Upcoming events in 17th/18th Century Philosophy

Ongoing 9 Apr

Conference: Online Bayle Seminar 2025

Online

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

Ongoing 16 Apr

Conference: International Hobbes Association 2025 Annual Meeting

American Philosophical Association – Pacific Division

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

Ongoing 16 Apr

Conference: Pacific APA Affiliated Group: Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender (SSEMWG)

Society for the Study of Early Modern Women, Texas Tech Honors College

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

Ongoing 16 Apr

Conference: International Berkeley Society at 2025 Pacific APA

International Berkeley Society

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

25 Apr

Conference: TEMPO 2025: A Modern Conference

Georgetown University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

28 Apr

Conference: Author Meets Critics: Paul Guyer and 'Kant's Impact on Moral Philosophy', Cardiff University

Department of Philosophy, Cardiff University

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

1 May

CFP: The Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America

Department of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

3 May

Conference: Berkeley Graduate Conference on Early Modern Political Thought

University of California, Berkeley

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

10 May

Conference: NYU-Princeton Workshop on Kant, Animals, and the Environment

, New York University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics

20 May

CFP: The Oxford Spinoza Conference 2025

Oxford University

The Oxford Spinoza Conference

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

20 May

Conference: The Oxford Spinoza Conference 2025

Oxford University

The Oxford Spinoza Conference

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

22 May

Conference: Spinoza and Simone Weil: Influences and Interconnections

University of Oxford

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

29 May

Conference: Leuven Kant Conference 2025: Kant's Metaphilosophy

HybridInstitute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Metaphilosophy

29 May

Conference: Leuven Kant Conference 2025: Kant's Metaphilosophy

HybridKU Leuven

Leuven Kant Conference

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

1 Jun

CFP: The 8th Finnish-Hungarian Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy at Heidelberg

Department of philosophy, University of Heidelberg

Finnish-Hungarian Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

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

2 Jun

Conference: Center for Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) 2025 Summer Program

Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

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

6 Jun

Conference: Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy - Workshop

McGill University

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

10 Jun

Conference: Margaret Cavendish on Literature

Department of Philosophy, University of Southampton

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Aesthetics

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

12 Jun

Conference: York University Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

York University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

13 Jun

Conference: “Feminist Critiques of Kant’s Views on Women and Human Progress”

OnlineUniversity of Warsaw

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

15 Jun

CFP: Imagination in the History of Philosophy

Institute of Philosophy, HUN-REN Research Centre for The Humanities

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

21 Jun

Conference: The NYC Early Modern Workshop in Berlin

Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

10 Jul

Conference: John Locke Society conference 2025

Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo

John Locke Society workshop series

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

14 Jul

Conference: The 51st Annual Hume Society Conference

Department of Philosophy, McMaster University

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

15 Jul

CFP: 2025 Midwest Study Group of the North American Kant Society

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

19 Jul

Conference: The Cavendish Collective's Third Annual Virtual Workshop

OnlineThe Cavendish Collective

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

23 Jul

Conference: Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon penitentiary scheme, and ‘A Picture of the Treasury’

Bentham Project, Faculty of Laws, University College London

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

1 Aug

CFP: HUME STUDIES - "David Hume and the Enlightenment: New Perspectives"

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

1 Sep

Conference: Construction and Experiment: Philosophical Method in Kant and German Idealism

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, European Philosophy, General Philosophy of Science

17 Sep

Conference: Philosophie als Kunst – Imagination. Leben. System

Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, University of Ferrara

XII. Kongress der Internationalen Johann Gottlieb Fichte-Gesellschaft

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

22 Sep

Conference: The 8th Finnish-Hungarian Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy at Heidelberg

Department of philosophy, University of Heidelberg

Finnish-Hungarian Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

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

9 Oct

Conference: Imagination in the History of Philosophy

Institute of Philosophy, HUN-REN Research Centre for The Humanities

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

17 Oct

Conference: North American Kant Society Biennial

McGill University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

17 Oct

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

Department of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

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

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