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:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Fall 2026 Tulane German Philosophy Workshop Series UID:20260816T162529Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%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:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260827T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260827T160000 SUMMARY:The Examined Algorithm: Strategies for Navigating AI in the Classroom | APA Live UID:20260816T162530Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Have you been thinking about how to deal with AI in your philosophy classes this fall? In an effort to support philosophers as they respond to emergent problems\, the APA and the AAPT have organized a free\, two-afternoon\, interactive Zoom forum for philosophy teachers to share and develop strategies for addressing student AI usage. Participants will meet virtually in groups to discuss AI in introductory and general education philosophy courses\, AI in student writing\, AI in online philosophy courses\, and AI in formal logic. \;Because these AI discussions will be philosophy-specific\, we believe they will be particularly productive.
\nEach of the four 90-minute sessions will have a moderator\, who will give a brief presentation before opening the floor\, and a scribe\, who will take notes for later distribution to participants who are registered for any of the four sessions. The format will aspire to the AAPT-style\, active-learning sessions of The Teaching Hub. The sessions will be discussions\, not lectures. The focus will be on crowdsourcing the successful ways in which philosophers have responded to AI in their courses.
\nYou can register for any or all of the four 90-minute discussions: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;
\nThursday\, August 27
\nAI in Online Courses
1:00&ndash\;2:30 p.m. Eastern / 10:00&ndash\;11:30 a.m. Pacific
AI in Introductory &\; General Education Philosophy Courses
3:00&ndash\;4:30 p.m. Eastern / 12:00&ndash\;1:30 p.m. Pacific
Friday\, August 28
\nAI in Student Writing
1:00&ndash\;2:30 p.m. Eastern / 10:00&ndash\;11:30 a.m. Pacific
AI in Formal Logic Courses
3:00&ndash\;4:30 p.m. Eastern / 12:00&ndash\;1:30 p.m. Pacific
The Examined Algorithm is open only to APA and AAPT members. You can register as a member of either organization. To register as an AAPT member\, please use this link: \;https://forms.gle/JK3Zw1WdziRYouGp7.
\nIf you register as an AAPT member\, but your membership is out of date\, we will be in touch to ask you to renew\, or you can renew your membership here: \;https://www.pdcnet.org/aapt/American-Association-of-Philosophy-Teachers-(AAPT). \;
\nAPA Members who are not AAPT members may register here:https://www.apaonline.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2079238. \; \; \; \; \; \;
\nRegistration will be available until 9 a.m. Eastern time / 6 a.m. Pacific time on the day of the event. Access information will be provided to registrants by email from the APA at least one hour prior to the start of the event. If you do not receive the Zoom access information by one hour before the event begins\, please contactinfo@apaonline.org.
\nA few notes:
\n1. Participants will be expected to keep their cameras on\, unless ADA accommodations are needed. We will all happily weather occasional interruptions from kids\, aging parents\, and non-human companions.
\n2. These sessions will not be recorded&mdash\;participants must attend live at the times listed. \;
\n3. If you are interested in being a scribe or moderator for one of the sessions (which still allows you to fully participate) please contact us as soon as you are able.
\n4. Please forward this information to colleagues who are not (yet) APA or AAPT members\, but who might find this philosophy-specific AI event interesting and useful.
\nWe hope to see you in a couple weeks!
\nAlexandra Bradner\, \;co-organizer
\nAAPT Executive Director and Chair of the APA Committee on Virtual Programming (alexandrabradner@gmail.com)
\nAndrew Mills\, co-organizer
\nChair of the AAPT Conference Programming Committee (andrewpmills@gmail.com)
ORGANIZER;CN=Alexandra Bradner;CN=Andrew Mills: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260830T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260830T234500 SUMMARY:Sein und Zeit Today: Relevance and Resonance UID:20260816T162531Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Padova\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts:
\nSein und Zeit Today: Relevance and Resonance
\n(Padua\, February 17-19\, 2027)
\nWe are pleased to share the call for abstracts for the conference Sein und Zeit Today: Relevance and Resonance\, organized by the Centro Studi di Critica Heideggeriana (CSCH) on the occasion of the centenary of the publication of Being and Time by Martin Heidegger. The conference will take place from February 17 to 19\, 2027\, at the FISPPA Department of the University of Padua.
\nIn a context that has long been active in Heidegger studies\, the conference aims to bring into dialogue some of the most authoritative voices in the current debate on Heidegger&rsquo\;s work and thought across different philosophical traditions and geographical contexts. Alongside contributions from invited speakers in the regular sessions (Hiroshi Abe\, Francesco Camera\, Paola-Ludovika Coriando\, Costantino Esposito\, Giuliana Gregorio\, Servanne Jollivet\, Giusi Strummiello\, Mark Wrathall\, Holger Zaborowski) and a panel dedicated to the work of the Paduan philosopher Franco Volpi (&ldquo\;Being and Time&rdquo\;: A Practical Philosophy? Interpretative Perspectives in Dialogue with Franco Volpi\, with guest interventions from Jesú\;s Adriá\;n Escudero\, Adriano Fabris\, and Carlo Scilironi)\, the event will include parallel sessions featuring presentations selected through this call for abstracts. Proposed abstracts should focus on the relevance of Being and Time for contemporary thought\, a theme that applicants are encouraged to address from multiple perspectives.
\nThe guiding idea of the conference is to foster engagement with a classic text of twentieth-century philosophy by rereading it from the standpoint of the present and by relating the fundamental questions that run through Heidegger&rsquo\;s masterpiece to the concerns of an era &ndash\; our own &ndash\; shaped by radically transformed conceptual horizons and frameworks of thought. In this perspective\, the call invites contributions that critically engage with Being and Time in light of the questions the text continues to raise one hundred years after its publication. We welcome proposals that explore the relevance of Heidegger&rsquo\;s analyses in relation to themes such as existence\, temporality\, finitude\, historicity\, understanding\, language\, body\, being\, and instrumentality\, bringing these into dialogue with contemporary problems\, trajectories\, and fields of research. The aim is to encourage dialogue among different traditions of thought that have found in Being and Time a major source of inspiration &ndash\; such as hermeneutics\, existential philosophy\, and phenomenology of embodiment &ndash\; or that have engaged with it in original ways\, such as certain areas of analytic philosophy and pragmatism.
\nTo submit a proposal\, applicants are required to send\, no later than August 30\, 2026\, a title and an anonymized abstract in English\, Italian\, or German (max. 3\,000 characters\, including spaces)\, addressing Being and Time and its relevance today. Presentations will be delivered in the same language chosen for the abstract. Please also attach\, in a separate file\, a brief biographical note (max. 150 words). The expected duration of each presentation is 20 minutes\, followed by a 10-minute discussion.
\nThe results of the selection process\, conducted by the selection committee\, will be announced on September 30\, 2026.
\nAll materials must be sent by email to: seinundzeit2027@virgilio.it
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260831T234500 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260831T234500 SUMMARY:The 1st Workshop on History and Philosophy of Science in the East UID:20260816T162532Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Asia/Hong_Kong LOCATION:HKUST\, Hong Kong\, Hong Kong DESCRIPTION:History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) has been a vibrant movement in the philosophy of science since 1960s. It profoundly influenced the development of 20th century philosophy of science. HPS departments and postgraduate programmes have been established worldwide\, while various HPS conferences have been running regularly. However\, HPS in the East is still underdeveloped. To be fair\, philosophy of science in East Asia is not as well developed as it might seem. For example\, in China\, philosophy of science is even sometimes conflated with analytic philosophy. This workshop series aims to advance and promote the research of HPS in the East. It will bring together philosophers of science and historians of science in the East to promote the dialogue across the boundaries with an aim to reflect on the nature\, methodology\, and development of HPS and explore new HPS approaches.
\nVenue
\nDates
\nOrganising Committee
\nKeynote Speakers
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nContact
\nThis 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:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260831T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260831T234500 SUMMARY:3rd Annual Meeting of the Young Network for Wittgensteinian Philosophy UID:20260816T162534Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%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".
\nKeynote Speaker
\nCall for Papers
\nWe invite contributions engaging with Wittgenstein's philosophy in its broadest sense. Submissions may address Wittgenstein's work on language\, logic\, mind\, mathematics\, epistemology\, ethics\, culture\, or other areas of his thought\, as well as the application of Wittgensteinian ideas and methods to contemporary philosophical problems.
\nWe particularly encourage contributions from early-career researchers and welcome both exegetical work on Wittgenstein and papers that develop or apply Wittgensteinian approaches to current philosophical debates.
\nParticipation is free\, we will provide snacks and drinks but we cannot cover any travel expenses. The meeting will be held exclusively in person.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nDeadline: 31 August 2026
\nWhat to submit: A title and an abstract of no more than 500 words on a Wittgensteinian topic of your choice.
\nSubmission form: https://forms.gle/f9VFwHM4DkMkS6xK7 or send an email to d.sarikaya@uni-luebeck.de with the Subject "YNWP Submission". \;
\nNotification of acceptance: 07 September 2026
\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:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260831T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260831T230000 SUMMARY:Special issue of Trópos on Mimetic Studies: New Theoretical Steps for the Mimetic Turn UID:20260816T162535Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Located at the juncture of philosophy and the arts\, mimesis is one of the most ancient concepts of literary theory and may not initially appear new\, let alone original. It was indeed marginalized and forgotten in the Romantic and modernist periods haunted by the myth of originality. Yet\, in recent years\, scholars across the humanities\, social sciences\, and even the neurosciences\, have returned to the ancient\, yet strikingly contemporary\, realization that humans are an imitative species\, or homo mimeticus (www.homomimeticus.eu).
\nTaking the study of all too human\, posthuman\, and nonhuman forms of imitation beyond its traditional confines within aesthetic realism and mimetic desires\, influential figures in continental philosophy (Nancy\, Malabou)\, literary theory (Miller)\, feminism (Cavarero\, Butler)\, political theory (Connolly)\, New Materialism (Bennet)\, posthuman studies (Hayles)\, history of psychology (Borch-Jacobsen)\, the neurosciences (Gallese) and more\, have joined forces across disciplines to promote a &ldquo\;mimetic (re-)turn&rdquo\; attentive to the relational\, embodied\, plastic\, contagious\, resonant\, and mirroring (im)properties of a chameleon species (see for instance Homo Mimeticus and Homo Mimeticus II).
\nThe goal of this speical issue of Tró\;pos: Journal of Hermeneutics and Philosophical Critique \;is to engage productively\, critically and creatively with the mimetic (re-)turn to both deepen and further the transdisciplinary field of mimetic studies. Please familiarize yourself with this field first via the links above first as we look for contributions that are explicitly positioned within mimetic studies. We are especially interested in the contemporary conceptual masks of mimesis that enable us to further explore the two &ldquo\;faces&rdquo\; of mimesis that go beyond good and evil: understood as a vibrant affect that destabilizes the boundaries of individuation\, mimesis on the one hand generates life-negating pathologies and\, on the other hand\, produces life-affirmative patho-logies. We welcome contributions to new mimetic studies across different disciplines and theoretical schools\, including but not limited to:
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Modernist mimesis (phantom egos\, homo duplex\, crowd behavior)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Mimicry\, interculturality\, decolonization
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Postmodernist mimesis (pastiche\, intertextuality\, simulation)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Mimesis in postcritique &\; affect theory (identification\, apprehension\, attunement)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; (New) fascist mimesis (myth\, disinformation\, post-truth)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Mimetic posthumanism (hypermimesis\, AI simulations\, homo mimeticus 2.0)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; After post-poststructuralist mimesis (Derrida\, Irigaray\, Lacoue-Labarthe\, Nancy\, Lawtoo)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Mimicry after Critical Theory (Benjamin\, Adorno\, Fromm\, Jameson)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Hermeneutics and Mimesis (Heidegger\, Gadamer\, Vattimo)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; New materialist mimesis (contagion\, influx &\; efflux\, entangled humanism\, &ldquo\;flesh&rdquo\;)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Gendered mimesis &\; mimetic inclinations (Irigaray\, Butler\, Cavarero\, Ahmed)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Mimetic resonance (Rosa)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Imitation &\; neuroscience (mirror neurons\, plasticity\, epigenetic mimesis)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Mimesis and (literary) selfhood (life writing\, autofiction\, relating narratives\, autotheory)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Suggestive mimesis (mimetic unconscious\, hypnosis\, empathy\, influence)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Biomimicry and metamorphosis (beyond human/nonhuman mimesis)
\n&hellip\;
\n-Word length 7.500 words max\, including footnotes\; 200 words abstract (in English)\; 5-6 keywords.
\n-On a separate sheet: author's name\, affiliation\, email and a short bio (50-60 words) \;
\n-Style Chicago Style (footnotes and bibliography):
\nhttps://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html
\n-Languages: English is preferred but French\, Italian\, and Spanish are also possible
\n-Submit to: n.lawtoo@hum.leidenuniv.nl and m.a.peters@hum.leidenuniv.nl
\n-For more information visit Tropos' website: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/tropos/Norme
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260831T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260831T230000 SUMMARY:‘Mysticism of Open Eyes’ in: 'Universitas Gedanesis' UID:20260816T162536Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Jan Grzanka\, editor of the biannual scientific journal &lsquo\;Universitas Gedanensis&rsquo\;\, together with Elżbieta Mikiciuk\, invite you to contribute to the next issue of the journal entitled &lsquo\;Mysticism of Open Eyes&rsquo\;.
\nThe motto of the issue is André\; Malraux's words: &lsquo\;The 21st century will be mystical... or it will not be.&rsquo\; We do not interpret them as a striking metaphor\, but as a diagnosis of the times. If Christianity is to survive\, it cannot be an escape from the world\, a form of spiritual escapism. The concept of &lsquo\;mysticism of open eyes&rsquo\;\, developed by Johann Baptist Metz\, means mysticism that does not separate itself from reality\, focused on private spiritual experience\, but is sensitive to suffering\, seeing the faces of others. It is a mysticism of compassio\, compassionate\, especially present with those who have been hurt and concerned about the justice they expect.
\nToday\, in an age of violence\, inequality and new forms of exclusion\, indifference has become one of the most dangerous temptations of &lsquo\;disembodied&rsquo\; and individualistic spirituality\, a pseudo-mysticism that not only replaces shallow religiosity\, but leads faith astray. &lsquo\;Open Eyes&rsquo\; is a protest against a misunderstood path of mystical contemplation. Mysticism will either become a sensitive\, loving presence in the world\, attentive to human beings and all living creatures\, or it will lose itself in non-existence. If the 21st century is not mystical in this sense\, it will become spiritually dead and helpless in the face of apatheism.
\nThe editors plan to publish two issues of the journal\, which will then be used as the basis for a book to be published by the Krakow Society of Authors and Publishers of Scientific Works &lsquo\;Universitas&rsquo\;. For several years now\, a series of publications has been appearing\, based on articles published in the Universitas Gedanensis journal\, supplemented with additional materials and published under the collective title Bibliotheca Culturae Scriptae (Library of Written Culture).
\nEach volume of the series is planned as a separate collective work\, edited by Dr Jan Grzanka and an expert in the field invited to collaborate. In the edition &lsquo\;Mysticism of Open Eyes&rsquo\;\, the co-editor of the volume is Prof. Elżbieta Mikiciuk\, PhD\, from the University of Gdańsk.
\nAll information about the journal and the publishing series is available at: universitasgedanensis.com.pl. The tabs &lsquo\;For authors&rsquo\;\, &lsquo\;Reviewing guidelines&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;Publication ethics guidelines&rsquo\; contain detailed guidelines for publishing articles in &lsquo\;UniversitasGedanensis&rsquo\;.
\nPlease send any questions and correspondence to the following email addresses:
\njangrzanka@onet.pl
\nEditor-in-chief of Universitas Gedanensis: Dr Jan Grzanka (SANS-Sopot)
\nmikiciuk.elzbieta@gmail.com
\nCo-editor of the volume: Prof. Elżbieta Mikiciuk\, PhD (University of Gdańsk)
\n\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20260831T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20260831T234500 SUMMARY:Kant Colloquium UFABC — Prefaces and Introductions UID:20260816T162537Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:America/Sao_Paulo LOCATION:University Avenue\, s/n\, Anchieta / Avenida da Universidade\, s/n\, Bairro Anchieta\, São Bernardo do Campo\, Brazil\, 09606-045 DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\nKant Colloquium UFABC &mdash\; Prefaces and Introductions
\nWe invite all interested scholars to submit abstracts for the Kant Colloquium UFABC\, whose theme for this edition is Prefaces and Introductions. This edition welcomes novel and varied approaches that examine how these inaugural texts not only introduce\, but also generate tensions within\, expand upon\, and\, in certain cases\, displace the very trajectory of Kantian thought.
\nAbstracts must be between 200 and 500 words.
\nThe submission deadline is 31 August 2026.
\nDates: 10&ndash\;11 December 2026.
\nVenue: Universidade Federal do ABC\, Sã\;o Bernardo do Campo campus\, Bloco Zeta\, Room 212.
Format: Hybrid event.
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.
Call for Abstracts
\nEmbodiment and Cognition in Hegel&rsquo\;s Philosophy of Mind
University of Luxembourg
7&ndash\;8 December 2026
Submission deadline: 1 September 2026
Notification of acceptance: 15 September 2026
Confirmed speakers: Elisa Magrì\;\, Andrea Gambarotto\, Dietmar Heidemann
\nThis workshop is organized as part of the FNR-funded project From Biological to Cognitive Autonomy: An Enactive Approach to Hegel&rsquo\;s Philosophy of Mind (https://www.uni.lu/fhse-en/research-projects/autonomy/)
The workshop aims to investigate the relation between embodiment and the conceptual capacities that inform rational thinking through the lens of Hegel&rsquo\;s philosophy of mind. Influential interpretations associated with the Pittsburgh School tend to emphasize a sharp transition between a merely biological &ldquo\;first nature&rdquo\; and a linguistic\, rational &ldquo\;second nature.&rdquo\; This workshop aims to challenge and complexify this picture. \;
Drawing on embodied and enactive approaches\, the workshop aims to explore the possibility of a form of continuity without identity between life and mind. The working hypothesis is that the linguistic dimension of mature human mindedness should be understood as continuous with the capacity for autonomous agency already at play in biological organisms. While this continuity involves a qualitative transformation\, embodiment and cognition are fundamentally entangled in such a way that this qualitative shift does not imply any firm ontological discontinuity. In this context\, we invite contributions that aim to address Hegel&rsquo\;s relation to 4E cognition theories while integrating dialectical tools in the theory of the embodied mind. \; \;
\nTopics of Interest
\nWe welcome submissions addressing these and related questions\, including but not limited to:
\nWhat is the relation between linguistic capacities\, the normativity of meaning\, often associated with &ldquo\;second nature&rdquo\;\, and the normativity rooted in our biological and embodied nature?
\nHow should we understand the relation between habit as linguistic Bildung&mdash\;which introduces individuals into the space of reasons&mdash\;and habit as embodied\, sensorimotor dynamics shared with non-human animals?
\nHow can one conceptually articulate both the continuity between life and mind and the qualitative breaks that seem to characterize their transition?
\nDoes a transformative account of rationality imply the need to leave nature behind or can it be reconciled with a commitment to embodied cognition?
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nWe invite abstracts (around 500 words) from scholars at all career stages.
Abstracts should be suitable for a 30-minute presentation (followed by discussion).
Practical Information
\nAccommodation\, up to 3 nights\, and conference dinner will be covered.
\nTravel costs will be reimbursed depending on available funding.
\nFor further information\, please contact andrea.gambarotto@uni.lu
ORGANIZER;CN=Andrea Gambarotto: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260901T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260901T234500 SUMMARY:Kantian Journal. Special Issue "Immanuel Kant on Jesus Christ and Christianity" UID:20260816T162540Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Kant&rsquo\;s attitude toward Jesus Christ and Christianity has received little attention in contemporary Kant studies. Among studies of Kant&rsquo\;s philosophy of religion today\, as for a long time before\, the leading topics include the critique of the proofs for the existence of God and its influence on the subsequent development of theology\, the moral religion of reason and its specific features\, ethical-theology\, the concept of the highest good\, philosophical theology and its tasks\, theodicy\, and the concept of radical evil. Meanwhile\, more specific issues of Kant&rsquo\;s interpretation of the dogmas fundamental to the Christian faith are overlooked by contemporary researchers. This is also true for the dogma of the God-manhood of Jesus Christ\, his resurrection\, and ascension\, which are equally important for all Christian denominations. However\, in Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason\, Kant devotes an entire section to Jesus Christ and the &ldquo\;ideal of a humanity well-pleasing to God&rdquo\; which has been incarnated by Him (AA 6\, pp. 60&ndash\;78). The God-manhood of Jesus Christ\, his resurrection\, and ascension are also discussed in The Conflict of the Faculties (AA 7\, pp. 38&ndash\;39). The ideal of &ldquo\;perfect humanity&rdquo\; is also discussed in the Critique of Pure Reason (B 596 / A 568). So\, what role does Jesus Christ play in Kant&rsquo\;s philosophy? How far does Kant&rsquo\;s interpretation of His God-manhood depart from the traditional Christian understanding\, and how does it relate to the interpretations of this dogma that were common among Enlightenment theologians? Is faith in Jesus Christ as the God-man\, his resurrection\, and ascension truly essential for Christianity\, or is it perfectly conceivable\, according to Kant\, without it? And can Kant&rsquo\;s moral religion exist without relying on Jesus Christ as the ideal of humanity well-pleasing to God? These and related issues are to be examined in the special issue &ldquo\;Immanuel Kant on Jesus Christ and Christianity&rdquo\;.
\nGuest Editor &ndash\; Prof. Dr Ludmila Kryshtop
The issue (Kantian Journal\, Vol. 46\, No. 1) will be published by the end of March 2027.
The International Berkeley Society invites submissions for its group session at the 2027 Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association. The conference will be held February 24&ndash\;27\, 2027 at the Hilton Denver City Center in Denver\, Colorado. We particularly welcome abstracts that engage with the theme of &ldquo\;Berkeley Beyond Philosophy.&rdquo\; Relevant topics might include Berkeley&rsquo\;s influence on literature\, religion\, public life\, political economy\, mathematics\, natural science\, medicine\, education\, or other intellectual and cultural domains outside narrowly philosophical contexts.
\nAbstracts of up to 500 words for 25-minute presentations should be prepared for blind review and submitted to Todd DeRose at t.derose@ew.edu. The deadline for submissions is September 1\, 2026. Modest financial assistance may be available for early career scholars (less than two years out from their PhD). Please contact Todd DeRose with any questions.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260901T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260901T234500 SUMMARY:The Metaphysical Society of America UID:20260816T162542Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:702 E. Desmet Ave.\, Spokane\, United States DESCRIPTION:The 2027 conference of the MSA invites submissions on the theme of the &ldquo\;metaphysics of habit\,&rdquo\; understood both as a subjective and objective genitive. Contributors may explore the metaphysical underpinnings of habit or investigate habit as a metaphysical principle in its own right. Topics of interest include\, but are not necessarily limited to\, the following questions:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit a pragmatic device for assuaging epistemological impasses\, as in Hume\, or can it have a genuine metaphysical function? If so\, how\, when and under what conditions?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit conscious or unconscious\, intelligent or blind? Is it a sign of rational consistency or the erosion of thought into blind compulsion? Is it learned or inherited\, adaptive or mechanical\, spontaneous or rote\, proactive or reactive? Is habit a result of repetition or the propensity to repeat? Or\, does habit subvert these dichotomies altogether?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Are practice\, routine\, custom\, tics and neuroses distinct in kind from habit itself or only various degrees or intensities of habit? Or\, is habit a species of one of these categories?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Must habit be relegated to psychology or is habit operative at other\, or even all\, domains of being? What of motricity or motor habit? Are instinct and inertia species of habit? Is habit a metaphysical principle underpinning various notions of evolution? Might it underwrite scientific theories\, e.g. quantum theory? Could habit account for the lawfulness of nature itself? What is the metaphysics of social and collective habits? Could there be a theology of habit?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit an attribute or might it constitute substantiality itself? Do individuals possess habits or is the self but a nexus of habits? Are some kinds of beings inherently habitual and others impervious to habit? Can a rock acquire a habit? Can artificial intelligence?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit an effect\, a cause or the very principle of causality itself? Is habit antecedent to its effects or simultaneous with them? Is habit a result consequent to its cause(s) or simultaneous with it? Or\, is it temporalization itself?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Can habit perform the functions Kant allotted to transcendental structures &ndash\; synthesis\, identity\, regularity\, temporal contraction? If so\, are traditions that make habit into a metaphysical principle\, e.g. French Spiritualism and American Pragmatism\, post-Kantian? Or\, are they instead post-Humean or post-Leibnizian?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Can habit be simultaneously empirical and contingent\, yet also universal? Is habit a priori or a posteriori\, transcendental or empirically real? Could habit ground a &ldquo\;metaphysical empiricism\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;transcendental empiricism&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;critical realism&rdquo\;?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Is habit dyadic and chiasmatic? Does habit have more to do with the Dyad or the One?
\nAbstracts that address these and related questions and issues in original ways are especially encouraged and will be prioritized. Submissions of abstracts for papers on other metaphysical topics are also welcome.
\nGuidelines for the Submission of Abstracts
\nDeadline: September 1\, 2026
\nSubmit to: Jessica Wahman\, Vice President of the MSA (msamarch2027@gmail.com)
\nFormat: Word documents of no more than 600 words. Late abstracts and those shorter than 400 words or longer than 600 words will not be considered. To facilitate double-anonymous review\, an abstract should not contain the author&rsquo\;s name or otherwise identify the author. In the email to which the abstract is attached\, authors should indicate full name\, institutional affiliation (if any)\, and abstract title. The email subject-line should read: \; 2027 MSA Submission [last name of author)] -- for example: 2027 MSA Submission Leibniz.
\nAristotle Prize
\nThe MSA&rsquo\;s annual Aristotle Prize\, which is only awarded if a submission is deemed worthy of the prize\, is open to current students without a Ph.D. The Aristotle Prize carries a cash award of $500\, inclusion in the program\, and assistance with costs for attending the annual meeting.
\nPersons who wish to be considered for this prize must a) clearly state (in an email message accompanying their submission) their eligibility for this prize and their desire to be considered for it\, and b) submit a full\, final paper in addition to the abstract by the September 1\, 2026 deadline. The body of the text (as is proposed to be read at the meeting) must be no longer than 3\,750 words.
\nPlato Prize
\nThe MSA&rsquo\;s annual Plato Prize\, which is only awarded if a submission is deemed worthy of the prize\, is open to persons who have received their first Ph.D. in the last six years&mdash\;thus (for the 2027 meeting) in 2021 or more recently. The Plato Prize carries a cash award of $500\, inclusion in the program\, and assistance with costs for attending the annual meeting.
\nPersons who wish to be considered for this prize must a) clearly state (in an email message accompanying their submission) their eligibility for this prize and their desire to be considered for it\, and b) submit a full\, final paper in addition to the abstract by the September 1\, 2026 deadline. The body of the text (as is proposed to be read at the meeting) must be no longer than 3\,750 words.
\nTravel Grants
\nThanks to the generous support of past MSA Presidents\, Society members\, and a grant from the Hocking-Cabot Fund for Systematic Philosophy\, the MSA is pleased to be able to offer reimbursements for travel expenses up to $400 to current graduate students and post-doctoral researchers within two years of their first PhD whose submissions are selected for the conference program. Persons who wish to receive such reimbursements must state their eligibility in their submission email and\, at the conference\, provide the MSA with all relevant expense receipts. (Invoices are not acceptable.)
\nAcceptance decisions will be announced by November 20\, 2026.
\nThe MSA&rsquo\;s Executive Council (https://www.metaphysicalsociety.org/about.htm) operates as the vetting committee. Those accepted for the conference must submit completed papers by February 20\, 2027 to allow review by session chairs. Papers may not exceed 3\,750 words. Eligibility to present at the conference requires payment of both membership and registration fees (https://www.metaphysicalsociety.org/membership.htm).
ORGANIZER;CN=Tyler Tritten: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Budapest:20260904T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Budapest:20260905T170000 SUMMARY:Early Modern Naturalisms: Spinozist and Humean UID:20260816T162543Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/Budapest LOCATION:Budapest\, Hungary DESCRIPTION:While both Hume and Spinoza have been claimed as paradigmatic naturalists\, it is far from clear that they are naturalists in the same sense. Further\, it is not obvious that the label applies to either without qualification. Spinoza&rsquo\;s and Hume&rsquo\;s projects moved in markedly different directions\, so we propose a workshop with the aim of examining what is at stake in calling either thinker a naturalist.
\nBy placing Spinoza and Hume in conversation on this topic\, the conference seeks to illuminate two distinct (purported) strands of early modern naturalism: one expansive and metaphysical\, the other cautious and anthropological. Are these differences merely a matter of emphasis and scale\, or do they represent fundamentally incompatible conceptions of nature and its significance? Does calling them naturalists collapse their distinct philosophies into a single tradition? And what\, if anything\, is gained by framing the early modern naturalist field in terms of &ldquo\;Spinozist&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Humean&rdquo\; trajectories rather than the more traditional &ldquo\;rationalist&rdquo\; vs. &ldquo\;empiricist&rdquo\; divide?
\nWe want to revisit early modern naturalism\, not merely as a retrospective label\, but as a philosophical option characterised by contested outlines. Contributors are invited to explore these and related questions for the purpose of critically reevaluating the categories through which early modern thought is often organised\, and reimagining naturalism as a central thread both connecting and dividing the period&rsquo\;s major figures.
ORGANIZER;CN=David Harmon;CN=Tamas Demeter: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260906T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260906T234500 SUMMARY:Charter 77 at 50: Transnational Human Rights\, Social Imagination\, and Civic Resistance in the (Post-)Global Age UID:20260816T162544Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:V Sadech 1/1\, Praha\, Czech Republic\, 16000 DESCRIPTION:The Institute of Contemporary History and the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences invite proposals for a two-day international conference bringing together historical scholarship and contemporary reflections on civic activism and democratic resistance.
\nHeld on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Charter 77\, the conference does not seek merely to commemorate a landmark of Czech and Czechoslovak history. Rather\, it aims to reassess Charter 77 as a historically situated yet internationally significant experiment in civic resistance\, and to explore its changing meanings in an era marked by democratic backsliding\, geopolitical fragmentation\, and the transformation of the global human rights order. The conference seeks to foster dialogue across disciplinary\, geographical\, and generational boundaries between scholars and civic actors concerned with the past\, present\, and future of democracy and human rights.
\nCharter 77 emerged in 1977\, during the normalization period in Czechoslovakia\, as a culturally and politically distinctive act of civic resistance &ldquo\;from below&rdquo\; in defense of fundamental human rights. It soon became not merely a symbol but an enduring platform of democratic opposition to late communist dictatorship\, whose language\, practices\, and moral authority resonated far beyond Czechoslovakia.
\nRecent scholarship has highlighted both Charter 77&rsquo\;s rootedness in the political and intellectual context of the late Cold War and its lasting significance as a distinctive experiment in civic resistance. Today\, when the international order shaped by the Helsinki process is undergoing profound transformation\, when global consensus on human rights is increasingly contested\, and when democratic institutions face mounting pressure\, Charter 77 offers an important historical perspective for rethinking questions of human dignity\, civic responsibility\, pluralism\, and nonviolent resistance.
\nThe notion of social imagination\, understood as the capacity to envision alternative forms of political and civic life\, lies at the heart of this conference. Likewise\, the idea of the (post-)global age refers to an increasingly fragmented international landscape in which universal aspirations coexist with renewed geopolitical rivalry\, regionalization\, and competing visions of democracy\, sovereignty\, and human rights.
\nThe conference will bring together scholars from history\, philosophy\, political science\, legal studies\, cultural anthropology\, sociology\, and related disciplines alongside contemporary civic actors. It aims to explore the intellectual and political legacy of dissent\, its transformations after 1989\, and the ways in which the Chartist ethos may illuminate current debates on democracy\, human rights\, civic engagement\, and nonviolent resistance.
\nThe program will move across three broad\, interconnected registers: the historical legacy of Charter 77 itself\, situated within Czech/Slovak\, Central European\, and global frames\; the trajectories of contemporary anti-authoritarian and democratizing movements across Eastern Europe (from Serbia and Belarus to Russia and Georgia)\; and the wider global dimensions of present-day human rights and democratization struggles. Contributions are welcome that speak to any of these registers\, or that move between them.
\nWe invite proposals addressing\, among others\, the following themes &ndash\; though contributions are by no means limited to this list:
\nCharter 77 in comparative perspective: dissidence\, opposition\, and civic initiatives across socialist Europe.
\nEastern Europe and international human rights organizations: historical links between dissidence and its contemporary forms.
\nHuman rights and the transformation of the international system: the evolution of international norms from Helsinki to the present.
\nReligion\, ethics\, and human rights in dissident thought.
\nSocial imagination and the language of resistance: how concepts of human dignity\, solidarity\, and civic responsibility continue to shape contemporary activism.
\nTransnational solidarity across political regimes: historical dissident networks and contemporary forms of digital mobilization.
\nLaw\, institutional independence\, and civic oversight: dissident legalism\, authoritarian legality\, and contemporary legal resistance.
\nThe ethics of nonviolence and the limits of civil disobedience: theory and practice across different historical contexts.
\nCultural opposition and artistic imagination: forms of cultural dissent\, past and present\, and the question of creative freedom under conditions of digital surveillance and platform capitalism.
\nThe memory of dissent in public space: institutionalization\, contested narratives\, and the relationship between history\, politics\, and activism.
\nPolitical order and civil resistance in the age of artificial intelligence: surveillance\, disinformation\, repression\, and democratic resilience in historical perspective.
\nCivic engagement after 1989: continuities\, transformations\, and forgotten traditions of democratic participation.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nPlease submit:
\nan abstract of 300&ndash\;500 words outlining the research question\, methodology\, sources (where appropriate)\, and principal argument\;
\na brief biographical note.
\nSubmission deadline: 6 September 2026
\nPlease send submissions to: Charter77Conference@usd.cas.cz
\nNotification of acceptance: 30 September 2026
\nPractical Information
\nConference language: English
\nPresentation length: 20 minutes
\nFormat: On-site
\nTravel and accommodation: Covered by the organizers
\nOrganizers
\nInstitute of Contemporary History\, Czech Academy of Sciences
\nInstitute of Philosophy\, Czech Academy of Sciences
\nOrganizational and Media Partners
\nCzech Radio (Český\; rozhlas)
\nInstitute for Human Sciences (IWM)\, Vienna
\nDemocracy Institute\, Central European University (Budapest)
\nLibri Prohibiti (Prague)
\nCzechoslovak Documentation Center\, National Museum (Prague)
\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact Klá\;ra Řihá\;ková\; or Michal Kopeček at Charter77Conference@usd.cas.cz.
\nWe look forward to receiving your submissions.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260907T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260909T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophische Wurzeln des Nationalsozialismus UID:20260816T162545Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Avinguda Blasco Ibáñez\, 30\, Valencia\, Spain DESCRIPTION:The conference is conceived from the basic position \;that the ideological theses expressed and assumed by the nationalsocialism are intellectually disgusting and have had an extremely horrible effect on world history. This is precisely why it seems important to us to critically examine the roots of those theses and to meticulously research their philosophical background. This unmasks and denounces the self-blameful ignorance and maliciousness of National Socialist ideology. We consider this intellectual work to be particularly important today\, when new political movements are silently developing and insinuating similar theses into the public domain\, thereby jeopardizing the future of humanity.
ORGANIZER;CN="Pedro Jesús Teruel": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260907T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260911T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophical Roots of National Socialism UID:20260816T162546Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:av. Blasco Ibañez 33\, Valencia\, Spain\, 46010 DESCRIPTION:The call for papers is hereby opened for the \;international conference &ldquo\;Philosophical Roots of National Socialism&rdquo\;\, that will be held from 7-11 September 2026 in the Faculty of Philosophy and Education Sciences of the University of Valè\;ncia. Among the confirmed speakers are\, in alphabetical order\, Barbara Zehnpfennig (Passau / Berlin)\, Christian Hartmann (Potsdam)\, Gü\;nter Zö\;ller (Munich)\, Herlinde Pauer-Studer (Vienna)\, Ó\;scar Cubo (Valè\;ncia)\, Othmar Plö\;ckinger (Salzburg)\, Pedro Jesú\;s Teruel (Valè\;ncia) and Salvi Turró\; (Barcelona). \;
\nOriginals related to any aspect of the theoretical foundation of the nationalsocialism and its disastrous political and cultural influence will be welcome. Of particular interest will be the proposals on its philosophical roots\, with special emphasis on the review of these connections in the field of classical German philosophy\, from Kant to Hegel\, and its sources.
\nThe conference is conceived from the \;basic position \;that the ideological theses expressed and assumed by the nationalsocialism are intellectually disgusting and have had an extremely horrible effect on world history. This is precisely why it seems important to us to critically examine the roots of those theses and to meticulously research their philosophical background. This unmasks and denounces the self-blameful ignorance and maliciousness of National Socialist ideology. We consider this intellectual work to be particularly important today\, when new political movements are silently developing and insinuating similar theses into the public domain\, thereby jeopardizing the future of humanity.
\nPhDs \;will submit title and abstract (100 words maximum)\, together with academic affiliation\, until November 20\, 2025 to the email address kv2026@uv.es. Authors who are \;not PhD \;will also submit the whole text of the paper\, according to the \;guidelines \;(pp. 2-3). Notice of acceptance will be given before March 19\, 2026. The participation fee is 180 euros (academics) and &euro\; 60 (doctoral students).
\nThe paper can be redacted and presented in English\, Spanish\, Valencian / Catalan or German. If the paper is written in English\, Spanish or Valencian\, a German translation will be provided before April 22\, 2026 (if it is written in German\, an English translation will be provided). For each paper there will be 30 minutes of exposition and 20 minutes of debate.
\nThe \;originals will be \;published \;by the prestigious Valencian publisher Tirant lo Blanch. In the ranking of Spanish scientific publishers drawn up by the Spanish Superior Research Council\, Tirant is number 1 out of more than three hundred. The publication will take place in both printed format and e-book. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260908T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260908T170000 SUMMARY:A Century of Foucault - Deakin University Graduate Symposium UID:20260816T162547Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:Tower 2 level 12/727 Collins St\, Melbourne\, Australia\, 3008 DESCRIPTION:This year marks the centenary of the birth of Historian/Philosopher Michel Foucault (1926 &ndash\; 1984) and the 50th anniversary of the French publication of Histoire de la sexualité\;: La volonté\; de savoir. A giant of French poststructuralist thought\, Foucault can be seen as the progenitor of contemporary queer theory and the field of biopolitics. Foucault remains a stalwart of the humanities and his influence extends far beyond the bounds of traditional philosophical discourse to areas such as sociology\, criminology\, and politics.
\nAt Deakin Downtown on September 8\, 2026 at 10:30 AM (AEST) this event will bring together current Australian graduate students to reflect on the legacy and continued influence of Foucault's work.
\nAll are welcome\, we hope you will join us for this exciting and thought provoking day!
\nThis is a hybrid event supported by zoom. Zoom attendance does not require an RSVP with eventbrite.
\nZoom link: \;https://deakin.zoom.us/j/82961833454?pwd=7vKvwKZFKdOhZbHnjJxmTGjte5WKrt.1
\nMeeting ID: 829 6183 3454 // \;Password: 07841049
\n*Lunch catering will be provided for in person attendance\, please be sure to RSVP on the eventbrite page
\n**We also would like to thank the incredible generosity of the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy (ASCP) and Deakin University's Philosophy and Religious Studies research group (PHIRES) for their support and funding for the event.
\nFor any queries please email \;lauren.p@deakin.edu.au
ORGANIZER;CN=Lauren Pedersen-Hor;CN=Jasper Lear;CN=Beau Kent: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260908T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260911T170000 SUMMARY:Historical Narratives and Counternarratives UID:20260816T162548Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Belgrade\, Serbia DESCRIPTION:Organiser: Prof. Milenko Bodin (University of Belgrade)
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260911T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260911T234500 SUMMARY:Kant on Violence\, War\, and Genocide UID:20260816T162549Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The serious international situation we are experiencing suggests that we should explore the scope of contemporary dialogue in relation to Immanuel Kant&rsquo\;s work. His texts on the philosophy of history\, his writings on practical matters and the inspiration behind his theoretical approach all demonstrate a clear commitment to peace as the only appropriate framework for coexistence in line with the aspirations of human reason. According to Kant\, reason demands that the Kampfplatz be followed by lasting peace. To what extent are his ideas still relevant today? How can Kantian thought shed light on the current situation? How can his work\, written in eighteenth-century Kö\;nigsberg\, contribute to our era\, in which we are witnessing serious political and legal setbacks such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine\, Hamas terrorism\, the barbarism unleashed by Israel in Gaza\, the violence perpetrated by organised crime through groups such as drug cartels\, and the erosion of the democratic system by Donald Trump&rsquo\;s government in the United States?
\nWe welcome all original contributions that explore these issues within the framework of Kantian thought and its critical reinterpretation. The deadline for submissions on the OJS platform is 11 September 2026. Original manuscripts can be submitted in any of the REK&rsquo\;s languages (Spanish\, German\, Valencian/Catalan\, English\, French\, Italian and Portuguese). To be considered\, submissions must follow the guidelines for authors (pp. 190 ff.).
\nEach submission will undergo a double-blind peer review process. Notification of acceptance will be given by 11 January 2027. The monograph is scheduled for publication in the spring issue on 22 April 2027.
\n\n\; \; Pedro Jesú\;s Teruel and Eduardo Charpenel
\n\; \; Valè\;ncia/Ciudad de Mé\;xico\, October 12\, 2025
\ncall for papers
\nSeptember 14&ndash\;16\, 2026
\nCenter for the Philosophy of Nature\, University of Lodz\, Lindley St. 3/5 Łó\;dź 90-131 Poland
\nThe Forgotten Giants: \;From &tau\;ὰ &Mu\;&alpha\;&theta\;ή&mu\;&alpha\;&tau\;&alpha\; to Mathematical Sciences &ndash\; Convoluted Ways of Integration of Mathematics into Western Learning.
\nThroughout the history of Western philosophy\, projects of mathematisation have arisen in resurgent waves\, often provoking resistance that led to periods of retreat. From ancient Pythagorean and Platonic schemes to medieval attempts to interweave mathematics with the fabric of natural philosophy and theology\, the role of mathematics has been repeatedly advanced and contested. This long and often conflictual process culminated in the seventeenth-century\, when the mathematisation of the scientific worldview achieved an unprecedented triumph\, in a striking twist leading to the emancipation of science from its philosophical matrix.
\nYet this triumph was not solely the work of the canonical figures we usually celebrate. It was also prepared\, supported\, and driven forward by a host of lesser-known thinkers\, whose roles have too often been neglected.
\nThe third edition of The Forgotten Giants Conference aims precisely to recover and re-examine these &ldquo\;forgotten giants&rdquo\; &ndash\; figures who\, through their contributions to mathematics\, natural philosophy\, and even ethics and theology\, played significant but underappreciated roles in the mathematisation of Western knowledge. We invite papers that explore these hidden\, neglected\, or underestimated figures\, ideas\, and works that shaped the mathematization of philosophy and the sciences throughout different historical periods.
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\npractical information
\nThe conference will be held at the University of Lodz\, Poland.
\nWe expect to be able to cover accommodation\, lunches\, and a conference dinner for accepted speakers. However\, please note that we cannot provide funding for travel.
\nSelected papers will be considered for publication in a post-conference volume.
\napplication information
\nWe welcome submissions of abstracts (max. 500 words) by \;April 30\, 2026. \;
\nNotifications of acceptance will be sent by \;May 31\, 2026.
\nPlease submit your abstracts to: cent.phil.nat@uni.lodz.pl
\norganising committee
\nProfessor Elżbieta Jung\, PhD\, MSc (Director of the Center for the Philosophy of Nature\, University of Lodz)
\nProfessor Robert Podkoński\, PhD (Chair of the Organizing Committee)
\nMarcin Leszczyński\, PhD (Secretary of the Conference)
\nProfessor Joanna Papiernik\, PhD
\nProfessor Bartosz Żukowski\, PhD
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260915T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260915T120000 SUMMARY:Primo Convegno della Società Italiana di Fenomenologia: "Fenomenologia\, logica e psicologia" UID:20260816T162551Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici\, Via Porta di Massa 1\, Napoli\, Italy\, 80133 DESCRIPTION:«\;Dal ripudio della psicologia empirica in nome di una logica pura Husserl passerà\;\, attraverso un lungo e tormentato cammino\, alla psicologia pura o trascendentale»\;.
\nA partire da queste parole di Aldo Masullo\, scritte nel 1961\, il convegno intende indagare un tema che\, per molta filosofia del Novecento\, ha rappresentato uno dei principali limiti della fenomenologia e che\, negli ultimi anni\, si è\; invece rivelato uno dei suoi aspetti più\; fecondi: il rapporto tra logica e psicologia.
\nCostitutivo della formazione filosofica di Husserl e decisivo per l&rsquo\;evoluzione del suo pensiero\, il confronto tra logica e psicologia ha orientato gran parte dello sviluppo del movimento fenomenologico. La fenomenologia\, infatti\, non si è\; limitata alla critica delle diverse forme di psicologismo &ndash\; logico\, gnoseologico ed etico &ndash\; ma ha elaborato una nuova concezione delle relazioni tra validità\; logica\, intenzionalità\; e soggettività\;.
\nSi può\; sostenere che\, per comprendere le diverse fasi del pensiero husserliano\, così\; come per distinguere le principali stagioni della tradizione fenomenologica\, sia necessario chiarire le differenti concezioni di logica e di psicologia che vi sono implicate. In questa prospettiva\, il rapporto tra questi due ambiti non costituisce soltanto una questione interna alla fenomenologia\, ma rappresenta una chiave interpretativa essenziale per comprendere il suo sviluppo storico e teorico.
\nAl di là\; del perimetro strettamente fenomenologico\, la relazione tra logica e psicologia occupa oggi una posizione centrale nel dibattito filosofico contemporaneo: dalla teoria della conoscenza alla teoria dei concetti\, dall&rsquo\;etica all&rsquo\;antropologia\, dalla filosofia delle scienze cognitive alla filosofia della mente\, dalla filosofia della logica alla psicopatologia.
\nIn questo quadro\, si invitano studiose e studiosi a presentare contributi di carattere storico o teorico sui seguenti temi:
\n1. Fenomenologia e psicologia\;
\n2. Fenomenologia e psicopatologia\;
\n3. Fenomenologia e logica\;
\n4. Etica fenomenologica tra logica e psicologia\;
\n5. Fenomenologia\, scienze cognitive ed epistemologia\;
\n6. Fenomenologia e teoria delle emozioni\;
\n7. Fenomenologia e antropologia\;
\n8. Fenomenologia e trascendentale.
\nGli abstract\, di massimo 2500 caratteri più\; 1000 di bibliografia\, \;andranno inviati a Lorenzo Cavallo (lorenzo.cavallo2@unina.it) e a Claudio Fabbroni (claudio.fabbroni@unina.it)
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\nInvio degli abstract: 15 settembre 2026
\nComunicazione degli esiti: 1°\; ottobre 2026
\nComitato scientifico:
\nAnna Donise\, Felice Masi\, Anna Pia Ruoppo
\nComitato organizzativo:
\nGiovanni Battista Armenio\, Francesco Bevilacqua\, Lorenzo Cavallo\, Claudio Fabbroni\, Francesca Maffettone\, Giulia Salzano
ORGANIZER;CN=Anna Donise;CN=Felice Masi;CN=Anna Pia Ruoppo: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260917T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260917T070000 SUMMARY:Virtues\, Education and Wellbeing UID:20260816T162552Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Sveucilisna avenija 4\, Rijeka\, Croatia DESCRIPTION:The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars working in ethics\, moral psychology\, epistemology\, political philosophy\, philosophy of art\, philosophy of education\, philosophy of wellbeing\, Aristotle&rsquo\;s philosophy\, educational science and other domains of the humanities\, with the aims of exploring our current educational practices and the way they advance development of our virtues\, our moral and epistemic characters\, and provide the necessary foundation for our individual and social wellbeing. \; \;
\nIn particular\, the conference places special emphasis on the role of virtues\, emotions\, and character formation in education\, as well as on their contribution to human flourishing. We are interested in philosophical accounts that explore how educational practices shape not only cognitive capacities but also moral and emotional dispositions\, and how these\, in turn\, support individual and collective wellbeing. This includes questions about the cultivation of intellectual and moral virtues\, the role of art in learning and moral development\, and the extent to which education can and should aim at fostering flourishing lives. We are also interested in exploring the role of arts within education\, and their capacity to contribute to the refinement of our moral characters\, development of moral virtues (or vices) and overall capacity to achieve and maintain wellbeing and social stability.
\nTopics include\, but are not limited to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Virtue and character education: aims\, methods\, and limits
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Moral and intellectual virtues in educational contexts
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The role of emotions in moral development and learning
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Education and human flourishing: philosophical perspectives
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Habituation\, practical wisdom\, and the formation of character
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The place of Aristotle&rsquo\;s ethics in contemporary philosophy of education
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Epistemic virtues and intellectual character formation
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The role of exemplars\, role models\, and narratives in education
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Emotional education: empathy\, compassion\, and emotional regulation
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The risks of moral education: indoctrination\, paternalism\, and autonomy
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Virtues and civic education: friendship\, trust\, and social cohesion
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The role of art in education
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Questions of art censorship in schools: dangerous and harmful art\, cancel culture
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Virtue aesthetics
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Aesthetics as moral propaedeutic
\nThe conference will take place at the University of Rijeka\, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, September 17th and 18th 2026.
\nKey notes: Kristjan Kristjansson and Maria Silvia Vaccarezza \;
\n
We invite submissions for 30 minute presentations\, followed by 15 minutes of Q&\;A. If you are interested in presenting your work\, please send the title and the abstract of max. 300 words by June 20th 2026 to virtue.education.rijeka@gmail.com. \;Notification of acceptance will be sent out by July 1stth. There is no conference fee.
The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars working in ethics\, moral psychology\, epistemology\, political philosophy\, philosophy of art\, philosophy of education\, philosophy of wellbeing\, Aristotle&rsquo\;s philosophy\, educational science and other domains of the humanities\, with the aims of exploring our current educational practices and the way they advance development of our virtues\, our moral and epistemic characters\, and provide the necessary foundation for our individual and social wellbeing. \; \;
\nIn particular\, the conference places special emphasis on the role of virtues\, emotions\, and character formation in education\, as well as on their contribution to human flourishing. We are interested in philosophical accounts that explore how educational practices shape not only cognitive capacities but also moral and emotional dispositions\, and how these\, in turn\, support individual and collective wellbeing. This includes questions about the cultivation of intellectual and moral virtues\, the role of art in learning and moral development\, and the extent to which education can and should aim at fostering flourishing lives. We are also interested in exploring the role of arts within education\, and their capacity to contribute to the refinement of our moral characters\, development of moral virtues (or vices) and overall capacity to achieve and maintain wellbeing and social stability.
\nTopics include\, but are not limited to:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Virtue and character education: aims\, methods\, and limits
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Moral and intellectual virtues in educational contexts
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The role of emotions in moral development and learning
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Education and human flourishing: philosophical perspectives
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Habituation\, practical wisdom\, and the formation of character
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The place of Aristotle&rsquo\;s ethics in contemporary philosophy of education
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Epistemic virtues and intellectual character formation
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The role of exemplars\, role models\, and narratives in education
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Emotional education: empathy\, compassion\, and emotional regulation
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The risks of moral education: indoctrination\, paternalism\, and autonomy
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Virtues and civic education: friendship\, trust\, and social cohesion
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The role of art in education
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Questions of art censorship in schools: dangerous and harmful art\, cancel culture
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Virtue aesthetics
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Aesthetics as moral propaedeutic
\nThe conference will take place at the University of Rijeka\, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, September 17th and 18th 2026.
\nWe invite submissions for 30 minute presentations\, followed by 15 minutes of Q&\;A. If you are interested in presenting your work\, please send the title and the abstract of max. 300 words by June 20th 2026 to virtue.education.rijeka@gmail.com. \;Notification of acceptance will be sent out by July 1stth. There is no conference fee.
ORGANIZER;CN="Iris Vidmar Jovanović";CN="Monika Jovanović";CN="Ana Gavran Miloš": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162527Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Manila:20260922T234500 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Manila:20260922T234500 SUMMARY:11th De La Salle University Undergraduate Conference UID:20260816T162554Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%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 \;September 22\, 11:59PM
\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
The Laboratory for Philosophy and Theory of History announces its international conference\, to be held on 24-26 September 2026 in Yerevan. Bringing together philosophers\, historians\, anthropologists\, archaeologists\, and scholars of heritage and memory\, the event will provide a platform for critical engagement and dialogue on the ways in which the past is interpreted\, preserved\, and contested across disciplines and societies.
\nThe theme Contested Pasts\, Uncertain Future(s): Heritage\, Memory\, and History traces how societies construct meaning from experiences of destruction\, violence\, and loss\, and how these meanings shape collective identities and future imaginaries. In a world marked by genocide\, war\, cultural erasure\, and ecological devastation\, the conference seeks to question the moral and epistemic responsibilities involved in narrating and creating the past.
\nThe event aims to expand theoretical inquiry into heritage as a field of conflict and negotiation. Heritage is never neutral\; it embodies claims to ownership\, belonging\, and continuity\, often entangled with questions of displacement\, colonial legacies\, and political power. The conference will consider how indigenous and native communities struggle to sustain their historical lands\, languages\, and material cultures amid global pressures of appropriation\, modernization\, and erasure. These issues call for renewed philosophical engagement with the concept of heritage itself: its ontological foundations\, its ethical implications\, and its relation to historical justice.
\nThe conference will explore the intersection of heritage\, memory\, and historiography &ndash\; examining how material remains\, institutional frameworks\, and historical writing intertwine in shaping public understanding of the past. It will also address the challenges posed by relativism\, competing historical claims\, and the erosion of trust in expertise. By combining perspectives from philosophy\, history\, archaeology\, epistemology\, and art\, the event seeks to foster a conversation about the ethics of historical representation and the fragile relationship between knowledge\, authority\, and memory.
\nConfirmed keynote speakers:
\nEwa Domańska (Adam Mickiewicz University\, Poland)
\nLynn Meskell (University of Pennsylvania\, USA)
\nArsen Bobokhyan (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography\, Armenia)
\n\nThose interested in taking part in the conference are invited to send in an abstract of 300-500 words (in .doc or .docx) to lab.philosophy@ysu.am by 15 March 2026. Please name your file following this structure: Surname_Title of the abstract. Accepted participants will be notified by the mid-April.
\nPapers must be presented in either English or Armenian. There is no registration fee.
ORGANIZER;CN=Davit Mosinyan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260924T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260925T170000 SUMMARY:Practical Applications of Kant’s Philosophy UID:20260816T162556Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Leeds\, United Kingdom\, LS2 9JT DESCRIPTION:UK Kant Society Annual Conference 2026
\nCall for Abstracts: Practical Applications of Kant&rsquo\;s Philosophy
\nIDEA: The Ethics Centre 24th and 25th September 2026
\nKeynote speakers
\nProf. Nuria Sá\;nchez Madrid (Madrid)
\nProf. Pablo Gilabert (Montreal/Oxford)
\nWe are pleased to announce that this year the Annual Conference of the UK Kant Society will be organised by Paula Satne and hosted at IDEA: The Ethics Centre\, a specialist unit for teaching\, research\, training\, and consultancy in applied ethics. In line with the interests of the IDEA Centre\, and to continue the celebrations of IDEA&rsquo\;s recent 20th anniversary\, the main theme of this year&rsquo\;s conference is &ldquo\;Practical Applications of Kant&rsquo\;s Philosophy&rdquo\;.
\nWe invite papers on any aspect of Kant&rsquo\;s philosophy that has a practical application or dimension. We also invite papers that build on Kant&rsquo\;s philosophy and/or the Kantian tradition\, as well as papers that are critical of it. Moreover\, papers on any area of Kant&rsquo\;s philosophy are also welcome and will be considered. The list below indicates possible topics related to the theme of the conference (though the list is not exhaustive):
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Poverty and social justice
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Refugees and immigration
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; War and peace
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The ethics of AI
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Environmental ethics
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Love\, sex\, and relationships
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Forgiveness\, revenge\, and punishment
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Art\, morality\, and politics
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Kant and the Isms (sexism\, racism\, heterosexism\, etc.)
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Death
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The ethics and politics of memory
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Freedom\, democracy\, and authoritarianism
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Evil
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Animal ethics
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Corporations
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Business\, advertising\, social media
\nThe conference will take place at the University of Leeds on 24&ndash\;25 September 2026. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 31 May 2026\; we aim to send decision letters by 28 June 2026. Abstracts should be suitable for a 25&ndash\;30‑minute presentation\, with 15&ndash\;20 minutes for discussion\, and should be approximately 500 words in length.
\n\nThere are various sources that offer guidance on how to write abstracts\; one that we think is particularly relevant for philosophy is:https://cjblunt.com/abstracts-and-introductions/. Abstracts should be prepared for anonymous refereeing and sent top.satne@leeds.ac.uk. In a separate document\, please include your name\, institutional affiliation\, email address\, and paper title. If you are a member of an underrepresented group\, you may include that information in the separate document in compliance with BPA/SWIP guidelines.
\nThe conference aims to comply with the BPA/SWIP guidelines for accessible conferences.
\nFor further queries\, please contact p.satne@leeds.ac.uk
ORGANIZER;CN=Paula Satne: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T170000 SUMMARY:The Foucault Century UID:20260816T162557Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center\, Philadelphia\, United States DESCRIPTION:Michel Foucault&rsquo\;s influence on contemporary thought is unmatched by any other twentieth-century intellectual. Reputed to be the most widely cited scholar in history\, his work has provided a foundational vocabulary in a variety of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. He remains one of the most widely taught figures in institutions of higher education worldwide. Even where Foucault&rsquo\;s name is no longer invoked\, the shaping influence of his corpus has been transformative&mdash\;even revolutionary.
\n2026 marks the centennial of Foucault&rsquo\;s birth and the 50-year anniversary of the publication of his landmark \;History of Sexuality\, Vol. 1. \;The Foucault Century\, a symposium at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (September 24&ndash\;25\, 2026)\, offers a renewed assessment of Foucault&rsquo\;s thought. \;
\nForty years after his death\, our understanding of Foucault&rsquo\;s scholarship has been enriched and transformed by a wealth of groundbreaking posthumous publications. These include Foucault&rsquo\;s thirteen courses at the Collè\;ge de France\, lectures and seminars at other institutions around the world from the 1960s to the 1980s\, and the fourth volume of \;History of Sexuality&mdash\;Confessions of the Flesh. More material is coming out all the time\, with Foucault&rsquo\;s 1966&ndash\;1967 public lectures at the University of Tunis now in press.
\nThe Foucault Century \;considers the manifold implications of this expanding corpus. And it takes as its premise that the Foucault we already know&mdash\;or think we know&mdash\;may need to be reconsidered. What has sometimes been called the &ldquo\;textbook image of Foucault&rdquo\; has become an obstacle to fully grasping the depth\, complexity\, and tensions of his thought. \;
\nThe Foucault Century \;will bring together an international group of Foucault specialists to consider a range of problems in the contemporary assessment of Foucault: What questions are being left unasked in the default interpretation of Foucault that has been passed down? What controversies remain unresolved? Which of Foucault&rsquo\;s many voices and guises can be brought into productive conversation with our contemporary intellectual\, political\, and cultural controversies? And which need to be criticized or dismantled? Which Foucaults have been remembered? And which have been forgotten and may need to be brought to light again?
ORGANIZER;CN=Daniele Lorenzini;CN=Donovan Schaefer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260925T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260927T170000 SUMMARY:Updating the Totalitarian Question: Subject\, Truth\, and Resistance in Post-Totalitarian Reality UID:20260816T162558Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Ljubljana\, Slovenia DESCRIPTION:v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML)\;} o\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML)\;} w\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML)\;} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML)\;} Normal 0 false false false false SL X-NONE X-NONE/* 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\; mso-pagination:widow-orphan\; font-size:10.0pt\; font-family:"Calibri"\,sans-serif\; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"\; mso-ansi-language:SL\; mso-fareast-language:SL\;}
\nOn the anniversary of Hannah Arendt's birth\, it is extremely relevant to reconsider her analysis of totalitarianism in the context of contemporary conditions\, which many describe as post-totalitarian\, diffuse\, and systemic. Although 20th-century totalitarianism seems to be historically over\, its structures&mdash\;the breakdown of the public sphere\, the manipulation of reality\, the bureaucratization of guilt\, and the degradation of the individual into a function&mdash\;are present today in more subtle but no less effective forms. It is necessary to go deeper than detecting politics into the very anthropological and ontological core of the problem: the loss of man's capacity for thought\, judgment\, and responsibility. It is precisely this loss that is the fundamental question linking her thinking to Kierkegaard's existential turn\, Havel's analysis of the post-totalitarian system\, and the vision of an existential revolution in the 21st century.
\nFor Arendt\, totalitarianism arises when individuals lose their inner orientation and capacity for personal judgment. The mass man\, as she describes him\, is isolated\, atomized\, and at the same time completely embedded in an ideological system that offers him false certainty. This man does not feel the need to think\; Arendt's "banality of evil" is not driven by fanatics\, but by bureaucrats without inner reflection. Arendt shows that life in such a system produces "subjects without an inner core" who adapt to the logic of necessity and renounce personal responsibility. This condition is a prerequisite for any totalitarian regime\, which is merely a consequence of the disintegration of subjectivity.
\nVá\;clav Havel in The Power of the Powerless continues Arendt's diagnosis\, but shifts it to the context of post-totalitarianism\, where repression is no longer explicit but structured into everyday routines\, symbolic gestures\, and the pressure of conformity. Havel's "life of lies" is not merely a moral category\, but an ontological condition: the individual renounces authentic expression because he is dependent on a system that dictates what is "normal\," "safe\," and "acceptable." The post-totalitarian society that Havel describes is built on millions of small compromises.
\nIt is interesting to note that this situation is emerging in entirely new forms in the 21st century: not only in political regimes\, but also in technological structures\, the attention economy\, algorithmic regulation of information\, and social pressure to performative identity. In this sense\, Havel is more relevant today than he was at the time of his writing.
\nKierkegaard recognized as early as the 19th century that the modern age creates a "public sphere" in which the individual is dissolved into abstraction. "The crowd is untruth" is his radical response to a process that\, in Arendt's and Havel's perspective\, leads to complete depersonalization. The existential turn in Kierkegaard means a return to the inner experience of decision-making: the subject must become responsible to himself\, to his "eternal self\," not to the expectations of the crowd. This is a decision that requires passion\, risk\, and a willingness to be nonconformist.
\nSince 2013\, Kierkegaard conferences and contemporary existential hermeneutics have been exploring this very idea: today\, the subject is losing not only its moral orientation\, but also its ontological weight. The existential turn is therefore necessary not so much as a philosophical fashion\, but as a condition for the preservation of humanity.
\nThe internal transformation of the subject is thus a prerequisite for the transformation of the world. The existential revolution is not political\, but ontological\; it does not build a new ideology\, but restores man as the bearer of truth\, independent of the pressures of the system.
\nWe must therefore transfer the analysis to the immediate present: post-totalitarian tendencies are evident today in digital surveillance\, the algorithmisation of the public sphere\, psychopolitical mechanisms\, the culture of the performative self\, and society's fear of exclusion and the breakdown of dialogue. The existential revolution is thus a break with the structure of "living a lie\," which is no longer tied solely to political repression\, but to the entire configuration of late modernity.
\nWithout internal responsibility\, there is no external freedom\; without personal truth\, there is no political truth\; without the subject\, there is no democracy.
\nWe can argues that the key to understanding contemporary post-totalitarian reality lies in the existential renewal of the single individual. The Hannah Arendt anniversary encourages us to consider her warning together with the existential tradition\, which offers not only a diagnosis but also a path of resistance and transformation.
\n\;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260928T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260929T170000 SUMMARY:Kant’s Concept of Freedom: Transcendental\, Moral\, Political UID:20260816T162559Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Jakob-Welder-Weg 18\, Mainz\, Germany\, 55128 ORGANIZER;CN=Henning Kirschbaum: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260930T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260930T000000 SUMMARY:The Courage of Truth. Michel Foucault 1926-2026. UID:20260816T162600Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Roma\, Italy\, 00193 DESCRIPTION:Born on 15 October 1926\, Michel Foucault would be 100 years old today. An eclectic scholar and controversial figure on the French cultural scene\, Foucault delivered his final lecture at the Collè\;ge de France in 1984\, exploring the practices and forms of discourse through which the subject might come to speak the truth about themselves. The courage of truth lies with the speaker who takes the risk of expressing\, despite everything\, the whole truth that is in their mind\; and it is also the courage of the listener\, who agrees to accept as true the outrageous truth they have heard. From 1980 onwards\, Foucault had significantly reoriented his research\, shifting from the individual as an object of domination and surveillance to the subject of truth\; more specifically\, to the process through which the individual constitutes and recognises themselves as a subject.
\nThe volumes of The History of Sexuality\, written in his later years\, also explore the forms\, techniques and games of truth through which the individual constitutes themselves as a subject capable of governing themselves and\, by extension\, of governing others. Foucault presents a history of the ethical issues that arise from the techniques of the self&mdash\;those reasoned and voluntary practices through which individuals seek to transform themselves\, to modify their individuality\, and to make their lives a work that expresses certain values and meets specific criteria regarding lifestyle. Throughout his intellectual journey\, Foucault also developed one of the most influential critiques of modernity\, challenging the linear narrative of progress and demonstrating how modern institutions\, forms of knowledge and social practices are permeated by apparatuses of power that produce historically determined forms of subjectivity.
\nHis thinking made a decisive contribution to the renewal of contemporary social theory\, bringing to light a conception of power no longer understood as merely the prerogative of the state or sovereignty\, but rather as a widespread network of relationships\, practices and technologies that give substance to institutions.
\nIn this sense\, his thought represents one of the main points of reference in the post-structuralist debate and continues to offer analytical categories &ndash\; such as discipline\, biopolitics\, governmentality\, apparatuses and processes of subjectivation &ndash\; that are fundamental to understanding the transformations of contemporary societies and to the renewal of the social sciences and humanities. Central to his work is the tension that runs through it: between the technologies of discipline &ndash\; that power which\, through norms and surveillance\, produces docile or subjugated bodies &ndash\; and the technologies of the self\, the practices through which the subject constitutes itself by acting upon itself. These two axes intertwine precisely within governmentality\, a highly topical issue: does self-care\, in the new forms it takes today\, open up a space of freedom\, or is it a shift in the governance of behaviour? In honouring the legacy of Foucault\, the conference aims to critically and reflectively take stock of the current state of research: how are subjectivities and the Self constructed\, between power and emancipation\, in today&rsquo\;s world? Are the social sciences and humanities still &lsquo\;receptive&rsquo\; to his theoretical proposals? To what extent does his critique of modernity continue to provide a key to interpreting contemporary social transformations and new configurations of power? Does the appeal to the value of &lsquo\;humanity&rsquo\; and the human continue to be significant\, or\, as Foucault argued\, does it serve rather to justify the most disparate realisations? In contemporary societies\, how is the relationship between power\, truth and governmentality changing? In the age of thinking machines\, what is the relationship between the body and technology\, and how does it involve the sexed and gendered body? What is the relationship between truth and democracy in an era of crisis for epistemic authorities? If power is no longer the prerogative of the state but a widespread network of relationships and mechanisms\, where does sovereignty lie today\, and how are representation and conflict redefined when governance is exercised over conduct and life? If governing means directing conduct\, what forms of subjectivation does neoliberal governmentality produce today &ndash\; in which the individual has now become an entrepreneur of the self &ndash\; and what counter-conducts emerge where people no longer wish to be governed in this way?
\nThese are just some of the questions that may now be raised by a re-reading of the work of a scholar who\, at every stage of his intellectual journey\, positioned himself at a transdisciplinary crossroads within the humanities. Building on the framework outlined above\, with this call for papers we invite scholars to submit contributions addressing\, in particular but not exclusively\, the following themes:
\n- interpreting the critique of modernity: Michel Foucault&rsquo\;s contribution to the development of contemporary social theory and the post-structuralist debate\;
\n- biopolitics\, governmentality and capitalism in the digital society\;
\n- truth\, intellectuals and power in the post-truth era\;
\n- parrhesia and democracy: speaking the truth as a political practice and the crisis of epistemic authorities\;
\n- neoliberal governmentality\, the governance of conduct and the self-entrepreneurial subject\;
\n- political subjectivation\, counter-conducts and forms of resistance to government\;
\n- surveillance\, security and algorithmic governmentality in democratic societies\;
\n- current applications of the genealogical-critical method in the humanities and social sciences.
\nGUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL
\nOpening date for submission of proposals: 29 July 2026
\nGuidelines for submitting proposals: a maximum of 500 words and no more than 5 keywords\, in addition to the proposer&rsquo\;s first name\, surname\, affiliation and email address. The paper must be submitted in .pdf format to the following email address:
\nconferencefoucault@gmail.com
\nDeadline for submission of proposals: 30 September 2026
\nNotification of proposal acceptance: 15 October 2026
\nFor enquiries:
\nConference Scientific Committee
\nconferencefoucault@gmail.com
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T000000 SUMMARY:Hegel’s Philosophy of Action - CFP Open Philosophy UID:20260816T162601Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS
\nfor a topical issue of \;Open Philosophy
\nHEGEL&rsquo\;S PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION
\nOpen Philosophy \;(https://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/opphil/html) invites submissions for the topical issue &ldquo\;Hegel&rsquo\;s Philosophy of Action&rdquo\;\, edited by Bojana Jovićević (University of Ljubljana) and Gregor Schä\;fer (University of Basel/University of London).
\nDESCRIPTION
\n\;
\nThe topic of this issue is Hegel&rsquo\;s account of action. To act typically means to realize one&rsquo\;s goals through the exercise of one&rsquo\;s intention &ndash\; that is\, one acts upon reasons that justify one&rsquo\;s action as true and good. If one fails to act\, one&rsquo\;s reasons are obstructed &ndash\; either by external circumstances\, such as unfavourable conditions\, or by one&rsquo\;s inertia of intelligence\, the additional judgement required from the agent to translate one&rsquo\;s intention into concrete action.
\nOn this view\, action is understood as a predicate of ability: the power to act is conceived independently of its actual conditions. In this light\, whether an action is realized becomes irrelevant\, since its validity is not empirically verifiable. In other words\, if action is understood as mere potentiality &ndash\; prior to entering into relations with the empirical world &ndash\; its effects on others\, or how they judge it\, become entirely irrelevant. The agent\, in this sense\, retains the authority to insist that\, regardless of what one actually does\, one&rsquo\;s intention remains perfectly valid.
\nHegel criticizes this model. It may turn out that\, in acting from intention\, the agent is mistaken. Or even if one&rsquo\;s reasons are sound\, the outcome could still be wrong. For instance\, helping others may be a valid principle\, but the way it is employed could be flawed if those one intends to help are\, in fact\, hindered or harmed by one&rsquo\;s actions. In other words\, knowing that an action conforms to an ability (potentia) is never enough to rule out the possibility that something about it is wrong in the particular situation. That possibility could only be excluded if the content of the action were realized in its concrete exercise &ndash\; a notion that undermines the very idea of ability as such. Therefore\, Hegel insists that action cannot be separated from one&rsquo\;s concrete doing. On Hegel&rsquo\;s terms: the actuality of purpose is the purpose of acting. Because the consequences of action partake within the causality of the action itself\, as a result every action is\, by its very concept\, incongruent with the agent&rsquo\;s prior intention. Hegel&rsquo\;s prominent critique of moral action &ndash\; as an action that focuses solely on intentions and\, insofar as it takes place in the actual form of social and political life\, comes into conflict with its consequences &ndash\; is evidently connected with this structure.
\nIf no action can be separated from its actual consequences\, then what distinguishes a successful action from a failed one? And if action is mediated by the incongruence between intention and outcome\, what does this imply for the &ldquo\;truth&rdquo\; of the entire process of the action? What is &ndash\; from this perspective &ndash\; a &ldquo\;wrong&rdquo\; action\, what is a &ldquo\;true&rdquo\; action\, and how do they relate to each other in understanding the entire process of action? Moreover\, if action cannot be free from intention or validated by its outcome\, but both of them can be explained only through the whole of its process\, how then should we interpret the ethics of Hegel&rsquo\;s philosophy of action (as both a deontological and a utilitarian or pragmatist interpretation would be misleading)?
\nThe present issue aims to explore these questions and the nexus of related topics (e.g.\, virtuous action\, political action\, historical action) from varied perspectives\, all of which stem from the following conceptual tension: for Hegel\, action resides in one&rsquo\;s concrete doing &ndash\; there is no action outside of what one actually does\, and in this sense\, action cannot be validated by one&rsquo\;s intention in its entirety. Yet this does not mean that its validity depends on its consequences\; rather\, both intention and outcome are explained in light of knowledge discerned through action.
\nWhile Hegel&rsquo\;s understanding of action has gained growing interest in recent scholarship\, this aspect remains largely overlooked and underdeveloped. Beginning with the Phenomenology of Spirit\, traversing through the Science of Logic\, and culminating in the Philosophy of Right and the Philosophy of History\, this question remains highly relevant for Hegel&rsquo\;s entire practical philosophy. Specifically\, this issue aims to explore\, among others\, the following set of problems as articulated in Hegel&rsquo\;s practical philosophy:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; How is practical knowledge related to action\, and what grounds this relation?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; In what ways do intention and outcome figure within the causality of action\, and across different kinds of action (virtuous\, political\, historical\, etc.)?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; What is the relation between failed and successful action? Are these distinct or simply different aspects of one and the same concept of action?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; How can we distinguish action from the notions of ability\, power\, or disposition?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Is action independent of\, or dependent upon\, other competent subjects\, and does this imply that it is intersubjective and social in its origin?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; What does it mean to concretely exercise action within specific forms of social and political life?
\n
HOW TO SUBMIT
\nSubmissions will be collected from September 1 to September 30\, 2026. There are no specific length limitations.
\nTo submit an article for the special issue of Open Philosophy\, authors are asked to access the online submission system at:
\nhttp://www.editorialmanager.com/opphil/ \;
\nPlease choose as article type: Hegel&rsquo\;s Philosophy of Action
\nBefore submission the authors should carefully read over the Instruction for Authors\, available at: \;https://www.degruyter.com/publication/journal_key/OPPHIL/downloadAsset/OPPHIL_Instruction%20for%20Authors.pdf \;
\nAll contributions will undergo critical review before being accepted for publication.
\nFurther questions about this thematic issue can be addressed to Bojana Jovićević at \;bojana.jovicevic@ff.uni-lj.si and/or Gregor Schä\;fer at gregor.schaefer@unibas.ch. In case of technical problems with submission\, please write to Assistant.Managing.Editor@degruyterbrill.com \;
\nBecause \;Open Philosophy \;is published under an Open Access model\, as a rule\, publication costs should be covered by so called \;Article Publishing Charges \;(APC)\, paid by authors\, their affiliated institutions\, funders or sponsors.
\nAuthors without access to publishing funds are encouraged to discuss potential discounts or waivers with OA Portfolio Manager Magdalena Skoneczna (magdalena.skoneczna@degruyterbrill.com) before submitting their manuscripts.
\nFind us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DGOpenPhilosophy
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20260930T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20261002T170000 SUMMARY:International Colloquium on Phenomenology and Critique UID:20260816T162602Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:America/Sao_Paulo LOCATION:Rua Roraima\, 1000\, Santa Maria\, Brazil DESCRIPTION: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:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T140000 SUMMARY:Northeastern Modern Language Association UID:20260816T162603Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Newport\, United States DESCRIPTION:CFP: German Romantic Humor across the Disciplines (9/30/2026\; NeMLA\; Sat March 6 - Tuesday March 9\, 2027)
\n\nTo be held at the 2027 Northeastern Modern Language Association (NeMLA) convention in Newport\, Rhode Island.
\n\;
\nThis panel seeks to bring together scholars of literature\, philosophy\, history\, art history\, theology\, musicology and/or related humanistic disciplines to discuss how humor shaped\, and was shaped by\, German Romanticism.
\n\nGerman Romantics used comedy\, parody\, satire\, transcendental irony\, and other humoristic techniques not only to entertain audiences in new ways\, but also to provoke political debate\, teach\, tread new creative ground\, and philosophize in ways that balance the sharpness of intellect with the acuity of wit particular to their age. In many ways\, while one might consider the Enlightenment the Age of Reason\, one might consider Romanticism the Age of Humor\, be it dark\, bawdy\, provocative\, seemingly nonsensical\, or otherwise.
\n\nBuilding on the influence of the newly launched Routledge book series\, &ldquo\;Humor in Literature and Culture\,&rdquo\; edited by Shun-Liang Chao and Vivienne Westbrook\, this panel takes a thoroughly interdisciplinary approach to humor\, capitalizing on the ways that this concept in its broadest sense can bring together works from a variety of literary genres\, as well as other media and art forms growing in popularity in German-speaking lands in the first half of the nineteenth century.
\n\nPotential topics might include\, but are not limited to:
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; New readings of canonical or less canonical comedic literary or poetic works. \;
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Analyses of operas\, Lieder\, folksongs\, or other musical pieces that use humorous elements to attain particular impact.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Considerations of humoristic techniques\, characters\, and commentaries.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Comparative contributions that juxtapose German Romantic humor with that of other national cultures or historical periods.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Discussions of the effectiveness of various humoristic techniques across genres and media.
\n\;
\nPanel will take place in-person but abstracts from presenters who need to present remotely will be considered. Submissions must note whether the speaker is able to present in-person.
\n\;
\nPlease submit abstracts of 150-300 words\, including the submitter&rsquo\;s biographical information through the NeMLA website: https://cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/22400
\n\nSubmission deadline: September 30\, 2026
\n\nFor inquiries about the panel\, contact:
\nPascale LaFountain\, Associate Professor of German and French\, Montclair State University (lafountainp@montclair.edu)
ORGANIZER;CN=Pascale LaFountain: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261001T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261001T090000 SUMMARY:Gorgōnes kai Gynaikes: The Many Faces of Female Virtue in Greek and Roman Culture UID:20260816T162604Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Via Saverio Landolina\, 5\, Siracusa\, Italy\, 96100 DESCRIPTION:Eleventh Interdisciplinary Symposium
\non the Hellenic Heritage of Sicily and Southern Italy
\nwith the theme of
\n\nThe Many Faces of Female Virtue in Greek and Roman Culture
\nExedra Mediterranean Center\, Syracuse\, Sicily\, November 22-26\, 2026
\nWith a post-conference tour November 27-28
\nWas \;aretē \;in ancient Greece and Rome different for females and males? Pericles&rsquo\; much-vaunted claim that the virtue of \;gynaikes \;is &ldquo\;not to be talked of&rdquo\; (Thucydides \;2.45.2) seems to suggest as much\, but his words are aimed specifically at war-widows and wives. The surviving evidence suggests that mortal and immortal females fulfilled a great diversity of roles and expressed a great diversity of virtues\, from choral dancers to athletic maidens\, rebellious wives\, prolific poets\, mysterious priestesses\, charismatic nymphs\, and even powerful goddesses. The purpose of this conference is to explore the many faces of female virtue in Greco-Roman antiquity\, attempting as far as possible to discern the perspectives of historical women. \;
\nOur conference takes place at the Exedra Mediterranean Center in Syracuse\, Sicily&mdash\;the cultural center of Western Greece known by Epicharmus\, Empedocles\, Plato\, Aeschylus\, Sappho\, Theocritus\, Archimedes\, Cicero and many others. \; It will include academic presentations\, visits to the Neapolis archeological park and Paolo Orsi museum\, and a post-conference excursion. We will also enjoy traditional Sicilian food and hospitality\, plus an American style Thanksgiving dinner (with families invited) Thursday afternoon.
\nProposals for presentations related to any aspect of the topic are welcome. Abstracts for papers should be 200-300 words in length\, prepared for blind review\, and saved in .docx or .rtf. They should include a title\, but no footnotes or references. Evaluation criteria include quality\, relevance to the conference theme\, and relevance to the heritage of Sicily and Southern Italy. Scholars are welcome to participate without presenting a paper\, and can request to be on the program as a session chair.
\nSelected proceedings will be published by Parnassos Press and indexed open access on JSTOR.
\nSend abstracts directly to Heather L. Reid at fontearetusa1@gmail.com. Abstracts received by July 15\, 2026 will be considered for early acceptance. Final deadline for abstracts is October 1\, 2026.
ORGANIZER;CN=Heather Reid: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261001T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261001T234500 SUMMARY:North American Spinoza Society 2027 Meeting UID:20260816T162605Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%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:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20261002T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20261003T170000 SUMMARY:Inheriting Ordinary Language Philosophy UID:20260816T162606Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%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:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20261008T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20261009T170000 SUMMARY:Bacon and European modernity UID:20260816T162607Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%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:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261008T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261010T170000 SUMMARY:5th Central European Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy UID:20260816T162608Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%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:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261008T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261010T170000 SUMMARY:North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics UID:20260816T162609Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%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:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261009T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261010T170000 SUMMARY:Voir-Dire: "World-Building" UID:20260816T162610Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%3 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:75 Laurier Ave E\, Ottawa\, Canada\, K1N 6N5 DESCRIPTION:Call for Proposals:
\n&ldquo\;World-Building&rdquo\;
\nOctober 9th &\; 10th\, 2026 at University of Ottawa
\nSubmission Deadline: 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. \;
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\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:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T170000 SUMMARY:Metaphysics in a Rationalist Spirit UID:20260816T162611Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%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:20260816T162528Z 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:20260816T162612Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%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:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261015T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261017T170000 SUMMARY:Radical Philosophy Association 18th Biennial Conference UID:20260816T162613Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%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. \;
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:20260816T162528Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20261021T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:4th International Conference on Ancient Philosophy & Other UID:20260816T162616Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:9c6d:bdff:fec2:4d5c%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
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