Upcoming events in History of Western Philosophy

21 Nov

Conference: Hegel and Schelling on the Problem of Beginning

Centre for Metaphysics and Philosophy of Culture, KU Leuven

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology

21 Nov

Conference: Resisting the Divide: Part II (Betweonum in Prague)

Department of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Aesthetics

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

30 Nov

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

30 Nov

CFP: Mystical Atheism

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

3 Dec

Conference: Radiation: Material Connection Across Distance

Philosophy and Art and Media. , University of Dundee

https://energy-philosophy.ac.uk/conferences/

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Continental Philosophy

4 Dec

Conference: The Legacy of the Vienna Circle a Century On

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor

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

16 Dec

Conference: 1st International Graduate Conference (Classical Association of Ghana)

Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana

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

31 Dec

CFP: History and Philosophy of Science: Past, Present, and Future

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

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

31 Dec

CFP: Phenomenology in Italy: Historical Perspectives and New Directions

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

7 Jan 2026

Talk: On Not Knowing What We're Doing

American Philosophical Association

122nd annual meeting of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association

Robert Guay (State University of New York at Binghamton)

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy

7 Jan 2026

Conference: International Hobbes Association 2026 Annual Meeting

International Hobbes Association

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Value Theory

7 Jan 2026

Conference: International Berkeley Society at the 2026 Eastern APA

International Berkeley Society

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

7 Jan 2026

Session: Nietzsche on Health and Self-Knowledge (2026 NANS @ E-APA)

American Philosophical Association

North American Nietzsche Society (2026 Eeastern Meeting of the American Philosohpical Association))

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy

7 Jan 2026

CFP: International Hobbes Association 2026 Annual Meeting

International Hobbes Association

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Value Theory

7 Jan 2026

Talk: Nietzsche on Health

American Philosophical Association

North American Nietzsche Society (2026 Eeastern Meeting of the American Philosohpical Association))

Ian D. Dunkle (University of Tennessee, Chattanooga)

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy

11 Jan 2026

Conference: Hopkins Seminar in Early and Late Modern Philosophy

HybridWilliam H. Miller III Department of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University

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

12 Jan 2026

Conference: Ethics & Aesthetics in Schopenhauer & Wittgenstein

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, University of Southampton

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, 20th Century Philosophy, Value Theory

15 Jan 2026

CFP: Nostos: Homecoming in the Ancient World

Topics: History of Western Philosophy

14 Jan 2026

CFP: 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

15 Jan 2026

CFP: Magic in Ancient Greek Culture and Philosophy

Topics: History of Western Philosophy

16 Jan 2026

CFP: The Psychophysical Adventure. From Wolff to Behaviorism

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

16 Jan 2026

Workshop: West-Coast Heidegger Workshop

San Francisco Hilton Financial District

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy

1 Feb 2026

CFP: Lo Sguardo 43 - History of Ideas and Philosophy in Umberto Eco. From Inventories to Networks

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

18 Feb 2026

Author Meets Critics: Allison Merrick (2025) Nietzsche on the Methods and Aims of Philosophy (2026 NANS @ Central APA)

American Philosophical Association

North American Nietzsche Society (2026 Central Meeting of the American Philosophical Association)

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy

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

5 Mar 2026

Conference: Hegel and Literature Panel at NeMLA

HybridGannon University

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics

9 Mar 2026

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

Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg - Institute for Advanced Study

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Epistemology

12 Mar 2026

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

20 Mar 2026

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

24 Mar 2026

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

27 Mar 2026

Conference: 49th Annual Ancient Philosophy Workshop

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

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

28 Mar 2026

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

7 Apr 2026

Conference: The Legacy of J. L. Austin

Department of Philosophy, Bilkent University , Ankara

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy

8 Apr 2026

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 2026

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 2026

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

30 Apr 2026

CFP: Hegel and contemporary theories of cognition

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

13 May 2026

Conference: Slavery and Abolition in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, Emory University

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

22 May 2026

Conference: Kant's Third Critique and Its Legacy

University of Chicago

Topics: History of Western Philosophy

25 May 2026

Talk: Title TBD

John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago

Committee on Social Thought Colloquium

Nicholas Stang (University of Toronto, St. George)

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

26 May 2026

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 2026

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

28 May 2026

CFP: Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy

Northeastern University London

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy

28 May 2026

Conference: Hannah Arendt - The Origins of Totalitarianism Today

Paderborn University

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

28 May 2026

Conference: Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy

Northeastern University London

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy

8 Jun 2026

Conference: Conference of the Society of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, Saint Louis University

Topics: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

24 Jun 2026

Conference: History and Philosophy of Science: Past, Present, and Future

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

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

1 Jul 2026

CFP: Interpreting the New Heidegger

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

29 Jul 2026

Conference: John Locke Society Conference

Western Civilisation Program, Australian Catholic University

Topics: History of Western Philosophy