Philosophers working on emotions want to produce good work. But good work is never done alone. The WIP Series is an opportunity to learn what emotion scholars are working on as well as present works in progress and receive valuable feedback to improve them &mdash\; all in a casual\, friendly environment.
\nThe WIP series is virtual and takes place the first Tuesday of the month from October-July (with no meetings January) from 11:00-12pm Pacific/ 2-3pm Eastern.
At this time\, sessions are for faculty\, graduate students\, &\; independent scholars only.
Register for the zoom link below.
ORGANIZER;CN=Myisha Cherry;CN=Rachel Fredericks: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261015T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261015T170000 SUMMARY:Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory UID:20261026T040302Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Catanzaro\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The conference &ldquo\;Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts. Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory&rdquo\;\, to be held on 15 October 2026 at the Monumental Complex of San Giovanni in Catanzaro and online\, will take place in a bilingual and hybrid format\, with contributions in both Italian and English. Participants may attend either in person or online. A certificate of attendance will be issued upon request.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261019T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261019T170000 SUMMARY:SYMPOSIUM ON EUGENIFICATION+: A forthcoming book by Prof. Robert A. Wilson\, University of Western Australia UID:20261026T040303Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Hollandseweg 1 \, Wageningen\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:SYMPOSIUM ON \;EUGENIFICATION+
A forthcoming book by Prof. Rob A. Wilson\, University of Western Australia
19 October | 14:00&ndash\;16:30
\nLeeuwenborch 0072\, Wageningen University &\; Research
\nThe book examines the history and contemporary persistence of eugenic thinking\, exploring how ideas about human improvement continue to shape practices and institutions through nine chapters: +history\, +philosophy\, +mind\, +transhumanism\, +racialization\, +dispossession\, +ancestry\, +disability\, and +bioethics.
\nThe symposium will feature commentaries by:
\nProf. Rachel Ankeny \;&mdash\; Philosophy\, WUR
Dr. Geoffrey Hobbis \;&mdash\; Knowledge\, Technology and Innovation\, WUR
Dr. Clemens Driessen \;&mdash\; Cultural Geography\, WUR
Dr. Hugh Desmond \;&mdash\; Philosophy\, WUR
The commentaries will be followed by a brief response from Prof. Wilson and discussion with the audience. All are welcome! Please register \;here.
\nOrganized by Dr. Hugh Desmond and Dr. Lucia C. Neco\, Philosophy Group\, WUR
ORGANIZER;CN=Lucia C. Neco;CN=Hugh Desmond: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261020T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261020T170000 SUMMARY:Book Manuscript Workshop with Martin Van Hees: "Assessing Freedom: Conceptual\, Methodological and Political Implications" (by Keith Dowding and Martin van Hees) UID:20261026T040304Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Université de Fribourg\, MIS04 411\, Fribourg\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:Location: \;University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
\nRoom: \;MIS04 411 \;
\nProgramme \;
\n10:30-12:00 Negative and positive freedom (Commentator: Pietro Intropi) \;
\n13:30-15:00 The extent of freedom (Commentator: Kacper Kowalczyk) \;
\n15:15-16:45 The value of freedom (Commentator: Ralf Bader) \;
\n17:00-18:30 The political implications of plural concepts (Commentator: Alexandra Couto) \;
\nRegistration: \;to register for the workshop and receive the manuscript\, contact Pietro Intropi: \;pietro.intropi@unifr.ch
ORGANIZER;CN=Pietro Intropi;CN=Ralf M. Bader: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Chongqing:20261021T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Chongqing:20261022T170000 SUMMARY:Digital Ethics and Wellbeing UID:20261026T040305Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Asia/Chongqing LOCATION:220 Handan Lu\, Shanghai\, China\, 200433 DESCRIPTION:The conference explores the ethics and wellbeing impact of digital technology use (online activity\, gaming\, smartphone use\, AI\, VR etc.) from philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives. We welcome contributions on a wide range of topics within this field\, for example \; \;gaming and mental health\, use of AI and VR to support wellbeing in different groups (e.g. young people and older adults)\, use of AI and VR to foster new understandings and ideas for wellbeing and individual and collective ways of living\, social media use and personal development\, existential aspects of AI companionship\, and how normative consideration and \;knowledge of the wellbeing impact can inform design of technology\, interventions and policy making\, and comparative studies o Chinese and Western approaches to ethical assessment and to integrating ethical concerns in innovation and implementation processes. \;
ORGANIZER;CN="Søren Klausen": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261029T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261030T170000 SUMMARY:Difficult Actions: Definition\, Value\, and Rationality UID:20261026T040306Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:De Boelelaan 1109\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands\, 1081 HV DESCRIPTION:The workshop aims to explore the growing research on "difficult actions" &ndash\; actions sometimes described as "against the odds". \; Such actions encompass a wide range of human endeavours\, from physically demanding feats to emotionally taxing decisions\, morally challenging dilemmas\, and epistemically uncertain undertakings. This workshop will delve into how these actions are conceived\, what makes them particularly challenging\, and the ethical and epistemic considerations involved in their pursuit. \;
\nThe workshop will address three core themes: \; 1) &lrm\;Defining Difficult Actions: \;We will \;seek \;to \;establish \;a robust definition of "difficult actions\," examining various philosophical accounts and exploring the commonalities and distinctions between different forms of difficulty in action. \; 2) Exploring the Value of Difficult Actions: \;We will delve into what - if anything - makes difficult actions valuable and under what conditions. 3) Exploring the Rationality of Difficult Actions: We will ask how it can be rational to pursue a difficult action. \;
\nCall for Abstracts: \; We invite submissions by scholars from various philosophical sub-disciplines as well as from psychology and economics (or related fields) to contribute to a deeper understanding of the definition\, value\, and rationality of such actions. \; Abstracts should be between 800&ndash\;1\,000 words and address any aspect of difficult actions\, broadly construed. \;We \;particularly welcome contributions from members of underrepresented demographics in philosophy and early career scholars. \; Please submit your abstract by June 07\, 2026 via this form: \;https://forms.gle/RyKGAevmQUzkkfeh7
ORGANIZER;CN=Lisa Bastian;CN=Annalisa Costella: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261030T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261030T234500 SUMMARY:Medically Assisted Dying for Persons with Mental IIlness: Philosophical\, Ethical\, and Legal Perspectives UID:20261026T040307Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Chapters: Medically Assisted Dying for Persons with Mental IIlness: Philosophical\, Ethical\, and Legal Perspectives
\n\;(Edited Volume)
\nPlanned publisher: Springer (contract in preparation)
Planned series: The International Library of Bioethics
Editors: David Černý\;\, Tomá\;&scaron\; Doležal\, Adam Doležal (Czech Academy of Sciences)\, Manuel Trachsel (University of Basel)
Rationale and Scope
\nOver the past decades\, debates on euthanasia and physician-assisted dying (PAD) have matured in many respects. Yet one domain remains both conceptually unsettled and practically urgent: psychiatric euthanasia and PAD for persons with mental disorders. A small but growing number of jurisdictions&mdash\;most prominently the Netherlands\, Belgium\, and (more recently) Canada&mdash\;have opened legal pathways for cases where psychiatric suffering is the primary indication\, provoking intense controversy across psychiatry\, bioethics\, law\, and public policy.
\nThis edited volume aims to provide a comprehensive\, systematic\, book-length treatment of psychiatric euthanasia\, integrating philosophical analysis\, normative bioethics\, comparative law\, and clinical/empirical perspectives. We welcome contributions that are philosophically rigorous and normatively ambitious while carefully engaging with clinical and legal realities.
\nWhat we are looking for
\nWe invite proposals for original chapters offering:
\nrigorous argumentation and conceptual clarity\,
\ncareful engagement with clinical and legal realities\,
\nempirical grounding where relevant\,
\nan interdisciplinary orientation (chapters may be philosophical\, bioethical\, legal\, psychiatric\, or genuinely interdisciplinary)\,
\naccessibility to an international scholarly readership.
\nThe volume is envisaged as a four-part collection&mdash\;moving from conceptual groundwork through normative debates and legal frameworks to clinical practice and lived experience.
\nSuggested Topics (non-exhaustive)
\nPart I &mdash\; Conceptual and historical foundations
\nConcepts\, definitions\, and key distinctions (psychiatric vs somatic vs &ldquo\;mixed&rdquo\; cases)
\nHistory of euthanasia debates in relation to mental illness
\nThe nature of mental suffering\; the badness (or possible acceptability) of death
\nAutonomy\, competence\, and decision-making capacity in psychiatric contexts (incl. fluctuating capacity and ambivalence)
\nPart II &mdash\; Normative arguments and ethical frameworks
\n&ldquo\;Parity&rdquo\; arguments (and their limits): somatic vs psychiatric indications
\nBeneficence\, non-maleficence\, autonomy\, justice in psychiatric euthanasia
\nVulnerability\, coercion\, and structural injustice (stigma\, poverty\, loneliness\, access to care)
\nSlippery-slope arguments\, expressivist concerns\, and symbolic meanings
\nPart III &mdash\; Legal frameworks and comparative law
\nThe Netherlands: statutory framework\, guidelines\, review practice
\nBelgium: regulation\, case law\, oversight bodies and landmark cases
\nCanada: MAiD and the contested expansion to mental disorders
\nComparative and human-rights perspectives\; emerging jurisdictions and models of professional self-regulation
\nPart IV &mdash\; Clinical practice\, empirical evidence\, lived experience
\nTreatment resistance\, prognosis\, and &ldquo\;irremediability&rdquo\;: epistemic limits in psychiatry
\nAssessing voluntariness and stability of the wish to die\; distinguishing suicidality-as-symptom from a sustained request
\nEmpirical studies: patient profiles\, clinician and review-body reasoning\, procedural experiences
\nSuicide prevention\, palliative psychiatry\, recovery-oriented care\, and &ldquo\;reasonable alternatives&rdquo\;
\nFuture directions: research priorities\, policy implications\, professional guidance
\nVolume profile and review process
\nThe book is planned for Springer&rsquo\;s International Library of Bioethics (contract in preparation). We anticipate approximately 16&ndash\;17 chapters (including an overall introduction and concluding chapter). All chapters will undergo peer review through an editor-coordinated review process.
\nSubmission guidelines
\nPlease submit an abstract including:
\nprovisional title
\nabstract (recommended 400&ndash\;800 words)
\n4&ndash\;6 keywords
\nshort author bio (100&ndash\;150 words)
\nFull chapters should be original\, written in English\, and prepared to align with Springer&rsquo\;s book-manuscript requirements.
\nTimeline
\nExtended abstracts due: 28 February 2026
\nFull chapters due: 30 October 2026
\nFinal manuscript submission to Springer: 30 December 2026
\nHow to submit
\nPlease send your abstract (single PDF or DOCX) with the subject line:
&ldquo\;Psychiatric Euthanasia &ndash\; Chapter Proposal&rdquo\; \;to: David Černý\; (david.cerny@ilaw.cas.cz)
Papers on any philosophical topic and from \;any \;research tradition in philosophy are welcome from all \;current \;graduate students. \; \;All submitted papers should: (i) not exceed 3\,000-words\, (ii) be prepared for blind review\, and (iii) be accompanied by a separate document that includes paper title and author information (name\, affiliation\, graduate student status (MA or PhD student) and student contact information).
\nWe encourage submissions from all current graduate students! The conference will be held in person\, and is open to the public and free to attend. Lunch will be provided to all participants\, and accommodations\, such as lodging and transportation within Kent\, may be available to participants as well (on a first-come\, first-serve basis).
\nPlease email all submissions and questions to the Department of Philosophy graduate students at:
\nksu.philosophy.conference@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew Coate: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T170000 SUMMARY:8th CNY Moral Psychology Workshop UID:20261026T040309Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:1331 Salt Springs Rd\, Syracuse\, United States\, 13214 DESCRIPTION:Submit abstracts for the Workshop at the following address.
\nhttps://forms.gle/8foFeWAojyHLuFXr7
\nThe keynote speaker is Ben Bradley (Syracuse University).
\nThe deadline for submissions is Friday\, August 21st.
\nPlease direct any questions or issues to Joseph Spino at spinojm@lemoyne.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Joseph Spino;CN=Randall R. Curren;CN=John M. Monteleone;CN=Irene Liu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T100000 SUMMARY:When Uncertainty Becomes a Vacuum: Misinformation\, Trust\, and the Ethics of Communicating What We Don’t Know (Q&A Session wiht Professor Mike Steer) UID:20261026T040310Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:What happens when communities need answers before institutions have them?
\nIn this Q&\;A\, Mike Steer reflects on communicating with South Australian communities during the unprecedented algal bloom\, when rapidly evolving science could offer probabilities rather than definitive answers &ndash\; while communities\, media and political leaders demanded explanations.
\nRather than asking simply how we combat misinformation\, this conversation asks a more difficult question: \;what are the ethical responsibilities of institutions when certainty is impossible?
\n\n(Note: This session will be held at Australian Eastern Dayligh Time\, which is \;UTC +11)
\nFacilitated by: Dr Larelle Bossi
\nLarelle is CEO and Founder of Ethical Ocean\, a Research Fellow at Griffith University&rsquo\;s Institute for Ethics\, Governance and Law\, and Vice President of the Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics. Her research and advisory work focuses on ocean ethics\, biocultural ethics and transformative ocean governance\, drawing on ecofeminist theory and First Nations kinship worldviews. She has developed ethical frameworks for aquaculture\, offshore wind and wave energy\, and works across ocean governance\, place attachment\, cultural licence and the decolonisation of marine spaces. Larelle is also an advisory member of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy.
\nProf Mike Steer
\nProfessor Steer brings over two decades of expertise in marine science to his role at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI). His expertise spans various fields including fish biology\, fisheries science\, cephalopod ecology\, molecular science\, fishery reform\, gear selectivity\, and fleet dynamics\, providing direction for numerous applied research initiatives that have advanced Australia&rsquo\;s seafood industry.
\nProfessor Steer's strategic leadership centres on forging genuine relationships to facilitate collaborations with stakeholders and industry partners\, ensuring SARDI's work remains pertinent and impactful in fisheries management and sustainable livestock practices. He drives meaningful advancements\, bridging the gap between academia and industry to address critical challenges in South Australia's aquatic ecosystems and livestock industries.
ORGANIZER;CN=Larelle Bossi;CN=Hugh Breakey;CN=Jacqueline Boaks: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Animal Welfare UID:20261026T040311Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Duke Law School\, 210 Science Drive\, Durham\, United States DESCRIPTION:This conference will focus on the nature\, measurement\, and moral significance of animal well-being. \; \; We invite philosophical contributions on the following topics: (1) Which animals are welfare-subjects? \; (2) What is the appropriate account of well-being for nonhuman animals (be it a hedonic\, desire- or preference-based\, objective-good\, or hybrid theory)? (3) Does the very same account apply to both human and nonhumans (the question of &ldquo\;invariabilism&rdquo\;)? \; (4) How should animal welfare be measured\, on one or another account of well-being? \; (5) How does animal welfare matter morally? \; (6) \; How should uncertainty about any of these topics be managed?
\nThose interested in presenting at the conference should email an abstract not to exceed 300 words to leanna.doty@law.duke.edu. \; Please include a current CV. \;Due date for abstracts: \; June 1\, 2026. \; \;Presentations should be based on work-in-progress\, rather than already published work. \; \; (Working papers available at the conference date will be circulated to participants\, but are not required for a presentation.) The conference will be an in-person conference. \; Zoom presentations are possible\, but preference will be given to in-person presentations. \; \;The conference sponsors will cover accommodation (up to 3 nights) for those presenting at the conference\, and vegan food will be served during the conference. \; \; We have limited budget to cover travel by early career scholars (within five years of their degree).
\nBecause of space limitations\, participation in the conference will be limited to presenters.
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew D. Adler: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261201T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261201T000000 SUMMARY:Spiritual Yearning and the Axiology of Theism and Other Worldviews UID:20261026T040312Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:Toronto\, Canada DESCRIPTION:The conference will bring together 15 scholars -- 12 invited\, and 3 more chosen through this competitive process -- to present work-in-progress that connects discussions of the axiology of theism and other worldviews with the virtues and vices of spiritual yearning.
\nPapers from the conference will subsequently be published in an anthology or special issue of a journal. Chosen participants will be given $1\,000 USD to defray travel and accommodation costs for attending the conference\, plus a $2\,000 USD honorarium upon submission of their essay for publication. \;
\nPreference will be given to submissions that focus on non-theistic or non-dominant religious/spiritual worldviews. Abstracts must make clear how the proposed papers will explore connections between the axiology of a particular worldview and the virtues or vices of spiritual yearning.
\nApplicants are encouraged to review the axiology of theism and other worldviews bibliography\, and the abstracts by invited presenters\, both included in the website below.
\nAbstracts should be 500 words or fewer\, and anonymized -- for although the organizers seek to have a balanced program both in terms of topics and presenters\, the initial stage of review will be done anonymously.
\nThey should be submitted through the link on the website\, by the deadline. \;
\nDecisions will be communicated in January 2027.
\nQuestions can be directed to Leigh Vicens lvicens@augie.edu and Klaas Kraay kraay@torontomu.ca
ORGANIZER;CN=Leigh Vicens;CN=Kraay Klaas: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Riyadh:20261203T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Riyadh:20261205T170000 SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence and the Question of Ethics UID:20261026T040313Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Asia/Riyadh LOCATION:Riyadh\, Saudi Arabia DESCRIPTION:The Riyadh International Philosophy Conference 2026 invites researchers and specialists to submit proposals for its sixth edition\, held under the theme &ldquo\;Artificial Intelligence and the Question of Ethics.&rdquo\; This edition explores the philosophical and ethical challenges raised by contemporary AI systems across six main areas. \;
The conference themes include:
* major international AI ethics frameworks and documents\, their philosophical foundations\, and their cultural counterparts in non-Western traditions\, with particular attention to Arab and Islamic ethical traditions\;
* the ethical challenges of AI-generated content\, research\, and authorship\, including misinformation\, deepfakes\, provenance\, credibility\, and intellectual property\;
* AI systems and moral responsibility\, including the distribution of responsibility among users\, owners\, and developers\, as well as the responsibility gap in cases of unforeseen harm\;
* AI and decision-making\, including the autonomy of AI systems\, ethically sensitive decisions\, black-box systems\, explainability\, and the right to intelligibility\;
* AI\, privacy\, and data ownership\, especially in healthcare and judicial contexts\; \;
* and algorithmic bias and predictive models\, with special focus on justice\, fairness\, and the right not to know in health-related prediction.
The conference welcomes contributions from diverse philosophical perspectives and especially encourages submissions from underrepresented traditions\, particularly Islamic philosophy.
For submissions and further details: https://engage.moc.gov.sa/philosophy_conference/?lang=en
\;
Presenters will receive a competitive honorarium\, full-board accommodation\, and airfare. \;
The workshop aims to bring together scholars working across intellectual history\, political theory\, socio-economic history\, political economy\, sociology\, and related fields in order to foster dialogue between historically grounded perspectives on economic planning and contemporary debates about its revival. We are particularly interested in contributions examining how economic planning has been conceptualised and practised across national and international contexts\, the politics of planning\, and the ways planning histories can (or not) inform present-day political and policy discussions. We are looking for both empirical and theoretical papers from diverse disciplinary angles.
Topics of papers may include (but are not limited to) the three following axes:
Applicants should submit an abstract of no more than 500 words outlining their proposal\, and a short CV by \;12 October 2026 \;to \;zoe.evrard@uclouvain.be \;and \;thomas.kayzel@sciencespo.fr. They will be informed of the outcome by \;20 October \;and will be requested to submit their papers by \;1st of December \;by the latest.
Please note that should your institution be unable to do so\, limited conference funds are available to support accommodation and travel expenses. \; For the extended call for paper: \;https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lnpxkca8bkicgnyqcwgo2/What-is-planning_CfP_FINAL.pdf?rlkey=37mofilm7xw2h13r6lvab7f9j&\;st=skqr1nth&\;dl=0
1st Interpersonal Philosophy Network Workshop 2027
\nUniversity of Lethbridge | 2-3 April 2027
\nThe Interpersonal Philosophy Network (IPN)\, in collaboration with the Critical Thinking &\; Civic Engagement Lab \;at the University of Lethbridge\, invite abstract submissions for a two-day workshop exploring philosophical questions concerning interpersonal relations.
\nThe workshop aims to bring together researchers working on the nature\, value\, and normative significance of our relations with others. We welcome contributions from a wide range of philosophical traditions and subfields.
\nKeynote Speakers
\n(1) Kimberley Brownlee (University of British Columbia)
\n(2) TBC.
\nAbstract Submission
\nWe invite submissions on any topic related to the philosophy of interpersonal relations\, though we are particularly interested in the epistemology\, ethics\, and politics of interpersonal relations. For example\, papers might address topics such as:
\nPlease submit an anonymised PDF abstract (up to 1000 words) through the following form by 15 December\, 2026: https://forms.gle/jXPRqdNE2dzSQnEW7
\nFurther Details
\nThe workshop will feature:
\nPresentations should be suitable for a 30-40 minute talk\, followed by discussion.
\nAccepted speakers will receive a CAD $300 honorarium to help offset travel and accommodation expenses.
\nParticipants are warmly invited to join an informal excursion to Waterton Lakes National Park on Sunday\, 4 April 2027.
\nIf you have any questions please contact adham.elshazly@uleth.ca
ORGANIZER;CN=Adham El Shazly;CN=Facundo Rodriguez;CN=Paloma Morales: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270105T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270105T234500 SUMMARY:The AI & Society Symposium: Where Technology Meets Human Values UID:20261026T040316Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Boston\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Boston University Humanities &\; AI Lab (HAIL) invites undergraduate and graduate students from any institution and any discipline to submit papers for its first symposium. \;
\nThis symposium inquires into the conceptions of the human built into generative AI. \;
GenAI systems sound like us: they say &ldquo\;I understand\,&rdquo\; they apologize\, they appear to care. They&rsquo\;re also made for a user\, and so they come with assumptions about who that user is: what they need and what they can already do. And they&rsquo\;re built on assumptions about what intelligence itself is. Some of these pictures of the human reflect choices made by engineers and product teams\; others were assumed without anyone ever deciding. It all demands to be examined. This symposium brings these and related questions into public discussion\, asking what it means to be human at a time when these systems are made like us and for us\, even as this &lsquo\;us&rsquo\; is still being decided. \;
We welcome work from any discipline in the humanities\, the social sciences\, and technical fields such as engineering\, computer science\, and data science. Possible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\nSubmission details:
\nLimited travel grants may be available for presenters from outside Boston\, with priority for students in New England. \;
\nYou can send questions to \;ppardi1@bu.edu.
\nOrganized by Pol Pardini Gispert\, Anika Mukherjee\, Daniel Munro\, and Seth Villegas\, with support from the Boston University Center for the Humanities and the APA Berry Fund.
ORGANIZER;CN=Pol Pardini Gispert;CN=Daniel Munro: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270109T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270109T234500 SUMMARY:2nd East Tennessee Rural Biomedical Ethics Conference UID:20261026T040317Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Rural contexts present unique challenges for medical research and practice &ndash\; and thus\, unique challenges for biomedical ethics.
\nThe 2nd East Tennessee Rural Biomedical Ethics Conference will be held on Saturday\, February 20th\, 2027 via Zoom. The event will be co-hosted by the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and the Center for Rural Health and Research at East Tennessee State University. \;
\nThe conference invites abstract submissions on any topics broadly related to rural medical ethics\, including any social-epistemic issues related to rural medicine or any issues related to public health policies that impact rural populations. \;
\nExample topics may include but are not limited to: issues related to the social determinants of health in rural contexts\, resource allocation\, access to services\, clinical considerations about confidentiality\, familiarity\, and blurrerd professional-personal boundaries\, cultural and social issues related to stigma and stereotype and related instances of epistemic injustice\, the uniqueness of rural medicine\, harm reduction\, public policy challenges\, issues disproportionately impacting rural populations\, e.g.\, drug abuse\, deaths of despair\, home healthcare\, or topics on community-based or resilience-based research or any other areas related to rural health and healthcare. Interdisciplinary and case-study approaches are also welcome.
\nTo apply\, please submit an abstract of 400-500 words along with name\, email\, affiliation information\, and confirmation of willingness to participate in the entire conference (9am-3pm) to \;EastTNRuralBiomedEthicsConf@gmail.com by \;January 9th\, 2027. Notices will be sent out no later than January 12th. Presenters will be given 30 minutes to present followed by a 15-minute Q&\;A.
\nFor inquires\, please email either \;EastTNRuralBiomedEthicsConf@gmail.com \;or duea01@etsu.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Austin Due: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20270115T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20270115T000000 SUMMARY:Notre Dame Summer Seminars in Philosophy of Religion UID:20261026T040318Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:Notre Dame\, United States\, 46556 DESCRIPTION:Recent PhDs (no more than 3 years post PhD as of June 30\, 2027) and current graduate students in philosophy\, with interest in the philosophy of religion\, are invited to apply to the 2027 Notre Dame Summer Seminar in Philosophy of Religion. The seminar will be held at the University of Notre Dame from June 28 - July 9\, 2027. Participants will receive a stipend of $2000 as well as room and board\, with some additional family support available as well. The theme of this year&rsquo\;s seminar is "Disagreement\, Humility\, and Polarization." More information on the summer seminars and the application process can be found below. \;
\nSummer Seminar Series Overview: \;
\nAnalytic philosophy of religion has flourished and matured in recent decades\, fostering original research drawing on metaphysics\, epistemology\, ethics\, mind\, and language\, while also cultivating the new discipline of "analytic theology." Philosophers of religion have contributed to a flowering of scholarship in these areas\, founding new peer-reviewed journals\, publishing numerous academic books\, impacting the academy\, ministry\, and lay readers\, and building deep connections with work in theology and the sciences as well as philosophy. Yet most PhD students in philosophy have little opportunity to study recent work in philosophy of religion in their graduate programs\, and early career faculty often find little support for pursuing scholarly research in these areas. \;The Notre Dame Summer Seminars in Philosophy of Religion aim to fill this gap by (1) bringing together graduate students and early career scholars for intensive study of contemporary topics in philosophy of religion taught by leading figures in philosophy and related disciplines\, and (2) creating an extended mentorship program for all participants to be able to work with senior philosophers of religion to advance their writing and receive guidance in their early years in the profession. The seminars run for 2 weeks over three summers (2027\, 2028\, and 2029) on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.
\nSummer 2027 Theme: "Disagreement\, Humility\, and Polarization"
\n\nReligion is often political and divisive. Should this matter\, for how we think about God or\, indeed\, the propriety of religious belief? How could we know God or have faith in a world where religious traditions disagree sharply about what God is like - and where those divisions themselves contribute to unrest and hatred? Further questions connected with this theme include: how do particular theological traditions encode prescriptions for engaging with disagreement? How do these recommendations fare when evaluated for epistemic and practical rationality\, or their compatibility with just political systems? Is something like humility sufficient to save us from fueling religious division\, and if so\, what is humility like and how could we cultivate it at scale? Would a humbler approach to religion favor certain spiritual or theological traditions over others - for example\, is there a relationship between humility and agnosticism or apophaticism? How shall we understand the character traits of humility\, empathy\, and love for others given polarizing issues of politics or doctrine? What insights are there from sociology and psychology on religious communities\, belonging\, and changing values in a polarized era?
\nApplication Process:
\n\nApplications are due by January 15\, 2027 and must consist of the following: 1. A statement of interest in the Seminar of no more than 500 words\; 2. A complete CV\; 3. A writing sample (which need not engage the Seminar theme) which can serve as a default project to discuss with an assigned faculty mentor. \;
\n\nApplication materials must be submitted electronically to philreligion@nd.edu. Application materials 1-3 above must be submitted as a single PDF in the order listed. The PDF must be titled in the following manner: Last Name\, First Name. Application materials must be received by January 15\, 2027 to assure full consideration. We anticipate notifying selected applicants by April 1\, 2027.
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew A. Benton;CN=Laura Frances Callahan;CN=Michael Rea: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270116T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270116T090000 SUMMARY:CFP Discipline Filosofiche\, XXXVII\, 1\, 2027: Phenomenological Analyses of Emotions in their Ontological and Metaphysical Implications\, ed. by Giuliana Mancuso UID:20261026T040319Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:DISCIPLINE FILOSOFICHE\, XXXVII\, 1\, 2027: PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF EMOTIONS IN THEIR ONTOLOGICAL AND METAPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS Edited by Giuliana Mancuso Over the past twenty years\, scientific literature on emotions has grown enormously\, and the same has occurred in philosophy. In light of the assumptions&mdash\;often implicit&mdash\;that guide scientific research programs\, the wealth of their findings\, and the explanatory hypotheses advanced on the basis of such observational and theoretical grounds\, it is inevitable that philosophers ask what the specific contribution of philosophy to research on emotions might be\, given the intertwining of physiological\, expressive\, behavioral\, cognitive\, evaluative\, normative\, and motivational components that emotions involve\, as well as their social relevance. In other words\, what does philosophy have to say about emotions in relation to what the natural and social sciences already tell us about them? The answers naturally vary depending on the conceptions one may hold of philosophy\, but there is a particular philosophical tradition that appears especially well suited to addressing phenomena such as emotions in their characteristic two-fold nature as subjective\, first-person experiences and at the same time as objective experiences that disclose aspects of the world&mdash\;a two-fold structure that philosophical reflections on emotions have often sacrificed in favor of one aspect or the other. This tradition is phenomenology\, understood not generically as an empirical investigation of &ldquo\;what it is like to feel\,&rdquo\; but properly as the study of embodied consciousness in its directedness toward other subjects as well as toward objects\, states of affairs\, and events in the world. With respect to the contemporary philosophy of emotions as a chapter of the philosophy of mind in its relation to the cognitive sciences\, the phenomenological approach in fact claims a primacy that is\, first of all\, temporal. Between the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries\, emotions acquired centrality in philosophy primarily thanks to what Husserl described as an already existing method\, of which Husserlian transcendental phenomenology conceived itself as &ldquo\;a certain radicalization&rdquo\; (HUA IX\, 302). This was descriptive or phenomenological psychology\, a philosophical research project on consciousness and its lived experiences that ran parallel and as an alternative to the experimental psychology of the time. Its main figures were Brentano\, Stumpf\, and Th. Lipps\, and it was from this tradition that Husserl himself set out in his \;Logical Investigations. Under the influence of Husserl\, it was then Lipps&rsquo\;s students and collaborators in Munich\, and later Husserl&rsquo\;s in Gö\;ttingen\, who defended the idea of a distinctive affective intentionality irreducible to that of other mental states such as beliefs\, judgments\, or desires. In their works they developed extraordinarily detailed eidetic analyses of particular classes of emotional experiences\, their contents\, and the themes connected with them&mdash\;analyses that\, in what is perhaps the most famous case\, that of Max Scheler\, culminated in a complex philosophical theory of emotional functions and acts\, as well as of their objects\, namely values. In subsequent developments of phenomenological philosophy\, the role accorded to affectivity remained central in Heidegger\, Sartre\, Merleau-Ponty\, Levinas\, and Henry\, as well as later in Hermann Schmitz&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;new phenomenology&rdquo\;&mdash\;with its conception of emotions as spatially extended atmospheres that transcend the mind/body distinction and the distinction between psychophysically separate individuals&mdash\;in Waldenfels&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;responsive phenomenology\,&rdquo\; and\, finally\, in the numerous studies of recent years at the intersection of phenomenology and the cognitive sciences on classical phenomenological themes such as intersubjectivity\, empathy\, and the emotional forms of collective intentionality. In such a context\, a renewed focus on emotions and values has been prompted by the publication\, in 2020\, of the \;Studien zur Struktur des Bewusstseins \;(HUA XLIII)\, which bring together analyses carried out by Husserl between 1909 and 1914 and subsequently in the first half of the 1920s. Against this background\, \;Discipline filosofiche \;intends to devote a special issue to phenomenological analyses of emotions\, past and present\, and invites authors to submit contributions on the following topics:
\nFor the broader intellectual community\, reflecting on the current fractious intellectual climate\, the notion of deep disagreement is a fecund concept. What was originally a limit idea for informal logicians\, in Fogelin&rsquo\;s framing\, has become a heuristic and explanatory tool for accounts of civilizational clash\, metaphilosophical skepticism\, political polarization\, and the intellectual malaise of (post)modernity.
\nHere\, we wish to collect the work of leading scholars in argumentation theory\, social epistemology\, and political philosophy on the questions of deep disagreement. The issue returns to the question named in its title: what becomes of the norms of argumentation at the point where argument seems to run out.
\nPossible topics include (but are not limited to):
\nCONTACT: For any questions\, please directly contact the editors:
\nFind further information for submission at the dedicated site at the journal website for the special collection below: \;
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270220T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270220T170000 SUMMARY:2nd East Tennessee Rural Biomedical Ethics Conference UID:20261026T040321Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Rural contexts present unique challenges for medical research and practice &ndash\; and thus\, unique challenges for biomedical ethics.
\nThe 2nd East Tennessee Rural Biomedical Ethics Conference will be held on Saturday\, February 20th\, 2027 via Zoom. The event will be co-hosted by the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and the Center for Rural Health and Research at East Tennessee State University. \;
\nThe conference invites abstract submissions on any topics broadly related to rural medical ethics\, including any social-epistemic issues related to rural medicine or any issues related to public health policies that impact rural populations. \;
\nExample topics may include but are not limited to: issues related to the social determinants of health in rural contexts\, resource allocation\, access to services\, clinical considerations about confidentiality\, familiarity\, and blurrerd professional-personal boundaries\, cultural and social issues related to stigma and stereotype and related instances of epistemic injustice\, the uniqueness of rural medicine\, harm reduction\, public policy challenges\, issues disproportionately impacting rural populations\, e.g.\, drug abuse\, deaths of despair\, home healthcare\, or topics on community-based or resilience-based research or any other areas related to rural health and healthcare. Interdisciplinary and case-study approaches are also welcome.
\nTo apply\, please submit an abstract of 400-500 words along with name\, email\, affiliation information\, and confirmation of willingness to participate in the entire conference (9am-3pm) to \;EastTNRuralBiomedEthicsConf@gmail.com by \;January 9th\, 2027. Notices will be sent out no later than January 12th. Presenters will be given 30 minutes to present followed by a 15-minute Q&\;A.
\nFor inquires\, please email either \;EastTNRuralBiomedEthicsConf@gmail.com \;or duea01@etsu.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Austin Due: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20270301T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20270301T000000 SUMMARY:International Society for Military Ethics UID:20261026T040322Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Denver LOCATION:University of Colorado\, Boulder\, United States DESCRIPTION:Conference theme: \;Military Ethics in a Season of Geopolitical and Technological Disruption
Conference dates: \;Thurs-Fri\, 24-25 June 2027\, with optional evening social on 23 June 2027
Location: University of Colorado\, Boulder\, USA
This event is supported by the Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization and the Center for Values and Social Policy.
Additional conference details will be published as they become available here: https://www.internationalsocietyformilitaryethics.org/2027-conference
Call for Papers (Deadline &ndash\; 28 Feb 2027):
ISME is pleased to accept papers focused on "Military Ethics in a Season of Geopolitical and Technological Disruption." We welcome submissions from philosophers\, social scientists\, and other academics\, as well as from legal professionals and military practitioners. Possible topics include\, but are not limited to:
Panel proposals are welcome. Typically\, individual presenters are assigned to a small\, topically aligned panel\, with ample time to present and for Q&\;A.
\nSubmission guidelines:
\nSubmissions will be reviewed by a panel and authors of papers accepted for conference presentation will be notified as soon as feasible after the submission deadline--around mid-March. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270326T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270327T170000 SUMMARY:9th Annual Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop UID:20261026T040323Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Caldwell Hall\, Chapel Hill\, United States DESCRIPTION:The ninth annual Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop will be held in Chapel Hill on March 26 -- 27\, 2027.
\nThe workshop aims to provide a forum for stimulating and constructive exchange among philosophers currently working on issues concerning normativity\, broadly construed to include: the traditional questions of metaethics (and analogous questions about other normative domains)\; more abstract and general questions within first-order normative theory\; theories of reasons\, rationality and reasoning\; the semantics and pragmatics of normative language\; the psychology of normative judgment\; and the nature of epistemic normativity. The hope is to showcase cutting-edge work in these and related areas\, providing speakers with useful feedback\, and other participants with lively presentations and conversation.
\nThere will be eight talks in total\, seven of which will be selected via an open call for abstracts and an anonymous review process\, plus a keynote by Sarah McGrath (Princeton). For the eighth workshop running\, papers accepted to this year's workshop will be eligible for publication in a special issue of Philosophical Studies.
\nWe very much hope you'll join us in sunny and beautiful Chapel Hill next spring for the workshop's ninth year. In addition to excellent presentations\, there will be plenty of opportunities for socializing with fellow normativity folks at a selection of Chapel Hill's lovely restaurants and bars on each night of the event.
\nMany thanks to the UNC Department of Philosophy and Parr Center for Ethics for their generous support of the event.
ORGANIZER;CN=Chris Howard;CN=Margaret Shea;CN=Alex Worsnip: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20270402T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20270403T180000 SUMMARY:1st Interpersonal Philosophy Network Workshop UID:20261026T040324Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Edmonton LOCATION:Lethbridge\, Canada DESCRIPTION:The Interpersonal Philosophy Network is holding its first workshop at the University of Lethbridge\, AB\, Canada\, 2-3 April 2027. \;
\nPlease see the CFP for more information\, or contact adham.elshazly@uleth.ca with any questions. \;
\nFor more information about the Interpersonal Philosophy Network see
\nhttps://www.interpersonalphilosophy.com/
ORGANIZER;CN=Adham El Shazly;CN=Facundo Rodriguez;CN=Paloma Morales: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270403T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270403T170000 SUMMARY:Kent State University 34th Annual Philosophy Graduate Student Conference UID:20261026T040325Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Kent\, United States\, 42440 ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew Coate: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270409T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270409T230000 SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Hypatia Special Issue ‘Gender and Nation’ UID:20261026T040326Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:'Gender and Nation' Special Issue of \;Hypatia \;(43.3)\, Summer 2028
\nAcross the globe\, nationalist projects are being renewed and intensified\, mobilizing &ldquo\;gender&rdquo\; as a central site of social and political struggle. From anti-gender movements and border regimes to racialized citizenship policies and digital surveillance\, contemporary nationalisms draw on gender and related intersectional structures to organize political belonging\, govern populations\, and delineate whose lives are recognized as part of &ldquo\;the nation.&rdquo\; These developments lend a particular urgency to examining the philosophical stakes of the relationship between &ldquo\;gender&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;nation&rdquo\; today.
\nThis special issue of \;Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy \;invites philosophical engagements of the topic of &ldquo\;Gender and Nation.&rdquo\; We seek contributions that interrogate how nations are imagined\, experienced\, constituted\, and governed through gendered logics that shape various forms of exclusion\, political subjectivity\, citizenship\, and national belonging. While broadly soliciting contributions that (re)consider &ldquo\;the nation&rdquo\; alongside &ldquo\;gender\,&rdquo\; we also wish to mark the 30th \;anniversary of Nira Yuval-Davis&rsquo\; influential book\, \;Gender and Nation. \;Yuval-Davis&rsquo\; work has been foundational for studies on gender and nationalisms\, and has inspired countless feminist analyses of the idea and lived experience of &ldquo\;the nation.&rdquo\; In the 30 years since the book&rsquo\;s publication\, the world has changed in unimaginable ways\, with the last decade\, in particular\, witnessing a resurgence in nationalist fervour that forms part of a global shift to the right. An assessment of and reengagement with &ldquo\;gender and nation&rdquo\; is therefore not only apt\, but arguably more pressing than ever\, given that such nationalist resurgence has deployed gendered dynamics that are deeply troubling from a feminist perspective.
\nQuestioning whether the idea and attendant realisation of &ldquo\;the nation&rdquo\; can ever be straightforwardly adopted by feminists\, this special issue also provides an opportunity to highlight past and present feminist resistance to misogyny and sexist policymaking underlying patriarchal nation-building projects. Indeed\, there are numerous examples of feminist activism and scholarship challenging nationalism\, but also reconfiguring and claiming &ldquo\;the nation&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;nationalism&rdquo\; in progressive terms. Building on the by now large and influential feminist literature on nationalisms\, of which \;Gender and Nation \;is a stalwart\, we invite contributors to take stock of work on &ldquo\;the nation&rdquo\;\, and to present new and promising ways of thinking about the theme of \;gender and nation. To this end\, articles might address\, without being limited to\, the following questions:
\nContributors working in and across various relevant disciplines (e.g. philosophy\, gender studies\, sociology\, literature\, politics\, and disability studies) are invited to address these questions philosophically\, and to do so drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks (such as critical race theory\, crip theory\, queer theory\, and postcolonial theory). We welcome contributions from diverse social\, cultural\, and geographical contexts\, including those approaching &ldquo\;gender and nation&rdquo\; through decolonial\, Indigenous\, queer of colour\, trans\, and Black feminist frameworks.
\nSubmissions must be written in English and prepared for anonymous review. We will accept both traditional article submissions (up to 10\,000 words long\, excluding footnotes and references) and musings (4\,000 words including footnotes\, but not references). Musings are not merely short research articles\; they are often more personal and/or more concerned with current issues than full-fledged academic articles\, and they are typically less rooted in particular bodies of literature. However they are approached\, Musings should seek to catalyse philosophical reflection on important issues in feminist philosophy. (For examples\, please see the recently published Musings on our \;FirstView \;pages.) We encourage submissions to be written in a style accessible across relevant disciplines\, and with an eye to understanding concrete social and political phenomena. \;
\nDeadline for submission: \;9th \;April 2027
\nPlease submit your original manuscript electronically through the Cambridge University Press online submission and review system \;ScholarOne. Manuscripts need to be prepared for anonymous review. More information may be found in the \;Manuscript Preparations Guidelines.
\nFor any questions on this special issue\, contact the guest editors: Clara Fischer (C.Fischer@qub.ac.uk) and Fulden İbrahimhakkıoğlu (fulden@metu.edu.tr). \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270416T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270417T170000 SUMMARY:The AI & Society Symposium: Where Technology Meets Human Values UID:20261026T040327Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Boston\, United States DESCRIPTION:This symposium inquires into the conceptions of the human built into generative AI. \;
GenAI systems sound like us: they say &ldquo\;I understand\,&rdquo\; they apologize\, they appear to care. They&rsquo\;re also made for a user\, and so they come with assumptions about who that user is: what they need and what they can already do. And they&rsquo\;re built on assumptions about what intelligence itself is. Some of these pictures of the human reflect choices made by engineers and product teams\; others were assumed without anyone ever deciding. It all demands to be examined. This symposium brings these and related questions into public discussion\, asking what it means to be human at a time when these systems are made like us and for us\, even as this &lsquo\;us&rsquo\; is still being decided. \;
You can send questions to \;ppardi1@bu.edu.
\n\nOrganized by Pol Pardini Gispert\, Anika Mukherjee\, Daniel Munro\, and Seth Villegas\, with support from the Boston University Center for the Humanities and the APA Berry Fund.
ORGANIZER;CN=Pol Pardini Gispert;CN=Daniel Munro: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20270504T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20270506T170000 SUMMARY:Spiritual Yearning and the Axiology of Theism and Other Worldviews UID:20261026T040328Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:Toronto\, Canada DESCRIPTION:The conference will bring together 15 scholars -- 12 invited\, and 3 more chosen through a competitve process -- to present work-in-progress that connects discussions of the axiology of theism and other worldviews with the virtues and vices of spiritual yearning.
ORGANIZER;CN=Leigh Vicens;CN=Kraay Klaas: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270516T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270523T170000 SUMMARY:The 2027 Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association UID:20261026T040329Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:4302 University Dr\, Houston\, United States\, 77004 DESCRIPTION:https://www.acla.org/annual-meeting\nhttps://www.acla.org/seminar/875d9da0-735b-4676-ab1f-fff5c023f669\nhttps://www.acla.org/cfp/70fe7418-c14a-468d-be1d-809e878f2e00/seminars\n ORGANIZER;CN=Vivien Jiaqian Zhu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270516T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270523T170000 SUMMARY:The 2027 Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association UID:20261026T040330Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:4302 University Dr\, Houston\, United States\, 77004 DESCRIPTION:https://www.acla.org/annual-meeting https://www.acla.org/seminar/875d9da0-735b-4676-ab1f-fff5c023f669 https://www.acla.org/cfp/70fe7418-c14a-468d-be1d-809e878f2e00/seminars
ORGANIZER;CN=Vivien Jiaqian Zhu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20270624T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20270625T170000 SUMMARY:International Society for Military Ethics UID:20261026T040331Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Denver LOCATION:University of Colorado\, Boulder\, United States DESCRIPTION:Conference theme: \; Military Ethics in a Season of Geopolitical and Technological Disruption
\nConference dates: Thurs-Fri\, 24-25 June 2027\, with optional evening social on 23 June 2027 \;
\nLocation: University of Colorado\, Boulder\, USA
\nThis event is supported by the Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization and the Center for Values and Social Policy at the University of Colorado Boulder. \;
\nAdditional conference details will be published as they become available here: \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20270628T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20270709T170000 SUMMARY:Notre Dame Summer Seminars in Philosophy of Religion UID:20261026T040332Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:Notre Dame\, United States\, 46556 DESCRIPTION:The first of three Notre Dame Summer Seminars in Philosophy of Religion\, this two-week intensive will feature speakers from philosophy\, psychology\, and theology\, and up to 20 graduate student or early career participants (see separate Call for Applications). Confirmed speakers: Yuval Avnur (Scripps College)\, \;Olivia Bailey (Berkeley)\, \;Nathan Ballantyne (Arizona State)\, Emily Dumler-Winckler (Theology\, St Louis Univ)\, \;Amy Floweree (Texas Tech)\, \;Sandy Goldberg (Northwestern)\, \;Megan Haggard (Psychology\, Francis Marion Univ)\, Tom Kelly (Princeton)\, Ruth Mayo (Psychology\, Hebrew Univ Jerusalem)\, and Tenelle Porter (Psychology\, Rowan Univ).
\nThe 2027 Seminar theme is "Disagreement\, Humility\, and Polarization": Religion is often political and divisive. Should this matter\, for how we think about God or\, indeed\, the propriety of religious belief? How could we know God or have faith in a world where religious traditions disagree sharply about what God is like - and where those divisions themselves contribute to unrest and hatred? Further questions connected with this theme include: how do particular theological traditions encode prescriptions for engaging with disagreement? How do these recommendations fare when evaluated for epistemic and practical rationality\, or their compatibility with just political systems? Is something like humility sufficient to save us from fueling religious division\, and if so\, what is humility like and how could we cultivate it at scale? Would a humbler approach to religion favor certain spiritual or theological traditions over others - for example\, is there a relationship between humility and agnosticism or apophaticism? \;How shall we understand the character traits of humility\, empathy\, and love for others given polarizing issues of politics or doctrine? What insights are there from sociology and psychology on religious communities\, belonging\, and changing values in a polarized era? Etc.
\nSponsored by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew A. Benton;CN=Laura Frances Callahan;CN=Michael Rea: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Montreal:20270715T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Montreal:20270717T170000 SUMMARY:All Happy Families Are Not Alike: MacIntyre and Close Relationships (ISME2027) UID:20261026T040333Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Montreal LOCATION:Trois-Rivières\, Canada ORGANIZER;CN=Peter Wicks: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T155247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:29990101T033000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:29990201T120000 SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Creativity and Improvisation in Thought\, Practice\, and Mind: An Interdisciplinary Conference UID:20261026T040334Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98c4:a3ff:fe37:1b35%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:6001 Dodge Street\, Omaha\, United States\, 68182 DESCRIPTION:*Please note that this event has officially been postponed. More information will be made available asap in the near future*
\nMany human cognitive capacities and processes may be deployed creatively\, from unique choices made for oneself up through novel cultural shifts. Similarly\, large swaths of our daily lives are taken up with performing spontaneous\, on-the-fly\, and unplanned activities that are\, in a word\, improvised. \; Charting out the nature of both creativity and improvisation\, taken individually or together\, remains an open and pressing issue. In this conference\, we will delve into various philosophical\, theoretical\, empirical\, and interdisciplinary issues that are related to creativity and improvisation. A non-exhaustive list of related questions and themes for this topic include:
\n- What is the relationship between improvisation and creativity?
\n- What is the relationship between creative activity and well-being?
\n- What is the best way to model individual and collective creativity?
\n- Is creativity in the arts the same thing as in other domains\, such as in science or business?
\n- What are the pros and cons of different scientific operationalizations of creativity and improvisation?
\n- Provide a conceptual analysis of creativity and/or improvisation.
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