Upcoming events in 20th Century Philosophy

Ongoing 4 Oct 2024

Conference: Monthly Phenomenology

OnlineHumboldt University of Berlin

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

Ongoing 15 Jan

Conference: Merleau-Ponty: Nature and Logos

OnlineDepartment of Philosophy, Chinese University of Hong Kong

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

Ongoing 22 Jan

Conference: Reconstructing Carnap Webinar Series

OnlineUniversity of Florence

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

Ongoing 22 Jan

Conference: Reconstructing Carnap Webinar Series

OnlineUniversity of Florence

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

27 Mar

Workshop: "Michel Foucault and Phenomenology" The Southern Journal of Philosophy Workshop 2025

Philosophy Department, The University of Memphis

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

1 Apr

CFP: Freedom and Technology - Hermeneutics, Anthropology, Politics

University of Turin

International Seminar of the "Luigi Pareyson" Research Centre

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics, Continental Philosophy

10 Apr

Conference: Secondary Qualities and the Epistemology of Perception

Humboldt-University, Berlin

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

11 Apr

CFP: Lisbon Praxis Summer School 2025: Global Critical Theory

Praxis-CFUL, Center of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon

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

20 Apr

2. CFA / CFP: Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) Special Issue

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Value Theory

30 Apr

CFP: Commemorating Frege: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics

Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon, Center for Mathematical Studies of the University of Lisbon

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics

1 May

CFP: John Dewey's Experience & Nature: A Centennial Celebration

Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Center for Dewey Studies Conference and Workshop Series

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophy of the Americas

15 May

CFP: CFP "Critical and Normative Perspectives on Work" - Philosophy and Public Issues

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

15 May

CFP: North American Sartre Society Annual Meeting

Department of Philosophy, University of La Verne

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

22 May

Conference: XXXIX Session of the S.A. Kugel International School of Sociology of Science and Technology "The Humanistic Potential of Scientific Knowledge (Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Albert Schweitzer's Birth)"

HybridSt. Petersburg Branch of S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Computing and Information

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

22 May

Conference: Spinoza and Simone Weil: Influences and Interconnections

University of Oxford

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

23 May

Conference: The Idea of Moral Progress in the Utilitarian Tradition

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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

26 May

Conference: Democracy’s Discontent. Questions for the Political Philosophy of Our Times

Reset Dialogues on Civilizations

Venice Seminars

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

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

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

9 Jun

Conference: Freedom and Technology - Hermeneutics, Anthropology, Politics

University of Turin

International Seminar of the "Luigi Pareyson" Research Centre

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics, Continental Philosophy

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

15 Jun

CFP: What Was and What is Left Hegelianism? Historical, Systematic, and Critical Configurations

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

25 Jun

Conference: Arendtian Counciliarism: Visions and Care for Democracy

University of Verona

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

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: 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

14 Jul

Conference: The Philosophy of Iris Murdoch

Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy, University of Vienna

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics, Normative Ethics

14 Jul

Conference: Lisbon Praxis Summer School 2025: Global Critical Theory

Praxis-CFUL, Center of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon

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

10 Sep

Conference: Commemorating Frege: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics

Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon, Center for Mathematical Studies of the University of Lisbon

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics

24 Sep

Conference: The Neo-Kantian Reception of Schiller

Departiment of Humanities, Università Federico II di Napoli

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, 20th Century Philosophy

26 Sep

Conference: North American Sartre Society Annual Meeting

Department of Philosophy, University of La Verne

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

16 Oct

Conference: John Dewey's Experience & Nature: A Centennial Celebration

Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Center for Dewey Studies Conference and Workshop Series

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophy of the Americas

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

20 Nov

CFP: Philosophical Roots of National Socialism

Facultat de Filosofia i Ciències de l'Educació, Universitat de Valencia

Kant-València 2026

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

7 Sep 2026

Conference: Philosophical Roots of National Socialism

Facultat de Filosofia i Ciències de l'Educació, Universitat de Valencia

Kant-València 2026

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

31 May 2030

CFP: Phenomenologies of Religious Experience

Topics: 19th Century Philosophy, 20th Century Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, M&E, Miscellaneous, Asian Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, European Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Cognitive Science