Upcoming events in History of Western Philosophy

30 Apr

CFP: North American Nietzsche Society

Department of Philosophy, Boston University

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy

1 May

CFP: The Aftermath of Being and Time (1927-1932)/ Die Nachwirkungen von Sein und Zeit (1927-1932)

Online The European Centre for Heidegger Studies

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

1 May

Conference: TEMPO 10

San Francisco State University

TEMPO (Traveling Early Modern Philosophy Organization)

Topics: History of Western Philosophy

1 May

CFP: The Cavendish's Collective's Fourth Annual Virtual Workshop

OnlineThe Cavendish Collective

The Cavendish Collective

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

1 May

CFP: Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo

Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

1 May

CFP: 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

1 May

CFP: 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

4 May

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

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

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology

5 May

Conference: Yale Teleology Conference

Yale University

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

8 May

Talk: “Moral Imagination for Moral Education”

Humanities Division, New College of Florida

Wojciech Kaftanski (Harvard University)

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Action, Normative Ethics

9 May

Conference: Boston Kant Day Workshop

Boston University

Boston-Area Kant Colloquium

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

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: Mythical Archipelagos: Islands, Narratives, and Imaginaries Across Cultures and Media International Interdisciplinary Seminar

HybridDepartamento de Filología Moderna, Traducción e Interpretación , Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria

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

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

16 May

Conference: Tohoku–Berkeley Colloquium on Early Modern Philosophy and Political Thought

Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University

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

19 May

Conference: Scholastic Roots, Modern Perspectives: Logic and Mathematics from the Middle Ages to Today

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

Topics: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics

19 May

Talk: Bolzano, continuum, and the Part-Whole Principle

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

Kateřina Trlifajová (Czech Technical University, Prague)

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics

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

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

Paolo Mancosu (University of California, Berkeley)

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics

21 May

Conference: Knowledge Without Comprehension? On Spirit after Hegel in the Age of AI

Munich School of Philosophy

An International Conference in Honor of Slavoj Žižek

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

22 May

Conference: The Aftermath of Being and Time (1927-1932)/ Die Nachwirkungen von Sein und Zeit (1927-1932)

Online The European Centre for Heidegger Studies

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

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

22 May

Talk: Online Bayle Seminar 2026 : Education and Pedagogy in the Philosopher of Rotterdam

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Topics: 17th/18th Century 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

28 May

Conference: Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy

Northeastern University London

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy

28 May

Conference: Leuven Kant Conference

HybridInstitute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

28 May

Conference: Varieties of Intuition in Early Phenomenology

UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL

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

29 May

Conference: 19th Annual West Coast Plato Workshop

Chapman University

West Coast Plato Workshop

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

31 May

CFP: Fichte-Studien 2026: Fichte and/or Hegel. Differences, Similarities, Possible Dialogues

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

31 May

Conference: Center of Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) 2026 Ancient Philosophy Summer Program

Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

31 May

Conference: Center for Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) 2026 Summer Program

Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

31 May

Conference: Call for Applicants: Medieval Philosophy Fellowship - Center for Canon Expansion and Change

Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Topics: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

1 Jun

CFP: International Conference: “Cornelius Castoriadis (1997-2027) : Thirty Years Later”

Les Nouveaux Cahiers Castoriadis

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

1 Jun

Conference: Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory & Culture (EPTC/TCEP) Annual Conference

University of Victoria

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

1 Jun

CFP: Voir-Dire: "World-Building"

Department of Philosophy, University of Ottawa

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

1 Jun

CFP: Nostalgia of the Infinite: Philosophical Investigations into Metaphysics and Historicity

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

3 Jun

Conference: International Society for Neoplatonic Studies (ISNS)

Institute of Philosophy, De Wulf-Mansion Centre, KU Leuven

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

3 Jun

Conference: 6th Hegel en perspectiva Conference: Hegel & the critical tradition

University of Valencia

Hegel en perspectiva Conference

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

4 Jun

Conference: The 19th Annual Meeting of The Hannah Arendt Circle (2026)

Classe di Filosofia, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

Annual Meetings of The Hannah Arendt Circle

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy

5 Jun

Conference: CRMEP Graduate Conference | Title: Reading Capital 60 Years On

Kingston University

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

5 Jun

Conference: Reading Andrew Cooper (Online)

OnlineUniversity College London

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Science, Logic, and Mathematics, Value Theory

6 Jun

Conference: The Gadfly Symposium - Disruptive Pedagogies in Philosophy

Philosophy Program, Eastern Washington University

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

8 Jun

Conference: Conference of the Society of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, Saint Louis University

Topics: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy