Le Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone\, cré\;é\; en 2024\, vise à\; favoriser une synergie entre celles et ceux qui\, des amateurs aux chercheuses\, fré\;quentent la pensé\;e de Hannah Arendt. Dans cette optique\, nous cherchons à\; mettre en place un rendez-vous ré\;gulier pour en discuter les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects.
\nDu fait de l&rsquo\;é\;tendue de la francophonie\, ces sé\;minaires auront lieu en ligne. Leur principe sera le suivant : les participant-e-s auront tous et toutes pré\;alablement lu un article ou un chapitre ré\;cent\, lequel sera pré\;senté\; trè\;s rapidement par souci de prioriser les é\;changes (10 minutes) par son autrice ou auteur. À\; partir de celui-ci\, un-e membre du ré\;seau ouvrira (5 min) à\; un dé\;bat plus large afin de discuter\, outre l&rsquo\;article\, les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects de l&rsquo\;&oelig\;uvre d&rsquo\;Arendt (1h30).
\nProgramme 2026\nEn 2026\, nous proposons quatre sé\;ances ordinaires du sé\;minaire et une sé\;ance spé\;ciale : «\; Arendt et la science é\;conomique »\;\, «\; Arendt et le travail »\;\, «\; Liberté\;\, volonté\;\, politique »\;\, «\; Arendt et la violence »\;\, «\; Philosophie\, é\;ducation et politique »\;.
\nLe sé\;minaire est ouvert à\; toutes et tous sans inscription pré\;alable \; n&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas à\; venir y assister et y participer. Les articles et textes discuté\;s sont disponibles sur le site du RAF. N&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas non plus à\; nous contacter pour toute demande d&rsquo\;information complé\;mentaire.
\nLe RAF ?\nLe Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone (RAF) se veut un espace divers et pluriel\, rassemblant une communauté\; de doctorant-e-s\, enseignant-e-s\, chercheurs/ses\, intellectuel-le-s et toute personne inté\;ressé\;e ou engagé\;e dans l'é\;tude et la diffusion de la pensé\;e d'Hannah Arendt en France et le monde francophone. À\; travers cette plateforme\, nous souhaitons favoriser les é\;changes intellectuels\, offrir une visibilité\; accrue aux travaux de recherche et cré\;er des liens solides entre francophones s'inté\;ressant à\; et puisant dans l'&oelig\;uvre de cette autrice majeure du XXe siè\;cle.
\nOutre l&rsquo\;organisation de ce sé\;minaire et d'é\;vè\;nements acadé\;miques lié\;s à\; la pensé\;e d'Arendt\, le ré\;seau actualise continuellement un site web qui met à\; disposition : une bibliographie des textes de langue franç\;aise consacré\;s à\; Arendt ou la mobilisant\, un annuaire des membres du ré\;seau\, un agenda des activité\;s francophones qui lui sont dé\;dié\;es et une lettre d'information mensuelle.
\nN'hé\;sitez pas à\; rejoindre le ré\;seau ou à\; nous contacter pour rejoindre l&rsquo\;é\;quipe d&rsquo\;animation !
\n ORGANIZER;CN="Rémi Zanni": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260605T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260717T170000 SUMMARY:Italian Phenomenology Today 2026 UID:20260710T141121Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Kerpener Str. 30\, Cologne\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Description
\nThis lecture series draws together scholars interested in the rich history and ongoing evolution of phenomenology within the Italian philosophical tradition. It provides a forum for regular discussions where participants can present their latest research or recent publications. Topics will span from the historical and cultural roots of Italian phenomenology and its dialogues with other philosophical traditions&mdash\;including Marxism\, Existentialism\, Pragmatism\, Idealism\, Hermeneutics\, (Post-)Structuralism\, and Neo-Thomism&mdash\;to its intersections with disciplines such as psychology\, psychoanalysis\, sociology\, anthropology\, political theory\, and art. A key objective of the series is also to examine how Italian phenomenological concepts and frameworks can contribute to contemporary debates in fields such as the philosophy of mind\, social and political philosophy\, aesthetics\, and the theory of art and literature. By doing so\, the series fosters dialogue within the phenomenological tradition and across broader philosophical and interdisciplinary contexts.
\nParticipation
\nThe series will be conducted in a \;hybrid format\, both in person at the Husserl Archive in Cologne and online via Zoom. To register\, please email \;italianphenomenology@gmail.comwith the subject &ldquo\;Registration Lecture Series 2026.&rdquo\; The Zoom link will be provided the day before each session.
\nOrganizers: Marco Cavallaro\, Sara Dameno
\nThis series is organized as part of the \;ItaPhen \;project \;and hosted by the Husserl Archive in Cologne.
\nThis lecture series is funded by the \;German Research Foundation (DFG) \;as part of the \;ItaPhen \;project.
\nProgram
\nPlease find the program of the Lecture Series in the PDF attached. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260709T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260711T170000 SUMMARY:3rd Stuttgart-Chicago Conference: Classical German and Early Analytic Philosophy UID:20260710T141122Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 24 D\, Stuttgart\, Germany DESCRIPTION:For some time\, Classical German and Early Analytic Philosophy seemed to represent two fundamentally different schools of thought. However\, a more profound analysis reveals a continuity in their philosophical explorations. Both paradigmatic authors of Classical German Philosophy\, such as Kant and Hegel\, as well as pioneers of Analytic Philosophy\, such as Frege and Wittgenstein\, engaged deeply with questions about the nature of thinking\, the role of language for thought\, the feasibility of a science of logic beyond mathematical boundaries\, and the complex interplay between thought and being.
\nThe graduate conference aims to promote dialogue among early career scholars on the historical and systematic connections between Classical German Philosophy (especially the works of Kant and Hegel) and Early Analytic Philosophy. The conference will focus on the continuing relevance of both traditions of thought for systematic problems in current philosophical discussion. This year\, the conference shall focus on paradigmatic topics such as the nature of logic as a philosophical inquiry of thought\, the relation between logical forms and the sensible aspect of experience\, the philosophical comprehension of the conditions for action and right\, and the integration between the forms of subjective thought and the objective world.
\nThe conference is hosted by the Chair of Philosophy and History of Philosophy at the University of Stuttgart (Christian Martin). Several senior scholars\, including James Conant (Chicago)\, Matthias Haase (Chicago)\, and Marvin Tritschler (Stuttgart)\, will participate in the event as discussants. The program can be accessed on the conference website: tinyurl.com/yevnhuft
\nYoung scholars interested in the conference topic are very welcome to participate as listeners and discussants. To attend\, please register by writing to Thomas Dittler at st197123@stud.uni-stuttgart.de.
\nOrganization: James Conant\, Thomas Dittler\, Christian Martin &\; Ana Vieyra
ORGANIZER;CN=James Conant;CN=Christian Martin;CN=Ana Vieyra;CN=Thomas Dittler: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260711T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260711T153000 SUMMARY:Edith Stein als Briefeschreiberin: ihre innere Rede mit Gott und den Mitmenschen UID:20260710T141123Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Silbergasse 35\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1190 DESCRIPTION: Referentin: Dr. Pia Lilienstein
Vertiefungsnachmittag (der erste Vortrag wird online ü\;bertragen)
Mit unserem verä\;nderten Medienverhalten verliert das Schreiben von Briefen seine Bedeutung. Zu Edith Steins Lebzeiten war es noch eine selbstverstä\;ndliche und nicht aus dem Alltag wegzudenkende Mö\;glichkeit\, ü\;ber Entfernungen hinweg miteinander im Gesprä\;ch zu bleiben. Wenn man die Briefe von Edith Stein liest\, darf man an ihrer Hä\;lfte eines Dialoges teilhaben\, an ihrer inneren Zugewandtheit zu Freunden sowie an ihrer inneren Auseinandersetzung mit vielfä\;ltigsten Themen ihres Lebens. Diese Selbstmitteilungen von Edith Stein berü\;hren durch ihre Authentizitä\;t und lassen Einblicke in ihr damaliges Erleben und in ihre im allgemeinen eher verschlossene Persö\;nlichkeit zu. Kardinal Newman meinte einmal\, dass &bdquo\;das wahre Leben eines Menschen in seinen Briefen steckt&ldquo\;. Edith Stein hat seine Briefe wiederum ins Deutsche ü\;bertragen und selbst regelmä\;ß\;ig Briefe geschrieben\, um ihre Freundschaften und Familienbeziehungen zu pflegen. Der Vortrag mö\;chte dazu anregen\, ü\;ber das Briefeschreiben im Allgemeinen und den innerlichen Bewusstseinszustand beim Schreiben von Briefen im Besonderen nachzudenken sowie ü\;ber Edith Stein als Briefeschreiberin.
\nZeit 14:30 Uhr bis 17:30 Uhr Veranstalter Edith Stein Gesellschaft Ö\;sterreich\; Karmeliten in Wien Ort KarmelZentrum
1190 Wien\, Silbergasse 35 Preisinformation Nachmittag: 15 &euro\; (ermä\;ß\;igt: 10 &euro\;)
Nur Vortrag: 10 &euro\; (ermä\;ß\;igt: 7 &euro\;)
Die Sommerakademie wird folgende Themen behandeln:
\nEdith Stein widmet sich intensiv dem Studium von Wahrheit. Wir werden uns somit nicht nur mit den Werken Edith Steins beschä\;ftigen\, sondern uns vielmehr wie sie und in ihrem Geist die fundamentale Frage nach Wahrheit aus biblischer\, theologischer\, philosophischer\, anthropologischer und spiritueller Perspektive stellen.
\nDie Sommerakademie mö\;chte grundlegende Fragen des christlichen Lebens wissenschaftlich erö\;rtern. Dieses Jahr soll ganz der Frage nach Wahrheit gewidmet sein. Die Sommerakademie richtet sich hauptsä\;chlich an junge Menschen unter 35 Jahren\, ist jedoch auch fü\;r Teilnehmer auß\;erhalb dieser Altersgruppe offen. Bei begrenzter Kapazitä\;t haben junge Menschen Vorrang.
\nWahrheit. Fü\;r immer verloren?
\nProf. Dr. Tonke Dennebaum\, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitä\;t Mainz
\n
Kann man heute noch von &bdquo\;Wahrheit&ldquo\; sprechen? Zeigen nicht Philosophie und Naturwissen-schaft\, dass wir davon lieber die Hä\;nde lassen sollten? Und doch ist die Sehnsucht nach Wahrheit heute groß\; &ndash\; aber auch verfü\;hrerisch und vielleicht sogar gefä\;hrlich. Wie also kann ein Bekenntnis zur Wahrheit aussehen\, das klar und eindeutig ist\, und zugleich den Heraus-forderungen der pluralen Welt gerecht wird?
Zur Beziehung von Werterkenntnis und personaler Verwirklichung bei Scheler und Stein
\nDr. Monika Adamczyk-Enriquez\, Edith-Stein-Archiv zu Kö\;ln\, Ignatianum Universitä\;t in Krakau
\n
Max Scheler\, einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der philosophischen Axiologie im 20. Jahrhundert\, entwickelte eine grundlegende Beschreibung von Werten und ihrer Hierarchie und betonte dabei ihren idealen Charakter. Zugleich zeigte er die erkenntniserschließ\;ende Rolle des Fü\;hlens und der personalen Akte fü\;r die Erfassung von Werten auf.
Edith Stein greift Schelers Ansatz auf\, verschiebt jedoch den Akzent. Wä\;hrend bei Scheler die Beziehung zwischen Person und Werten primä\;r in einer erkenntnistheoretischen Perspektive erscheint\, richtet Stein den Blick stä\;rker auf die Person selbst als Ort der Aneignung und Verwirklichung von Werten. Ihr Interesse gilt der inneren Struktur der Person\, der Verantwortlichkeit sowie den Bedingungen personaler Reifung und Entwicklung. Die Teilnehmenden erhalten einen Einblick in die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede beider Ansä\;tze und werden eingeladen\, darü\;ber nachzudenken\, wie Werte im eigenen Leben erkannt\, angeeignet und verwirklicht werden kö\;nnen.
Schö\;nheit und Wahrheit - umstrittene Werte in Philosophie und Kunst
Dr. Pia Lilienstein\, Universitä\;t Erlangen-Nü\;rnberg
\n
Rom gilt als Geburtsstä\;tte des Barock\, jener Kunstepoche\, die Schö\;nheit dynamischer\, intensiver\, sinnlicher und dramatischer als je zuvor inszenierte und die die christliche Weltanschauung und Offenbarung in eindrucksvolle Kunstwerke ü\;bersetzte. Die Kü\;nstlerinnen und Kü\;nstler um 1900 brachen vehementer noch als diejenigen des 19. Jahrhunderts mit dieser Kunst- und Bildauffassung. Friedrich Nietzsche z.B. rebellierte gegen die platonische Trias des Guten\, Wahren und Schö\;nen und schrieb &bdquo\;Die Wahrheit ist hä\;sslich: Wir haben die Kunst\, damit wir nicht an der Wahrheit zu Grunde gehen&ldquo\;. Edith Stein\, als Zeitgenossin der Klassischen Moderne hingegen schrieb an Roman Ingarden\, dass sie es im Leben mit der Kultur und in der Kunst mit der Schö\;nheit hielte und in beidem die Harmonie suche\, also im Grunde das Ordnende\, Erhabene und Transzendente. \;
Der moderne Zweifel am Wert der Schö\;nheit und an der Wahrheit von Bildern wird mit den digitalen Sehgewohnheiten und dem Bildmedium der KI-generierten Bilderwelten zu einer Selbstverstä\;ndlichkeit. Gleichzeitig schä\;rft sich in der Kunst das Bewusstsein fü\;r den Wert leiblicher Wahrnehmungen und ä\;sthetischer Erfahrungen als Erkenntniszugä\;nge. Der Rü\;ckblick in vergangene Kunstepochen und ein Vergleich von Edith Stein mit Kü\;nstlerinnen ihrer Generation kö\;nnte interessante Impuls fü\;r das aktuelle Nachdenken ü\;ber diese Fragen geben.
Neben dem philosophisch-kunsthistorischen Teil soll es auch die Gelegenheit geben\, gemeinsam die durch Architektur und kü\;nstlerischen Inszenierung verdichtete\, ä\;sthetisch-spirituelle Atmosphä\;re eines barocken Kirchenbau zu erkunden.
Wahrheit in der Technik\, Wirtschaft und Produktinnovation
Prof. Dr. Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff\, Department fü\;r Wirtschaftsinformatik und Operations Management der Wirtschaftsuniversitä\;t Wien
\n
Welchen Beitrag kann die materiale Wertethik (Scheler\, Hartmann) und Wahrnehmungspsychologie (Fuchs) zum Thema "Wahrheit in der Technik\, Wirtschaft und Produktinnovation&ldquo\; leisten? An diesem Tag geht es zunä\;chst um die Art\, wie Schelers materiale Wertethik in ein &bdquo\;Value-based Engineering&ldquo\; fü\;r IT und KI Produkte ü\;bersetzt worden ist. Hier wird die philosophische Wertontologie fü\;r IT Design vorgestellt\, wie sie heute im ISO-Standard 24748-7000 verankert ist und weltweit genutzt wird. Ein kleiner IT Design Workshop rahmt diesen Teil ein. Ferner wird das Theme Werte in der Ö\;konomie besprochen und wie ein Wertverstä\;ndnis im Sinne Schelers fundamental abweicht zu dem\, was wir heute in der Ö\;konomie als Wert begreifen.
Der Einfluss der Psyche auf die Umsetzung von Werthaltungen
Prim. Dr. David Oberreiter MBA\, Institut fü\;r Psychotherapie des Kepler Universitä\;tsklinikums Linz
\nInnerpsychische Vorgä\;nge beeinflussen einerseits das Erkennen von Werten als auch die Fä\;higkeit\, jene Werte zu verwirklichen. Es gibt psychische Zustä\;nde\, die es erschweren oder gar unmö\;glich machen\, Wahrheiten zu erkennen und sich gemä\;ß\; diesen zu verhalten. Andere psychische Aspekte hingegen sind fö\;rderlich fü\;r die Verwirklichung von Werten. Begü\;nstigende psychischen Faktoren sollten im Fokus der eigenen Entwicklung stehen.
\nWeitere Informationen\, einschließ\;lich Teilnahmegebü\;hren und Unterkunftsmö\;glichkeiten\, finden Sie unter:
ORGANIZER;CN=Joshua Roe: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260728T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260730T170000 SUMMARY:3. Stuttgarter Author-Meets-Critics Workshop: Andrea Kern – Wahrnehmung\, Wittgenstein und Skeptizismus UID:20260710T141125Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Keplerstraße 17\, Stuttgart\, Germany ORGANIZER;CN="Sebastian Bürkle": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T234500 SUMMARY:Husserl and Schutz on Intersubjectivity. Phainomenon UID:20260710T141126Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CALL-FOR-PAPERS
\nHusserl considered the establishment of a transcendental community of subjects necessary for the possibility of obtaining transcendental knowledge of oneself and the world. Notwithstanding\, Husserl's philosophy has been regarded as solipsistic for a significant period. However\, analysis of Husserl's theory of perception\, even prior to the publication of the \;Cartesian Investigations\, \;suggests otherwise. According to this view\, experience of the world is understood as public rather than private. Perceived objects are not exclusive to a single perceiving subject\, although they are given in subjective experience. For this reason\, at least from the 1920s onwards\, Husserl refers to the egological foundation of his philosophy as leading toward an intersubjective transcendental phenomenology\, or even (as one can read in Hua IX: 539)\, towards a sociological phenomenology.
\nThe issue of "transcendental intersubjectivity"\, beginning from a transcendental ego\, and its role in the constitution of an intersubjectively valid world\, is discussed in Husserl's 5th Cartesian Meditation as well as in numerous unpublished manuscripts. This topic was further explored by later phenomenologists\, including Eugen Fink and Ludwig Landgrebe. Others\, overlooking Husserl's focus on the constitutive role of intersubjectivity rather than its empirical forms\, charged him with neglecting the ethical aspects of the I-Thou relationship\; this critique was most notably advanced by Emanuel Lé\;vinas. However\, it was in the 1950s that Alfred Schutz offered one of the most critical perspectives on the project of establishing an intersubjective transcendental community of egos. Schutz argued\, namely: \;1) Husserl's transcendental Ego cannot be put in the plural. \;2) Husserl did not provide conclusive proof that the existence of other Egos is a problem of the transcendental sphere. \;3) Intersubjectivity is just an empirical-mundane problem. \;4) \;Transcendental subjectivity must be replaced by mundane intersubjectivity.
\nAdditionally\, Schutz made several observations about Husserl's method in the 5th Cartesian Meditation. He argued that Husserl's concept of reduction to the "sphere of the proper" assumes a distinction between the proper and the alien\, which could only have been established prior to the reduction. Schutz also noted that the experience of pairing\, which presents the alien body as similar to one's own\, lacks precision\, as it does not consider differences such as those between male and female\, or between humans and animals.
\nNº\; 40 of \;Phainomenon \;aims to retrieve this issue\, offering not only an analysis of the Husserl-Schutz debate\, but also exploring new perspectives\, namely (but not restricted to):
\n1) the ways the experience of an alien self can be addressed from a phenomenological point-of-view\;
\n2) intersubjectivity and lifeworld\;
\n3) the role of the lived body in the experience of "pairing"\;
\n4) "higher-level" intersubjective communities: family\, corporations\, trade-unions\, state institutions\;
\n5) "mundane phenomenology" and sociology\;
\n6) Schutz: continuation and criticisms (Lester Embree\, Thomas Luckman\, Jü\;rgen Habermas\, and others).
\nThe deadline for submitting proposals is July 31\, 2026.
\nThe author guidelines can be consulted and articles submitted at the following link: \;https://phainomenon-journal.pt/index.php/phainomenon/about/submissions
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260801T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260801T234500 SUMMARY:Literature and the Body: The Relations Between Being and Writing UID:20260710T141127Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Submissions open: \;June 15\, 2026 &ndash\; August 1\, 2026
\nNesir: Journal of Literary Studies \;welcomes submissions for its October 2026 issue\, which seeks to reconsider how literature translates bodily experience into writing and visibility\, and how the body\, in turn\, discloses and shapes literary meaning.
\nContemporary cultural forces\, which we both shape and endure\, demand a renewed examination of the body through literature and of literature through the body. The loss of physical touch during the pandemic has intensified the body&rsquo\;s alienation from its social and emotional milieus\, while a digital culture governed by speed\, distance\, and surface erodes the possibility of tactile meaning and embodied encounter. Current debates on identity\, gender\, and representation have heightened corporeal visibility\, yet they seldom foreground literature&rsquo\;s power to reinscribe the body or the body&rsquo\;s unique role in shaping literary sense and experience. Meanwhile\, thinkers from Nietzsche and Foucault to Merleau-Ponty and Kearney reaffirm the body as a privileged locus of meaning\, perception\, and interpretation.
\nLiterature&rsquo\;s varied portrayals of the body\, and its own material dimension\, both mirror and challenge the ontologies and cultural norms of their historical moments. In ancient tragedy\, the body serves as a threshold to the divine\; in medieval narratives it is sanctified and purified through suffering\; in Renaissance texts it becomes an ideal of visibility and measurability. In the modern novel the body is frequently rendered as disciplined and gendered\, whereas contemporary narratives present it as displaced\, proliferating\, and fluid\, prominent within posthumanist and transhumanist discussions. We therefore invite essays that not only engage with current debates on corporeality but also trace the historical trajectories through which meanings\, representations\, and theories of the body have been fashioned across the diverse epochs of literary and cultural history.
\nOnly a renewed attention to the body can meaningfully address literature&rsquo\;s most pressing crises\, including the loosening bond between language and world\, the erosion of sensory immediacy\, and the growing disembodiment of reading. This issue therefore welcomes essays that conceive literature as an ontological threshold\, poised between meaning and sensation\, writing and life\, word and world.
\nThis issue accepts research articles and book reviews in Turkish or English. Contributions should be prepared in accordance with Nesir&rsquo\;s submission and citation guidelines and must be submitted through the journal&rsquo\;s online submission system: \;nesirdergisi.com
\nSubmissions may address\, but are not limited to\, the following topics:
\nNesir&rsquo\;s submission and citation guidelines: \;https://nesirdergisi.com/index.php/nesir/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
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\nNesir: Journal of Literary Studies \;is an international\, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to literary theory\, historiography\, and comparative literary studies. The journal is indexed in major international databases including DOAJ\, MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)\, Linguistic Bibliography Online (Brill)\, TR Dizin\, and EBSCOhost databases. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260830T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260830T234500 SUMMARY:Sein und Zeit Today: Relevance and Resonance UID:20260710T141128Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Padova\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts:
\nSein und Zeit Today: Relevance and Resonance
\n(Padua\, February 17-19\, 2027)
\nWe are pleased to share the call for abstracts for the conference Sein und Zeit Today: Relevance and Resonance\, organized by the Centro Studi di Critica Heideggeriana (CSCH) on the occasion of the centenary of the publication of Being and Time by Martin Heidegger. The conference will take place from February 17 to 19\, 2027\, at the FISPPA Department of the University of Padua.
\nIn a context that has long been active in Heidegger studies\, the conference aims to bring into dialogue some of the most authoritative voices in the current debate on Heidegger&rsquo\;s work and thought across different philosophical traditions and geographical contexts. Alongside contributions from invited speakers in the regular sessions (Hiroshi Abe\, Francesco Camera\, Paola-Ludovika Coriando\, Costantino Esposito\, Giuliana Gregorio\, Servanne Jollivet\, Giusi Strummiello\, Mark Wrathall\, Holger Zaborowski) and a panel dedicated to the work of the Paduan philosopher Franco Volpi (&ldquo\;Being and Time&rdquo\;: A Practical Philosophy? Interpretative Perspectives in Dialogue with Franco Volpi\, with guest interventions from Jesú\;s Adriá\;n Escudero\, Adriano Fabris\, and Carlo Scilironi)\, the event will include parallel sessions featuring presentations selected through this call for abstracts. Proposed abstracts should focus on the relevance of Being and Time for contemporary thought\, a theme that applicants are encouraged to address from multiple perspectives.
\nThe guiding idea of the conference is to foster engagement with a classic text of twentieth-century philosophy by rereading it from the standpoint of the present and by relating the fundamental questions that run through Heidegger&rsquo\;s masterpiece to the concerns of an era &ndash\; our own &ndash\; shaped by radically transformed conceptual horizons and frameworks of thought. In this perspective\, the call invites contributions that critically engage with Being and Time in light of the questions the text continues to raise one hundred years after its publication. We welcome proposals that explore the relevance of Heidegger&rsquo\;s analyses in relation to themes such as existence\, temporality\, finitude\, historicity\, understanding\, language\, body\, being\, and instrumentality\, bringing these into dialogue with contemporary problems\, trajectories\, and fields of research. The aim is to encourage dialogue among different traditions of thought that have found in Being and Time a major source of inspiration &ndash\; such as hermeneutics\, existential philosophy\, and phenomenology of embodiment &ndash\; or that have engaged with it in original ways\, such as certain areas of analytic philosophy and pragmatism.
\nTo submit a proposal\, applicants are required to send\, no later than August 30\, 2026\, a title and an anonymized abstract in English\, Italian\, or German (max. 3\,000 characters\, including spaces)\, addressing Being and Time and its relevance today. Presentations will be delivered in the same language chosen for the abstract. Please also attach\, in a separate file\, a brief biographical note (max. 150 words). The expected duration of each presentation is 20 minutes\, followed by a 10-minute discussion.
\nThe results of the selection process\, conducted by the selection committee\, will be announced on September 30\, 2026.
\nAll materials must be sent by email to: seinundzeit2027@virgilio.it
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260831T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260831T190000 SUMMARY:Identity and Community in Times of Uncertainty UID:20260710T141129Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Czarnowiejska 36\, Kraków \, Poland\, 30-054 DESCRIPTION:This sixth edition of the Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis series seeks contributions exploring issues surrounding identity and community in times of uncertainty.
\nWriting in the aftermath of the Second World War\, Simone de Beauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics centred around the ambiguity of the human condition. Her work critiques traditional ethical frameworks subsuming plurality and ambiguity under the generalisations of normative concepts and practices. Ethics\, she argues\, should enable individuals to assume this ambiguity and plurality\, mindful of the diversity of our human condition. \;Ethics of Ambiguity\, \;notably\, strives to demonstrate how existentialism can be and indeed is inherently moral or social. Beauvoir appeals to us to recognise our freedom and responsibility\, yet at the same time highlights the limits of this freedom in situations of oppression\, and that this freedom is the most precarious in times of &lsquo\;uncertainty&rsquo\;&mdash\;where &lsquo\;crushed by present events\, [one] loses one&rsquo\;s way before the darkness of a future haunted by frightening spectres: war\, illness\, revolution\, fascism.&rsquo\;
\nBeauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics sought to respond to the challenges addressed to existentialism\, accused of miserabilism and solipsism. This conference seeks develop on Beauvoir&rsquo\;s works and legacy and those of her contemporaries\, and to explore the resources available within existential philosophy for rethinking the role of identity and community in times of uncertainty and crisis. Does the focus that existential philosophy places on the singular individual impede the construction of community? Does existentialism provide tools for articulating situations of oppression\, and navigating hostile environments? Does it provide guidance for concrete forms of action and activism\, and paths for navigating the uncertainty in the contemporary world?
\nContributions should engage with current issues from the perspectives of thinkers in existential philosophy and phenomenology\, such as Albert Camus\, Theodor Adorno\, Simone Weil\, Emil Cioran\, Simone de Beauvoir\, Jean-Paul Sartre\, Karl Jaspers\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, and their nineteenth-century predecessors (Kierkegaard\, Nietzsche\, Stirner&hellip\;). \;
\n\;
\nTo propose a talk:
\nScholars interested in presenting should send a 300-word abstract and brief bio-bibliographical information by \;31 August 2026 \;to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;. Notification of acceptance by 15 September 2026. For scholars requiring earlier notification in order to organize travel\, \;early submission \;and acceptance is possible. In that event submissions should be sent by \;1 July 2026 \;for notification by 15 July 2026. Please clearly indicate in the body of the email that you wish to be considered for early acceptance.
\nPresentations should be 25 minutes\, followed by 25 minutes discussion time. \;
\nConference participation open to all and \;free of charge \;for all speakers and participants\, but no funding is available for travel or accommodation.
\nFor specific queries (other than submission of abstracts or registration)\, contact: \;melissa.fox-muraton@clermont-sb.fr \;.
\nRegistration:
\n\;
\nTo participate without presenting a talk\, please register by email to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;by 15 October 2026\, providing your name and institutional affiliation.This sixth edition of the Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis series seeks contributions exploring issues surrounding identity and community in times of uncertainty.
\nWriting in the aftermath of the Second World War\, Simone de Beauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics centred around the ambiguity of the human condition. Her work critiques traditional ethical frameworks subsuming plurality and ambiguity under the generalisations of normative concepts and practices. Ethics\, she argues\, should enable individuals to assume this ambiguity and plurality\, mindful of the diversity of our human condition. \;Ethics of Ambiguity\, \;notably\, strives to demonstrate how existentialism can be and indeed is inherently moral or social. Beauvoir appeals to us to recognise our freedom and responsibility\, yet at the same time highlights the limits of this freedom in situations of oppression\, and that this freedom is the most precarious in times of &lsquo\;uncertainty&rsquo\;&mdash\;where &lsquo\;crushed by present events\, [one] loses one&rsquo\;s way before the darkness of a future haunted by frightening spectres: war\, illness\, revolution\, fascism.&rsquo\;
\nBeauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics sought to respond to the challenges addressed to existentialism\, accused of miserabilism and solipsism. This conference seeks develop on Beauvoir&rsquo\;s works and legacy and those of her contemporaries\, and to explore the resources available within existential philosophy for rethinking the role of identity and community in times of uncertainty and crisis. Does the focus that existential philosophy places on the singular individual impede the construction of community? Does existentialism provide tools for articulating situations of oppression\, and navigating hostile environments? Does it provide guidance for concrete forms of action and activism\, and paths for navigating the uncertainty in the contemporary world?
\nContributions should engage with current issues from the perspectives of thinkers in existential philosophy and phenomenology\, such as Albert Camus\, Theodor Adorno\, Simone Weil\, Emil Cioran\, Simone de Beauvoir\, Jean-Paul Sartre\, Karl Jaspers\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, and their nineteenth-century predecessors (Kierkegaard\, Nietzsche\, Stirner&hellip\;). \;
\n\;
\nTo propose a talk:
\nScholars interested in presenting should send a 300-word abstract and brief bio-bibliographical information by \;31 August 2026 \;to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;. Notification of acceptance by 15 September 2026. For scholars requiring earlier notification in order to organize travel\, \;early submission \;and acceptance is possible. In that event submissions should be sent by \;1 July 2026 \;for notification by 15 July 2026. Please clearly indicate in the body of the email that you wish to be considered for early acceptance.
\nPresentations should be 25 minutes\, followed by 25 minutes discussion time. \;
\nConference participation open to all and \;free of charge \;for all speakers and participants\, but no funding is available for travel or accommodation.
\nFor specific queries (other than submission of abstracts or registration)\, contact: \;melissa.fox-muraton@clermont-sb.fr \;.
\nRegistration:
\n\;
\nTo participate without presenting a talk\, please register by email to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;by 15 October 2026\, providing your name and institutional affiliation.
ORGANIZER;CN="Mélissa Fox-Muraton";CN="Jakub Gomułka";CN="Maciej Kałuża": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260907T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260911T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophical Roots of National Socialism UID:20260710T141130Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:av. Blasco Ibañez 33\, Valencia\, Spain\, 46010 DESCRIPTION:The call for papers is hereby opened for the \;international conference &ldquo\;Philosophical Roots of National Socialism&rdquo\;\, that will be held from 7-11 September 2026 in the Faculty of Philosophy and Education Sciences of the University of Valè\;ncia. Among the confirmed speakers are\, in alphabetical order\, Barbara Zehnpfennig (Passau / Berlin)\, Christian Hartmann (Potsdam)\, Gü\;nter Zö\;ller (Munich)\, Herlinde Pauer-Studer (Vienna)\, Ó\;scar Cubo (Valè\;ncia)\, Othmar Plö\;ckinger (Salzburg)\, Pedro Jesú\;s Teruel (Valè\;ncia) and Salvi Turró\; (Barcelona). \;
\nOriginals related to any aspect of the theoretical foundation of the nationalsocialism and its disastrous political and cultural influence will be welcome. Of particular interest will be the proposals on its philosophical roots\, with special emphasis on the review of these connections in the field of classical German philosophy\, from Kant to Hegel\, and its sources.
\nThe conference is conceived from the \;basic position \;that the ideological theses expressed and assumed by the nationalsocialism are intellectually disgusting and have had an extremely horrible effect on world history. This is precisely why it seems important to us to critically examine the roots of those theses and to meticulously research their philosophical background. This unmasks and denounces the self-blameful ignorance and maliciousness of National Socialist ideology. We consider this intellectual work to be particularly important today\, when new political movements are silently developing and insinuating similar theses into the public domain\, thereby jeopardizing the future of humanity.
\nPhDs \;will submit title and abstract (100 words maximum)\, together with academic affiliation\, until November 20\, 2025 to the email address kv2026@uv.es. Authors who are \;not PhD \;will also submit the whole text of the paper\, according to the \;guidelines \;(pp. 2-3). Notice of acceptance will be given before March 19\, 2026. The participation fee is 180 euros (academics) and &euro\; 60 (doctoral students).
\nThe paper can be redacted and presented in English\, Spanish\, Valencian / Catalan or German. If the paper is written in English\, Spanish or Valencian\, a German translation will be provided before April 22\, 2026 (if it is written in German\, an English translation will be provided). For each paper there will be 30 minutes of exposition and 20 minutes of debate.
\nThe \;originals will be \;published \;by the prestigious Valencian publisher Tirant lo Blanch. In the ranking of Spanish scientific publishers drawn up by the Spanish Superior Research Council\, Tirant is number 1 out of more than three hundred. The publication will take place in both printed format and e-book. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20260930T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20261002T170000 SUMMARY:International Colloquium on Phenomenology and Critique UID:20260710T141131Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:America/Sao_Paulo LOCATION:Rua Roraima\, 1000\, Santa Maria\, Brazil DESCRIPTION:The 1st Colloquium on Phenomenology &\; Critique will take place from September 30 to October 2\, 2026\, in a hybrid format\, organized by the Graduate Program in Philosophy at UFSM in partnership with the LATIFA research group\, and will bring together national and international researchers to further the debate on Critical Phenomenology and the field&rsquo\;s contributions to a phenomenological approach to contemporary political and social issues. The event aims to explore the field of &ldquo\;critical phenomenology&rdquo\; (Weiss\, Murphy &\; Salamon\, 2020\; Magrí\; &\; McQueen\, 2023\; Hermann\, 2023) as a horizon of phenomenological critique capable of encompassing phenomena in the fields of social\, identity-based\, embodied\, and institutional politics.
ORGANIZER;CN=Camila Palhares Barbosa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20261002T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vilnius:20261003T170000 SUMMARY:Inheriting Ordinary Language Philosophy UID:20260710T141132Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Vilnius LOCATION:Universiteto g. 9\, Vilnius\, Lithuania DESCRIPTION:Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in so-called ordinary language philosophy &ndash\; one of the main traditions in 20th century analytic philosophy. The conference will contribute to this renewed engagement by examining the legacy and contemporary significance of the tradition and its leading representatives. At the same time\, the conference aims at critically examining the idea of an ordinary language philosophy tradition itself. The thinkers typically grouped under this label differ substantially in philosophical outlook and method. Assessing the depth and significance of these differences raises broader questions about how unified the tradition really is. Is the current resurgence best understood as the continuation of a shared philosophical approach\, or does it instead consist of diverse and sometimes competing attempts to draw on different elements of this legacy? By addressing these questions\, the conference will both clarify the historical significance of ordinary language philosophy and assess the prospects for its contemporary revival.
\nKeynote speakers
\nAvner Baz (Tufts University)
\nBenjamin De Mesel (KU Leuven)
\nHans-Johann Glock (University of Zurich)
\nMartin Gustafsson (Å\;bo Akademi University)
\nNicole Rathgeb (University of Bern)
\nImportant dates
\nAbstract submission: July 6\, 2026
\nAuthor notification: July 16\, 2026
\nConference: October 2-3\, 2026
\nRegistration fees
\nStudents 50 &euro\;
\nNon-students 100 &euro\;
\n(Registration fee covers the conference dinner\; waivers might be considered)
\nConference Venue
\nFaculty of Philosophy\, Vilnius University\, Universiteto street 9\, Vilnius\, Lithuania.
\nSubmitting an abstract for a presentation (30 minutes including discussion)
\nAbstracts at a maximum length of 400 words should be submitted as Word or PDF to mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt. Make sure to state your name and affiliation clearly in the abstract. The deadline for submission is July 6\, 2026. The date of notification is July 16\, 2026.
\nOrganizers
\nMindaugas Gilaitis (Vilnius University)\, Martin Gustafsson (Å\;bo Akademi University)
\nPlease direct all inquiries by email to mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt or martin.gustafsson@abo.fi.
\nThe event is free to attend. If you intend to come to the conference as a non-speaker\, please register by sending an email to mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt. The deadline for registration is September 25\, 2026.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261022T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Identity and Community in Times of Uncertainty UID:20260710T141133Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Czarnowiejska 36\, Kraków \, Poland\, 30-054 DESCRIPTION:This sixth edition of the Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis series seeks contributions exploring issues surrounding identity and community in times of uncertainty.
\nWriting in the aftermath of the Second World War\, Simone de Beauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics centred around the ambiguity of the human condition. Her work critiques traditional ethical frameworks subsuming plurality and ambiguity under the generalisations of normative concepts and practices. Ethics\, she argues\, should enable individuals to assume this ambiguity and plurality\, mindful of the diversity of our human condition. \;Ethics of Ambiguity\, \;notably\, strives to demonstrate how existentialism can be and indeed is inherently moral or social. Beauvoir appeals to us to recognise our freedom and responsibility\, yet at the same time highlights the limits of this freedom in situations of oppression\, and that this freedom is the most precarious in times of &lsquo\;uncertainty&rsquo\;&mdash\;where &lsquo\;crushed by present events\, [one] loses one&rsquo\;s way before the darkness of a future haunted by frightening spectres: war\, illness\, revolution\, fascism.&rsquo\;
\nBeauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics sought to respond to the challenges addressed to existentialism\, accused of miserabilism and solipsism. This conference seeks develop on Beauvoir&rsquo\;s works and legacy and those of her contemporaries\, and to explore the resources available within existential philosophy for rethinking the role of identity and community in times of uncertainty and crisis. Does the focus that existential philosophy places on the singular individual impede the construction of community? Does existentialism provide tools for articulating situations of oppression\, and navigating hostile environments? Does it provide guidance for concrete forms of action and activism\, and paths for navigating the uncertainty in the contemporary world?
\nContributions should engage with current issues from the perspectives of thinkers in existential philosophy and phenomenology\, such as Albert Camus\, Theodor Adorno\, Simone Weil\, Emil Cioran\, Simone de Beauvoir\, Jean-Paul Sartre\, Karl Jaspers\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, and their nineteenth-century predecessors (Kierkegaard\, Nietzsche\, Stirner&hellip\;). \;
\n\;
\nTo propose a talk:
\nScholars interested in presenting should send a 300-word abstract and brief bio-bibliographical information by \;31 August 2026 \;to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;. Notification of acceptance by 15 September 2026. For scholars requiring earlier notification in order to organize travel\, \;early submission \;and acceptance is possible. In that event submissions should be sent by \;1 July 2026 \;for notification by 15 July 2026. Please clearly indicate in the body of the email that you wish to be considered for early acceptance.
\nPresentations should be 25 minutes\, followed by 25 minutes discussion time. \;
\nConference participation open to all and \;free of charge \;for all speakers and participants\, but no funding is available for travel or accommodation.
\nFor specific queries (other than submission of abstracts or registration)\, contact: \;melissa.fox-muraton@clermont-sb.fr \;.
\nRegistration:
\n\;
\nTo participate without presenting a talk\, please register by email to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;by 15 October 2026\, providing your name and institutional affiliation.This sixth edition of the Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis series seeks contributions exploring issues surrounding identity and community in times of uncertainty.
\nWriting in the aftermath of the Second World War\, Simone de Beauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics centred around the ambiguity of the human condition. Her work critiques traditional ethical frameworks subsuming plurality and ambiguity under the generalisations of normative concepts and practices. Ethics\, she argues\, should enable individuals to assume this ambiguity and plurality\, mindful of the diversity of our human condition. \;Ethics of Ambiguity\, \;notably\, strives to demonstrate how existentialism can be and indeed is inherently moral or social. Beauvoir appeals to us to recognise our freedom and responsibility\, yet at the same time highlights the limits of this freedom in situations of oppression\, and that this freedom is the most precarious in times of &lsquo\;uncertainty&rsquo\;&mdash\;where &lsquo\;crushed by present events\, [one] loses one&rsquo\;s way before the darkness of a future haunted by frightening spectres: war\, illness\, revolution\, fascism.&rsquo\;
\nBeauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics sought to respond to the challenges addressed to existentialism\, accused of miserabilism and solipsism. This conference seeks develop on Beauvoir&rsquo\;s works and legacy and those of her contemporaries\, and to explore the resources available within existential philosophy for rethinking the role of identity and community in times of uncertainty and crisis. Does the focus that existential philosophy places on the singular individual impede the construction of community? Does existentialism provide tools for articulating situations of oppression\, and navigating hostile environments? Does it provide guidance for concrete forms of action and activism\, and paths for navigating the uncertainty in the contemporary world?
\nContributions should engage with current issues from the perspectives of thinkers in existential philosophy and phenomenology\, such as Albert Camus\, Theodor Adorno\, Simone Weil\, Emil Cioran\, Simone de Beauvoir\, Jean-Paul Sartre\, Karl Jaspers\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, and their nineteenth-century predecessors (Kierkegaard\, Nietzsche\, Stirner&hellip\;). \;
\n\;
\nTo propose a talk:
\nScholars interested in presenting should send a 300-word abstract and brief bio-bibliographical information by \;31 August 2026 \;to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;. Notification of acceptance by 15 September 2026. For scholars requiring earlier notification in order to organize travel\, \;early submission \;and acceptance is possible. In that event submissions should be sent by \;1 July 2026 \;for notification by 15 July 2026. Please clearly indicate in the body of the email that you wish to be considered for early acceptance.
\nPresentations should be 25 minutes\, followed by 25 minutes discussion time. \;
\nConference participation open to all and \;free of charge \;for all speakers and participants\, but no funding is available for travel or accommodation.
\nFor specific queries (other than submission of abstracts or registration)\, contact: \;melissa.fox-muraton@clermont-sb.fr \;.
\nRegistration:
\n\;
\nTo participate without presenting a talk\, please register by email to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;by 15 October 2026\, providing your name and institutional affiliation.
ORGANIZER;CN="Mélissa Fox-Muraton";CN="Jakub Gomułka";CN="Maciej Kałuża": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261022T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20261023T170000 SUMMARY:Identity and Community in Times of Uncertainty UID:20260710T141134Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Czarnowiejska 36\, Kraków \, Poland\, 30-054 DESCRIPTION:This sixth edition of the Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis series seeks contributions exploring issues surrounding identity and community in times of uncertainty.
\nWriting in the aftermath of the Second World War\, Simone de Beauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics centred around the ambiguity of the human condition. Her work critiques traditional ethical frameworks subsuming plurality and ambiguity under the generalisations of normative concepts and practices. Ethics\, she argues\, should enable individuals to assume this ambiguity and plurality\, mindful of the diversity of our human condition. \;Ethics of Ambiguity\, \;notably\, strives to demonstrate how existentialism can be and indeed is inherently moral or social. Beauvoir appeals to us to recognise our freedom and responsibility\, yet at the same time highlights the limits of this freedom in situations of oppression\, and that this freedom is the most precarious in times of &lsquo\;uncertainty&rsquo\;&mdash\;where &lsquo\;crushed by present events\, [one] loses one&rsquo\;s way before the darkness of a future haunted by frightening spectres: war\, illness\, revolution\, fascism.&rsquo\;
\nBeauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics sought to respond to the challenges addressed to existentialism\, accused of miserabilism and solipsism. This conference seeks develop on Beauvoir&rsquo\;s works and legacy and those of her contemporaries\, and to explore the resources available within existential philosophy for rethinking the role of identity and community in times of uncertainty and crisis. Does the focus that existential philosophy places on the singular individual impede the construction of community? Does existentialism provide tools for articulating situations of oppression\, and navigating hostile environments? Does it provide guidance for concrete forms of action and activism\, and paths for navigating the uncertainty in the contemporary world?
\nContributions should engage with current issues from the perspectives of thinkers in existential philosophy and phenomenology\, such as Albert Camus\, Theodor Adorno\, Simone Weil\, Emil Cioran\, Simone de Beauvoir\, Jean-Paul Sartre\, Karl Jaspers\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, and their nineteenth-century predecessors (Kierkegaard\, Nietzsche\, Stirner&hellip\;). \;
\n\;
\nTo propose a talk:
\nScholars interested in presenting should send a 300-word abstract and brief bio-bibliographical information by \;31 August 2026 \;to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;. Notification of acceptance by 15 September 2026. For scholars requiring earlier notification in order to organize travel\, \;early submission \;and acceptance is possible. In that event submissions should be sent by \;1 July 2026 \;for notification by 15 July 2026. Please clearly indicate in the body of the email that you wish to be considered for early acceptance.
\nPresentations should be 25 minutes\, followed by 25 minutes discussion time. \;
\nConference participation open to all and \;free of charge \;for all speakers and participants\, but no funding is available for travel or accommodation.
\nFor specific queries (other than submission of abstracts or registration)\, contact: \;melissa.fox-muraton@clermont-sb.fr \;.
\nRegistration:
\n\;
\nTo participate without presenting a talk\, please register by email to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;by 15 October 2026\, providing your name and institutional affiliation.This sixth edition of the Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis series seeks contributions exploring issues surrounding identity and community in times of uncertainty.
\nWriting in the aftermath of the Second World War\, Simone de Beauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics centred around the ambiguity of the human condition. Her work critiques traditional ethical frameworks subsuming plurality and ambiguity under the generalisations of normative concepts and practices. Ethics\, she argues\, should enable individuals to assume this ambiguity and plurality\, mindful of the diversity of our human condition. \;Ethics of Ambiguity\, \;notably\, strives to demonstrate how existentialism can be and indeed is inherently moral or social. Beauvoir appeals to us to recognise our freedom and responsibility\, yet at the same time highlights the limits of this freedom in situations of oppression\, and that this freedom is the most precarious in times of &lsquo\;uncertainty&rsquo\;&mdash\;where &lsquo\;crushed by present events\, [one] loses one&rsquo\;s way before the darkness of a future haunted by frightening spectres: war\, illness\, revolution\, fascism.&rsquo\;
\nBeauvoir&rsquo\;s existential ethics sought to respond to the challenges addressed to existentialism\, accused of miserabilism and solipsism. This conference seeks develop on Beauvoir&rsquo\;s works and legacy and those of her contemporaries\, and to explore the resources available within existential philosophy for rethinking the role of identity and community in times of uncertainty and crisis. Does the focus that existential philosophy places on the singular individual impede the construction of community? Does existentialism provide tools for articulating situations of oppression\, and navigating hostile environments? Does it provide guidance for concrete forms of action and activism\, and paths for navigating the uncertainty in the contemporary world?
\nContributions should engage with current issues from the perspectives of thinkers in existential philosophy and phenomenology\, such as Albert Camus\, Theodor Adorno\, Simone Weil\, Emil Cioran\, Simone de Beauvoir\, Jean-Paul Sartre\, Karl Jaspers\, Hannah Arendt\, Martin Heidegger\, and their nineteenth-century predecessors (Kierkegaard\, Nietzsche\, Stirner&hellip\;). \;
\n\;
\nTo propose a talk:
\nScholars interested in presenting should send a 300-word abstract and brief bio-bibliographical information by \;31 August 2026 \;to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;. Notification of acceptance by 15 September 2026. For scholars requiring earlier notification in order to organize travel\, \;early submission \;and acceptance is possible. In that event submissions should be sent by \;1 July 2026 \;for notification by 15 July 2026. Please clearly indicate in the body of the email that you wish to be considered for early acceptance.
\nPresentations should be 25 minutes\, followed by 25 minutes discussion time. \;
\nConference participation open to all and \;free of charge \;for all speakers and participants\, but no funding is available for travel or accommodation.
\nFor specific queries (other than submission of abstracts or registration)\, contact: \;melissa.fox-muraton@clermont-sb.fr \;.
\nRegistration:
\n\;
\nTo participate without presenting a talk\, please register by email to \;conference.eptcc@gmail.com \;by 15 October 2026\, providing your name and institutional affiliation.
ORGANIZER;CN="Mélissa Fox-Muraton";CN="Jakub Gomułka";CN="Maciej Kałuża": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261101T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261101T234500 SUMMARY:The Relevance of Michel Foucault in the Face of Global Surveillance\, Post-Truth and New Forms of Governance UID:20260710T141135Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Labyrinth: An International Journal of Philosophy\, Value Theory\, and Sociocultural Hermeneutics \;is preparing a special issue in honor of the 100th \;anniversary of Michel Foucault's birth. The publication aims to highlight the continued relevance of Foucault&rsquo\;s conception of power. His analyses of power are particularly pertinent in the present age because he describes power not only as domination of a person/group over other individuals or groups\, but also as extensive networks such as those involved in money laundering\, drug trafficking\, and the Epstein network\, to name but a few examples. Furthermore\, his theories on discipline\, surveillance\, and governmentality are essential for comprehending digital surveillance and the optimization of power and social control in today's world. Foucault also pointed out ways in which the subject can free itself from external influences and begin to "govern" itself. His revelations about the relationships between power and truth\, as well as power and knowledge\, are crucial in this regard.
\nScholars working in the field of Foucault's philosophy are invited to submit a \;brief abstract and bio-bibliographic information \;by \;April 30\, 2026. The bio-bibliographic information should include the following: name\, academic degree\, academic position\, academic affiliation\, and five to seven main publications.
\nAuthors with finished\, unpublished papers are welcome to submit them with an abstract. Final papers should be proofread and formatted according to the journal guidelines (i.e.\, print-ready) and submitted no later than \;November 1\, 2026.
\nAs a multilingual Journal \;Labyrinth \;accepts papers in English\, French\, and German.
\nFor more information about the journal policies and the submission guidelines please visit: \;https://www.axiapublishers.com/ojs/index.php/labyrinth/AuthorGuidelines
\n\;All abstracts and papers should be sent to labyrinth[at]axiapublishers.com
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261231T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261231T090000 SUMMARY:Interpreting the New Heidegger UID:20260710T141136Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:This Special Issue of Philosophies welcomes original research articles that focus on material published in the \;Gesamtausgabe \;in 2013 or later. The articles will familiarize readers who may not be Heidegger specialists with some of the newest available primary sources\, provide illuminating contexts and perspectives\, and open avenues for future research. Their primary themes should be key concepts in Heidegger&rsquo\;s own thought\; articles may also discuss Heidegger&rsquo\;s interpretations of other philosophers\, but should emphasize how they illuminate his own motives and ideas.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270131T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270131T090000 SUMMARY:Special Issue Puncta “Phenomarxism: Ideology and Materialism in Critical and Political Phenomenology” UID:20260710T141137Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Puncta \;is pleased to announce a \;call for papers \;for our upcoming 2027 special issue\, "Phenomarxism: Ideology and Materialism in Critical and Political Phenomenology\," guest edited by Iaan Reynolds\, Christian Lotz\, and Marco Cavallaro. Submissions are due \;January 31\, 2027.
\nA PDF version of the CFP may be found at the link below. The full text of the CFP is as follows:
\nContemporary critical and political phenomenology has often bypassed the historical attempts to develop phenomenology in conversation with Marxist philosophy. If the 1970s saw a wave of translations into English of prominent Marxists and phenomenologists\, many of these efforts have been forgotten. Relatedly and at the same time\, the conception of &ldquo\;social critique&rdquo\; guiding critical phenomenology has largely been drawn from outside of the Marxist tradition. While these discussions often work with a concept of the social structure\, the latter tradition&rsquo\;s resources for thinking through the systematic interrelations between this structure and the racialized\, gendered\, and oppressive dynamics of social experience have been overlooked.
\nOn the one hand\, this issue is an historical one\; explorations of the Marxism of prominent phenomenologists can shed light on the already-political nature of some of the classic works and methodologies (see for example\, the underappreciated discussion of labor at the end of Maurice Merleau-Ponty&rsquo\;s Phenomenology of Perception). On the other hand\, however\, the issue relates to contemporary systematic problems: the interrelation between phenomenology and Marxist philosophy has produced distinct questions not often considered in today&rsquo\;s discussions. Ranging from investigations into sexism and gender oppression&rsquo\;s origin in a class society found in social reproduction theory (see Bhattacharya 2017)\, to the theory of needs developed as part of a &ldquo\;phenomenology of everyday life&rdquo\; by Á\;gnes Heller and other theorists in the &ldquo\;Budapest School&rdquo\; (Heller 1974\; Markú\;s\, Heller and Feher 1986)\, past developments in Marxist philosophy can shed light on new areas of concern for critical and political phenomenology today\, enriching these discussions.
\nFor this reason\, we are inviting papers for a Puncta special issue on &ldquo\;Phenomarxism:
Ideology and Materialism in Critical and Political Phenomenology.&rdquo\; Our goal for this issue is to develop theoretical insights for today&rsquo\;s discussions on critical and political phenomenology
through an engagement with the history of Marxist phenomenology. In this way\, we hope to
strengthen the historical grounding of today&rsquo\;s discussions\, while illuminating the distinct areas of research opened up by attention to Marxist social theory in the phenomenological tradition. We will seek contributions that thematize and critically reflect on the problem of whether phenomenology can itself be understood\, spelled out or developed as a not only critically\, but political position. In general\, submissions\, even if they utilize philosophers and philosophies in the Marxist and phenomenological traditions\, should contribute to contemporary theoretical debates\, developing the concepts through which critical and political phenomenology might be better able to think through contemporary developments.
We could envision contributions on the following topics (but these are just examples):
\n&bull\; Many contemporary critical phenomenologists focus in their contributions on intersubjectivity and embodiment. Are there any other aspects that are important\, such as class\, class consciousness\, and social structure?
\n&bull\; In what sense can phenomenology function as a political intervention by identifying and resisting &ldquo\;reification&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;objectification&rdquo\;? Can phenomenology&rsquo\;s return to &ldquo\;lived experience&rdquo\; be developed as a critical countermeasure against the totalizing forces of modern scientific\, capitalist\, and colonial systems?
\n&bull\; Marxist discourse identifies how capitalism transforms human beings into things\, but often fails to describe the &ldquo\;non-reified&ldquo\; state of individuals and society that capitalism does not permit to emerge. Can in any sense phenomenology be thought of as &ldquo\;socialist&rdquo\; and/or develop an image of a socialist or communist society? Or do the results of phenomenological analyses point to a social organization that can no longer be described with these two traditional terms?
\n&bull\; Can a phenomenology of embodiment provide a foundation for the critique of capitalist exploitation? Can it improve existing critiques by developing attention to the lived experience of sexism\, racism\, and class oppression?
\n&bull\; Are the tools of classical phenomenological methodology intrinsically political? Following from Enzo Paci&rsquo\;s work\, is the epoché\; a revolutionary act?
\n&bull\; How can incorporating Marxist social critique into phenomenological analysis lead to a better understanding of patriarchy\, racism\, and xenophobia?
\n&bull\; Phenomenology often was interpreted as &ldquo\;bourgeois&rdquo\; or idealistic\, due to its closeness to positivism\, idealism\, non-material philosophy of history\, or abstract level of analysis. How could one respond to this critique? How can phenomenological methods contribute to a robust - and non-simplistic - materialism?
\n&bull\; Is a phenomenological theory of ideological false consciousness possible? How can the relation between ideology and its material base be reformulated in phenomenological terms?
\nThe submission deadline is January 31\, 2027. Please submit all papers through the online
portal at \;https://www.punctajournal.org/ \;and include a note to the editors that the
manuscript is intended for inclusion in the Phenomarxism special issue.
The conference Sein und Zeit \;Today: Relevance and Resonance \;is organized by the Centro Studi di Critica Heideggeriana (CSCH) on the occasion of the centenary of the publication of \;Being and Time \;by Martin Heidegger. The conference will take place from February 17 to 19\, 2027\, at the FISPPA Department of the University of Padua. \;
\nIn a context that has long been active in Heidegger studies\, the conference aims to bring into dialogue some of the most authoritative voices in the current debate on Heidegger&rsquo\;s work and thought across different philosophical traditions and geographical contexts. Alongside contributions from invited speakers in the regular sessions (Hiroshi Abe\, Francesco Camera\, Paola-Ludovika Coriando\, Costantino Esposito\, Giuliana Gregorio\, Servanne Jollivet\, Giusi Strummiello\, Mark Wrathall\, Holger Zaborowski) and a panel dedicated to the work of the Paduan philosopher Franco Volpi (&ldquo\;Being and Time&rdquo\;: A Practical Philosophy? Interpretative Perspectives in Dialogue with Franco Volpi\, with guest interventions from Jesú\;s Adriá\;n Escudero\, Adriano Fabris\, and Carlo Scilironi)\, the event will include parallel sessions featuring presentations selected through a call for abstracts.
\nThe guiding idea of the conference is to foster engagement with a classic text of twentieth-century philosophy by rereading it from the standpoint of the present and by relating the fundamental questions that run through Heidegger&rsquo\;s masterpiece to the concerns of an era &ndash\; our own &ndash\; shaped by radically transformed conceptual horizons and frameworks of thought. \;
\nThe aim is to encourage dialogue among different traditions of thought that have found in \;Being and Time \;a major source of inspiration &ndash\; such as hermeneutics\, existential philosophy\, and phenomenology of embodiment &ndash\; or that have engaged with it in original ways\, such as certain areas of analytic philosophy and pragmatism.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20270317T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20270319T170000 SUMMARY:Early Phenomenology on ‘Position-Taking’ (Stellungnahme). Theoretical Stance\, Emotional Response\, and the Constitution of the Person UID:20260710T141139Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Louvain-la-Neuve\, Belgium DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\n&ldquo\;Early Phenomenology on &lsquo\;Position-Taking&rsquo\; (Stellungnahme). Theoretical Stance\, Emotional Response\, and the Constitution of the Person&rdquo\;
\nUCLouvain\, Belgium\, 17&ndash\;19 March 2027
\nOrganizing committee: Alexis Delamare (University College Dublin/ULiè\;ge) &\; É\;lise Dravigny (UCLouvain/Sorbonne Université\;)
\nScientific committee: Sylvain Camilleri (UCLouvain)\, Alexis Delamare (University College Dublin/ULiè\;ge)\, Arnaud Dewalque (ULiè\;ge)\, É\;lise Dravigny (UCLouvain/Sorbonne Université\;)\, Bruno Leclercq (ULiè\;ge)\, Marc Maesschalck (UCLouvain)\, Denis Seron (ULiè\;ge)
\nSubmission guidelines\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Please send your abstracts as attachments (Word or PDF) to both elise.dravigny@uclouvain.be and alexis.delamare@ucd.ie
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Abstract length: max. 600 words (bibliography excluded\, if any).
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Abstracts should be anonymized. Please include your name\, affiliation\, and position in the body of the email.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Deadline for abstract submission: 30 June 2026.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Notification of acceptance: by 15 July 2026.
\nTheme and scope of the conference\n&ldquo\;Now the question is how we want to fix the concept of position-taking. It is not so easy&rdquo\; (Edmund Husserl\, Ms A VI 31\, 42a\, 1928)
\nThis conference aims to shed new light on the intriguing concept of Stellungnahme (usually translated as &ldquo\;position-taking&rdquo\;) as it is applied by early phenomenologists\, especially by Edmund Husserl and the so-called &lsquo\;Munich-Gö\;ttingen&rsquo\; Circle of phenomenology\, composed of Johannes Daubert\, Dietrich von Hildebrand\, Roman Ingarden\, Alexander Pfä\;nder\, Adolf Reinach\, Max Scheler\, and Edith Stein\, among others.
\nWithin early phenomenology\, the term Stellungnahme is first employed in a published work by Reinach in &ldquo\;Zur Theorie des negativen Urteils&rdquo\; \;(1911\; 1982). There\, it characterizes those mental experiences\, such as belief\, striving\, or love\, which display an inherent polarity (being respectively opposed to disbelief\, struggle\, and hate) &ndash\; in contrast to representations or meanings. Reinach then takes up this concept in 1912 in his essay on &ldquo\;reflection&rdquo\; (Ü\;berlegung) (1912\; 1913)\, in which he emphasizes that intellectual reflection necessarily aims to establish a &ldquo\;position-taking&rdquo\;\, typically a conviction about a state of affairs (2017\, 58&ndash\;65).
\nSoon after\, clearly drawing on Reinach\, von Hildebrand elaborates his own original approach to Stellungnahme\, through its cardinal distinction with Kenntnisnahme or &ldquo\;knowledge-taking&rdquo\; (von Hildebrand 1916\, 134). A knowledge-taking\, such as the vision of a landscape\, is characterized as a mere &ldquo\;having&rdquo\; of a content\, whereas\, in the case of a Stellungnahme\, I take a spontaneous stance with respect to the appearing object. In this regard\, intellectual experiences such as conviction\, but also affective experiences such as joy or indignation and conative experiences such as willing\, insofar as they exhibit such subjective activity\, are to be interpreted as &lsquo\;position-takings&rsquo\;.
\nEspecially in his manuscripts from the Studien zur Struktur des Bewusstseins\, Edmund Husserl also makes extensive and yet-to-be-explored use of the concept of Stellungnahme. In the theoretical sphere\, he notably distinguishes between &lsquo\;position-taking&rsquo\; understood as a positional act &ndash\; in contrast to neutral &lsquo\;mere representations&rsquo\; (1980\, 446&ndash\;47) &ndash\; and &lsquo\;position-taking&rsquo\; understood as a critical procedure aiming at the rational verification of a certain thesis (2020a\, 331\, 372). In the affective sphere\, he observes that the manifestation of a positive value often motivates an &ldquo\;affective position-taking&rdquo\; (Gemü\;tsstellungnahme) as a response\, whereby the subject actively &ldquo\;turns&rdquo\; towards the object with pleasure (2020b\, 121). Lastly\, Husserl emphasizes the crucial role played by sedimented active &lsquo\;position-takings&rsquo\; in the constitution of a stable personal self (1952\, 112&ndash\;13).
\nFinally\, Edith Stein also appeals to the terminology of &lsquo\;position-taking&rsquo\; in her 1922 Beiträ\;ge zur philosophischen Begrü\;ndung der Psychologie und der Geisteswissenschaften (2010\, 49\, 133). Following von Hildebrand and Husserl\, she asserts that an emotion &ndash\; for instance\, joy &ndash\; is not a &ldquo\;knowledge-taking of the value&rdquo\; (Wertkenntnisnahme) &ndash\; for instance of beauty &ndash\; but rather a subjective stance towards the axiological object\, and thus a &ldquo\;response&rdquo\; (Antwort) thereto.
\nThe concept of Stellungnahme thus assumes a variety of functions within early phenomenology. This variety reveals the richness and power of this notion\, whose applications range from theoretical philosophy to the philosophy of emotion and to ethics\; yet it also challenges the unity of this concept and calls into question the compatibility of these diverse uses\, across authors and within the work of particular phenomenologists &ndash\; e.g.\, Husserl.
\nAgainst this background\, the aim of this meeting is to advance the literature &ndash\; whose (scarce) accounts of Stellungnahme have been limited to individual authors (Carta and Delamare\, forthcoming\; Delamare 2025\; De Monticelli 2011\; Jacobs 2016\; Jardine 2020\; Loidolt 2021\; Magrì\; 2022\; Mü\;ller 2020\; Salice 2015\; Uemura and Salice 2019) \;&ndash\; by offering an overview of &lsquo\;position-taking&rsquo\; among early phenomenologists. To do so\, the first objective is to study the influences\, continuities\, and tensions between the accounts they propose. Emphasis will also be placed on the sources of the concept of Stellungnahme. In particular\, the psychologist Hugo Mü\;nsterberg (a student of Wundt) already uses this term in his Grundzü\;ge der Psychologie (1900)\, seemingly with a meaning very close to Reinach&rsquo\;s. In addition\, in his 1911 essay\, Reinach explicitly refers to the works of Windelband (1884) and to Brentano&rsquo\;s theory of judgment (Brentano 1874\, 262). Finally\, a third line of inquiry will be the potential relevance of this terminology for contemporary issues\, such as epistemic agency (Jacobs 2021) or the reactional nature of emotions (Mü\;ller 2018).
\nSuggested topics\nWe welcome presentations on topics including\, but not limited to\, the following:
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The historical origins of the concept of Stellungnahme as used by Husserl and the Munich-Gö\;ttingen Circle.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The mutual influences of the members of the Munich-Gö\;ttingen Circle as they develop their understanding of Stellungnahme.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The unity\, diversity\, and evolution of the meaning of Stellungnahme within early phenomenology.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; &lsquo\;Position-taking&rsquo\; understood minimally as &lsquo\;belief&rsquo\; or &lsquo\;positional act&rsquo\;. The doxic modification introduced by the phenomenological epoché\; &ndash\; which brackets all Stellungnahmen (Husserl 1976\, 63) &ndash\; can also be investigated in this perspective.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; &lsquo\;Position-taking&rsquo\; understood maximally as a critical procedure\, based on doubt and intellectual deliberation.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Stellungnahme in the affective sphere\, especially the distinction between value-feelings \;&ndash\; in which values are known &ndash\; and emotions as responses.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Stellungnahme in the conative\, volitional\, and practical sphere.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Stellungnahme\, agency\, freedom\, and the constitution of an active and stable personality.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; &lsquo\;Position-taking&rsquo\; and related notions &ndash\; e.g.\, &lsquo\;knowledge-taking&rsquo\; (Kenntnisnahme)\, &lsquo\;acknowledgment&rsquo\; (Anerkennung)\, or &lsquo\;approval&rsquo\; (Billigung) (Carta 2024).
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The influence of early phenomenology&rsquo\;s concept of Stellungnahme on later phenomenology &ndash\; e.g.\, Stavenhagen (1925\; Smith 1982\, 312) &ndash\; as well as on later philosophy more broadly.
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The significance of early phenomenology&rsquo\;s concept of Stellungnahme for contemporary debates.
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\nCarta\, Emanuela. 2024. Approval\, reflective emotions\, and virtue: sentimentalist elements in Husserl&rsquo\;s philosophy. British Journal for the History of Philosophy 32: 1329&ndash\;1349.
\nCarta\, Emanuela and Delamare\, Alexis. Forthcoming. Husserl on position-taking (Stellungnahme). In Husserl&rsquo\;s Studien zur Struktur des Bewusstseins\, ed. Emanuela Carta\, Gabriel Barroso\, and Julia Jansen. Cham: Springer.
\nDe Monticelli\, Roberta. 2011. Alles Leben ist Stellungnehmen &ndash\; Die Person als praktisches Subjekt. In Die Aktualitä\;t Husserls\, ed. Marisa Scherini\, Christopher Erhard\, and Verena Mayer\, 39&ndash\;55. Freiburg: Alber.
\nDelamare\, Alexis. 2024. The development of emotional responsivism in the Munich-Gö\;ttingen Circle. The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy 22: 158&ndash\;175.
\nDelamare\, Alexis. 2025. Ultimate Rationality. Husserl on Critical Position-Taking (Stellungnahme) in the Theoretical and Axiological Spheres. Husserl Studies 41: 1&ndash\;21.
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ORGANIZER;CN=Alexis Delamare: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260708T225858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20271027T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20271029T170000 SUMMARY:International Conference: “Cornelius Castoriadis (1997-2027) : Thirty Years Later” UID:20260710T141140Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:Trie-sur-Baïse\, France DESCRIPTION:International Conference: &ldquo\;Cornelius Castoriadis (1997-2027) : Thirty Years Later&rdquo\;
\nTrie-sur-Baï\;se (Hautes-Pyré\;né\;es\, 65\, France)
\nOctober 27\, 28 &\; 29\, 2027
\n\n\nPresentation
\n\nIn 2027\, we will mark thirty years since the passing of Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997)\, a singular thinker whose multifaceted work continues to shape contemporary intellectual thought. Philosopher\, economist\, psychoanalyst\, political theorist\, and activist\, he developed a powerful and original reflection on freedom\, creation\, the institution of society\, and both individual and collective autonomy. From his younger days in Greece\, through Socialisme ou Barbarie\, to his passing\, his intellectual journey crossed and challenged disciplinary and ideological boundaries. This international conference aims to reexamine\, three decades after his death\, both the intellectual legacy of the Greek philosopher and the relevance of his conceptual tools for thinking about today&rsquo\;s society. In the face of the challenges of our time\, Castoriadis&rsquo\; thought offers valuable resources to question the very foundations of our societies\, political action\, and philosophical inquiry.
\n\nObjectives
\n\nThis conference is neither commemorative nor hagiographic. Its purpose is to revive the radical dimensions of Castoriadian thought by engaging it with contemporary challenges\, exploring its internal tensions\, questioning its assumptions\, and envisioning its possible futures. Since elucidation was at the heart of Castoriadis&rsquo\; project of autonomy\, it will serve as the guiding force for our discussions\, thirty years later. Fundamentally\, this conference seeks to:
\n\nEncourage renewed reading of Castoriadis across different fields of knowledge.
\nEngage his thought in a dialogue with contemporary issues.
\nExplore the practical uses of his work in social movements\, education\, clinical practices\, and democratic experimentation.
\nMap the intellectual lineages\, as well as the productive critiques and reinterpretations of his thought\, both in France and internationally.
\nScientific Organisation
\nQuentin Mur Rodriguez (Sociologist\, University of Ottawa &\; University Toulouse Jean Jaurè\;s)\, Emile Le Pessot (Historian\, EHESS)\, Guillaume Plin (Philosopher\, University Paris-Nanterre)\, Savvas Orfanos (Philosopher\, University Paris 1 Panthé\;on-Sorbonne)
\n\nScientific Committee
\nSté\;phane Vibert\, Nicolas Piqué\;\, Philippe Caumiè\;res\, Florence Giust-Desprairies\, Olivier Fressard\, Thibault Tranchant\, Gilles Labelle\, Alexandros Schismenos\, Nicolas Poirier
\n\nThis series invites proposals in classical phenomenology\, French phenomenology\, pre- and post-phenomenologies\, and in methodologies that bridge phenomenology and analytic philosophy. The relation between phenomenology and religious experience can be considered in a variety of modes: epistemic (phenomenology as a "rigorous science" of religious experience in Husserl's sense)\; ontic (phenomenology as a way to access the core motive\, or regulative ideal\, of religion)\; analogical (phenomenological experience as a secular version of religious experience)\; generalizing (religious experience turning into phenomenological experience when stripped from its dogmatic frame)\, etc. Proposals can take critical\, descriptive\, theoretical\, comparative\, historical\, or other approaches\, and they can focus on the interplay between religious or spiritual experience and assorted theoretical approaches\, or proceed from such experience towards building a new theory. In accord with Husserl&rsquo\;s original intent\, the series welcomes attempts to locate spiritual or religious experience within a broader theory of the sciences (Wissenschaftslehre) and to expand phenomenology towards transcendental philosophy and metaphysics.
The series covers five areas:
1) Clarifications of religious and spiritual experience\, its formal phenomenological research\, and its relationships to art\, textuality\, culture\, anthropology\, politics\, and comparative religion\;
2) Metaphysical extensions of the phenomenology of religious and spiritual experience\;
3) Existential and psychological analyses\, in different traditions\, of religious and spiritual experience\;
4) Theologies of religious experience\, with or beyond a specific focus on ritual and liturgy\, including liberation theologies\, feminist theologies\, theologies at the intersection of religious experience and race\, social status\, etc.\;
5) The phenomenology of religious and spiritual experience as applied to and/ or examined within medicine\, nursing\, and the health sciences and the natural and social sciences.
The series is published in cooperation with the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience\, \;www.sophere.org.
Editors: \;Michael Barber (michael.barber@slu.edu)\, Peter Costello (PCOSTELL@providence.edu)\, Olga Louchakova-Schwartz (founding editor\, \;olouch@ucdavis.edu)\, and Martin Nitsche (nitsche@flu.cas.cz)
Advisory Board: \;Jason Alvis (University of Vienna)\, Angela Ales Bello (Pontifical Lateran University)\, Michel Bitbol (The French National Center for Scientific Research)\, Carla Canullo (University of Macerata)\, David Ciavatta (Ryerson University)\, Crina Gschwandtner (Fordham University)\, Neal DeRoo (The King&rsquo\;s University)\, Thomas Fuchs (University of Heidelberg)\, James G. Hart (University of Indiana)\, Richard Kearney (Boston College)\, Jeff McCurry (Duquesne University)\, Felix O&rsquo\;Murchadha (National University of Ireland\, Galway)\, Dermot Moran (Boston College)\, Tom Nenon (The University of Memphis)\, Ryōsuke Ōhashi (Universities of Kyoto and Osaka)\, Vincent Pastro (Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University and Aquinas Institute of Theology\, St Louis)\, Hans Rainer Sepp (Charles University)\, Michel Staudigl (University of Vienna)\, Claudia Welz (Aarhus University)
Staff editorial contact: \;Jana Hodges-Kluck (jhodges-kluck@rowman.com) \;