Upcoming events in History of Western Philosophy

22 May

Conference: Anxiety and Trauma With and Beyond Kierkegaard

Krakow University of Economics & Clermont School of Business

Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis, 5th Edition 2025

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy

23 May

Conference: Aristotle's Methods of Philosophical Inquiry

Department of philosophy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

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

29 May

Conference: Leuven Kant Conference 2025: Kant's Metaphilosophy

HybridInstitute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Metaphilosophy

29 May

Conference: Phenomenological Accounts and Dimensions of the Social and Political

Manhattan Campus, St. John's University

North American Society for Early Phenomenology 2025 Annual Conference

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

31 May

CFP: Susan Stebbing’s Influence on Contemporary Philosophy Topical Collection in Synthese

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

31 May

CFP: Call for Papers: /”Dissolving the false gold“: on the relationship between philosophy and detective novel

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

1 Jun

CFP: Trajectories of Political Thought. Philosophical Theories Between Decline and Progress

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

2 Jun

Conference: Rahel Levin Varnhagens ›Denkblätter‹. Schreibformen und Kontexte

Germanistik, Universität Gießen, Universität Siegen

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

6 Jun

Conference: CRMEP Graduate Conference | Title: Life and Death

Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy, Kingston University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, 19th Century Philosophy, 20th Century Philosophy

6 Jun

Conference: Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy - Workshop

McGill University

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

10 Jun

Conference: Margaret Cavendish on Literature

Department of Philosophy, University of Southampton

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Aesthetics

11 Jun

Conference: Philosophy, Religion and the Future: The 10th Conference of the Nordic Society of Philosophy of Religion

Department of Theology, Uppsala University (Sweden)

Conference of the Nordic Society for Philosophy of Religion

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

12 Jun

Conference: Philosophy and Christianity. Past – Present – Future

Institute of Philosophy, Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie

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

12 Jun

Conference: Workshop: Metaphysics and Method in Modern Philosophy and Phenomenology

Paderborn University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, 19th Century Philosophy, 20th Century Philosophy

12 Jun

Conference: York University Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

York University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

13 Jun

Conference: The Somerville Group: Influences, impact, and legacy

Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Aesthetics, Normative Ethics

15 Jun

CFP: Call for Papers: Schelling and his Kantian Legacy: Metaphysical and Epistemological Perspectives – Special Issue of Discipline Filosofiche (35, 2025-2)

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

16 Jun

Conference: Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy: An NEH Institute for Higher-Education Faculty

Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University

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

19 Jun

Conference: The First Northern Seminar in Late Modern Philosophy

Philosophy Department , Durham University

The Northern Seminar in Late Modern Philosophy

Topics: History of Western Philosophy

25 Jun

Conference: 15th BRAGA MEETINGS ON ETHICS AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY June 25-27, 2025

Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society (CEPS), Universidade do Minho

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

25 Jun

Conference: Aristotle and Aristotelians on pre-Aristotelian Theorizing

Dept of Philosophy, Marquette University

Annual Marquette Summer Seminar on Aristotle and the Aristotelian Traditions

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

25 Jun

Conference: Arendtian Counciliarism: Visions and Care for Democracy

University of Verona

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

27 Jun

Conference: Teleology and Value in Biological Knowledge from Aristotle to Today

Department of philosophy, Université de Genève

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

27 Jun

Conference: 17th Annual Philosophy of Management Conference - Oxford

EM Normandie, Oxford

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

30 Jun

CFP: Rhythms of Artwork and Beyond: Humanity, Sociality, and Nature

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

30 Jun

CFP: Heidegger and/in/on Translation - ed. by Luca Illetterati and Elena Nardelli

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics, Continental Philosophy

7 Jul

Conference: The Form of the Good in and after Plato

University of California, San Diego

Journal of the History of Philosophy Summer Seminar

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Metaphysics, Normative Ethics

7 Jul

Conference: FOURTEENTH BIENNIAL PERSONALIST SEMINAR: LANGER AND RICOEUR

Department of Philosophy and Religion, Western Carolina University

Biennial Personalist Seminar

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of the Americas

9 Jul

Conference: Workshop on Walter Benjamin’s “theory of fascism”

Emory University

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

10 Jul

Conference: John Locke Society conference 2025

Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo

John Locke Society workshop series

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

14 Jul

Conference: The 51st Annual Hume Society Conference

Department of Philosophy, McMaster University

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

15 Jul

Conference: 16th Celtic Conference in Classics

Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

19 Jul

Conference: The Cavendish Collective's Third Annual Virtual Workshop

OnlineThe Cavendish Collective

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

23 Jul

Conference: SSHAP 2025: 100 Years of Frege's Philosophy

HybridFriedrich Schiller Universität, Jena

Society for the Study of the History of Analytical Philosophy Annual Meeting

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

28 Jul

Conference: Siracusa Summer Seminar on Plato’s Theaetetus

Fonte Aretusa, Exedra Mediterranean Center, Siracusa, Sicily

Seminars and Workshops on Plato in Siracusa

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

1 Aug

CFP: HUME STUDIES - "David Hume and the Enlightenment: New Perspectives"

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

30 Aug

CFP: Conatus - Journal of Philosophy 10, no. 2 (2025): Special Issue on "Gender and Anthropology in the Ancient and Medieval Philosophical and Theological Traditions"

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality

11 Sep

Conference: The Philosophy of Right and Wrong: Hegel on Crime, Transgression, and Injustice

Independent Research Group Criminal Law Theory, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

24 Sep

Conference: The Neo-Kantian Reception of Schiller

Departiment of Humanities, Università Federico II di Napoli

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, 20th Century Philosophy

29 Sep

Conference: The Language of Being, the Language of Nature: Parmenides and His Reception

HybridPPG Filosofia, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

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

1 Oct

CFP: 10th Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Hellenic Heritage of Sicily and Southern Italy with the theme of “Athlos, Athlon, Athlētēs”: Competition and Excellence in Greco-Roman Culture

Fonte Aretusa, Exedra Mediterranean Center, Siracusa, Sicily

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

16 Oct

Conference: 3rd International Conference on Ancient Philosophy & Other

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

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

17 Oct

Conference: Ortega y Gasset 70 Years Later

Department of Humanities, University of Catania

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Philosophical Traditions

17 Oct

Conference: North American Kant Society Biennial

McGill University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

17 Oct

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

Department of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

31 Oct

CFP: Kant's Concept of Spontaneity and Its Legacy in Later Theories of Subjectivity

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

6 Nov

Conference: Atelier Présocratiques

PHIER, Université Clermont Auvergne

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

24 Nov

Conference: 10th Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Hellenic Heritage of Sicily and Southern Italy with the theme of “Athlos, Athlon, Athlētēs”: Competition and Excellence in Greco-Roman Culture

Fonte Aretusa, Exedra Mediterranean Center, Siracusa, Sicily

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

16 Jan 2026

CFP: The Psychophysical Adventure. From Wolff to Behaviorism

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

1 Mar 2026

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