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:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Fall 2026 Tulane German Philosophy Workshop Series UID:20261114T191240Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:New Orleans\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Tulane German Philosophy Workshop is based out of Tulane University&rsquo\;s Philosophy department. It is aimed at promoting the discussion of scholarship about the German philosophical tradition and the establishment of relations between philosophers and departments that focus on the German philosophical tradition. It welcomes scholars interested in the many ways to engage with this rich tradition and the specific projects and concerns of its many representatives&mdash\;from Leibniz to Wittgenstein\, Kant to Gadamer\, Hegel to Habermas&mdash\;as well as the reception of this tradition.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jeffrey Patrick Colgan;CN=Nicolas Day: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261027T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20270427T170000 SUMMARY:"Ricœur\, Dead or Alive?" Fonds Ricœur Monthly Seminar (ENS\, Paris) UID:20261114T191241Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:École Normale Supérieure\, 45 rue d'Ulm\, Paris\, France\, 75005 DESCRIPTION:Presentation of the Seminar
\nThe seminar "Actualité\;s de Ric&oelig\;ur" ("Ric&oelig\;ur Studies Today") aims to offer a space for discussion and development for early-career research on Ric&oelig\;ur. Hosted at the É\;cole Normale Supé\;rieure for the 2026&ndash\;2027 academic year\, it welcomes proposals from doctoral students\, postdoctoral researchers\, and early-career scholars who wish to explore\, extend\, or put to the test the resources of Paul Ric&oelig\;ur's philosophy.
\nThe first edition of this seminar is entitled "Ric&oelig\;ur\, Dead or Alive?" &mdash\; a deliberately ambiguous formulation\, one that invites us to question both the internal vitality of his &oelig\;uvre and its capacity to nourish the philosophical\, ethical\, and political debates of today.
\nIs Ric&oelig\;ur's hermeneutic phenomenology not defined\, in essence\, by its defense of &mdash\; and\, as it were\, its "vow" (v&oelig\;u) in favor of &mdash\; life\, the living\, and the lively? But is he still a living interlocutor\, or has his thought sedimented into heritage?
\nThe seminar will follow this format: two speakers per two-hour session\, with 30 minutes of presentation and 30 minutes of discussion for each speaker.
\nFor paper proposals\, we welcome submissions engaging with three thematic axes.
\nAxis I. Life as Resistance &ndash\; Language\, Time\, and Action
\nHow does life affirm\, narrate\, and configure itself in the face of what negates it? Ric&oelig\;ur's hermeneutic phenomenology is traversed by a fundamental tension between the power to act and the multiple forms of its hindrance. Confronted with evil\, forgetting\, or indeed death\, Ric&oelig\;ur explores the diverse forms of resistance at work within life &mdash\; metaphors\, narratives\, memories\, history. These resistances\, as actions\, possess an intrinsic logic and continue to create the meaning of life.
\nSuggested Lines of Approach
\n1. Language as resistance: How does the "living metaphor" (The Rule of Metaphor\, 1975) constitute a form of resistance to the "entropy of language\," which freezes meaning? In what sense is semantic innovation a vital act\, a "revival"?
\n2. Narrative as resistance: In Time and Narrative (1983&ndash\;1985)\, emplotment is presented as a provisional victory over temporal discordance. How are we to think this victory in the face of the radicality of Heideggerian "being-towards-death"?
\n3. Memory as resistance: Memory\, History\, Forgetting (2000) distinguishes between forgetting kept in reserve and forgetting through effacement. In what way does this distinction commit us to an ethics of memory as a form of fidelity to life?
\nAxis II. A Life of One's Own &ndash\; Selfhood\, Vulnerability\, Ethicity
\nHow might vulnerability\, far from being a limit of subjectivity\, be its very condition of ethical possibility? Ric&oelig\;ur's hermeneutics of the self is built upon the recognition of a constitutive fragility: narrative identity is always exposed to rupture\, to suffering\, to undergoing the action of the other &mdash\; the other inscribing at the very heart of the self. This axis proposes to deepen reflection on the relation between the self and the other\, and to explore the modes by which a "good life" may be accomplished\, starting from the concrete ordeals of vulnerability: trauma\, the quest for mutual recognition\, and the precariousness of existence.
\nSuggested Lines of Approach
\n4. The ordeal of narrative identity: Oneself as Another (1990) articulates idem-identity and ipse-identity around the self-constancy under trial. What becomes of this articulation when the trial is that of identity's collapse &mdash\; serious illness\, exile\, trauma? Ric&oelig\;ur's hermeneutics of narrative identity also resonates with debates on the performativity of identity and with gender studies (Butler).
\n5. The reciprocity of recognition: In The Course of Recognition (2004)\, Ric&oelig\;ur moves from self-recognition to mutual recognition. How might this course enter into dialogue with contemporary theories of vulnerability (Weil\, Levinas) or of care?
\n6. The ethical life: The "ethical aim" defined in the "ethical studies" (Oneself as Another\, Studies 5-7) seeks to realize a "good life." Does this notion remain operative in the face of situations of thwarted life\, precarity\, or desubjectivation?
\nAxis III. Ric&oelig\;ur&rsquo\;s Survival &ndash\; Present Legacies
\nRic&oelig\;ur maintained a singular relationship with his own era\, marked as much by fruitful resonances as by sharp conflicts. This axis seeks to interrogate the philosophical actuality of these past debates: what extensions\, what corrections\, and what ruptures does Ric&oelig\;urian thought call for today? Proposals will place Ric&oelig\;ur's texts in critical dialogue with contemporary problematics\, without confining themselves to historical reconstruction.
\nSuggested Lines of Approach
\n7. Radical alterity in phenomenology: Ric&oelig\;ur engaged in a twofold critical dialogue with Derridean deconstruction and Levinasian ethics &mdash\; two distinct contestations of the autonomy of the self\, the one through the play of language\, the other through the ethical injunction of the face. How do these confrontations\, taken together\, illuminate the limits and the resources of the hermeneutics of the self in the face of the contemporary challenges of hospitality\, communication\, and responsibility?
\n8. Philosophical anthropology: Is the human being\, understood as the "capable human being" (From Text to Action\, 1986)\, in a position to accommodate new forms of agency &mdash\; collective\, distributed\, digital &mdash\; or do its anthropological presuppositions constrain it? In this regard\, Ric&oelig\;urian philosophy could enter into fruitful dialogue with the theories of Stiegler (tertiary retention) and Arendt (collective action).
\n9. Justice today: How might Ric&oelig\;ur's reflections on justice\, collective memory\, and forgiveness (Memory\, History\, Forgetting\, Epilogue) be articulated with the contemporary stakes of memory conflicts\, politics of reconciliation\, or postcolonial reparations? Ric&oelig\;ur's philosophy is bound up with figures such as Halbwachs\, Derrida\, and Honneth. His reflection on memory and forgiveness continues to shed lasting light on the practices of transitional justice.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nTo submit a proposal or for any inquiries\, please write to us at the following address: seminaire.actualites.ricoeur@gmail.com. Proposals are welcome from doctoral students\, postdoctoral researchers\, and early-career scholars of any discipline (philosophy\, literary studies\, theology\, social sciences\, law)\, provided that they are grounded in Ric&oelig\;ur's texts and in contemporary debates for which Ric&oelig\;urian theory could be fruitfully mobilized. Comparative and transdisciplinary proposals are welcome. We will accept proposals in French and in English.
\nPractical Information
\nContact: seminaire.actualites.ricoeur@gmail.com
\nVenue: É\;cole Normale Supé\;rieure\, 45 rue d'Ulm\, Paris (75005)
\nUpdate for Oct 27 meeting: Venue has changed : \;at the Institut Protestant de Thé\;ologie (83 Boulevard Arago\, 75014 Paris)\, Building A\, Room 11.
\nFrequency: monthly (2026&ndash\;2027 academic year)\, normally on the last Tuesday of each month\, beginning on Tuesday 27 October.
\nSchedule: 27/10 \; 24/11 \; 15/12 (due to the holiday break) \; 26/01 \; 23/02 \; \; 16/03 \; 30/03 \; 27/04.
\nMeeting Link To join the videoconference\, please click on this permanent link : https://visio.numerique.gouv.fr/how-ewzn-pjk \;
\nTo join by phone\, dial +33 9 79 94 06 78 and enter code: 940 979 8403#
ORGANIZER;CN=Barberousse Tristan;CN=Hu Kexin;CN=Lodi Martina;CN=Chen Qiyu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261030T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270507T170000 SUMMARY:Monthly Phenomenology UID:20261114T191242Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;&ndash\;
We are very pleased to announce the 7th season (2026&ndash\;2027) of:
MONTHLY PHENOMENOLOGY
An online forum of discussion on recent work in phenomenology
Description: This series of talks gathers together scholars interested in phenomenology and its relation to contemporary issues in philosophy\, especially in the philosophy of mind. It establishes a forum of discussion where people can meet on a regular basis and present their work-in-progress or recent publications. The topics addressed will stretch from the history of early phenomenology to the systematic application of phenomenological insights in recent debates in analytic philosophy.
Schedule: The talks will take place once a month on a Friday from October to May. Time: \;4:15pm CET\, 3:15pm GMT/GMT+1\, 10:15am ET. Talks last 90 minutes\, including a 45 minutes Q&\;A.
Participation: Talks are held on \;zoom. To participate\, please send an email to \;hamid.taieb@hu-berlin.de \;with the heading "Registration Monthly Phenomenology". A zoom link will be sent to you the day preceding each talk. \; \;
Programme:
Thomas Szanto (Europa-Universitä\;t Flensburg)
The Phenomenology and Affective Politics of Feelings of Belonging
30 October 2026 \;
Andrew Butler (Boston University) \;
Husserl&rsquo\;s Metaphysical Realism: Essence\, Sense\, Experience \;
13 November 2026 \;
Esther Neuhann (Goethe-Universitä\;t Frankfurt/Freie Universitä\;t Berlin)
Embodied Integrity \;
11 December \;2026
Nicolai K. Knudsen (Aarhus University) \;
Shall We? Invitations\, Equality\, and the Routes to Joint Action \;
29 January 2027
Laura Gow (University of Liverpool) \;
Cognitive Phenomenology and Belief-discordant Behaviour \;
12 \;February 2027
Alfredo Tomasetta (IUSS Pavia) \;
Is Intentionality Phenomenal? A Debate in Classical Indian Philosophy
5 \;March 2027
Ali Kerem Eroglu (University of Liè\;ge) \;
Intentionalism without Retention: Brentano on Temporal Experience \;
9 April 2027
Minna-Kerttu Kekki (University of Helsinki) \;
Phenomenology of the State: From Edith Stein to the Present \;
7 May 2027
Convenors: \;
Guillaume Fré\;chette (University of Geneva) \;
Marta Jorba (Pompeu Fabra \;University) \;
Alessandro Salice (University College Cork) \;
Hamid Taieb (Humboldt University Berlin) \;
Í\;ngrid Vendrell-Ferran (Philipps University Marburg)
Organized on behalf of the \;Network for Phenomenological Research \; \;
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RADIATION: Connection Across Distance
\nA Cross-disciplinary Conference
\nArnolfini\, Bristol\, UK 12 &ndash\; 14 Nov 2026
\nWe commonly understand radiation as the circulation of energy in the form of light\, heat\, and radio waves\, illumination and glow\, or the emission of particles from radioactive substances. This includes ultraviolet radiation\, X and gamma rays and radioactive materials. The early 20th century medical use of X-rays was exquisitely captured by Duchamp in his 1910 painting Portrait of Dr. Dumochel. In this work\, the French physician is shown with a red aura &ndash\; presumably depicting the erythema of radiation &ndash\; while parts of his body are missing to connote the mysterious ability of X rays to invisibilise flesh while making bones and internal organs visible. A little over a century later\, diagnostic mammograms\, full-body airport security scans\, even personal radiation-emitting devices (mobile phones) are the norm. Ionising radiation is used in Heritage Studies to identify underdrawings while gamma radiation eliminates bacteria that threaten to damage cultural objects\, books and statues.
\n\; \; \; \;However\, this source-process-effect frame\, prevalent in many\, if not most disciplines\, is not the only way to think radiation. Several years ago\, researchers from the University of Regensburg\, Germany\, discovered a phenomenon akin to negative radiation. When an electron moves through a material it often collides with other electrons. This causes de-acceleration. Although an electron with negative mass loses energy in the same way that an electron with positive mass does\, the effect of that loss is\, counterintuitively: acceleration. In other words\, if a ball with negative mass falls into water\, it is not slowed down by friction but instead sped up. Using a new type of semiconductor and irradiating it with a red laser\, the Regensburg team found that\, surprisingly\, the electrons emitted a blue glimmer. This signalled a conversion of low-energy red light into the high-energy blue light arising from electrons with negative mass (Lin et al 2021). Experiments such as these beg the question of the scope of &lsquo\;negative&rsquo\; radiation\, caused by phenomena like negative force.
\n\; \; \; \;In the cultural and socio-political realms\, the invisible working of radiation is captured by two past-laden concepts: aura and hauntology. As a &lsquo\;strange tissue of space-time\,&rsquo\; and a &lsquo\;unique apparition of distance in proximity&rsquo\; (Benjamin 1979)\, aura amplifies energies accruing in everyday practices as affective presence. It turns sedimentations of mnemonic processes into &lsquo\;weakly radioactive materials&rsquo\; (Sloterdijk 2016)\, as can be seen from the so-called &lsquo\;merged objects&rsquo\; &ndash\; such as the Salish blankets\, made of mountain goat\, dog hair\, and vegetation\, that are part animal\, part hunter\, part weaver\, and part wearer (Tepper 2017). Their purpose is to gather cross-species and cross-temporal relations into a single\, culturally energised object. Similarly\, accrued medial aura is the topic of much contemporary art\, such as Kubisch and Norment&rsquo\;s sonic installations\, which rely on the medial memory of transmitters. The crackling of an old record\, inscribed through cycles of use\, and remediated in a sound installation\, creates fulcrums of energy similar to that of &lsquo\;merged objects.&rsquo\;
\n\; \; \; \;Hauntology\, along with spectrality\, was initially a rumination on ontology. It suggested that being is displaced by the shadow of the spectre of being (Derrida 1993)\, and that past-orientated resurgences undermine the solid foundations of the present (Jameson 1999). This can be felt in the residual working of obsolete hegemonies that continue to exert influence on the material and psychic spaces of social life. Unlike trauma\, which is marked by a rupture\, hauntological radiation is a form of low-frequency persistence that lingers in habits and inherited assignments of energy\, imperceptibly turning the past into the behavioural and cognitive architecture of the present. Carrying the frequencies of absent systems\, and of that which &lsquo\;has not yet happened but is already effective in the virtual &ndash\; as an attractor shaping current behaviour&rsquo\; (Fisher 2012: 19)\, hauntings co-constitute energy fields. But this is not to say that all hauntings are immaterial\, as is often thought. In Barad&rsquo\;s reading\, they are an &lsquo\;ineliminable feature of existing material conditions&rsquo\; (Barad 2017: 107)\, as\, from the perspective of quantum physics\, haunting is not about human experience\, but rather about &lsquo\;indeterminacies of time-being\, materially constitutive of matter itself&rsquo\; (113).
\nSimilarly\, in this conference\, we are interested in the less visible actual and potential radial arrangements &ndash\; as forms of agencement of actual or virtual objects and un-objects\, spaces and negative spaces\, organisms\, pre- and post-organic matter\; proto-techniques and technologies that can be assimilated into what is often called &lsquo\;third nature.&rsquo\;
\nWe invite contributions from Media Studies\, Art and Art-Science\, Philosophy (including Philosophy of Science)\, Cultural and Heritage Studies\, Materials Science and Environmental Studies in the form of individual panel presentations (theoretical or practice-based) or curated panels that address but are not limited to the following topics:
\n&bull\;Contemporary alchemy (the notion that every being and/or thing can potentially produce or store energy)
\n&bull\;Art-science experiments with cross-medial radiation (e.g. sonic lasers)
\n&bull\;Projective radiations of new materials or new uses of existing materials\, plants and environments (e.g. graphene and hyperaccumulators)
\n&bull\;Biological and geometrical radial arrangements (e.g. radical versus networked spread)
\n&bull\;Explorations and genealogies of radio-enabled technologies and engineering practices (e.g. GPS\, Galileo\, Wi-Fi and RFID)
\n&bull\;Propelling or accelerating processes arising from a re-configuration or re-alignment of forces and technologies
\n&bull\;Counterintuitive readings of radiation (e.g. the use of radioactive waste as a source of energy despite obvious dangers)
\n&bull\;Political and ideological radiation (soft power\, influence) \;
\n&bull\;Infrastructural radiation (capital\, energy networks) \;
\n&bull\;Computational and algorithmic radiation (data\, AI\, virality)
\n&bull\;The post-industrial sublime (e.g. hydrogen colliders and sites of industrial devastation)
\n&bull\;Radiation as action-at-a-distance (conceptual History of Physics) \;
\n&bull\;Novel readings of the work of Henri Becquerel\, Marie Curie\, J.M. Maxwell\, Richard Feynman and Rudolf Peierls beyond the &lsquo\;environmental damage of positivistic science&rsquo\; approach
\nPlease send 250 w proposals for individual papers or artistic interventions of 15 min in length\, accompanied by a 100 w bio and a concise list of AV requirements to ENERGYPhilosophyofPractice@dundee.ac.uk by 23:59 GMT on 20 July 2026. Proposals for panels of no more than 1500 w in length (including abstracts and bios) should be sent by 23:59 GMT on 12 July 2026. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 30 July 2026. \;
\nThis conference\, supported by Arnolfini and UWE Bristol\, is part of the 2023 &ndash\; 2027 AHRC-funded research project ENERGY: A Philosophy of Practice (AH/X009114/1).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261115T170000 SUMMARY:Satellite Sessions of The Sacra Doctrina Project for the American Catholic Philosophical Association UID:20261114T191244Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Pennsylvania Avenue Hights\, United States DESCRIPTION:These satellite sessions are sponsored by The Sacra Doctrina Project for the 2026 annual meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association\, whose theme this year is "The ACPA at 100: Living Tradition." The Catholic University of America is hosting this year's annual meeting\, which will be physically held at the JW Marriott at 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20004.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20261114T170000 SUMMARY:The Right of War in Grotius and Hobbes UID:20261114T191245Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:Middle East Technical University Üniversiteler Mahallesi\, Dumlupınar Bulvarı No:1\, Ankara\, Turkey\, 06800 DESCRIPTION:Format of the conference :
Presentation of 20 minutes and discussion
Languages :
English and French
Dear All\,
\nAlthough submissions to our conference are officially closed\, unforeseen circumstances required us to transfer the SoPheRE Conference on Otherness to an online format. While we regret not being able to meet everyone in person this year\, this transition also creates an opportunity to broaden the scope of our discussions and accept a limited number of additional papers.
\nWe therefore invite new abstract submissions (maximum 500 words)\, formatted for anonymous review. Abstracts must be written in English and sent toconference2026@sophere.org.
\nWe will review submissions on a rolling basis and aim to communicate decisions within approximately one week of receipt. The submission period will remain open until our online capacity is full or till the end of September\, at which time we will need to finalize the conference program.
\nThe original Call for Papers can be found here:
\nKeynote speakers:
\nMichael Barber (Saint Louis University): &ldquo\;The Question of the Ideology of Religious Experience and the Other: Essence\, Social Science\, and Verstehen&rdquo\;
\nPeter Costello (Providence College): &ldquo\;Marked By the Other: A Reading of Husserl and Genesis&rdquo\; \;
\nJoseph Rivera (Dublin City University): &ldquo\;Where to Experience the Other: A Critical Reading of Michel Henry&rdquo\; \;
\nMichael Staudigl (University of Vienna): &ldquo\;Barbarians\, Cannibals\, Terrorists: A Tropological Phenomenology of Otherness&rdquo\; \;
\nWe welcome additional submissions on Otherness in religion\, including\, but not limited to\, questions such as:
\nWith regard to Otherness in social and societal contexts\, we welcome phenomenological reflections on both contemporary and historical issues. We are particularly interested in contributions that apply phenomenological methods to the understanding of social diversity\, conflict\, migration\, exclusion\, inclusion\, and related topics.
\nWe look forward to receiving your submissions.
\nThe Organizers: Olga Louchakova-Schwartz (UC Davis)\, Martin Nitsche (Czech Academy of Sciences)\, Mary Shahanan (Atlantis Technological University)\, Tareq Ayoub (Western University Canada).
ORGANIZER;CN=Olga Louchakova-Schwartz;CN=Martin Nitsche: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261115T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261115T170000 SUMMARY:The Book of Job: A Literary and Theological Classic UID:20261114T191247Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Professor C.L Seowis distinguished professor (emeritus) of Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt University\, where he was inaugural incumbent of the Vanderbilt\, Buffington\, Cupples Chair in Divinity. Before joining the faculty at Vanderbilt in 2015\, he was the Henry Snyder Gehman Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary\, where taught for 32 years.
ORGANIZER;CN=Himanshu Himanshu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261116T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261116T170000 SUMMARY:The Classroom as a Scholarly Workshop UID:20261114T191248Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Talking/Teaching is the AAPT's online one-hour discussion series about topics in teaching philosophy. Facilitators will take 5-10 minutes providing a concise summary of their thinking on the topic they have chosen\, and enough context and good questions to start and sustain a conversation. No advance preparation is required\, and you need not be an AAPT member to attend.
For full calendar and registration link\, see Talking/Teaching &ndash\; American Association of Philosophy Teachers
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T000000 SUMMARY:The Oxford Spinoza Conference 2027 UID:20261114T191249Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Oxford\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers: The Oxford Spinoza Conference 2027 \; \; \;
\nThe \;Oxford Spinoza Conference \;is an annual gathering dedicated to exploring the myriad manners in which Benedict Spinoza has contributed to the history of philosophy\, and continues to shape our understanding of the world. \; Discussions are cross-generational and trans-disciplinary. The fifth edition will take place at \;Pembroke College \;on \;Thursday 13 May 2027. The theme of next year&rsquo\;s conference is: \; \; \;
\nThe Global Spinoza
Keynote Speakers
Mioko Kawazoe \;(Keio University\, Japan)
\nAlexander Douglas \;(University of St Andrews\, Scotland) \; \;
\n\nOn the occasion of the 350th anniversary of his death\, the exchanges will be dedicated to Spinoza's worldwide reception. Building on existing scholarship\, they will also explore how his thought resonates with a \;wide array of global philosophical traditions\, and how the latter help put Euro-Atlantic approaches into perspective. \; \;
\nPapers are welcome from \;across all generations \;of Spinoza scholars: \;we accept submissions from students\, early career researchers and experienced academics. Please feel free to circulate the call to colleagues both without and within the European\, English and American traditions. \;
\nAbstracts to \;osc@pmb.ox.ac.uk \;before \;17 November 2026. \; \;
\nThe conference is organised in collaboration with the Oxford Philosophy Faculty and the Maison Franç\;aise d&rsquo\;Oxford (MFO\, CNRS UAR 3129). Please note we encourage the broadest possible diversity of scholars to apply.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261117T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261119T170000 SUMMARY:Otherness UID:20261114T191250Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Louvain-la-Neuve\, Belgium DESCRIPTION:Otherness\nConference of the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience
\n\nNovember 17-19\, 2026\nUniversité\; catholique de Louvain \;(UC Louvain\, Louvain-la-Neuve\, Belgium)
\n\nhttps://sophere.org/upcoming-conferences/
\n\n\nCall for Papers
\n\nThe Other is distinct from the Self\, regardless of whether the Other is accessible to the Self or not&ndash\;as something that enables self-reflection and revelation through the distance it provides to the Self. \;In this way\, the Other plays a crucial and multifaceted role within the phenomenological tradition. On one hand\, the Other is set in a position counteracting the Self\, while still remaining an essential part of the constitution of the Self. \;As Husserl showed in \;Cartesian Meditations\, \; \;eliminating the Other from one&rsquo\;s experience would make the constitution of experience impossible. \;
\n\nEmpathy \;and \;pairing \;are always at play in the constitution of the \;alter ego. \;Even within mere perception\, the alter ego is operating\, and therein\, the intersubjective sphere is essential both for the constitution of the Self\, and to perceive an object as the Self. The Self cannot be understood without intersubjectivity\, but\, on the other hand\, it is through the sense of alienness (Fremdheit) and inaccessibility of the Other\, a teleological structure of striving comes into play. Not only is the experience of the Other alien and foreign\, but it also initiates a change of perspective in how one sees oneself and the world through setting a teleological regulative idea to be strived for. The experience of the Other enables one to view oneself in a completely new light. This new understanding of the Self\, in turn\, opens up a new horizon\, changing the way everything appears. In short\, the Other serves as the means for self-reflection and revelation of the structure of experience itself. The phenomenology of Otherness is important for the studies of the Lifeworld\, the Homeworld\, and the Alienworld\, as well as in the concept of the halo\, in understanding indigenous religious experience\, in the cultural approaches such as the etic vs. emic\, or in the problem of historical Otherness as means to reconstruct historical personality.
\n\nWe welcome various phenomenologies of Otherness: here\, the Other may refer to a human or a non-human subject\, to the Divine Person\, to any Otherness. We are interested in how the phenomenological understanding of the Other applies to contemporary forms of the Self\, e.g.\, in Girard&rsquo\;s mimesis or Lopes Corvo&rsquo\;s psychoanalytic concept of self-envy. From classical approaches in phenomenology\, such as those of Husserl\, Levinas\, Ricoeur\, or Schutz\, \;to our contemporaries\, such as Waldenfels and Steinbock\, development of their thoughts from concrete forms of experience to situated and generalizable structures of Otherness can be covered.
\n\nThe abstracts must demonstrate familiarity with operative or theory-building concepts in phenomenology\, and use the framework of phenomenology with sources from within the phenomenological tradition. Possible themes regarding Otherness could be\, but are not restricted to: What role does the Other play in uncovering the structure of self-constitution? Is it possible to understand the absolute alterity\, or is a common ground necessary? Is &lsquo\;overcoming&rsquo\; Otherness even a fruitful task\, and what will this task reveal? How can a singular\, united world be referenced\, when all testimonies stem from individual perspectives? What is the difference between the Other and an object? Does the sphere of primordiality play an essential role for the research of Otherness? How does one understand the Other from an etic or emic standpoint ? Does Otherness within spirituality differ from pragmatic Otherness? How does one interpret first-person authority and Otherness in cases of cultural transfer?
\n\n\;Please send abstracts (of max. 500 words) formatted for anonymous reviewing. The abstracts must be written in English and sent to \;conference2026@sophere.org\, and please cc to Miyuki Ono (miyuki.ono@student.kuleuven.be)\, \;by May 15\, 2026. We will get back to you on whether your abstract has been accepted by June 5\, 2026. If you do not receive an email by this date\, please reach out to us. In addition\, we intend to publish a volume containing a number of papers from the conference.
\n\nOrganizers: Sylvain Camilleri\, the main contact \; \;(sylvain.camilleri@uclouvain.be)
\n\nOlga Louchakova-Schwartz (olouch@ucdavis.edu)
\nMartin Nitsche (nitsche@flu.cas.cz)
\nMiyuki Ono (miyuki.ono@student.kuleuven.be)
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Olga Louchakova-Schwartz;CN=Sylvain Camilleri;CN=Martin Nitsche: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T170000 SUMMARY:I Seminário Internacional de Fenomenologia e Existencialismo: Angústia\, Medo e Cura UID:20261114T191251Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:I Seminá\;rio Internacional de Fenomenologia e Existencialismo: Angú\;stia\, Medo e Cura
\nO I Seminá\;rio Internacional de Fenomenologia e Existencialismo: Angú\;stia\, Medo e Cura\, promovido pelo Nú\;cleo de Teoria dos Direitos Humanos (NTDH) da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)\, será\; realizado no dia 17 de novembro de 2026\, em formato on-line.
\nO evento propõ\;e um espaç\;o de reflexã\;o e diá\;logo filosó\;fico sobre as experiê\;ncias da angú\;stia\, do medo e da cura\, a partir de diferentes perspectivas da fenomenologia e do existencialismo\, considerando suas dimensõ\;es ontoló\;gicas\, existenciais\, é\;ticas e intersubjetivas.
\nA programaç\;ã\;o reunirá\; pesquisadores de instituiç\;õ\;es brasileiras e estrangeiras\, com apresentaç\;õ\;es e debates que estabelecem interlocuç\;õ\;es com o pensamento de Husserl\, Heidegger\, Merleau-Ponty\, Levinas\, Gadamer\, Edith Stein e Camus\, alé\;m de contribuiç\;õ\;es da filosofia antiga.
\nO seminá\;rio busca favorecer o intercâ\;mbio acadê\;mico e aprofundar a compreensã\;o dessas experiê\;ncias fundamentais da existê\;ncia humana\, considerando tanto seus fundamentos filosó\;ficos quanto suas possibilidades de interpretaç\;ã\;o no mundo contemporâ\;neo.
\nData: 17 de novembro de 2026
Horá\;rio: 8h à\;s 20h (horá\;rio de Brasí\;lia)
Modalidade: On-line
Transmissã\;o: Canal do NTDH/UFRJ no YouTube
Participaç\;ã\;o: O evento está\; aberto à\; participaç\;ã\;o de estudantes\, docentes\, pesquisadores e demais interessados\, na condiç\;ã\;o de ouvintes.
\nInscriç\;õ\;es e programaç\;ã\;o completa:
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Ana Paula Barbosa-Fohrmann: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20261119T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20261121T170000 SUMMARY:Phenomenology and Media: Mapping the Structures of Post-Cinematic Experience UID:20261114T191252Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Str. Matei Voievod 75-77\, Bucharest\, Romania\, 021452 DESCRIPTION:In the wake of profound technological and cultural transformations\, cinema no longer names a stable medium but rather a shifting constellation of practices\, dispositifs\, and experiential forms. The proliferation of streaming platforms\, algorithmically curated feeds\, immersive installations\, AI-generated imagery\, VR and AR environments\, conversational agents\, and multi-screen ecologies compels us to rethink the very structures of our lived experience. Under the still-contested but heuristically productive concept of \;&ldquo\;post-cinema\,&rdquo\; recent scholarship in film and media studies has sought to come to grips with this transformed media landscape in ways that are still waiting to be fully appropriated by phenomenological reflection.
\nThe present conference invites contributions that bring phenomenology into sustained dialogue with contemporary media theory in order to interrogate the \;manifold facets of our current \;post-cinematic situation \;and map the experiential\, affective\, embodied\, and critical structures that characterize our current media ecology.
\nBuilding primarily on traditions of film phenomenology associated with \;Vivian Sobchack \;and \;Jean-Pierre Meunier\, and drawing on the philosophical resources of\, among others\, \;Edmund Husserl\, \;Martin Heidegger\, \;Maurice Merleau-Ponty\, and \;Jean-Paul Sartre\, as well as Emmanuel Levinas&rsquo\;s ethics of the Other\, Hermann Schmitz&rsquo\;s New Phenomenology\, Don Ihde&rsquo\;s post-phenomenology of technology\, or Mark Coeckelbergh&rsquo\;s phenomenologically informed ethics of human-robot interaction\, we aim to extend phenomenological inquiry beyond the classical cinematic dispositif toward emerging &ldquo\;families of images&rdquo\;: algorithmic visuals\, deepfakes\, TikTok feeds\, immersive environments\, AI image synthesis\, and hybrid human-machine interfaces.
\nBy bringing together philosophers\, film and media scholars\, as well as artists\, we aim to foster a rigorous interdisciplinary conversation about how phenomenology can illuminate\, and be transformed by\, the evolving media landscape.
ORGANIZER;CN=Christian Ferencz-Flatz;CN=Alexandru Bejinariu;CN=Remus Breazu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261119T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261120T170000 SUMMARY:Winter School in Phenomenology: "Phenomenology of the We. Intersubjectivity\, Collective Emotions\, and the Constitution of the Social World" UID:20261114T191253Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Via Porta di Massa 1\, Napoli\, Italy\, 80133 DESCRIPTION:The Winter School \;Phenomenology of the We \;invites graduate students\, doctoral researchers\, and early-career scholars to explore phenomenological approaches to \;intersubjectivity and emotions. The event aims to foster discussion on the structures of shared experience\, collective intentionality\, affective relations\, and the constitution of social life\, bringing classical phenomenological perspectives into dialogue with contemporary debates. The Winter School will feature keynote lectures by \;Dan Zahavi \;and \;Sophie Loidolt.
\nMorning Programme
\nThursday\, 19 November
\nDan Zahavi
The Unity and Plurality of Emotional Sharing
Anna Donise \;
Empathetic Relationships and the Original Self
Friday\, 20 November
\nSophie Loidolt
Philosophy as a Communal Form of Life: Assessing Husserl&rsquo\;s Political Visions in the Kaizo Articles
Anna Pia Ruoppo
Back to the Origins: Ethics and Politics in Martin Heidegger
The \;morning lectures are open to the public\, while the \;afternoon workshops are reserved for 20 selected participants. The workshops are designed to encourage intensive discussion and close interaction among participants and keynote speakers.
\nApplications and presentations
\nThose wishing to participate in the Winter School are invited to submit a \;short motivation letter\, accompanied by a \;brief biographical note. Applicants who would also like to present their work during the afternoon workshops should additionally submit an \;abstract of no more than 1\,000 words. Abstracts should address topics related to the general themes of the Winter School and should be written in English. Of the \;20 participants admitted to the Winter School\, 6 will be selected to give a 15-minute presentation\, followed by discussion. Applicants who are not selected to give a presentation may therefore still be admitted as participants and take part in all afternoon workshops.
\nWe particularly welcome abstracts addressing topics including\, but not limited to:
\nSubmission deadline: \;1 October 2026
Notification of acceptance: \;15 October 2026
Abstracts should be submitted to: \;lorenzo.cavallo2@unina.it \;and \;giulia.salzano@unina.it
\nFurther information regarding the venue and programme will be communicated to selected participants.
ORGANIZER;CN=Anna Donise;CN=Anna Pia Ruoppo: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261119T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261121T170000 SUMMARY:The Significance of Suffering in Theory and Practice UID:20261114T191254Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Universitätsstraße 25\, Bielefeld\, Germany DESCRIPTION:The Significance of Suffering in Theory and Practice
Call for Abstracts/Papers and Registration
This year's annual conference of the German Society for Utilitarian Studies (Gesellschaft fü\;r Utilitarismusstudien) will focus on the significance of suffering in theory and practice. What is suffering\, and which entities can suffer? What is severe or unbearable suffering\, in particular\, and should it take priority over happiness and other prudential\, moral\, or political values or reasons? If so\, what kind of priority and why?
Our speakers include Roger Crisp (Oxford)\, David Enoch (Oxford)\, Felicia Knaul (UCLA)\, Jennifer Corns (Glasgow)\, Michael Brady (Glasgow)\, Jonas H. Aaron (Zurich)\, Leonard Dung (Bochum)\, Bjø\;rn Morten Hofmann (NTNU)\, Claudia Bozzaro (Mü\;nster)\, and Dieter Birnbacher (Dü\;sseldorf).
To participate in person or online\, please email adriano.mannino@hm.edu. Participation is free. The conference will start Thursday afternoon\, November 19\, and end Saturday afternoon\, November 21\, 2026 (schedule TBA). You are welcome to attend only part of the conference.
Our schedule has room for additional speakers. Please attach your abstract or paper if you would like to give a talk\; we will notify you within a few days of submission. We can fully cover travel costs within Europe\, and at least partly from elsewhere.
Suitable topic areas include but are not limited to: the concepts and mental phenomena of pain\, suffering\, aversion\, etc.\, and the concepts of severity and unbearability\; pain and suffering as they relate to the theory of illbeing and wellbeing\, value and disvalue\; to intra- and interpersonal (non)aggregation\, nonidentity\, and population-level choices\; to Kantian dignity\, contractualism\, virtue ethics\, and other nonconsequentialist perspectives\; to the concept of illhealth and issues in biomedical ethics or normative health economics more broadly (e.g.\, unbearability and end-of-life care\, the measurement of suffering and the QALY/DALY/WELLBY metrics\, patient prioritization and triage)\; to other areas of applied ethics (e.g.\, research ethics\, animal ethics\, AI ethics\, applied population ethics/future ethics)\; to issues in political philosophy/theory and practice\; and to the history of utilitarian thought and rivaling traditions.
The German Society for Utilitarian Studies (Gesellschaft fü\;r Utilitarismusstudien) is an association of scholars interested in utilitarian thought. Its aim is to foster engagement with the utilitarian tradition in philosophy and adjacent disciplines. Needless to say\, the association welcomes utilitarians and non-utilitarians alike.
We are grateful to the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for supporting our 2026 annual conference. \;
The BPC Workshop &\; Masterclass Series offers periodic\, shorter meetings to discuss work on phenomenological themes\, especially by BPC members or visitors. Masterclass sessions and workshops bring together scholars in the area to participate in seminar-style discussions\, review scholarly work\, and offer rigorous\, constructive feedback on works in progress.
\nOn Friday\, November 13\, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. (EST)\, the Boston Phenomenology Circle will be hosting a virtual masterclass on Fanon and colonial duration\, with Professor Al-Saji\, of McGill University\, and Prof. Zahi Zalloua\, of Whitman College. All interested are welcome. \;
\nPlease see the link below for more information
ORGANIZER;CN=Kelvin Li: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261120T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261120T230000 SUMMARY:DePaul Philosophy Graduate Student Conference 2027 UID:20261114T191257Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:DePaul University\, Chicago\, United States DESCRIPTION:From East to West and Back: Kyoto School in Dialogue with Western Philosophy
\nThe Philosophy Department at DePaul University is pleased to announce the DePaul Philosophy Graduate Student Conference 2027\, to be held in person on February 6&ndash\;7\, 2027\, at DePaul University in Chicago\, Illinois.
\nThis year&rsquo\;s conference\, &ldquo\;From East to West and Back: Kyoto School in Dialogue with Western Philosophy\,&rdquo\; explores the rich and complex philosophical exchanges between the Kyoto School and Western philosophy. We are pleased to welcome Prof. Gregory S. Moss\, Associate Professor of Philosophy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong\, as our keynote speaker.
\nProf. Moss is the author of Hegel&rsquo\;s Foundation-Free Metaphysics: The Logic of Singularity (2020)\, which received the HegelPD Prize in 2022\, and Absolute Dialetheism: Hegel\, Schelling\, and the End of Alterity (2026)\, recently published by Edinburgh University Press. His keynote address will draw from his new manuscript\, Hegel and Nishida.
\n\nCall for Papers
\nThe Kyoto School represents one of the most significant encounters between Japanese philosophy and Western philosophical thought. Its philosophers engaged deeply with figures such as Kant\, Hegel\, Fichte\, Schelling\, Husserl\, Heidegger\, and others\, while simultaneously developing philosophical approaches grounded in their own intellectual and cultural contexts. The resulting dialogue was neither simply an adoption of Western philosophy nor a rejection of it\, but a complex process of inheritance\, transformation\, criticism\, and philosophical creation.
\nThis conference invites graduate student papers that investigate the ways in which philosophers of the Kyoto School understand\, inherit\, develop\, transform\, or criticize the thought of familiar Western philosophers and philosophical traditions. At the same time\, we welcome contributions that bring Western philosophical traditions\, as well as philosophical traditions from other cultural and intellectual contexts\, into dialogue with the Kyoto School\, whether by engaging\, evaluating\, challenging\, or developing its philosophical practices.
\nWe particularly welcome papers that explore\, but are not limited to:
\n- Kyoto School engagements with Kant\, Hegel\, Schelling\, Fichte\, Husserl\, Heidegger\, and other Western philosophers\;
\n- Nishida Kitarō\, Tanabe Hajime\, Nishitani Keiji\, and other Kyoto School philosophers\;
\n- Comparative approaches to Japanese\, Western\, Chinese\, Indian\, Buddhist\, Daoist\, or other philosophical traditions\;
\n- The concepts of absolute nothingness\, basho\, pure experience\, self-awareness\, dialectic\, contradiction\, mediation\, and alterity\;
\n- Kyoto School approaches to metaphysics\, epistemology\, phenomenology\, logic\, ethics\, aesthetics\, and philosophy of religion\;
\n- The relationship between philosophical traditions and their cultural or historical contexts\;
\n- Questions concerning translation\, interpretation\, appropriation\, and philosophical inheritance\;
\n- Contemporary philosophical engagements with the Kyoto School\; and
\n- New possibilities for philosophical dialogue between East Asian and Western traditions.
\nWe also encourage submissions that move beyond conventional comparative philosophy and consider whether engagement between different philosophical traditions can generate new philosophical problems\, methods\, or conceptual possibilities.
\n\nSubmission Guidelines
\nWe invite submissions from current graduate students (MA and PhD) in philosophy and related disciplines.
\nSubmissions should:
\n(1) Consist of a full paper in Word or PDF format\, suitable for a 30-minute presentation\, approximately 3\,000&ndash\;4\,000 words\;
\n(2) Be prepared for blind review\; and
\n(3) Be accompanied by a separate cover page containing the paper title\, author's name\, institutional affiliation\, graduate student status (MA or PhD)\, and contact information.
\nPlease email submissions as a PDF or Word document to: depaulgradconference2027@gmail.com
\nThe submission deadline is November 20\, 2026.
\nDecisions regarding submissions will be announced approximately two weeks after the submission deadline.
ORGANIZER;CN=Edward Kwok: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261121T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20271231T170000 SUMMARY:Reading Badiou’s Inaesthetics UID:20261114T191258Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:GROUP DESCRIPTION
Is there any mutualism between art and philosophy? Can philosophy contribute to art and vice versa? Is anti-philosophy actually just one of many philosophies which is able to better comprehend artistic expression and lead to a mutual consensus?
Ever since Plato proclaimed all arts as inappropriate for life in Ancient Greek society and permitted only military or patriotic music and songs\, art has gone through many phases of existence. For Badiou art belongs to the four truth procedures related to philosophy alongside love\, politics and science. In his book Handbook of Inaesthetics he examined poetry\, theatre\, cinema\, and dance in order to elucidate the relationship between philosophy and art. Badiou&rsquo\;s perception of this link can be summarised as follows:
&ldquo\;Historically\, philosophy and art are paired up like Lacan&rsquo\;s Master and Hysteric. We know that the hysteric comes to the master and says: &lsquo\;Truth speaks through my mouth\, I am here. You have knowledge\, tell me who I am.&rsquo\; [&hellip\;] In so doing\, the hysteric takes charge of the master\, &lsquo\;barring&rsquo\; him from mastery and becoming his mistress. Likewise\, art is always already there\, addressing the thinker with the mute and scintillating question of its identity while through constant invention and metamorphosis it declares its disappointment about everything that the philosopher may have to say about it.&rdquo\; (translated by Alberto Toscano)
The aim of the reading group is to approach Badiou&rsquo\;s artistic configuration in Inaesthetics from a philosophical standpoint\, as well as from an anti-philosophical ground specifically developed by the influence of his reading of Nietzsche\, in his words the &ldquo\;prince of anti-philosophy.&rdquo\; Through Nietzschean anti-Platonism and his entire effort &ldquo\;to be cured of the sickness of Plato&rdquo\; we can ask if Badiou seeks to dance with Nietzsche in Plato&rsquo\;s Republic. What Badiou aims to accomplish by entering the realm of anti-philosophy is to allow philosophy to remain alive and active while creating a rapprochement with art. Does artistic expression as a sensory\, intuitive and finite practice demonstrate the potential of rendering the truth of an event (a rupture of given orders of being and understanding) and what role can it play for &ldquo\;true life&rdquo\; to happen? And more generally\, how can &ldquo\;the experience of the limit &ndash\; philosophy as a limit experience&rdquo\; be overcome?
We can agree or disagree with Badiou&rsquo\;s propositions\, but the goal of this reading group is to refine our own thoughts on this vicious entanglement between philosophy\, anti-philosophy and art. All participants can also propose texts they consider relevant for this topic\, and together through readings and discussions we can build a space for future Incite seminars.
TIME
SATURDAYS: bi-weekly\, starting November 21\, 2026.
13:00-14:30 Eastern US time / 19:00-20:30 Central European Time.
GROUP MATERIALS
The main reading will be Handbook of Inaesthetics by Alain Badiou translated by Alberto Toscano as well as excerpts from the journal INAESTHETICS edited by Wilfried Dickhoff &\; Marcus Steinweg and Nietzsche: anti-philosophy 1 also by Badiou. All texts will be provided.
FACILITATOR
Gorica Orsholits (PhD) is an independent scholar\, theoretician\, artist\, and musician (flautist). She studied and taught at the University of Toronto and the European Graduate School from which she received her PhD under the supervision of the French poet Philippe Beck. She has lectured extensively and participated in numerous international conferences. Dr. Orsholits is on the Advisory Board of Inscriptions and was board member and convenor of the seminar at the Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts. Her research interests are in continental philosophy\, poetry and poetics\, literary theory\, film\, music\, and theatre. Her chapter &ldquo\;Event and its Compossibility with Truths and Subject in Badiou&rsquo\;s Thought&rdquo\; will appear in the forthcoming volume Contributions to Continental Event-philosophy (Mohr Siebeck). She resides in Geneva\, Switzerland.
ABOUT INCITE SEMINARS
We are a mix of rogue scholars\, disgruntled academics\, disenchanted buddhists\, enchantment-hungry anarchists\, radical therapists\, and general weirdos looking to create autonomous and accessible forms of &ldquo\;higher education.&rdquo\;
We offer online seminars and reading groups to incite personal exploration and inspire community action. Incite Seminars offers an educational experience. We do so by gathering an engaged group of participants for a dynamic exchange of ideas\, led by skilled facilitators. All of our facilitators have a deep relationship to a subject or topic through intensive study or practice.
Incite Seminars is a 100% member-supported learning community. We depend on member contributions to continue holding space for radical study and practice groups\, putting on rigorous seminars and courses\, and providing our facilitators and organizers with fair compensation. If you are unable to pay the full amount for a session or membership at this time\, we invite you to join us at reduced or no cost with our Solidarity option.
GROUP DESCRIPTION
Is there any mutualism between art and philosophy? Can philosophy contribute to art and vice versa? Is anti-philosophy actually just one of many philosophies which is able to better comprehend artistic expression and lead to a mutual consensus?
Ever since Plato proclaimed all arts as inappropriate for life in Ancient Greek society and permitted only military or patriotic music and songs\, art has gone through many phases of existence. For Badiou art belongs to the four truth procedures related to philosophy alongside love\, politics and science. In his book Handbook of Inaesthetics he examined poetry\, theatre\, cinema\, and dance in order to elucidate the relationship between philosophy and art. Badiou&rsquo\;s perception of this link can be summarised as follows:
&ldquo\;Historically\, philosophy and art are paired up like Lacan&rsquo\;s Master and Hysteric. We know that the hysteric comes to the master and says: &lsquo\;Truth speaks through my mouth\, I am here. You have knowledge\, tell me who I am.&rsquo\; [&hellip\;] In so doing\, the hysteric takes charge of the master\, &lsquo\;barring&rsquo\; him from mastery and becoming his mistress. Likewise\, art is always already there\, addressing the thinker with the mute and scintillating question of its identity while through constant invention and metamorphosis it declares its disappointment about everything that the philosopher may have to say about it.&rdquo\; (translated by Alberto Toscano)
The aim of the reading group is to approach Badiou&rsquo\;s artistic configuration in Inaesthetics from a philosophical standpoint\, as well as from an anti-philosophical ground specifically developed by the influence of his reading of Nietzsche\, in his words the &ldquo\;prince of anti-philosophy.&rdquo\; Through Nietzschean anti-Platonism and his entire effort &ldquo\;to be cured of the sickness of Plato&rdquo\; we can ask if Badiou seeks to dance with Nietzsche in Plato&rsquo\;s Republic. What Badiou aims to accomplish by entering the realm of anti-philosophy is to allow philosophy to remain alive and active while creating a rapprochement with art. Does artistic expression as a sensory\, intuitive and finite practice demonstrate the potential of rendering the truth of an event (a rupture of given orders of being and understanding) and what role can it play for &ldquo\;true life&rdquo\; to happen? And more generally\, how can &ldquo\;the experience of the limit &ndash\; philosophy as a limit experience&rdquo\; be overcome?
We can agree or disagree with Badiou&rsquo\;s propositions\, but the goal of this reading group is to refine our own thoughts on this vicious entanglement between philosophy\, anti-philosophy and art. All participants can also propose texts they consider relevant for this topic\, and together through readings and discussions we can build a space for future Incite seminars.
TIME
SATURDAYS: bi-weekly\, starting November 21\, 2026.
13:00-14:30 Eastern US time / 19:00-20:30 Central European Time.
GROUP MATERIALS
The main reading will be Handbook of Inaesthetics by Alain Badiou translated by Alberto Toscano as well as excerpts from the journal INAESTHETICS edited by Wilfried Dickhoff &\; Marcus Steinweg and Nietzsche: anti-philosophy 1 also by Badiou. All texts will be provided.
FACILITATOR
Gorica Orsholits (PhD) is an independent scholar\, theoretician\, artist\, and musician (flautist). She studied and taught at the University of Toronto and the European Graduate School from which she received her PhD under the supervision of the French poet Philippe Beck. She has lectured extensively and participated in numerous international conferences. Dr. Orsholits is on the Advisory Board of Inscriptions and was board member and convenor of the seminar at the Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts. Her research interests are in continental philosophy\, poetry and poetics\, literary theory\, film\, music\, and theatre. Her chapter &ldquo\;Event and its Compossibility with Truths and Subject in Badiou&rsquo\;s Thought&rdquo\; will appear in the forthcoming volume Contributions to Continental Event-philosophy (Mohr Siebeck). She resides in Geneva\, Switzerland.
ABOUT INCITE SEMINARS
We are a mix of rogue scholars\, disgruntled academics\, disenchanted buddhists\, enchantment-hungry anarchists\, radical therapists\, and general weirdos looking to create autonomous and accessible forms of &ldquo\;higher education.&rdquo\;
We offer online seminars and reading groups to incite personal exploration and inspire community action. Incite Seminars offers an educational experience. We do so by gathering an engaged group of participants for a dynamic exchange of ideas\, led by skilled facilitators. All of our facilitators have a deep relationship to a subject or topic through intensive study or practice.
Incite Seminars is a 100% member-supported learning community. We depend on member contributions to continue holding space for radical study and practice groups\, putting on rigorous seminars and courses\, and providing our facilitators and organizers with fair compensation. If you are unable to pay the full amount for a session or membership at this time\, we invite you to join us at reduced or no cost with our Solidarity option.
&ldquo\;Reading philosophies of nature and beauty: close reading as method in the history of philosophy&rdquo\;\, is a workshop taking place at the University of Sydney on Tuesday 24 November 2026.
The event is the product of a collaboration between "Extending New Narratives" SSHRC (Canada) major award and &ldquo\;Women Philosophers on the Natural and the Human" ARC Future Fellowship (Dalia Nassar)
You can view the event poster \;here
Overview
\nAs historians of philosophy\, we are directly acquainted with the method of &lsquo\;close reading&rsquo\;\, but are rarely challenged to articulate what\, exactly\, this methodology entails\, and how it can be better practiced. This one-day event brings together senior scholars with early career researchers within the history of philosophy to discuss the role of close reading in our own work and its implications for our discipline.
\nThe workshop is complementary to the conference &ldquo\;The Natural and the Beautiful: Women Philosophers on Nature\, Beauty\, and Art&rdquo\; hosted at the University of Sydney over 25-27 November\, and will take place the day before the conference begins: Tuesday 24 November 2026. The event runs from 10am to 5:30pm\, in Quadrangle room N494. \;
\nThe event brings together early career historians of philosophy working on theories of nature\, organic life\, beauty\, and environmental aesthetics (and adjacent fields)\, with a particular interest in the philosophical contributions of women and other underrepresented figures. This workshop aims to provide an opportunity for scholars to showcase their own textual practices and to work collaboratively to articulate how strategies of close reading serve as a specific method of philosophical analysis. \; \;
\nAs such\, key questions include:
\nSpeakers: \;
\nLocation:
\nThe event will take place in-person only at the University of Sydney\, in Quadrangle room N494. For this workshop\, all are welcome to attend\, and no registration is required.
ORGANIZER;CN=Campbell R: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261125T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261125T170000 SUMMARY:Female Philosophers\, Male Feminists: Renegotiating Gender and Learning in Early Modern Europe UID:20261114T191301Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:2-10 Norham Rd\, Oxford OX2 6SE\, Oxford\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:This one-day interdisciplinary workshop will include papers dedicated to the work of women thinkers in the early modern period across several subdisciplines\, including aesthetics\, moral philosophy\, natural philosophy\, and medical science. Confirmed speakers include Sarah Hutton (York)\, Susan James (Birkbeck/King&rsquo\;s College London)\, Sabrina Ebbersmeyer (Copenhagen)\, Helena Taylor (Exeter)\, Ruth Boeker (Dublin)\, Bodil Hvass Kjems (Copenhagen)\, Floris Verhaart (Exeter)\, Una Faller (Lyon)\, and Mogens Læ\;rke (Lyon/Oxford). Full programme forthcoming.
\nThe event brings together four major ongoing projects entirely or partly devoted to the place of women thinkers in early modern Europe\, including the ERC Advanced project Women in the Nordic Enlightenment (WHENCE)\, coordinated by Sabrina Ebbersmeyer at the University of Copenhagen in 2024-2028\, the ERC Consolidator project New Histories of British Moral Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century (BMoral)\, coordinated by Ruth Boeker at University College Dublin in 2025-2030\, the UKRI project Cultures of Philosophy: Women Writing Knowledge in Early Modern Europe (CultPhil)\, coordinated by Helena Taylor at the University of Exeter in 2023-2028\, and the ERC Advanced project The Common Notion: Science and Consensus in the Seventeenth Century (NOTCOM)\, coordinated by Mogens Læ\;rke at the CNRS\, Lyon (IHRIM) and Oxford (MFO)\, in 2023-2027.
\n \; ORGANIZER;CN=Mogens Laerke: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261129T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261220T170000 SUMMARY:Planetary Yui: Arts for Living Together UID:20261114T191302Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:S e m i n a r \; \; d e s c r i p t i o n
\nIn Okinawa&mdash\;the southernmost island of the land we now call Japan&mdash\;Yui (結い) signifies to tie\, bind\, or intertwine. It is an ancient practice of reciprocal care and communal labor woven into the fabric of daily life\, most commonly expressed in the phrase Yuimaru (結いまーる): &ldquo\;helping each other in turns&rdquo\; or the dynamic &ldquo\;circle of connection.&rdquo\;
Coined by artist and researcher Victor Kinjo\, &ldquo\;Planetary Yui&rdquo\; extends this Okinawan ethos beyond human sociality to encompass all living kin across our shared Earth. Rejecting the solemn\, self-aggrandizing framing of the Anthropocene\, Planetary Yui draws upon Indigenous worldviews and ancestral futures to dismantle the logic of capital-driven exploitation\, extraction\, and subjugation. It calls us to recall and practice ways of coexisting\, collaborating\, and creating together.
Over four interactive sessions\, this seminar invites participants into a generative convergence between the relational epistemologies of Ryukyu (= Okinawa) and Abya Yala (= Latin America). Together\, we will weave counter-colonial artistic and theoretical trajectories\, share non-Eurocentric practices of community-making\, and trace parallel histories of anti-imperialist resistance&mdash\;confronting both US and Japanese imperialisms in Okinawa and across the Okinawan diaspora in Brazil.
Session 1: Foundations of Planetary Yui &mdash\; Relational Epistemologies and Anti-Imperialist Resistance
\nFacilitators: Thaí\;s Omine (opening) &\; Victor Kinjo
This opening session establishes the conceptual\, political\, and historical framework of the seminar\, setting a communal tone for our collective journey. Victor Kinjo will introduce the socio-political history and anti-imperialist resistance of Okinawa\, tracing how historical subjugation fuels contemporary activism. We will delve into the ancestral ethos of Yui and its conceptual expansion into Planetary Yui\, examining how this relational ethic travels through the Okinawan diaspora into Abya Yala (Latin America). Drawing connections between Asian-Brazilian artistic production\, decolonial theory\, and Indigenous worldviews\, this session opens a dialogue on interspecies kinship\, counter-colonial solidarity\, and living together otherwise.
Session 2: Embodied Philosophies &mdash\; Ryukyuan Performing Arts and the Wisdom of Non-Violence
\nFacilitator: Riko Sugama
Session 2 grounds our inquiry in the somatic memory and living traditions of Ryukyuan performance. Rooted in the foundational principle of Nuchi-gafu du Shidi-gafu (the sacredness of life and ancestral legacy)\, master artist Riko Sugama guides us through traditional Okinawan dance and music as modes of philosophy\, storytelling\, and resistance. Reflecting on the conceptualization of the OkiNoWar event series in Berlin\, this session explores how traditional arts respond to contemporary geopolitical crises. Participants will engage with the deep-seated Ryukyuan wisdom of non-violence\, examining how performance can serve as a vital counter-force against war\, historical trauma\, and systemic violence today.
Session 3: Tradition as Living Resistance &mdash\; Contemporary Ryukyu Art and Visual Transformations
\nFacilitator: Aki Maeda
\nSession 3 examines the dynamic tension and dialogue between heritage and contemporary expression in Okinawa&rsquo\;s current art scene. Led by artist and curator Aki Maeda\, this session investigates how traditional craft&mdash\;such as Ryukyuan lacquer work&mdash\;and contemporary urban practices like street art converge to reframe Okinawan identity. We will explore how modern artists inherit\, disrupt\, and re-signify ancestral techniques to address present-day social and political realities. By looking at the material legacies of Ryukyu through a contemporary lens\, this session highlights visual art as a crucial site for cultural reclamation\, memory-making\, and critical subversion.
\nSession 4: Counter-Visual Memories and Artivist Practice &mdash\; Filmic Encounters and Collective Weaving
\nFacilitator: Thaí\;s Omine
Our final session turns to cinema\, counter-narratives\, and embodied artivism. Educator and curator Thaí\;s Omine guides an exploration of Okinawan and Okinawan-Brazilian filmic landscapes\, looking at how moving images can construct counter-memories against dominant national and imperial histories. Understanding film as a relational space for encounter and debate\, this session culminates in an interactive artivism workshop. Participants will engage in a collective writing and sharing exercise\, weaving together the insights gathered across the four
weeks&mdash\;integrating Ryukyuan non-violence\, diasporic resistance\, and relational ethics into our own creative and political practices.
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ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261129T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261129T234500 SUMMARY:Special Issue: “Hermeneutics\, Aesthetics\, and Bildung: A Tribute to Nicholas Davey” (JGS 2.3) UID:20261114T191303Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Journal of Gadamer Studies (JGS) is now accepting submissions for its third issue\, which will be published in February-March 2027. The title of the special issue is &ldquo\;Hermeneutics\, Aesthetics\, and Bildung: A Tribute to Nicholas Davey.&rdquo\;
\nThis issue will be dedicated to remembering the life and work of Professor Nicholas Davey (University of Dundee)\, who passed away on August 2\, 2026. The theme and title of the issue mark practices dear to Nicholas&rsquo\;s heart and to his life-long scholarly pursuits. His contributions to Gadamerian philosophical hermeneutics are immeasurable as is his loss to all whose lives he touched\, inspired\, and brought joy. A beautiful memorial reflection is posted on the University of Dundee&rsquo\;s website.
\nFor this special issue we invite original submissions in English that:
\n1) focus on Nicholas Davey&rsquo\;s work vis-à\;-vis the subject areas of Gadamerian hermeneutics\, hermeneutical aesthetics\, and hermeneutics and Bildung.
\n2) We will also consider submissions that align with the issue&rsquo\;s theme but that do not directly engage Nicholas&rsquo\;s work.
\nAdditionally\, we welcome submissions of brief memories of Nicholas as well as reflections on his contributions to Gadamerian scholarship from colleagues and former students who knew him. These will be featured in the Introduction for the issue\, which will be written by Cynthia Nielsen (University of Dallas) and Dominic Smith (University of Dundee). Submissions for consideration in this category should be no more than two paragraphs and can be emailed directly to Cynthia Nielsen (cynthia.nielsen@gmail.com).
\nThe JGS is an open access journal hosted by Texas A&\;M University and is published biannually. Submissions are subject to a double-anonymized peer review process and will be evaluated for their scholarly contribution to the field of Gadamer studies.
\nPlease read our submission guidelines and submit your essay via our submission portal. To guarantee consideration for this special issue\, please submit your contribution by Nov. 29\, 2026.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261130T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261130T234500 SUMMARY:Philosophia Reformata special issue on the legacy of MD Stafleu UID:20261114T191304Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers: \;The legacy of M. D. Stafleu
\nJournal: \;Philosophia Reformata \;(www.brill.com/phir)
\nGuest editors: Richard Gunton (Queen Mary University of London) and Gerrit Glas (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
\nDeadline: Papers (5\,000&ndash\;9\,000 words) may be submitted through the journal&rsquo\;s website.
\nMarinus Dirk (Dick) Stafleu (1937&ndash\;2024) wrote extensively on philosophy of physics\, and encyclopedically on the sciences at large. \;Drawing on and critiquing the work of Herman Dooyeweerd\, he made important contributions to a Reformational philosophy of science reaching from mathematics to social and political sciences. \;However\, since his passing in November 2024\, Stafleu's legacy appears largely limited to his 24 papers in Philosophia Reformata\, 5 papers in other peer-reviewed journals\, and some 15 books in English and Dutch\, mostly self-published on his own website (although 5 were published in print by various minor publishing houses).
\nWe invite scholars who have drawn on any of Stafleu's work to contribute to a special issue that will clarify and situate his contributions in the philosophical foundations of physics and of the sciences more broadly. \;Topics might include\, for example:
\nFor more information\, please contact the editorial assistant\, Mathanja Berger: \;mathanja@bergeracademicediting.nl.
\n\nInstructions to Authors: \; https://brill.com/fileasset/downloads_products/Author_Instructions/PHIR.pdf
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261130T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261130T234500 SUMMARY:3PR Conference on Avicenna\, al-Ghazālī and Their Philosophical Legacy UID:20261114T191305Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Princeton University\, Princeton\, United States\, 08544 DESCRIPTION:Call for Long Abstracts: Avicenna\, al-Ghazālī and Their Philosophical Legacy
\nPrinceton University ·\; February 12&ndash\;13\, 2027
\nAvicenna and al-Ghazālī are two of the most influential philosophers of the medieval Islamic world. Their works transformed debates concerning metaphysics\, theology\, epistemology\, psychology\, logic and ethics. Their influence also extended across the Islamic world and into Jewish\, Christian\, and Latin intellectual traditions. This conference seeks to celebrate and explore their rich philosophical legacy.
\nThe conference aims to bring together scholars working on Avicenna and al-Ghazālī across the history of philosophy\, Islamic philosophy and theology\, metaphysics\, epistemology\, philosophy of religion\, logic\, philosophy of mind\, ethics\, and other fields they have exerted influence over (It is a bonus if the paper engages with issues of contention between the two of them!). We also welcome papers that approach these figures from the perspective of contemporary analytic philosophy\, provided that they engage substantively with their historical texts and arguments. Likewise\, papers need not focus exclusively on Avicenna or al-Ghazālī: contributions concerning their predecessors\, contemporaries\, students\, critics\, or later interpreters are welcome where they illuminate their philosophical significance.
\nConfirmed Speakers
\nSubmission
\nWe invite submissions of abstracts of 500&ndash\;1\,000 words for a conference at Princeton University devoted broadly to the philosophy\, theology\, and intellectual legacies of Avicenna and al-Ghazālī (Please attach the abstract as an attachment of a word or pdf file to the email body).
\nAbstracts should clearly state the central question or thesis of the paper and provide sufficient detail about the argument and its significance. Submissions should be suitable for a 45-minute conference presentation with a 30 minute Q&\;A to follow.
\nThe travel and accommodation will be provided by Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (3PR) and the PRÈ\;CIS initiative.
\nSubmission deadline: November 30\, 2026
Submission email: avicennaghazaliprinceton@gmail.com
Please include in the abstract:
\nPlease include in the e-mail subject line:
\nPlease include in the e-mail body:
\nOrganized by Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (3PR) and the PRÈ\;CIS initiative.
\n
For any queries\, please e-mail avicennaghazaliprinceton@gmail.com or pppr@princeton.edu. \;
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Telos on the Russo-Ukrainian War \;
\nWar and Time: Russia&rsquo\;s Invasion of Ukraine and the Eclipse of \;Peace
\nCoedited by Michael Marder and Denys Sultanhaliiev
\nIn what appears to be a peculiar paradox of our time\, the Russo-Ukrainian war&mdash\;initially a profound rupture in the European political imagination&mdash\;has gradually receded into the background noise of global media circulation. Saturated coverage has not yielded conceptual clarity. On the contrary\, despite the overwhelming volume of commentary\, there remains a striking absence of sustained theoretical engagement with the war&rsquo\;s implications for political thought. Rather than catalyzing new frameworks\, the conflict has too often been instrumentalized as confirmatory evidence for already established positions.
\nThis special issue of \;Telos \;seeks to address this philosophical void.
\nThe war resists easy classification. On the one hand\, it follows recognizable patterns of territorial conquest associated with land-based empires. On the other\, it marks a historical threshold: the largest ground war in Europe since World War \;II and since the early 1990s proclamation of the &ldquo\;end of history.&rdquo\; It is accompanied by competing and often contradictory narratives regarding its global significance\, including claims that it will reshape the foundations of international law\, potentially replacing juridical norms with the prerogatives of power. At the same time\, it exemplifies a hybrid form of warfare\, combining trench combat with drone technologies\, cyber operations\, and informational strategies.
\nUkraine\, already marked by the ecological and existential trauma of the 1986 nuclear disaster\, again finds itself at the forefront of global crises&mdash\;this time not only geopolitical but also conceptual. The war compels us to rethink the limits of habitability\, the intersections of the Anthropocene with militarization\, and the ontological status of territory\, sovereignty\, and life itself.
\nThis special issue aims not merely to interpret the present conflict but to challenge the conceptual inertia surrounding it. At stake is not only how we understand this war\, but how we think politically in its wake. Thus\, we invite contributions that move beyond immediate commentary and engage in rigorous theoretical reflection. Possible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\nWe particularly encourage submissions that develop new conceptual vocabularies or critically interrogate the limits of existing ones.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nLength: Full papers should be 6\,000 to 8\,000 words
\nDeadline for paper submissions: \;December \;1\, 2026
\nSubmissions should be made \;via Scholastica \;at the following \;link \;and should conform to \;Telos \;style and editorial guidelines. \;
\nhttps://telos.scholasticahq.com/for-authors
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261201T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261201T234500 SUMMARY:2027 Boston College Grad Conference: "Philosophy of Reading\; Reading Philosophy" UID:20261114T191309Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Newton\, United States DESCRIPTION:Philosophy of Reading\; Reading Philosophy
\nThe Boston College Graduate Student Association warmly invites abstract proposal submissions for our 2027 graduate conference\, &ldquo\;Philosophy of Reading\; Reading Philosophy.&rdquo\; This in-person conference will take place at Boston College&rsquo\;s Chestnut Hill campus March 18 - 20\, 2027. \; All Applicants must be enrolled as graduate students at the time of the conference. Please see below for a description of the conference theme:
\nAs early as the Phaedrus\, philosophy&rsquo\;s self-examination demanded critical attention to practices of reading and writing. This concern has remained throughout the discipline&rsquo\;s history\, as philosophers engage in commentaries upon each other&rsquo\;s work and practices. Questions of readership and literary style have been approached from all angles: by black radicals\, critical theorists\, existentialists\, feminists\, phenomenologists\, theologians\, hermeneuticists\, and others. Methods of reading remain debated across analytic and continental circles\, as scholars argue the necessity of original language reading (as opposed to translation)\, principles of charity\, close versus surface reading\, and esoteric versus exoteric interpretation. And in almost all schools of thought\, philosophers are reckoning with the question of whom to read\, as long-overdue canon expansion finally takes place.
\nThis conference seeks to explore how we read philosophy deliberately\, and what a philosophy of reading entails. This is one concern which unites philosophers across schools and traditions\, but often goes unaddressed and undertreated in the discourse of the profession. By bringing philosophers from multiple traditions together to discuss reading and its philosophical implications\, consequences\, and limitations\, we seek to not only address &ldquo\;reading&rdquo\; as such but reading as formative of philosophy and its boundaries.
\nWe are open to papers on (but not limited to) the following topics:
\n● Hermeneutics (philosophical\, scriptural\, critical\, historical)
\n● Phenomenologies of reading \;
\n● Citational practices\, canon formalization\, and the construction of &ldquo\;history of philosophy&rdquo\;
\n● Histories of reading philosophy: commentary traditions\, cross-cultural comparisons\, and
\nreception studies
\n● The boundaries between philosophy\, criticism\, literature\, and theology
\nPlease submit 500-750 word abstracts to Stephen Gaunt and Jesse Goodman at stephen.gaunt@bc.edu and goodmahi@bc.edu by December 1st \, 2026. All abstracts must be prepared for blind review. One panel will be sponsored by our university chapter of Minorities and Philosophy. If you wish for your paper to receive special consideration for the MAP panel\, please additionally cc map.philosophy@bc.edu. In the body of the email\, please include the following identifying information:
\n● Name
\n● Email Address
\n● Institutional Affiliation &\;amp\; Program
\n● Paper Title
\n\;Initial acceptances will be communicated before January 17th \, 2027.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jesse Goodman;CN=Stephen Gaunt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261202T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261203T170000 SUMMARY:Phenomenology and the Political: Experience\, Power\, and Methods UID:20261114T191310Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Covilhã\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:The relationship between phenomenology and politics has long been complex and contested. While Husserl famously positioned phenomenology as a rigorous science of essences\, focused on the structures of consciousness and the epoché\;\, he also emphasized the inseparability of experience from its temporal\, cultural\, and historical horizons. His methodological rigor has often been interpreted as apolitical\, privileging descriptive clarity over engagement with collective life. Subsequent phenomenologists&mdash\;ranging from Merleau-Ponty\, Sartre\, and Arendt to Fanon\, Young\, Levinas\, Butler\, Schutz\, and Derrida&mdash\;have demonstrated that these structures of meaning\, intersubjectivity\, and experience carry profound political implications. Their work shows that politics is not only enacted in institutions but lived\, embodied\, and experienced\, and that power\, legitimacy\, and social norms are shaped through both visibility and concealment\, presence and absence.
\nThis conference builds on these insights\, exploring the reciprocal transformation between phenomenology and politics: phenomenology illuminates political phenomena\, while political realities&mdash\;inequalities\, conflicts\, and power asymmetries&mdash\;reshape phenomenological inquiry. The conference seeks to foster dialogue on how political worlds are constituted\, contested\, and transformed through experience\, social practices\, and collective recognition. Particular attention will be given to the relational and structural dimensions of power\, the temporal and historical constitution of political life\, and the ways in which phenomenology can both reveal and be reshaped by these realities.
\nBy foregrounding experience\, structural dynamics\, and methodological innovation\, the conference aims to create a space for international dialogue among scholars investigating how phenomenology and politics transform one another\, offering insights into authority\, legitimacy\, inequality\, and the lived dimensions of political life.
\nWe welcome abstracts addressing\, but not limited to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Methodological Innovation: How phenomenological methods evolve when applied to political phenomena\, and how engagement with political realities reshapes conceptual and analytic frameworks.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Experience and Embodiment: Lived\, bodily\, and affective dimensions of political life\, including trust\, conflict\, solidarity\, exclusion\, and resistance.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Power\, Presence\, and Absence: How visibility\, concealment\, and structural asymmetries shape political authority\, legitimacy\, and relational dynamics.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Political Ontology and Structures: How social\, institutional\, material\, and historical conditions constitute political realities\, making them intelligible\, contestable\, and transformable.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Temporal and Historical Dimensions: Memory\, anticipation\, rupture\, and the opening of political futures.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Subjectivation\, Emancipation and Agency: How political realities shape subjectivity\, identity\, and collective self-understanding\, and how these processes inform phenomenological inquiry.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Technology and Mediation: The role of technology\, media\, and communication infrastructures in shaping political experience\, authority\, and participation.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Normativity and Epistemic Foundations: How phenomenology illuminates the frameworks through which political knowledge\, critique\, and understanding emerge.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Interdisciplinary Approaches: Contributions from political theory\, cultural studies\, media and communication studies\, or related fields examining the reciprocal shaping of politics and phenomenology.
ORGANIZER;CN=Albano Pina: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261204T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261205T170000 SUMMARY:Demarcation of the Knowable and Unknowable: 200 Years of Metaphysics from Suárez’ Disputationes Metaphysicae (1597) to Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals (1797) UID:20261114T191311Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Schulgasse 6\, Heidelberg\, Germany DESCRIPTION:The workshop seeks to address themes revolving around human intelligibility and its limits in early modern metaphysics. The two hundred years between Suá\;rez' Disputationes Metaphysicae (1597) and Kant's Metaphysics of Morals (1797) were marked by major attempts to place metaphysical knowledge on secure epistemic foundations. At the same time\, the history of early modern metaphysics is riddled with postulations about objects\, properties\, and reasons that are or might be ultimately unknowable. These postulations encouraged skepticism surrounding the very possibility of metaphysics and led some to claim that the entire enterprise of metaphysics is guided not by truth and knowledge but by vain speculation. This "battlefield" was fundamental to Kant's attempt to find a new strictly scientific path for metaphysics. The historical debate draws on the following questions:
\nWhat is it that secures and establishes intelligibility for us?
\nWhy can we pose questions that we do not seem to be able to answer?
\nWhat leads us to want to know something as an object\, property\, or idea if we cannot know it - or do some of these things turn out to be knowable after all?
\nDoes our intelligence allow us to recognize or know a higher or absolute intelligence\, or does the existence of this intelligence belong to faith alone?
\nThe workshop will explore these questions and assertions on the premises\, content\, and limits of the knowable and unknowable in early modern metaphysics.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Clara Carus: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261207T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261207T230000 SUMMARY:Call for Book Chapters – Beyond the Sum: Experiences\, Autonomy\, and Complexity in Multiple Disabilities UID:20261114T191312Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS Beyond the Sum: Experiences\, Autonomy\, and Complexity in Multiple Disabilities
\nEditor: Prof. Dr. Ana Paula Barbosa-Fohrmann
Institution: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)\, Brazil
I. Scope and Central Hypothesis
\nWhat happens when two or more disabilities coexist in the same person?
\nThis edited volume starts from the understanding that multiple disabilities should not be conceived simply as the sum of two or more separately identifiable disabilities. When different disabilities coexist in the same person\, they may interact\, modify one another's manifestations\, and produce a configuration of experience that cannot be adequately understood by examining each disability in isolation.
\nThe central hypothesis of the volume is that the coexistence of disabilities may produce a qualitatively distinct form of complexity\, rather than merely a quantitative increase in limitations or support needs.
\nThis complexity does not necessarily result from the severity of an individual disability. A single disability may involve significant limitations and intensive support needs\, while the coexistence of two or more disabilities may generate a complex situation even when each condition\, considered separately\, is not necessarily severe.
\nMultiple disabilities may coexist from early stages of life or develop successively over time. The emergence of an additional disability may transform a person's experience of themselves\, others\, and the world\, as well as their possibilities of communication\, participation\, decision-making\, and exercise of rights.
\nThe volume therefore seeks to shift the focus from separately identified disabilities to the person who experiences them together.
\nAutonomy constitutes a central and transversal concern. It should not be equated with independence\, self-sufficiency\, or the absence of support. Contributions are invited to examine how autonomy may be expressed and exercised in situations of interdependence\, including those involving intensive or permanent support.
\nThe volume welcomes philosophical\, theoretical\, empirical\, and interdisciplinary contributions addressing lived experience\, embodiment\, perception\, communication\, cognition\, temporality\, intersubjectivity\, care\, vulnerability\, recognition\, accessibility\, support\, participation\, and the exercise of rights.
\nII. Thematic Organization of the Volume
\nPart I &mdash\; Rethinking Multiple Disabilities
\nPhilosophical\, theoretical\, and conceptual approaches to multiple disabilities\, complexity\, lived experience\, embodiment\, autonomy\, interdependence\, care\, vulnerability\, recognition\, and models of disability.
\nPart II &mdash\; Experiences of Multiple Disabilities
\nEmpirical studies\, case studies\, and theoretically grounded investigations of specific configurations of coexisting disabilities.
\nContributions should examine how different disabilities interact and how this interaction affects the person's experience\, rather than merely describing each condition separately.
\nPart III &mdash\; Rights\, Support\, and Institutions in the Context of Multiple Disabilities
\nStudies addressing education\, healthcare\, legal capacity\, supported decision-making\, care\, assistive technologies\, accessibility\, ageing\, public policies\, family relationships\, social participation\, institutionalization\, and other relevant issues.
\nParticular attention may be given to whether existing legal frameworks\, policies\, institutions\, and support systems adequately respond to the complexity of multiple disabilities.
\nIII. Conceptual Guidelines
\nContributions should engage with the central hypothesis of the volume and offer an original contribution to the understanding of multiple disabilities.
\nIn particular\, authors are encouraged to consider the following principles:
\nThe person\, rather than the diagnosis\, should remain at the center of the analysis.
\nMultiple disabilities should not be treated as a simple addition of separate conditions.
\nSeverity and multiplicity should not be regarded as equivalent concepts.
\nThe interaction between disabilities may transform the person's experience and the effectiveness of available support.
\nThe need for support should not be equated with the absence of autonomy.
\nLived experience and the temporal development of disabilities should receive attention whenever relevant.
\nEach chapter should formulate a clearly defined research problem and present an original theoretical\, philosophical\, empirical\, or interdisciplinary contribution.
\nA guiding question for all contributions is:
\nWhat can we understand about a person and their experience only when we stop examining separately the disabilities that coexist in that person?
\nIV. Eligibility and Submission Guidelines
\n1. Eligible Participants
\nProposals are welcome from master's students\, master's degree holders\, doctoral students\, PhD holders\, postdoctoral researchers\, and academic staff working in the fields of Law\, Psychology\, Education\, Health Sciences\, and Philosophy.
\nResearchers may participate regardless of whether they are currently affiliated with a university or research institution.
\nIndividual chapters and co-authored contributions involving up to three authors per chapter are accepted.
\n2. Submission of Chapter Proposals
\nInterested contributors must submit an extended abstract of 500&ndash\;600 words\, including references but excluding the title and author identification.
\nThe proposal must contain:
\na) Provisional chapter title\;
\nb) Definition of the research problem\;
\nc) Hypothesis or central research question\;
\nd) Research objectives\;
\ne) Methodology or theoretical-methodological approach\;
\nf) Expected contribution to the understanding of multiple disabilities\, considering the central hypothesis and conceptual orientation of the volume\;
\ng) Main bibliographical references.
\nEach author and co-author must provide the following information:
\nFull name\;
\nAcademic degree or qualification\;
\nInstitutional affiliation\, if applicable\;
\nEmail address\;
\nORCID iD (mandatory)\;
\nLink to the Lattes CV (mandatory for Brazilian authors).
\nDeadline for submission of proposals: December 7\, 2026.
\n3. Evaluation and Announcement of Results
\nProposals will be evaluated by the editor according to their thematic relevance\, theoretical or methodological consistency\, originality\, and contribution to the central hypothesis of the volume.
\nThe list of accepted proposals will be published by December 18\, 2026\, exclusively on the editor's website:
\nhttps://apbarbosafohrmann.com/
\nApplicants are responsible for consulting the website. Individual notifications by email will not be sent.
\nAcceptance of a proposal does not guarantee acceptance of the full chapter\, which will be subject to final editorial evaluation.
\n4. Submission and Formatting of Full Chapters
\nAuthors whose proposals have been accepted must submit their completed chapters by May 21\, 2027.
\nThe following requirements apply:
\nAccepted languages: English\, Portuguese\, or Spanish.
\nLength: 15&ndash\;18 pages\, including bibliographical references.
\nFile format: Microsoft Word (.docx)\, A4 paper size.
\nMain text font: Times New Roman\, 12 pt.
\nChapter title: Times New Roman\, 14 pt\, bold and centered.
\nText alignment: Justified.
\nLine spacing: 1.5.
\nFirst-line paragraph indentation: 1.25 cm.
\nMargins: 3 cm (top and left)\; 2 cm (bottom and right).
\nCitations: Author&ndash\;date system\, in accordance with ABNT NBR 10520:2023.
\nDirect quotations exceeding three lines: Times New Roman\, 10 pt\, single-spaced\, with a 4 cm left indentation and without quotation marks.
\nBibliographical references: In accordance with ABNT NBR 6023:2025\, with titles of works consistently highlighted in bold.
\nChapters must present an original contribution consistent with the conceptual guidelines of the volume.
\nFull chapters must also include the identification and academic information of all authors and co-authors\, as specified in Section IV.2.
\nV. Important Dates StageDeadline Submission of extended abstracts December 7\, 2026 Announcement of accepted proposals By December 18\, 2026 Submission of full chapters May 21\, 2027 Expected publication Second half of 2027 VI. Submission Address
\nBoth chapter proposals and\, subsequently\, completed chapters must be sent to:
\n\nPlease use the following email subject lines:
\nFor extended abstracts:
\nChapter Proposal &ndash\; Multiple Disabilities Edited Volume
\nFor completed chapters\, following acceptance:
\nFull Chapter &ndash\; Multiple Disabilities Edited Volume
\nAll submissions must include the identification and academic information of every author and co-author\, as specified above.
\nFurther information and announcement of results:
\nhttps://apbarbosafohrmann.com/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261208T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261209T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophical Perspectives on Homelessness\, Home-making and Belonging UID:20261114T191313Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Tromsø\, Norway DESCRIPTION:The 4th Tromsø\; Conference in Ethics and Political Philosophy: \;Philosophical Perspectives on Homelessness\, Home-making and Belonging
\nUiT The Arctic University of Norway\, Tromsø\;
\nDecember 8th-9th\, 2026.
\nKeynote speakers \;
\nHomelessness and unbelonging are often cited as causes when one seeks to explain the rise of the political right or nationalist movements\, both historical and contemporary. At the same time\, not all responses to experiences of homelessness and unbelonging are totalitarian\, conservative or nationalist\, and one certainly does not have to be a nationalist to take the phenomenon of homelessness seriously. Philosophers working on migration and exile as well as on unhoused people have similarly underpinned the struggles and questions associated with what it means to &ldquo\;be at home&rdquo\; or to &ldquo\;have a home&rdquo\; somewhere. Feminist scholars have developed theories that advocate the reappropriation and resignification of &ldquo\;home&rdquo\;\, or that embrace the tension-filled experiences of home-making &ldquo\;in-between&rdquo\; different cultures\, languages and traditions.
\nAcknowledging at the outset the tension between possible political responses to the phenomenon of homelessness\, this conference seeks to bring together scholars working on the problems and concepts of homelessness/ home and unbelonging/ belonging. Questions the conference will address include\, but are not limited to\, the following:
\nThe organizing team welcome abstracts on any of these questions as well as related issues. We hope for a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. We are especially interested in how different areas of scholarship can be bridged fruitfully around the topics of home\, homelessness\, and (un)belonging\, and how critical\, feminist and phenomenological perspectives on these topics can contribute to or supplement contemporary debates within analytic political philosophy and migration ethics.
\nPlease send a 300 word abstract to Kaja Jenssen Rathe (kaja.j.rathe@uit.no) by November 1st\, 2026. You can expect a decision on your abstract by November 9th\, 2026.
\n* The conference is sponsered by Society for Applied Philosophy and UiT Institute of Philosophy and First Semester Studies. \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Kaja Jenssen Rathe: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261210T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261210T000000 SUMMARY:Brill’s Companion to Simone Weil’s Reception of Classical Antiquity UID:20261114T191314Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Project Overview
\nDespite the recent resurgence of interest in the philosophy of Simone \;Weil\, there has been no determined effort to examine the full scope of her engagement with the Ancient Greek world. Weil is well known for her reading of Homer&rsquo\;s Iliad as a &lsquo\;poem of force&rsquo\; (or might)\, and for her &lsquo\;unorthodox&rsquo\; interpretations of Plato and Pythagorean thought. However\, her dialogue with the Greek Antiquity extends far beyond these classical essays\; Ancient Greek literature\, philosophy\, religion\, and political thought play a significant role in her spiritual\, sociological\, philosophical\, and political encounters. Hence\, Antiquity is not merely one subject among many in Weil&rsquo\;s oeuvre\, but a recurring and enduring concept through which she interprets the problem force\, the issue of social justice\, and develops other important concepts (such as affliction\, freedom\, truth\, and the relationship between the human and the divine).
\nThe ultimate objective of this volume is to offer a guide to the reception\, interpretation\, and conceptual application of classical Antiquity across Weil&rsquo\;s entire body of work. By framing Antiquity not merely as a subject of literary commentary\, but as a vital lens through which Weil approached modern crises (such as violence\, total war\, uprootedness\, labor\, and affliction)\, this Companion will bridge Classical Reception\, Continental Philosophy\, and Political Theology.
\nExisting Scholarship
\nStudies Weil&rsquo\;s engagement with Iliad\, Plato\, Pythagoreanism (and so on)
\nPlaces Homer\, Plato\, Pythagorean philosophy (and so on) alongside her other ancient sources
\nOften focuses on one period\, author\, text\, or theme
\nThe proposed Companion
\nSynthesises the material by engaging with different classical authors (as approached by Weil)
\nTreats Greek Antiquity as one aspect of Weil's thought
\nMakes her relationship with Greek Antiquity the main organizing subject
\nThematic Axes and Suggested Topics
\nWe welcome contributions that explore both Weil&rsquo\;s specific textual/philosophical engagements and her broader thematic reliance on Antiquity. Suggested topics include\, but are not limited to:
\n● \; \; \; \; Philosophical and Theological Reception: Weil&rsquo\;s engagement with Plato\, Pythagoreanism\, Stoicism\, Presocratic thought\, Thucydides\, and the relationship between Greek literature and her Christian grace/transcendence.
\n● \; \; \; \; Literary and Tragic Reception: Readings of Homer\, Aeschylus\, Sophocles\, and the concept of tragic affliction (malheur).
\n● \; \; \; \; Comparative Political Theology: Weil and Eastern Orthodox traditions\; Weil and Islamic/Indian/Hebrew theological debates.
\n● \; \; \; \; Political and Ethical Concepts: How Ancient models shaped her understanding of force\, justice\, labor\, community\, rootedness\, and decree/necessity (né\;cessité\;).
\n● \; \; \; \; Antiquity and Contemporary Debates: Weil&rsquo\;s deployment of Ancient concepts to diagnose 20th-century political crises: totalitarianism\, colonialism\, religious fundamentalism\, technology and Artificial Intelligence\, International Relations\, debates on war and humanitarian interventions\, realism and political liberalism.
\n● \; \; \; \; Reception History: Weil&rsquo\;s place within 20th-century classical reception\, comparing her approach with contemporaries (e.g.\, Leo Strauss\, Hannah Arendt\, Rachel Bespaloff).
\nSubmission and Volume Guidelines
\nSubmissions: Interested contributors are invited to send a brief idea and a summary of their biography to Michail Theodosiadis: mtheo@uoa.gr / mtheo@aigis-initiative.org.
\nDeadline for the Submission of Ideas: December 10\, 2026
\nAcceptance notification: January 10\, 2027
\nFinal Chapter Length: 6\,000&ndash\;10\,000 words (inclusive of notes and bibliography).
\nExpected Manuscript Submission: Late 2027 (to be confirmed upon contract approval)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261210T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261210T234500 SUMMARY:17th NYC Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy UID:20261114T191315Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:New York\, United States DESCRIPTION:Please submit abstracts (350-500 words) to newyorkcityearlymodern@gmail.com by December 10th\, 2026 for consideration. Submissions on any topic in early modern philosophy (roughly 1600-1800) are welcome. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Reed Winegar;CN=Lauren Kopajtic;CN=Ohad Nachtomy: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261211T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261211T070000 SUMMARY:Hannah Arendt Circle 2027 UID:20261114T191316Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Paderborn\, Germany DESCRIPTION:The Hannah Arendt Circle will meet in person at Paderborn University\, Germany from June 23rd-June 25th 2027. Any and all interdisciplinary research relating to the life and work of Hannah Arendt is welcome for consideration.
\nWe invite submissions of abstracts (750 words) for presentation. The deadline for submission is December 11th. \;
\nAnonymised abstracts (prepared as Word doc. or PDF) and any queries should be submitted to thehannaharendtcircle@gmail.com \;
\n\n** UPDATE: In 2027\, the Hannah Arendt Circle will be offering a student award to help defray travel and accommodation costs for currently enrolled graduate students (in any discipline). If you would like to be considered for this award\, please state this on your submission. If you have already submitted and would still like to be considered\, please send an email to that effect to \;thehannaharendtcircle@gmail.com \; \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261211T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261212T170000 SUMMARY:The Significance of Enlightenment Philosophy in European Culture UID:20261114T191317Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Lublin\, Poland DESCRIPTION:The conference is planned as an in-person event\; however\, online participation will also be possible (primarily for participants presenting papers from abroad). Conference languages: Polish and English.
\nThis is the latest edition in a series of conferences initiated in Lublin in 2014. Subsequent editions have been held in Toruń\, Krakó\;w\, Lublin\, Poznań\, and again in Lublin and Toruń.
\nWe invite philosophers interested in the Enlightenment\, as well as scholars from other disciplines whose research focuses either directly on this period or on its consequences\, continuations\, and critiques.
\nThe conference will focus on Enlightenment philosophy\, its sources and continuations\, as well as its influence on culture in the broadest sense\, both positive and negative. The organizers propose human action &ndash\; in its various conditions\, dimensions\, meanings\, and evaluations as the guiding theme of this year&rsquo\;s conference.
\nSuggested topics include:
\nReason\, passions\, emotions\, and interest as motives of human action &ndash\; debates concerning the rationality of action and the sources and determinants of human decisions.
\nFreedom\, determinism\, and responsibility &ndash\; the problem of free will\, the causal determinants of action\, and the foundations of moral and legal responsibility.
\nIndividual autonomy and the emancipation of human action &ndash\; the ideal of the self-determining subject and the liberation of human activity and agency from the authority of tradition\, established authorities\, and inherited hierarchies.
\nMorality\, religion\, and the secular foundations of human action &ndash\; the autonomization of ethics\, natural law\, moral sentiments\, utility\, and happiness\, as well as debates concerning religious and non-religious justifications of morality.
\nHappiness\, virtue\, duty\, and utility as goals and criteria of action &ndash\; transformations in conceptions of the good life and the moral evaluation of actions in Enlightenment philosophy\, its sources\, and its continuations.
\nThe individual\, society\, and the common good &ndash\; relations between self-interest and the common good\, cooperation and conflict\, property\, exchange\, and the social determinants of action.
\nPolitical action\, freedom\, and individual rights &ndash\; citizenship\, the social contract\, authority and obedience\, toleration\, human rights\, and the right to rebellion and to transform the existing order.
\nKnowledge\, education\, and human perfectibility as foundations of rational action &ndash\; the significance of knowledge\, science\, and education for the formation of the individual and the reform of society.
\nAction\, progress\, and transformations of the social world &ndash\; the possibility of consciously reforming law\, institutions\, and customs\; individual and collective action\; and the intended and unintended consequences of human activity.
\nSources\, continuations\, and critiques of Enlightenment conceptions of action &ndash\; ancient and early modern antecedents of Enlightenment practical philosophy\, as well as later reinterpretations and critiques of the ideals of autonomy\, rationality\, and progress.
\nOther topics are also welcome. We are interested both in papers presenting research on Enlightenment theories and in studies of earlier theories that constituted their sources or other points of reference.
\nThe deadline for paper proposals is 20 November 2026. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 25 November 2026.
\nPlease submit the title of your paper together with an abstract of 400&ndash\;500 words to: leszek.kopciuch@mail.umcs.pl. All submitted abstracts will be subject to review.
\nFor in-person participants\, the conference fee is PLN 500 and covers two lunches and the conference dinner. Online participation is free of charge. Payment details will be provided at a later date.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261215T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261215T090000 SUMMARY:Materialisms UID:20261114T191318Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Chapters: \;MATERIALISMS
\nAn Edited Volume on Philosophical Materialisms
\n\;
\nEditors: \;Bora Erdağı and Utku Ö\;zmakas
Affiliation(s): \;Kocaeli University and Duzce University
Publisher: \;The volume is currently under consideration by two different publishers in Turkey.
Publication Language: \;Turkish
Contribution Languages: \;English and other languages by prior agreement
---------------
\nCall for Chapters
\nIn \;the \;history \;of \;thought \;in \;general\, \;and \;in \;the \;history \;of \;philosophy \;in \;particular\, \;materialism \;has \;rarely \;been \;examined \;as \;a \;philosophical \;tradition \;in \;its \;own \;right. \;One of the main reasons for this is that materialism has more often been made an object of inquiry by its critics than by its proponents. Systematic philosophers such as Plato\, Leibniz\, Descartes\, Fichte\, and Hegel have not only sought to explain truth and life exclusively through substantial and/or essential ideas understood in the light of universals\, but have also shaped the mainstream approach adopted by histories of philosophy written to date. Consequently\, the tradition of thought developed by materialism on its own terms has often remained obscured by the predominance of systematic thought.
\nThe aim of this volume is to make visible the plurality of materialism as a mode of philosophical inquiry\, its geographical contexts\, its various forms\, and its proponents\; to develop an approach to the history of thought that departs from mainstream narratives\; to resist the subordination of every element of philosophy to the service of idealism\; and to compile an inventory that takes into account singularities\, the unnamed\, the unseen\, the suppressed\, the oppressed\, the excluded\, those rendered faceless\, individuals\, and the voiceless. Like all critical historiographical endeavors\, our project seeks to recover the voices of those who have been marginally acknowledged or entirely excluded from the history of philosophy\, and to bring to light the fundamental structures of materialisms obscured by mainstream narratives.
\nThis volume is organized into three main sections. The first examines thinkers who have made direct and significant contributions to materialist modes of thought. The second explores how materialism has emerged in different geographical contexts\, how it has contributed to the intellectual traditions of these contexts\, and how it has\, in turn\, been shaped by them. The final section seeks to understand the contributions that have emerged through the diverse manifestations of materialism.
\n---------------
\nPossible Themes
\nWe welcome original contributions addressing\, but not limited to\, the following themes:
\n1) Figures of Materialism \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Ancient materialisms: Democritus\, Epicurus\, Lucretius\, and others
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Materialism in early modern philosophy
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Hobbes
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Gassendi
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Locke
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;French materialism: La Mettrie\, Diderot\, d&rsquo\;Holbach
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Bü\;cher\, Vogt\, Moleschott
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Marx and Engels
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Lenin
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Lukacs
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Bloch
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Althusser
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Deleuze
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Simondon
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Foucault
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Barad
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Braidotti
\n(Note: Not all names that will be included in the book are listed here. We have already agreed with some authors on the writing of certain chapters. Please feel free to suggest names.)
\n2) The Geographies of Materialism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;We welcome submissions on the materialist traditions in every country. (&ldquo\;Materialism in the Soviet Union\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Materialism in Chinese Thought\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Materialism in Spain\,&rdquo\; etc.)
\n3) Aspects of Materialism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Musical Materialism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Cultural Materialism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Literary Materialism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Digital Materialism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Islamic Philosophy and Materialism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Eliminative Materialism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Activist Materialism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;The Animal Question and Materialism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Eco-materialism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;New materialism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Vital materialism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Feminist new materialisms
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Materialism and posthumanism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Materialism and artificial intelligence
\nThe themes listed above are \;suggestive rather than exhaustive. We particularly welcome proposals that introduce unconventional approaches\, overlooked traditions\, conceptual connections\, or new interpretations of materialist philosophy.
\n---------------
\nWhat We Are Looking For
\nWe invite \;original research chapters \;that make a clear philosophical contribution to the study of materialism.
\nWe are particularly interested in chapters that:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;develop an original philosophical argument\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;offer a new interpretation of an established thinker or tradition\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;reconsider a familiar materialist position from a different perspective\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;place distinct materialist traditions into dialogue\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;examine tensions or contradictions within materialist thought\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;introduce lesser-known philosophers\, traditions\, or debates\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;connect historical materialisms with contemporary philosophical problems\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;challenge conventional distinctions between materialism and its philosophical alternatives.
\nWe welcome both \;historically \;oriented and systematic contributions.
\n---------------
\nLanguages and Translation
\nThe volume will be \;published in Turkish.
\nWe welcome original chapter proposals in \;English \;and\, by prior agreement with the editors\, in other languages.
\nAccepted chapters originally written in English or another agreed language will be \;translated into Turkish for publication. The editorial team will coordinate the translation process with the authors. The translations of the texts will be carried out by academics in the field of philosophy.
\nAuthors are therefore \;not required to submit their chapters in Turkish.
\n---------------
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nFor the initial stage\, please submit:
\nThe abstract should clearly identify:
\nPlease submit proposals in \;English. Proposals in other languages may be considered by prior agreement with the editors.
\n---------------
\nImportant Dates
\nAbstract submission deadline: \;15 December 2026
\nNotification of acceptance: \;15 January 2027
\nFull chapter submission deadline: \;1 July 2027
\nExpected publication: \;2028
\n---------------
\nChapter Length
\nContribution limits for the sections are variable.
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;1) For &ldquo\;Figures of Materialism\,&rdquo\; texts are expected to be between 6\,000 and 9\,000 words\, including references and notes.
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;2) For the &ldquo\;Geographies of Materialism&rdquo\; section\, contributions should not exceed 5\,000 words\, including references and notes. \;
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;3) For the &ldquo\;Forms of Materialism&rdquo\; section\, texts are expected to be between 6\,000 and 9\,000 words\, including references and notes.
\nThe editors may discuss variations in length with individual contributors where the subject of the chapter requires it.
\n---------------
\nReview and Selection Process
\nAll submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the editors according to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;relevance to the overall theme of the volume\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;originality of the proposed contribution\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;clarity and strength of the philosophical argument\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;scholarly quality\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;and the contribution of the chapter to the intellectual coherence and diversity of the collection.
\nAuthors whose proposals are selected will be invited to submit full chapters.
\nFull chapters will undergo \;editorial review and\, where appropriate\, external peer review \;before final acceptance.
\nAcceptance of an abstract does not guarantee publication of the final chapter.
\n---------------
\nPublication
\nDiscussions are underway with two different publishers in Turkey regarding the publication of this collection.
\nFurther information concerning copyright\, translation rights\, publication rights\, and other contractual matters will be provided to contributors during the publication process.
\nThere is no submission (or translation) fee.
\n---------------
\nHow to Submit
\nPlease send your proposal and short biographical note to:
\nAssoc. Prof. Dr. Utku Ö\;zmakas
Duzce University
Email: \;utkuozmakas@duzce.edu.tr
Please use the following subject line: \;CFP &ndash\; Materialisms
\n---------------
\nKeywords
\nMaterialism\; materialisms\; history of philosophy\; mechanic materialism\; historical materialism\; realism\; new materialism\; political philosophy\; philosophy of science\; contemporary philosophy.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261215T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261215T230000 SUMMARY:Call for Papers (Special Issue) - Play and Phenomenology: World\, Symbol\, Resistance UID:20261114T191319Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:This special issue of Tijdschrift voor Filosofie: Louvain Journal of Philosophy explores the philosophical significance of play within phenomenology and its broader implications for understanding world\, embodiment\, symbolism\, freedom\, and resistance.
\nIt addresses the relation between human play and world-play\, including the phenomenology of phantasy and ludic experience\, Eugen Fink&rsquo\;s conception of play as a symbol of the world\, and the connections between play\, embodiment\, shared existence\, and political space.
\nThe issue welcomes historical and systematic contributions engaging with phenomenological approaches to play\, particularly in the work of Husserl\, Eugen Fink\, Heidegger\, Patočka\, and Merleau-Ponty.
\nSubmission: Extended abstracts of 500&ndash\;800 words.
\nDeadline: 15 December 2026.
\nGuest Editor: Iulian Apostolescu
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8619-5018
Full Call for Papers:
https://www.academia.edu/180107744/Play_and_Phenomenology_World_Symbol_Resistance_Call_for_Papers_Special_Issue
In a footnote in What Is Philosophy? (1991/2009)\, Gilles Deleuze and Fé\;lix Guattari write that Franç\;ois Laruelle &ldquo\;is engaged in one of the most interesting undertakings of contemporary philosophy&rdquo\; (220). Referencing Laruelle&rsquo\;s Philosophy and Non-Philosophy (1989/2013)\, they continue that Laruelle &ldquo\;invokes a One-All that he qualifies as &lsquo\;nonphilosophical&rsquo\; and\, oddly\, as &lsquo\;scientific\,&rsquo\; on which the &lsquo\;philosophical decision&rsquo\; takes root&rdquo\; (220). They conclude that &ldquo\;this One-All seems to be close to Spinoza&rdquo\; (220). The footnote appears in the chapter &ldquo\;The Plane of Immanence&rdquo\;\, in a passage in which Deleuze and Guattari discuss the role of the &ldquo\;prephilosophical&rdquo\; as well as the &ldquo\;nonphilosophical&rdquo\;: the former is what philosophy presupposes\, while the latter is &ldquo\;perhaps closer to the heart of philosophy than philosophy itself\, and this means that philosophy cannot be contet to be understood only philosophically or conceptually\, but is addressed essentially to nonphilosophers as well&rdquo\; (41).
\nThe second and final instance of Laruelle&rsquo\;s work in What Is Philosophy? occurs in the book&rsquo\;s last footnote\, in &ldquo\;Conclusion: From Chaos to the Brain&rdquo\;. Deleuze and Guattari write that Laruelle &ldquo\;proposes a comprehension of nonphilosophy as the &lsquo\;real (of) science\,&rsquo\; beyond the object of knowledge&rdquo\;\, admitting that they &ldquo\;do not see why this real of science is not nonscience as well&rdquo\; (234). The context of the footnote is again the relation between philosophy and nonphilosophy. Deleuze and Guattari underline the point in italics: &ldquo\;Philosophy needs a nonphilosophy that comprehends it\; it needs a nonphilosophical comprehension just as art needs nonart and science needs nonscience&rdquo\; (218).
\nThe question of whether Laruelle&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;oddly scientific&rdquo\; &ldquo\;One-All&rdquo\;\, as Deleuze and Guattari put it\, is close to Spinoza seems to have been the subject of discussion between Deleuze and Laruelle for several years. In 1988\, Laruelle wrote &ldquo\;Letter to Deleuze&rdquo\; in response to a letter from Deleuze in which he apparently asked: &rdquo\;What distinguishes the One from Spinoza&rsquo\;s substance?&rdquo\; (2012: 393). Laruelle humorously adopts Spinoza&rsquo\;s style to argue that the non-philosophical One\, in a very particular sense\, has nothing to do with the philosophical One(-All). Yet given the several-year-long exchange\, the relation between Deleuze and Laruelle requires a more careful inquiry. The aim of this special issue is not only to take a fresh look at the critical relations between Deleuze\, Guattari\, and Laruelle\, but also to engage with their oeuvres in a way that brings new light to the problems that their respective (non-)philosophical projects sought to answer and that\, in answering them\, posed anew\, calling for further reflection.
\nGiven what Deleuze and Guattari make of &ldquo\;nonphilosophy&rdquo\; and its position vis-à\;-vis philosophy in What Is Philosophy?\, a more sustained critical reading of the relation between philosophy and non-philosophy is required. How would a specifically Deleuzian reading of the relation between philosophy and Laruell&rsquo\;s non-philosophy look like? How might philosophy\, &ldquo\;nonart&rdquo\;\, and &ldquo\;nonscience&rdquo\; relate on the basis of the particular relation that Deleuze and Guattari establish between &ldquo\;nonphilosophy&rdquo\; and philosophy?
\nThis special issue invites contributions that reflect on these questions\, but are not limited to them. Please send abstracts (300 words)\, together with short biographical notes (150 words\, including an ORCID number if available)\, to andrija.filipovic@fmk.edu.rs by December 25\, 2026. All authors will receive responses by January 15\, 2027\, after which further details will be circulated to authors whose proposals have been accepted.
\nReferences
\nDeleuze\, Gilles and Fé\;lix Guattari (2009) What Is Philosophy?\, trans. Hugh Tomlison and Graham Burchill\, London and New York: Verso.
Laruelle\, Franç\;ois (2012) &ldquo\;Letter to Deleuze&rdquo\;\, in Franç\;ois Laruelle\, From Decision to Heresy: Experiments in Non-Standard Thought\, trans. Robin Mackay\, Windsor Quarry: Urbanomic\, pp. 393-400.
Laruelle\, Franç\;ois (2013) Philosophy and Non-Philosophy\, trans. Taylor Adkins\, Minneapolis: Univocal.
Call for Papers: Hermeneutical Reviews (2027 Issue)
\n\;
\n【Our Mission】 \;
\nHermeneutics is not merely a cognitive tool\, but a mode of being. Hermeneutical Reviews \;is an annual academic publication dedicated to profound intellectual dialogue. We advocate for a return to the depths of the history of philosophy\, seeking the occurrence of truth within the recursion of texts.
\nOur journal moves beyond pure technical analysis or abstract logical deduction. We favor "historically effected" (wirkungsgeschichtlich) commentary. We seek contributions that pierce through the clamor of contemporary academia to enter the genealogy of thought\, engaging in a tense and fruitful "fusion of horizons" with the classics.
\n\n【Sections】
\n1. Articles \;This section features thematic research situated within the history of philosophy. We particularly welcome:
\n·\;Critical re-readings of classic hermeneutical texts.
\n·\;Conceptual analysis and genealogical tracing within the history of ideas.
\n·\;Philosophical-historical commentaries with a macro-vision\, rather than arguments confined to fragmented micro-problems.
\n\n2. Review Essays \;As the soul of our journal\, this section does not publish brief book summaries. We are committed to fostering the "Long-form Review Essay."
\n·\;We invite authors to use a significant work published within the last three years as a catalyst to discuss the academic history\, current status\, and core debates of the relevant field.
\n·\;Reviews should demonstrate a holistic grasp of the author&rsquo\;s thought and engage in a vigorous "dialogue" based on genuine "understanding."
\n\;
\n【Submission Guidelines】
\nPublication Plan: As an annual journal\, we are now accepting submissions for the 2027 volume.
\nDeadline: December 31\, 2026.
\nLanguages: Submissions in Chinese\, German\, or English \;are all welcome.
\nLength: Articles are suggested to be between 8\,000&ndash\;15\,000 characters for Chinese (or 4\,000&ndash\;8\,000 words for English/German)\; Review Essays should ideally be between 5\,000&ndash\;8\,000 characters for Chinese (or 3\,000&ndash\;4\,000 words for English/German).
\nStyle: We encourage a clear\, elegant\, and thought-provoking writing style that maintains rigorous logic and standardized citation.
\n\n【Contact】 \;Please send your manuscripts to: Hermeneutical_Reviews@hotmail.com
\nWe look forward to encountering every writer who keeps watch over thought through the movement of words. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270101T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270101T090000 SUMMARY:CFP: Fate and Narrative Identity UID:20261114T191322Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS
\nSpecial Issue of The Journal of Ethics: Fate and narrative identity
\nDeadline for submission of full draft: 1 January 2027
\nLength of paper: 8\,000-11\,000 words\, including footnotes but not including references at the end.
\nThis special issue starts with the autobiographical question: who am I? What are the most important constituents of my identity? We might distinguish involuntary components such as my birth nationality\, my ethnicity\, by socio-economic background\, my gender\, from voluntary components such as my profession\, my marriage\, my political allegiance\, my long-term residence. But even involuntary components admit of more-or-less voluntary interpretations of the meaning of such components. An ethnic identity can yield a sense of belonging or indifference\, an unwanted constraint can be changed into a catalyst for important life choices.
\nVoluntary identity components and voluntary interpretations usually admit of a narrative description of how they came to play the important role in my identity\, and of how I see their role in the future. As part of that narrative description\, I might ask myself which components are somehow essential to who I am &ndash\; in other words\, without that component\, I cannot imagine being me. Most often these components will begin their narrative role with an event of pure luck. In such a case\, I may be tempted to speak of that event as fateful. So this special issue is about the question: what does it mean to see a narrative identity component as 'my fate'? What can the concept of fate contribute to my and others&rsquo\; understanding of my life?
\nImportantly\, we are NOT directly interested in the concept of fate as denying free will. We are not directly interested in any kind of metaphysical notion\, divine or otherwise\, that might determine my future. Instead\, our autobiographical perspective is primarily about making sense of our past and present\, in the sense described by Robert Solomon&rsquo\;s article &lsquo\;Fate and Fatalism&rsquo\; Philosophy East and West\, Vol. 53\, No. 4 (Oct.\, 2003)\, pp. 435-454.
\nSolomon offers many examples. He himself\, a professional philosopher\, started at university studying medicine\, and on an impulse took a philosophy elective that steered him into a whole new area of interest. He wants to call the impulse fateful. Now it might be said that given his (known and unknown) dispositions\, he was fated to switch to philosophy sooner or later\, and if he had missed this one elective\, other opportunities would have caught his eye. As such we might reach for Heraclitus&rsquo\;s mantra of &ldquo\;character is destiny&rdquo\;. But consider another of Solomon&rsquo\;s examples: two people have been married to one another for many years\, and as such have deeply influenced one another&rsquo\;s identity. And yet their meeting\, their subsequent romantic availability\, their mutual attraction\, their cohabitational compatibility\, their shared interests etc. &ndash\; all of that was radically contingent. Retrospectively\, however\, that meeting (and everything else) was necessary\, fated\, in order for them to become who they are now\, individually\, and jointly\, many years later.
\nWe&rsquo\;re not only interested in Solomon&rsquo\;s retrospective view of fateful events\, we&rsquo\;re also interested in the experience of practical necessity (a phrase coined by Bernard Williams in his 1981 article of that name). Here the agent\, in the present\, discovers what she &lsquo\;must&rsquo\; do\, given who she is\, what she has become\, what roles she fills\, who she is in a relationship with\, where she works etc.. Such a discovery about oneself may be more or less surprising\, and more or less acceptable and understandable among one&rsquo\;s friends (who know her more or less well). Williams&rsquo\;s concept has spawned some philosophical discussion\, but his and others&rsquo\; heroes do not usually use the word &lsquo\;fate&rsquo\; &ndash\; the question is whether they are entitled to do so\, while taking themselves and being taken seriously.
\nWe welcome submissions on the following topics: (not exhaustive)
\nSubmission instructions for Authors
\nAuthors must make use of the standard online EM system used by The Journal of Ethics. All manuscripts will go through the standard double-blind peer-review process according to The Journal of Ethics&rsquo\; guidelines. As a matter of general policy on special issues\, all submission will also be checked by the editor-in-chief. All manuscripts should be prepared according to the journal&rsquo\;s guidelines provided on The Journal of Ethics website. \;
\nCo-editors:
\n \; \; \; \; \; ·\; \; \; Katrien Schaubroeck\, University of Antwerp\, Belgium.
katrien.schaubroeck@uantwerpen.be
\; \; \; \; \; ·\; \; \; Christopher Cowley\, Charles University\, Czech Republic\, and University College Dublin\, Ireland.
Christopher.cowley@ff.cuni.cz
The \;Journal for the New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) \;invites submissions for its special on Derrick Bell and the History of Africana Philosophy\, to be published in Fall 2027. Derrick Bell\, the founder of Critical Race Theory\, produced one of the most innovative\, insightful\, and transformative ideas in the 20th \;century. His philosophical insights continue to challenge how western liberal nations contend with questions of civil rights\, human rights\, immigration\, policing\, and education. Recent conservative attacks focused on Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the U.S\, Canada\, and England assert\, albeit erroneously\, that CRT is a Marxist and communist ideology that seeks to supplant western values and the ethos of liberal democracy.
\nContrary to these fallacious attacks\, Bell&rsquo\;s textbook \;Race\, Racism\, and American Law \;is amongst the first law textbooks to give a comprehensive view of how racism shaped the development of American law and race relations. In this regard\, CRT draws heavily on a tradition of Africana philosophy from slavery through the 20th \;century. It challenges\, not only the supposed neutrality of U.S. law\, but also the universality of western political ideals\, and U.S. law as egalitarian. For example\, Bell engaged Frederick Douglass&rsquo\;s critiques of natural law theorists and abolitionists who read the American Constitution as a slave document. For Douglass\, the Constitution is an economic contract that robs slaves of their labour and property rights. Drawing on Douglass&rsquo\; critique\, Bell interrogated how economic interests have structured American law as an instrument for white class interests over Black claims for justice from slavery through the 20th century.
\nSimilarly\, Bell engaged W.E.B DuBois&rsquo\;s reading of American democracy that underscored how U.S. law in the 13 colonies suppressed African revolts while upholding slavery. Such legal resistance to African acts of liberation\, Dubois argued\, created paradoxes for American democracy and shaped how the legal system understood the Black freedom struggle. Following Dubois' analysis\, Bell explored how the law is an ineffective tool for racial remediation when it comes to addressing social injustices that confront Black life.
\nBell also engaged Malcolm X&rsquo\;s critiques of the Reconstruction era civil rights and 1960 civil rights amendments as pyrrhic victories. This inspired Bell to think about how civil rights function as symbolic victories while ensuring racism is a permanent fixture of American democracy.
\nGiven Bell&rsquo\;s extensive engagement with 18th-20th century Africana philosophy\, this special seeks to consider Bell&rsquo\;s work within Africana philosophy. As such\, the special welcomes essays that focus on Bell&rsquo\;s work as philosophical historiography and inquiry into Black life and its relation to democracy as part of the long tradition of Africana philosophy. The special seeks contributions that address the following themes:
\nDerrick Bell as a philosopher of Black history. \;
\nDerrick Bell as a philosopher of Black legal theory.
\nDerrick Bell and the Black Nationalist and the Black Radical Tradition.
\nDerrick Bell as a philosopher of Black Education.
\nDerrick Bell as a philosopher of contemporary society and issue of civil rights.
\nEssays must be submitted to \;https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/nnhp/about/submissions
\nDeadline for Essay Submission: January 7th\, 2027. Papers will be considered after January 7th\, 2027.
\n\;The Co-lead Guest Editors for this Special are Drs. Dalitso Ruwe (Queens University)\, Adebayo Oluwayomi (West Chester University)\, Andrew Soto (Hartnell College).
\nFor questions about the Special\, please contact: \;derrickbellspecial@gmail.com
\nJNNHP \;is an open-access online journal committed to publishing papers on underrepresented figures or themes in the history of philosophy\, both Western and non-Western traditions\, from the ancient period to the mid-20th \;century. \;JNNHP \;accepts papers in English and French. Papers should be no more than 10000 words. \;JNNHP \;also seeks to highlight relevant translations\, archival work or new editions of primary texts in progress. We will publish selections from such works\, with critical notes and contextual introductions.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Regina:20270107T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Regina:20270107T090000 SUMMARY: Call for Papers: Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture UID:20261114T191324Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:America/Regina LOCATION:Regina\, Canada DESCRIPTION:For twenty years\, Back to the Things Themselves! (BTTTT!) has been an annual attempt to put aside the more conventional scholarly practice of textual exegesis and critique\, and return to the lived world to divine the essential structures of experience through careful phenomenological description.
\nIn short\, BTTTT!&lsquo\;s main aim is to &ldquo\;do phenomenology&rdquo\;&mdash\;that is\, to generate original descriptions of phenomena in the lifeworld.
\nhttps://btttt.net/cfp/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270110T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270110T234500 SUMMARY:Thomas Carlyle and the Twenty-First Century: Reexamining Carlyle Amid Political\, Economic\, Technological\, and Religious Change UID:20261114T191325Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Durham\, United States DESCRIPTION:Carlyle Conference\n\n\n\nCall for Papers\nThomas Carlyle and the Twenty-First Century\nReexamining Carlyle Amid Political\, Economic\, Technological\, and Religious Change
\nUniversity of New Hampshire
May 28&ndash\;29\, 2027
Nearly a decade has passed since scholars last gathered for a major international conference devoted to Thomas Carlyle&rsquo\;s life\, writings\, intellectual networks\, reception\, and legacies. Following conferences at Villanova (2007)\, Dumfries (2008)\, Edinburgh (2012)\, Oxford (2016)\, and Cambridge (2019)\, Thomas Carlyle and the Twenty-First Century will provide an opportunity to assess the current state&mdash\;and consider the future&mdash\;of Carlyle studies.
\nThe conference coincides with the completion or maturation of several major scholarly enterprises:
\nThese achievements invite both celebration and reassessment. What new questions become possible now that scholars have access to an unprecedented range of Carlylean texts\, letters\, editions\, and digital resources? What can Carlyle studies contribute to nineteenth-century studies and to broader debates in intellectual\, political\, religious\, economic\, and cultural history? Conversely\, what might the concerns of the twenty-first century reveal anew about Carlyle and his world?
\nThe conference particularly invites reconsiderations of Carlyle in relation to political\, economic\, technological\, and religious challenges that connect&mdash\;and distinguish&mdash\;the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries. How did Carlyle understand ideological division\, political authority\, democracy\, revolution\, nationalism\, social cohesion\, and international conflict? How did his diagnoses of industrial capitalism engage questions of inequality\, poverty\, exploitation\, class antagonism\, commodification\, and globalization? How might his critique of the &ldquo\;Mechanical Age&rdquo\; be reread in a period increasingly shaped by automation\, artificial intelligence\, digital media\, and rapid technological transformation? How did Carlyle respond to religious doubt and secularization\, to Christianity and Islam\, and to the search for faith and spiritual authority in a disenchanted world?
\nThese questions require sustained critical attention to the political and ethical limitations of Carlyle&rsquo\;s thought. How should twenty-first-century scholarship approach his arguments concerning hierarchy\, authority\, race\, slavery\, empire\, democracy\, and political violence? Where do Carlyle&rsquo\;s diagnoses illuminate problems that remain recognizable today\, and where do his proposed remedies reveal the historical limitations\, contradictions\, or dangers of his thinking? Rather than presuming Carlyle&rsquo\;s contemporary relevance\, the conference invites participants to investigate the forms that his relevance&mdash\;or irrelevance&mdash\;might take.
\nWe welcome new readings of Carlyle&rsquo\;s major works\, including Sartor Resartus\, The French Revolution\, On Heroes\, Hero-Worship\, and the Heroic in History\, Past and Present\, and Latter-Day Pamphlets\, as well as his biographies\, histories\, journalism\, correspondence\, and lesser-studied essays. Papers might examine Carlyle&rsquo\;s treatments of historical crisis\, revolution\, leadership\, work\, belief\, social order\, modernity\, and renewal\; his rhetoric and experiments with literary form\; or the extent to which his writings anticipated\, misread\, or remained bound to the political and intellectual conditions of the nineteenth century.
\nThe conference welcomes papers on all aspects of Thomas Carlyle&rsquo\;s life\, writings\, thought\, reception\, networks\, and influence. We also invite work on Jane Welsh Carlyle and on the wider intellectual\, literary\, political\, and cultural worlds in which the Carlyles participated. Papers might consider how the Carlyles imagined historical rupture and renewal\; how their writings circulated internationally and across disciplines\; or how Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle have repeatedly disappeared from&mdash\;and returned to&mdash\;scholarly and public attention.
\nWe particularly encourage scholarship that reconsiders established interpretations in light of current approaches to nineteenth-century studies. Proposals are welcome from scholars at all career stages and from a wide range of disciplines\, including literary studies\, history\, intellectual history\, political thought\, economic thought\, philosophy\, religious studies\, book history\, art history\, Victorian studies\, and the digital humanities.
\nPossible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\nWe also welcome papers examining Carlyle in relation to particular writers and thinkers\, including Plato\, Aristotle\, Immanuel Kant\, Johann Gottlieb Fichte\, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe\, G. W. F. Hegel\, Ralph Waldo Emerson\, Henry David Thoreau\, Margaret Fuller\, John Stuart Mill\, Charles Dickens\, Karl Marx\, Friedrich Engels\, Friedrich Nietzsche\, Virginia Woolf\, and other figures whose work illuminates Carlyle&rsquo\;s intellectual networks\, reception\, or legacy.
\nAt a moment when the writings of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle are more comprehensively available than ever before\, the conference asks a broader question:
\nWhat remains unread\, underexamined\, or misunderstood in the Carlyles&mdash\;and what should the next generation of Carlyle scholarship seek to discover?
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmission Information\n\n\nPlease submit an abstract of your paper of approximately 250&ndash\;300 words\, together with a brief biographical note\, to Brian Wolfel at Brian.Wolfel@unh.edu by January 10\, 2027.
\nProposals for individual papers\, panels\, roundtables\, and alternative formats are welcome. Individual papers will normally be 15 minutes in length.
\nThe co-organizers of the conference are as follows: \;
\nBrian Wolfel (Brian.Wolfel@unh.edu)
\nDavid Sorensen (dsorense@sju.edu)
\nBrent Kinser (bkinser@wcu.edu)
\n\nThomas Carlyle and the Twenty-First Century
University of New Hampshire
May 28&ndash\;29\, 2027
How to Make Sense of Long-Term Developments in the History of Modern Science\, Philosophy\, and Culture? A Cross-Disciplinary Conference
\n\nMay 25&ndash\;26\, 2027\, KU Leuven / Université\; libre de Bruxelles
\n\nRecent decades have seen a remarkable expansion of research on modern thought across science\, philosophy\, and culture. On the one hand\, scholars have developed increasingly fine‑grained forms of contextual and textual analysis. On the other hand\, they have expanded the field beyond the traditional canon by questioning Eurocentric narratives\, foregrounding marginalized writers and movements\, and tracing alternative lineages. Despite its great merits\, however\, this expansion has reinforced the tendency to focus on individual authors\, local contexts\, and the immediate reception of one author by another. As a result\, contemporary research rarely asks how developments that unfold across long temporal arcs&mdash\;sometimes spanning several generations\, sometimes crossing disciplinary boundaries&mdash\;can be understood.
\nThis tendency has its roots in the rejection by twentieth-century scholarship of grand teleological narratives\, especially those associated with Hegelian historiography. In response\, many authors have sought to conceptualize long‑term developments in science\, philosophy\, and culture in non-teleological terms. Historians of ideas and philosophy turned\, for instance\, to the structural analysis of systems (Martial Gueroult)\, to histories of concepts (Reinhart Koselleck)\, and contextualist approaches to intellectual history (Quentin Skinner). Other twentieth-century perspectives include the longue duré\;e approach of the É\;cole des Annales in France (Marc Bloch\, Fernand Braudel)\, analyses of civilizational processes (Norbert Elias)\, historical epistemologies of the sciences (Hé\;lè\;ne Metzger\, Thomas Kuhn)\, and genealogical reconstructions (Michel Foucault).
\n\;Reassessing these approaches as well as exploring new directions\, this cross-disciplinary conference addresses the question of how long‑term developments in modern science\, philosophy\, and culture can be conceptualized. Which tools\, methods\, and models allow us to make sense of the ways in which conceptual\, scientific\, and cultural textual productions emerged\, persisted\, interacted\, transformed\, and dissolved across time? Which twentieth-century perspectives on long-term intellectual developments across the modern world can be transferred from one disciplinary context to another? By bringing together researchers from a range of disciplines&mdash\;e.g.\, history of science\, history of philosophy\, history\, history of ideas\, sociology\, anthropology\, and cultural studies&mdash\;the conference aims to stimulate dialogues on these and similar questions. Proposals from historians\, anthropologists\, sociologists\, and related fields are especially welcome.
\n\;
\n\nConfirmed speakers
\n\nKarin de Boer &mdash\; KU Leuven
\nDina Emundts &mdash\; Freie Universitä\;t Berlin
\nCatherine Kö\;nig-Pralong &mdash\; É\;cole des hautes é\;tudes en sciences sociales\, Paris
\nMartin Mulsow &mdash\; Universitä\;t Erfurt
\nDimitry Nikulin &mdash\; New School for Social Research
\nElí\;as José\; Palti &mdash\; University of Buenos Aires
\nArnaud Pelletier &mdash\; Université\; libre de Bruxelles
\n\nFormat: hybrid
\nVenue: KU Leuven
\n\nAbstracts of no more than 500 words \;should be submitted through the electronic form available at the website. The abstracts\, including the title\, should be prepared for double-blind review by removing any identification details.
\n\nPresentation time will be 40 minutes + 20 minutes for discussion. We offer limited travel grants to early career researchers without research funding of their own.
\n\nSubmission deadline: January 11\, 2027
\n\nNotification of acceptance by February 19\, 2026.
\n\nWebsite: https://hiw.kuleuven.be/cmprpc/events/longtermdevelopmentsleuven2027/home
\n\nContact: marie.lauwers@ulb.be
\n\n\nOrganizers
\n\nKarin de Boer (KU Leuven)\, Marie Lauwers (Université\; libre de Bruxelles)\, Arnaud Pelletier (Université\; libre de Bruxelles)\, Shahab Vesali (KU Leuven)
\n\nThe conference is organized in the context of the EOS research project Responses to Newton&rsquo\;s Mathematical-Experimental Paradigm in 18th-Century Philosophy (RENEW18) funded by FWO and F.R.S.-FNRS. See https://www.renew18.be/
ORGANIZER;CN=Karin de Boer;CN=Arnaud Pelletier;CN=Shahab Vesali;CN=Marie Lauwers: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261114T111614Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270117T170000 SUMMARY:Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World Session at the 2027 APA Eastern Division Meeting UID:20261114T191327Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-58d8844b6d-m5ps5 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Hilton Boston Park Plaza\, 50 Park Plaza\, Boston\, United States\, 02116 DESCRIPTION:The Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World will sponsor an affiliated-group session at the 2027 APA Eastern Division Meeting in Boston\, Massachusetts. Please see the associated CFP listing for details about the session theme and abstract submissions.
Attendance is subject to the registration requirements of the APA Eastern Division Meeting.
The more aware we become of the technological mediations that shape our condition\, the stronger the desire for immediacy: unfiltered access\, unimpeded visibility\, the removal of whatever stands between ourselves and the world. Alloa and Thomä\; call transparency &ldquo\;perhaps the ultimate consensual value of our time&rdquo\; (2018: 2)\, a consensus that suits an age that considers itself post-ideological. Immediacy has become the dominant style of &ldquo\;too late capitalism&rdquo\; (Kornbluh 2024)\, and it resonates with New Realism&rsquo\;s renewed desire for contact with things themselves. The same desire is turned inward: exposure is no longer chiefly imposed on subjects but sought by them: we make ourselves transparent\, through digital confessions\, intimate disclosures and &ldquo\;no-filter&rdquo\; aesthetics\, as an expression of the very desire for immediacy that organises our relation to the world (Harcourt 2018).
\nThe prominence of transparency today is inseparable from digital technologies\, which have expanded the possibilities of visibility while transforming the politics of disclosure. Critical transparency studies challenge the assumption that greater visibility entails greater accountability or knowledge: transparency always involves decisions about what is disclosed and what is concealed\, who gains access and who is exposed to scrutiny (Han 2015\; Birchall 2017\; Flyverbom 2019). Digital platforms intensify these dynamics\, with new forms of asymmetry of knowledge and surveillance (Zuboff 2019) and by by weaponizing and strategically constructing what can be seen and known (Teurlings 2026). The paradox is that the more pervasive media become\, the more easily their infrastructures and mediating operations disappear from view.
\nYet transparency is not the opposite of mediation but one of its effects. As Alloa puts it\, &ldquo\;[i]n order to let something (else) come to the fore\, a diaphanous medium must deflect the attention from itself\, anesthetize itself and recede into the background&rdquo\; (2018: 36). Transparency thus depends on mediation to the extent that mediation makes itself inconspicuous. The paradox\, however\, is that in order to claim to be transparent\, this inconspicuousness must be showcased: &ldquo\;Whether in glass architecture or in the use of screens and other interfaces\, transparency alternates ambivalently between a media-technical operation (where the medium becomes invisible to let the gaze pass through) and an ostensible aesthetic quality (where the &lsquo\;see-through&rsquo\; quality is framed\, highlighted\, and celebrated)&rdquo\; (Alloa 2022: 13-14).
\nLooking at the long genealogy of transparency in premodern discourses (Alloa 2021) only adds a further paradoxical layer\, which becomes obvious when looking at the word itself. Its prefix trans- suggests passage but also transformation: what passes through a medium may be altered on the way. Its suffix -parency evokes appearance and\, with it\, the staging of visibility. The ideology of transparency disavows both: it presents what is mediated as untouched by mediation\, and what is made visible as if its appearance were neither produced nor staged. What transparency conceals\, then\, is not only the medium that enables vision but also the transformations and selections through which something becomes visible.
\nThe masterclass will engage with three texts by Emmanuel Alloa that explore the relationship between transparency and mediation:
\na. Alloa\, E. 2026. &lsquo\;Trans(ap)parency: The Logic of Immediation&rsquo\;. Screen Bodies 11 (1): 99&ndash\;113. \;https://doi.org/10.3167/sb.2026.110108.
b. Alloa\, E. 2026. &lsquo\;Hiding in Plain Sight &ndash\; Suspicious Transparency and the Lessons of Literature&rsquo\;. In Proceedings of the Paris Institute for Advanced Study (Vol. 27) \;https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23479672
c. Alloa\, E. 2024. &lsquo\;Escaping the transparency trap. In defence of playacting&rsquo\;. in (In)visible European Government. Critical Approaches to Transparency\, edited by Maarten Hillebrandt\, Pä\;ivi Leino-Sandberg\, Ida Koivisto\, Routledge. pp. 142-151.
The above texts will serve as the basis for discussion. Students are asked to contribute to the discussion by bringing their own media object into the discussion\, and analyse the dialectics of visbility and opacity at work in their particular media object.
\nReferences
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