Upcoming events in History of Western Philosophy

27 Feb

Conference: North American Kant Society - Pacific Study Group Meeting

Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

1 Mar

CFP: Special Issue of Teaching Philosophy: Eighty Years of Existentialist Ethics: Simone de Beauvoir’s Ethics of Ambiguity

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Normative Ethics

1 Mar

Conference: Female Voices, Media, and Modes of Communication in Theology and Philosophy

OnlineCenter for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists

Online Talk Series

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, M&E, Miscellaneous, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

5 Mar

Conference: Hegel and Literature Panel at NeMLA

HybridGannon University

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics

9 Mar

Conference: Wittgenstein on Epistemic Practice: Ignorance, Hinges and Skepticism

Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg - Institute for Advanced Study

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Epistemology

10 Mar

Conference: Ancient Theories of Dreams and Dreaming

University of Geneva

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

12 Mar

Conference: On the Resilience of Reason. Phenomenology, Pragmatism, and Neo-Kantianism in Times of Social Crisis

HybridDr. K. H. Eberle-Research Center "European Cultures in a Multipolar World", University of Constance, Germany

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Mar

Conference: On the Resilience of Reason. Phenomenology, Pragmatism, and Neo-Kantianism in Times of Social Crisis

HybridDr. K. H. Eberle Reserach Centre "European Cultures in a Mulipolar World", University of Konstanz

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

14 Mar

Conference: Dasein – Existence – Mortality in Daseinanalysis and Psychotherapy

Online The European Centre for Heidegger Studies

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

20 Mar

Conference: "Forgotten voices. Holocaust Memories Through the Perspective of Minorities" International Conference, vol. 1

Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations, Jagiellonian University in Krakow

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

20 Mar

Conference: Responsible Trusting Without Prejudice First Workshop

OnlineDepartment of Philosophy, University of Stirling

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

21 Mar

Conference: Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Philosophy Conference

Department of Philosophy, Providence College

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

21 Mar

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

24 Mar

Conference: Neoplatonism in the Christological Debates of Late Antiquity: Influences, Interferences, and Contrasts

Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), Universiteit Leiden

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Religion

26 Mar

Conference: Third Meeting of the Association Association

Purdue University

The Association Association

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

26 Mar

Conference: Essentialism

Department of Philosophy, Saint Louis University

Henle Conference

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Metaphysics

27 Mar

Conference: 49th Annual Ancient Philosophy Workshop

The Joint Program in Ancient Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

27 Mar

Conference: Medicina Mentis: The Problematic Nature of the Imperfect Mind

Department of Philosophy, Boston College

Boston College Philosophy Graduate Conference

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

28 Mar

Conference: Kent State University 33rd Annual Philosophy Graduate Student Conference

Department of Philosophy, Kent State University

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

30 Mar

Conference: Short Course in Greece on the History and Philosophy of the Olympic Games (Mar. 30 – Apr. 5, 2026)

British School at Athens

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

31 Mar

CFP: Embodying the System: On the Unity of Theoretical and Practiccal Philosophy in Fichte (second call)

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

31 Mar

CFP: Kant's Concept of Spontaneity and Its Legacy in Later Theories of Subjectivity (second call)

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology

1 Apr

CFP: CFP: Arendt and the Question of War in The Modern World

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

3 Apr

Conference: Boston University 2026 Graduate Conference

Boston University Department of Philosophy

American Philosophy and Philosophy in the Americas: Past, Present, Future

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

8 Apr

Conference: Nietzsche on Love & Asceticism (2026 NANS @ P-APA)

OnlineAmerican Philosophical Association

North American Nietzsche Society (2026 Pacific Meeting of the American Philosophical Association

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy

8 Apr

Conference: Philosophy of Time Society at the 2026 Pacific APA

OnlineAPA Pacific Division

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

8 Apr

Conference: Atheism and the Meaning of Life

Centre Gilles Gaston Granger UMR 7304, Aix-Marseille University

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

8 Apr

CFP: Atheism and the Meaning of Life

Centre Gilles Gaston Granger UMR 7304, Aix-Marseille University

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous

10 Apr

Conference: The philosophy of Francisco Suárez

Department of Philosophy, University of Groningen

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

15 Apr

CFP: Call for Papers: "Philosophy of Translation" (2-2026)

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Aesthetics

16 Apr

Conference: Thinking About God: Historical Perspectives

HybridSchool of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh

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

16 Apr

Conference: Ancient Philosophy Society, 25th Annual Meeting

, New York University

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

23 Apr

Conference: Reading the Gospel of Matthew with Thomas Aquinas

Faculty of Theology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

23 Apr

Conference: Souls and psychological phenomena in Greek antiquity

University of South Florida

The Annual Conference of the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies at the University of South Florida

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind

30 Apr

CFP: Hegel and contemporary theories of cognition

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

30 Apr

CFP: North American Nietzsche Society

Department of Philosophy, Boston University

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy

1 May

Conference: TEMPO 10

San Francisco State University

TEMPO (Traveling Early Modern Philosophy Organization)

Topics: History of Western Philosophy

4 May

Conference: SIFA-SISFA Workshop on Platonism in Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Mathematics: Ancient and Contemporary

Department of Philosophy, Communication, and Performing Arts, Roma Tre University

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology

12 May

Conference: “Wisdom from the Middle Ages: Philosophical Contributions from the Abrahamic Traditions”

Department of Philosophy , The University of New Brunswick

Topics: History of Western Philosophy

13 May

Conference: Slavery and Abolition in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, Emory University

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

14 May

Conference: Scottish Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy XIV

Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh

Topics: History of Western Philosophy

15 May

Conference: Self(less)-Care: Ancient and Contemporary Care Ethics from a Labor Perspective

University of Pardubice

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Applied Ethics

19 May

Talk: How many points are in a line segment? From Grosseteste to numerosities

Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

Herman Roelants Lectures on Science

Paolo Mancosu (University of California, Berkeley)

Topics: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics

22 May

Conference: Woman and Human Progress in the Enlightenment

OnlineFaculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

22 May

Conference: Kant's Third Critique and Its Legacy

University of Chicago

Topics: History of Western Philosophy

26 May

Talk: Aristotle's Interpretation of Plato's Theaetetus

HybridDe Wulf-Mansion Centre, KU Leuven

Leuven Colloquia on Ancient Philosophy

D. Gregory MacIsaac (Carleton University)

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

26 May

Conference: SUSANNE K. LANGER: Artistic Angles, Philosophical Circles, Poetic Dots, and Technical Lines

HybridDepartment for Architecture Theory and Philosophy of Technics at TU Wien

The Susanne K. Langer Circle

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

26 May

Conference: SUSANNE K. LANGER: Artistic Angles, Philosophical Circles, Poetic Dots, and Technical Lines

Department for Architecture Theory and Philosophy of Technics at TU Wien

The Susanne K. Langer Circle

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Science, Logic, and Mathematics

27 May

Conference: "Speech and Politics" with Miranda Fricker

Sciences Po's 12th Graduate Conference of Political Theory

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

28 May

Conference: Hannah Arendt - The Origins of Totalitarianism Today

Paderborn University

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Social and Political Philosophy