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:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Fall 2026 Tulane German Philosophy Workshop Series UID:20261006T002201Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%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:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260901T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261215T170000 SUMMARY:Inquiry Network WIP Talks UID:20261006T002202Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Inquiry Network WIP Talks feature presentations of work in progress related to inquiry\, broadly understood. For example\, presentations might discuss (but are not limited to): the epistemology of inquiry\, the metaphysics of inquiry\, ethical norms of inquiry\, historical perspectives on inquiry\, or the structure of scientific inquiry.
We aim to foster the sharing of ideas in an inclusive\, welcoming and low-pressure environment. Papers that are already accepted for publication will not be accepted. We aim to be sensitive to the needs of early-career scholars.
The group meets biweekly on Zoom during each of the Fall and Spring semesters. Meeting times are determined shortly before the beginning of each semester with the goal of finding a time that works for as many members as possible. Special consideration is given to finding a meeting time that works for presenters of accepted papers.
SEMINAR DESCRIPTION
Anaximander&rsquo\;s fragment has been interpreted in various different ways. The young Nietzsche reads in it a &ldquo\;pessimism&rdquo\; comparable to that of Schopenhauer\, whereas Heidegger\, in his 1946 lecture series &ldquo\;The Anaximander Fragment\,&rdquo\; criticizes Nietzsche for projecting a moralistic sentiment onto the early Pre-Socratic. Anaximander&rsquo\;s fragment\, argues Heidegger\, is &ldquo\;neither pessimistic nor nihilistic\; nor is it optimistic. It is tragic.&rdquo\;
Although Heidegger&rsquo\;s critique is probably correct\, it is symptomatic of a more general critique against Nietzsche. In the chapter &ldquo\;The Concept of &lsquo\;Chaos&rsquo\;&rdquo\; in his great book on Nietzsche\, Heidegger asserts that Nietzsche&rsquo\;s conception of chaos is far off from the &ldquo\;original Greek meaning&rdquo\; of a yawning abyss as found in Hesiod. Nietzsche\, however\, seems way more interested in the pluralistic &ldquo\;Anaxagorian chaos\,&rdquo\; which he contrasts with the apeiron of Anaximander. Not to mention their shared interest in Heraclitus&mdash\;could not Heidegger&rsquo\;s defense of Anaximander in the first place be a hint at his perennial critique of Nietzsche&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;modern&rdquo\; thinking? And could not Nietzsche&rsquo\;s preference for Anaxagoras point at a wholly different picture\, where chaos can be freed of its &ldquo\;original Greek meaning&rdquo\;&mdash\;quite ironically\, already in the Pre-Socratics?
In this seminar\, we turn to the Greek origins of the term &lsquo\;chaos\,&rsquo\; contrasting an &ldquo\;abyssal&rdquo\; with a more creative reading. No prior knowledge is required. All key texts will be provided on registration.
TIME
5 SATURDAYS\, weekly\, beginning September 12\, 2026.
1-3 PM Eastern US Time.
SESSIONS
1) The Concept of Chaos: Heidegger contra Nietzsche
2) Nietzsche and the early Pre-Socratics
3) Anaximander&rsquo\;s Fragment
4) Anaxagoras&rsquo\; Fragments
5) Anaxagorian Chaos: Nietzsche contra Heidegger
FACILITATOR
Having lived and studied all around the world\, Hannes Schumacher works at the threshold between philosophy and art. He has carried out intensive research on Hegel and Deleuze\, and he has also published widely on Nishida\, Nāgārjuna\, chaos theory\, global mysticism\, and contemporary art. Hannes is the founder of the Berlin-based publisher Freigeist Verlag\, co-founder of the grassroots art space Chaosmos &infin\; in Athens\, Greece\, and he collaborates extensively with the literary translator Peter Constantine and World Poetry Books\, New York. He has facilitated the following courses and groups at Incite Seminars: &ldquo\;Nishida Kitarō: The Logic of Place and the Religious Worldview&rdquo\;\; &ldquo\;Who&rsquo\;s Afraid of Hegel: Introduction to G. W. F. Hegel&rsquo\;s Science of Logic&rdquo\;\; &ldquo\;Chaos Research Group&rdquo\;\; &ldquo\;Reading After Finitude by Quentin Meillassoux&rdquo\;\; &ldquo\;Deleuze &\; Guattari: What is Philosophy?&rdquo\;\; &ldquo\;Plato&rsquo\;s chô\;ra through the lens of Derrida&rdquo\;\; &ldquo\;Anarchia and Archai: Reimagining the Pre-Socratics&rdquo\; (with Carlos A. Segovia)\; &ldquo\;Reading Nietzsche&rsquo\;s Zarathustra&rdquo\; (current)\; &ldquo\;Liana of the Resurrected&rdquo\;\; &ldquo\;The Body without Organs&rdquo\;\; and &ldquo\;Introduction to Chaos Theory.&rdquo\;
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.
Join us for a weekly close reading of Gramsci&rsquo\;s Prison Notebooks! The group has a twofold goal: first\, to analyze contemporary political events through the categories formulated in the text\; and second\, to critically examine potential blind spots in Gramsci&rsquo\;s work regarding race\, gender\, and empire\, while keeping in mind the historical context in which he wrote.
TIME
THURSDAYS: weekly\, beginning September 24\, 2026.
5-6 PM Eastern US Time.
FACILITATOR
Giusi \;Russo is an associate professor of History at Montgomery County Community College in the greater Philadelphia area. Her research focuses on the relationship between the Italian left and internal colonialism\, as well as the entanglements between bodies and European empires. She is the author of \;Women\, Empires\, and Body Politics at the United Nations\, 1946&ndash\;1975 \;(University of Nebraska Press\, 2023) and has published extensively on the colonial history of the United Nations and on the construction of colonial and post-colonial narratives. She is currently working on a book project under contract with Routledge\, titled\, \;The Aesthetics of Third-Worldism in Italy: Bodies\, Spaces\, and Oppression.
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.
The 1st Colloquium on Phenomenology &\; Critique will take place from September 30 to October 2\, 2026\, in a hybrid format\, organized by the Graduate Program in Philosophy at UFSM in partnership with the LATIFA research group\, and will bring together national and international researchers to further the debate on Critical Phenomenology and the field&rsquo\;s contributions to a phenomenological approach to contemporary political and social issues. The event aims to explore the field of &ldquo\;critical phenomenology&rdquo\; (Weiss\, Murphy &\; Salamon\, 2020\; Magrí\; &\; McQueen\, 2023\; Hermann\, 2023) as a horizon of phenomenological critique capable of encompassing phenomena in the fields of social\, identity-based\, embodied\, and institutional politics.
ORGANIZER;CN=Camila Palhares Barbosa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261002T170000 SUMMARY:The Rise of Jesuit Scholastic Theology UID:20261006T002206Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Alameda da Universidade\, Lisbon\, Portugal\, 1600-214 DESCRIPTION:Normal 0 false false false false PT X-NONE AR-SA/* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"\; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0\; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0\; mso-style-noshow:yes\; mso-style-priority:99\; mso-style-parent:""\; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt\; mso-para-margin:0cm\; text-align:justify\; mso-pagination:widow-orphan\; font-size:12.0pt\; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt\; font-family:"Times New Roman"\,serif\; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial\; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi\; mso-fareast-language:EN-US\;}
\nThe foundation of the Society of Jesus in 1540\, and its subsequent involvement in higher education\, had a profound impact on European thought. It is no coincidence that a considerable number of the greatest thinkers of the last quarter of the sixteenth century were Jesuits: Toledo\, Molina\, Bellarmine\, Mariana\, Perera\, Maldonado\, Fonseca\, Sá\;nchez\, Valencia\, Vá\;zquez and Suá\;rez\, to name but a few. These men taught at various learning centres across Europe\, from Coimbra and É\;vora to Ingolstadt and Vienne\, and from Rome and Paris to Leuven and Alcalá\;. Their ideas circulated extensively through these centres\, even in manuscript form.
\nThe Jesuits closed ranks at the end of the sixteenth century when the De auxiliis controversy emerged. Nevertheless\, they profoundly disagreed with each other in many other issues before and after the controversy. Despite this\, it is possible to find shared views among the Jesuits\, partly because they shared the same starting point for theology: Aquinas' Summa Theologiae.
\nAlthough Jesuit thought has been widely studied\, it remains to be determined whether a distinct Jesuit theological tradition can be identified from the outset\, and if so\, to what extent. This is exactly the aim of this conference: to bring together specialists in various subfields of Scholasticism to investigate the emergence of a particular Jesuit theological tradition\, and to ascertain whether it arose prior to or independently of the De auxiliis controversy.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261001T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261001T234500 SUMMARY:North American Spinoza Society 2027 Meeting UID:20261006T002207Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Nashville\, United States\, 37212 DESCRIPTION:Call for Paper Submissions
\nNorth American Spinoza Society 2027 Meeting
\nMay 24-25\, 2027\, Vanderbilt University\, Nashville TN
\nConfirmed Speakers: Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins University) and Sanem Soyarslan (North Carolina State University).
\nSubmissions due: October 1st\, 2026
\nWe welcome contributions on any topic in Spinoza scholarship\, inclusive of all traditions\, disciplines\, and methods. Please submit abstracts of 500 words (excluding bibliography).
\nAbstracts can be submitted for either a symposium length presentation (approximately 45 minutes/5k words) or colloquium length (approximately 25 minutes/3k words). Abstracts should clearly state whether they are submissions for a symposium or a colloquium length presentation.
\nSubmission instructions: Abstracts should be prepared for anonymous review and include a word count. Please supply author name\, affiliation\, and contact information in a separate file. Graduate students should note this status in the contact information. Please send submissions to emanuele.costa@vanderbilt.edu. Kindly note that we are not accepting submissions through the NASS email on this occasion.
\n\nThe conference is supported by the Philosophy Department at Vanderbilt University.
ORGANIZER;CN=Emanuele Costa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Lima:20261001T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Lima:20261001T234500 SUMMARY:The Shape of Thought: Diagrams in Philosophy\, Logic\, and Science UID:20261006T002208Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/Lima LOCATION:Lima\, Peru DESCRIPTION:Keynote speakers:
\nKarine Chemla (Paris 7\, France)
\nMore TBA
\nCall for abstracts:
\nThe Shape of Thought invites submissions of abstracts for presentations on the use and significance of diagrams and visual representations in philosophy\, logic\, and science. We welcome formal\, philosophical\, historical\, and interdisciplinary contributions examining how diagrams represent information\, structure concepts\, support inference\, and shape processes of reasoning and understanding. Possible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\nThe use of diagrams in various cultural and intellectual traditions
\nDiagrams and the nature of reasoning
\nDiagrammatic reasoning and logical inference
\nThe history of diagrams in logic and philosophy
\nAncient and medieval diagrammatic traditions
\nDiagrams in mathematical and scientific reasoning
\nVisual representations and scientific explanation
\nDiagrams\, proof\, and demonstration
\nDiagrammatic logic and formal systems
\nThe epistemology of visual reasoning
\nCognitive approaches to diagrammatic reasoning
\nVisualisation and abstraction
\nDiagrams\, models\, and scientific representation
\nThe limits and possibilities of diagrammatic reasoning
\nComparisons between linguistic\, symbolic\, and diagrammatic forms of representation
\nWe particularly welcome contributions that combine formal\, philosophical\, historical\, and scientific perspectives\, and that investigate how the form of a representation can influence what can be thought\, inferred\, communicated\, or known.
\nSubmission deadline: 1 October 2026
\nNotifications: by 30 October 2026.
\nPlease submit an abstract of 500 words to caelo@seplo.org indicating the name of the session.
\nTo learn more about CAELO 1 and discover its other special sessions\, please \;visit the main event website:
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20261002T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20261003T170000 SUMMARY:Inheriting Ordinary Language Philosophy UID:20261006T002209Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Vilnius LOCATION:Universiteto g. 9\, Vilnius\, Lithuania DESCRIPTION:Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in so-called ordinary language philosophy &ndash\; one of the main traditions in 20th century analytic philosophy. The conference will contribute to this renewed engagement by examining the legacy and contemporary significance of the tradition and its leading representatives. At the same time\, the conference aims at critically examining the idea of an ordinary language philosophy tradition itself. The thinkers typically grouped under this label differ substantially in philosophical outlook and method. Assessing the depth and significance of these differences raises broader questions about how unified the tradition really is. Is the current resurgence best understood as the continuation of a shared philosophical approach\, or does it instead consist of diverse and sometimes competing attempts to draw on different elements of this legacy? By addressing these questions\, the conference will both clarify the historical significance of ordinary language philosophy and assess the prospects for its contemporary revival.
\nKeynote speakers
\nAvner Baz (Tufts University)
\nBenjamin De Mesel (KU Leuven)
\nHans-Johann Glock (University of Zurich)
\nMartin Gustafsson (Å\;bo Akademi University)
\nNicole Rathgeb (University of Bern)
\nImportant dates
\nAbstract submission: July 31\, 2026
\nAuthor notification: August 10\, 2026
\nConference: October 2-3\, 2026
\nRegistration fees
\nStudents 50 &euro\;
\nNon-students 100 &euro\;
\n(Registration fee covers the conference dinner\; waivers might be considered)
\nConference Venue
\nFaculty of Philosophy\, Vilnius University\, Universiteto street 9\, Vilnius\, Lithuania.
\nSubmitting an abstract for a presentation (30 minutes including discussion)
\nAbstracts at a maximum length of 400 words should be submitted as Word or PDF to mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt. Make sure to state your name and affiliation clearly in the abstract. The deadline for submission is July 31\, 2026. The date of notification is August 10\, 2026.
\nOrganizers
\nMindaugas Gilaitis (Vilnius University)\, Martin Gustafsson (Å\;bo Akademi University)
\nPlease direct all inquiries by email to mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt or martin.gustafsson@abo.fi.
\nThe event is free to attend. If you intend to come to the conference as a non-speaker\, please register by sending an email to mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt. The deadline for registration is September 25\, 2026.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261002T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261003T170000 SUMMARY:Theories of First Principles in Early Modern Metaphysics UID:20261006T002210Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Oriel Square\, Oxford\, United States\, OX1 4EW DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
\nThe aim of the workshop is to discuss the conception\, demonstration\, formulation\, and logical implications of first principles in early modern metaphysics leading up to and including Kant.
\nScholars of the early modern period often struggle to describe philosophical developments in early modern metaphysics without resorting to anachronistic descriptions like &ldquo\;rationalism&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;speculativism&rdquo\;. Nevertheless\, since most early modern philosophers drew extensively on their immediate predecessors and contemporaries\, classifications that go beyond one author and enable a focus on philosophical developments in the period are clearly fruitful. We suggest that the theories of first principles provide a promising and non-anachronistic perspective on early modern metaphysics. This is because theories of first principles were a core aspect of early modern philosophical systems\, from Suarez to Kant. Core questions that resonated with early modern authors were thus:
\nAlthough early modern authors grappled with these shared questions\, their conceptions of what the first principles are\, if and how they are to be demonstrated\, and how the different first principles relate to each other are interestingly different. Our workshop seeks to discuss the different theories of first principles that were developed in early modern metaphysics.
\nOn a meta-level\, the workshop seeks to address the role of the theories of first principles in the history of metaphysics and to thereby gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of &ldquo\;metaphysics&rdquo\; in the early modern period. Did Aristotle and the Scholastics also understand metaphysics as a science of first principles? Do contemporary philosophers understand metaphysics as a science of first principles? Or is this conception of metaphysics unique to the early modern period?
\nThe event is free and everyone is welcome to attend. Please register at clara.carus@uni-heidelberg.de by 30th of September.
ORGANIZER;CN=Clara Carus;CN=Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Manila:20261002T234500 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Manila:20261002T234500 SUMMARY:11th De La Salle University Undergraduate Conference UID:20261006T002211Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Asia/Manila LOCATION:2401 Taft Avenue\, Manila\, Philippines\, 1004 DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS: 11TH UPC
The wait is over! We are thrilled to announce the 11th De La Salle University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference.
To honor more than a decade of scholarly excellence\, the 11th UPC is leveling up with a HYBRID setup.
While getting those drafts ready\, keep a close eye for additional information and updates coming your way in the next few days. \;
The scope of the paper may focus on the following. However\, students may go beyond the given topics:
·\; Philosophy of Mind
·\; Epistemology
·\; Metaphysics
·\; Filipino Philosophy \;
·\; Philosophy of Religion \;
·\; Political Philosophy \;
·\; Philosophy of Language \;
·\; Philosophy of Science \;
·\; Moral Philosophy \;
·\; Aesthetics
Abstract Template: \;https://tinyurl.com/39e7fvc8
\nSubmission Forms:https://tinyurl.com/4pha9zbc \;
\nDeadline of Submissions: Extended up until OCTOBER 2\, 2026
\nFor inquiries\, you may contact any of the student convenors: \;
Culada Baladad | \;juan_baladad@dlsu.edu.ph \;
Elisha Rivas | \;elisha_rivas@dlsu.edu.ph
Josef Felipe | \;josef_felipe@dlsu.edu.ph \;
Judd Alcoba | \;judd_alcoba@dlsu.edu.ph
Juan Emmanuel Reyes | \;juan_emmanuel_reyes@dlsu.edu.ph
Khristia Canta | \;khristia_canta@dlsu.edu.ph
Mako Sison | \;john_marko_sison@dlsu.edu.ph
a 4-session seminar with Philippe Lynes\, Alex Obrigewitsch\, Kim Schoof &\; Carlos A. Segovia
SEMINAR DESCRIPTION
Blanchot&rsquo\;s work delves into how thinking and writing both reflect and un-reflect our relation to life and death\, challenging conventional notions of presence and temporality. By tracing his influence on Derrida and Nancy\, and exploring the simultaneous timeliness and untimeliness of his thought\, we can ask how reading Blanchot today continues to transform our understanding of language\, life\, and being.
Session I (&ldquo\;Blanchot Today?\,&rdquo\; with Alex Obrigewitsch) will explore Blanchot&rsquo\;s considerations of writing and literature in their exposure of alterity\, disturbance of temporality\, and their inscription of the anonymous and impersonal&mdash\;for it is the ineluctable binding of writing and mortality which Blanchot has exposed to us\, suspending &ldquo\;today&rdquo\; in the double exposure of a coming future which intersects with a &ldquo\;terrifyingly ancient&rdquo\; past. The title of this opening session\, expresses the double question of the (un)timeliness of Blanchot&rsquo\;s work. If we agree with Jacques Derrida&rsquo\;s claim that &ldquo\;never as much as today have I imagined him so far ahead of us as today. Awaiting us\, still to come\, to be read\, to be reread by those very same ones that do it ever since they knew how to read and thanks to him\,&rdquo\; then it is from Blanchot &ldquo\;himself&rdquo\; that we might learn the double sense of our titular question. What can Blanchot teach us that bears the mark of today? Blanchot has never been more timely to read and think with than today\, insofar as &ldquo\;today&rdquo\; is only ever the mobile limit inscribed between a future to come and a past never present. There is no &ldquo\;today\,&rdquo\; no &ldquo\;contemporaneity&rdquo\; for literature\, and its very writing alters our relation to life\, suspending it in a void from whence all emerges and in which all must efface itself.
Session II (&ldquo\;Blanchot &\; Derrida\,&rdquo\; with Philippe Lynes) will\, for its part\, trace the history of Blanchot&rsquo\;s influence on Derrida\, as well as instances of a reciprocal influence in Blanchot&rsquo\;s own work. When discussing the &lsquo\;violent&rsquo\; relationship of deconstruction to its three biggest influences&mdash\;Martin Heidegger\, Emmanuel Levinas and Maurice Blanchot&mdash\;Jacques Derrida explains that Blanchot resists this violence best. In the final interview before his death\, Derrida insisted that a notion of &lsquo\;survivance&rsquo\; or &lsquo\;living-on&rsquo\; lay at the heart of his entire philosophical trajectory\, evoking Blanchot&rsquo\;s notion of &ldquo\;a survival which is not one\, a death which does not put an end to anything.&rdquo\; Derrida&rsquo\;s most sustained engagement with Blanchot takes place in the mid 1970s with the publication of &ldquo\;Pas\,&rdquo\; as well as the second year of his just-published La Chose seminar (1975-1977). Blanchot&rsquo\;s thought also features importantly in &ldquo\;Discourses of the End&rdquo\;&mdash\;Derrida&rsquo\;s 1983 conversations on the apocalypse and the disaster with Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and Jean-Luc Nancy\, as well as his final seminar\, The Beast and the Sovereign (2002-2003).
In turn\, Session III (&ldquo\;Blanchot &\; Nancy\,&rdquo\; with Kim Schoof) will explore how it is possible that such contrasting perspectives on literature and the experience it offers us of being&rsquo\;s origin emanate from one another. It will do so exploring how Blanchot and Nancy write (occasionally in direct response to one another) about literature\, community\, ontology and &ldquo\;the neuter.&rdquo\; For Blanchot\, literature opens us onto the &ldquo\;Outside&rdquo\; where being originates\, where &ldquo\;I am not [&hellip\;]\; no one is there\, but the impersonal is: the outside\, as that which prevents\, precedes\, and dissolves the possibility of any personal relation.&rdquo\; Yet\, it is Blanchot&rsquo\;s perspective on literature that has inspired Jean-Luc Nancy to view literature as an exemplary way of being in the world. In Nancy&rsquo\;s perspective\, literature is the &ldquo\;coming of the world&rdquo\; or\, in the words of Aukje van Rooden\, &ldquo\;the point at which connections are made\, in which (the world) is created as being\, time and again\, a set of relations in which and by which we live.&rdquo\;
Lastly\, Session IV (&ldquo\;Blanchot Unreceived\,&rdquo\; with Carlos A. Segovia) will focus on how Blanchot seems to approach the question of the relation between language and reality à\; rebours of much contemporary thought\, which\, in repudiating their once-assumed transparency\, tends instead to affirm their reciprocal opacity. For Blanchot\, however\, language is neither the thing named nor its mere absence\, but the tentative recovery of its presence through its very loss\; just as in Mallarmé\;&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Sonnet in -yx\,&rdquo\; for instance\, anguish is neither the one felt in the chest by the poet&mdash\;which lacks a voice and hence proves at once present to him as something real but absent due to its silence&mdash\;nor the one named through the universal notion that would conventionally be assigned to it&mdash\;before whose trivial presence the anguish thus felt would recede into absence: it is rather that thing of hard (whether white or black) &ldquo\;nails&rdquo\; like &ldquo\;onyx&rdquo\; by virtue of which word and world become mutually supplementary and translucent to one another. This will be examined both at the crossroads of today&rsquo\;s thought\, thinkable\, and unthought and along with Blanchot&rsquo\;s re-inscription of being as otherness.
TIME
5 SUNDAYS\, weekly\, beginning October 4\, 2026.
10:00-12:00 Eastern US Time.
SESSIONS
1) Blanchot Today?
The Interminable Default\, Between a Coming Future and a &ldquo\;Terrifyingly Ancient&rdquo\; Past with Alex Obrigewitsch
2) Blanchot &\; Derrida
La Mort La Chose
with Philippe Lynes
3) Blanchot &\; Nancy
Literature: Being (In and) Outside (of the World)
with Kim Schoof
4) Blanchot Unreceived
Transparency\, Opaqueness\, Translucence
with Carlos A. Segovia
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The Not-Yet Conscious: A Phenomenology of Time Consciousness and Creativity
\nThomas Fuchs\, MD\, PhD
Karl Jaspers Professor of Philosophical Foundations of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy\, Heidelberg University
Head\, Section of Phenomenological Psychopathology and Psychotherapy\, Heidelberg University Hospital
Hosted by the Laboratory for Phenomenological Research as part of its lecture series.
\nTuesday\, October 6\, 2026
6:00 PM CEST | 4:00 PM UTC | 11:00 AM CDT
Via Zoom | Free and open to all | Advance registration required
Registration:https://go.uic.edu/Fuchs
For questions\, please contactThByrne@Illinois.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Thomas Byrne: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261007T141500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261009T170000 SUMMARY:La fondazione scientifica del discorso teologico in età imperiale. Interpretazioni e testi UID:20261006T002214Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano 10\, Roma\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Speakers:
\nMiriam Cutino\; Diego De Brasi\; Marc-Antoine Gavray\; Luca Gili\; Christoph Helmig\; Adrien Lecerf\; Irmgard Mä\;nnlein\; Anna Motta\; Dimitri Nikulun\; Jan Opsomer\; Helmut Seng\; Daniela P. Taormina\; Angela Ulacco \;
\n\nOrganisation: Daniela P. Taormina
\nFor more info:
\ntaormina@lettere.uniroma2.it
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20261008T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20261009T170000 SUMMARY:Bacon and European modernity UID:20261006T002215Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:6 Emile Zola\, Bucharest\, Romania\, 7 000 DESCRIPTION:Leibniz Society of Romania
\nAnnounces the organization of the international symposium on the theme "Bacon and European modernity"\, which will take place on October 8-9\, 2026\, at the Francophone Regional Center for Advanced Research in Social Sciences (CEREFREA) in Bucharest.
\nIn the year in which we commemorate four centuries since his passing\, we aim to see the contribution made by Bacon to European modernity\, on the following levels:
\n- Bacon's contribution to the scientific revolution\;
\n- relationship with his contemporaries\;
\n- knowledge reform projects\;
\n- the new instrument of knowledge\;
\n- natural philosophy and experimental philosophy\;
\n- utopian projects and socio-political criticism\, etc.
\nThe list is open\, and any topics in the field of Baconian studies can be addressed - in French or English.
\n\nWe invite interested researchers to send \; title\, \; 10-20 lines abstract and a CV to societatea.Leibniz@yahoo.ro \;or adriannita2010@gmail.com\, until May 1\, 2026\; the acceptance announcement will be May 15\, when the second circular letter will be published containing details regarding the participation fee (60 euros)\, account and other organizational details.
\nOrganizers: Leibniz Society of Romania\, Institute of Philosophy and Psychology "Constantin Rădulescu-Motru"\, Francophone Regional Center for Advanced Research in Social Sciences (CEREFREA) of the University of Bucharest.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261008T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261010T170000 SUMMARY:5th Central European Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy UID:20261006T002216Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Vienna\, Austria DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speakers at this event are:
\nKaterina Ierodiakonou (University of Athens)
\nRobert Roreitner (Charles University\, Prague)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261008T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261010T170000 SUMMARY:North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics UID:20261006T002217Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Davis\, United States DESCRIPTION:This year's meeting of the North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics will meet at University of California Davis. The meeting will feature a keynote address by Dr. Francis Mootz (University of the Pacific) entitled "Law after Postmodernity: Ontology\, Practice\, and Critique." The program will feature a variety of talks on topics in philosophical hermeneutics -- highlighting scholarship on the thought of Hans-Georg Gadamer and the application of hermeneutic theory to a variety of philosophical and social problems. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Carolyn Culbertson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261009T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261010T170000 SUMMARY:Voir-Dire: "World-Building" UID:20261006T002218Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:60 university private\, Ottawa\, Canada\, K1N 6N5 DESCRIPTION:Call for Proposals:
\n&ldquo\;World-Building&rdquo\;
\nOctober 9th &\; 10th\, 2026 at University of Ottawa
\nSubmission Deadline: June 1st\, 2026
\n[La version franç\;aise se trouve ci-dessous]
\nToday&rsquo\;s global community is at a critical juncture in the wake of increasing environmental\, political\, social\, cultural\, and economic crises. Worlds\, as we know them\, are becoming destabilized and fractured and the futures of individual nations as well as their geopolitical relations are uncertain. However\, from this uncertainty and rupture\, opportunity arises to build a better world. The theme\, &ldquo\;World-Building&rdquo\;\, invites graduate students and scholars to share their ideas and research on questions of transformative\, collaborative\, and cooperative processes and practices that envision worlds in their possible futures and the conditions for their realization.
\nVoir Dire: Conference &\; Journal is a joint initiative between graduate students from the philosophy departments at the University of Ottawa\, Saint-Paul University\, and Carleton University. Since an interdisciplinary approach is crucial for identifying\, discussing\, and resolving complex social and political issues\, we welcome proposals from other disciplines and from all areas of philosophy. \;
\nAbstracts and presentations may be in either French or English. Each speaker has 20 minutes to present\, followed by an open discussion period. We invite submissions that engage in research on topics including but not limited to:
\n● Transformation\, solidarity\, and community.
\n● Rights\, dignity\, and freedom: Relationships between human\, animals\, and nature.
\n● Positive and negative roles of dystopian/utopian thinking\, of hope/hopelessness\, of \;
\nnihilism/fatalism\, and of future studies.
\n● Alienation\, reconciliation\, and reparation.
\n● Relation between theory and practice\; justice\; moral and institutional responsibility.
\n● Policy\, commensurability\, feasibility\, and sustainability.
\nFully anonymized abstracts (250-500 words) can be submitted online using the following link:
\nConference Submission Form. You can find the formatting guidelines for abstracts at the beginning of the form and you will be asked to provide a brief bio describing your research interests. Following the conference\, papers may be considered for publication in the Voir Dire journal.
\nFor any questions\, please email us at voirdire.ottawa@gmail.com. \;
\n---------
\nAppel à\; communications :
\n«\; World-Building »\;
\nLe 9 &\; 10 octobre 2026 à\; l&rsquo\;Université\; d&rsquo\;Ottawa
\nDé\;lai de soumission : le 1er juin 2026
\nLa communauté\; mondiale actuelle\, face aux crises environnementales\, politiques\, sociales\, culturelles et é\;conomiques croissantes\, se trouve à\; un moment dé\;cisif. Les mondes\, tel que nous les connaissons\, se dé\;stabilisent et se fracturent\, et l&rsquo\;avenir des nations individuelles et leur relations gé\;opolitiques sont incertaines. Cependant\, de cette incertitude et de cette rupture\, é\;merge l&rsquo\;occasion de bâ\;tir un monde meilleur. Le thè\;me\, «\; World-Building »\;\, invite les é\;tudiant.e.s diplô\;mé\;.e.s et chercheurs.euses à\; partager leurs idé\;es et leurs recherches sur les enjeux relatifs aux processus et pratiques transformatives\, collaboratives et coopé\;ratives qui envisagent les mondes dans leurs futurs possibles et leurs conditions d&rsquo\;avè\;nement.
\nVoir Dire : confé\;rence et revue est une initiative conjointe des é\;tudiant.e.s diplô\;mé\;s des dé\;partements de philosophie de l&rsquo\;Université\; d&rsquo\;Ottawa\, de l&rsquo\;Université\; Saint-Paul et de l&rsquo\;Université\; Carleton. L&rsquo\;utilisation d&rsquo\;une approche interdisciplinaire é\;tant essentielle pour identifier\, discuter et ré\;soudre les problè\;mes sociaux et politiques complexes\, nous accueillons des propositions provenant d&rsquo\;autres disciplines ainsi que des propositions provenant de tous les domaines de philosophie. \;
\nLes ré\;sumé\;s et les pré\;sentations peuvent ê\;tre en franç\;ais ou en anglais. Chaque intervenant.e à\; 20 minutes pour faire sa pré\;sentation\, suivie d&rsquo\;une pé\;riode de discussion ouverte. Nous acceptons des propositions qui abordent\, sans s&rsquo\;y limiter\, les sujets de recherche suivant :
\n● La transformation\, solidarité\; et communauté\;.
\n● Droits\, dignité\; et liberté\; : les relations entre les humains\, animaux et la nature.
\n● Rô\;les positifs et né\;gatifs de la pensé\;e dystopique/utopique\, de l&rsquo\;espoir/dé\;sespoir\, du nihilisme/fatalisme et des é\;tudes de l&rsquo\;avenir.
\n● Alié\;nation\, ré\;conciliation et ré\;paration.
\n● Relation entre la thé\;orie et la pratique\; la justice\; la responsabilité\; morale et institutionnelle.
\n● Politique\, commensurabilité\;\, faisabilité\; et durabilité\;.
\nLes ré\;sumé\;s entiè\;rement anonymisé\;s (250-500 mots) peuvent ê\;tre soumis en ligne à\; travers le lien suivant : Formulaire de soumission. Vous trouverez les directives pour la mise en forme des ré\;sumé\;s au dé\;but du formulaire et vous devrez fournir une brè\;ve biographie dé\;crivant vos inté\;rê\;ts de recherche.
\nÀ\; la suite de la confé\;rence\, les articles pourront ê\;tre pris en considé\;ration pour publication dans la revue \;
\nVoir Dire. Pour toutes questions\, veuillez nous envoyer un courriel à\; voirdire.ottawa@gmail.com. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T170000 SUMMARY:Metaphysics in a Rationalist Spirit UID:20261006T002219Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:15 university drive \, Bethlehem\, United States DESCRIPTION:We are very familiar with the philosophical projects of those who\, in the history of the Western tradition\, we call the Rationalists. But much contemporary philosophy\, as well as philosophy outside the Western tradition\, looks to be guided by rationalist precepts - a good example of which is the Principle of Sufficient Reason. This event draws together a group of philosophers whose work can be understood as exploring metaphysics in a rationalist spirit\, as opposed to being invested exclusibely in the metaphysics of the Rationalists.
ORGANIZER;CN=Ricki Bliss;CN=Filippo Casati: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261010T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261010T170000 SUMMARY:Journée stoïcienne 2026 : Stoïcisme et écologie – Penser notre relation à la nature aujourd’hui UID:20261006T002220Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:4 rue du Guignier\, Paris\, France\, 75020 DESCRIPTION:La Journé\;e stoï\;cienne est le seul é\;vé\;nement en France entiè\;rement consacré\; à\; l&rsquo\;é\;tude et à\; la pratique du stoï\;cisme aujourd&rsquo\;hui. Confé\;rences expertes\, ateliers pratiques et moments de discussions collectives ou en petits groupes rythmeront la journé\;e !
\nFace aux bouleversements é\;cologiques\, le stoï\;cisme nous offre un cadre de pensé\;e d&rsquo\;une é\;tonnante modernité\;. Nous l'explorerons ensemble à\; travers des questions é\;thiques et physiques\, lié\;es au concept central de la nature !
\nProgramme de la Journé\;e stoï\;cienne 2026\nÀ\; partir de 9h15
\nOuverture des portes &ndash\; bienvenue à\; la Journé\;e stoï\;cienne 2026 !
\n\n10h-10h15
\nMot d&rsquo\;accueil par Maë\;l Goarzin\, pré\;sident de Stoa Gallica.
\n\n10h15-11h
\nConfé\;rence [thè\;me à\; venir]
\npar Christelle Veillard\, maî\;tre de confé\;rences en philosophie antique.
\n\n11h-11h30
\nMoment convivial / é\;changes
\n\n11h30-12h30
\nAtelier pratique : «\; Suivre la Nature »\; : la physique stoï\;cienne peut-elle mener à\; une é\;thique é\;cologique ?
\npar Silvain Margot\, fondateur du portique Stoa Gallica de Montré\;al
\n\n12h30-14h
\nPause du midi
\n\n14h-14h45
\nConfé\;rence [thè\;me à\; venir]
\npar Cé\;line Dennevault\, doctorante en philosophie stoï\;cienne\, avec comme sujet de thè\;se (en cours) : «\; Le statut du beau dans la pensé\;e stoï\;cienne. »\;
\n\n14h45-15h45
\nAtelier pratique : Les quatre vertus stoï\;ciennes au chevet de la nature
\npar Guillaume Beauquesne\, fondateur de l'Agora Stoï\;cienne au thé\;â\;tre de la Concorde
\n\n15h45-16h
\nPause
\n\n16h-17h
\nAtelier pratique : Une lecture é\;picurienne de la Gé\;ographie de Strabon : habiter la Terre hier et aujourd&rsquo\;hui
\npar Ludovic Jeanne\, docteur en gé\;ographie et co-fondateur du Cercle philosophique Le Jardin de Philodè\;me
\n\n17h-18h
\nTable-ronde [thè\;me à\; venir]
\n\n18h-18h15
\nLe mot de la fin
\n\n\n\n\nLieu \;:
\nLe Transformateur
\n4 rue du Guignier
\n75020 Paris
\n\n\n\nPourquoi cet é\;vé\;nement est-il payant ?
\nLe prix du ticket nous permet de :
\ndé\;dommager les intervenants (transport\, repas\, hé\;bergement é\;ventuel) \;
\ncouvrir les coû\;ts lié\;s à\; l&rsquo\;organisation de l&rsquo\;é\;vé\;nement (location des salles\, impression des brochures\, affiches&hellip\;) \;
\nfaire grandir l&rsquo\;association pour qu&rsquo\;elle propose toujours plus d&rsquo\;actions en lien avec le stoï\;cisme !
\nVous hé\;sitez à\; venir ?
\nLes organisateurs
\nOrganisé\;e par l&rsquo\;association
Stoa Gallica est une association qui encourage l&rsquo\;é\;tude de la philosophie stoï\;cienne et dé\;fend la pertinence d&rsquo\;un stoï\;cisme contemporain. Elle a pour but de favoriser les é\;changes entre les personnes francophones dé\;sireuses de dé\;couvrir et de mettre en pratique la philosophie stoï\;cienne aujourd&rsquo\;hui.
ORGANIZER;CN=Stoa Gallica: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261015T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261015T170000 SUMMARY:Femmes et guerre dans la Grèce de Platon UID:20261006T002221Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:200 avenue de la République\, Nanterre\, France DESCRIPTION:Programme du 15 octobre 2026
\nBâ\;timent Ricoeur &ndash\; Salle des conseils - Université\; Paris Nanterre
\n9h00 - Accueil des participants
\n9h20 - Carmen Damour &\; Julie Mestery - Introduction \;
\n11h15 - Pause
\n12h20 - Pause dé\;jeuner
\n16h00 - Pause
\n17h05 - Conclusions
ORGANIZER;CN=Carmen Damour;CN=Julie Mestery: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261015T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261017T170000 SUMMARY:Radical Philosophy Association 18th Biennial Conference UID:20261006T002222Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Claremont\, United States DESCRIPTION:Conference Theme: Life After Capitalism? \;
The risks posed by the glocal economic and political system's nearly unlimited dependence on fossil fuels and ecological destruction have inspired reflection on the possibility that capitalism might spell the end of life as we know it\, and that the imperatives of this social\, political\, and economic system work against life itself. As these risks have become more apparent\, this system has only become more entrenched\, exerting progressively greater control over our patterns of production and consumption\, forms of life\, and collective political imagination. But the difficulty of envisaging life after capitalism has not translated intoa shortage of theoretical\, practical\, and artistic work on this topic. It seems rather to have spurred a rich and diverse range of attempts to imagine and enact alternative forms of social organization\, discern the possibility and dangers of revolutionary transformation\, learn from the traditions of exploited and dispossessed peoples around the world\, and assess the prospects of escape - or collapse.
The programe committee of the 18th biennial conference of the Radical Philosophy Association encourages submissions on the theme of life after capitalism\, with a special emphasis on three areas: ecology\, humanity\, and utopia. Submissions are encouraged that address any area of these topics\, including the following:
Ecology
degrowth v. eco-modernism\; afro-\, anti-colonial\, and indigenous resistance to ecological destruction\; eco-fascism\, eco-socialism\, and anarchism\; revolutionary strategy and environmental collapse\; extractivism and its critiques\; political economy and the global energy system\; ecological flourishing and ecological catastrophe\; the political\, epistemic\, or ontological concept of life
Humanity
humanism and its critics (e.g. Afro-pessimism\, posthumanism\, theoretical antihumanism)\; humanity's relationship to the environment and to itself\; pre- and post-capitalist forms of life\; political organization and political strategy\; organizing society differently in theory and practice\; capitalist production and social repdoction\; the experience of economic and social collapse
Utopia
uses and abuses of utopia/distopia\; the end of the world and the end of capitalism\; theorizing revolutionary transformation\; imagining life before\, after\, or outside of capitalism\; political temporality: kairos\, kronos\, and apocalypse
We welcome single paper\, panel\, and workshop submissions on any area related to these themes\, or to radical philosophy mroe broadly construed. Individual authors are asked to submit anonymized abstracts of 250-400 words (maximum) to \;radical.philosophy.association@gmail.com. For panel submissions (maximum 3 speakers)\, please send an abstract for each paper\, as well as a more general panel abstract. All papers received by \;February 15\, 2026\, \;will be anonymously reviewed. \;
L&rsquo\;&oelig\;uvre de Walter Benjamin s&rsquo\;est prê\;té\;e à\; diverses interpré\;tations\, souvent tendues\, souvent contradictoires entre elles. La litté\;rature critique qui lui a é\;té\; consacré\;e s&rsquo\;est à\; juste titre concentré\;e sur les grands thè\;mes ou tendances qui la traversent \;: le messianisme juif\, le maté\;rialisme historique\, le thé\;ologico-politique\, la philosophie du langage\, la philosophie de l&rsquo\;histoire\, la critique litté\;raire\, l&rsquo\;esthé\;tique dans son rapport à\; la technique\, l&rsquo\;image\, la modernité\;\, le mythe\, l&rsquo\;expé\;rience\, le corps\, etc. Par là\;\, s&rsquo\;é\;clairaient aussi bien les diffé\;rents aspects et le dé\;tail de la pensé\;e benjaminienne que sa grande diversité\; et son hé\;té\;rogé\;né\;ité\;.
\nOn doit cependant &ndash\; à\; contre-courant de cette dissé\;mination &ndash\; noter l&rsquo\;unité\; et la cohé\;rence de cette pensé\;e qui à\; l&rsquo\;occasion de chaque nouvel objet se reprend et se prolonge\, se ré\;é\;crit et se mé\;tamorphose. Aussi divers soient-ils\, les é\;crits de Benjamin participent d&rsquo\;un projet intellectuel critique cohé\;rent\, qui mé\;rite d&rsquo\;ê\;tre mis en relief dans son ampleur et sa gé\;né\;ralité\;. L&rsquo\;ambition de ce numé\;ro d&rsquo\;Appareil est de ré\;pondre à\; cette exigence d&rsquo\;une lecture globale du projet benjaminien\, sans cependant faire violence à\; l&rsquo\;attention qu&rsquo\;elle portait elle-mê\;me pour le petit et singulier\, ce qui ré\;siste à\; subsomption sous le gé\;né\;ral. Il s&rsquo\;agit de travailler à\; mettre en rapport ses thè\;mes\, ses concepts et ses images\, afin de pré\;senter et rendre accessible la problé\;matique philosophique qu&rsquo\;ils constituent. Notre visé\;e est d&rsquo\;insister sur les lieux où\; cette &oelig\;uvre se lie à\; elle-mê\;me dans son dessein gé\;né\;ral\, de tracer les lignes d&rsquo\;une intelligence unifié\;e du projet critique qu&rsquo\;elle met en &oelig\;uvre.
\nCette tâ\;che ne peut ê\;tre accomplie par l&rsquo\;identification d&rsquo\;un terme-clé\; ou d&rsquo\;un motif de l&rsquo\;&oelig\;uvre de Benjamin\, susceptible d&rsquo\;en unifier thé\;matiquement et expressé\;ment l&rsquo\;ensemble. Il s&rsquo\;agit plutô\;t de trouver une question transversale capable de fé\;dé\;rer &ndash\; en mê\;me temps qu&rsquo\;elle les é\;claire dans leur dé\;termination propre &ndash\; les divers aspects de la production benjaminienne. De ce point de vue\, un candidat possible et prometteur est l&rsquo\;enjeu de la mé\;diation\, comprise en un sens large\, qui implique à\; la fois les aspects maté\;riels et intellectuels de l&rsquo\;expé\;rience dans leur mise en rapport historique. Lire Benjamin comme un penseur radical de la mé\;diation permet de tracer un parcours pour explorer son &oelig\;uvre de maniè\;re cohé\;rente\, sans pour autant opé\;rer une reductio ad unum d&rsquo\;une pensé\;e aussi fragmenté\;e\, riche et ré\;sistante à\; toute tentative de systé\;matisation. Le terme de «\; \;mé\;diation \;»\; ne dé\;signe pas un concept\, mais une constellation de problè\;mes thé\;oriques et d&rsquo\;inté\;rê\;ts. La polysé\;mie du terme «\; \;mé\;diation \;»\;\, ainsi que la complexité\; de son histoire culturelle\, nous libè\;rent d&rsquo\;un certain usage de la notion de mé\;dium\, qui trop souvent a enfermé\; la contribution benjaminienne dans la vision ré\;ductrice d&rsquo\;une certaine thé\;orie des mé\;dias\, confiné\;e à\; l&rsquo\;enjeu des mass media et de la communication. De plus\, le spectre plus large de la mé\;diation permet de rattacher les textes classiques de Benjamin sur la mé\;diation technique (reproduction mé\;canisé\;e de la photographie et du ciné\;ma\, à\; laquelle sa contribution à\; maintes fois é\;té\; ré\;duite) à\; l&rsquo\;ensemble de son &oelig\;uvre. Enfin\, comme concept opé\;ratoire (pour reprendre une expression d&rsquo\;Eugen Fink)\, la mé\;diation rend possible la liaison cohé\;rente des usages persistants et cependant divers du concept de mé\;dium tout au long de son &oelig\;uvre. S&rsquo\;en tenir aux diffé\;rentes occurrences textuelles isolé\;es du concept de mé\;dium ne suffit pas à\; lui seul pour reconstruire la problé\;matique critique é\;laboré\;e par Benjamin\, dans toute son ampleur et son unité\;. Celles-ci doivent ê\;tre rapporté\;es à\; la problé\;matique qui les informe et qu&rsquo\;elles participent à\; construire en retour.
\nDans ce numé\;ro\, thé\;matiser le problè\;me de la mé\;diation signifiera é\;galement ré\;flé\;chir aux diffé\;rents dispositifs\, ainsi que leurs agencements spé\;cifiques\, qui mé\;diatisent notre expé\;rience du monde\, les «\; \;appareils \;»\; dont parle notamment Jean-Louis Dé\;otte\, expressé\;ment inspiré\; par Benjamin. En mê\;me temps\, ce focus sur l&rsquo\;horizon problé\;matique de la mé\;diation permettra de penser la mé\;diation au-delà\; de sa dimension strictement lié\;e à\; l&rsquo\;histoire des objets techniques\, en mettant en lumiè\;re son importance pour ré\;flé\;chir\, de maniè\;re plus gé\;né\;rale\, au sens de l&rsquo\;agir humain et de son objectivation dans l&rsquo\;histoire\, et en rejetant toute interpré\;tation purement instrumentale de la question de la technologie. Dans ce contexte\, la question de la mé\;diation exprime le caractè\;re à\; chaque fois situé\; et dé\;terminé\; de maniè\;re singuliè\;re du rapport des socié\;té\;s humaines au monde\, sous lequel il est possible de rassembler un grand nombre de thè\;mes centraux de la pensé\;e de Benjamin\, de l&rsquo\;histoire à\; la thé\;ologie\, de la traduction à\; la critique\, de la corporé\;ité\; à\; la perception\, en passant par l&rsquo\;esthé\;tique et les nouvelles formes de l&rsquo\;art.
\nStructure
\nL&rsquo\;objectif de ce numé\;ro d&rsquo\;Appareil est de mettre en dialogue les diffé\;rentes sphè\;res du dé\;bat autour de la pensé\;e de Benjamin\, en accueillant des contributions consacré\;es à\; l&rsquo\;analyse de son &oelig\;uvre à\; partir de la question de la mé\;diation. Il ne s&rsquo\;agit pas tant de proposer une analyse de l&rsquo\;usage que Benjamin fait de termes tels que «\; \;Vermittlung \;»\; ou «\; \;Medium \;»\; &ndash\; sans bien entendu exclure la ré\;fé\;rence à\; ceux-ci et les passages où\; ils sont utilisé\;s &ndash\;\, que de penser la mé\;diation comme une clé\; hermé\;neutique permettant de ré\;flé\;chir à\; son &oelig\;uvre dans son ensemble\, é\;ventuellement à\; partir d&rsquo\;un texte ou d&rsquo\;un problè\;me spé\;cifique\, mais avec l&rsquo\;ambition de dé\;passer l&rsquo\;analyse d&rsquo\;un phé\;nomè\;ne mé\;dial particulier\, qu&rsquo\;il s&rsquo\;agisse d&rsquo\;une forme artistique\, d&rsquo\;un dispositif technique ou du langage.
\nDans cette perspective\, seront tout particuliè\;rement appré\;cié\;es les contributions qui\, tout en se concentrant sur un point pré\;cis\, conserveront l&rsquo\;ambition de proposer une lecture d&rsquo\;ensemble de la pensé\;e de Benjamin à\; partir du thè\;me de la mé\;diation.
\nLes propositions d&rsquo\;articles (400 \;mots maximum) devront ê\;tre acheminé\;es avant le 15 \;octobre 2026 aux adresses alessandro.decesaris@unifr.chet olivier.dorais@umontreal.ca\, accompagné\;s des informations suivantes \;: nom de l&rsquo\;auteur ou de l&rsquo\;autrice\, affiliation institutionnelle\, adresse é\;lectronique de contact.
\nLes articles dé\;finitifs seront à\; soumettre 31 \;janvier 2026. Ils devront compter entre 20 \;000 et 40 \;000 \;signes et respecter les normes é\;ditorialesde la revue.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T170000 SUMMARY:Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy UID:20261006T002224Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Buffalo\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Stewart Duncan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261016T141500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261018T170000 SUMMARY:North American Association for Philosophy and Education (NAAPE) 2026 UID:20261006T002225Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Mundelein\, United States DESCRIPTION:NAAPE welcomes submissions in any area related to philosophy and education and encourages submissions from all traditions of philosophy including work that is historical\, contemporary\, \;analytic\, continental\, theoretical\, and/or applied. Furthermore\, we encourage authors working within the interdisciplinary fields of educational ethics\, moral and civic education\, and ethics of educational policy to submit to the conference. However\, we only accept papers that are written in clear\, straightforward prose that is accessible to a wide range of philosophers and educators. We therefore discourage the use of technical language that is not otherwise clearly explained in the paper. Finally\, the paper must have some bearing on education. \;If that bearing is largely implicit throughout the paper\, \;the author must\, at the very least\, gesture towards its bearing in the introduction or conclusion of the paper. Submissions for NAAPE 2026 are due \;July 1st\, 2026 by 11:59 PM CDT (UTC -5\, Chicago time). \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Dennis Arjo;CN=Drew Chambers;CN=Madison Cosby;CN=Randall R. Curren;CN=Evan Dutmer;CN=Nicholas Smith;CN=Dario Vaccaro;CN=Darby Vickers;CN=Ilya Zrudlo: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261017T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261017T160000 SUMMARY:Heidegger on Dasein UID:20261006T002226Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The date and time is for the Eastern Time Zone (US).
\nFor the Zoom link\, email rex.gilliland@gmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN=Rex Gilliland: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20261021T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:4th International Conference on Ancient Philosophy & Other UID:20261006T002227Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Poljicka cesta 35\, Split\, Croatia DESCRIPTION:About the Conference
\nThe Department of Philosophy and the Research Centre "Berislav Žarnić" at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Split\, are pleased to invite scholars and researchers to submit abstracts for the upcoming 4th International Conference on Ancient Philosophy and Other.
\nThis hybrid event will take place on October 22-23\, 2026\, with a pre-conference seminar for students and participants on October 21\, 2026.
\nWhile the primary focus is on ancient philosophy\, we warmly welcome submissions on contemporary philosophy as well. PhD students are also encouraged to participate.
\nThe conference will provide an opportunity to explore various philosophical disciplines\, such as logic\, metaphysics\, ethics\, and epistemology\, and to discuss their relevance within both ancient traditions and contemporary philosophical discussions.
\nWe invite everyone with an interest in ancient and contemporary philosophy to join us for this event. Please note that there is a limited number of online spots available\, with a higher participation fee for virtual attendees.
\nSubmission Guidelines:
\nWe welcome contributions on various aspects of ancient and contemporary philosophy. Speakers will be notified of the acceptance of their abstracts by August 15\, 2026. Please adhere to the following guidelines:
\nAbstract Length: 300-500 words
\nAbstract Submission Deadline: July 15\, 2026*
\n*Authors will be notified of the decision within two weeks after the submission deadline. Authors who require an earlier decision for university or institutional purposes may contact us. Early submitted abstracts will be reviewed in advance upon request.
\nHow to Submit: Visit our registration site [https://sites.google.com/view/icapo/registration] to submit your abstract and complete the registration process.
\nRegistration Fee:
\nIn-person participation: 125 Euros (The registration fee covers coffee breaks and lunch for both conference days. During the coffee breaks\, snacks\, water\, and juice will be served)
\nOnline participation: 187\,5 Euros (to account for additional time and organisational work involved in online participation)
\nPlease note that there are only four (4) online participant spots available.
\nFor inquiries\, please contact us at icapo.ffst@gmail.com.
\nWe look forward to your valuable contributions!
\nConference Website
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T200000 SUMMARY:Brighton and Hove City’s Historical Links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade UID:20261006T002228Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:University of Brighton\, Grand Parade Campus\, 58-67 Grand Parade\, Brighton\, United Kingdom\, BN2 0JY DESCRIPTION:Brighton and Hove city's historical links to the British empire\, colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade symposium.
\nThe Reparations and Restitution Community Symposium aims to provide an accessible public platform during UK&rsquo\;s annual Black History Month to examine how Britain's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade continues to shape contemporary racial\, social and economic inequalities.
\nThe symposium will bring together internationally recognised scholars\, campaigners and local community leaders\, connecting global debates on Reparatory justice with Brighton and Hove's own historical relationship with transatlantic slavery and empire.
\nMore than a commemorative event\, the symposium is designed as a catalyst for policy dialogue\, civic engagement and institutional change\, encouraging Brighton &\; Hove City Council and other public bodies to consider meaningful Reparative approaches to addressing the city's historical legacy.
\nBrighton and Hove possesses significant historical links to Britain's imperial and slave-trading past through its maritime economy\, commercial networks\, investment histories and civic institutions. Yet these histories remain relatively absent from public consciousness and local policymaking.
\nBy placing Brighton and Hove's own history at the centre of the conversation\, the project seeks to help the city become a national leader in developing thoughtful\, inclusive and evidence-based approaches to historical justice.
\nThe symposium is organised by Brighton and Hove Black History\, in partnership with the Centre for Applied Philosophy\, Politics and Ethics (CAPPE) at the University of Brighton and supported by \;African Night Fever and \;Writing Our Legacy. \;
\nAbout the speakers
\nBert Williams MBE
\nBert Williams MBE is co-founder of Brighton &\; Hove Black History. Born in Jamaica\, Bert has lived in Brighton since 1967. He served in the RAF\, then worked for the NHS. After retiring\, he chaired Black &\; mixed parentage family charity Mosaic. Bert has also organised Chattri Memorial service to honour WW1 Indian Soldiers.
\nIn 2011\, Bert was awarded a MBE in the Queen&rsquo\;s Birthday Honours. In 2017\, he received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Brighton.
\nFor over 40 years\, he has dedicated himself to recording the stories of Black communities in Brighton &\; Hove and across Sussex. You can find out more about his project \; \;Echoes of Brighton&rsquo\;s Past. \;
\nOnyekachi Wambu
\nOnyekachi Wambu is an Associate for Special Projects at the African Foundation for Development (AFFORD)\, where he encourages the contribution of the African diaspora to African and international development and contributes to initiatives advancing justice and reparatory action. He has been actively engaged in the UK debate on African reparations\, connecting grassroots campaigning with policy and political advocacy.
\nHis work contributes to efforts to place reparations\, restitution\, and historical justice more firmly within public and parliamentary discourse in Britain\, including through engagement with the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations. Wambu brings a strong commitment to addressing the enduring legacies of slavery\, colonialism\, and racial inequality\, and to building meaningful pathways towards recognition\, repair\, and justice.
\nWambu is also the editor of the anthology Empire Windrush: Reflections on 75 Years &\; More of the Black British Experience\, published in June 2023.
\nProfessor Ahmed Reid
\nProfessor Ahmed Reid is a historian\, author\, and leading scholar of reparatory justice\, with a particular focus on the history and contemporary legacies of slavery\, colonialism\, and racial injustice in the Caribbean and the wider African diaspora.
\nProfessor Reid has also served as Chair of the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent\, contributing to international discussions on racial justice\, human rights\, and reparatory action. His research and public engagement connect historical scholarship with contemporary struggles for justice\, accountability\, and the advancement of the rights and wellbeing of people of African descent globally.
\nIn 2024\, Professor Reid was appointed as a Programme Manager to investigate the Guardian's historical links to transatlantic enslavement\, including the newspaper's historical activities and connections in Jamaica and the Sea Islands of the United States. This work forms part of broader efforts to examine institutional histories of involvement in slavery and to consider questions of historical accountability and repair.
\nCharmaine Simpson \;
\nCurrently works with the Church Commissioners of the Church of England on Project Spire as a Research Engagement Coordinator\, supporting and overseeing research exploring the Church of England&rsquo\;s historical connections to transatlantic African chattel enslavement. Charmaine is also the Chief Executive Officer and cofounder of Black History Studies and the Director of Black History Study Tours Limited\, which is dedicated to promoting cultural tourism to areas of African Heritage. \;
\nA historian\, author\, publisher\, researcher\, film exhibitor and avid social networker\, Charmaine has spent the last 20 years popularising the study of Black History and Black Studies. Charmaine Simpson is also a Financial Educator and Financial Literacy Advocate who organises courses\, workshops and events to improve Financial Literacy in the Community.
ORGANIZER;CN=Luqma Temitayo Onikosi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261022T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Utopias of Work: Historical Perspectives UID:20261006T002229Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Oude Boteringestraat 52\, Groningen\, Netherlands\, 9712 GL DESCRIPTION:Recent changes in the world of work &ndash\; \;changes such as growing precarity in people&rsquo\;s access to the goods of work\, the rise of platform work\, the resurgent popularity of the ideal of productive self-sufficiency\, and the unequal impact of automation and AI &ndash\; have renewed interest in how work might be valued\, compensated\, and organized differently. The moral issues raised by these changes are not new\, however\, and we would benefit from revisiting the long history of thinking about ideals of work and its place in the good life. This conference turns to the history of philosophy and political economy for utopian and radical perspectives on work. We will explore how philosophers and political economists from Plato to Gandhi saw the rational or democratic organization of firms\, unions\, and labor markets as means of advancing justice\, freedom\, and virtue at work. In particular\, we are interested in insights from these figures that might help to address today&rsquo\;s injustices surrounding work. The conference will conclude with a panel on the overall relevance of returning to utopian and revolutionary thinkers from our past. What (if anything) can we learn from them for the 21st century? \;
\nKeynote Addresses
\nConference Talks
\nConference Program: \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Lisa Maria Herzog;CN=Tyler Colby Re: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261022T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Identity and Community in Times of Uncertainty UID:20261006T002230Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%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:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261022T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Identity and Community in Times of Uncertainty UID:20261006T002231Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%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\;). \;
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\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:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20261023T171500 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20261025T170000 SUMMARY:NYU Shanghai Kant Workshop UID:20261006T002232Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Asia/Shanghai LOCATION:567 Yangsi St West\, Shanghai\, China DESCRIPTION:This workshop will focus on different aspects of Kant's philosophy.
\nMore updates on the event will be provided closer to the date.
ORGANIZER;CN=Damian Melamedoff-Vosters: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:On the Work of Howard Stein: Philosophy\, Math\, and Physics UID:20261006T002233Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:1150 Amsterdam Ave\, New York\, United States\, 10027 DESCRIPTION:On the Work of Howard Stein: Philosophy\, Math\, and Physics \;
\n9:00 AM to 9:30 AM - Introductory Remarks by Lydia Goehr\, Jonathan Levi\, and David Malament
\n9:30 AM to 12:30 PM - Session One - Jenann Ismael\, Chair
\nAndré\; W. Carus
\n&ldquo\;Howard Stein&rsquo\;s Dialectical Conception of Metaphysics&rdquo\;
\nIt has plausibly been argued&mdash\;and Stein himself agreed&mdash\;that his philosophy can be placed in the logical empiricist tradition of his teacher Carnap. But then why the frequent references to metaphysics? What does he mean by it? One clue is provided by his equally frequent references to &ldquo\;dialectic&rdquo\; (in the Platonic sense). It turns out there are (at least) two fundamentally different possible paths from Carnap&mdash\;the &ldquo\;ontological&rdquo\; path followed by Quine and the &ldquo\;dialectical&rdquo\; one followed by Stein. This is illustrated by one of Stein&rsquo\;s own favorite contrasts\, between Descartes and Galileo. In keeping with the dialectical spirit of Stein&rsquo\;s writings\, no firm conclusion is reached. \;
\nErich Reck
\n&ldquo\;Howard Stein\, the Second Birth of Mathematics\, and Understanding in Mathematics&rdquo\;
\nBesides his influential writings in the philosophy of physics\, Howard Stein contributed several important papers to the philosophy of mathematics as well\, although they are less widely known. \;In them he formulated and substantiated\, among others\, the striking suggestion that the nineteenth century witnesses a &ldquo\;second birth&rdquo\; of mathematics\, based on the shift from a more computational to a more conceptual way of practicing it\, and with &ldquo\;modern mathematics&rdquo\; as the result. \;In this talk I will reconsider\, further defend\, and then extend this suggestion in a number of ways\, including the following two: by tracing the trajectory of this conceptual transformation of mathematics forward into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries\; and by connecting its substantive core with current philosophical discussions about the notion of understanding in mathematics.
\n\n12:30 PM to 2:00 PM - Catered Lunch
\n\n2:00 PM to 5:00 PM - Session Two - David Albert\, Chair
\nRobert DiSalle
\n&ldquo\;Newton&rsquo\;s Revolution in Metaphysics&rdquo\;
\nHoward Stein&rsquo\;s 1967 paper\, &ldquo\;Newtonian Space-Time\,&rdquo\; had profound implications regarding not only Newton&rsquo\;s views\, but also broader questions about space-time structure\, its role in the conceptual structure of physics\, and its connection with experience. Previously\, philosophers had generally regarded Newton as a brilliant mathematician who was\, philosophically\, naive and even retrograde\; he postulated &ldquo\;absolute&rdquo\; theoretical objects just as physics was emerging from such metaphysical prejudices\, and as contemporaries such as Huygens and Leibniz supposedly foreshadowed the &ldquo\;relativistic&rdquo\; ideas of the 20th century. From Stein&rsquo\;s work\, philosophers learned that Newton&rsquo\;s arguments for &ldquo\;absolute&rdquo\; space\, time\, and motion were far more subtle\, and more firmly grounded in physics\, than his critics had understood. Subsequent debates surrounding the philosophy of space and time had\, at least\, to take Newton&rsquo\;s arguments seriously.
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; But Stein&rsquo\;s account of Newton went further than this: he showed that the traditional picture of Newton was not only too dismissive\, but\, in an important respect\, backwards. It was Newton who was remarkably forward-looking\, in that he saw the nature of space and time as inextricably bound to the laws of physics: space and time must be understood\, not through traditional philosophical conceptions of them\, but through the structural connections between the two that are implicit in the principles of dynamics. Newton&rsquo\;s freedom from contemporary metaphysical boundaries\, and his focus on mathematical representations of phenomena\, led him to insights into the nature of space\, time\, and gravity&mdash\;and of physical interaction in general&mdash\;that remain central to theoretical physics.
\nJB Manchak
\n&ldquo\;Howard Stein on Gö\;del Spacetime&rdquo\;
\nIn his 1970 paper &ldquo\;On the Paradoxical Time-Structures of Gö\;del\,&rdquo\; Howard Stein helps us better understand the strange geometry of Gö\;del spacetime which allows for &ldquo\;time travel&rdquo\; of a certain kind. He also considers (variations of) a central question: &ldquo\;Consider either an arbitrary given cosmological model\, or a model having the structure of one of the sorts assumed to hold in the real world. Then&hellip\;is it ((a) ever\, (b) always) possible to introduce into such a model a continuous deformation of the structure\, leading through intermediate states\, all compatible with Einstein&rsquo\;s theory\, to a state in which Gö\;del-type relationships occur?&rdquo\; In this talk\, I will first give a short primer on the geometry of Gö\;del spacetime and Stein's own contributions to our understanding of it. I will then explore several ways of making precise the central question mentioned above. Finally\, I will catalogue what is presently known concerning these precise questions and what is still left unsettled some fifty-odd years on.
\n5:00 PM to 6:15PM - Reception
ORGANIZER;CN=Alyssa Timin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261025T170000 SUMMARY:Hegel and Time - 28th Biennial Meeting of the Hegel Society of America UID:20261006T002234Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Evanston\, United States DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS
\n"Hegel and Time"
\nfor the 28th Biennial Meeting of the Hegel Society of America
\nOctober 23-25\, 2026 (tentative)Evanston\, IL
\nDeadline for submission of papers:
\nJanuary 14\, 2026
\nWhile explicit discussions of time appear only periodically in Hegel&rsquo\;s writings\, questions about time\, temporality\, and history are pervasive in Hegel&rsquo\;s thought. For our 2026 Biennial Meeting\, the Hegel Society of America invites papers that address questions about time and their relation to any dimension of Hegel&rsquo\;s philosophy. Papers might address Hegel&rsquo\;s explicit discussions of time within or across different works\, consider his accounts of history\, of the present\, or of the future\, examine the relationship between Hegel&rsquo\;s position and those of other thinkers\, or speak to themes of time or temporality in a variety of other ways. We are open to many different approaches to Hegel&rsquo\;s work in multiple disciplines\, including (but not limited to) philosophy\, theology\, history\, legal and political theory\, sociology\, environmental studies\, gender studies\, and literary studies.
\nSubmissions are limited to 6\,000 words (excluding notes)\, and any later adjustments must remain within this limit. They must be complete essays\; draft proposals will not be accepted. Submissions must be in English\, in Word or PDF format\, prepared for blind review\, and accompanied by an abstract of no more than 300 words.
\nNote: Although papers presented at meetings of the Hegel Society of America are usually published either in a collection of essays or in The Owl of Minerva&mdash\;The Journal of the Hegel Society of America\, publication cannot be guaranteed. By submitting a paper\, however\, the author agrees to reserve publication of their essay for an HSA proceedings volume or in The Owl of Minerva if the paper is accepted for the program.
\nPlease send papers to:
\nTim Brownlee\, Program Chair
\nbrownleet [@] xavier.edu
\nhttps://www.hegel.org/post/cfp-on-hegel-time-for-the-hsa-s-biennial-meeting-submission-deadline-jan-14-2026
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261025T170000 SUMMARY:20th Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America UID:20261006T002235Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Riverside\, United States DESCRIPTION:For the CFP\, please see the link to the website of the LSNA.
ORGANIZER;CN=Adam Harmer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261023T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Postfaktisch? Über die Zukunft der Wahrheit: Edith Stein Tagung 2026 UID:20261006T002236Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Wollzeile 2\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:Programme Friday
\n19:30 &mdash\; Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff
10 Regeln fü\;r die Digitale Welt auf der Basis der 10 Gebote
Saturday
\n09:30 &mdash\; Dr. Monika Adamczyk-Enriquez
Zur Beziehung von Werterkenntnis und personaler Verwirklichung bei Scheler und Stein
Edith Stein Archiv Kö\;ln
11:00 &mdash\; HS-Prof. Dr. Małgorzata Bogaczyk-Vormayr
Ethos &ndash\; Eidos &ndash\; Imagination: Wahrheit als Wiedererinnerung
Universitä\;t Posen
14:30 &mdash\; Prim. Dr. David Oberreiter\, MBA
Soziale Medien in einer postfaktischen Welt &ndash\; Fluch oder Segen?
Kepler Universitä\;tsklinikum Linz
16:00 &mdash\; Dr. Pia Lilienstein
Schö\;nheit und Wahrheit &ndash\; umstrittene Werte in Philosophie und Kunst
Universitä\;t Nü\;rnberg-Erlangen
Leibniz Society Website: \;https://leibnizsociety.org/conferences/
\nOnline Program: https://bit.ly/LeibnizProgram
\nUCR Calendar (including Zoom access information): https://bit.ly/LeibnizConf
ORGANIZER;CN=Adam Harmer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261024T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261024T073000 SUMMARY:Imaginative Ideas and Political Cohesion: Spinoza on the Hebrew Commonwealth UID:20261006T002238Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Imaginative Ideas and Political Cohesion: Spinoza on the Hebrew Commonwealth
\nSpinoza is often portrayed as a philosopher committed to the supremacy of reason over imagination. In the Ethics\, imaginative ideas are described as inadequate\, partial\, and confused forms of cognition. Yet his political writings suggest a more complex relationship between imagination and human flourishing. The Theological-Political Treatise in particular indicates that imagination is not merely a source of epistemic limitation but also a condition of collective political life.
\nThis paper argues that Spinoza&rsquo\;s account of the Hebrew Commonwealth reveals a constructive political role for imaginative ideas. The cohesion of the ancient Hebrew state depended upon a network of shared narratives\, religious symbols\, collective memories\, rituals\, and beliefs that shaped the imagination of its citizens. The covenant between God and Israel\, the authority of Moses\, and the idea of divine election did not derive their political force from rational demonstration. Rather\, they operated through the imagination\, organizing affects\, sustaining loyalty\, and fostering obedience to common laws.
\nBy examining the Hebrew Commonwealth as a political order grounded in imagination\, the paper challenges interpretations that treat imaginative ideas solely as cognitive deficiencies destined to be superseded by reason. While reason remains the highest form of knowledge\, Spinoza recognizes that political communities cannot be maintained through rational insight alone. Most individuals are guided primarily by imaginative representations\, and stable institutions therefore depend upon shared images\, narratives\, and symbols capable of generating solidarity and commitment to a common political project.
\n\nThe Hebrew Commonwealth thus serves as a privileged case through which Spinoza demonstrates the enduring political significance of imagination. Far from being merely a mark of human imperfection\, imaginative ideas provide many of the symbolic and affective resources necessary for political cohesion. Spinoza&rsquo\;s analysis\, therefore\, offers a distinctive account of the relationship between imagination\, affect\, and political order\, one that remains relevant to contemporary discussions of collective identity and social integration.
ORGANIZER;CN=Oliver Toth;CN=Domenica Romagni;CN=Leonardo Moauro: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261024T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261025T170000 SUMMARY:Spinoza and Imaginative Ideas UID:20261006T002239Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany ORGANIZER;CN=Oliver Toth;CN=Domenica Romagni;CN=Leonardo Moauro: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261024T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Kant’s Political Philosophy UID:20261006T002240Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Fribourg\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to a Workshop on Kant&rsquo\;s Political Philosophy\, taking place on 24 October 2026 at the University of Fribourg\, MIS04 4112 (Salle Jä\;ggi).
\n\nThe programme includes:
\n\n&bull\; \;Nicholas Vrousalis (Rotterdam): &ldquo\;Kant and Marx: Rethinking the Intersection&rdquo\;
\n&bull\; \;Marie Newhouse (Surrey): &ldquo\;Kant&rsquo\;s Conflict of the Faculties and Universities&rsquo\; Constitutional Crisis&rdquo\;
\n&bull\; \;Ralf Bader (Fribourg): &ldquo\;Kant on Self-Ownership&rdquo\;
\n&bull\; \;Stephan Zimmermann (Bonn): &ldquo\;Kant on Juridical Legislation as the Conceptual Foundation of Political Philosophy&rdquo\;
\n\nAll are welcome. Please register by email at paul.keller@unifr.ch
\n\nFor more information please visit https://agenda.unifr.ch/e/de/20412/
\n\nWe hope to see you there.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261024T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261024T173000 SUMMARY:Atomism in Du Châtelet\, Wolff\, and Leibniz UID:20261006T002241Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:900 University Ave\, Riverside\, United States\, 92523 ORGANIZER;CN=Adam Harmer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261027T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261027T183000 SUMMARY:HICO LECTURE: The Tractatus as a War Book UID:20261006T002242Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Blandijnberg 2\, Gent\, Belgium\, 9000 DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Marie McGinn (York University): Wittgenstein's Tractatus as a War Book
\nTuesday 27 October\, 4pm
\nFaculty Room\, Blandijn
\nAbstract
Although Wittgenstein formulated many of the problems that are the focus of his logical reflections in the Tractatus before the war\, the Tractatus is drafted and then written in its final form entirely within the context of the First World War. Not only that\, but the nature of the text was fundamentally changed by experiences and intellectual influences\, particularly his reading of Tolstoy on the Gospels\, that Wittgenstein underwent during the conflict. In the summer of 1916\, immediately after Wittgenstein had been through some of the greatest challenges of the war\, in three weeks of fierce fighting at the front during a major Russian offensive\, the text shifted from the purely logical text of the earliest draft of the Prototractatus to a text which includes reflections on ethics. The change is so profound that Wittgenstein could write of the Tractatus\, in a letter to von Ficker: &ldquo\;The book&rsquo\;s point is an ethical one.&rdquo\; The remarks on ethics that eventually found their way into the Tractatus\, had their origin in remarks in the Notebooks that bear the clear mark both of Tolstoy&rsquo\;s influence and of the profound experiences that Wittgenstein had just been through at the Russian front. My aim in this talk is to see how looking at them in the light of the context in which they were written illuminates them and affects our interpretation of them.
This lecture is organized by the Centre for the History of Philosophy and Continental Philosophy (HICO) at Ghent University\, Belgium. \;
\nFor more info\, see the link below: \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Levi Haeck;CN=Wim Vanrie;CN=Levi Haeck: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261029T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261030T170000 SUMMARY:Melancholic historicity: lost pasts and past losses UID:20261006T002243Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%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:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261030T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261031T170000 SUMMARY:Obligation and Normativity in Modern Moral Philosophy UID:20261006T002244Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Milano\, Italy DESCRIPTION:What is distinctive about \;modern \;moral philosophy\, i.e.\, that written in the 17th \;and 18th \;centuries\, is often considered to be its conception of obligation. G.E.M. Anscombe\, for instance\, famously argued that modern moral philosophers\, and her contemporaries under their influence\, were wrong to try and ground the normativity of morality without reference to a divine lawgiver. Whether they are critical or merely interpretive in nature\, the views of many other influential philosophers such as H.A. Prichard\, Bernard Williams\, and Stephen Darwall have all agreed in this respect. Indeed\, Christine Korsgaard describes what she calls &lsquo\;the normative question\,&rsquo\; that is\, what \;justifies \;the demands that morality makes on us\, as one that was especially pressing for modern moral philosophers from roughly Grotius to Kant. How did modern moral philosophers explain the normativity of morality? How do modern figures use the concept of obligation to account for the normativity of morality? This conference and the planned edited volume will address these and related questions. Collectively\, the participants will engage with the works of a variety of major and minor figures from the modern period to enrich our historical and systematic understanding of the nature of morality&rsquo\;s normativity.
ORGANIZER;CN=Michael Walschots;CN=Stefano Bacin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261030T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261031T170000 SUMMARY:Mary and philosophy as a way of life UID:20261006T002245Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Janseniusstraat 1\, Leuven\, Belgium\, 3000 DESCRIPTION:Inspired by Pierre Hadot's work on (ancient) philosophy as a way of life\, the next Sedes Sapientiae Symposium looks at how both Mary and Marian devotion can be understood as embodying this conception of philosophy as a way of life. Did Mary surpass Zeno and Epicurus\, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius in living the philosophical life from the cradle to the cross? \; Is Marian devotion at its heart\, or at least potentially\, a form of 'stoicism for the masses'? \;
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261030T094500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261031T170000 SUMMARY:3rd Annual Meeting of the Young Network for Wittgensteinian Philosophy UID:20261006T002246Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Schadowplatz 14\, Düsseldorf\, Germany\, 40212 DESCRIPTION:The Young Network for Wittgensteinian Philosophy (YNWP) is a global community of early-career philosophers\, students\, and enthusiasts dedicated to exploring and advancing the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein. This is not only exegetical work but also the application of Wittgensteinian Philosophy in contemporary questions.
\nWe are pleased to announce the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Young Network for Wittgensteinian Philosophy\, which will take place on 30 and 31 October 2026 in Dü\;sseldorf\, Germany\, at Heinrich Heine University's "Haus der Universitä\;t".
\nParticipation is free\, we will provide snacks and drinks but we cannot cover any travel expenses. The meeting will be held exclusively in person.
\nKeynote Speaker
\nOrganization
\nJordi Fairhurst Chilton (KU Leuven)\, Paul Hasselkuß\; (Heinrich Heine Universitä\;t Dü\;sseldorf\, chair)\, José\; Antonio Pé\;rez-Escobar (UNED)\, Deniz Sarikaya (Universitä\;t zu Lü\;beck)
\nSupport
\nThe meeting is supported by Prof. Dr. Markus Schrenk\, Heinrich Heine University Dü\;sseldorf (HHU) and the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP).
\nWe look forward to welcoming you to Dü\;sseldorf for two days of discussion and exchange on Wittgensteinian philosophy.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jordi Fairhurst;CN="Paul Hasselkuß";CN="José Antonio Pérez Escobar";CN=Deniz Sarikaya: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261031T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261031T090000 SUMMARY:The Handbook of Boredom in Modern Literature UID:20261006T002247Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR CHAPTERS
The Handbook of Boredom in Modern Literature
Editors:
Mariusz Finkielsztein (University of Gdańsk) mariusz.finkielsztein@gmail.com Josefa Ros Velasco (Complutense University of Madrid) josros@ucm.es
The Handbook of Boredom in Modern Literature is to be a comprehensive monographic study examining boredom as a central aesthetic\, philosophical\, psychological\, and socio-cultural category in the history of modern literature. Rather than relying purely on abstract theory\, this volume approaches boredom through focused case studies devoted to individual authors and their works. Across these chapters\, boredom&mdash\;alongside adjacent states such as ennui\, tedium\, spleen\, acedia\, melancholy\, existential malaise\, and affective exhaustion&mdash\;emerges variously as paralysis\, protest\, privilege\, illness\, and spiritual crisis. By situating close textual readings within the broader intellectual history of modernity\, the volume\, written by a multidisciplinary group of authors\, is to demonstrate that literary boredom is a powerful diagnostic lens on social order\, temporality\, and the modern subject's experience of meaninglessness.
\nVolume Structure &\; Epochal Scope
\nThe volume is planned as a Handbook or Companion and covers not only the most vital writers addressing the theme of boredom but also a broad selection of modern authors (around 60 chapters). The book is to trace the evolution of literary boredom across (tentatively) seven historical and thematic phases:
\nEarly Modernity &\; Enlightenment Foundations: Early reflections on existential void and social routine (e.g. Diderot\, Laclos\, Austen).
\nRomantic Ennui (1770s&ndash\;1840s): Melancholy\, idealist frustration\, and the world-weary anti-hero (e.g.\, Goethe\, de Staël\, Senancour\, Byron\, Chateaubriand\, Constant\, Stendhal\, Sand\, Balzac\, Musset).
\nThe Superfluous Man: The Russian literary archetype of social paralysis\, alienation\, and unfulfilled potential (e.g. Pushkin\, Lermontov\, Goncharov\, Turgenev).
\nBourgeois Boredom\, Realism\, &\; Decadent Spleen: Domestic stagnation\, industrial monotony\, social entrapment\, and aesthetic decay (e.g.\, Dickens\, Flaubert\, Tolstoy\, Fontane\, Chopin\, Ibsen\, Gilman\, Conrad\, Chekhov\, Baudelaire\, Huysmans\, Wilde).
\nModernist Stagnation (Early 20th C.): Temporal distortion\, consciousness\, alienation\, and metaphysical paralysis (e.g.\, Proust\, Joyce\, Pessoa\, Mann\, Kafka\, Woolf).
\nCatastrophism &\; Existential Absurdity (Mid-20th C.): Totalitarian dread\, the absurdity of existence\, and postwar existential malaise (e.g.\, Broch\, Platonov\, Orwell\, H. Miller\, Gombrowicz\, Sartre\, Camus\, Beckett\, Buzzati\, Gracq).
\nPostwar Emptiness\, Consumerism\, &\; Digital Fatigue: Mass society\, late-capitalist hyper-consumption\, information overload\, and contemporary affective exhaustion (e.g.\, Moravia\, Perec\, de Beauvoir\, Ernaux\, Bellow\, Bernhard\, Duras\, DeLillo\, Houellebecq\, Ferrante\, Rourke\, Moshfegh).
\nChapter Guidelines &\; Scope
\nEach chapter must offer an in-depth analysis of the theme of broadly understood boredom in the work of a single author (according to a formula: Boredom in...). The title should include the name and surname of a writer as a main part\, and a freely formulated subtitle.
\nAnalytical Approach: Authors may focus on a single representative work but should analyse boredom across multiple texts of an author to demonstrate how boredom functions as a recurring motif in the author's oeuvre.
\nTarget Audience: Written primarily for readers seeking to deepen their understanding of boredom in a specific author's work (spoilers are permitted)\, while remaining accessible to a general literary audience. Comparative analysis with other writers should be kept to a minimum.
\nRequired Contextual Elements:
\no Biographical Context: Key details situating the writer within their epoch. Where applicable\, personal engagement with boredom (e.g.\, excerpts from letters\, diaries) may be included.
\no Socio-Cultural Context: Historical background necessary to understand the specific societal structures depicting boredom (e.g.\, aristocratic class dynamics\, marital systems\, late-capitalist work environments\, author&rsquo\;s country history and socio-cultural context).
\nSubmission guidelines:
\nThe abstract of the proposed chapter (between 250-500 words) along with a short bio (up to 150 words) and contact information should be sent to editors via e-mail before the end of October 2026.
\nContributors may propose up to two chapters. Each submission must include a brief statement detailing: (a) how the chosen author's work relates to boredom\; and (b) what the contributor's expertise is on the writer. The minimum criteria for inclusion of a writer are: the
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nauthor must address themes of boredom/ennui\, possess at least some international recognition\, and be available in English translation. Poetry is excluded.
\nThe comments and decisions on the proposed chapters will be provided before the end of December 2026. Then\, the proposal for the book will be sent to prospective publishers (Routledge Handbook Series\, The Oxford Handbooks\, The Cambridge Companions or The Palgrave Handbooks). In case of a positive answer from a publisher\, the authors will be asked to prepare the chapter\, between 6\,000 and 8\,000 words including footnotes and references. Technical information will be provided after the publisher accepts the proposal and will depend on the publisher&rsquo\;s style. In case of any doubts and/or questions\, we encourage prospective authors to consult the editors directly.
\nProspective deadline for chapters: mid-2028
\n\n\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T190111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T170000 SUMMARY:Motion and Soul: The Soul as Principle of Motion in Ancient Philosophy (Princeton) UID:20261006T002248Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:c469:93ff:feda:b6b0%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Princeton\, United States DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce Motion and Soul: The Soul as Principle of Motion in Ancient Philosophy\, a workshop to be held at Princeton on October 31-November 1. We invite submissions from graduate students and early-career researchers\, selected through an open call.
\nThe workshop will feature a keynote address by M. M. McCabe (King&rsquo\;s College London) and a series of workshop sessions. Each workshop session will consist of a presentation of a pre-circulated paper\, ranging from 15 to 30 pages\, followed by comments from a discussant and a Q&\;A session.
\nWe invite submissions on topics related to the soul as a principle of motion in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy. Possible subjects include (but are not limited to!) the soul in Plato&rsquo\;s Phaedrus (proof of immortality\, the myth of the winged chariot\, recollection and eros\, rhetoric and psychagogia)\, Laws (soul and self-motion\, psychology and legislation\, preludes and persuasion\, theology and cosmology)\, Timaeus (cosmic soul and necessity\, structure of the human soul\, embodiment\, eschatology)\, as well as in Aristotle&rsquo\;s De Anima\, De motu animalium\, Physics\, Parva naturalia and other treatises. Submissions about the reception of these ideas are also welcome\, such as in the Hellenistic\, Roman\, Arab\, Byzantine\, Medieval\, and Renaissance traditions.
\nPlease send fully anonymized abstracts to motionandsoul@gmail.com by December 1st\, 2025. Abstracts should be 500 words or fewer\, excluding the bibliography. Please also send\, in a separate file\, a cover page with your name\, home institution\, contact information\, and a brief bio describing your research. Please indicate in your email whether you would be willing to be a discussant. We will pair you with someone working on topics that interest you\, as indicated by your brief bio.
\nAccommodation and meals will be provided for all presenters and discussants. We can cover travel costs up to $120\, and possibly more. Please indicate in your email if you need further travel assistance\, and we will do our best to accommodate you. A Zoom option will be provided for anyone for whom travel is not possible.
\nThis event is made possible by the generous support of the University Center for Human Values\, the Princeton Philosophy Department\, the Princeton Classics Department\, the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies\, the Graduate School\, IHUM\, the Council of the Humanities\, and the Program in Classical Philosophy. \;
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