Upcoming events in History of Western Philosophy

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Ongoing 17 Mar

Online lecture series : Wittgenstein's Lecture on Ethics: Online Lecture Series

OnlineUniversity of Potsdam

Online Lecture Series

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Meta-Ethics

Ongoing 29 Apr

Conference: Séminaire Arendt 2026

OnlineRéseau Arendtien Francophone

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

Ongoing 17 Aug

Conference: Fall 2026 Tulane German Philosophy Workshop Series

Department of Philosophy, Tulane University

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, European Philosophy

Ongoing 1 Sep

Conference: Inquiry Network WIP Talks

OnlineThe Inquiry Network

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Value Theory

Ongoing 12 Sep

Conference: The Concept of Chaos: Nietzsche contra Heidegger on Early Greek Philosophy

OnlineIncite Seminars

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Metaphysics, Continental Philosophy

Ongoing 24 Sep

Conference: Reading Gramsci: Context, Concepts, and Critique

OnlineIncite Seminars

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

Ongoing 2 Oct

Conference: Inheriting Ordinary Language Philosophy

Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University

The 14th Nordic Wittgenstein Society Conference

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphilosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

Ongoing 2 Oct

Conference: Theories of First Principles in Early Modern Metaphysics

Oriel College, University of Oxford

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Continental Philosophy

Tomorrow 4 Oct

Conference: (Un)Timely Blanchot

OnlineIncite Seminars

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, European Philosophy

6 Oct

Talk: The Not-Yet Conscious: Phenomenology of Time Consciousness and Creativity

OnlineLaboratory for Phenomenological Research

The Laboratory for Phenomenological Research Speaker Series

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

7 Oct

Conference: La fondazione scientifica del discorso teologico in età imperiale. Interpretazioni e testi

Dipartimento di studi letterari, filosofici e di storia dell'arte, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion

8 Oct

Conference: Bacon and European modernity

Francophone Regional Center for Advanced Research in Social Sciences (CEREFREA)

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions

8 Oct

Conference: 5th Central European Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

8 Oct

Conference: North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics

University of California, Davis

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Continental Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

9 Oct

Conference: Voir-Dire: "World-Building"

Department of Philosophy, University of Ottawa

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Value Theory

9 Oct

Conference: Metaphysics in a Rationalist Spirit

Lehigh University

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology

10 Oct

Conference: Journée stoïcienne 2026 : Stoïcisme et écologie – Penser notre relation à la nature aujourd’hui

Stoicon-x Paris

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

15 Oct

Conference: Femmes et guerre dans la Grèce de Platon

IREPH, Université Paris Nanterre

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

15 Oct

Conference: Radical Philosophy Association 18th Biennial Conference

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Social and Political Philosophy

15 Oct

CFP: Appareil - 32 - Formes de la médiation dans l’œuvre de Walter Benjamin

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics

16 Oct

Conference: Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo

Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

16 Oct

Conference: North American Association for Philosophy and Education (NAAPE) 2026

University of Saint Mary of the Lake

North American Association for Philosophy and Education

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Social Science, Social and Political Philosophy

17 Oct

Talk: Heidegger on Dasein

OnlineDepartment of Philosophy, Southern Connecticut State University

Heidegger Workshop Online

Tobias Keiling (University of Warwick)

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy

21 Oct

Conference: 4th International Conference on Ancient Philosophy & Other

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

21 Oct

Talk: Brighton and Hove City’s Historical Links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics, University of Brighton

Reparations and Restitution Community Symposium

Professor Ahmed Reid

Onyekachi Wambu

Charmaine Simpson

Bert Williams MBE

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

22 Oct

Conference: Utopias of Work: Historical Perspectives

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Social and Political Philosophy

22 Oct

Conference: Identity and Community in Times of Uncertainty

Faculty of Humanities, AGH University of Krakow, Poland

Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, European Philosophy

22 Oct

Conference: Identity and Community in Times of Uncertainty

Faculty of Humanities, AGH University of Krakow, Poland

Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, European Philosophy

23 Oct

Conference: NYU Shanghai Kant Workshop

Department of Philosophy, NYU Shanghai

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

23 Oct

Conference: On the Work of Howard Stein: Philosophy, Math, and Physics

Department of Philosophy, Columbia University

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Physical Science

23 Oct

Conference: Hegel and Time - 28th Biennial Meeting of the Hegel Society of America

Hegel Society of America

Hegel Society of America Biennial Conferences

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy

23 Oct

Conference: 20th Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America

Department of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside

Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America

Topics: History of Western Philosophy

23 Oct

Conference: Postfaktisch? Über die Zukunft der Wahrheit: Edith Stein Tagung 2026

HybridEdith Stein Gesellschaft Österreich

Edith Stein Tagung

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, European Philosophy

23 Oct

Talk: Sentimental Education: Adam Smith and the Value of Literature

Department of Philosophy, Harvard University

Harvard History of Philosophy Workshop

Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham University)

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

23 Oct

Conference: The Twentieth Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America

HybridUniversity of California, Riverside

Leibniz Society of North America Annual Conferences

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

24 Oct

Talk: Imaginative Ideas and Political Cohesion: Spinoza on the Hebrew Commonwealth

Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

24 Oct

Conference: Spinoza and Imaginative Ideas

Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

24 Oct

Conference: Kant’s Political Philosophy

University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

24 Oct

Talk: Atomism in Du Châtelet, Wolff, and Leibniz

HybridUniversity of California, Riverside

Leibniz Society of North America Annual Conferences

Jeffrey McDonough (Harvard University)

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

27 Oct

Talk: HICO LECTURE: The Tractatus as a War Book

Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Ghent University

Centre for History of Philosophy and Continental Philosophy (HICO) (Ghent University)

Marie McGinn (University of York)

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology

29 Oct

Conference: Melancholic historicity: lost pasts and past losses

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

30 Oct

Conference: Obligation and Normativity in Modern Moral Philosophy

University of Milan

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Meta-Ethics

30 Oct

Conference: Mary and philosophy as a way of life

Sedes Sapientiae Symposium

Sedes Sapientiae Symposium

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

30 Oct

Conference: 3rd Annual Meeting of the Young Network for Wittgensteinian Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

31 Oct

CFP: The Handbook of Boredom in Modern Literature

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

31 Oct

Conference: Motion and Soul: The Soul as Principle of Motion in Ancient Philosophy (Princeton)

Department of Philosophy, Princeton University

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

31 Oct

CFP: Moral Demands Towards Animals: British and German Perspectives (1670–1820)

University of Milan

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Applied Ethics

31 Oct

CFP: The Philosophy of the History of Philosophy (Archivio di Filosofia 1/2027)

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology

1 Nov

CFP: Counterreading the Canon: Indigenous Philosophical Approaches to Foundational Texts

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

1 Nov

CFP: The Relevance of Michel Foucault in the Face of Global Surveillance, Post-Truth and New Forms of Governance

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

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