Upcoming events in 17th/18th Century Philosophy

31 Dec

CFP: Woman and Human Progress in the Enlightenment

OnlineFaculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

7 Jan 2026

Conference: International Hobbes Association 2026 Annual Meeting

International Hobbes Association

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

7 Jan 2026

Conference: International Berkeley Society at the 2026 Eastern APA

International Berkeley Society

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

7 Jan 2026

CFP: International Hobbes Association 2026 Annual Meeting

International Hobbes Association

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

11 Jan 2026

Conference: Hopkins Seminar in Early and Late Modern Philosophy

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

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

12 Jan 2026

CFP: Leuven Kant Conference

HybridInstitute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

15 Jan 2026

CFP: Kant’s Concept of Freedom: Transcendental, Moral, Political

Kant-Forschungsstelle und Philosophisches Seminar, Kant-Gesellschaft und Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

International Doctoral Colloquium of the Kant-Gesellschaft

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

16 Jan 2026

CFP: York University Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, York University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

23 Jan 2026

Conference: Self-Consciousness in Kant and Post-Kantianism

Institute of Philosophy, University of Leipzig

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

20 Feb 2026

Conference: Hume and Hellenism

University of Florida

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

27 Feb 2026

CFP: Prejudice in Hume and His Contemporaries

University College Dublin

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Epistemology

27 Feb 2026

Conference: North American Kant Society - Pacific Study Group Meeting

Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

10 Apr 2026

Conference: The philosophy of Francisco Suárez

Department of Philosophy, University of Groningen

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

13 May 2026

Conference: Slavery and Abolition in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, Emory University

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

22 May 2026

Conference: Woman and Human Progress in the Enlightenment

OnlineFaculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

28 May 2026

Conference: Leuven Kant Conference

HybridInstitute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

31 May 2026

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

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

5 Jun 2026

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

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

D. Gregory MacIsaac (Carleton University)

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

12 Jun 2026

Conference: York University Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, York University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

14 Jun 2026

Conference: Early Modern Debates About Slavery

Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Journal of the History of Philosophy Summer Seminar

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

23 Jun 2026

Conference: Prejudice in Hume and His Contemporaries

University College Dublin

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Epistemology

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

28 Sep 2026

Conference: Kant’s Concept of Freedom: Transcendental, Moral, Political

Kant-Forschungsstelle und Philosophisches Seminar, Kant-Gesellschaft und Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

International Doctoral Colloquium of the Kant-Gesellschaft

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

23 Oct 2026

Conference: The Twentieth Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside

Leibniz Society of North America Annual Conferences

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

6 Nov 2026

Conference: Twenty-First NYU Conference in Issues in Modern Philosophy: The Social Contract

Department of Philosophy, New York University

Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy

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