\, Alexander Pfä\;nder\, Adolf Reinach\, Max Scheler\, and Edith Stein\, among others.
\nWithin early phenomenology\, the term Stellungnahme is first employed in a published work by Reinach in &ldquo\;Zur Theorie des negativen Urteils&rdquo\; \;(1911\; 1982). There\, it characterizes those mental experiences\, such as belief\, striving\, or love\, which display an inherent polarity (being respectively opposed to disbelief\, struggle\, and hate) &ndash\; in contrast to representations or meanings. Reinach then takes up this concept in 1912 in his essay on &ldquo\;reflection&rdquo\; (Ü\;berlegung) (1912\; 1913)\, in which he emphasizes that intellectual reflection necessarily aims to establish a &ldquo\;position-taking&rdquo\;\, typically a conviction about a state of affairs (2017\, 58&ndash\;65).
\nSoon after\, clearly drawing on Reinach\, von Hildebrand elaborates his own original approach to Stellungnahme\, through its cardinal distinction with Kenntnisnahme or &ldquo\;knowledge-taking&rdquo\; (von Hildebrand 1916\, 134). A knowledge-taking\, such as the vision of a landscape\, is characterized as a mere &ldquo\;having&rdquo\; of a content\, whereas\, in the case of a Stellungnahme\, I take a spontaneous stance with respect to the appearing object. In this regard\, intellectual experiences such as conviction\, but also affective experiences such as joy or indignation and conative experiences such as willing\, insofar as they exhibit such subjective activity\, are to be interpreted as &lsquo\;position-takings&rsquo\;.
\nEspecially in his manuscripts from the Studien zur Struktur des Bewusstseins\, Edmund Husserl also makes extensive and yet-to-be-explored use of the concept of Stellungnahme. In the theoretical sphere\, he notably distinguishes between &lsquo\;position-taking&rsquo\; understood as a positional act &ndash\; in contrast to neutral &lsquo\;mere representations&rsquo\; (1980\, 446&ndash\;47) &ndash\; and &lsquo\;position-taking&rsquo\; understood as a critical procedure aiming at the rational verification of a certain thesis (2020a\, 331\, 372). In the affective sphere\, he observes that the manifestation of a positive value often motivates an &ldquo\;affective position-taking&rdquo\; (Gemü\;tsstellungnahme) as a response\, whereby the subject actively &ldquo\;turns&rdquo\; towards the object with pleasure (2020b\, 121). Lastly\, Husserl emphasizes the crucial role played by sedimented active &lsquo\;position-takings&rsquo\; in the constitution of a stable personal self (1952\, 112&ndash\;13).
\nFinally\, Edith Stein also appeals to the terminology of &lsquo\;position-taking&rsquo\; in her 1922 Beiträ\;ge zur philosophischen Begrü\;ndung der Psychologie und der Geisteswissenschaften (2010\, 49\, 133). Following von Hildebrand and Husserl\, she asserts that an emotion &ndash\; for instance\, joy &ndash\; is not a &ldquo\;knowledge-taking of the value&rdquo\; (Wertkenntnisnahme) &ndash\; for instance of beauty &ndash\; but rather a subjective stance towards the axiological object\, and thus a &ldquo\;response&rdquo\; (Antwort) thereto.
\nThe concept of Stellungnahme thus assumes a variety of functions within early phenomenology. This variety reveals the richness and power of this notion\, whose applications range from theoretical philosophy to the philosophy of emotion and to ethics\; yet it also challenges the unity of this concept and calls into question the compatibility of these diverse uses\, across authors and within the work of particular phenomenologists &ndash\; e.g.\, Husserl.
\nAgainst this background\, the aim of this meeting is to advance the literature &ndash\; whose (scarce) accounts of Stellungnahme have been limited to individual authors (Carta and Delamare\, forthcoming\; Delamare 2025\; De Monticelli 2011\; Jacobs 2016\; Jardine 2020\; Loidolt 2021\; Magrì\; 2022\; Mü\;ller 2020\; Salice 2015\; Uemura and Salice 2019) \;&ndash\; by offering an overview of &lsquo\;position-taking&rsquo\; among early phenomenologists. To do so\, the first objective is to study the influences\, continuities\, and tensions between the accounts they propose. Emphasis will also be placed on the sources of the concept of Stellungnahme. In particular\, the psychologist Hugo Mü\;nsterberg (a student of Wundt) already uses this term in his Grundzü\;ge der Psychologie (1900)\, seemingly with a meaning very close to Reinach&rsquo\;s. In addition\, in his 1911 essay\, Reinach explicitly refers to the works of Windelband (1884) and to Brentano&rsquo\;s theory of judgment (Brentano 1874\, 262). Finally\, a third line of inquiry will be the potential relevance of this terminology for contemporary issues\, such as epistemic agency (Jacobs 2021) or the reactional nature of emotions (Mü\;ller 2018).
\nSuggested topics
\nWe welcome presentations on topics including\, but not limited to\, the following:
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The historical origins of the concept of Stellungnahme as used by Husserl and the Munich-Gö\;ttingen Circle.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The mutual influences of the members of the Munich-Gö\;ttingen Circle as they develop their understanding of Stellungnahme.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The unity\, diversity\, and evolution of the meaning of Stellungnahme within early phenomenology.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; &lsquo\;Position-taking&rsquo\; understood minimally as &lsquo\;belief&rsquo\; or &lsquo\;positional act&rsquo\;. The doxic modification introduced by the phenomenological epoché\; &ndash\; which brackets all Stellungnahmen (Husserl 1976\, 63) &ndash\; can also be investigated in this perspective.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; &lsquo\;Position-taking&rsquo\; understood maximally as a critical procedure\, based on doubt and intellectual deliberation.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Stellungnahme in the affective sphere\, especially the distinction between value-feelings \;&ndash\; in which values are known &ndash\; and emotions as responses.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Stellungnahme in the conative\, volitional\, and practical sphere.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Stellungnahme\, agency\, freedom\, and the constitution of an active and stable personality.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; &lsquo\;Position-taking&rsquo\; and related notions &ndash\; e.g.\, &lsquo\;knowledge-taking&rsquo\; (Kenntnisnahme)\, &lsquo\;acknowledgment&rsquo\; (Anerkennung)\, or &lsquo\;approval&rsquo\; (Billigung) (Carta 2024).
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The influence of early phenomenology&rsquo\;s concept of Stellungnahme on later phenomenology &ndash\; e.g.\, Stavenhagen (1925\; Smith 1982\, 312) &ndash\; as well as on later philosophy more broadly.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The significance of early phenomenology&rsquo\;s concept of Stellungnahme for contemporary debates.
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\nCarta\, Emanuela. 2024. Approval\, reflective emotions\, and virtue: sentimentalist elements in Husserl&rsquo\;s philosophy. British Journal for the History of Philosophy 32: 1329&ndash\;1349.
\nCarta\, Emanuela and Delamare\, Alexis. Forthcoming. Husserl on position-taking (Stellungnahme). In Husserl&rsquo\;s Studien zur Struktur des Bewusstseins\, ed. Emanuela Carta\, Gabriel Barroso\, and Julia Jansen. Cham: Springer.
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ORGANIZER;CN=Alexis Delamare: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 SUMMARY:The Phenomenology of Desire (The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy\, Vol. XXVII) UID:20260615T113505Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\n"The Phenomenology of Desire"
\nThe New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy \;(Vol. XXVII)
\nGuest Editors
Emanuela Carta (emanuela.carta@uni-graz.at)
Sara Dameno (sara.dameno@uni-koeln.de)
Alexis Delamare (alexis.delamare@ucd.ie)
About the volume
Over the past decade\, phenomenology has emerged as a central interlocutor in the philosophy of emotions\, and it is now well established that it offers distinctive resources for understanding the structure\, intentionality\, and normativity of emotional life. By contrast\, its contribution to the analysis of desire remains comparatively underdeveloped\, if not neglected. This is so even though reflections on desire can be found throughout the phenomenological tradition\, broadly understood&mdash\;from the Brentano School and early phenomenology\, including figures such as Alexius Meinong\, Christian von Ehrenfels\, Edith Stein\, Max Scheler\, and Dietrich von Hildebrand\, to later French developments\, including thinkers such as Simone de Beauvoir\, Paul Ric&oelig\;ur\, Emmanuel Levinas\, Frantz Fanon\, Jean-Luc Nancy\, and Renaud Barbaras. In addition\, recently published materials from Edmund Husserl&rsquo\;s manuscripts&mdash\;most notably the third volume of the \;Studien zur Struktur des Bewusstseins&mdash\;offer important analyses that remain largely unexplored and invite further systematic development.
Against this background\, the volume has a twofold aim. On the one hand\, it seeks to clarify and critically examine phenomenological accounts of desire across the tradition\, from the Brentano School and early phenomenology to contemporary approaches. On the other hand\, it aims to assess how phenomenology can contribute to current debates on desire\, including its nature\, its relation to value and normativity\, its role in agency\, and its social and political dimensions. In this regard\, we especially welcome contributions that examine how desire is shaped by structures of power\, including race and coloniality\, as well as those that explore how desire can be transformed and reoriented when freed from oppressive environments. In this way\, the volume seeks to advance the philosophical understanding of desire while further developing phenomenological approaches to it.
We invite extended abstracts of approximately \;800&ndash\;1\,000 words\, outlining the central thesis\, argumentative strategy\, and contribution to the volume.
Topics of interest \;include\, but are not limited to:
- Phenomenological analyses of desire within specific schools or traditions (e.g.\, the Brentano School\; the Munich and Gö\;ttingen Circles).
- Conceptions of desire in major phenomenological figures (e.g.\, Husserl\, Levinas\, Merleau-Ponty\, de Beauvoir\, etc.).
- Desire in critical and feminist phenomenology.
- The relationship between phenomenology and psychoanalysis with respect to desire.
- Contemporary phenomenological approaches to desire.
- Possible contributions of phenomenological perspectives to contemporary debates on desire.
- Desire in underrepresented or neglected phenomenological traditions.
- Non-Western phenomenological perspectives on desire.
Submission Guidelines
To submit your abstract\, please fill in the form using the link below. Abstracts should be anonymized. They will be reviewed by the editors of the volume. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to submit full papers\, which will then undergo a double-blind peer review process in accordance with NYPPP policy. Final acceptance decisions regarding the full papers will be made thereafter.
Timeline
\n- Deadline for abstract submission: \;30 June 2026
- Notification of acceptance: by 15 July 2026
- Full paper deadline: 31 March 2027
Length of final papers: 6\,000&ndash\;8\,000 words (including notes and references). The volume is expected to be published in 2028.
To submit your abstract\, please fill in and submit the form using the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdUJyOZBt8Awm0b3KS5AIRvFNNmMK0QL8Mx5akW2SeHOa3XvA/viewform?usp=header
For any further questions\, please contact:
phenomenologyofdesire.nyppp2028@gmail.com
"Open Cultural Studies" (https://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/culture/html) invites submissions for a special issue entitled &ldquo\;Writing Across Differences\,&rdquo\; edited by Gero Bauer\, Ingrid Hotz-Davies\, and Marion Mü\;ller (all University of Tü\;bingen\, Germany).
\nDESCRIPTION
\nFor some years now\, we have been witnessing heated debates about who may\, can\, or should write what about whom in a certain way. These debates are primarily fuelled by the question of how the (ascribed) identity of an author or speaker relates to what is being said. Cultural distinctions between people and corresponding group identities (such as race\, class\, gender\, or sexual orientation) have become more and more significant over the course of the past fifty years. Often\, the transgression of boundaries of identity &ndash\; e.g. in the creation of fictional characters and worlds or in the production of knowledge &ndash\; is framed as problematic. At the same time\, the idealisation of discourses designed to establish a marked writing within boundaries carries its own implications and problems.
\nIn all cases\, &lsquo\;writing across&rsquo\; &ndash\; across boundaries but also possibly in the failure of crossings deemed necessary &ndash\; in public discourse\, in the creation of fiction\, or in the production of knowledge has a high potential for scandalisation as the debates about speaking and writing across differences appear to be struggles over cultural hegemony and the distribution of power and resources which are fought out in academia\, in the cultural and literary sector\, in education\, and in the media.
\nWe assume that in late modernity\, the (presumed or displayed) identity of authors and the associated positionality and (relative) power of definition in public perception have gained unprecedented political relevance and that expectations of their texts in terms of authenticity\, experiential knowledge\, and truthfulness are derived from this. These expectations\, as well as the reaction to their disappointment or any scepticism about them\, fuel new rhetorics\, aesthetics\, and text forms which urgently require an interdisciplinary debate\, also in the sense of a self-reflexive analysis of academic writing in the humanities and social sciences.
\nWe invite contributions that take an interdisciplinary look at the dynamics surrounding the crossing of cultural boundaries in literary\, academic\, and journalistic writing as well as their effects and consequences. Contributions should focus on analysing cases of writing across socially and culturally determined identity boundaries and their public negotiation.
\nWe welcome contributions from different perspectives in the humanities and social sciences\, such as literary and cultural studies\, sociology\, anthropology\, media studies\, educational science\, and ethics\, but also from interdisciplinary fields of study that engage with the historically contingent relevance of the question of who speaks in a text\, in which contexts and with what authorisation\, and who produces knowledge about whom.
\nContributions may address\, but are in no way limited to\, the following questions:
\nHOW TO SUBMIT
\nSubmissions \; will be collected by June 30\, 2026 via the online submission system at https://www.editorialmanager.com/culture/
\nChoose &ldquo\;special issue: Writing Across Differences&rdquo\;
\nBeforesubmission\, authors \;should \;carefully read \;the \;Instructions for \;Authors\, \;available \;at https://www.degruyterbrill.com/publication/journal_key/CULTURE/downloadAsset/CULTURE_Instruction%20for%20Authors.pdf
\nAll contributions will undergo critical peer review before being accepted for publication.
\nAs a general rule\, publication costs should be covered by Article Publishing Charges (APC)\; that is\, be defrayed by the authors\, their affiliated institutions\, funders or sponsors. Authors without access to publishing funds are encouraged to discuss potential discounts or fee-waivers with OA Portfolio Manager Magdalena Skoneczna (magdalena.skoneczna@degruyterbrill.com)\, before submitting their manuscript.
\nFurther questions about this thematic issue can be sent to Gero Bauer (gero.bauer@uni-tuebingen.de). In case of technical problems with submission\, please write to Assistant.Managing.Editor@degruyterbrill.com.
\n\;Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OpenCulturalStudies/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260630T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260630T230000 SUMMARY:Historical Narratives and Counternarratives UID:20260615T113507Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Belgrade\, Serbia DESCRIPTION:Narration and self-narration represent a fundamental need of human beings as historical and cultural subjects. This fact has been recognised and studied in the field of anthropological\, cultural\, historical\, sociological and even psychological and philosophical research. According to various interpretative perspectives\, personal identity is constructed narratively (Bruner\, Ricoeur et al.)\, and is built at the crossroads between subjective experience and cultural transmission of a population.
\nPersonal identity\, therefore\, is not determined solely by psychological-affective development\, pure experience and knowledge of a more or less general and practical nature. A complex combination of elements nourishes the thoughts\, choices\, interests and behaviours of individuals\, rooted in the cultural values\, beliefs\, memory and history of a population.
\nThis\, explains\, on the one hand\, the civilising and emancipatory function of studies and research in the humanities and historical-social sciences for individuals\, peoples and communities\; on the other hand\, it explains the particular difficulty in achieving full and scientific knowledge of facts\, events and experiences. On the one hand\, the question of the objectivity of truth is dialectically linked both to the question of the representation of knowledge and to the question of the correspondence between statements and actual state of things. On the other hand\, the same issue enters into dialectic with the question of persuasion and knowledge interests.
\nIn particular\, the relationship between truth and persuasion\, between argumentative validity and communicative effectiveness\, is a source of tension and controversy. The matrix is clearly Western and has its roots in ancient thought (one can consider Aristotle&rsquo\;s distinction between rhetoric and dialectic\, or reconsider Socrates and Plato&rsquo\;s lessons or Sophists&rsquo\; perspective\, etc.). This is a critical area where the difference between convincing and persuading\, between knowing and believing\, between demonstrative discourse and discourse aimed at obtaining the consent of an audience generates\, in various ways\, tension and controversy that is as much scientific and cultural as it is political and social. On the one hand\, the multiplication of communication channels\, accessibility to social media\, the strengthening of the so-called &ldquo\;infosphere&rdquo\; and the advent of generative AI\; on the other\, the proliferation of economic and political conflicts of interests behind scientific research\, knowledge and communication &ndash\; all this seems to have further dramatised and complicated the critical issues and problems in question.
\nHowever\, as numerous studies in different disciplinary field have shown\, the issue of persuasion cannot be addressed solely in the contexts of mass communication\, economic interests and political manipulation: no discursive practice is free from presuppositions and more or less conscious exercises and effects of persuasion (Perelman\, Habermas\, Toulmin et al.). The structures of persuasive discourse are transversally present in all linguistic practices\, including specialists&rsquo\; ones\, inspired by criteria of scientific rigour. The scientific-cultural universe cannot therefore be divided into two clearly separate areas: on the one hand\, the area of certain\, experimentally proven truth\, the domain of analytical reason\; on the other\, the area of relative truth\, the domain of the humanities and of a reason conditioned by pragmatic\, historical motivations\, i.e. anchored to a particular Lebensform.
\nThis situation reinforces the need for clarification of the relationship between truth and persuasion in the humanities and historical-social sciences\, and for rigorous analysis and discussion of the possibilities and limitations of persuasive practice\, beliefs\, cultural affiliations\, interests and values reflected in them.
\nThe conference aims to promote an interdisciplinary exchange &ndash\; including a critical discussion of case studies &ndash\; between philosophical and non-philosophical research areas\, with a particular (but not exclusive) focus on the following issues\, which are grouped around the main question &ldquo\;Narration and Renarration of Facts: How and When Is the Truth?&rdquo\;:
\n\n- the relationship between truth and persuasion
\n- the relationship between truth and communication
\n- the relationship between truth and the languages of politics
\n- the relationship between knowledge and representation
\n- the relationship between knowledge and interest
\n- the relationship between knowledge and cultural belonging
\n- the relationship between knowledge and ideology
\n- the relationship between identity and (re-)narration
\n- the relationship between factuality and communicative distortion
\n\nOrganiser: Prof. Milenko Bodin (University of Belgrade)
\n\nSubmissions of a long abstract (of no more than 1000 words) and a CV are due by 30 June 2026.
\nAll applicants must indicate the following details: Name\, presentation title\, institutional affiliation\, and contact information.
\nPlease\, send your abstract and CV to: filcentar@gmail.com
\n\nApplicants will be notified by 15 July 2026.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260701T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260701T000000 SUMMARY:The Northeast Conference on Chinese Thought UID:20260615T113508Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:175 Forest St\, Waltham\, United States DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce that the 2026 meeting of theNortheast Conference on Chinese Thought (NECCT) \;will be held October 30&ndash\;31\, 2026\, at Bentley University in Waltham\, Massachusetts. This annual conference brings together scholars and graduate students working on Chinese thought across disciplines and methodologies\, and welcomes both historically focused and comparative work engaging Chinese perspectives. \; \;
\nOur keynote speaker will be Mercedes Valmisa\, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Gettysburg College. Trained at Princeton University and National Taiwan University\, her work moves across philosophy of action\, metaphysics\, and social philosophy to ask a deceptively simple question: what does it mean to act? \; Drawing on Chinese philosophy and other cross-cultural resources\, she develops an account of agency that is relational\, collective\, and distributed rather than centered on a self-contained individual. Her books\, Adapting: A \;Chinese Philosophy of Action (OUP\, 2021) and \;All Things Act \;(OUP\, 2025)\, explore how action emerges from shifting assemblages of human and nonhuman actors. This perspective reframes questions of responsibility\, power\, and collective life in contemporary social and political contexts. \;
\nFor consideration\, please submit one anonymized abstract (between 300&ndash\;600 words) and a separate cover page (title and contact information) to necct2026@gmail.com \;by July 1\, 2026\, with the subject line \;&ldquo\;NECCT2026 Submission.&rdquo\; \;
\nWe invite submissions on any aspect of Chinese thought\, as well as comparative work that engages Chinese philosophical traditions. We especially encourage submissions from graduate students and early-career scholars. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the Hoffman Center for Business Ethics \;at Bentley University. Founded in 1976 by W. Michael Hoffman\, the Center is one of the world&rsquo\;s oldest academic centers dedicated to business ethics. In honor of this anniversary\, we especially welcome submissions that engage business ethics (broadly construed) from perspectives informed by Chinese thought. \; This conference is made possible by the generous support of Bentley University&rsquo\;s Department of Philosophy\, Department of History\, and the Valente Center for Arts and Sciences.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260701T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260701T000000 SUMMARY:Satellite Sessions of The Sacra Doctrina Project for the American Catholic Philosophical Association UID:20260615T113509Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Pennsylvania Avenue Hights\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Sacra Doctrina Project warmly invites its members of all ranks\, as well as other interested scholars\, to submit paper proposals for our two sponsored satellite sessions for the 2026 annual meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association.
\nIn keeping with our mission\, these satellite sessions intend to explore the philosophical principles and concepts traditional to Catholic theology and doctrine. Specifically\, we propose to host two sessions: Satellite Session I: &ldquo\;Preambula fidei: Perennial Foundations for Theology.&rdquo\; Satellite Session II: &ldquo\;Philosophical Principles for the Development of Dogma.&rdquo\;
\nSubmissions discussing either philosophical principles pertinent to development as such or the development of any specific dogma are equally welcome.
\nA 150&ndash\;250 word abstract and a short CV should be submitted by Wednesday\, July 1\, 2026 to: dmgarlandjr@yahoo.com. A submission for each session is permissible and welcome.
\nPlease contact Daniel Garland\, Ph.D.\, at dmgarlandjr@yahoo.com or David Sherwood\, S.T.L.\, at david.f.sherwood@avemaria.edu with any questions.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260701T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260701T090000 SUMMARY:Interpreting the New Heidegger UID:20260615T113510Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:I am pleased to invite you to submit your work to a Special Issue of \;Philosophies \;focused on recently published texts by Martin Heidegger.
\nI welcome original research articles that focus on material published in the \;Gesamtausgabe \;in 2013 or later. The articles will familiarize readers who may not be Heidegger specialists with some of the newest available primary sources\, provide illuminating contexts and perspectives\, and open avenues for future research.
\nPlease see the link for further information.
\nRichard Polt\, Guest Editor
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260701T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260701T130000 SUMMARY:Voir-Dire: "World-Building" UID:20260615T113511Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:75 Laurier Ave E\, Ottawa\, Canada\, K1N 6N5 DESCRIPTION:Call for Proposals:
\n&ldquo\;World-Building&rdquo\;
\nOctober 9th &\; 10th\, 2026 at University of Ottawa
\nSubmission Deadline: July 1st\, 2026
\n[La version franç\;aise se trouve ci-dessous]
\nToday&rsquo\;s global community is at a critical juncture in the wake of increasing environmental\, political\, social\, cultural\, and economic crises. Worlds\, as we know them\, are becoming destabilized and fractured and the futures of individual nations as well as their geopolitical relations are uncertain. However\, from this uncertainty and rupture\, opportunity arises to build a better world. The theme\, &ldquo\;World-Building&rdquo\;\, invites graduate students and scholars to share their ideas and research on questions of transformative\, collaborative\, and cooperative processes and practices that envision worlds in their possible futures and the conditions for their realization.
\nVoir Dire: Conference &\; Journal is a joint initiative between graduate students from the philosophy departments at the University of Ottawa\, Saint-Paul University\, and Carleton University. Since an interdisciplinary approach is crucial for identifying\, discussing\, and resolving complex social and political issues\, we welcome proposals from other disciplines and from all areas of philosophy. \;
\nAbstracts and presentations may be in either French or English. Each speaker has 20 minutes to present\, followed by an open discussion period. We invite submissions that engage in research on topics including but not limited to:
\n● Transformation\, solidarity\, and community.
\n● Rights\, dignity\, and freedom: Relationships between human\, animals\, and nature.
\n● Positive and negative roles of dystopian/utopian thinking\, of hope/hopelessness\, of \;
\nnihilism/fatalism\, and of future studies.
\n● Alienation\, reconciliation\, and reparation.
\n● Relation between theory and practice\; justice\; moral and institutional responsibility.
\n● Policy\, commensurability\, feasibility\, and sustainability.
\nFully anonymized abstracts (250-500 words) can be submitted online using the following link:
\nConference Submission Form: \;
You can find the formatting guidelines for abstracts at the beginning of the form and you will be asked to provide a brief bio describing your research interests. Following the conference\, papers may be considered for publication in the Voir Dire journal.
\nFor any questions\, please email us at voirdire.ottawa@gmail.com. \;
\n---------
\nAppel à\; communications :
\n«\; World-Building »\;
\nLe 9 &\; 10 octobre 2026 à\; l&rsquo\;Université\; d&rsquo\;Ottawa
\nDé\;lai de soumission : le 1er juin 2026
\nLa communauté\; mondiale actuelle\, face aux crises environnementales\, politiques\, sociales\, culturelles et é\;conomiques croissantes\, se trouve à\; un moment dé\;cisif. Les mondes\, tel que nous les connaissons\, se dé\;stabilisent et se fracturent\, et l&rsquo\;avenir des nations individuelles et leur relations gé\;opolitiques sont incertaines. Cependant\, de cette incertitude et de cette rupture\, é\;merge l&rsquo\;occasion de bâ\;tir un monde meilleur. Le thè\;me\, «\; World-Building »\;\, invite les é\;tudiant.e.s diplô\;mé\;.e.s et chercheurs.euses à\; partager leurs idé\;es et leurs recherches sur les enjeux relatifs aux processus et pratiques transformatives\, collaboratives et coopé\;ratives qui envisagent les mondes dans leurs futurs possibles et leurs conditions d&rsquo\;avè\;nement.
\nVoir Dire : confé\;rence et revue est une initiative conjointe des é\;tudiant.e.s diplô\;mé\;s des dé\;partements de philosophie de l&rsquo\;Université\; d&rsquo\;Ottawa\, de l&rsquo\;Université\; Saint-Paul et de l&rsquo\;Université\; Carleton. L&rsquo\;utilisation d&rsquo\;une approche interdisciplinaire é\;tant essentielle pour identifier\, discuter et ré\;soudre les problè\;mes sociaux et politiques complexes\, nous accueillons des propositions provenant d&rsquo\;autres disciplines ainsi que des propositions provenant de tous les domaines de philosophie. \;
\nLes ré\;sumé\;s et les pré\;sentations peuvent ê\;tre en franç\;ais ou en anglais. Chaque intervenant.e à\; 20 minutes pour faire sa pré\;sentation\, suivie d&rsquo\;une pé\;riode de discussion ouverte. Nous acceptons des propositions qui abordent\, sans s&rsquo\;y limiter\, les sujets de recherche suivant :
\n● La transformation\, solidarité\; et communauté\;.
\n● Droits\, dignité\; et liberté\; : les relations entre les humains\, animaux et la nature.
\n● Rô\;les positifs et né\;gatifs de la pensé\;e dystopique/utopique\, de l&rsquo\;espoir/dé\;sespoir\, du nihilisme/fatalisme et des é\;tudes de l&rsquo\;avenir.
\n● Alié\;nation\, ré\;conciliation et ré\;paration.
\n● Relation entre la thé\;orie et la pratique\; la justice\; la responsabilité\; morale et institutionnelle.
\n● Politique\, commensurabilité\;\, faisabilité\; et durabilité\;.
\nLes ré\;sumé\;s entiè\;rement anonymisé\;s (250-500 mots) peuvent ê\;tre soumis en ligne à\; travers le lien suivant: \;
\nFormulaire de soumission: \;
Vous trouverez les directives pour la mise en forme des ré\;sumé\;s au dé\;but du formulaire et vous devrez fournir une brè\;ve biographie dé\;crivant vos inté\;rê\;ts de recherche.
\nÀ\; la suite de la confé\;rence\, les articles pourront ê\;tre pris en considé\;ration pour publication dans la revue \;
\nVoir Dire. Pour toutes questions\, veuillez nous envoyer un courriel à\; voirdire.ottawa@gmail.com. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260701T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260701T230000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Emotions\, Philosophy and Psychiatry\, Philosophy as Transformation\, Ancient Philosophy/ Thaumazein UID:20260615T113512Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Open Essays &ndash\; Thaumazein\, Volume 15\, Issue 1 (2027)
\nThaumà\;zein invites submissions for its forthcoming open issue (Vol. 15\, No. 1\, June 2027). Unlike previous monographic issues\, this volume welcomes original contributions across the journal's core areas of interest\, with particular attention to:
\nContributions in theoretical philosophy\, moral philosophy\, and the history of philosophy more broadly are also welcome. Prospective authors are encouraged to consult the journal's back catalogue:
\n\;https://rivista.thaumazein.it/index.php/thaum/index
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nContributions may be submitted in English or Italian\, in two stages:
\nEditorial guidelines for authors are available at:https://rivista.thaumazein.it/index.php/thaum/about/submissions
\nPublication
\nThe volume is scheduled for publication in June 2027.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260702T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260702T170000 SUMMARY:COMET 2026 - Metaphysics in Contemporary Continental Philosophy UID:20260615T113513Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Nijmegen\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:COMET 2026 &ndash\; Metaphysics in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
\n13-15 October | Radboud University\, Nijmegen\, the Netherlands
\nCOMET is the annual expert meeting for metaphysics in contemporary continental philosophy\, hosted at Radboud University by its Center for Contemporary European Philosophy (CCEP).
\nIt brings together researchers across career stages who are doing metaphysical work in or in dialogue with continental philosophy\, and offers a setting to discuss research projects in depth.
\nWe are looking for contributions on what there is and how it is structured\, from any school or methodology within the field.
\nPROGRAM
\nThe meeting opens on Tuesday afternoon with a thematic session on ontologies of process and action\, featuring invited talks by Prof. Rein Raud (Tallinn University) and Dr. Mercedes Valmisa Oviedo (University of Gettysburg).
\nWednesday and Thursday are devoted to open sessions selected through this call. Each day has five speakers\, each with a sixty-minute plenary slot split roughly equally between presentation and discussion. The program also provides ample time between sessions for informal exchanges.
\nThe working language is English. Presentations in Dutch\, French\, and German are also welcome\, provided the speaker makes an English translation of their talk available for participants to follow along. The organizers can assist with translations from and into these languages during discussions
\nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES
\nPlease send an abstract of max. 250 words\, prepared for blind review\, plus a separate document with a biographical note of max. 150 words to comet@ru.nl. The deadline is July 2.
\nSelection is a two-stage process. Abstracts first undergo blind review. From the resulting shortlist\, the organizers compose the final program with an eye to a balanced representation of ideas\, career stages\, and backgrounds.
\nATTENDING WITHOUT PRESENTING
\nIn addition to ten speaker slots\, there are fifteen places for researchers who wish to attend and participate in discussions without presenting. To apply\, send an email with a short motivation and biographical note to comet@ru.nl.
\nPRACTICAL INFORMATION
\nThere is no registration fee. All sessions take place on campus. Speakers and participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation.
\nFurther details about COMET 2026 are available at https://www.ru.nl/en/about-us/events/comet-2026. Last year&rsquo\;s program and abstracts can be found there as well.
\nORGANIZERS
\nCOMET 2026 is organized by dr. Arjen Kleinherenbrink and dr. Tim Miechels at the Center for Contemporary European Philosophy (CCEP) of the Faculty of Philosophy\, Theology\, and Religious Studies at Radboud University.
\nPARTNERS
\nCOMET is closely connected to the School of Materialist Research and Malta University's Engaging the Contemporary conference. There is significant overlap in our intellectual aims\, and we invite anyone already involved in one to find their way to the others.
\n
Join us for an engaging five-day summer school at the University of Antwerp\, where you will delve into the significant themes of \;mortality\, desire\, and decay within Japanese ethics and aesthetics. This intensive programme combines philosophical inquiry with insights from literature and contemporary art\, enabling participants to explore how these concepts impact ethical thought and aesthetic expression in both Japanese and Western cultures. \; \;
\nKey themes \;include an introduction to impermanence and decay in Japanese thought\, intersections with process philosophy\, and the cultural implications of kawaii (cuteness) alongside the exploration of Shinto perspectives and contemporary artistic representations. \;Guest lecturers \;will share their expertise\, enhancing discussions through \;interdisciplinary case studies and interactive seminars. \;Confirmed lecturers are Masahiro Morioka\, Thorsten Botz-Bornstein\, Kyoko Kasuya\, Takeshi Morisato\, \; Adam \;Loughnane\, \;Camil Valerio Ristè\;\, Manon Paredis\, Tom Hannes\, \;Franlu Vulliermet\, \;Bart Vandeput\, Christina Stadlbauer\, \; Kristien Hens. By the end of the course\, you will gain an understanding of \;how Japanese philosophical traditions address the complexities of life\, death\, and the human experience.
\n\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260704T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2026: Climate Philosophy in the Capitalocene UID:20260615T113515Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Città di Castello\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Call for applications: Deadline extended to March 1 2026
\nCollegium \;Phaenomenologicum \;2026: \;Climate Philosophy in the Capitalocene
\nThe theme for the Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2026 is climate philosophy in the anthropocene. \;Climate philosophy responds to environmental destabilization by discussing climate temporalities and spatialities\, eco-politics\, climate justice\, climate affects\, and the ethical and political reorientations demanded by climate change. Climate philosophy also rethinks climate\, partly in response to global heating\, as world in the phenomenological sense and as history and habitat of life on earth. The Capitalocene references the Anthropocene dominated by colonial capitalism and its uneven and ongoing histories. In the first week\, we will question\, in discussion with phenomenology and climate science\, how the temporal framing of climate change is narrated. The second week moves the focus to space by exploring\, principally in conversation with deconstruction and French philosophy more broadly\, how climate change alters the sense of world beyond globalization. The final week&rsquo\;s course draws on eco-marxism\, bio-politics\, and eco-feminism to propose a fundamental rethinking of the political at the end of the world.
\nThe Collegium runs from July 6th to 24th\, 2026\, preceded by the participants' conference on July \;4th and 5th. \;The deadline to apply has been extended to March 1\, 2026\, and \;we welcome applications from within philosophy and related disciplines concerned with the overarching theme. \;
\nFurther details of the topic and the lecturers\, abstracts for each of the three courses\, and application forms are available on the website at
\nhttps://collegiumphaenomenologicum.org/ \;
\nFor all enquiries contact:
\nMatthias Fritsch (director) \;matthias.fritsch@concordia.ca
\nRebecca van der Post (graduate assistant) \;graduateassistant2026@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthias Fritsch: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20260706T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20260706T090000 SUMMARY:Inheriting Ordinary Language Philosophy UID:20260615T113516Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Vilnius LOCATION:Universiteto g. 9\, Vilnius\, Lithuania DESCRIPTION:Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in so-called ordinary language philosophy &ndash\; one of the main traditions in 20th century analytic philosophy. The conference will contribute to this renewed engagement by examining the legacy and contemporary significance of the tradition and its leading representatives. At the same time\, the conference aims at critically examining the idea of an ordinary language philosophy tradition itself. The thinkers typically grouped under this label differ substantially in philosophical outlook and method. Assessing the depth and significance of these differences raises broader questions about how unified the tradition really is. Is the current resurgence best understood as the continuation of a shared philosophical approach\, or does it instead consist of diverse and sometimes competing attempts to draw on different elements of this legacy? By addressing these questions\, the conference will both clarify the historical significance of ordinary language philosophy and assess the prospects for its contemporary revival.
\nKeynote speakers
\nAvner Baz (Tufts University)
\nBenjamin De Mesel (KU Leuven)
\nHans-Johann Glock (University of Zurich)
\nMartin Gustafsson (Å\;bo Akademi University)
\nNicole Rathgeb (University of Bern)
\nImportant dates
\nAbstract submission: July 6\, 2026
\nAuthor notification: July 16\, 2026
\nConference: October 2-3\, 2026
\nRegistration fees
\nStudents 50 &euro\;
\nNon-students 100 &euro\;
\n(Registration fee covers the conference dinner\; waivers might be considered)
\nConference Venue
\nFaculty of Philosophy\, Vilnius University\, Universiteto street 9\, Vilnius\, Lithuania.
\nSubmitting an abstract for a presentation (30 minutes including discussion)
\nAbstracts at a maximum length of 400 words should be submitted as Word or PDF to mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt. Make sure to state your name and affiliation clearly in the abstract. The deadline for submission is \;July 6\, 2026. The date of notification is \;July 16\, 2026.
\nOrganizers
\nMindaugas Gilaitis (Vilnius University)\, Martin Gustafsson (Å\;bo Akademi University)
\nPlease direct all inquiries by email to mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt or martin.gustafsson@abo.fi.
\nThe event is free to attend. If you intend to come to the conference as a non-speaker\, please register by sending an email to mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt. The deadline for registration is \;September 25\, 2026.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T005241Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260707T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260707T234500 SUMMARY:Phenomenological Anthropologies and Forms of the Human UID:20260615T113517Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:In the context of contemporary phenomenology\, the issue of anthropology reappears as an irreducible problem to definitions\, closed typologies\, or normative models of the human being. \;From Husserl to contemporary phenomenologies\, the human being manifests a mode of appearing that occurs in the world\, in the body\, in affectivity\, in relation to the other\, in finitude\, in historicity\, and in openness to what exceeds it. In this sense\, the human phenomenon compels us to think of anthropology without essentialisation\, attentive to donation\, to the event\, to original passivity\, to exposure\, and to the distance the subject maintains from itself.
\nThis dossier invites scientific articles that critically address phenomenological anthropologies\, understood as attempts to think about the human from its mode of appearing\, rather than from a prior definition. The focus is particularly on exploring how the human phenomenon exceeds the classical horizon of philosophical anthropology and opens possibilities for understanding the human being as one who gives itself in encounter\, who is constituted in relation\, who discovers itself thrown\, affected\, exposed\, called\, or received.
\nContributions are expected to engage\, among others\, with issues such as:
\nthe impossibility or necessity of an anthropology without essentialist definition
\nthe status of the lived body and flesh
\ndonation\, passivity\, and receptivity as anthropological keys
\nalterity\, intersubjectivity\, and encounter
\nfinitude\, affectivity\, and vulnerability
\nthe event and its impact on understanding the human
\nthe relationship between anthropology\, phenomenology\, and hermeneutics
\ntensions between subjectivity\, ipseity\, and the decentring of the self
\nArticles may engage with classical and contemporary authors of the phenomenological tradition\, such as Husserl\, Scheler\, Stein\, Plessner\, Gehlen\, Heidegger\, Merleau-Ponty\, Levinas\, Marcel\, Ric&oelig\;ur\, Henry\, Marion\, Dastur\, Falque\, Lacoste\, Waldenfels\, Serban\, Depraz\, Mensch\, Zahavi\, among others\, as well as with current debates surrounding the very possibility of a phenomenological anthropology.
\nThe dossier will be published in Mutatis Mutandis: International Journal of Philosophy. Submissions must strictly adhere to the editorial guidelines\, presentation\, citation\, and evaluation standards available in www.revistamutatismutandis.com.
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR