Past events in 17th/18th Century Philosophy

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16 May

Conference: Tohoku–Berkeley Colloquium on Early Modern Philosophy and Political Thought

Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

13 May

Conference: Slavery and Abolition in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, Emory University

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

7 May

Conference: The Oxford Spinoza Conference 2026

University of Oxford

The Oxford Spinoza Conference

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

5 May

Conference: King’s College London - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Kant Workshop

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, King's College London

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

1 May

CFP: 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

1 May

CFP: Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo

Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

1 May

CFP: The Cavendish's Collective's Fourth Annual Virtual Workshop

OnlineThe Cavendish Collective

The Cavendish Collective

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

29 Apr

Talk: Die Wahrnehmung seiner selbst und der Anderen in Kants Theorie des Erhabenen

OnlineDigital Kant-Centre NRW

Digital Kant-Lectures

Dina Emundts (Freie Universität Berlin)

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

29 Apr

Conference: Author meets critics: Corey W. Dyck, Wolff and the First Fifty Years of German Metaphysics

Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für die Erforschung der Europäischen Aufklärung

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

24 Apr

Talk: Online Bayle Seminar 2026 : Education and Pedagogy in the Philosopher of Rotterdam

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Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

16 Apr

Conference: Humean Virtue Ethics: New Directions

University of Edinburgh

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

10 Apr

Conference: Kantian Moral Constitutivism

Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics

10 Apr

Conference: The philosophy of Francisco Suárez

Department of Philosophy, University of Groningen

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

31 Mar

CFP: Early Modern Naturalisms: Spinozist and Humean

Corvinus University of Budapest

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Epistemology, Metaphysics

28 Mar

Conference: The 2026 Thomas Hobbes Festival

The Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Society

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

25 Mar

Talk: Kant on Hard Moral Decisions

OnlineDigital Kant-Centre NRW

Digital Kant-Lectures

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

13 Mar

Roundtable: "What is the Philosophical Legacy of Thomas Aquinas?: The 800th Anniversary of Aquinas' Birth"

HybridSt. Joseph's College, University of Alberta

St. Joseph's College Speaker Series

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

5 Mar

Conference: Causation, Mind, Perception: Essays on Mary Shepherd

Department of Philosophy, Harvard University

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

27 Feb

Conference: North American Kant Society - Pacific Study Group Meeting

Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

27 Feb

CFP: Prejudice in Hume and His Contemporaries

University College Dublin

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Epistemology

25 Feb

Talk: Abhängigkeit und Autonomie bei Kant

OnlineDigital Kant-Centre NRW

Digital Kant-Lectures

Heiner F. Klemme

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

20 Feb

Conference: Hume and Hellenism

University of Florida

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

13 Feb

Conference: Boundary Concepts in Classical German and Analytic Philosophy

Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London

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

28 Jan

Talk: What is Apperception? A Metaphysical Approach

OnlineDigital Kant-Centre NRW

Digital Kant-Lectures

Kristina Engelhard (Universität Trier)

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

23 Jan

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

16 Jan

CFP: York University Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, York University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

15 Jan

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

12 Jan

CFP: Leuven Kant Conference

HybridInstitute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

11 Jan

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

7 Jan

CFP: International Hobbes Association 2026 Annual Meeting

International Hobbes Association

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

7 Jan

Conference: International Hobbes Association 2026 Annual Meeting

International Hobbes Association

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

7 Jan

Conference: International Berkeley Society at the 2026 Eastern APA

International Berkeley Society

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

31 Dec 2025

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

20 Dec 2025

CFP: Online Bayle Seminar 2026 : Education et pédagogie chez le philosophe de Rotterdam

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

18 Dec 2025

Conference: LOSAK Annual Lecture and Conference

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, University of Liverpool

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

17 Dec 2025

Conference: 8th Annual CKPP Workshop: 'Kant and AI: Metaphysical, Epistemic, Moral and Social Issues'

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, University of Liverpool

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

16 Dec 2025

Talk: Facing the Music: Kant and the “Art of Tone”

OnlineGwynedd Mercy University

Robert Louden (University of Southern Maine)

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Aesthetics

12 Dec 2025

CFP - Graduate Student Submissions: North American Kant Society - Pacific Study Group Meeting

Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

9 Dec 2025

Conference: Kant on Inner Sense, Self-Consciousness, and Self-Affection

HybridInstitut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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

26 Nov 2025

Talk: Digital Kant Lecture with Dietmar Heidemann

OnlineDigital Kant-Centre NRW

Digital Kant-Lectures

Dietmar Heidemann (University of Luxembourg)

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

21 Nov 2025

Conference: De fide. Questions and Answers of Catholic and Protestant Second Scolasticism

ThéoRèmes review, Monotheism Studies Laboratory

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

20 Nov 2025

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

19 Nov 2025

Conference: III Coloquio Internacional de Idealismo Alemán

HybridInstituto de Filosofia, Universidad Diego Portales

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

14 Nov 2025

Conference: Midwest Study Group of the North American Kant Society, 2025

University of Notre Dame

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

14 Nov 2025

Conference: Locke and Contemporary Philosophy: Epistemology

OnlineTexas A&M University

Locke and Contemporary Philosophy

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Epistemology

7 Nov 2025

Conference: Imagining the Revolution: Cultural Transfers and Reinterpretations of 19th-Century Revolutionary Experiences in Europe

Eötvös József Research Centre, Ludovika University of Public Service

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, 19th Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

29 Oct 2025

Talk: The Origins of the Good Will

OnlineDigital Kant-Centre NRW

Digital Kant-Lectures

Patrick Kain (Purdue University)

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

24 Oct 2025

Conference: Practice and Theory: Next Steps in Kantian Practical Philosophy

Department of Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

23 Oct 2025

Talk: Laws and Nature in Descartes and Spinoza

OnlineCenter for International Philosophy, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai

The International Center for Philosophy at Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai Seminar Series

Michael LeBuffe (University of Otago)

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

17 Oct 2025

Conference: The Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America **NEW LOCATION**

HybridDepartment of Philosophy, North Carolina State University

Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy

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