Description
\nThis lecture series draws together scholars interested in the rich history and ongoing evolution of phenomenology within the Italian philosophical tradition. It provides a forum for regular discussions where participants can present their latest research or recent publications. Topics will span from the historical and cultural roots of Italian phenomenology and its dialogues with other philosophical traditions&mdash\;including Marxism\, Existentialism\, Pragmatism\, Idealism\, Hermeneutics\, (Post-)Structuralism\, and Neo-Thomism&mdash\;to its intersections with disciplines such as psychology\, psychoanalysis\, sociology\, anthropology\, political theory\, and art. A key objective of the series is also to examine how Italian phenomenological concepts and frameworks can contribute to contemporary debates in fields such as the philosophy of mind\, social and political philosophy\, aesthetics\, and the theory of art and literature. By doing so\, the series fosters dialogue within the phenomenological tradition and across broader philosophical and interdisciplinary contexts.
\nParticipation
\nThe series will be conducted in a \;hybrid format\, both in person at the Husserl Archive in Cologne and online via Zoom. To register\, please email \;italianphenomenology@gmail.comwith the subject &ldquo\;Registration Lecture Series 2026.&rdquo\; The Zoom link will be provided the day before each session.
\nOrganizers: Marco Cavallaro\, Sara Dameno
\nThis series is organized as part of the \;ItaPhen \;project \;and hosted by the Husserl Archive in Cologne.
\nThis lecture series is funded by the \;German Research Foundation (DFG) \;as part of the \;ItaPhen \;project.
\nProgram
\nPlease find the program of the Lecture Series in the PDF attached. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260704T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2026: Climate Philosophy in the Capitalocene UID:20260712T233812Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Città di Castello\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Call for applications: Deadline extended to March 1 2026
\nCollegium \;Phaenomenologicum \;2026: \;Climate Philosophy in the Capitalocene
\nThe theme for the Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2026 is climate philosophy in the anthropocene. \;Climate philosophy responds to environmental destabilization by discussing climate temporalities and spatialities\, eco-politics\, climate justice\, climate affects\, and the ethical and political reorientations demanded by climate change. Climate philosophy also rethinks climate\, partly in response to global heating\, as world in the phenomenological sense and as history and habitat of life on earth. The Capitalocene references the Anthropocene dominated by colonial capitalism and its uneven and ongoing histories. In the first week\, we will question\, in discussion with phenomenology and climate science\, how the temporal framing of climate change is narrated. The second week moves the focus to space by exploring\, principally in conversation with deconstruction and French philosophy more broadly\, how climate change alters the sense of world beyond globalization. The final week&rsquo\;s course draws on eco-marxism\, bio-politics\, and eco-feminism to propose a fundamental rethinking of the political at the end of the world.
\nThe Collegium runs from July 6th to 24th\, 2026\, preceded by the participants' conference on July \;4th and 5th. \;The deadline to apply has been extended to March 1\, 2026\, and \;we welcome applications from within philosophy and related disciplines concerned with the overarching theme. \;
\nFurther details of the topic and the lecturers\, abstracts for each of the three courses\, and application forms are available on the website at
\nhttps://collegiumphaenomenologicum.org/ \;
\nFor all enquiries contact:
\nMatthias Fritsch (director) \;matthias.fritsch@concordia.ca
\nRebecca van der Post (graduate assistant) \;graduateassistant2026@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthias Fritsch: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260714T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260715T170000 SUMMARY:Forms of Knowledge in Wittgenstein UID:20260712T233813Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Düsternbrooker Weg 2\, Kiel\, Germany\, 24105 DESCRIPTION:Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s work is permeated by investigations into the forms and structures of human knowledge: our propositional knowledge of facts articulated in meaningful sentences\, the unarticulated and inarticulable know-how of our language games\, the &ldquo\;Now I know!&rdquo\; of rule-following\, my practical knowledge of what I want\, intend\, and do\, the &ldquo\;knowledge what it&rsquo\;s like&rdquo\; of lived experience\, my second-person knowledge of the mental states of others\, the inescapable certainties of our forms of life that are beyond doubt. How these forms of knowledge are constitutively distinct from and yet mutually dependent on one another is the theme of the 8th Wittgenstein Forum of the International Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. How do the diverse language games of knowledge relate to one another\, how are they interconnected? How are different forms of knowledge acquired and transmitted\, in what ways do they manifest themselves\, and how can they be questioned\, doubted\, and developed? The presentations at the forum are intended as contributions to a perspicuous presentation of the grammar of knowledge according to Wittgenstein.
ORGANIZER;CN=David Lauer;CN="Yara Windmüller": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260723T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260729T170000 SUMMARY:Edith Stein Sommerakademie 2026: Postfaktisch? Über die Zukunft der Wahrheit UID:20260712T233814Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Teresianum\, Piazza di San Pancrazio 5A\, Roma\, Italy\, I-00152 DESCRIPTION:Die Sommerakademie wird folgende Themen behandeln:
\nEdith Stein widmet sich intensiv dem Studium von Wahrheit. Wir werden uns somit nicht nur mit den Werken Edith Steins beschä\;ftigen\, sondern uns vielmehr wie sie und in ihrem Geist die fundamentale Frage nach Wahrheit aus biblischer\, theologischer\, philosophischer\, anthropologischer und spiritueller Perspektive stellen.
\nDie Sommerakademie mö\;chte grundlegende Fragen des christlichen Lebens wissenschaftlich erö\;rtern. Dieses Jahr soll ganz der Frage nach Wahrheit gewidmet sein. Die Sommerakademie richtet sich hauptsä\;chlich an junge Menschen unter 35 Jahren\, ist jedoch auch fü\;r Teilnehmer auß\;erhalb dieser Altersgruppe offen. Bei begrenzter Kapazitä\;t haben junge Menschen Vorrang.
\nWahrheit. Fü\;r immer verloren?
\nProf. Dr. Tonke Dennebaum\, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitä\;t Mainz
\n
Kann man heute noch von &bdquo\;Wahrheit&ldquo\; sprechen? Zeigen nicht Philosophie und Naturwissen-schaft\, dass wir davon lieber die Hä\;nde lassen sollten? Und doch ist die Sehnsucht nach Wahrheit heute groß\; &ndash\; aber auch verfü\;hrerisch und vielleicht sogar gefä\;hrlich. Wie also kann ein Bekenntnis zur Wahrheit aussehen\, das klar und eindeutig ist\, und zugleich den Heraus-forderungen der pluralen Welt gerecht wird?
Zur Beziehung von Werterkenntnis und personaler Verwirklichung bei Scheler und Stein
\nDr. Monika Adamczyk-Enriquez\, Edith-Stein-Archiv zu Kö\;ln\, Ignatianum Universitä\;t in Krakau
\n
Max Scheler\, einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der philosophischen Axiologie im 20. Jahrhundert\, entwickelte eine grundlegende Beschreibung von Werten und ihrer Hierarchie und betonte dabei ihren idealen Charakter. Zugleich zeigte er die erkenntniserschließ\;ende Rolle des Fü\;hlens und der personalen Akte fü\;r die Erfassung von Werten auf.
Edith Stein greift Schelers Ansatz auf\, verschiebt jedoch den Akzent. Wä\;hrend bei Scheler die Beziehung zwischen Person und Werten primä\;r in einer erkenntnistheoretischen Perspektive erscheint\, richtet Stein den Blick stä\;rker auf die Person selbst als Ort der Aneignung und Verwirklichung von Werten. Ihr Interesse gilt der inneren Struktur der Person\, der Verantwortlichkeit sowie den Bedingungen personaler Reifung und Entwicklung. Die Teilnehmenden erhalten einen Einblick in die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede beider Ansä\;tze und werden eingeladen\, darü\;ber nachzudenken\, wie Werte im eigenen Leben erkannt\, angeeignet und verwirklicht werden kö\;nnen.
Schö\;nheit und Wahrheit - umstrittene Werte in Philosophie und Kunst
Dr. Pia Lilienstein\, Universitä\;t Erlangen-Nü\;rnberg
\n
Rom gilt als Geburtsstä\;tte des Barock\, jener Kunstepoche\, die Schö\;nheit dynamischer\, intensiver\, sinnlicher und dramatischer als je zuvor inszenierte und die die christliche Weltanschauung und Offenbarung in eindrucksvolle Kunstwerke ü\;bersetzte. Die Kü\;nstlerinnen und Kü\;nstler um 1900 brachen vehementer noch als diejenigen des 19. Jahrhunderts mit dieser Kunst- und Bildauffassung. Friedrich Nietzsche z.B. rebellierte gegen die platonische Trias des Guten\, Wahren und Schö\;nen und schrieb &bdquo\;Die Wahrheit ist hä\;sslich: Wir haben die Kunst\, damit wir nicht an der Wahrheit zu Grunde gehen&ldquo\;. Edith Stein\, als Zeitgenossin der Klassischen Moderne hingegen schrieb an Roman Ingarden\, dass sie es im Leben mit der Kultur und in der Kunst mit der Schö\;nheit hielte und in beidem die Harmonie suche\, also im Grunde das Ordnende\, Erhabene und Transzendente. \;
Der moderne Zweifel am Wert der Schö\;nheit und an der Wahrheit von Bildern wird mit den digitalen Sehgewohnheiten und dem Bildmedium der KI-generierten Bilderwelten zu einer Selbstverstä\;ndlichkeit. Gleichzeitig schä\;rft sich in der Kunst das Bewusstsein fü\;r den Wert leiblicher Wahrnehmungen und ä\;sthetischer Erfahrungen als Erkenntniszugä\;nge. Der Rü\;ckblick in vergangene Kunstepochen und ein Vergleich von Edith Stein mit Kü\;nstlerinnen ihrer Generation kö\;nnte interessante Impuls fü\;r das aktuelle Nachdenken ü\;ber diese Fragen geben.
Neben dem philosophisch-kunsthistorischen Teil soll es auch die Gelegenheit geben\, gemeinsam die durch Architektur und kü\;nstlerischen Inszenierung verdichtete\, ä\;sthetisch-spirituelle Atmosphä\;re eines barocken Kirchenbau zu erkunden.
Wahrheit in der Technik\, Wirtschaft und Produktinnovation
Prof. Dr. Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff\, Department fü\;r Wirtschaftsinformatik und Operations Management der Wirtschaftsuniversitä\;t Wien
\n
Welchen Beitrag kann die materiale Wertethik (Scheler\, Hartmann) und Wahrnehmungspsychologie (Fuchs) zum Thema "Wahrheit in der Technik\, Wirtschaft und Produktinnovation&ldquo\; leisten? An diesem Tag geht es zunä\;chst um die Art\, wie Schelers materiale Wertethik in ein &bdquo\;Value-based Engineering&ldquo\; fü\;r IT und KI Produkte ü\;bersetzt worden ist. Hier wird die philosophische Wertontologie fü\;r IT Design vorgestellt\, wie sie heute im ISO-Standard 24748-7000 verankert ist und weltweit genutzt wird. Ein kleiner IT Design Workshop rahmt diesen Teil ein. Ferner wird das Theme Werte in der Ö\;konomie besprochen und wie ein Wertverstä\;ndnis im Sinne Schelers fundamental abweicht zu dem\, was wir heute in der Ö\;konomie als Wert begreifen.
Der Einfluss der Psyche auf die Umsetzung von Werthaltungen
Prim. Dr. David Oberreiter MBA\, Institut fü\;r Psychotherapie des Kepler Universitä\;tsklinikums Linz
\nInnerpsychische Vorgä\;nge beeinflussen einerseits das Erkennen von Werten als auch die Fä\;higkeit\, jene Werte zu verwirklichen. Es gibt psychische Zustä\;nde\, die es erschweren oder gar unmö\;glich machen\, Wahrheiten zu erkennen und sich gemä\;ß\; diesen zu verhalten. Andere psychische Aspekte hingegen sind fö\;rderlich fü\;r die Verwirklichung von Werten. Begü\;nstigende psychischen Faktoren sollten im Fokus der eigenen Entwicklung stehen.
\nWeitere Informationen\, einschließ\;lich Teilnahmegebü\;hren und Unterkunftsmö\;glichkeiten\, finden Sie unter:
ORGANIZER;CN=Joshua Roe: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260810T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260810T090000 SUMMARY:Fall 2026 Tulane German Philosophy Workshop Series UID:20260712T233815Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:New Orleans\, United States DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts: Fall 2026 Tulane German Philosophy Workshop Series
\nThe fourth annual workshop series of the Tulane German Philosophy Workshop will continue in the fall of 2026 at Tulane University in New Orleans\, Louisiana. Workshops are held on select Friday afternoons during Tulane University&rsquo\;s academic semester. The workshop series is organized locally by Jeffrey Patrick Colgan and Nicolas Day and sponsored by Richard Velkley (Tulane Department of Philosophy) and Oliver Sensen (Tulane Department of Philosophy). The main workshop series venue will be at the Tulane University campus.
\nThe workshop meetings are to be held in-person\; very strong preference will be given to submitted talks that are able to be presented in-person. There might be a limited number of time slots available for those who need to present a paper remotely by video. Participants who wish to use this option should indicate this in their cover email.
\nCall for Abstracts
\nThe 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. \;Successful past talks include &ldquo\;The Apeiron and the Bad Infinity: Hegel&rsquo\;s Critique of Immediate Desire\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Hume&rsquo\;s First Interruption of Kant&rsquo\;s Dogmatic Slumber: the Reflections on Optimism\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Adorno\, Strauss\, and Anti-Fascist Philosophy.&rdquo\; The Tulane German Philosophy Workshop invites submissions for its Fall 2026 semester workshop series. Paper submissions that relate to the German philosophical tradition\, broadly understood\, are welcome.
\nSubmission Deadline
\nThe submission deadline is August 10\, 2026.
\nSubmission Instructions
\nAuthors are requested to submit abstracts electronically according to the following guidelines.
\nAbstracts (500-750 words) do not need to be prepared for blind review but should be put into PDF file format and sent as an email attachment to tulanegermanphil [at] gmail.com. The subject line of the submission email should include the key-phrase &ldquo\;TGPW Submission Fall 2026\,&rdquo\; and the body text of the email message serves as a cover page for the submission by including:
\n1. \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Return email address
\n2. \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Author&rsquo\;s name
\n3. \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Affiliation and position (i.e.\, whether graduate student or faculty)
\n4. \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Paper title
\n5. \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Whether you will need to present remotely if your paper is accepted.
\nTime allowed for presentation is 1 hour with between 45 minutes to 1 hour for discussion.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jeffrey Patrick Colgan;CN=Nicolas Day: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Fall 2026 Tulane German Philosophy Workshop Series UID:20260712T233816Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 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:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260827T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260830T170000 SUMMARY:EAJS2026\, the 18th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies ヨーロッパ日本研究協会 (EAJS) UID:20260712T233817Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Poznań\, Poland DESCRIPTION:https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/eajs2026/paper/101689
\nhttps://research.berkeley.edu/surf-fellows/jiaqian-zhu/
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260828T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260828T103000 SUMMARY:'Here and There:' Food\, Safety and Community in Contemporary Performance Art 「あちらとこちら」：現代パフォーマンス・アートにおける食、安全、そしてコミュニティ UID:20260712T233818Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Poznań\, Poland DESCRIPTION:https://coolhunting.com/link-about-it/does-this-soup-taste-ambivalent/
\nhttps://dajf.org.uk/event/the-art-of-soup-a-taste-of-fukushima
\nhttps://ocula.com/magazine/conversations/ei-arakawa-frieze-presentation/
\nhttps://nomadit.co.uk/conference/eajs2026/paper/101689
\nhttps://research.berkeley.edu/surf-fellows/jiaqian-zhu/
\nhttps://nomadit.co.uk/conference/eajs2026/pp/101689
\nPaper short abstract In the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami\, artists attempt to explore ways to present the motif of &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\; beyond geographic confinement&mdash\;beyond Japan. Given restricted access to the nuclear zone\, how do artists respond to &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\; without direct physical proximity to Fukushima? Paper long abstract
\nIn the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami\, artists attempt to explore ways to present the motif of &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\; beyond geographic confinement&mdash\;beyond Japan. Given restricted access to the nuclear zone\, how do artists respond to &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\; without direct physical proximity to Fukushima? How do overseas Japanese artists represent what took place back in their homeland? How do people outside Japan gain the access to experience and respond to &ldquo\;3/11&rdquo\;? To grapple with this representational dilemma of &ldquo\;here and there\,&rdquo\; this paper looks at the performance art of the contemporary Japanese artist Ei Arakawa&mdash\;Does This Soup Taste Ambivalent? (2014). In this conceptual project\, he attempted to mediate a geographic gap between New York (where he works) and Fukushima (where he comes from). He also intended to reach a geographical balance between Fukushima and the international audience by bringing his family to Frieze London. In dialogue with Does This Soup Taste Ambivalent?\, this paper brings comparative examples of Rirkrit Tiravanija&rsquo\;s installation Untitled (Free/Still) (2007) and the socially engaged art piece Conflict Kitchen (2010). This paper attempts to extend the metaphor of a geographic boundary to invisible yet crucial boundaries among people\, and to further spatialize what Nicolas Bourriaud regards as relational aesthetics. Visual representations of &ldquo\;here and there&rdquo\; can thus be thematically translated into a rendering of boundaries between artists and spectators/participants\, between social environment and human beings and between different ethnic groups. Moreover\, this paper examines the instrumental role of food in performance art. With the same incorporation of food\, these works take advantage of the taste to unite people from different backgrounds\, and to provide a corporeal medium to raise concerns for nuclear radiation and safety. The remediation of food\, in art practice and social media\, further produces a micro-social and micro-political narrative to think of food safety\, human safety\, and community conflicts.
\nAbstract in Japanese (if needed): 「あちらとこちら」：現代パフォーマンス・アートにおける食、安全、そしてコミュニティ 要旨では、2011年の東日本大震災と津波のあと、アーティストたちが 「3/11」を日本の外でどう表現するか を考える研究だと説明されています。特に、福島に直接近づけない状況で、アーティストはどう反応するのか、海外にいる日本人アーティストは故郷で起きたことをどう表すのか、日本の外にいる人はどうやってその出来事に触れ、応答するのか、という問いが立てられています。中心事例として扱われるのは、Ei Arakawa の Does This Soup Taste Ambivalent? (2014) です。要旨によれば、この作品は ニューヨークと福島の地理的な隔たりを媒介しようとした企画として読まれています。比較される例として、Rirkrit Tiravanija の Untitled (Free/Still) (2007) と、社会参加型アートの Conflict Kitchen (2010) も挙げられています。福島の出来事を、食べ物を使ったアートで世界の人にどう伝えるかを考える発表です。 そして、食べ物は人をつなぐだけでなく、安全や不安、社会の対立について考えさせる力を持つ、というのがポイントです。
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260831T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260831T190000 SUMMARY:Identity and Community in Times of Uncertainty UID:20260712T233819Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Czarnowiejska 36\, Kraków \, Poland\, 30-054 DESCRIPTION:This sixth edition of the Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis series seeks contributions exploring issues surrounding identity and community in times of uncertainty.
\nWriting in the aftermath of the Second World War\, Simone de Beauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics centred around the ambiguity of the human condition. Her work critiques traditional ethical frameworks subsuming plurality and ambiguity under the generalisations of normative concepts and practices. Ethics\, she argues\, should enable individuals to assume this ambiguity and plurality\, mindful of the diversity of our human condition. \;Ethics of Ambiguity\, \;notably\, strives to demonstrate how existentialism can be and indeed is inherently moral or social. Beauvoir appeals to us to recognise our freedom and responsibility\, yet at the same time highlights the limits of this freedom in situations of oppression\, and that this freedom is the most precarious in times of &lsquo\;uncertainty&rsquo\;&mdash\;where &lsquo\;crushed by present events\, [one] loses one&rsquo\;s way before the darkness of a future haunted by frightening spectres: war\, illness\, revolution\, fascism.&rsquo\;
\nBeauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics sought to respond to the challenges addressed to existentialism\, accused of miserabilism and solipsism. This conference seeks develop on Beauvoir&rsquo\;s works and legacy and those of her contemporaries\, and to explore the resources available within existential philosophy for rethinking the role of identity and community in times of uncertainty and crisis. Does the focus that existential philosophy places on the singular individual impede the construction of community? Does existentialism provide tools for articulating situations of oppression\, and navigating hostile environments? Does it provide guidance for concrete forms of action and activism\, and paths for navigating the uncertainty in the contemporary world?
\nContributions should engage with current issues from the perspectives of thinkers in existential philosophy and phenomenology\, such as Albert Camus\, Theodor Adorno\, Simone Weil\, Emil Cioran\, Simone de Beauvoir\, Jean-Paul Sartre\, Karl Jaspers\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, and their nineteenth-century predecessors (Kierkegaard\, Nietzsche\, Stirner&hellip\;). \;
\n\;
\nTo propose a talk:
\nScholars interested in presenting should send a 300-word abstract and brief bio-bibliographical information by \;31 August 2026 \;to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;. Notification of acceptance by 15 September 2026. For scholars requiring earlier notification in order to organize travel\, \;early submission \;and acceptance is possible. In that event submissions should be sent by \;1 July 2026 \;for notification by 15 July 2026. Please clearly indicate in the body of the email that you wish to be considered for early acceptance.
\nPresentations should be 25 minutes\, followed by 25 minutes discussion time. \;
\nConference participation open to all and \;free of charge \;for all speakers and participants\, but no funding is available for travel or accommodation.
\nFor specific queries (other than submission of abstracts or registration)\, contact: \;melissa.fox-muraton@clermont-sb.fr \;.
\nRegistration:
\n\;
\nTo participate without presenting a talk\, please register by email to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;by 15 October 2026\, providing your name and institutional affiliation.This sixth edition of the Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis series seeks contributions exploring issues surrounding identity and community in times of uncertainty.
\nWriting in the aftermath of the Second World War\, Simone de Beauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics centred around the ambiguity of the human condition. Her work critiques traditional ethical frameworks subsuming plurality and ambiguity under the generalisations of normative concepts and practices. Ethics\, she argues\, should enable individuals to assume this ambiguity and plurality\, mindful of the diversity of our human condition. \;Ethics of Ambiguity\, \;notably\, strives to demonstrate how existentialism can be and indeed is inherently moral or social. Beauvoir appeals to us to recognise our freedom and responsibility\, yet at the same time highlights the limits of this freedom in situations of oppression\, and that this freedom is the most precarious in times of &lsquo\;uncertainty&rsquo\;&mdash\;where &lsquo\;crushed by present events\, [one] loses one&rsquo\;s way before the darkness of a future haunted by frightening spectres: war\, illness\, revolution\, fascism.&rsquo\;
\nBeauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics sought to respond to the challenges addressed to existentialism\, accused of miserabilism and solipsism. This conference seeks develop on Beauvoir&rsquo\;s works and legacy and those of her contemporaries\, and to explore the resources available within existential philosophy for rethinking the role of identity and community in times of uncertainty and crisis. Does the focus that existential philosophy places on the singular individual impede the construction of community? Does existentialism provide tools for articulating situations of oppression\, and navigating hostile environments? Does it provide guidance for concrete forms of action and activism\, and paths for navigating the uncertainty in the contemporary world?
\nContributions should engage with current issues from the perspectives of thinkers in existential philosophy and phenomenology\, such as Albert Camus\, Theodor Adorno\, Simone Weil\, Emil Cioran\, Simone de Beauvoir\, Jean-Paul Sartre\, Karl Jaspers\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, and their nineteenth-century predecessors (Kierkegaard\, Nietzsche\, Stirner&hellip\;). \;
\n\;
\nTo propose a talk:
\nScholars interested in presenting should send a 300-word abstract and brief bio-bibliographical information by \;31 August 2026 \;to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;. Notification of acceptance by 15 September 2026. For scholars requiring earlier notification in order to organize travel\, \;early submission \;and acceptance is possible. In that event submissions should be sent by \;1 July 2026 \;for notification by 15 July 2026. Please clearly indicate in the body of the email that you wish to be considered for early acceptance.
\nPresentations should be 25 minutes\, followed by 25 minutes discussion time. \;
\nConference participation open to all and \;free of charge \;for all speakers and participants\, but no funding is available for travel or accommodation.
\nFor specific queries (other than submission of abstracts or registration)\, contact: \;melissa.fox-muraton@clermont-sb.fr \;.
\nRegistration:
\n\;
\nTo participate without presenting a talk\, please register by email to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;by 15 October 2026\, providing your name and institutional affiliation.
ORGANIZER;CN="Mélissa Fox-Muraton";CN="Jakub Gomułka";CN="Maciej Kałuża": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260901T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260901T234500 SUMMARY:Kantian Journal. Special Issue "Immanuel Kant on Jesus Christ and Christianity" UID:20260712T233820Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Kant&rsquo\;s attitude toward Jesus Christ and Christianity has received little attention in contemporary Kant studies. Among studies of Kant&rsquo\;s philosophy of religion today\, as for a long time before\, the leading topics include the critique of the proofs for the existence of God and its influence on the subsequent development of theology\, the moral religion of reason and its specific features\, ethical-theology\, the concept of the highest good\, philosophical theology and its tasks\, theodicy\, and the concept of radical evil. Meanwhile\, more specific issues of Kant&rsquo\;s interpretation of the dogmas fundamental to the Christian faith are overlooked by contemporary researchers. This is also true for the dogma of the God-manhood of Jesus Christ\, his resurrection\, and ascension\, which are equally important for all Christian denominations. However\, in Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason\, Kant devotes an entire section to Jesus Christ and the &ldquo\;ideal of a humanity well-pleasing to God&rdquo\; which has been incarnated by Him (AA 6\, pp. 60&ndash\;78). The God-manhood of Jesus Christ\, his resurrection\, and ascension are also discussed in The Conflict of the Faculties (AA 7\, pp. 38&ndash\;39). The ideal of &ldquo\;perfect humanity&rdquo\; is also discussed in the Critique of Pure Reason (B 596 / A 568). So\, what role does Jesus Christ play in Kant&rsquo\;s philosophy? How far does Kant&rsquo\;s interpretation of His God-manhood depart from the traditional Christian understanding\, and how does it relate to the interpretations of this dogma that were common among Enlightenment theologians? Is faith in Jesus Christ as the God-man\, his resurrection\, and ascension truly essential for Christianity\, or is it perfectly conceivable\, according to Kant\, without it? And can Kant&rsquo\;s moral religion exist without relying on Jesus Christ as the ideal of humanity well-pleasing to God? These and related issues are to be examined in the special issue &ldquo\;Immanuel Kant on Jesus Christ and Christianity&rdquo\;.
\nGuest Editor &ndash\; Prof. Dr Ludmila Kryshtop
The issue (Kantian Journal\, Vol. 46\, No. 1) will be published by the end of March 2027.
Frontier Ethics: A Journal of Critical Humanities \;is a new multilingual\, peer-reviewed\, open-access journal dedicated to critical inquiry at the intersections of philosophy\, history\, science and technology studies\, and the politics of life. We publish original research in English\, Japanese\, Chinese\, and Korean.
\nFE takes as its starting point the conviction that the most urgent questions of our time &mdash\; about bodies\, borders\, medicine\, reproduction\, race\, coloniality\, and the governance of life &mdash\; demand forms of thinking that move across disciplinary and linguistic boundaries. We welcome work that is theoretically ambitious\, historically grounded\, and politically engaged.
\nScope
\nWe invite submissions on topics including\, but not limited to:
\nInaugural Special Issue: \;La naissance de Michel Foucault \;&mdash\; Foucault at 100
\nTo mark the centenary of Michel Foucault's birth\, FE's inaugural issue will be a special themed collection exploring the afterlives\, receptions\, and continuing provocations of Foucault's thought across Asia and the world. We particularly welcome contributions that engage Foucault's work from non-European contexts\, address the late lectures and unpublished seminars\, or develop new genealogical approaches to contemporary problems.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T170000 SUMMARY:The Foucault Century UID:20260712T233822Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center\, Philadelphia\, United States DESCRIPTION:Michel Foucault&rsquo\;s influence on contemporary thought is unmatched by any other twentieth-century intellectual. Reputed to be the most widely cited scholar in history\, his work has provided a foundational vocabulary in a variety of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. He remains one of the most widely taught figures in institutions of higher education worldwide. Even where Foucault&rsquo\;s name is no longer invoked\, the shaping influence of his corpus has been transformative&mdash\;even revolutionary.
\n2026 marks the centennial of Foucault&rsquo\;s birth and the 50-year anniversary of the publication of his landmark \;History of Sexuality\, Vol. 1. \;The Foucault Century\, a symposium at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (September 24&ndash\;25\, 2026)\, offers a renewed assessment of Foucault&rsquo\;s thought. \;
\nForty years after his death\, our understanding of Foucault&rsquo\;s scholarship has been enriched and transformed by a wealth of groundbreaking posthumous publications. These include Foucault&rsquo\;s thirteen courses at the Collè\;ge de France\, lectures and seminars at other institutions around the world from the 1960s to the 1980s\, and the fourth volume of \;History of Sexuality&mdash\;Confessions of the Flesh. More material is coming out all the time\, with Foucault&rsquo\;s 1966&ndash\;1967 public lectures at the University of Tunis now in press.
\nThe Foucault Century \;considers the manifold implications of this expanding corpus. And it takes as its premise that the Foucault we already know&mdash\;or think we know&mdash\;may need to be reconsidered. What has sometimes been called the &ldquo\;textbook image of Foucault&rdquo\; has become an obstacle to fully grasping the depth\, complexity\, and tensions of his thought. \;
\nThe Foucault Century \;will bring together an international group of Foucault specialists to consider a range of problems in the contemporary assessment of Foucault: What questions are being left unasked in the default interpretation of Foucault that has been passed down? What controversies remain unresolved? Which of Foucault&rsquo\;s many voices and guises can be brought into productive conversation with our contemporary intellectual\, political\, and cultural controversies? And which need to be criticized or dismantled? Which Foucaults have been remembered? And which have been forgotten and may need to be brought to light again?
ORGANIZER;CN=Daniele Lorenzini;CN=Donovan Schaefer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261002T170000 SUMMARY:Continental Philosophy of Action UID:20260712T233823Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Faculty of Philology\, University City\, Pl. Menéndez Pelayo\, s/n\, Moncloa - Aravaca\, Madrid\, Spain\, 28040 DESCRIPTION:The aim of the two-day international conference is to explore\, clarify and apply the resources of Continental thought about action and agency. Philosophy of action in the analytic tradition\, while not immune from internal disagreements\, can be thought of as a more-or-less coherent philosophical subfield. While there are exceptions\, Anglo-American philosophers of action tend to share metaphysical commitments (regarding event-causality\, for example\, or the existence of representational mental states)\, canonical references (Anscombe\, Davidson\, Bratman\, et al.)\, and sets of problems regarding action (eg\, &ldquo\;causal deviance&rdquo\;\, the so-called &ldquo\;disappearing agent&rdquo\; problem\, intentional omissions\, etc.). This situation can be \; \;prima facie \; \;contrasted to the scattered and varied approaches to action and agency one finds in the Continental philosophical tradition. Idealism\, Phenomenology\, hermeneutics\, poststructuralism\, new materialisms\, and critical theory\, to name just a few currents in contemporary Continental thought\, are distinguished from one another by seemingly distinct sets of philosophical concerns and vocabularies\, and by diverse metaphysical and methodological commitments. Given the treatment of action and agency in each of these currents is inseparable from specific sets of philosophical concerns and commitments\, it can seem that Continental philosophers do not share enough common ground to talk together about action and agency without talking past one another. In part\, then\, this conference wishes to clarify the extent to which one could meaningfully speak of &ldquo\;Continental philosophy of action.&rdquo\; But also\, working back down from these high-level\, general concerns\, the conference wishes to focus on specific\, field-defining problems of action and agency\, and the resources that might be drawn from Continental thought to address these problems in novel ways. Possible topics of interest might thus include:
\nFormat: Speakers will have 20 minutes to present their paper\, followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion. \;Those interested in participating should send a 400-word abstract to cpa@ucm.es by 30 April\, 2026. The conference will be in English and attendance is free. More information can be found at: \; \;https://eventos.ucm.es/go/continentalphilosophyofaction \; \;
\nConference organizers: Emma Ingala\, Gavin Rae (Complutense University of Madrid) and Sean Bowden (Deakin University\, Australia). \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Sean Bowden;CN=Emma Ingala;CN=Gavin Rae: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261022T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Identity and Community in Times of Uncertainty UID:20260712T233824Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Czarnowiejska 36\, Kraków \, Poland\, 30-054 DESCRIPTION:This sixth edition of the Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis series seeks contributions exploring issues surrounding identity and community in times of uncertainty.
\nWriting in the aftermath of the Second World War\, Simone de Beauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics centred around the ambiguity of the human condition. Her work critiques traditional ethical frameworks subsuming plurality and ambiguity under the generalisations of normative concepts and practices. Ethics\, she argues\, should enable individuals to assume this ambiguity and plurality\, mindful of the diversity of our human condition. \;Ethics of Ambiguity\, \;notably\, strives to demonstrate how existentialism can be and indeed is inherently moral or social. Beauvoir appeals to us to recognise our freedom and responsibility\, yet at the same time highlights the limits of this freedom in situations of oppression\, and that this freedom is the most precarious in times of &lsquo\;uncertainty&rsquo\;&mdash\;where &lsquo\;crushed by present events\, [one] loses one&rsquo\;s way before the darkness of a future haunted by frightening spectres: war\, illness\, revolution\, fascism.&rsquo\;
\nBeauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics sought to respond to the challenges addressed to existentialism\, accused of miserabilism and solipsism. This conference seeks develop on Beauvoir&rsquo\;s works and legacy and those of her contemporaries\, and to explore the resources available within existential philosophy for rethinking the role of identity and community in times of uncertainty and crisis. Does the focus that existential philosophy places on the singular individual impede the construction of community? Does existentialism provide tools for articulating situations of oppression\, and navigating hostile environments? Does it provide guidance for concrete forms of action and activism\, and paths for navigating the uncertainty in the contemporary world?
\nContributions should engage with current issues from the perspectives of thinkers in existential philosophy and phenomenology\, such as Albert Camus\, Theodor Adorno\, Simone Weil\, Emil Cioran\, Simone de Beauvoir\, Jean-Paul Sartre\, Karl Jaspers\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, and their nineteenth-century predecessors (Kierkegaard\, Nietzsche\, Stirner&hellip\;). \;
\n\;
\nTo propose a talk:
\nScholars interested in presenting should send a 300-word abstract and brief bio-bibliographical information by \;31 August 2026 \;to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;. Notification of acceptance by 15 September 2026. For scholars requiring earlier notification in order to organize travel\, \;early submission \;and acceptance is possible. In that event submissions should be sent by \;1 July 2026 \;for notification by 15 July 2026. Please clearly indicate in the body of the email that you wish to be considered for early acceptance.
\nPresentations should be 25 minutes\, followed by 25 minutes discussion time. \;
\nConference participation open to all and \;free of charge \;for all speakers and participants\, but no funding is available for travel or accommodation.
\nFor specific queries (other than submission of abstracts or registration)\, contact: \;melissa.fox-muraton@clermont-sb.fr \;.
\nRegistration:
\n\;
\nTo participate without presenting a talk\, please register by email to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;by 15 October 2026\, providing your name and institutional affiliation.This sixth edition of the Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis series seeks contributions exploring issues surrounding identity and community in times of uncertainty.
\nWriting in the aftermath of the Second World War\, Simone de Beauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics centred around the ambiguity of the human condition. Her work critiques traditional ethical frameworks subsuming plurality and ambiguity under the generalisations of normative concepts and practices. Ethics\, she argues\, should enable individuals to assume this ambiguity and plurality\, mindful of the diversity of our human condition. \;Ethics of Ambiguity\, \;notably\, strives to demonstrate how existentialism can be and indeed is inherently moral or social. Beauvoir appeals to us to recognise our freedom and responsibility\, yet at the same time highlights the limits of this freedom in situations of oppression\, and that this freedom is the most precarious in times of &lsquo\;uncertainty&rsquo\;&mdash\;where &lsquo\;crushed by present events\, [one] loses one&rsquo\;s way before the darkness of a future haunted by frightening spectres: war\, illness\, revolution\, fascism.&rsquo\;
\nBeauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics sought to respond to the challenges addressed to existentialism\, accused of miserabilism and solipsism. This conference seeks develop on Beauvoir&rsquo\;s works and legacy and those of her contemporaries\, and to explore the resources available within existential philosophy for rethinking the role of identity and community in times of uncertainty and crisis. Does the focus that existential philosophy places on the singular individual impede the construction of community? Does existentialism provide tools for articulating situations of oppression\, and navigating hostile environments? Does it provide guidance for concrete forms of action and activism\, and paths for navigating the uncertainty in the contemporary world?
\nContributions should engage with current issues from the perspectives of thinkers in existential philosophy and phenomenology\, such as Albert Camus\, Theodor Adorno\, Simone Weil\, Emil Cioran\, Simone de Beauvoir\, Jean-Paul Sartre\, Karl Jaspers\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, and their nineteenth-century predecessors (Kierkegaard\, Nietzsche\, Stirner&hellip\;). \;
\n\;
\nTo propose a talk:
\nScholars interested in presenting should send a 300-word abstract and brief bio-bibliographical information by \;31 August 2026 \;to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;. Notification of acceptance by 15 September 2026. For scholars requiring earlier notification in order to organize travel\, \;early submission \;and acceptance is possible. In that event submissions should be sent by \;1 July 2026 \;for notification by 15 July 2026. Please clearly indicate in the body of the email that you wish to be considered for early acceptance.
\nPresentations should be 25 minutes\, followed by 25 minutes discussion time. \;
\nConference participation open to all and \;free of charge \;for all speakers and participants\, but no funding is available for travel or accommodation.
\nFor specific queries (other than submission of abstracts or registration)\, contact: \;melissa.fox-muraton@clermont-sb.fr \;.
\nRegistration:
\n\;
\nTo participate without presenting a talk\, please register by email to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;by 15 October 2026\, providing your name and institutional affiliation.
ORGANIZER;CN="Mélissa Fox-Muraton";CN="Jakub Gomułka";CN="Maciej Kałuża": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261022T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Identity and Community in Times of Uncertainty UID:20260712T233825Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Czarnowiejska 36\, Kraków \, Poland\, 30-054 DESCRIPTION:This sixth edition of the Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis series seeks contributions exploring issues surrounding identity and community in times of uncertainty.
\nWriting in the aftermath of the Second World War\, Simone de Beauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics centred around the ambiguity of the human condition. Her work critiques traditional ethical frameworks subsuming plurality and ambiguity under the generalisations of normative concepts and practices. Ethics\, she argues\, should enable individuals to assume this ambiguity and plurality\, mindful of the diversity of our human condition. \;Ethics of Ambiguity\, \;notably\, strives to demonstrate how existentialism can be and indeed is inherently moral or social. Beauvoir appeals to us to recognise our freedom and responsibility\, yet at the same time highlights the limits of this freedom in situations of oppression\, and that this freedom is the most precarious in times of &lsquo\;uncertainty&rsquo\;&mdash\;where &lsquo\;crushed by present events\, [one] loses one&rsquo\;s way before the darkness of a future haunted by frightening spectres: war\, illness\, revolution\, fascism.&rsquo\;
\nBeauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics sought to respond to the challenges addressed to existentialism\, accused of miserabilism and solipsism. This conference seeks develop on Beauvoir&rsquo\;s works and legacy and those of her contemporaries\, and to explore the resources available within existential philosophy for rethinking the role of identity and community in times of uncertainty and crisis. Does the focus that existential philosophy places on the singular individual impede the construction of community? Does existentialism provide tools for articulating situations of oppression\, and navigating hostile environments? Does it provide guidance for concrete forms of action and activism\, and paths for navigating the uncertainty in the contemporary world?
\nContributions should engage with current issues from the perspectives of thinkers in existential philosophy and phenomenology\, such as Albert Camus\, Theodor Adorno\, Simone Weil\, Emil Cioran\, Simone de Beauvoir\, Jean-Paul Sartre\, Karl Jaspers\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, and their nineteenth-century predecessors (Kierkegaard\, Nietzsche\, Stirner&hellip\;). \;
\n\;
\nTo propose a talk:
\nScholars interested in presenting should send a 300-word abstract and brief bio-bibliographical information by \;31 August 2026 \;to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;. Notification of acceptance by 15 September 2026. For scholars requiring earlier notification in order to organize travel\, \;early submission \;and acceptance is possible. In that event submissions should be sent by \;1 July 2026 \;for notification by 15 July 2026. Please clearly indicate in the body of the email that you wish to be considered for early acceptance.
\nPresentations should be 25 minutes\, followed by 25 minutes discussion time. \;
\nConference participation open to all and \;free of charge \;for all speakers and participants\, but no funding is available for travel or accommodation.
\nFor specific queries (other than submission of abstracts or registration)\, contact: \;melissa.fox-muraton@clermont-sb.fr \;.
\nRegistration:
\n\;
\nTo participate without presenting a talk\, please register by email to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;by 15 October 2026\, providing your name and institutional affiliation.This sixth edition of the Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis series seeks contributions exploring issues surrounding identity and community in times of uncertainty.
\nWriting in the aftermath of the Second World War\, Simone de Beauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics centred around the ambiguity of the human condition. Her work critiques traditional ethical frameworks subsuming plurality and ambiguity under the generalisations of normative concepts and practices. Ethics\, she argues\, should enable individuals to assume this ambiguity and plurality\, mindful of the diversity of our human condition. \;Ethics of Ambiguity\, \;notably\, strives to demonstrate how existentialism can be and indeed is inherently moral or social. Beauvoir appeals to us to recognise our freedom and responsibility\, yet at the same time highlights the limits of this freedom in situations of oppression\, and that this freedom is the most precarious in times of &lsquo\;uncertainty&rsquo\;&mdash\;where &lsquo\;crushed by present events\, [one] loses one&rsquo\;s way before the darkness of a future haunted by frightening spectres: war\, illness\, revolution\, fascism.&rsquo\;
\nBeauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics sought to respond to the challenges addressed to existentialism\, accused of miserabilism and solipsism. This conference seeks develop on Beauvoir&rsquo\;s works and legacy and those of her contemporaries\, and to explore the resources available within existential philosophy for rethinking the role of identity and community in times of uncertainty and crisis. Does the focus that existential philosophy places on the singular individual impede the construction of community? Does existentialism provide tools for articulating situations of oppression\, and navigating hostile environments? Does it provide guidance for concrete forms of action and activism\, and paths for navigating the uncertainty in the contemporary world?
\nContributions should engage with current issues from the perspectives of thinkers in existential philosophy and phenomenology\, such as Albert Camus\, Theodor Adorno\, Simone Weil\, Emil Cioran\, Simone de Beauvoir\, Jean-Paul Sartre\, Karl Jaspers\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, and their nineteenth-century predecessors (Kierkegaard\, Nietzsche\, Stirner&hellip\;). \;
\n\;
\nTo propose a talk:
\nScholars interested in presenting should send a 300-word abstract and brief bio-bibliographical information by \;31 August 2026 \;to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;. Notification of acceptance by 15 September 2026. For scholars requiring earlier notification in order to organize travel\, \;early submission \;and acceptance is possible. In that event submissions should be sent by \;1 July 2026 \;for notification by 15 July 2026. Please clearly indicate in the body of the email that you wish to be considered for early acceptance.
\nPresentations should be 25 minutes\, followed by 25 minutes discussion time. \;
\nConference participation open to all and \;free of charge \;for all speakers and participants\, but no funding is available for travel or accommodation.
\nFor specific queries (other than submission of abstracts or registration)\, contact: \;melissa.fox-muraton@clermont-sb.fr \;.
\nRegistration:
\n\;
\nTo participate without presenting a talk\, please register by email to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;by 15 October 2026\, providing your name and institutional affiliation.
ORGANIZER;CN="Mélissa Fox-Muraton";CN="Jakub Gomułka";CN="Maciej Kałuża": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261029T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261030T170000 SUMMARY:Melancholic historicity: lost pasts and past losses UID:20260712T233826Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Utrecht\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:Melancholic historicity: lost pasts and past losses
\nOrganizers: Katherina Kinzel and Robert Vinkesteijn
\nUtrecht University\, 29+30 October 2026
\nRecent reconceptualizations of historicity&mdash\;most notably in the work of Walter Benjamin and related thinkers&mdash\;have challenged the modern ideal of progress by foregrounding historical experiences of loss and destruction. These approaches question the assumption that history unfolds as a continuous movement in which past suffering is redeemed by future advancement. Instead of viewing the past as dead or completed\, they envision the past as a site of continuous unease and questioning within the present. Forgotten\, suppressed\, or destroyed pasts unsettle present self-understandings and expose their complicity in the ongoing reproduction of loss. \;
\nThis conference explores the question what a &ldquo\;melancholic&rdquo\; conception of historicity that is oriented around experiences of loss\, destruction and defeat looks like. What does it mean to think historically from a standpoint that refuses to forget or &ldquo\;accept&rdquo\; historical losses\, that interrupts linear temporality and breaks with the perpetuation of historical violence in the present. What is the political valence of different attempts at confronting historical loss? What constitutes a philosophically fruitful attitude to lost pasts (the pasts that have been forgotten or suppressed) and past losses (past experiences of loss\, injustice and defeat) that are haunting the present?
\nThis conference brings together \;critical approaches to the philosophy of history\, postcolonial perspectives on loss\, \;theoretical reflections on displacement and genocide\, accounts of ecological loss and destruction and psychoanalytic discussions of (historical) mourning and melancholia.
\nIf you would like to contribute as a speaker\, please send an abstract of maximum 500 words to r.w.vinkesteijn@uu.nl\, the deadline for abstracts is Saturday 28 February 2026. If you have further questions about the scope and topic of this conference\, do not hesitate to get in touch.
ORGANIZER;CN=Katherina Kinzel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20261110T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20261113T170000 SUMMARY:From Leibniz to Kant: ruptures and continuities UID:20260712T233827Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:America/Sao_Paulo LOCATION:Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto\, 315\, São Paulo\, Brazil\, 05508-010 DESCRIPTION:It is with great pleasure that we announce the call for abstracts for the colloquium &ldquo\;From Leibniz to Kant: Ruptures and Continuities&rdquo\;\, to be held from November 10 to 13\, 2026\, at the Faculty of Philosophy\, Languages\, and Human Sciences of the University of Sã\;o Paulo (FFLCH&ndash\;USP).
\nThe colloquium will feature keynote lectures\, panel discussions\, and communications. Communications will be limited to a maximum of 30 minutes\, with additional time for questions. Abstracts should be between 200 and 400 words. We also request the submission of a preliminary bibliography\, limited to 300 words. Submissions may be made only by graduate researchers (master&rsquo\;s and doctoral students)\, as well as by holders of master&rsquo\;s and doctoral degrees. Abstracts may be submitted in Portuguese\, Spanish\, English\, French\, German\, or Italian. They will be evaluated by a scientific committee\, which reserves the right to select them according to criteria of philosophical rigor and historical-thematic delimitation. After acceptance\, full papers of between 2\,500 and 3\,000 words must be submitted to the organizing committee.
\nExtended deadline for abstract submission: 10/07/2026
ORGANIZER;CN=Pedro Casalotti Farhat;CN=Robson Carvalho dos Santos;CN="Caio Aruanã Batista": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20261113T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20261113T070000 SUMMARY:The Right of War in Grotius and Hobbes UID:20260712T233828Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:Middle East Technical University Üniversiteler Mahallesi\, Dumlupınar Bulvarı No:1\, Ankara\, Turkey\, 06800 DESCRIPTION:The Hobbes Scholars International Association Sixth International Conference
\n13-14 November\, 2026
&ldquo\;The Right of War in Grotius and Hobbes&rdquo\;
Department of Philosophy - Middle East Technical University
Ü\;niversiteler Mahallesi\, Dumlupınar Bulvarı No:1\, 06800 Ç\;ankaya/Ankara Turkey
We invite papers on theories of war in Grotius and Hobbes for presentation and discussion during the Sixth International Conference Thomas Hobbes organized by the Hobbes Scholars International Association which is to be held on 13-14 November 2026 at the Middle East Technical University.
\n
Format of the conference :
Presentation of 20 minutes and discussion
Languages :
English and French
If you would like to present a paper\, please send a short abstract (no more than 500 words) by August 20 2026 to Liang PANG (Email : ).
\n
We will inform you of the result of the selection by August 31 2026.
If your contribution is accepted\, you will have to send the complete paper by October 15 2026.
Keynote lectures :
Yves Charles ZARKA\, Emeritus Professor at the Sorbonne\, Université\; Paris Cité\;
James GRIFFITH\, Assistant professor\, Middle East Technical University
----------------------------
Pr. Didier MINEUR
President of the Hobbes Scholars International Association
Professor at Sciences Po Rennes \; Researcher at PHILé\;POL\, Université\; Paris Cité\;
Format of the conference :
Presentation of 20 minutes and discussion
Languages :
English and French
Graduate students and early career researchers are invited to submit expressions of interest for &ldquo\;Reading philosophies of nature and beauty: close reading as method in the history of philosophy&rdquo\;\, a masterclass and workshop taking place at the University of Sydney on Tuesday 24 November 2026.
\nOverview
\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. The day will begin with a masterclass conducted by an experienced historian of philosophy\, and will conclude with a workshop of presentations from graduate students and ECRs showcasing their research and the role of close reading within it. \;
\nThe masterclass and 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.
\nIt is open to 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:
\nLocation:
\nThe event will take place in-person only at the University of Sydney.
\nEligibility:
\nBoth the masterclass and workshop are open to ECRs and graduate students working on any or all of the following topics:
\nParticipants are invited to submit a 150-200 word abstract for a talk showcasing their work and reflecting on the textual practices that inform their historical and philosophical research. Speakers are encouraged to conduct a guided close reading of a short passage as part of their presentation. \;
\n(ECR is defined as up to five years post-PhD\, and up to seven years with career interruptions. Career interruptions include childcare\, working out of academia\, prolonged uncertain and casual work within academia.)
\nExpressions of Interest:
\nIf you wish to present at the workshop\, please submit an abstract with your EOI at the link below. Please also fill out the EOI if you wish to simply attend. DEADLINE EXTENDED: Abstracts are due 1st of September 2026. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Campbell R: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260712T173053Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270101T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270101T090000 SUMMARY:CFP: Fate and Narrative Identity UID:20260712T233831Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 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
This series invites proposals in classical phenomenology\, French phenomenology\, pre- and post-phenomenologies\, and in methodologies that bridge phenomenology and analytic philosophy. The relation between phenomenology and religious experience can be considered in a variety of modes: epistemic (phenomenology as a "rigorous science" of religious experience in Husserl's sense)\; ontic (phenomenology as a way to access the core motive\, or regulative ideal\, of religion)\; analogical (phenomenological experience as a secular version of religious experience)\; generalizing (religious experience turning into phenomenological experience when stripped from its dogmatic frame)\, etc. Proposals can take critical\, descriptive\, theoretical\, comparative\, historical\, or other approaches\, and they can focus on the interplay between religious or spiritual experience and assorted theoretical approaches\, or proceed from such experience towards building a new theory. In accord with Husserl&rsquo\;s original intent\, the series welcomes attempts to locate spiritual or religious experience within a broader theory of the sciences (Wissenschaftslehre) and to expand phenomenology towards transcendental philosophy and metaphysics.
The series covers five areas:
1) Clarifications of religious and spiritual experience\, its formal phenomenological research\, and its relationships to art\, textuality\, culture\, anthropology\, politics\, and comparative religion\;
2) Metaphysical extensions of the phenomenology of religious and spiritual experience\;
3) Existential and psychological analyses\, in different traditions\, of religious and spiritual experience\;
4) Theologies of religious experience\, with or beyond a specific focus on ritual and liturgy\, including liberation theologies\, feminist theologies\, theologies at the intersection of religious experience and race\, social status\, etc.\;
5) The phenomenology of religious and spiritual experience as applied to and/ or examined within medicine\, nursing\, and the health sciences and the natural and social sciences.
The series is published in cooperation with the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience\, \;www.sophere.org.
Editors: \;Michael Barber (michael.barber@slu.edu)\, Peter Costello (PCOSTELL@providence.edu)\, Olga Louchakova-Schwartz (founding editor\, \;olouch@ucdavis.edu)\, and Martin Nitsche (nitsche@flu.cas.cz)
Advisory Board: \;Jason Alvis (University of Vienna)\, Angela Ales Bello (Pontifical Lateran University)\, Michel Bitbol (The French National Center for Scientific Research)\, Carla Canullo (University of Macerata)\, David Ciavatta (Ryerson University)\, Crina Gschwandtner (Fordham University)\, Neal DeRoo (The King&rsquo\;s University)\, Thomas Fuchs (University of Heidelberg)\, James G. Hart (University of Indiana)\, Richard Kearney (Boston College)\, Jeff McCurry (Duquesne University)\, Felix O&rsquo\;Murchadha (National University of Ireland\, Galway)\, Dermot Moran (Boston College)\, Tom Nenon (The University of Memphis)\, Ryōsuke Ōhashi (Universities of Kyoto and Osaka)\, Vincent Pastro (Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University and Aquinas Institute of Theology\, St Louis)\, Hans Rainer Sepp (Charles University)\, Michel Staudigl (University of Vienna)\, Claudia Welz (Aarhus University)
Staff editorial contact: \;Jana Hodges-Kluck (jhodges-kluck@rowman.com) \;