Keynote: Susanne Sreedhar (BU).
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew A. Leisinger;CN=Ian MacLean-Evans;CN=Jonny Cottrell;CN=Zeyad El Nabolsy: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:Early Modern Debates About Slavery UID:20260615T041400Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Amherst Center\, United States DESCRIPTION:This one week seminar will explore 17th and 18th-century texts about slavery from Europe and America. Prof. Jorati will direct an intensive week of summer classes for the benefit of a small group of recent PhDs whose main research and teaching are in the relevant area. Up to six individuals from among those who apply will be selected to participate in five days of intense classes on the announced subject. Travel\, housing and food for the duration of the classes will be paid by the \;JHP \;up to $2\,000. Applications due by Feb. 1\, 2026. To apply visit \;https://jhp.wisc.edu/summerseminar.html.
\n\n\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Eileen C. Sweeney: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260615T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260615T234500 SUMMARY:Graduate and Early Career Workshop on Émilie Du Châtelet and Early Modern Philosophy UID:20260615T041401Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Heidelberg\, Germany DESCRIPTION:DEADLINE EXTENDED Call for Abstracts: Graduate\, PhD and Early Career Workshop É\;milie Du Châ\;telet and Early Modern Philosophy
\nClara Carus (Heidelberg) and Jeffrey K. McDonough (Harvard) are inviting submissions of abstracts for a Graduate\, PhD and Early Career Workshop on É\;milie Du Châ\;telet and Early Modern Philosophy. The workshop will take place in the Hegelsaal at Heidelberg University on Saturday\, July 4th\, 2026. Presentations will be 30 minutes long\, followed by 20 minutes Q&\;A. Presentations can be in English or German. The Q&\;A will be in English. Submission deadline is the 15th \;of June \;2026. Please send an abstract of up to 600 words to clara.carus@uni-heidelberg.de. Selected participants will be notified by 17th of June.
\nThe recent decade has seen an exponential growth in Du Châ\;telet scholarship. Nevertheless\, Du Châ\;telet&rsquo\;s oeuvre is still seriously understudied. This workshop aims to support further research on Du Châ\;telet among Graduate and PhD students\, as well as Early Career researchers. We welcome abstracts for research papers\, but also encourage presentations on future funding proposals\, master&rsquo\;s theses\, or PhD projects. We welcome all themes with a direct\, important link to Du Châ\;telet. The workshop aims to generate helpful feedback in a friendly\, collegial atmosphere. \; \; \;
\nAll are welcome to attend the workshop without presenting. Please register at: clara.carus@uni-heidelberg.de.
ORGANIZER;CN=Clara Carus: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260617T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260618T170000 SUMMARY:Enlightenment & Citizenship Workshop UID:20260615T041402Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Fribourg\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:&ldquo\;Enlightenment and Publicity: The Problem of Deception in Late 18th Century Political and Religious Thought&rdquo\; is a multilateral research project funded by \;the Swiss National Science Foundation and housed at the University of Fribourg\, University of Bucharest\, and Jagiellonian University. \;
\nThe project&rsquo\;s first workshop will take place on June 17&ndash\;18 at the University of Fribourg. The topic is &ldquo\;Enlightenment and Citizenship&rdquo\;. The speakers for the event are as follows:
\nJames Clarke (York)
\nLuke Davies (Groningen)
\nSebastiano Ghisu (Sassari)
\nStefan Klinger (Gö\;ttingen)
\nTinca Prunea-Bretonnet (Bucharest)
\nPaola Rumore (Turin)
\nElisabeth Widmer (LSE)
\nThis is an in-person event. To register for the workshop\, please email michael.kryluk@unifr.ch
ORGANIZER;CN=Michael Kryluk;CN=Ralf M. Bader: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260617T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260618T170000 SUMMARY:What is a Principle? Differing Perspectives in Early Modern Philosophy UID:20260615T041403Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Schulgasse 6\, Heidelberg\, Germany\, 69117 DESCRIPTION:What is a Principle? Differing Perspectives in Early Modern Philosophy
\nGrimmsaal in der Bibliothek des Philosophischen Seminars\, University of Heidelberg
\nWednesday 17th of June
\n13:30 Welcome
\nClara Carus\, Oliver Toth
\n13:45 Dana Jalobeanu (UTN): Baconian induction and the construction of principles
\n14:45 Coffee break
\n15:00 Mogens Laerke (ENS Lyon/Oxford): Nathaniel Culverwell's Natural Plerophory of First Principles: A Stoic Theory of Common Notions
\n16:00 Coffee break
\n16:15 Clara Carus (Heidelberg): Du Châ\;telet's First Principles on Two Levels
\n17:15 Coffee break
\n17:30 Peter Anstey (ACU): Proof by experiment versus rational mechanics: discovering the laws of nature before 1750
\n19:00 Conference dinner
\nThursday\, 18th of June
\n9:30 Daniel Bella (Hamburg): Initium: Approaching the Temporal Aspect of principium through a Less Prominent Concept
\n10:30 Coffee break
\n10:45 Manuel Fasko (Basel): Mary Shepherd's Principles
\n11:45 coffee break
\n12:00 Oliver Toth (Heidelberg): Spinoza&rsquo\;s Naturalist Principles of Mental Causation
\n13:00 Concluding remarks
\nThe conference is free and open to everyone.
\nThe conference is generously funded by the German Society for Philosophy and the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Oliver Toth;CN=Clara Carus: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260623T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260624T170000 SUMMARY:Prejudice in Hume and His Contemporaries UID:20260615T041404Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Dublin LOCATION:Newman Building\, Dublin\, Ireland DESCRIPTION:Prejudice in Hume and His Contemporaries University College Dublin\, 23-24 June 2026
Confirmed speakers:
\nAmy Schmitter (University of Alberta)
\nJacqueline Taylor (University of San Francisco)
\nRoss Carroll (Dublin City University)
\nElena Gordon (University College Dublin)
\nDescription: The early modern concept of prejudice is currently receiving renewed attention along two dimensions. First\, rising interest in early modern social and non-ideal epistemology has turned to theories of prejudice for explanations of group irrationality and group ignorance and\, more generally\, for early modern vice epistemologies. Second\, theories of prejudice are interesting for how they intersect with emerging theories of social\, racial\, gender and national identity. Despite the centrality of prejudice to long-established narratives about the Enlightenment and the rise of the &lsquo\;new science&rsquo\;\, these &lsquo\;social&rsquo\; aspects of the concept remain understudied. \;
David Hume's views on prejudice strikingly express these social dimensions. \;His central discussion of prejudice (Treatise 1.3.13) connects it to unreflective generalizations of humans based on perceived group membership. He couples this discussion with sophisticated socio-constructivist accounts of many kinds of social identity\, that are at the same time limited by objectionable sexist and racist beliefs. \;
This conference aims to investigate Hume&rsquo\;s theory of prejudice along the lines indicated above\, but it will also look at his possible inspirations and at his own influence on later authors in the Scottish Enlightenment and beyond. Thus\, spreading outward from Hume\, the conference aims to produce a more comprehensive and sophisticated understanding of the social aspects of prejudice in the broad context in which he was writing.
Program (Irish times):
\nTuesday\, 23 JuneThe event is generously supported by the British Society for the History of Philosophy\, the Mind Association\, \;Taighde É\;ireann - Research Ireland\, and the \;UCD School of Philosophy. \;It is organised as part of the project 'Hume and the Prejudiced Self'\, funded by Taighde É\;ireann - Research Ireland (grant number GOIPD/2025/1772).
ORGANIZER;CN=Ruben Noorloos: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260701T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260701T090000 SUMMARY:Spinoza and Imaginative Ideas UID:20260615T041405Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Spinoza&rsquo\;s fame as an arch-rationalist belies the attention he devotes to forms of cognition besides reason&mdash\;to the imagination\, including our ideas acquired through the senses\, or by testimony. Though he calls these &lsquo\;inadequate&rsquo\;\, &lsquo\;partial&rsquo\;\, &lsquo\;confused&rsquo\;\, even &lsquo\;mutilated&rsquo\;\, Spinoza also makes clear that they play a key role in our emotional lives\, in prevalent forms of social and political organization\, and even in our capacity as knowers. While some aspects of imagination\, such as its ability to give rise to confused and perspectival representations and associations of affects playing an important social or political role\, have received ample discussion\, we believe that there are still plenty of underexplored questions\, including: How do ideas of the imagination acquire their content? What is their relation to truth\, falsity\, error? What is their status&mdash\;ontological\, doxastic\, affective&mdash\;vis-à\;-vis ideas of reason? Can we rid ourselves of our imaginative ideas? Should we even try?
\nThe &lsquo\;Spinoza and Imaginative Ideas&rsquo\; workshop will take place on October 24-25 in Berlin\, at the Human Abilities Centre \;for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (Humboldt-Universitä\;t zu Berlin\, Freie Universitä\;t). We invite prospective participants to send an anonymized abstract of no more than 300 words \;by 11:59CET on July 1 to the following email address: leonardo.moauro@hu-berlin.de. These should be formatted for a 25&ndash\;30-minute presentation. We will aim to communicate our decisions by July 21. Please\, indicate your name\, university affiliation\, and the title of your paper in the body of your email message. We especially encourage submissions from women and members of underrepresented groups (you may disclose preferred pronouns in your submission email). Unfortunately\, no financial assistance can be provided to support \;travel expenses and accommodation for participants. The keynote speakers of the workshop will be Ursula Renz (University of Graz)\, Kristin Primus (University of California Berkeley)\, Martin Lenz (FernUniversitä\;t Hagen)\, and Eric Schliesser (University of Amsterdam).
ORGANIZER;CN=Oliver Toth;CN=Domenica Romagni;CN=Leonardo Moauro: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260704T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260704T170000 SUMMARY:Graduate and Early Career Workshop on Émilie Du Châtelet and Early Modern Philosophy UID:20260615T041406Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Heidelberg\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Clara Carus (Heidelberg) and Jeffrey K. McDonough (Harvard) are hosting a Graduate and Early Carrer Workshop on É\;milie Du Châ\;telet and Early Modern Philosophy. The workshop will take place in the Hegelsaal at Heidelberg University on Saturday\, July 4th\, 2026. \;
\nPlease view the associated Call for Abstracts.
\nThe recent decade has seen an exponential growth in Du Châ\;telet scholarship. Nevertheless\, Du Châ\;telet&rsquo\;s oeuvre is still seriously understudied. This workshop aims to support further research on Du Châ\;telet among Graduate and PhD students. We welcome abstracts for research papers\, but also encourage presentations on future funding proposals\, master&rsquo\;s theses\, or PhD projects. We welcome all themes with a direct\, important link to Du Châ\;telet. The workshop aims to generate helpful feedback in a friendly\, collegial atmosphere. \; \; \;
\nAll are welcome to attend the workshop without presenting. Please register at: clara.carus@uni-heidelberg.de.
\nJeffrey K.McDonough will give an associated public talk on the 3rd of July 2026. Please view:philevents45081
ORGANIZER;CN=Clara Carus: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260708T094500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260709T170000 SUMMARY:Conatus – Self-determination – Subjectivity – Hegel and/or/with Spinoza UID:20260615T041407Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Universitatsplatz 1\, Heidelberg\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Conatus &ndash\; Self-determination &ndash\; Subjectivity &ndash\; Hegel and/or/with Spinoza
\nPhilosophisches Seminar\, University of Heidelberg
\n\nHö\;rsaal 04a\, Neue Universitä\;t\, Heidelberg University
\nUniversitä\;tsplatz 1\, \;69117 Heidelberg
\n8&ndash\;9.07.2026
\n\nWednesday\, 8th \;of July
\n\n9:45 Welcome\, coffee
\n\n10:00 Ursula Renz (Graz): Spinozean \;acquiescientia in se ipso \;vs. Hegelian Reconciliation
\n\n11:00 Coffee break
\n\n11:30 Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins): Spinoza and Hegel on Self-Negation
\n\n12:30 Lunch break
\n\n13:30 Misa Sanada (Nagoya): From Conatus to Being-with-Oneself-in-Another: Mendelssohn\, Jacobi\, and the Path from Spinoza to Hegel
\n\n14:30 Coffee break
\n\n15:00 \;Bojana Jovićević (Ljubljana): Knowledge and Action in Spinoza&rsquo\;s Ethics and Hegel&rsquo\;s Logic
\n\n16:00 Coffee break
\n\n16:30 \;Julia Peters (Heidelberg): Privatio nihil est? Hegel&rsquo\;s Critique of Spinoza on Negative Affect
\n\n17:30 short coffee break
\n\n17:45 \;Birgit Sandkaulen (Bochum): Wie passt das Theorem des conatus zu Hegels negativistischer Spinozalektü\;re?
\n\n19:30 Dinner
\n\n\nThursday\, 9th \;of July
\n\n10:00 Oliver Toth (Heidelberg): Sensory and rational principles of action in Spinoza and Hegel
\n\n11:00 coffee break
\n\n11:30 Jack Stetter (Louisiana State/South Florida): State Individuality and War in Spinoza and Hegel
\n\n12:30 Lunch break
\n\n13:30 Martin Saar (Frankfurt): Hegel or Spinoza? Subjectivity\, Intersubjectivity and &ldquo\;Transindividuality&rdquo\;
\n\n14:30 Coffee break
\n\n15:00 Ana-Silvia Munte (Tü\;bingen): Spinoza&rsquo\;s Conatus and Hegel&rsquo\;s Stocking: Why a Mended Self-Consciousness is Worse than a Torn One
\n\n16:00 Coffee break
\n\n16:30 \;James Kreines (Claremont McKenna): Philosophy of Action and Priority of the Practical\, Without Human-Perspective-Defensive Reasoning: Spinoza&rsquo\;s Conatus and Hegel&rsquo\;s Self-Determination
\n\n17:30 Concluding remarks\, reception
\n\n20:00 Screening of the movie &ldquo\;Spinoza: Six Reasons for the Excommunication of the Philosopher&rdquo\;
\nGloriette Cinema\, Hauptstraß\;e 146\, 69117 Heidelberg
\nFollowed by a podium discussion &ldquo\;Spinoza and the Good Life&rdquo\; with the director of the film David Ofek\, and Michael Engel (Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies)\, Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins)\, Ursula Renz (Graz) on the therapeutic role of Spinoza&rsquo\;s philosophy\, moderated by Julia Peters (Heidelberg).
\n\nThe conference is free and open to everyone. Due to limited seating\, we ask for registration by sending an e-mail to: \;oliver.toth@uni-heidelberg.de.
\n\nRegistration does not automatically include a ticket for the screening\; tickets can be bought directly at the cinema independently from the registration.
\n\nThe conference is organized by Julia Peters and Oliver Toth\; it is generously funded by the DFG and is part of the project &bdquo\;Conatus\, Trieb und die Erkenntnis der Freiheit: Spinozas Einfluss auf Hegels praktische Philosophie&ldquo\;.
ORGANIZER;CN=Oliver Toth;CN=Julia Peters: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260708T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260710T170000 SUMMARY:Twenty-Third Annual Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy\, 2026 UID:20260615T041408Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Halifax LOCATION:6135 University Avenue\, Halifax\, Canada\, B3H 4R2 DESCRIPTION:Twenty-Third Annual Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy\,
\nJuly 08 &ndash\; 10\, 2026.
\nHeld in Room 1130\, Marian McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building\, Dalhousie University\, 6135 University Ave.\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia.
\n\nWednesday\, July 08.
\n9:00 am\, ADT (Atlantic Daylight Time)
\nJoseph Adler\, University of Tennessee
\n"Spinoza and Christian Thought: The Case of Christophorous Sandius"
\n10:30 am Erica Ferg and Bryan\, Hall \;Regis University
\n"Spinoza and the Limits of Toleration"
\n12:00\, \;LUNCH\, \;Room 1142\, Dept. Lounge
\n1:00 pm
\nKay Bischof\, University of Jerusalem\,
\n"The Specter of Spinozism in Descartes&rsquo\; Meditations"
\n2:30 pm
\nAntonio Borge\, University of Nottingham
\n"Towards an Objectivist Reading of Spinoza&rsquo\;s Panpsychism"
\n4:00 pm
\nThomas Vinci\, Dalhousie University
\n"Anne Conway&rsquo\;s Theory of Vision: A Modern\, Quantum Theoretical Interpretation"
\n\nThursday\, July 09
\n9:00 am
\nJeff Edwards\, \;SUNY\, Stoneybrook
\n"Kant on Imperfect Duties"
\n10:30 am
\nNicholas Dunn\, University of Lethbridge
\n"Judgment\, Latitude and Kant&rsquo\;s Distinction between Perfect and Imperfect Duties"
\n12:00\, LUNCH\, \;Room 1142\, \;Dept. Lounge
\n1:00 pm
\nRaimundo Cox\, \;University of Pittsburgh
\n"Kant&rsquo\;s Theory of Moral Intelligibility"
\n2:30
\nAman Sakhardande\, \;University of Toronto
\n"Is Time an A Priori Representation: Locke Contra Kant"
\n4:00 pm
\nLiam Dempsey\, \;Kwantlen Polytechnical University
\n"Newton on God\, Space and Matter: Four Spectres of Irreligion"
\n\nFriday\, July 10
\n9:00 am
\nCarl Abrahamsen\, \;New York University
\n"Adam Smith on the Love of Praiseworthiness and the Internalized Other"
\n10:30 am
\nMatthew Leisinger\, \;York University
\n"Cudworth on Indifference"
\n12:00\, \;LUNCH\, \;Room 1142\, \;Dept. Lounge
\n1:00 pm
\nRegina Hurley\, \;SUNY\, \; Buffalo
\n"The Impassioned Intellect: the Practical Aim of Descartes&rsquo\;s Meditations."
\n3:00 pm
\n(Joint with the Philosophy Department&rsquo\;s Friday Seminar)
\nKevin Busch\, \;Claremont McKenna College
\n"A Problem for Humean Modality"
\n\n7:00 pm
\nConference Banquet
\nLocation: TBA
\n\nThe website of the conference is linked to the homepage of the Department of Philosophy\, Dalhousie University. Its&rsquo\; URL is: https://www.dal.ca/sites/acsemp.html .
\nMailing Address:
\nProfessor Tom Vinci (Ret&rsquo\;d)
\nDepartment of Philosophy
\nDalhousie University
\n6135 University Ave\, Rm. 1142
\nHalifax\, NS\, B3H 4R2\, Canada.
\nDept phone: 902 494 3510
\nFax: 902 494-3518
\nCell: \; 902 880 8919
\nEmail address: vinci@dal.ca
\nZoom Link: Contact Professor Vinci
ORGANIZER;CN=Tom Vinci: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T234500 SUMMARY:International Hobbes Society sessions at the 2027 APA-Eastern UID:20260615T041409Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:50 Park Plaza\, Boston\, United States\, 02116 DESCRIPTION:The International Hobbes Society invites submissions for sessions to be held during the 2027 American Philosophical Association\, Eastern Division meeting on January 13&ndash\;17\, 2027 at the Boston Hilton Park Plaza. Submissions are welcome on any aspect of Hobbes's thought.\n \;\nPlease submit abstracts in PDF or Word format (500 words maximum and anonymized for review) by July 20\, 2026 to IHS Vice President Marcus Adams at philo@albany.edu \; (please use "IHS Abstract Submission" as the email subject and include your name\, abstract title\, and contact information within the body of the email).\n \;\nNote that all participants in affiliated group program sessions at the APA-Eastern are required to register for the meeting.\n \;\nThe International Hobbes Society was created in 2026 through the merger of the International Hobbes Association (an affiliated group of the American Philosophical Association) and the European Hobbes Society. For more information about the newly formed IHS\, see the website: https://www.europeanhobbessociety.org/about-us\n \;\n \; ORGANIZER;CN=Marcus P. Adams: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260801T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260801T170000 SUMMARY:The Cavendish's Collective's Fourth Annual Virtual Workshop UID:20260615T041410Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Cavendish Collective Virtual Workshop:
Call for Submissions
Submission Deadline: May 1\, 2026
\nThe Cavendish Collective is a virtual reading group dedicated to investigating the philosophical writings of Margaret Cavendish\, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673). Our participants are primarily early career scholars working on Margaret Cavendish and adjacent authors in the early modern period. We are excited to host our fourth annual virtual workshop to promote collaboration among researchers interested in the philosophical writings of Margaret Cavendish.
\nThe event will be held virtually on \;Saturday\, August 1\, 2026 \;and will consist of a series of presentations arranged thematically by topic. Each participant will receive 20 minutes of presentation time followed by 20 minutes of discussion. Since research on Margaret Cavendish is expansive and interdisciplinary\, we encourage submissions from researchers in any discipline. All topics relevant to Cavendish&rsquo\;s writings are welcome\, including but not limited to:
\nAffect\, Emotion\, and Passion
Epistemology
Fame and Fortune
Feminism
Gender and Queerness
Genre and Literary Forms
History of Science
Imagination and Fancy
Materialism
Metaphysics
Mind and Mentality
Religion
Social and Political Philosophy
Women&rsquo\;s Writings
We welcome submissions from researchers at any career stage. We ask that interested participants submit either abstracts of around 150-300 words or papers of about 2800-3000 words for review. To send your submission\, please use the Google form available on our website:
https://thecavendishcollective.weebly.com/workshop2026.html
The deadline for submissions is \;May 1\, 2026\, and presenters will be notified of acceptance by the end of the month. Upon acceptance\, we ask that participants prepare papers of about 2800-3000 words in length (or slides suitable for 20 minute presentations).
\nWe look forward to hearing from you! To register for the event\, please submit your e-mail address using the registration form on our website. Please direct any questions to: \;thecavendishcollective@gmail.com
\nA full schedule for the event will be posted after the submission deadline has passed.
ORGANIZER;CN=Kevin Lower;CN=Brooke Sharp;CN=Tessa Brunnenmeyer;CN=Yining Wu;CN=Claudia Aguilar: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20260831T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20260831T234500 SUMMARY:Kant Colloquium UFABC — Prefaces and Introductions UID:20260615T041411Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Sao_Paulo LOCATION:University Avenue\, s/n\, Anchieta / Avenida da Universidade\, s/n\, Bairro Anchieta\, São Bernardo do Campo\, Brazil\, 09606-045 DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts
\nKant Colloquium UFABC &mdash\; Prefaces and Introductions
\nWe invite all interested scholars to submit abstracts for the Kant Colloquium UFABC\, whose theme for this edition is Prefaces and Introductions. This edition welcomes novel and varied approaches that examine how these inaugural texts not only introduce\, but also generate tensions within\, expand upon\, and\, in certain cases\, displace the very trajectory of Kantian thought.
\nAbstracts must be between 200 and 500 words.
\nThe submission deadline is 31 August 2026.
\nDates: 10&ndash\;11 December 2026.
\nVenue: Universidade Federal do ABC\, Sã\;o Bernardo do Campo campus\, Bloco Zeta\, Room 212.
Format: Hybrid event.
While both Hume and Spinoza have been claimed as paradigmatic naturalists\, it is far from clear that they are naturalists in the same sense. Further\, it is not obvious that the label applies to either without qualification. Spinoza&rsquo\;s and Hume&rsquo\;s projects moved in markedly different directions\, so we propose a workshop with the aim of examining what is at stake in calling either thinker a naturalist.
\nBy placing Spinoza and Hume in conversation on this topic\, the conference seeks to illuminate two distinct (purported) strands of early modern naturalism: one expansive and metaphysical\, the other cautious and anthropological. Are these differences merely a matter of emphasis and scale\, or do they represent fundamentally incompatible conceptions of nature and its significance? Does calling them naturalists collapse their distinct philosophies into a single tradition? And what\, if anything\, is gained by framing the early modern naturalist field in terms of &ldquo\;Spinozist&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Humean&rdquo\; trajectories rather than the more traditional &ldquo\;rationalist&rdquo\; vs. &ldquo\;empiricist&rdquo\; divide?
\nWe want to revisit early modern naturalism\, not merely as a retrospective label\, but as a philosophical option characterised by contested outlines. Contributors are invited to explore these and related questions for the purpose of critically reevaluating the categories through which early modern thought is often organised\, and reimagining naturalism as a central thread both connecting and dividing the period&rsquo\;s major figures.
ORGANIZER;CN=David Harmon;CN=Tamas Demeter: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260907T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260911T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophical Roots of National Socialism UID:20260615T041413Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm 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:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260928T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260929T170000 SUMMARY:Kant’s Concept of Freedom: Transcendental\, Moral\, Political UID:20260615T041414Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Jakob-Welder-Weg 18\, Mainz\, Germany\, 55128 ORGANIZER;CN=Henning Kirschbaum: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261001T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261001T234500 SUMMARY:North American Spinoza Society 2027 Meeting UID:20260615T041415Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Nashville\, United States\, 37212 DESCRIPTION:Call for Paper Submissions
\nNorth American Spinoza Society 2027 Meeting
\nMay 24-25\, 2027\, Vanderbilt University\, Nashville TN
\nConfirmed Speakers: Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins University) and Sanem Soyarslan (North Carolina State University).
\nSubmissions due: October 1st\, 2026
\nWe welcome contributions on any topic in Spinoza scholarship\, inclusive of all traditions\, disciplines\, and methods. Please submit abstracts of 500 words (excluding bibliography).
\nAbstracts can be submitted for either a symposium length presentation (approximately 45 minutes/5k words) or colloquium length (approximately 25 minutes/3k words). Abstracts should clearly state whether they are submissions for a symposium or a colloquium length presentation.
\nSubmission instructions: Abstracts should be prepared for anonymous review and include a word count. Please supply author name\, affiliation\, and contact information in a separate file. Graduate students should note this status in the contact information. Please send submissions to emanuele.costa@vanderbilt.edu. Kindly note that we are not accepting submissions through the NASS email on this occasion.
\n\nThe conference is supported by the Philosophy Department at Vanderbilt University.
ORGANIZER;CN=Emanuele Costa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T170000 SUMMARY:Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy UID:20260615T041416Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Buffalo\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Stewart Duncan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261023T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261025T170000 SUMMARY:The Twentieth Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America UID:20260615T041417Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:900 University Ave\, Riverside\, United States\, 92523 ORGANIZER;CN=Adam Harmer: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261024T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261025T170000 SUMMARY:Spinoza and Imaginative Ideas UID:20260615T041418Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany ORGANIZER;CN=Oliver Toth;CN=Domenica Romagni;CN=Leonardo Moauro: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261030T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261031T170000 SUMMARY:Obligation and Normativity in Modern Moral Philosophy UID:20260615T041419Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Milano\, Italy DESCRIPTION:What is distinctive about \;modern \;moral philosophy\, i.e.\, that written in the 17th \;and 18th \;centuries\, is often considered to be its conception of obligation. G.E.M. Anscombe\, for instance\, famously argued that modern moral philosophers\, and her contemporaries under their influence\, were wrong to try and ground the normativity of morality without reference to a divine lawgiver. Whether they are critical or merely interpretive in nature\, the views of many other influential philosophers such as H.A. Prichard\, Bernard Williams\, and Stephen Darwall have all agreed in this respect. Indeed\, Christine Korsgaard describes what she calls &lsquo\;the normative question\,&rsquo\; that is\, what \;justifies \;the demands that morality makes on us\, as one that was especially pressing for modern moral philosophers from roughly Grotius to Kant. How did modern moral philosophers explain the normativity of morality? How do modern figures use the concept of obligation to account for the normativity of morality? This conference and the planned edited volume will address these and related questions. Collectively\, the participants will engage with the works of a variety of major and minor figures from the modern period to enrich our historical and systematic understanding of the nature of morality&rsquo\;s normativity.
ORGANIZER;CN=Michael Walschots;CN=Stefano Bacin: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261106T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T170000 SUMMARY:Twenty-first Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy: The Social Contract UID:20260615T041420Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:5 Washington Place\, New York\, United States\, 10003-6611 DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 6
\n9:30&ndash\;9:55 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Check&ndash\;in and Coffee
\n9:55 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Welcome
\n10:00&ndash\;12:00 \; \; \; \; Thomas Hobbes
\nSpeaker: Sharon Lloyd (University of Southern California)
\nCommentator: Kinch Hoekstra (University California\, Berkeley)
\n12:00&ndash\;2:00 \; \; \; \; \; Lunch Break
\n2:00&ndash\;4:00 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; John Locke
\nSpeaker: Daniel Layman (Washington University)
\nCommentator: Gopal Sreenivasan (Duke University)
\n4:00&ndash\;4:30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Coffee Break
\n4:30&ndash\;6:30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Jean-Jacques Rousseau
\nSpeaker: David Lay Williams (DePaul University)
\nCommentator: Rafeeq Hasan (Amherst College)
\n6:30&ndash\;7:30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Reception
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\nSaturday\, November 7
\n9:30&ndash\;10:00 \; \; \; \; \; Check&ndash\;in and Coffee
\n10:00&ndash\;12:00 \; \; Immanuel Kant
\nSpeaker: Arthur Ripstein (University of Toronto)
\nCommentator: Japa Pallikkathayil (University of Pittsburgh)
\n12:00&ndash\;2:00 \; \; \; \; \; \; Lunch Break
\n2:00&ndash\;4:00 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
\nSpeaker: Axel Honneth (Columbia University/Goethe-Universitä\;t Frankfurt am Main)
\nCommentator: Andreja Novakovic (University of California\, Berkeley)
\n4:00&ndash\;4:30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Coffee Break
\n4:30&ndash\;6:30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Contemporary
\nSpeaker: Claire Finkelstein (University of Pennsylvania)
\nCommentator: Ryan Muldoon (University at Buffalo)
\n6:30&ndash\;7:30 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Reception
ORGANIZER;CN=Anja Jauernig;CN=Don Garrett;CN=Michelle Kosch;CN=John Richardson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261127T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261127T234500 SUMMARY:Kant\, la nature\, la physique UID:20260615T041421Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Avinguda Blasco Ibáñez\, 30\, Valencia\, Spain DESCRIPTION:Le thè\;me retenu est «\; Kant\, la nature\, la physique »\;. Il s&rsquo\;agit de mettre l&rsquo\;accent sur la conception kantienne de la physique et la maniè\;re dont celle-ci cré\;e un cadre philosophique compatible avec la perspective de la physique quantique. Cela é\;tant dit\, les contributions sur tout autre aspect de l&rsquo\;&oelig\;uvre kantienne\, de ses sources et de sa projection contemporaine sont é\;galement les bienvenues. Outre le programme acadé\;mique\, un programme culturel axé\; principalement sur la musique et é\;troitement lié\; au thè\;me de la confé\;rence sera proposé\;.
ORGANIZER;CN="Pedro Jesús Teruel": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20261210T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20261211T170000 SUMMARY:Kant Colloquium UFABC — Prefaces and Introductions UID:20260615T041422Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Sao_Paulo LOCATION:University Avenue\, s/n\, Anchieta / Avenida da Universidade\, s/n\, Bairro Anchieta\, São Bernardo do Campo\, Brazil\, 09606-045 DESCRIPTION:More than mere introductory texts\, the prefaces and introductions to Immanuel Kant's works prove to be privileged sites of philosophical elaboration\, in which the thinker from Kö\;nigsberg sets out projects\, delimits problems\, deploys metaphors\, and at times introduces concepts that enter into complex relations with the remainder of his texts. This is the case\, for instance\, with the prefaces and introductions to the different editions of the Critique of Pure Reason\, in which both the critical project and the celebrated metaphor of the "tribunal of reason" are outlined\, simultaneously defining the scope and limits of the enquiry\; or with the introductions to the Critique of the Power of Judgement\, in which the concept of the heautonomy of judgement emerges\, positioning this faculty alongside the understanding and reason as bearing a priori principles &mdash\; even though this notion is not explicitly taken up in the remainder of the work.
\nWith the support of the Research Group in German Philosophy: Method\, Critique and Dialectic\, the Kant Colloquium UFABC &mdash\; Prefaces and Introductions invites researchers and students to explore this thought-provoking &mdash\; and still insufficiently examined in any systematic fashion &mdash\; dimension of Immanuel Kant's work.
\nInspired\, among other references\, by the volume edited by Eckart Fö\;rster\, Kant's Transcendental Deductions: The Three 'Critiques' and the 'Opus postumum'\, the colloquium proposes a space for open dialogue across different approaches\, with the aim of investigating how these inaugural texts not only introduce\, but also generate tensions within\, expand upon\, and\, in certain cases\, displace the very trajectory of Kantian thought. By focusing specifically on these elements\, the event puts forward an original research lens\, encouraging new readings and interpretations of Kant's work from the standpoint of its textual thresholds. This is\, therefore\, an opportunity to revisit well-known texts from a new perspective &mdash\; one attentive to the nuances\, inflexions\, and possible discontinuities that emerge already at the very opening of these works.
\nDates: 10&ndash\;11 December 2026
Venue: Universidade Federal do ABC\, Sã\;o Bernardo do Campo campus\, Bloco Zeta\, Room 212
Format: Hybrid event
Further information: \;https://sites.google.com/view/gfaufabc/pr%C3%B3ximos-eventos?authuser=0
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\nAbstract Submission Guidelines
\nThe organising committee will select submitted papers on the basis of the following criteria:
\nAll abstracts and papers must be submitted in one of the two official languages of the event: Portuguese or English. Only papers presented at the colloquium will be considered for possible publication in the proceedings or as an e-book.
\nAbstracts of between 200 and 500 words must be submitted exclusively via the following form:
Submission deadline: 31 August 2026
Notification of acceptance: by 28 September 2026
The International Hobbes Society will be holding in-person meetings \;during the 2027 American Philosophical Association\, Eastern Division meeting on January 13&ndash\;17\, 2027 at the Boston Hilton Park Plaza.
ORGANIZER;CN=Marcus P. Adams: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270524T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270525T170000 SUMMARY:North American Spinoza Society 2027 Meeting UID:20260615T041424Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Nashville\, United States\, 37212 ORGANIZER;CN=Emanuele Costa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20271013T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20271015T170000 SUMMARY:Kant\, la nature\, la physique UID:20260615T041425Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Avinguda Blasco Ibáñez\, 30\, Valencia\, Spain DESCRIPTION:La Socié\;té\; internationale d&rsquo\;É\;tudes Kantiennes de Langue Franç\;aise (SiEKLF) tiendra son XVIIIe Congrè\;s à\; la faculté\; de philosophie de l&rsquo\;Université\; de Valence\, du 13 au 15 d&rsquo\;octobre 2027. Le thè\;me retenu est «\; Kant\, la nature\, la physique »\;. Il s&rsquo\;agit de mettre l&rsquo\;accent sur la conception kantienne de la physique et la maniè\;re dont celle-ci cré\;e un cadre philosophique compatible avec la perspective de la physique quantique. Cela é\;tant dit\, les contributions sur tout autre aspect de l&rsquo\;&oelig\;uvre kantienne\, de ses sources et de sa projection contemporaine sont é\;galement les bienvenues. Outre le programme acadé\;mique\, un programme culturel axé\; principalement sur la musique et é\;troitement lié\; au thè\;me de la confé\;rence sera proposé\;.
\nLes personnes inté\;ressé\;es à\; participer au congrè\;s ont jusqu&rsquo\;au 27 novembre 2026 pour envoyer un titre et un ré\;sumé\; de 100 mots maximum\, en indiquant leur affiliation acadé\;mique\, à\; l&rsquo\;adresse é\;lectronique suivante : kv2027sieklf@uv.es. Chaque intervenant disposera de 30 minutes pour son exposé\;\, suivi de 20 minutes de dé\;bat.
\nLa langue principale du congrè\;s sera le franç\;ais. Des propositions de confé\;rences en castillan\, en allemand\, en anglais seront prises en considé\;ration\, mais dans une proportion limité\;e. L&rsquo\;exposition sera accompagné\;e d&rsquo\;une traduction en franç\;ais (imprimé\;e ou projeté\; sur l&rsquo\;é\;cran) ou\, au moins\, d&rsquo\;un ré\;sumé\; de cinq pages en langue franç\;aise.
\nLe ré\;sultat de l&rsquo\;é\;valuation (acceptation ou refus) de la proposition sera communiqué\; au plus tard le 31 dé\;cembre 2026. \;
\n ORGANIZER;CN="Pedro Jesús Teruel": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T222354Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20271112T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20271113T170000 SUMMARY:Twenty-second Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy UID:20260615T041426Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:New York\, United States\, 10003-6611 DESCRIPTION:Program TBA
ORGANIZER;CN=Anja Jauernig;CN=Don Garrett;CN=Michelle Kosch;CN=John Richardson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR