Upcoming events in History of Western 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: From the Mathematization of Logic to the "Logicalization" of Mathematics? Imagination and Impossibility Between Late-Medieval Semantics and the Rise Complex Mathematics

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

Graziana S. Ciola (Radboud University)

Topics: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, 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

21 May

Conference: Philosophie und Raumfahrt

Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, General Philosophy of Science, Social and Political Philosophy

22 May

Conference: Attualità della Vita nuova

HybridUniversitat de Barcelona

Topics: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, European Philosophy

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

Online/

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

ATTP Research Unit Architecture Theory and Philosophy of Technics, Technical University Vienna

The Susanne K. Langer Circle

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

26 May

Conference: Modelling, Interpreting, and Circulating Early Modern Texts: Digital Humanities Approaches to Scholarly Corpora

HybridMaison Française d'Oxford

Channels of Digital Scholarship

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

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: Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy

Northeastern University London

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy

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: 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

28 May

Conference: Aquinas on Act and Potency

The Thomistic Institute

Aquinas Philosophy Workshop

Topics: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Metaphysics, European Philosophy

29 May

Conference: 19th Annual West Coast Plato Workshop

Chapman University

West Coast Plato Workshop

Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

30 May

Conference: 16th New York City Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy

Philosophy Department, Fordham University

New York City Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy

Topics: History of Western 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: 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

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

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

1 Jun

CFP: North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics

University of California, Davis

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Continental Philosophy, Value Theory, 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

Talk: Ralph Cudworth and the Rise and Fall of the Neoplatonic Reading of Plato’s Theaetetus

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

D. Gregory MacIsaac (Carleton University)

Topics: 17th/18th 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: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Value Theory

8 Jun

Conference: British Moral Philosophy Workshop

School of Philosophy, University College Dublin

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

8 Jun

Conference: Conference of the Society of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, Saint Louis University

Topics: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

9 Jun

Conference: Metaphysics Colloquium: Apologetics and the Rathional Defense of the Tenets of Christian Faith

Institute for Saint Anselm Studies, Saint Anselm College

Metaphysics Colloquium: Saint Anselm College

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

10 Jun

CFP: Wittgenstein and Literature

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions

11 Jun

CFP: Styles of Appearing. Aesthetics and Phenomenology

Department of Philosopjhy, Université de Fribourg

Aesthetics&Critique IX

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics

11 Jun

Conference: Styles of Appearing. Aesthetics and Phenomenology

Department of Philosopjhy, Université de Fribourg

Aesthetics&Critique IX

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics

11 Jun

Conference: Diversity and Unity: The Metaphysical Challenge of Scientific Pluralism

SND, University of Paris 1 Sorbonne

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

11 Jun

Conference: 17th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought

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

12 Jun

Conference: Fragility and the Aesthetics of Sensitivity

HybridKingston University

A PhD student-led symposium supported by the Techne AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership.

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, European Philosophy, Aesthetics

12 Jun

Conference: York University Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, York University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

13 Jun

Conference: How Things Hang Together: International Conference on Wilfrid Sellars’ Philosophy

Zhejiang University

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy