Upcoming events in History of Western 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: Radical Philosophy Association 18th Biennial Conference

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

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

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

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

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, University 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

Talk: Atomism in Du Châtelet, Wolff, and Leibniz

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside

Leibniz Society of North America Annual Conferences

Jeffrey McDonough (Harvard University)

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

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: 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

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: 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

4 Nov

Conference: Philosophy of Technology and AI: Traditions, Transitions, and Tensions

Department of Philosophy, Universität Bonn

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

5 Nov

Conference: Hegel on Historicity

Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University, Athens

10th Conference of the International Network Hegel’s Relevance

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, Metaphilosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

5 Nov

Conference: Primo Convegno della Società Italiana di Fenomenologia: "Fenomenologia, logica e psicologia"

Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico II

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Logic and Philosophy of Logic

6 Nov

Conference: Twenty-first Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy: The Social Contract

Department of Philosophy, New York University

Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, 19th Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

7 Nov

Conference: The 1st Workshop on History and Philosophy of Science in the East

Center for Philosophy of Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

History and Philosophy of Science Workshop Series

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous

7 Nov

Conference: Responsible Trusting without Prejudice Workshop 2

University of Stirling

Responsible Trusting without Prejudice Workshops

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

7 Nov

Conference: Responsible Trusting without Prejudice Workshop 2

University of Stirling

Responsible Trusting without Prejudice Workshops

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

8 Nov

CFP: Kent State University 34th Annual Philosophy Graduate Student Conference

Department of Philosophy, Kent State University

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

10 Nov

Conference: From Leibniz to Kant: ruptures and continuities

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, University of São Paulo

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, European Philosophy

12 Nov

Conference: Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium

University of Macerata Italy

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Nov

Conference: North American Nietzsche Society

Department of Philosophy, Boston University

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy

12 Nov

Conference: Satellite Sessions of The Sacra Doctrina Project for the American Catholic Philosophical Association

Catholic University of America

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

12 Nov

CFP: Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium

University of Macerata Italy

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

14 Nov

Conference: FLORIDA ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY WORKSHOP: PLATO’S LAWS

Department of Philosophy, University of Florida

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

17 Nov

CFP: The Oxford Spinoza Conference 2027

Pembroke College, Oxford

The Oxford Spinoza Conference

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Philosophical Traditions

17 Nov

Conference: Divine Agency/Action

HybridImam Khomeini International University

The 14th International Conference on Philosophy of Religion (CPR2026)

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, General Philosophy of Science

19 Nov

Conference: Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Annual Conference

Loyola University Chicago

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality

20 Nov

Conference: North American Kant Society Eastern Division Study Group

Department of Philosophy, Unversity of Toronto

North American Kant Society Regional Study Group Meetings

Topics: History of Western Philosophy

21 Nov

Conference: 11th De La Salle University Undergraduate Conference

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, De La Salle University

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

22 Nov

Conference: Gorgōnes kai Gynaikes: The Many Faces of Female Virtue in Greek and Roman Culture

Fonte Aretusa Interdisciplinary Symposia on the Heritage of Sicily and Southern Italy

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

24 Nov

Conference: Reading philosophies of nature and beauty: close reading as method in the history of philosophy

School of Humanities, University of Sydney

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, European Philosophy, Aesthetics

25 Nov

Conference: The Natural and the Beautiful: Women Philosophers on Nature, Beauty, and Art

University of Sydney

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality

27 Nov

CFP: Kant, la nature, la physique

Department of Philosophy, Universitat de Valencia

Research Group "Kant-València"

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Physical Science

29 Nov

CFP: Special Issue: “Hermeneutics, Aesthetics, and Bildung: A Tribute to Nicholas Davey” (JGS 2.3)

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics

30 Nov

Conference: Philosophy of Science and Ethics of Science in the Context of A. Schopenhauer

Zentrum für Wissenschaftstheorie, University of Münster

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, General Philosophy of Science, Value Theory

7 Dec

Conference: Embodiment and Cognition in Hegel's Philosophy of Mind

Institute of Philosophy, University of Luxembourg

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology