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 of Chinese and Western approaches to ethical assessment and to integrating ethical concerns in innovation and implementation processes. \;
\nAbstracts for presentations (max 400 words) can be submitted to Sø\;ren Harnow Klausen (harnow@sdu.dk). The deadline is June 15. \;
ORGANIZER;CN="Søren Klausen": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260901T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260904T170000 SUMMARY:SOCRATES Summer School 2026: "Bridging the Gap: Science\, Trust\, and the Climate Crisis" UID:20260822T031427Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Hannover\, Germany\, 30167 DESCRIPTION:The SOCRATES group &ndash\; Social Credibility and Trustworthiness of Expert Knowledge and Science-Based Information &ndash\; invites applications for its Summer School 2026:
\nBridging the Gap: Science\, Trust\, and the Climate Crisis
\n1 September 2026 13:00 CEST &ndash\; 4 September 2026 13:00 CEST\, \;Leibniz University Hannover\, Germany
\nwith our great speakers \;Dr. Viktoria Cologna (Eawag Switzerland)\, Prof. Dr. Vincent Lam (University of Bern)\, Prof. Stephan Lewandowsky (University of Bristol)\, Prof. David Stainforth (London School of Economics)\, and Prof. Dr. Mathias Frisch (Leibniz University Hannover).
\nA growing body of evidence suggests that many climate change impacts might be more severe or occur sooner than older climate models had projected. And yet\, at the same time\, the sense of urgency regarding the climate crisis in the public and political sphere seems to be declining. This &rsquo\;perception gap&lsquo\; or disconnect is not due to a lack of scientific evidence but seems to be at least partly fuelled by a crisis in communication\, credibility\, and trust. \;
\nOur three-day summer school has the aim of examining challenges posed by this disconnect from different disciplinary perspectives. Our aim is to explore why arguably compelling scientific evidence often fails to translate into societal action. \;The event will bring together PhD candidates from several disciplines for interactive sessions\, talks by senior scholars\, and opportunities to present and discuss their work in a supportive and engaging environment. \;
\nWe invite applications from researchers with the following profile:
\nTravel and accommodation costs as well as the Summer School dinner are at the participant&rsquo\;s expense.
\nDeadline for applications: 13 February 2026 (23:59 CEST). \;Please find more information and the application form on the event webpage.
\nSOCRATES is a Centre for Advanced Studies funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is based at the Institute for Philosophy at Leibniz University Hannover. It is headed by Prof. Dr. Mathias Frisch (as speaker) and Prof. Dr. Torsten Wilholt.
\nMore information about SOCRATES can be found at https://www.socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/
ORGANIZER;CN=Mathias Frisch;CN=Torsten Wilholt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260902T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260904T170000 SUMMARY:Rethinking the Radical Right: Transnational Networks\, Policy Convergence\, and Discursive Power Across Gender\, Health\, and Environment UID:20260822T031428Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Liberal and democratic institutions are facing unprecedented challenges. The recent rise of radical right‑wing populist movements and their transnational networks and the access to government in several European countries of radical-right populist parties is testified by restrictive norms on migration\, equality rights\, and welfare.
Scholarly attention has focused on far-right stances concerning anti-migration and EU scepticism. The panel aims to explore and deepen the intersecting role that reproductive rights\, environmental and wider health policies play in shaping the political offer of the European and American far right.
Furthermore\, building on existing studies\, this panel examines the existence of common underlying ideologies of conservative\, libertarian\, and radical right‑wing populist actors enabling them to collaborate across borders to reshape policy agendas at national and EU‑level. It also investigates the transnational role of conservative think tanks in the broader dynamic of far-right discourses and their interplay in domestic policy outcomes.
We invite paper proposals on all aspects of rethinking the relationship between conservative and reactionary thinking\, politics and discursive struggles\, the development of social conservative policies that curb gender equality\, reproductive rights\, universal welfare model\, and environmental justice. Possible topics may be:
-Historical Reconstruction and Philosophical Analysis of Reactionary and Conservative Thoughts on Healthy Society\, Traditional Family\, Health and Social Welfare\, Environmentalism\;
-Discursive Strategies and Ideological Reframing: How do conservative and populist actors appropriate progressive language (e.g.\, &ldquo\;equal rights\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;free speech\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;protecting families&rdquo\;) to advance discriminatory or anti‑rights agendas? How do these movements collaborate or reinforce each other&rsquo\;s narratives and policy goals?
-Policy Content and Ideological Convergence: How do stances on public health\, sexual and reproductive rights\, climate policy\, environmental regulation\, and gender equality interlink or align across conservative and libertarian actors? Is there a common ideology or political agenda that unites various far-right parties in Europe and the United States?
-Can we identify a coherent European radical right agenda\, or do national contexts produce divergent models?
-Think tanks\, metapolitics\, and hegemony in the public discursive sphere\;
-Public Health\, Pandemic Measures\, and Antivax Movements\;
-Reproductive health policy\; broader ideological alignments linking opposition to reproductive rights with other policy domains which impact health and social policies.
This panel aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue across political science\, global health\, gender studies\, environmental policy\, and critical theory. We welcome theoretical and empirical contributions. We invite scholars at all career stages\, especially young scholars\, to submit abstracts that engage with these themes.
To submit a paper\, please send an anonymized abstract of no more than 500 words\, suitable for a 30 minute presentation (followed by 30 minutes of Q&\;A)\, to Corrado Piroddi (corrado.piroddi@tuni.fi) or Valentine Berthet (valentine.berthet@tuni.fi)\, by Monday 18 May.
Successful applicants will be notified shortly afterwards.
Another year of the Emotion and Society Lab'sWorks In Progress series is around the corner. It begins on the first Tuesday of October 2026 from 11-12pm Pacific. It&rsquo\;s a virtual nine-month philosophy series with no meetings in January\, August\, and September.
\nWe have some workshop slots available and would love for you to discuss your work on emotions\, moods\, attitudes\, etc.
\nThis year we are taking both read-ahead papers AND 30 minute Works-In-Progress Talks (with powerpoint/Keynote\, etc.)
\nIf you want your work workshopped this year\, please email an abstract to emotionandsocietylab@gmail.com.
\nWrite &ldquo\;WIP Abstract&rdquo\; as the subject and indicate if it will be the Full Paper or a Presentation in the email.
\nThough we can&rsquo\;t accept every abstract\, we hope you will submit yours for consideration.
\nGraduate Students\, Post-docs\, and Faculty are welcome to submit.
\nFor the sake of building community\, those who are accepted are expected to participate in other sessions other than their own in the semester they present.
\nIf you have any questions\, please email the above address.
\nDeadline: September 4\, 2026 by 5pm Pacific.
ORGANIZER;CN=Myisha Cherry;CN=Rachel Fredericks: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260904T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260906T170000 SUMMARY:The Prognostic Possibilities of a Philosophical Approach to History: Currents of the Contemporary World UID:20260822T031430Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Zaječar\, Serbia ORGANIZER;CN=Milenko Prof. Bodin (Felix Romuliana School Director): METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260907T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260909T170000 SUMMARY:The Aesthetics of Games UID:20260822T031431Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:British Society of Aesthetics Conference &ndash\; The Aesthetics of Games
\n7-9 September 2026
\nUniversity of Manchester\, UK
\nOver the past two decades\, games - both digital and non-digital - have become increasingly prominent within philosophy. As well as receiving attention from aestheticians\, games have been examined in ethics\, philosophy of action\, metaphysics\, philosophy of mind\, and social philosophy\, prompting questions about: agency\; responsibility\; rule-following\; normativity\; meaning\; responsibility for in-game actions\; the organisation of rule-governed activity\; the phenomenology of skilled performance\, and the ontological status of fictional and virtual entities. At the same time\, game studies has developed a rich interdisciplinary body of research addressing narrative\, space\, identity\, labour\, and politics.
\nThis conference aims to bring other philosophical discussions about games into sustained contact with aesthetics\, to furnish a more comprehensive picture of what kinds of aesthetic categories\, evaluative standards\, and conceptual tools are needed to understand the experiences games generate. At the same time\, it seeks to explore what pressure games place on familiar distinctions within aesthetics (e.g.\, between object and experience\, form and performance\, or representation and action)\, and to clarify what is at stake in treating games as aesthetically significant.
\nSpeakers include Kumru Akdoğan (Manchester)\, Craig Bourne\, Emily Caddick Bourne (Manchester)\, Alex Fisher (Leeds)\, Luca Marchetti (Genova)\, Emily Ryall (Gloucestershire)\, Jaakko Stenros (Tampere)\, Daniel Vella (Malta).
\nWe have some spaces available for further papers. If you are interested in giving a paper\, please send an abstract of around 300-400 words to kumru.akdogan@manchester.ac.uk and emily.caddickbourne@manchester.ac.uk\, by August 13th. Speakers will have up to 40 minutes presentation time\, followed by 20 minutes for questions.
\nTopics could include\, but are not limited to:
\n- Games as objects of aesthetic evaluation\, e.g.: How do traditional concepts such as unity\, coherence\, and form apply to interactive media? How does the relation between ludic and narrative structures shape aesthetic experience? Should games be understood as artworks\, practices\, performances\, or hybrids thereof? What does this imply for aesthetic judgement?
\n- Narrative\, fiction\, and counterfactual structure\, e.g.: Do non-linear narrative forms require attention to different standards of evaluation? What is the aesthetic significance of alternative narrative paths? How do modes of play relate to the exploration of counterfactuals? How might interactive fiction rethink familiar narrative conventions from literature and film?
\n- Aesthetics of space and environment\, e.g.: How should we distinguish space as an aesthetically active dimension of games from space as a neutral backdrop for action? How do spatial composition\, atmosphere\, and environmental design structure perception\, movement\, and affect? How can phenomenology\, architecture\, or theories of place enable us to analyse game environments as aesthetic constructs? How should narrativity be understood in environmental storytelling?
\n- Action\, performance\, and play\, e.g.: How does aesthetic value emerge not only from designed forms but from enacted play? Can the exercise of player agency usefully be understood as a form of aesthetic\, or artistic\, performance? What is the significance of improvisation\, failure\, and skill? What are the possible roles of teamwork and coordination in shaping evaluative ideals such as 'beautiful play'?
\n- Formal and procedural aesthetics\, e.g.: What constitutes aesthetic engagement with rules\, systems\, and procedures\, and is this a crucial part of the aesthetic experience of games? What does it mean for rule systems to be elegant? What is the aesthetic experience of mastering complex mechanics\, or of navigating repetition and looping? How can opacity of rules or absence of rules be deployed as aesthetic strategies?
\n- Ethical\, social\, and political dimensions of game aesthetics\, e.g.: How do social and material factors shape aesthetic experience and evaluation? Under what circumstances does a game express a moral perspective on the actions it allows as part of engagement? How do cultural and historical framings of games and play impact on how games should be understood as aesthetic objects? How do games\, and the contexts in which they are played\, navigate questions about who is represented and who participates? What counts as an ethical transgression in gameplay?
\nTo register to attend the conference\, or for any questions\, please send an email to kumru.akdogan@manchester.ac.uk and/or emily.caddickbourne@manchester.ac.uk. Registration is free and refreshments will provided each day. When registering\, please include a note of any dietary requirements. Please also let us know about any accessibility requirements you would like us to be aware of\, which we will aim to accommodate wherever possible.
\nWe hope to see you there!
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260907T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260908T170000 SUMMARY:Fourth Annual Workshop on Value Theory UID:20260822T031432Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Helgonavägen 3\, Lund\, Sweden DESCRIPTION:Fourth Annual Workshop on Value Theory
\nLund University: Mon-Tue September 7-8\, 2026
\nSubmission Deadline: Wednesday\, June 24\, 2026
\nWe are pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Workshop on Value Theory\, which will take place at Lund University on September 7-8\, 2026. This workshop aims to bring together scholars to explore and discuss contemporary and eternal issues in value theory. \;
\nWorkshop Theme
\nThe workshop seeks to provide a platform for exploring and critically engaging with topics that fall under the label value theory or axiology. See \;plato.stanford.edu/entries/value-theory/
\nTopics of Interest
\nWe invite papers on a variety of topics related to value theory\, including\, but not limited to:
\n1. Structures of Value
\n2. Value and Decision Theory
\n3. Value and Risk
\n4. Value Pluralism
\n5. Value Conflicts
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nInterested authors are invited to submit extended abstracts (up to 500 words) for review. Abstracts should be submitted to \;valuetheorylund@gmail.com \;by June 24\, 2026.
\n\;
\nImportant Dates
\n\;
\nKeynote Speakers
\nWe are delighted to host Sarah Stroud (UNC\, Chapel Hill) and Erik Carlson (Uppsala University) as our keynote speakers. \;
\n\;
\nContact Information
\nFor inquiries and submission\, please contact Anders Herlitz\, Henrik Andersson and Mattias Gunnemyr at valuetheorylund@gmail.
\nPrevious conferences
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Henrik Andersson;CN=Mattias Gunnemyr;CN=Anders Herlitz: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260922T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260922T090000 SUMMARY:The 2027 Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association UID:20260822T031433Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:4302 University Dr\, Houston\, United States\, 77004 DESCRIPTION:https://www.acla.org/seminar/875d9da0-735b-4676-ab1f-fff5c023f669\nView Seminar\nA Pedagogy Seminar and raw notes\n\nSTATUS: STATUS WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER DECEMBER 1\, 2026\nAbstract\n\nSynopsis of the trends: For the discipline of literature in East Asian Languages + Cultures there were a growing trend to incorporate active learning and digital humanities as pedagogy tools. This encourages students to write research journals along with the pace of the course and allow more flexibility in terms of developing research interests. The outcome of the course can be more than final assignments. It can also be a collaborative project for publish use —a website/a curatorial project/or a published work with collaborative efforts. Digital humanities are more effective in recent research and the teaching of premodern literature. UCLA launched a mobile app of digital dictionary KuLA that transcribes premodern cursive Japanese handwriting into legible characters. The research tool—geographic information systems—is also adopted by many literary scholars to collaborate with city planners/geographers/cartographers or to adopt an interdisciplinary approach of spatial analysis in literary work. Some co-teaching or co-authorship are done this way. Instructors who are interested in ethics in pedagogy are also learning from scholarship on disability studies.\n\nKeywords\n\npedagogy literary pedagogy comparative pedagogy land-based pedagogy premodern ORGANIZER;CN=Vivien Jiaqian Zhu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T090000 SUMMARY:Call for Editors - Open Cultural Studies UID:20260822T031434Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Editorial Board Members: Open Cultural Studies
\nOpen Cultural Studies (https://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/culture/html)\, an international peer-reviewed academic journal published by De Gruyter Brill\, invites applications from scholars interested in joining its Editorial Board.
\nThe journal provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for research in Cultural Studies and related fields. We welcome applications from scholars working across a broad range of areas\, including cultural theory\, popular culture\, media studies\, visual culture\, digital cultures\, cultural memory\, gender and sexuality studies\, postcolonial and decolonial studies\, heritage studies\, and other established or emerging areas of cultural research.
\nApplicants should hold a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree and have an active research profile in Cultural Studies or a closely related discipline. We particularly welcome scholars representing diverse intellectual traditions\, methodological approaches\, geographical contexts\, and areas of expertise.
\nMembers of the Editorial Board contribute to the scholarly development of Open Cultural Studies\, support its peer-review and editorial activities\, and help strengthen the journal&rsquo\;s international academic network and profile.
\nScholars interested in joining the Editorial Board are invited to submit their details and areas of expertise through the application form:
\nApplication form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/qcsrDSjB4J
\nJournal: Open Cultural Studies
Publisher: De Gruyter Brill
We encourage colleagues to circulate this call within relevant academic networks.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261002T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261002T170000 SUMMARY:16th Annual Midwestern Medical Humanities Conference UID:20260822T031435Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:America/Detroit LOCATION:Kalamazoo\, United States DESCRIPTION:The 16th Annual Midwestern Medical Humanities Conference will be on Friday\, \;October 2nd\, 2026. The theme of this year&rsquo\;s meeting is Medical Technologies\, which will comprise (at least) one track. Note that this track includes\, but is not limited to\, artificial intelligence in medicine. Other tracks will be on any topic related to medical humanities.
\nWe invite submissions for presentations (with up to two presenters)\, and we also encourage panel submissions (with three or more presenters) that bring together participants from diverse backgrounds or academic disciplines. We further encourage proposals that involve community partners\, would be of interest to the general public\, and/or create opportunities for students.
\nSubmission Guidelines: Submissions should include name\, department/institutional affiliation\, project title\, and an abstract not to exceed 500 words. Proposals should be submitted by August 15th\, 2026 via \;Oxford Abstracts. Conference registration will be required of all presenters.
\nConference Format: \;As in recent years\, the Midwestern Medical Humanities Conference will have a robust online program\, hosted through Microsoft Teams. Our abstract submission form additionally asks whether anyone would like to present in-person (in Kalamazoo\, Michigan). When submitting abstracts\, please indicate your preferred format.
\nWe will explore a dual (online and in-person) program\, given sufficient interest. However\, it is important for us to retain our online format\, to be more inclusive of international presentations\, those with limited travel funding\, and others.
\nPlease see the link to our Oxford Abstracts submission form and other at our conference site:
ORGANIZER;CN="Fritz Allhoff, J.D., Ph.D.";CN=Dominic Aishe: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261005T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261007T170000 SUMMARY:Deliberative Democratic Innovations: Challenges and Opportunities from a Constitutional Perspective UID:20260822T031436Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Innstr. 27\, Passau\, Germany\, 94032 DESCRIPTION:We are looking for two contributions for a panel entitled \;"Deliberative Democratic Innovations: Challenges and Opportunities from a Constitutional Perspective" \;as part of the conference \;Backsliding\, Resilience\, Renewal? Democracy in Eras of Transformation\, which will take place at the \;University of Passau\, Germany from \;Monday 5th \;to Wednesday 7th \;October 2026. Submissions of up to 400 words should be made directly onto the \;webpage \;from Wednesday 26th \;November to Monday 15th \;December 2025. Notification of acceptance will be made by Tuesday 20th \;January 2026.
\nFor organisational inquiries\, please contact Silvia Haider (second.congress@uni-passau.de). The panel is part of the transatlantic project "Open Constitutional Democracy: Reconciling Deliberation and Constitutional Democracy". More information about the call for papers and the panel proposal can be found on the link below. We look forward to your submission!
ORGANIZER;CN="Sonia Anaid Cruz Dávila": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261006T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270706T170000 SUMMARY:Emotion and Society Lab's Works-In-Progress Series (2026-27) UID:20260822T031437Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION: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:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T234500 SUMMARY:9th Annual Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop UID:20260822T031438Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Caldwell Hall\, Chapel Hill\, United States DESCRIPTION:We invite submissions of abstracts for the 2027 Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop\, to be held on March 26-27\, 2027. (Please note that this year's workshop\, unfortunately and unavoidably\, conflicts with the Pacific APA.) Abstracts should be between 750-1000 words (inclusive of footnotes but exclusive of any bibliography) and should summarize a paper that can be presented in no more than 40 minutes. The title of the paper should be included within the document above the abstract. Please prepare your abstract for anonymous review\, and submit it in .pdf or .docx form to chnormativity@gmail.com by October 7th\, 2026.
\nWe will consider papers on any aspect of normativity\, construed broadly to include:
\nThose who presented papers at the last two Normativity Workshops (the 8th annual workshop\, held in 2026\; and the 7th annual workshop\, held in 2025) are not eligible to submit papers this year. Those who chaired/commented at the last two workshops\, or who presented at previous workshops\, are eligible to submit. There is a limit of one submission per person\; co-authored papers count toward this limit.
\nFor the eighth workshop running\, papers accepted to the workshop will be eligible for publication in a special issue of Philosophical Studies. Authors of accepted papers are encouraged\, but not required\, to submit their papers to the special issue.
\nThe authors of the seven best abstracts not selected for the workshop will be invited to chair a session at the workshop and\, as part of that\, to act as a "mini-commentator"\, asking an extended (3-5 minute) first question. In order to facilitate this\, we will ask authors of accepted papers to send their chair-commentators a draft of their full paper by March 1st.
ORGANIZER;CN=Chris Howard;CN=Margaret Shea;CN=Alex Worsnip: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20261008T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20261009T170000 SUMMARY:AvataResponsibility 2026: Virtues without borders: humans\, avatars and collective agents UID:20260822T031439Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:Europe/Bucharest LOCATION:Splaiul Independenței 204\, Bucharest\, Romania DESCRIPTION:Venue: Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Bucharest\, 8 &\; 9 October 2026
\nDescription: Alongside the growing complexity of collective agents such as organizations\, groundbreaking developments in AI and robotics are reshaping our moral landscape in profound and unprecedented ways. With LLM-powered avatars\, AI companions\, and hybrid human-AI assemblages taking the scene\, we are witnessing radical challenges to longstanding assumptions about the nature of agency\, virtue and moral character. Can virtues such as honesty\, practical wisdom\, or care be attributed to artificial or collective agents\, or do they remain the exclusive province of individual human beings? The purpose of this two-day workshop is to explore the puzzle of virtue attribution across an emerging taxonomy of agents\, from human to LLM-powered avatars operating in professional\, educational\, healthcare or virtual gaming environments\, to collective agents encompassing human and artificial agency in organizational settings. Drawing on research from virtue ethics\, AI ethics\, and business ethics\, the workshop aims to interrogate both the theoretical foundations and the practical stakes of extending the traditional virtue-theoretic framework beyond its traditional human-centered scope.
\nOrganizers: This is the third of a series of five yearly workshops hosted by the Research Center in Applied Ethics of the Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Bucharest\, within the framework of the ERC Starting Grant project &ldquo\;avataResponsibility&rdquo\; (Avatar agency. Moral responsibility at the intersection of individual\, collective\, and artificial social entities in emergent avatar communities). Details of the previous edition are available here. The workshop is part of the larger series of events &ldquo\;Responsibility Matters Workshop Series&rdquo\; (RMWS) covering topics related to responsibility across various fields. For further details please contact Mihaela Constantinescu\, PI of the ERC grant avataResponsibility: mihaela.constantinescu@filosofie.unibuc.ro.
\nKeynote and Guest Speakers include
\nRoger Crisp\, University of Oxford
\nMiguel Sicart\, University of Copenhagen \;
\nAlejo Sison\, University of Navarre \;
\nDulce Redin\, University of Navarre \;
\nAnna Puzio\, University of Bern
\nCristian Iftode\, University of Bucharest \;
\nBenjamin Lange\, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitä\;t Mü\;nchen
\n
Submissions: We have two open slots for workshop talks and four open slots for workshop posters. We welcome submissions of abstracts (maximum 500 words\, excluding references) on topics relating virtue to avatars\, AI companions\, artificial or collective agents . Please send your anonymised abstract and short bio by 9 August 2026 to avataresponsibility@ccea.ro. Successful candidates will be notified by the beginning of August. Although full costs cannot be covered\, there might be several (partial) travel/ accomodation reimbursements available for PhD students and post-doctoral researchers without current funding.
This year's meeting of the North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics will meet at University of California Davis. The meeting will feature a keynote address by Dr. Francis Mootz (University of the Pacific) entitled "Law after Postmodernity: Ontology\, Practice\, and Critique." The program will feature a variety of talks on topics in philosophical hermeneutics -- highlighting scholarship on the thought of Hans-Georg Gadamer and the application of hermeneutic theory to a variety of philosophical and social problems. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Carolyn Culbertson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T170000 SUMMARY:Formal Approaches to Rationality and Meaning (FARM) UID:20260822T031441Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:New York\, United States DESCRIPTION:FARM is a conference that aims to bring together researchers studying meaning\, reasoning and rational norms.
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew Mandelkern;CN=Harvey Lederman;CN=Snow Zhang;CN=Paolo Santorio;CN=Julia Staffel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20261021T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20261022T170000 SUMMARY:Digital Ethics and Wellbeing UID:20260822T031442Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:Asia/Shanghai 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:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261029T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261030T170000 SUMMARY:Difficult Actions: Definition\, Value\, and Rationality UID:20260822T031443Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:De Boelelaan 1111\, 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:20260822T031426Z 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:20260822T031444Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn 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:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T170000 SUMMARY:8th CNY Moral Psychology Workshop UID:20260822T031446Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn 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:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Animal Welfare UID:20260822T031447Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn 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:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Riyadh:20261203T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Riyadh:20261205T170000 SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence and the Question of Ethics UID:20260822T031448Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn 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. \;
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:20260822T031426Z 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:20260822T031450Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn 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:
\nThe 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:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270403T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270403T170000 SUMMARY:Kent State University 34th Annual Philosophy Graduate Student Conference UID:20260822T031452Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Kent\, United States\, 42440 ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew Coate: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270409T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270409T230000 SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Hypatia Special Issue ‘Gender and Nation’ UID:20260822T031453Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn 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:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270516T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270523T170000 SUMMARY:The 2027 Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association UID:20260822T031454Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn 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:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270516T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270523T170000 SUMMARY:The 2027 Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association UID:20260822T031455Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn 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:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20270628T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20270709T170000 SUMMARY:Notre Dame Summer Seminars in Philosophy of Religion UID:20260822T031456Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn 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:20260822T031426Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:29990101T033000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:29990201T120000 SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Creativity and Improvisation in Thought\, Practice\, and Mind: An Interdisciplinary Conference UID:20260822T031457Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-757c47d5c7-djdpn 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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