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We are very pleased to announce the 6th season (2025&ndash\;2026) of:
MONTHLY PHENOMENOLOGY
An online forum of discussion on recent work in phenomenology \;
Description: This series of talks gathers together scholars interested in phenomenology and its relation to contemporary issues in philosophy\, especially in the philosophy of mind. It establishes a forum of discussion where people can meet on a regular basis and present their work-in-progress or recent publications. The topics addressed will stretch from the history of early phenomenology to the systematic application of phenomenological insights in recent debates in analytic philosophy. \;
Schedule: The talks will take place once a month on a Friday from October to May. Time: 10:15am ET\, 3:15pm GMT/GMT+1\, 4:15pm CET. Talks last 90 minutes\, including a 45 minutes Q&\;A. \;
Participation: Talks are held on \;zoom. To participate\, please send an email to \;hamid.taieb@hu-berlin.de \;with the heading "Registration Monthly Phenomenology". A zoom link will be sent to you the day preceding each talk. \;
Programme:
Francesca Forlè\; (Università\; Vita-Salute San Raffaele)
Embodied Affectivity. A Phenomenological Account of the Connection between Affective Phenomena and Bodily Expressions
Friday\, \;24 October 2025
James Kinkaid (Bilkent University)
Husserlian Idealism and the Identity Theory of Truth
28 November 2025
Maryam Ebrahimi Dinani (University of Neuchâ\;tel)
Adolf Reinach's Theory of Social Acts: Illuminating Debates on Joint and Collective Intentionality
5 December \;2025 \;
Pascale Roure (Yildiz Technical University)
Phenomenology in Turkey
16 January 2026 \;
Benoit Guilielmo (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Exploring the Essence of Bullshit through Early Phenomenology (Kolnai and Hildebrand)
20 \;February 2026 \;
Lorenza D'Angelo (Pompeu Fabra University)
Pleasure\, Pain and Introspection
6 \;March 2026 \;
Mohammed Saleh Zarepour (University of Manchester)
The Flying Man and the Transparency of (Self-)Knowledge
24 April 2026 \;
Sebastian Watzl (University of Oslo)
Attention Norms and Frames. On the Social Organisation of Experience
8 May 2026
Convenors:
Guillaume Fré\;chette (University of Geneva)
Marta Jorba (Pompeu Fabra \;University)
Alessandro Salice (University College Cork)
Hamid Taieb (Humboldt University Berlin)
Í\;ngrid Vendrell-Ferran (Philipps University Marburg) \;
Organized on behalf of the \;Network for Phenomenological Research \;
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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.
The \;Online Bayle Seminar \;is a study and research group devoted to the figure of Pierre Bayle. In the very spirit of the &ldquo\;Republic of Letters&rdquo\; so dear to Bayle\, it seeks to be both international and interdisciplinary\, and aims&mdash\;thanks to the possibilities offered by online communication&mdash\;to overcome the divisions between schools and approaches that have sometimes characterized Bayle scholarship. Founded in 2025\, the seminar hosted in its first year a series of talks on various themes in Bayle\, such as atheism\, tolerance\, and the \;Dictionary. It thus provided an opportunity to discover the most recent research on Bayle carried out in Europe as well as in the Americas and Asia.
\nFor this second year\, we have chosen to develop the seminar&rsquo\;s format around a concrete theme through which Bayle&rsquo\;s work and thought&mdash\;and the context in which he evolved&mdash\;will be analyzed. The objective of this new format is to examine the production of the philosopher of Rotterdam in a more systematic way. Sessions will alternate between reading workshops devoted to the study of selected passages circulated beforehand\, and talks on specific topics. The theme for this second year is \;&ldquo\;Education and Pedagogy in Bayle.&rdquo\; \;The seminar will begin in 2026.
\nWhether from a biographical or a philosophical perspective\, the question touches closely upon Bayle&rsquo\;s life and writings. As a child\, Bayle himself suffered from an irregular schooling\, which he recalls in his correspondence and from which he draws lessons in the advice he gives to his brother Joseph. Later\, Bayle served as a teacher for almost his entire adult life. As is well known\, he first worked as a tutor\, in Coppet and Rouen\, and then as a professor at Sedan and Rotterdam. His philosophy courses\, included among the \;Miscellaneous Works\, are well known. His work as a writer and philosopher is marked by questions of education. The prefaces and forewords of his works not only provide information on the author&rsquo\;s status and his relationship to an ideal reader\; they also contain pedagogical reflections that fit more broadly within the theme of education. Likewise\, the project of a \;Journal of the Republic of Letters\, based on reviewing recent publications\, not only demonstrates an interest in erudition but also affirms the possibility of a learned public and the importance of its education. One should not forget the Reformed context in which Bayle pursued his schooling and his teaching: can one detect confessional markers in his reflections on education?
\nOn a political and theological level\, royal legislation concerning the children of the Huguenots raised the issue of the right to educate one&rsquo\;s children according to one&rsquo\;s own religious convictions. Religious controversy during the revocation of the Edict of Nantes also raises the question of the purpose and means of education: should one not &ldquo\;instruct&rdquo\; erring consciences rather than persecute them? At what point can one judge that the other has been sufficiently taught and that his error stems from culpable obstinacy? Can religious truth be taught in the same way to all minds? This question of &ldquo\;pedagogical differentiation&rdquo\; must be correlated in Bayle with his moral anthropology&mdash\;namely\, attention to the place and role of temperament and passions in the psychic and intellectual life of the individual. And this is directly linked to the &ldquo\;prejudices of childhood and education\,&rdquo\; where Bayle explicitly equates childhood and education with those factors that hinder the formation and exercise of a critical mind. Although the secondary literature has at times examined these issues in Bayle\, the question of education as such has been little studied in his work.
\nProgramme:
\nFriday 20 February\, 2:00 pm: Andy Serin (EPHE-PSL and Paris 1 University): \;&ldquo\;Text analysis: education and tolerance in the Supplement to the Philosophical Commentary&rdquo\;
\nFriday 20 March\, 2:00 pm: Isabelle Moreau (ENS de Lyon): \;&ldquo\;Bayle: education and religious identity&rdquo\;
\nFriday 24 April\, 2:00 pm: Ana Carmona (University of Geneva): \;&ldquo\;Text analysis: the power of prejudices&rdquo\;
\nFriday 22 May\, 2:00 pm: Chiara Musolino (Paris 1 University): \;&ldquo\;How to read philosophy? The pedagogy of doubt at work in Pierre Bayle&rdquo\;
\nPractical information:
\nThe sessions will take place online on Fridays at 2:00 pm (French time). The language used is French\, but it is possible to participate in English. The videoconference link and the texts can be obtained by sending an email to bayle.seminar@hotmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN=Andy Serin;CN=Ana Alicia Carmona Aliaga: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T170000 SUMMARY:Wittgenstein's Lecture on Ethics: Online Lecture Series UID:20260501T134203Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Women have long contributed to the development of theology and philosophy\, yet their voices have often been marginalized\, mediated through restrictive frameworks\, or silenced altogether. At the same time\, women have consistently found innovative means of expression &mdash\; from letters\, diaries\, and poetry to public lectures\, activism\, and today&rsquo\;s digital platforms &mdash\; to engage in theological and philosophical discourse.
This seminar approaches communication not only as a neutral means of expression\, but also as a form of power: the choice of medium\, style\, and platform can grant authority\, negotiate legitimacy\, or challenge dominant structures. From early modern women writing in private correspondence to contemporary digital influencers shaping theological debates\, the act of communication becomes a way to establish intellectual presence\, resist exclusion\, rethink society\, or reshape normative traditions.
The rise of digital culture has introduced new dynamics. Social media\, for example\, can amplify women&rsquo\;s perspectives and create alternative networks of recognition\, while also enabling ideologically charged phenomena &mdash\; such as the &ldquo\;tradwife&rdquo\; movement &mdash\; that recast debates about gender\, religion\, and philosophy. Situating such case studies within longer histories of women&rsquo\;s communicative practices allows us to explore continuities\, ruptures\, and tensions between tradition\, innovation\, and the struggle for authority.
The seminar thus invites critical reflections on the interplay of gender\, communication\, and power\, considering both historical trajectories and contemporary challenges. Contributions may address individual thinkers\, broader cultural movements\, or theoretical frameworks that illuminate how female voices have engaged with and transformed theological and philosophical discourse.
28.04.2026\, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures
\nFloris Verhaart &ndash\; Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer: Memoirist\, Translator\, and Religious Polemicist
\nMargaret Matthews &ndash\; Rhetoric\, Method\, and Genre in Gabrielle Suchon&rsquo\;s Treatise on Ethics and Politics
\n\n05.05.2026\, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures
\nElodie Pinel &ndash\; Vernacular Theology and Authority: Marguerite Porete\, Mechthild of Magdeburg\, Hadewijch of Antwerp
\nLila Braunschweig &ndash\; A Voice of One&rsquo\;s Own: Philosophizing as Feminized Subjects (Impostor Syndrome &\; Authority)
\n\n12.05.2026\, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures
\nElżbieta Filipow &ndash\; Women&rsquo\;s Writing of Harriet Taylor Mill and its Various Modes of Self-expression
\nShamoni Sarkar &ndash\; Karoline von Gü\;nderrode: Fragmentation\, Philosophy\, and Early German Romanticism
\n\n19.05.2026\, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures
\nMaxim Demin &ndash\; Philosophy\, God-Seeking\, and Developmental Psychology: Stolitsa and Volkovich in Late Imperial Russia
\nPatricia Guevara Wozniak &ndash\; The Metaphysical Tenacity of Barbara Skarga &ndash\; Metaphysics in Totalitarianism
\n\n02.06.2026\, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures
\nJake Nicholas Brooks &ndash\; Autonomy Beyond Kant: Butler\, Tronto\, and Interdependence
\nKaimé\; Guerrero Valencia &ndash\; Intervening Assemblages of Trans-formation/Action: Beatriz Nascimento (1942-1995)
\n\n09.06.2026\, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures
\nMarianne Najm Abou-Jaoude &ndash\; Beneficent Communication as Power
\nRoula Azar Douglas &ndash\; Women&rsquo\;s Digital Voices and the Reconfiguration of Public Debate
\n\nFor further information about the talks and the speakers\, please visit the webpage: \;
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:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T090000 SUMMARY:Hegel and contemporary theories of cognition UID:20260501T134206Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:This issue aims to gather contributions on how Hegel relates to contemporary philosophy of cognitive science\, broadly construed. Of particular interest are his relations with embodied theories of cognition (4-e cognition) and ecological psychology\; criticism or support of representationalism\; social epistemology\; cognition of non-human animals and artificial intelligence\; criticism or support of neuroscientific or physicalist theories of mind.
\nSome examples of questions of major interest are: to what extent does the Hegelian project approximate (or distance itself from) research trends in the current empirical sciences of the mind? Can Hegelian dialectics help us think about the cultural and political dimensions of advances in artificial intelligence? Are artificial intelligences spiritual (geistige) artefacts? Are Hegel's criticisms of Kantian transcendentalism relevant for contemporary cognitivists? To what extent does his reflection on non-human organisms help us think about advances in embodied theories of cognition\, including their ethical aspects?
\n\;REH is an open-access journal organised by Brazilian scholars\, hosting debates on Hegel and German Idealism scholarship for more than 20 years. The journal is associated with the Brazilian Hegel Society and is indexed in international databases.
\nMore info: \;https://ojs.hegelbrasil.org/index.php/reh/announcement/view/42
\nContact: Pedro Pennycook (University of Kentucky) (pennycook@uky.edu)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T090000 SUMMARY:Women’s contributions to political economy during the long nineteenth century UID:20260501T134207Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:By the beginning of the nineteenth century\, there had been a significant shift in political thought. This shift arguably turned away from the Enlightenment conception of political progress as a vehicle for the moral progress of humanity and towards a more scientific conception of political and economic progress resulting from an understanding of how the economy works. Adam Smith's 'Wealth of Nations' spurred growth in interest in political economy\, and Jane Marcet and Harriet Martineau emerged as early popularisers and advocates of the new science of political economy that built on his work. By the middle of the century\, critical texts written by women emerged in Italy\, France\, Germany and England\, contributing to debates such as political economy\, exploitation of workers\, the nature of exploitation\, the marriage market\, the sexual economy\, the defects and benefits of capitalism\, women's property rights\, the nature and place of women's work\, and the economic role of the family. Submissions are invited on all aspects of nineteenth-century women's contrubutions to these economic and political debates.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T170000 SUMMARY:Keeling Workshop on Aristotle's moral psychology UID:20260501T134208Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:UCL\, London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:April 30
\nLocation: 106 Gordon House. 29 Gordon Square\, London WC1H 0PP
\n14:00 &ndash\; 15:30 \; \; Margaret Hampson. &ldquo\;The Fine in Action&rdquo\; Jelena
\n15:30 &ndash\; 16:00 \; Coffee
\n16:00 &ndash\; 17:30 \; David Charles. &ldquo\;Aristotle's Non-rational Soul at Work&rdquo\;
\n\n\n\nMay 1
\nLocation:102. Seminar Room. 19 Gordon square. London WC1H0AV
\n09:30 &ndash\; 11:00 \; Elena Cagnoli Fiecconi. &ldquo\;Aristotle on Deliberation and Acting-well&rdquo\;
\n11:00 &ndash\; 11:30 \; Coffee
\n11:30 &ndash\; 13:00 \; Joachim Aufderheide. &ldquo\;Contemplation in Aristotle&rsquo\;s Ethics&rdquo\; Fiona
\n13:00 &ndash\; 14:00 \; Lunch
\n14:00 &ndash\; 15:30 \; Marc Gasser-Wingate. &ldquo\;Experience\, Rationality\, and Intelligence in Humans and Other Animals&rdquo\;
\n15:30 &ndash\; 16:00 \; Coffee
\n16:00 &ndash\; 17:30 \; Marta Jimenez. &ldquo\;Experience and arguments in EE 1.6&rdquo\;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260430T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260501T170000 SUMMARY:Second Midwest Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy UID:20260501T134209Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:1007 W. Harrison St\, Chicago\, United States\, 60607 DESCRIPTION:The Midwest Annual Workshop on Ancient Philosophy (MAWAP) aims to foster the ancient philosophy community in the Midwest and to provide early-career scholars with a platform where to share their current research. This year\, the event is jointly sponsored by the UIC and Loyola University of Chicago Philosophy departments\, with generous support from the Institute for the Humanities at UIC. The keynote address will be given by Sophia Connell (University of Notre Dame)\, "Aristotle on how and why the eyes of different animals differ.&rdquo\; This year&rsquo\;s speakers include: Chelsea Bowden (Denison University)\, Daniel Kranzelbinder (University of Chicago)\, Sadie McCloud (University of Indiana)\, Joshua Trubowitz (University of Notre Dame)\, and Christen Zimecki (Wayne State University)\, with comments by Arnold Brooks (University of Chicago)\, Gonzalo Jordan (University of Notre Dame)\, Gabriel Lear (University of Chicago)\, Katherine Meadows (Indiana University)\, Joshua Mendelsohn (Loyola University Chicago)\, John Proios (University of Chicago)\, and Justin Vlasits (University of Illinois Chicago).
ORGANIZER;CN=Rebecca Caithamer;CN=Justin Vlasits;CN=Joshua Mendelsohn: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260430T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20260430T210000 SUMMARY:Ptolemy through Neoplatonic Eyes UID:20260501T134210Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Athens LOCATION:The Danish Institute\, Chairefontos 14\, Athens\, Greece DESCRIPTION:https://athensma.phs.uoa.gr/the_program/the_athens_colloquium_in_ancient_philosophy
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T180000 SUMMARY:Australasian Philosophical Review Special Issue on Ancient ethics UID:20260501T134211Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Proposals for Open Peer Commentaries: Australasian Philosophical Review
\nTheme: Ancient ethics \;
\nLead Author: \; Rachana Kamtekar\, &ldquo\;Aristotle on Learning by Doing Voluntary Actions&rdquo\; \; \;
\nCurator: David Bronstein
\nPanel: Rachel Singpurwalla and Tim Smartt
\nInvited commentaries from: Roger Crisp\, Margaret Hampson\, Sukaina Hirji\, Marta Jimenez and Patricia Marechal \;
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\nThe APR is seeking proposals for open peer commentaries on Rachana Kamtekar\, &ldquo\;Aristotle on Learning by Doing Voluntary Actions&rdquo\;
\nThe article can be viewed here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24740500.2025.2573908 \; \;
\nProposal abstracts should be brief (up to 500 words)\, stating clearly the aspects of the lead article that will be discussed\, together with an indication of the approach that will be taken. More details are available on the APR website\, https://www.aap.org.au/APR/
\nAbstract submissions are due on 30 April 2026. Invitations to write commentaries of 2000-3000 words will be issued on 15 May 2026. Full-length commentaries will be due on 31 July 2026.
\nInquiries: David Bronstein (david.bronstein@nd.edu.au) \;
\nAdditional information: \;https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/ancient-ethics/
\nRead previous APR issues here: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rapr20 \;
\nProposal abstract submission: https://rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=RAPR \;
\nTo submit a proposal abstract\, please use the above link. During the submission\, you will need to select &ldquo\;Open Commentary&rdquo\; as the article type (on the first page of the submission portal)\, and then &ldquo\;Proposal&rdquo\; as a subject section (when prompted on the second page of the submission portal).
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\nAustralasian Philosophical Review
\nhttps://www.aap.org.au/APR/
\nAPR@aap.org.au
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T090000 SUMMARY:The Aftermath of Being and Time (1927-1932)/ Die Nachwirkungen von Sein und Zeit (1927-1932) UID:20260501T134212Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Upon the appearance of Being and Time in 1927\, Martin Heidegger found himself suddenly transformed from a provincial university lecturer &ndash\; whispered about as "the hidden king of philosophy" &ndash\; to an internationally recognised figurehead of a new kind of thinking.
From then\, until he publically aligned himself with National Socialism in 1933\, Heidegger's thinking underwent major development.
ECHS invites abstracts for papers which seek to illuminate important aspects of Heidegger's thinking between those two points in time.
\nPossible topics include but are not limited to:
\n&ndash\; Discussion of the so-called "Kant Buch" (Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics)
\n&ndash\; The 1929 lecture series The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World - Finitude - Solitude
\n&ndash\; The Beginning of Western Philosophy (GA 35)
\nEach presentation of a paper should be between 30-45 minutes\, and the time allotted to each is 60 minutes. Please submit a title\, short summary\, and short biographical information before 1st May\, 2026.
\nContact: Alfred Denker at \;alfred.denker@yahoo.com \;or The European Centre for Heidegger Studies at \; \;info@europeancentreforheideggerstudies.org.
\nhttp://europeancentreforheideggerstudies.org ORGANIZER;CN=Alfred Denker;CN=Louise Shale: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260502T170000 SUMMARY:TEMPO 10 UID:20260501T134213Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:San Francisco\, United States ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T234500 SUMMARY:The Cavendish's Collective's Fourth Annual Virtual Workshop UID:20260501T134214Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Cavendish Collective Virtual Workshop:
Call for Submissions
Submission Deadline: May 1\, 2026
\nThe Cavendish Collective is a virtual reading group dedicated to investigating the philosophical writings of Margaret Cavendish\, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673). Our participants are primarily early career scholars working on Margaret Cavendish and adjacent authors in the early modern period. We are excited to host our fourth annual virtual workshop to promote collaboration among researchers interested in the philosophical writings of Margaret Cavendish.
\nThe event will be held virtually on \;Saturday\, August 1\, 2026 \;and will consist of a series of presentations arranged thematically by topic. Each participant will receive 20 minutes of presentation time followed by 20 minutes of discussion. Since research on Margaret Cavendish is expansive and interdisciplinary\, we encourage submissions from researchers in any discipline. All topics relevant to Cavendish&rsquo\;s writings are welcome\, including but not limited to:
\nAffect\, Emotion\, and Passion
Epistemology
Fame and Fortune
Feminism
Gender and Queerness
Genre and Literary Forms
History of Science
Imagination and Fancy
Materialism
Metaphysics
Mind and Mentality
Religion
Social and Political Philosophy
Women&rsquo\;s Writings
We welcome submissions from researchers at any career stage. We ask that interested participants submit either abstracts of around 150-300 words or papers of about 2800-3000 words for review. To send your submission\, please use the Google form available on our website:
https://thecavendishcollective.weebly.com/workshop2026.html
The deadline for submissions is \;May 1\, 2026\, and presenters will be notified of acceptance by the end of the month. Upon acceptance\, we ask that participants prepare papers of about 2800-3000 words in length (or slides suitable for 20 minute presentations).
\nWe look forward to hearing from you! To register for the event\, please submit your e-mail address using the registration form on our website. Please direct any questions to: \;thecavendishcollective@gmail.com
\nA full schedule for the event will be posted after the submission deadline has passed.
ORGANIZER;CN=Kevin Lower;CN=Brooke Sharp;CN=Tessa Brunnenmeyer;CN=Yining Wu;CN=Claudia Aguilar: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T230000 SUMMARY:Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy UID:20260501T134215Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Buffalo\, United States DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers: Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy
\n\nWe invite submissions for the first Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy\, to be held at the University at Buffalo in October 2026. The seminar aims to encourage interaction between scholars of early modern philosophy\, at all career stages. We expect the focus of the meeting to be on pre-Kantian European philosophy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries\, but will be happy to consider submissions on earlier or later figures\, or on figures from elsewhere\, which relate their thought to early modern discussions. \;
\n\nKeynote speaker: Kathryn Tabb (Bard College)
\n\nDates: Friday October 16 and Saturday October 17\, 2026
\n\nVenue: University at Buffalo\, Buffalo\, NY\, USA
\n\nConference webpage: https://stewartduncan.org/bsemp/
\n\nPaper submission and other participation
\n\n* To be considered for the program\, submit an abstract of no more than 600 words by May 1\, 2026. Please prepare your abstract for anonymous review\, and send it as a pdf file attached to an email to sduncan@buffalo.edu. We aim to send notices of acceptance\, and publish the program\, in June.
\n* Attendance by those other than speakers will be welcome\, but we will ask all attendees to register in advance. Details will be available after the program is announced.
\n* The meeting will be in person\, and there are no plans for a hybrid option.
\n\nThe University at Buffalo is a flagship campus of the State University of New York.
\n\nBuffalo\, NY is a city in western New York state. Niagara Falls\, NY is less than 20 miles to the north\, and Rochester is about 70 miles to the east. The closest major city is Toronto\, which is about 100 miles away. Within the US\, Buffalo is about 200 miles from Cleveland\, and a little further from Pittsburgh. New York City is on the other side of New York state\, about 400 miles away.
\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Stewart Duncan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T234500 SUMMARY:20th Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America UID:20260501T134216Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:Riverside\, United States DESCRIPTION:For the call for papers\, please see the website of the Leibniz Society of North America:
ORGANIZER;CN=Adam Harmer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T234500 SUMMARY:The Twentieth Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America UID:20260501T134217Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:900 University Ave\, Riverside\, United States\, 92523 DESCRIPTION:The Twentieth Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America will be held at the University of California\, Riverside\, October 23&ndash\;October 25\, 2026. Papers on any aspect of Leibniz&rsquo\;s philosophy will be considered and should have a reading time of approximately 45 minutes. Commentators will be paired with accepted submissions.
\n\nProposals that explore connections between Leibniz&rsquo\;s thought and other non-canonical early modern philosophers\, especially women\, are particularly welcome. Papers on figures within the loosely Leibnizian orbit\, including (but not limited to) Masham\, Conway\, Wolff\, Du Châ\;telet\, etc.\, will also be considered.
\n\nSubmissions from graduate students and early career scholars will be given special consideration. Along these lines\, the LSNA may be able to offer some travel funding to accepted submissions from graduate students and early career scholars\, who do not have sufficient funding from their home institutions\, in order to offset the costs of attending the meeting.
\n\nSubmissions should take the form of abstracts of approx. 500 words in length\, prepared for anonymous review. They should be submitted\, as attachments to emails in PDF format\, to Adam Harmer (adam.harmer@ucr.edu). The deadline for the receipt of submissions is May 1\, 2025. Authors will be notified by July 1 of the program committee&rsquo\;s decision. Selected authors will be expected to send complete drafts of their presentations to their commentators by September 23\, 2025.
ORGANIZER;CN=Adam Harmer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260504T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260505T170000 SUMMARY:SIFA-SISFA Workshop on Platonism in Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Mathematics: Ancient and Contemporary UID:20260501T134218Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:via Ostiense 236\, Roma\, Italy\, 00146 DESCRIPTION:Link Microsoft Teams: \;https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/36618696218237?p=XUI8EBOdKNsHKNBPQM
ORGANIZER;CN=Sofia Bonicalzi;CN=Roberto Granieri: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260505T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260505T140000 SUMMARY:Experiencing Estrangement UID:20260501T134219Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:221 Burwood Highway\, Melbourne\, Australia\, 3125 DESCRIPTION:Deakin University's HDR Philosophy Seminar Series invites current Australian graduate students to present their work for feedback\, discussion\, and engagement. We aim to foster a supportive space so that the seminar is thoughtful and constructive for all involved. We look forward to seeing you there!
\nDetails: \;Experiencing Estrangement
\nAbstract: Contemporary treatments of alienation and estrangement assume a direct symmetry between alienation and humanism\, either through maintaining the logic of Althusser&rsquo\;s break or utilising it as a recovery of some unified human essence. This conclusion is in discordance with alienation&rsquo\;s broad conceptual history\, with its primary inheritors posed as Marx and Heidegger. In this paper\, I want to show the fallibility of this logic with Marx and Heidegger&rsquo\;s fundamental breaks with traditional metaphysics\, which in turn force reconsiderations of alienation on these grounds. Working from Heidegger&rsquo\;s own discussion of Marx in his infamous &lsquo\;Letter on Humanism&rsquo\;\, through Derrida and Axelos&rsquo\; positionings of Marx and Heidegger\, this paper will sketch a reconceptualization of alienation as a properly historical concept irreducible to a fixed human essence.
\nBio: Lucy Myers is a candidate in the Master of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University\, where her thesis is on the concept of alienation in the history of Western philosophy. \;
\nZoom Link:
\nhttps://deakin.zoom.us/j/81514948590?pwd=dxLPSIP3zQ2D0texqlHfYbzJEACDu5.1
\nMeeting ID: 815 1494 8590 // \;Password: 14043504
ORGANIZER;CN=Jasper Lear;CN=Beau Kent: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260505T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260505T170000 SUMMARY:King’s College London - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Kant Workshop UID:20260501T134220Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:King's College London\, London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Programme: \;
\n
09:30&ndash\;10:00 Arrival and Coffee
10:00&ndash\; 11:00 Certainty and Construction in Kant&rsquo\;s Mathematical Principles \;- Christoph von Villiez (Humboldt-Universitä\;t zu Berlin). Commentator Dr. Jessica Leech (King's College London)
11:15&ndash\; 12:45 Empirical Truth\, Fallibility\, and the Progress of Inquiry \;(ONLINE) - Prof. Katharina Kraus (University of Vienna). Commentator: Dr. Rima Hussein (Humboldt-Universitä\;t zu Berlin)
12:45&ndash\;14:00 Lunch Break
14:00&ndash\; 15:00 The Unerring Understanding - Kant on the Source of Errors in Judgements - Juuso Rantanen (King's College London- Humboldt-Universitä\;t zu Berlin). Commentator Dr. Mario Schä\;rli (Humboldt-Universitä\;t zu Berlin)
\n
15:05&ndash\; 16:05 The Problem of Inner Experience in Kant: Losing and Regaining Substance Marharyta Rouba (Humboldt-Universitä\;t zu Berlin). Commentator: Dr. John Callanan
16:05&ndash\; 16:30 Coffee Break
\n16:30&ndash\; 18:00 Kant on the Separation of Powers and the Form of a Practical Syllogism \;- Prof. Tobias Rosefeldt (Humboldt-Universitä\;t zu Berlin). Commentator: Fearghus Horan (Johns Hopkins)
ORGANIZER;CN=Juuso Rantanen: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260505T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260505T170000 SUMMARY:Religion in Intellectual History UID:20260501T134221Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Sidney Sussex College\, Cambridge\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:The Inaugural Religion in Intellectual History Symposium will take place on Tuesday 5 May 2026. The symposium will be held in person at Sidney Sussex College\, University of Cambridge. This year\, our theme is \;Faith and Modernity. If you are interested in attending\, please fill in the form below. Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first-come\, first-served basis. We will be in touch with further details soon.
\n
12:30-13:00: Symposium Registration (tea and coffee provided)
Opening remarks by James Dilley (Sidney Sussex College\, Cambridge)
1300-14:30: Faith and Modernity in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries\, Chaired by Cameron Bowman (Keble College\, Oxford) \;
Ann Thomson (EUI): 'Religion\, laï\;cité\; and Enlightenment'
Jessica Patterson (Trinity Hall\, Cambridge): 'Dissenting Religion and the Politics of Empire in the Eighteenth Century'
14:30-15:00: Break \;
15:00-16:30: Faith and Modernity in the Twentieth Century\, Chaired by James Dilley (Sidney Sussex College\, Cambridge) \;
Joshua Bennett (Oxford): TBC \;
Samuel Zeitlin (UCL): \;'Carl Schmitt in Franco's Spain\, 1962'
16:30-17:00 Break \;
17:00-18:00: Keynote Address
John Coffey (University of Leicester): 'Intellectual History and the Return of Religion'
18:00: Drinks Reception \;
For any queries about the symposium or call for papers please do not hesitate to contact us at cameron.bowman@keble.ox.ac.uk or \;jshd2@cam.ac.uk \;
The Yale Teleology Conference will bring together philosophers\, historians\, and scientists to debate the role of purposes in our best accounts of human cognition\, human action\, and the non-human world. The conference will engage a wide range of approaches to teleological explanation and reasoning\, with the aim of extending\, enriching\, and challenging familiar accounts of the roles that teleological thinking can play in the human and natural sciences. \;
\n
The conference will take place on May 5th and 6th\, 2026\, at the Humanities Quadrangle at Yale University\, in New Haven\, Connecticut. The conference is hosted by Paul Franks (Philosophy and Jewish Studies)\, Joshua Knobe (Cognitive Science and Philosophy)\, and Malina Buturović (Classics)\, and co-organized by Daniel LeBlanc\, Sera Schwarz\, and Henry Straughan. It is supported by the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempff Fund at Yale University.
Program
\nTuesday | May 5\, 2026
\n9:00: Coffee and pastries
\n9:20: Opening remarks \;
\n9:30: Jeffrey McDonough (Harvard)\, Leibniz on Monadic Teleology and Optimal Form
\n11:00: Break
\n11:10: Karl Schafer (UT Austin)\, The Inescapability of Teleology
\n12:40: Lunch (catered)
\n1:30: Panel 1: \;Aurora Yu (UNC)\, Aristotle&rsquo\;s Global Teleology\; Vittorio Alves (KU Leuven)\, Minimal Teleology: Schelling&rsquo\;s Kantian Argument for the Constitutive Purposiveness of Nature\; Gunnar Babcock (Cornell) and Dan McShea (Duke)\, Abiotic Teleology
\n3:30: Break
\n3:40: Tania Lombrozo (Princeton)\, The Psychology of Teleology
\n5:10: Break
\n5:15: Mark Schiefsky (Harvard)\, title TBD
\n6:45: Dinner (on your own)
\n\n\nWednesday | May 6\, 2026
\n9:00: Coffee and pastries
\n9:30: Jessica Gelber (Toronto)\, What is Hypothetical Necessity? \;
\n11:00: Break
\n11:10: Jim Kreines (Claremont McKenna)\, Weirdly Good Teleology: Beyond Intuition and Scientific Debunking
\n12:40: Lunch (catered)
\n1:30: Panel 2: Isabel Sharp (Chicago)\, Goodness as Mere Rationality in Foot&rsquo\;s Natural Goodness\; Jason Bridges (Chicago)\, Internal Teleology and Conditional Probability
\n2:45: Break
\n2:50: Panel 3: Ari Deller (Cambridge)\, A Teleological Critique of &lsquo\;Can AIs be X?&rsquo\; Scholarship\; Eleonore Neufeld (UMass Amherst)\, Against Teleological Essentialism
\n4:15: Break
\n4:00: Jonathan Schaffer (Rutgers) and David Rose (Stanford)\, Folk Teleology: The Direct and the Diagnostic Views
\n5:30: Closing remarks
\n5:45: Dinner (catered) \;
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Franks;CN=Joshua Knobe;CN=Malina Buturovic;CN=Daniel LeBlanc;CN=Sera Schwarz;CN=Henry Straughan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260505T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T170000 SUMMARY:CARE AND INDIFFERENCE IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY UID:20260501T134223Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Swallowgate\, Butts Wynd\, Saint Andrews\, United Kingdom\, KY16 9AL DESCRIPTION:CARE AND INDIFFERENCE IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
\nUniversity of St Andrews\, School of Classics\, S03\, 5-6 May 2026. \;
\nThe conference will investigate the notions of care and indifference in Ancient Philosophy\, broadly construed\, from Plato to post-Hellenistic Philosophical traditions. Papers will address a wide range of topics\, with particular attention to \;how the notions of care and indifference shaped ethical\, theological\, cosmological\, and political thought in the ancient Greco-Roman world. \; \;
\nPROGRAMME
\n5 May
\n6 May
\nREGISTRATION
\nPlease email \;sp283@st-andrews.ac.uk \;by 20 April if you plan to attend\, noting any dietary/access requirements. Please note that the dinner at the end of day 1 will be at your own expense. \;
\nThis event is organized with the generous support of The Aristotelian Society\, of the Department of Philosophy and of the School of Classics at the University of St Andrews.
ORGANIZER;CN=Stefano Parrinello;CN=Mario Bison: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260505T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260505T203000 SUMMARY:"Freiheit und Gnade" - ein Gang durch ein Frühwerk Edith Steins UID:20260501T134224Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:KarmelZentrum Wien\, Silbergasse 35\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1190 DESCRIPTION:Der frü\;he Aufsatz &bdquo\;Freiheit und Gnade&ldquo\; (1921) geht ü\;ber die kö\;rperlich festgelegte Natur des Menschen deutlich hinaus. Edith Stein nimmt Freiheit als Schlü\;sselbegriff menschlichen Daseins. Aber wie ist Freiheit ü\;berhaupt mö\;glich angesichts der menschlichen Nä\;he zum Tier? Selbsterkenntnis und Selbstdistanz ermö\;glichen jenen Abstand zur eigenen &bdquo\;Natur&ldquo\;\, das Wä\;hlenkö\;nnen\, die Zustimmung oder Ablehnung des eigenen Trieblebens\, die dem Tier nicht mö\;glich ist. Doch ist Autonomie noch nicht die entscheidende Gestalt von Freiheit. Der mü\;ndige Mensch hat sich letztlich durchringen gegen die Grundversuchung aller Autonomie: die Selbsthabe. Sie bleibt solange leer\, bis sie in die freie Hingabe mü\;ndet: an die gö\;ttliche Fü\;lle. Dorthin wird ein Weg gezeichnet.
\nPreisinformation 10&euro\;/ ermä\;ß\;igt 7&euro\;
ORGANIZER;CN=Joshua Roe: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T153000 SUMMARY:Aristotle’s Global Teleology UID:20260501T134225Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Humanities Quadrangle\, New Haven\, United States\, 06511 DESCRIPTION:The Yale Teleology Conference will bring together philosophers\, historians\, and scientists to debate the role of purposes in our best accounts of human cognition\, human action\, and the non-human world. The conference will engage a wide range of approaches to teleological explanation and reasoning\, with the aim of extending\, enriching\, and challenging familiar accounts of the roles that teleological thinking can play in the human and natural sciences. \;
\n
The conference will take place on May 5th and 6th\, 2026\, at the Humanities Quadrangle at Yale University\, in New Haven\, Connecticut. The conference is hosted by Paul Franks (Philosophy and Jewish Studies)\, Joshua Knobe (Cognitive Science and Philosophy)\, and Malina Buturović (Classics)\, and co-organized by Daniel LeBlanc\, Sera Schwarz\, and Henry Straughan. It is supported by the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempff Fund at Yale University.
Confirmed speakers include:
\nCALL FOR PAPERS
\nWarwick Annual Continental Philosophy Conference (WCPC)
\nTracing Genealogy
\n\;
\nEvent Type: Graduate Conference (On-site)
\nLocation: University of Warwick\, United Kingdom
\nConference Dates: 29th&ndash\;30th June 2026
\nTopic Areas: Continental Philosophy\; Genealogy\; Nietzsche\; Foucault
\nKeynote Speakers
\nAlexander Prescott-Couch (University of Oxford)
\nCatarina Dutilh Novaes \;(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
\nConference Theme
\nWithin Continental philosophy\, genealogy is most associated with Nietzsche&rsquo\;s critical historicisations and/or psychologisations of our moral practices and beliefs&mdash\;and with Foucault&rsquo\;s subsequent &lsquo\;histories of the present&rsquo\; investigations into the contingent development of contemporary institutions and the discourses surrounding them. However\, the notion of genealogy is not confined to the Nietzschean tradition. David Hume&rsquo\;s &lsquo\;experimental&rsquo\; enquiries into the origins of our religious and causal beliefs&mdash\;offering more traditional debunking arguments&mdash\;are also increasingly considered to come under its methodological umbrella.
\nConversely\, Bernard Williams\, drawing on Locke and Hobbes\, develops a vindicatory form of genealogy that seeks to legitimate our existing ethical virtues by uncovering the genuine moral and political needs they address. More recently\, Julian Ratcliffe has labelled a strand of contemporary Anglophone work&mdash\;associated with figures such as Brandom\, Dutilh Novaes\, and Queloz&mdash\;rationalising genealogy. This approach seeks to uncover normative commitments latent within existing conceptual resources\, thereby connecting genealogy to themes of Hegelian reconciliation and Carnapian conceptual engineering.
\nThe conference aims to bring together work that examines genealogical approaches and the fundamental questions they raise about critique\, normativity\, historical explanation\, and philosophical method\, highlighting their continuing importance across Continental and Anglophone philosophy.
\nFor detailed information and further instruction\, please visit: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/research/activities/postkantian/events/wcpc/
\nFor any enquiries\, please contact: wcpc@warwick.ac.uk.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nYour submission should include:
\n1. \; \; \; \; \; \; A fully anonymised paper suitable for a 30-min presentation (max. 3\,500 words\, excluding bibliography and/or abstract).
\n2. \; \; \; \; \; \; A \;separate cover sheet \;containing:
\no \; \; Name
\no \; \; Institutional affiliation
\no \; \; Contact information
\no \; \; Paper title
\no \; \; Brief biographical note \;(max. \;300 words).
\nPlease send all documents to the WCPC committee at wcpc@warwick.ac.uk. Please use &lsquo\;Submission: Tracing Genealogy&rsquo\; in the subject line and title your submitted paper as follows: \;WCPC_short_title \;(e.g.: \;WCPC_Nietzsche&rsquo\;s_Genealogies).
\n\nWe also warmly welcome detailed abstracts that demonstrate strong relevance\, originality\, and a promising argument.
\nSubmission &\; Notification Timeline
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Submission deadline: 18:00 (GMT) on 6th May 2026
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Acceptance notification: 15th May 2026
\n\;
\nTravel Bursary
\nSubject to funding\, a limited number of partial travel bursaries may be available.Applicants from junior\, non-traditional\, or underrepresented backgrounds are encouraged to indicate this in their cover sheets and will be given priority for support.
\nOrganising Committee
\nRozemin Keshvani (Lead Organiser)
\nKeyu Qiu (Lead Organiser)
\nOscar Crocker
\nShifan Zhou
\nSam Ronalds
\nAdditional Information
\nThe WCPC is an annual event within The Centre for Research in Post-Kantian European Philosophy (University of Warwick). The organising committee adheres to the BPA and SWIP guidelines on equality\, diversity\, accessibility\, and environmental sustainability. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Rozemin Keshvani;CN=Keyu Qiu;CN=Oscar Crocker;CN=Shifan Zhou;CN=Sam Ronalds: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T170000 SUMMARY:The Oxford Spinoza Conference 2026 UID:20260501T134227Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Pembroke College\, Oxford\, United Kingdom\, OX1 1DW DESCRIPTION:Oxford Spinoza Conference 2026
\nSpinoza in Context: War\, Peace\, Colonialism &\; Slavery
\n7 May 2026
\n\n\n8.30-9.00
\nCoffee Reception \;in the Harold Lee Room
\nWelcome by
\nJames Read (Pembroke)
\nPart One &mdash\; War &\; Conflict
\nChair: Olivier Yasar de France (Pembroke)
\n9.00-10.15
\nOpening Keynote
\nJonathan Israel (Institute for Advanced Study\, Princeton)
\nSpinoza on War &\; Peace in the Midst of the Anglo-Dutch Wars
\n10.15-11.00
\nJack Stetter (Louisiana State)
\n&lsquo\;Duae civitates natura hostes sunt&rsquo\;: States as Enemies in Spinoza&rsquo\;s Political Treatise \;
\n11.00-11.30
\nRefreshments on the Isaacson Terrace
\n11.30-12.15
\nMark Markovich (Sofia St. Kliment)
\nTwo Realisms in Dialogue: Spinoza\, Condé\;\, &\; the Desacralization of War in 1672
\nPart Two &mdash\; Concord &\; Democracy
\nChair: Susan James (Birkbeck)
\n12.15-1.00
\nEricka Tucker (Marquette)
\nEpistemic Democracy &\; Spinoza&rsquo\;s Political Epistemology
\n1.00-2.30
\nLunch for speakers
\n2.30-3.15
\nAntonio Borge (Nottingham)
\nTowards an Objectivist Reading of Spinoza&rsquo\;s Panpsychism
\nPart Three &mdash\; Slavery &\; Colonialism
\nChair: Mogens Læ\;rke (CNRS\, MFO)
\n3.15-4.00
\nBernardo Bianchi (Centre Marc Bloch)
\nRepublicanism &\; the Figure of the &lsquo\;Indian&rsquo\;: Van den Enden in Spinoza&rsquo\;s Political Milieu
\n4.00-4.30
\nRefreshments on the Isaacson Terrace
\n4.30-5.15
\nRuben Noorloos (UCD)
\nVan den Enden on Slavery &\; Equality
\n5.15-6.30
\nClosing Keynote
\nHasana Sharp (McGill)
\nSpinoza &\; Slavery
\nConcluding words by
\nThe Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder\, Master of Pembroke
ORGANIZER;CN=Olivier Yasar de France;CN=James Read;CN="Mogens Lærke": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260508T170000 SUMMARY:Perspectives on Character and Truth: conference in honour of Raphael Woolf UID:20260501T134228Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:King's College London\, Strand\, United Kingdom\, WC2R 2LS DESCRIPTION:Programme: \;
Thursday\, 7 May 2026
10:00-11:30 Fiona Leigh (UCL) - Soul turning: Desiderative Self-knowledge and Courage in \;Alcibiades I \;&\; \;Republic
11:45-13:15 \;Branislav \;Kotoc (KCL) - Say What You Believe: Sincerity Condition in Plato
14:30-16:00 Verity Harte (Yale) - Purity and Truth in Plato's \;Philebus
16:30-18:00 Joachim Aufderheide (KCL) - Meditations on Dreaming in Plato&rsquo\;s \;Republic \;
Friday\, 8 May 2026
10:00-11:30 Jorge Torres (UC Chile) - Plato's Typology of Characters
11:45-13:15 Taichi Miura (Chubu) - Socrates&rsquo\; Treatment of Charmides and Critias: Character\, \;Philosophical Therapy\, and Its Failure in Plato&rsquo\;s \;Charmides
14:30-16:00 Peter Adamson (LMU) - Going Through the Motions: Religious Belief\, Practice\, and Custom from Cicero to Pascal
16:30-18:00 M.M. McCabe (KCL) - How to Do Things with Birds
18:00 Raphael \;Woolf \;- In Praise of Quiet Corners (Closing remarks)
DAY 1: Thursday\, May 7\, 2026
\n14:15&ndash\;14:30
\nWelcome &\; Introduction
\n14:30&ndash\;15:45
\nRachel Barney: &ldquo\;Knowledge\, Technê\;\, and the Rule of the Guardians in Plato&rsquo\;s Republic&rdquo\;
\n16:15&ndash\;17:30
\nGuus Eelink: &ldquo\;Plato&rsquo\;s Conception of Epistê\;mê\; as Rationally Stable Cognition&rdquo\;
\n17:45&ndash\;19:00
\nMá\;té\; Veres: &ldquo\;Knowledge and Expertise in Early Stoicism&rdquo\;
\nDAY 2: Friday\, May 8\, 2026
\n9:30&ndash\;10:45
\nSimona Aimar: &ldquo\;Particulars and Scientific Knowledge \;in Aristotle&rdquo\;
\n11:00&ndash\;12:15
\nPieter Sjoerd Hasper: &ldquo\;Aristotle on Epistê\;mê\; and its Object&rdquo\;
\n14:00&ndash\;15:15
\nAlexander Bown: &ldquo\;Epistemology without Epistê\;mê\;: Epicureans on Evidence as the Foundation of Knowledge&rdquo\;
\n15:45&ndash\;16:30
\nOrna Harari: &ldquo\;The Commentators and the Euclidean Project&rdquo\;
\n16:45&ndash\;18:00
\nSara Magrin: &ldquo\;Plotinus on the Epistemic Role of Memory&rdquo\;
\nDiscussants: Gá\;bor Betegh\, Tad Brennan\, Maria di Palma\, Emily Hulme\, Katerina Ierodiakonou\, Samuel Meister\, Franç\;ois Nolle\, Christof Rapp\, Miira Tuominen.
ORGANIZER;CN="Máté Veres";CN=Peter Sjoerd Hasper: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T170000 SUMMARY:Felix Hausdorff (1868-1942): Between Post-Kantian Philosophy and Modern Mathematics UID:20260501T134230Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:New Haven\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Jason Maurice Yonover: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T180000 SUMMARY:Giulia DE CESARIS (Torino) - 'Tra percezione e spazio/tempo: un argomento senocrateo sull’esperienza o sulla realtà?' UID:20260501T134231Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Link Microsoft Teams: \;https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/361465226425174?p=7dRqrrh0JeJwVLReJN
ORGANIZER;CN=Roberto Granieri;CN=Riccardo Chiaradonna: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T133000 SUMMARY:“Moral Imagination for Moral Education” UID:20260501T134232Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Sarasota\, United States DESCRIPTION:This groundbreaking event is designed to develop novel approaches to the human capacity for moral imagination. Drawing on Sø\;ren Kierkegaard&rsquo\;s claim that moral imagination is not just a human faculty but rather \;the \;faculty encompassing all others\, we intend to show how moral imagination decisively shapes knowing\, feeling\, and willing. The development of the moral imagination\, which allows us to know the experience of others\, feel what matters to others\, and choose possibilities that arise from outside our own horizons\, is essential to healing divisions within our body politic and forming individuals of character. What are the moral issues that arise from the exercise of imagination? What virtues are required to pursue the imaginative life? How does imagination enter into education and formation? What are the connections between ethics and aesthetics? \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Jeffrey Allan Hanson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260508T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260508T230000 SUMMARY:May 18: Love and Communion in the Thought of Dietrich von Hildebrand UID:20260501T134233Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Roma\, Italy DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the first Study Day of the Hildebrand Chair for Christian Personalism (Faculty of Philosophy)\, conceived in response to the publication of the Doctrinal Note of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith\, \;Una caro: In Praise of Monogamy \;(November 2025).
\nThe document marks a historic milestone: the first extensive citation of Dietrich and Alice von Hildebrand in an official doctrinal text. Starting from the fundamental works of the Hildebrand couple\, the Conference will explore the original truth of the person who finds fulfillment in the gift of self and in the formation of the &ldquo\;we\,&rdquo\; bringing personalist philosophy into dialogue with the \;philosophia perennis \;and the magisterium of Saint John Paul II.
\nEvent Program
\n09:00 AM &ndash\; Institutional Welcoming Remarks \;Fr. Alberto Carrara\, L.C.\, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy &ndash\; \;Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum
\n09:30 AM &ndash\; Opening Session \;John Henry Crosby\, President of the Hildebrand Project
\nSpeakers \;Rocco Buttiglione\, John F. Crosby\, Elisa Grimi\, Rodrigo Guerra Ló\;pez\, Robert McNamara\, Fr. Eamonn O&rsquo\;Higgins\, L.C.\, Marta Rodrí\;guez Dí\;az. \;
\nCall for Papers\nWe invite scholars who have obtained or are pursuing a PhD\, young researchers\, and professors to submit proposals for contributions to the study day.
\nCore Themes
\nContributions must be relevant to the theme of the Study Day\, with particular reference to:
\nChristian Personalism
\nThe thought of Dietrich and/or Alice von Hildebrand (with a focus on: love\, communion\, freedom\, truth\, virtue)
\nPhilosophical and theological implications of \;Una Caro
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nCandidates are invited to send their proposals to \;cattedrahildebrand@upra.org \;including:
\nTitle of the presentation
\nAbstract: maximum 300 words
\nShort biographical note: name\, surname\, institutional affiliation\, and research areas
\nImportant Dates
\nSubmission deadline: \;by May 8\, 2026
\nNotification of acceptance: \;by May 11\, 2026
\nLanguage
\nThe official language is Italian. Presentations may be delivered in English\, provided that a written version in Italian is also supplied.
\nContact: \;cattedrahildebrand@upra.org
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T234500 SUMMARY:North American Nietzsche Society UID:20260501T134234Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:43 Hawes Street\, Room 202\, Brookline\, United States DESCRIPTION:The North American Nietzsche Society will hold its sixth international conference on \;November 12-14\, 2026 at Boston University. \;
\nThe conference will feature two keynote speakers\, Lanier Anderson (Stanford) and Sandra Shapshay (CUNY)\, and approximately eight papers selected on the basis of abstract submissions.
\nSessions will be 90 minutes\, with approximately 40 minutes for presentation and 50 minutes for discussion. The conference program may also include invited panels.
\nIn addition the conference will include a junior scholar workshop featuring work from graduate students and commentaries on that work from senior scholars.
\nSchedule: \;
\nNovember 12: junior scholar workshop\; three papers with commentators
\nNovember 13-14: main program\; approximately four papers per day\, with commentators
\nSubmission of abstracts:
\nDetailed abstracts on any aspect of Nietzsche&rsquo\;s philosophy should be prepared for \;anonymous review \;and sent by \;May 8\, 2026.
\nSend 700-1200 word abstracts as a PDF file to: \;
\nnietzschesociety2026@gmail.com
\n\;In the body of your email\, include your (i) paper title\, (ii) name\, (iii) institutional affiliation\, (iv) contact information\, and answers to the following two questions: (v) are you are a graduate student?\, and (vi) \;if your paper is not selected\, would you like to attend as a commentator or a session chair? \;
\nThe abstract itself should contain no identifying information\, including in the file&rsquo\;s meta-data.
\nAbstracts from graduate students will be considered both for the main program and for the junior scholar workshop. \; \;
\nThe program committee will evaluate submissions and prepare a program of roughly eight presentations. The initial review of abstracts will be anonymous\, although at the final stage the program committee may take into consideration the overall diversity of the program and its presenters. We will aim to make program decisions by the end of May 2026. Papers presented on the main program will presumptively be published in a special issue of \;The Journal of Nietzsche Studies.
\nGraduate student prize: We will reserve one spot for the best abstract submitted by a graduate student (though additional graduate student abstracts may be chosen via blind review). We will cover all travel expenses for the winner of this prize. \;
\nPanel presentations: There may be space on the program for one or two panel sessions of approximately 90 minutes\, featuring multiple speakers discussing some aspect of Nietzsche&rsquo\;s philosophical thought. We welcome proposals for panels\, including but not limited to author-meets-critics sessions\, sets of brief papers on a common theme\, and structured roundtable discussions on a particular topic. When submitting a panel proposal\, please include a brief description of the topic and a list of participants. Indicate whether these participants are confirmed or merely suggested. The program committee may also propose panels or suggest amendments to proposed panels in consultation with the proposer.
\nhttp://www.northamericannietzschesociety.com/
ORGANIZER;CN=Paul Katsafanas: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T170000 SUMMARY:Boston Kant Day Workshop UID:20260501T134235Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Boston\, United States ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T170000 SUMMARY:Utopianism and Early Modern Scientific Collaboration UID:20260501T134236Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:2-10 Norham Rd\, Oxford OX2 6SE\, Oxford\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:NOTCOM is pleased to announce &ldquo\;Utopianism and Early Modern Scientific Collaboration&rdquo\;\, a conference taking place on 11 &\; 12 May 2026. It will be held on both days at the Maison Franç\;aise d&rsquo\;Oxford.
\nThe conference will discuss various utopian aspects of early modern natural knowledge production\, with particular interest in the collaborative institutions dedicated to its advancement. \;Papers will include discussions of the relationship between early modern missionary writing and utopian fiction\; investigations into the link between seventeenth-century arguments for research specialisation and ideal learned societies\; and inquiries into ideas of household economy and common goods in early modern utopianism.
ORGANIZER;CN=Niall Dilucia: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Moncton:20260512T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Moncton:20260513T170000 SUMMARY:“Wisdom from the Middle Ages: Philosophical Contributions from the Abrahamic Traditions” UID:20260501T134237Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/Moncton LOCATION:University of New Brunswick\, Fredericton\, Canada\, E3B 5A3 DESCRIPTION:The University of New Brunswick&rsquo\;s Department of Philosophy invites scholars to submit abstracts for an international conference on "Wisdom from the Middle Ages: Philosophical Contributions from the Abrahamic Traditions." This conference will highlight the important philosophical contributions made by Jewish\, Christian\, and Islamic thinkers in the Middle Ages. A secondary goal of the conference is to encourage dialogue and collaboration among researchers who work in different Abrahamic traditions\, as well as to prompt new comparative studies among those traditions.
\nThe conference welcomes proposals from academics working in medieval philosophy broadly conceived\, which includes the related fields of ethics\, history\, political science\, religious studies\, and theology.
\nThe conference also welcomes proposals from graduate students and is reserving several spaces on the program for their presentations.
\nSelected papers may be invited to be published in an edited volume following the conference.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jennifer Hart Weed;CN=Alexander Green: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T170000 SUMMARY:Slavery and Abolition in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy UID:20260501T134238Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Emory University\, Atlanta\, United States DESCRIPTION:Slavery and Abolition in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
\nMay 13-15\, 2026
\nEmory University
\nAtlanta\, Georgia
\nCall for Papers
\nRecent studies of eighteenth-century philosophy have generated incisive questions about the limitations of the moral and political insight of British and European philosophers who were invested in (or silent about) transatlantic slavery. During this period\, the rapidly expanding traffic and enslavement of African people appears as a topic of common knowledge and discussion in religion\, law\, economics\, literature\, and drama. Writings by enslaved and self-emancipated women and men attested to the violence and degradation of the conditions of slavery\, as well as to the hypocrisy of much of Western moral and political discourse. This symposium invites proposals (500 words) for 25-minute presentations that consider writing about slavery and abolition both as and in conversation with eighteenth-century philosophy. \;
\nWe expect to host 15-20 scholars whose presentations engage with these topics directly or indirectly: \;
\nMarronage and Slave Rebellions
\nTheology and Abolition
\nEconomic Theory and Slavery
\nBlack Abolitionists (in context)
\nGender and Enslavement
\nMarriage and Slavery
\nNatural law and Slavery
\nMoral Philosophy and Slavery
\nWomen Philosophers on Slavery
\nColonialism and Slavery
\nReparation and Restitution
\nColorism and 18th-Century Theories of Race
\nPolitical Slavery
\nWar and Slavery
\nLocal Histories of Slavery in the Eighteenth-Century (Georgia)
\nSubmission Deadline: October 15th\, 2025
\n[Submit Proposals Online]: https://forms.gle/YodCMraMr34W2pA77
\nOrganizers:
\nAminah Hasan-Birdwell (Emory University)
\nCarrie Shanafelt (Yeshiva University)
\nKeynote Speaker:
\nRobert Bernasconi (Pennsylvania State University)
\nPlenary Lecture:
\nHuaping Lu-Adler (Georgetown University)
\nTacuma Peters \;(Hunter College)
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Aminah Hasan-Birdwell;CN=Carrie Shanafelt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260514T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260515T170000 SUMMARY:Mythical Archipelagos: Islands\, Narratives\, and Imaginaries Across Cultures and Media International Interdisciplinary Seminar UID:20260501T134239Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Campus Obelisco \, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria\, Spain\, 35004 DESCRIPTION:Across cultures\, historical periods\, and media\, islands have functioned as privileged sites of myth-making and imagination. Often perceived as bounded worlds\, islands have generated narratives of origin and apocalypse\, utopia and dystopia\, exile and belonging\, isolation and connection. From ancient mythologies to contemporary cultural production\, from oral traditions to visual and digital media\, and from colonial imaginaries to ecological discourses\, islands have operated as narrative laboratories in which cultural anxieties\, desires\, and transformations are articulated.
\nThe international seminar Mythical Archipelagos: Islands\, Narratives\, and Imaginaries Across Cultures and Media invites scholars to explore islands as mythical\, symbolic\, and narrative spaces. Myths are understood here in a broad sense: as foundational stories\, cultural imaginaries\, symbolic systems\, and narrative frameworks that are inherited\, transformed\, reimagined\, or contested in relation to insular spaces.
\nRather than treating islands as merely geographic entities\, this seminar approaches them as dynamic sites where overlapping temporalities\, negotiated identities\, and human and more-than-human relations converge. Particular attention will be given to environmental humanities\, indigenous and postcolonial perspectives\, and intermedial approaches\, while remaining open to comparative\, historical\, theoretical\, and interdisciplinary contributions.
\nInstitutional Framework
\nThis seminar is organised within the framework of the ANDRÓ\;MEDA Project (Ref. PHS-2024/PH-HUM-76) and results from the collaboration between:
\nThe event is hosted by the Department of Modern Philology\, Translation and Interpreting (DFMTI) at ULPGC.
\nTopics of Interest
\nThe seminar welcomes proposals from literary studies\, cultural studies\, linguistics\, visual studies\, environmental humanities\, education\, anthropology\, history\, media studies\, and related disciplines. Contributions may address (but are not limited to) the following thematic areas:
\nA. Myth\, Folklore\, and Cultural Memory
\nB. Islands\, Childhood\, and Pedagogy
\nC. Environmental and More-than-Human Humanities
\nD. Isolation\, Confinement\, and Liminality
\nE. Migration\, Belonging\, and Contested Spaces
\nF. Visual\, Intermedial\, and Nonfiction Representations
\nG. Mobility\, Tourism\, and Connectivity
\nH. Linguistic\, Religious\, and Ethnographic Insularity
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nLanguages: English or Spanish (other languages may be considered).
\nAbstracts: 250&ndash\;300 words\, including title\, research question(s)\, methodology\, and relevance to the seminar theme.
\nPresentation format: Please indicate whether you wish to propose an oral paper or a poster.
\nAuthor information: A brief biographical note (approx. 100 words)\, institutional affiliation\, and contact details.
\nFile format: One single Word document\, using the official event template (available on the website).
\nSubmission email: mythical-2026@ulpgc.es
\nEmail subject line: &ldquo\;Mythical Archipelagos 2026 - Abstract submission&rdquo\;
\n\nImportant Dates
\nAbstract submission deadline: 30 March 2026
\nNotification of acceptance: by 15 April 2026
\nhttps://icms.confex.com/icms/2026/meetingapp.cgi/Session/8038
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260515T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260515T170000 SUMMARY:Self(less)-Care: Ancient and Contemporary Care Ethics from a Labor Perspective UID:20260501T134242Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:Pardubice\, Czech Republic ORGANIZER;CN=Jorge Ernesto Arjona Quintero;CN=Laura Candiotto: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20260516T093000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20260517T170000 SUMMARY:Tohoku–Berkeley Colloquium on Early Modern Philosophy and Political Thought UID:20260501T134243Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Asia/Tokyo LOCATION:Sendai-shi\, Japan DESCRIPTION:The \;Tohoku&ndash\;Berkeley Colloquium on Early Modern Philosophy and Political Thought is a two-day event devoted to interdisciplinary research in the history of philosophy and the history of political thought\, with particular emphasis on the early modern period. Co-organised by graduate students and faculty affiliated with Tohoku University and the University of California\, Berkeley\, the colloquium brings together scholars from Japan and US institutions for focused discussion of pre-circulated work-in-progress papers. The keynote address will be delivered by Professor Kakko Hiroki (Graduate School of Law\, Tohoku University).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260518T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260518T170000 SUMMARY:May 18: Love and Communion in the Thought of Dietrich von Hildebrand UID:20260501T134244Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Roma\, Italy DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the first Study Day of the Hildebrand Chair for Christian Personalism (Faculty of Philosophy)\, conceived in response to the publication of the Doctrinal Note of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith\, \;Una caro: In Praise of Monogamy \;(November 2025).
\nThe document marks a historic milestone: the first extensive citation of Dietrich and Alice von Hildebrand in an official doctrinal text. Starting from the fundamental works of the Hildebrand couple\, the Conference will explore the original truth of the person who finds fulfillment in the gift of self and in the formation of the &ldquo\;we\,&rdquo\; bringing personalist philosophy into dialogue with the \;philosophia perennis \;and the magisterium of Saint John Paul II.
\nEvent Program
\n09:00 AM &ndash\; Institutional Welcoming Remarks \;Fr. Alberto Carrara\, L.C.\, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy &ndash\; \;Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum
\n09:30 AM &ndash\; Opening Session \;John Henry Crosby\, President of the Hildebrand Project
\nSpeakers \;Rocco Buttiglione\, John F. Crosby\, Elisa Grimi\, Rodrigo Guerra Ló\;pez\, Robert McNamara\, Fr. Eamonn O&rsquo\;Higgins\, L.C.\, Marta Rodrí\;guez Dí\;az.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260519T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260519T170000 SUMMARY:Scholastic Roots\, Modern Perspectives: Logic and Mathematics from the Middle Ages to Today UID:20260501T134245Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Kardinaal Mercierplein 2\, Leuven\, Belgium\, 3000 ORGANIZER;CN=Jan Heylen;CN=Sylvia Wenmackers;CN=Shahab Khademi;CN=Nena Bobovnik;CN=Kasra Abdavi-Azar: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260519T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260519T143000 SUMMARY:From the Mathematization of Logic to the "Logicalization" of Mathematics? Imagination and Impossibility Between Late-Medieval Semantics and the Rise Complex Mathematics UID:20260501T134246Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Kardinaal Mercierplein 2\, Leuven\, Belgium\, 3000 DESCRIPTION:Abstract
\nWhy is medieval logic not mathematized? This is a longstanding problem in the historiography of medieval logic. I suggest flipping that question on its head: rather than asking why medieval logic \;was not mathematized\, it is more felicitous to asks how developments in logic shaped contemporaneous and subsequent developments in the philosophy and practice of mathematics.
\n
The case in point is precise and consequential. I argue that the algebraic treatment and philosophical problematisation of complex numbers\, emerging in 16th-century mathematics\, has its conceptual and historical roots in a decisive shift in 14th-century modal semantics. This shift transformed the absolutely impossible into something imaginable and understandable\, and the
imaginable into something mathematically operable.
In ancient and medieval logic and mathematics\, necessarily empty terms &mdash\; i.e.\, those terms signifying something intrinsically contradictory and therefore absolutely impossible &mdash\; and the square roots of negative numbers occupied the same conceptual space: both were dismissed as inconceivable\, as violations of the boundaries of rational thought itself. The parallel is not \;incidental. It reflects a shared metaphysical commitment to the limits of the thinkable.
\nWhat breaks this impasse is a profound semantic reorientation. In late-14th-century modal logic\, most notably in the work of Marsilius of Inghen and his followers\, absolute impossibilities are drawn into the logical domain: while not real\, there are conceivable\; they remain nonexistent but \;are manipulable.
\nThe reception of this new semantics of imaginable impossibilities across the 15th and 16th centuries was widespread and influential This paper traces a direct line of conceptual continuity &mdash\;through views\, texts\, and theories &mdash\; from Marsilius of Inghen to Girolamo Cardano\, arguing that new approach to imaginable impossibilities launched by late-medieval logicians is precisely what \;made the mathematical imagination of complex numbers possible.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jan Heylen;CN=Sylvia Wenmackers;CN=Shahab Khademi;CN=Nena Bobovnik: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260519T144500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260519T154500 SUMMARY:Bolzano\, continuum\, and the Part-Whole Principle UID:20260501T134247Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Kardinaal Mercierplein 2\, Leuven\, Belgium\, 3000 DESCRIPTION:Abstract \;
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Bolzano's concept of the continuum\, proposed in his last work Paradoxes of the Infinite\, has long been considered erroneous or even inconsistent. In this talk\, I will argue that Bolzano&rsquo\;s framework provides a plausible theory with a clear analogy in contemporary mathematics. He defines two quantities associated with continuous extension: magnitude and multitude. Magnitude corresponds to the Lebesgue measure. As for multitudes\, Bolzano insisted on the Part-Whole Principle\, in contrast to Cantor's notion of cardinality. Nevertheless\, multitudes can also be consistently interpreted within the framework of Numerosity theory. The relationship between Bolzano's magnitude and multitude corresponds to the relationship between the Lebesgue measure and numerosity.
\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Jan Heylen;CN=Sylvia Wenmackers;CN=Shahab Khademi;CN=Nena Bobovnik: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260519T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260519T183000 SUMMARY:How many points are in a line segment? From Grosseteste to numerosities UID:20260501T134248Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Kardinaal Mercierplein 2\, Leuven\, Belgium\, 3000 DESCRIPTION:In his commentary on Aristotle&rsquo\;s Physics\, Robert Grosseteste (ca. 1175-1253)\, Oxford theologian and Chancellor of the University\, wrote: "Moreover\, [God] created everything by number\, weight\, and measure\, and He is the first and most accurate Measurer. By infinite numbers which are finite to Him\, he measured the lines which He created. By some infinite number which is fixed and finite to Him\, He measured and numbered the one-cubit line\; and by an infinite number twice that size\, He measured the two-cubit line\; and by an infinite number half that size\, He measured the half-cubit line." In Grosseteste's account the numerosity of the points in a finite line segment covaries with the length of the line segment. This position gave rise to an interesting number of debates in the XIIIth century especially as a consequence of a challenge raised by the Oxford theologian Richard Fishacre (1205-1248) who set up a one to one correspondence between the points in line segments of different lengths. I will reconstruct some aspects of this medieval debate\, connect it to later intuitions (Bolzano and Cantor)\, and then discuss recent results from the theory of numerosities to the effect that the counting of points in a line segment preserving the part-whole principle is compatible with Lebesgue measure. I conclude that Grosseteste's intuitions can find a suitable mathematical implementation.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jan Heylen: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260429T223355Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260519T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260519T183000 SUMMARY:How many points are in a line segment? From Grosseteste to numerosities UID:20260501T134249Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Kardinaal Mercierplein 2\, Leuven\, Belgium\, 3000 DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nIn his commentary on Aristotle&rsquo\;s Physics\, Robert Grosseteste (ca. 1175-1253)\, Oxford theologian and Chancellor of the University\, wrote: "Moreover\, [God] created everything by number\, weight\, and measure\, and He is the first and most accurate Measurer. By infinite numbers which are finite to Him\, he measured the lines which He created. By some infinite number which is fixed and finite to Him\, He measured and numbered the one-cubit line\; and by an infinite number twice that size\, He measured the two-cubit line\; and by an infinite number half that size\, He measured the half-cubit line." In Grosseteste's account the numerosity of the points in a finite line segment covaries with the length of the line segment. This position gave rise to an interesting number of debates in the XIIIth century especially as a consequence of a challenge raised by the Oxford theologian Richard Fishacre (1205-1248) who set up a one to one correspondence between the points in line segments of different lengths. I will reconstruct some aspects of this medieval debate\, connect it to later intuitions (Bolzano and Cantor)\, and then discuss recent results from the theory of numerosities to the effect that the counting of points in a line segment preserving the part-whole principle is compatible with Lebesgue measure. I conclude that Grosseteste's intuitions can find a suitable mathematical implementation.
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Jan Heylen;CN=Sylvia Wenmackers;CN=Shahab Khademi;CN=Nena Bobovnik: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR