In Conversation: Exploring the Philosophy of Money and Finance &ndash\; Series III
\nA series of interviews with contributors to The Philosophy of Money and Finance (Hardcover\, OUP 2024\; Paperback\, fall 2025)
\nSchedule
\n"Truth in Financial Accounting"
Author: Christopher J. Cowton (Emeritus\, University of Huddersfield)
Interviewer: Lisa Warenski (CUNY Graduate Center)
Date and Time: 15 January 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Green Central Banking" \;
Authors: Peter Dietsch (University of Victoria)\; Clé\;ment Fontan (University of Louvain)
Interviewer: Jens van't Klooster
Date and Time: 25 March 2026\, 18:00 CET
"On the Wrongfulness of Bank Contributions to Financial Crises"
Author: \;Richard Endö\;rfer (University of Gothenburg)
Interviewer: Kobi Finestone (Univeresity of San Diego)
Date and Time: 01 June 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Bitcoins Left and Right: A Normative Assessment of a Digital Currency"
Authors: Lars Lindblom and Joakim Sandberg
Interviewer: Violet Victoria
Date and Time: October (TBA) 2026\, 18:00 CET
New Generation Research Exchange
\n\;Call for Applications \;
\nSummary \;
\nThe Humane Philosophy Society\, in collaboration the Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Warsaw\, Blackfriars Hall\, University of Oxford\, and Faculty of Philosophy\, Zagreb University invite applications for the New Generation Research Exchange programme. The Exchange programme will give young scholars in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) working on Big Questions of fundamental human importance the opportunity to participate in three fully funded workshops taking place at the Universities of Warsaw\, Zagreb and Oxford. Participants will have the further opportunity to apply to continue the research during a term of funded supervised research at the University of Oxford on the Marek Matraszek Fellowship. Participants&rsquo\; research projects will be assessed by an external committee after the final workshop takes place to determine possible supervisors for research visits to Oxford. The Fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 to take place in Trogir\, Croatia. \;
\nAn introductory video can be viewed here: \;
\nhttps://youtu.be/vfaPrP2W2Hs
\nEligibility
\nApplicants will normally be MA or early PhD students at Central and Eastern European research institutions\, including universities\, research academies and seminaries\, or young scholars from CEE on equivalent degree programmes outside the region. The programme is intended to support research projects of successful candidates during the final year of their MA course\, or developing their MA research topics for publication\, or with a PhD application in mind\, as well as those beginning to work on a PhD. Proposed projects should broadly fall under the project themes\, which are outlined below. \; It is expected that most applications will be submitted by natural scientists\, theologians and philosophers\, but there are no disciplinary restrictions and applicants with academic backgrounds in other areas are also welcome. Applications are welcome from researchers working in any religious tradition\, and from researchers working in no religious tradition.
\nFor the purposes of the project\, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is defined as: Albania\, Armenia\, Azerbaijan\, Belarus\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Bulgaria\, Croatia\, Czechia\, Estonia\, Georgia\, Hungary\, Kosovo\, Latvia\, Lithuania\, Moldova\, Montenegro\, North Macedonia\, Poland\, Romania\, Serbia\, Slovakia\, Slovenia and Ukraine.
\nActivities
\nSuccessful candidates will participate in a series of three masterclasses during the course of the programme. The meetings will take place over three days each at the Universities of Zagreb\, Warsaw\, and Oxford. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their work as a group and with invited mentors\, as well as participate in seminars led by prominent visiting speakers. The Fellowship will cover all the costs of participating in each masterclass including travel and accommodation. The fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 which will cover all participant costs except travel. The total value of the Fellowship is 4000 USD. \;
\nSelected participants will have a further opportunity to receive the Marek Matraszek Oxford Fellowship to complete their work during a term at Oxford University\, where they will be able to work closely with a secondary supervisor to advance their research. The funding for research visits at Oxford University will cover accommodation\, living costs\, college fees\, and supervision and have a total value of 3000 USD. \;
\nSupported Research Themes
\nThe programme will support research which engages with Big Questions of universal human importance. We are especially interested in research into fundamental issues which straddle boundaries between disciplines including philosophy\, psychology\, physical sciences\, social sciences\, theology\, literature and cultural studies. Applicants will be expected to engage with recent developments in their disciplines\, and demonstrate a high standard of academic rigor. Suitable topics include\, but are not limited to:
\n▪ The significance of theological traditions for scientific practice today\;
\n▪ The relations of brains\, minds and human persons\;
\n▪ Whether physical cosmology can explain the origin of the cosmos\;
\n▪ The role of religion in the historical development of science\;
\n▪ The place of values in the natural world\;
\n▪ The relevance of literary works and traditions for understanding and interpreting Big Questions\;
\n▪ Phenomenology of human life and interpersonal relations\;
\n▪ Intellectual traditions in CEE and their import for Big Questions\;
\n▪ Free will and scientific determinism and/or divine foreknowledge\;
\n▪ Empirical psychology and the second person perspective\;
\n▪ Phenomenological approaches to religion\;
\n▪ Understanding notions of God\, good and evil in a scientific age.
\nFor further example areas that explore Big Questions applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the Humane Philosophy Society&rsquo\;s website where example areas of interest are listed.
\nFor more information on the NGRE fellowship programme as well as on NGRE alumni visit: \;https://www.humanephilosophy.com/ngre
\nApplication process
\nApplications for Exchange Fellowships must be submitted no later than 1 August 2025 for the cycle of the programme starting October 2025. Applications must include the following documents. \; \;
\n▪A proposal describing the research the candidate is carrying out\, how far the research is advanced\, and an outline of the work the candidate expects to complete during the course of their final year. \;
\n▪A full curriculum vitae\, and a statement saying how the candidate expects to benefit from participating in the programme
\n▪Two academic references including a reference from the candidate&rsquo\;s supervisor if the research project is part of an MA degree. \;
\n▪A confirmation from the candidate&rsquo\;s institution stating that they are allowed to participate in the programme during the academic year 2025&ndash\;6. \;
\nAll application materials should be submitted via email to info@humanephilosophy.com stating in the subject line: &ldquo\;NGRE application&rdquo\;. The results of the competition will be announced in September 2025.
\nBy submitting an application for the New Generation Research Exchange candidates accept and acknowledge the terms of processing their personal data for the purpose of the application process. For further information concerning the processing of personal data by the University of Warsaw see the personal data information sheet. If you have any questions please contact Dr Mikołaj Sławkowski-Rode: m.slawkowski-rode@uw.edu.pl \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode;CN=Marija Selak;CN=Ralph Stefan Weir: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260218T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261209T170000 SUMMARY:Reconstructing Carnap Webinar Series 2026 UID:20260717T213258Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:I am excited to share that the \;Reconstructing Carnap Webinar Series \;will resume in \;February 2026! Please find the official flyer attached. All talks will take place from \;4:30 PM to 6:30 PM CET \;(10:30 AM&ndash\;12:30 PM EST).
The webinar can be accessed via the following link: https://meet.google.com/uaq-jqpf-mwr
Schedule of speakers:
The series is organized in collaboration with \;Carnap in Context IV \;(Ö\;AW\, FWF Grant PAT7905424) and \;Rudolf Carnap Digital \;(MCMP\, LMU Munich). \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Caterina Del Sordo;CN=Luca Oliva;CN=Silvano Zipoli Caiani: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261117T170000 SUMMARY:Wittgenstein's Lecture on Ethics: Online Lecture Series UID:20260717T213259Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Das InterChair Kolloquium ist ein offenes Forum fü\;r Philosophie\, das die Grenzen von Lehrstü\;hlen und Seminarrä\;umen ü\;berschreitet und jede:n dazu einlä\;dt\, ein selbstgewä\;hltes Thema vorzustellen und gemeinsam zu diskutieren &ndash\; egal ob eigene Forschungsarbeit\, Seminararbeit oder persö\;nliches philosophisches Interesse. \; \;
Prä\;sentiert wird in einem Rahmen\, der den Austausch zwischen Studierenden\, Promovierenden und dem weiteren philosophisch Interessierten fö\;rdert. \; \;
Immer mittwochs\, 18 Uhr\, IZPH Bonn.
Zuhö\;rer sind immer herzlichst eingeladen! Dafü\;r muss man sich nicht anmelden! \;
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Dalon Axhimusa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260715T170000 SUMMARY:Representations in Minds\, Brains\, and AI UID:20260717T213301Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:This series was prompted by a recent wave of fascinating new work on the topic of representations. We are honored and happy that so many authors agreed to participate and we hope to provide a platform for further interdisciplinary discussion. Most papers are already available and you can find links here: \;https://www.pe.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophie/ii/bewusstsein/lehre.html.en \;
Schedule
22 April\, \;Rosa Cao \;(Stanford): The Scientist in the Machine \;(paper forthcoming)
29 April\, \;Ken Aizawa \;(Rutgers): \;The Evidence for Representation \;
06 May\, \;Corey Maley \;(Purdue): \;Structural Representation is Analog Representation
13 May\, \;Kevin J. Mitchell \;(Dublin): \;The Origins of Meaning: From Pragmatic Control Signals to Semantic Representation
20 May\, \;Eric Hochstein \;(Victoria\, Canada)): \;Neural Representations as Scientific Posits and Metaphysical Entities
10 June\, \;Manolo Martí\;nez \;(Barcelona): \;The Information-Processing Perspective on Representation
17 June\, \;John Krakauer \;(Johns Hopkins/Champalimaud Foundation) &\; \;Bill Ramsey \;(Nevada\, Las Vegas): \;Mental Representation without Neural Representation
24 June\, \;Nina Poth \;(Radboud\, Nijmegen) &\; \;Annika Schuster \;(Dortmund): \;Mental\, Scientific\, and Artificial Representations
01 July\, \;Lotem Elber-Dorozko \;(Jerusalem) &\; \;Devin Gouvê\;a \;(Holy Cross): \;"Neural Representation" is not a Defective Concept
08 July\, \;Zina B. Ward \;(Florida State): \;Directive Representation and the Job Description Challenge
15 July\, \;Krzysztof Dolega \;(Ruhr-University Bochum): The Gloss on the Machine: Egan's Representations in Mechanistic Explanation \;(paper forthcoming)
All sessions will be on Zoom:
https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/64692924755?pwd=803uh1OEPBkBrEONeL87zJFudGjlw7.1 \; \;
Meeting-ID: 646 9292 4755 | Passwort: 531564
Everybody interested is welcome!
Le Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone\, cré\;é\; en 2024\, vise à\; favoriser une synergie entre celles et ceux qui\, des amateurs aux chercheuses\, fré\;quentent la pensé\;e de Hannah Arendt. Dans cette optique\, nous cherchons à\; mettre en place un rendez-vous ré\;gulier pour en discuter les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects.
\nDu fait de l&rsquo\;é\;tendue de la francophonie\, ces sé\;minaires auront lieu en ligne. Leur principe sera le suivant : les participant-e-s auront tous et toutes pré\;alablement lu un article ou un chapitre ré\;cent\, lequel sera pré\;senté\; trè\;s rapidement par souci de prioriser les é\;changes (10 minutes) par son autrice ou auteur. À\; partir de celui-ci\, un-e membre du ré\;seau ouvrira (5 min) à\; un dé\;bat plus large afin de discuter\, outre l&rsquo\;article\, les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects de l&rsquo\;&oelig\;uvre d&rsquo\;Arendt (1h30).
\nProgramme 2026\nEn 2026\, nous proposons quatre sé\;ances ordinaires du sé\;minaire et une sé\;ance spé\;ciale : «\; Arendt et la science é\;conomique »\;\, «\; Arendt et le travail »\;\, «\; Liberté\;\, volonté\;\, politique »\;\, «\; Arendt et la violence »\;\, «\; Philosophie\, é\;ducation et politique »\;.
\nLe sé\;minaire est ouvert à\; toutes et tous sans inscription pré\;alable \; n&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas à\; venir y assister et y participer. Les articles et textes discuté\;s sont disponibles sur le site du RAF. N&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas non plus à\; nous contacter pour toute demande d&rsquo\;information complé\;mentaire.
\nLe RAF ?\nLe Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone (RAF) se veut un espace divers et pluriel\, rassemblant une communauté\; de doctorant-e-s\, enseignant-e-s\, chercheurs/ses\, intellectuel-le-s et toute personne inté\;ressé\;e ou engagé\;e dans l'é\;tude et la diffusion de la pensé\;e d'Hannah Arendt en France et le monde francophone. À\; travers cette plateforme\, nous souhaitons favoriser les é\;changes intellectuels\, offrir une visibilité\; accrue aux travaux de recherche et cré\;er des liens solides entre francophones s'inté\;ressant à\; et puisant dans l'&oelig\;uvre de cette autrice majeure du XXe siè\;cle.
\nOutre l&rsquo\;organisation de ce sé\;minaire et d'é\;vè\;nements acadé\;miques lié\;s à\; la pensé\;e d'Arendt\, le ré\;seau actualise continuellement un site web qui met à\; disposition : une bibliographie des textes de langue franç\;aise consacré\;s à\; Arendt ou la mobilisant\, un annuaire des membres du ré\;seau\, un agenda des activité\;s francophones qui lui sont dé\;dié\;es et une lettre d'information mensuelle.
\nN'hé\;sitez pas à\; rejoindre le ré\;seau ou à\; nous contacter pour rejoindre l&rsquo\;é\;quipe d&rsquo\;animation !
\n ORGANIZER;CN="Rémi Zanni": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260528T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260924T170000 SUMMARY:Inner Speech Colloquium UID:20260717T213303Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We are happy to announce another season of the online Inner Speech colloquium starting next month\, with a new list of speakers: \;
\n- May 28th - Gary Lupyan (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
\n- June 25th - \;Kasia Jaszczolt (University of Cambridge)
\n- July 16th - \;Romain Bourdoncle (Collè\;ge de France) &\; Axel Baptista (Institut Jean Nicod)
\n- August 20th - Aleksandr Fadeev (University of Leuven)
\n- September 24th - Keith Frankish (University of Sheffield) \;
\nTimes are all 16:30 CEST
\nMore info about the first talk coming soon. We hope to see many of you there next month! For more information or to subscribe to the mailing list\, contact: jonida.kodra@uni-osnabrueck.de
\nBest regards\,
\nJonida Kodra\, Daniel Mü\;ller and Mathijs Geurts (University of Osnabrü\;ck and \;University of Salzburg)
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonida Kodra;CN=Mathijs Geurts;CN="Daniel Lennart Müller": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T170000 SUMMARY:AI and Data Ethics Summer Training Program UID:20260717T213304Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Boston\, United States DESCRIPTION:AI + Data Ethics (AIDE) Summer is a 9-week\, in-person training program intended for graduate students with advanced training in applied ethics\, ethical theory\, philosophy of science\, metascience\, epistemology\, or other areas with potential research applications to artificial intelligence (AI) and big data who would like to develop research capacities in the ethics of AI\, data ethics\, and the philosophy of technology. \;
\nDesigning AI and machine learning systems to promote human flourishing in just and sustainable ways will require a robust and diverse AI and data ethics research community. However\, there are few graduate programs that train students in these areas. The aim of this summer long\, in person training program is to supplement resources in students&rsquo\; home universities with philosophical and technical skills necessary to research in this area.
\nAIDE Summer 2026 especially welcomes epistemologists\, philosophers of science\, and metascience researchers interested in developing a research program in the philosophy of AI and computation.
\nThe 2026 AIDE Summer Program was made possible by generous funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Northeastern's Khoury College of Computer Science.
\nThe summer 2026 program will run from Monday\, June 1st through Friday\, July 31.
\nApplications are due Thursday January 15th\, 2026 at 11:59pm anywhere in the world.
ORGANIZER;CN=Kathleen A. Creel;CN=John Basl: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260604T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Stanley Cavell at 100. An International Centennial Conference UID:20260717T213305Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:Roma\; Paris\; Boston\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Stanley Cavell at 100 \; An International Centennial Conference \; \;
Paris: \;4-5 June 2026 \;| Organized by Sandra Laugier\, Université\; Paris 1 Panthé\;on Sorbonne \; Rome: 8-9 June 2026 \;| Organized by Piergiorgio Donatelli\, Sapienza Università\; di Roma \; Boston: 23-24 October 2026 \;| Organized by Juliet Floyd\, Boston University \; \; \;
In 2026\, we mark the centenary of \;Stanley Cavell (1926&ndash\;2026)\, one of the \;most original and wide-ranging American philosophers of the twentieth century. Cavell&rsquo\;s work traversed traditional disciplinary boundaries&mdash\;engaging deeply with philosophy\, literature\, film\, opera\, psychoanalysis\, politics\, and both American and European traditions of thought. In the spirit of his intellectual breadth and transnational sensibility\, we are organizing a three-part international conference to celebrate his life\, work\, and legacy in Paris\, Rome\, and Boston.
\nWhy This Conference Matters
\nStanley Cavell transformed philosophy into an act of acknowledgment&mdash\;of self\, of others\, and of the everyday. His writings on skepticism\, language\, film\, and the ordinary remain vital at a time when trust in both language and human connection faces renewed challenges. From \;Must We Mean What We Say? \;to \;The Claim of Reason\, from \;The World Viewed \;to \;Pursuits of Happiness\, and through his readings of Emerson and Thoreau\, Cavell helped redefine the scope and style of philosophical writing and teaching.
\nHis engagement with Wittgenstein and Austin reinvigorated the ordinary language tradition\, while his interests in modernism\, cinema\, and American transcendentalism forged a philosophical voice that responded to&mdash\;and often transcended&mdash\;the academic context.
\nThis centennial conference will bring together philosophers\, literary scholars\, and critics to reflect on Cavell&rsquo\;s legacy and extend the conversations he began.
\nThis call for papers concerns all three installments&mdash\;Paris\, Rome\, and Boston&mdash\;of the Cavell at 100 conference.
\nSuggested Themes:
\nWe welcome proposals that engage with the following themes or propose new directions for exploring Cavell&rsquo\;s thought.
\nConference Foci:
\nParis will focus especially on Ordinary Language Philosophy\, Film\, and Popular Culture.
\nRome will center mainly on Ethics\, Politics\, and Forms of Life.
\nBoston will treat primarily Philosophy and Literature\, Tragedy\, Music\, and the Idea of America.
\nSome themes&mdash\;such as skepticism\, modernism\, the ordinary&mdash\;cut across all three conferences.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260605T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260717T170000 SUMMARY:Italian Phenomenology Today 2026 UID:20260717T213306Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Kerpener Str. 30\, Cologne\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Description
\nThis lecture series draws together scholars interested in the rich history and ongoing evolution of phenomenology within the Italian philosophical tradition. It provides a forum for regular discussions where participants can present their latest research or recent publications. Topics will span from the historical and cultural roots of Italian phenomenology and its dialogues with other philosophical traditions&mdash\;including Marxism\, Existentialism\, Pragmatism\, Idealism\, Hermeneutics\, (Post-)Structuralism\, and Neo-Thomism&mdash\;to its intersections with disciplines such as psychology\, psychoanalysis\, sociology\, anthropology\, political theory\, and art. A key objective of the series is also to examine how Italian phenomenological concepts and frameworks can contribute to contemporary debates in fields such as the philosophy of mind\, social and political philosophy\, aesthetics\, and the theory of art and literature. By doing so\, the series fosters dialogue within the phenomenological tradition and across broader philosophical and interdisciplinary contexts.
\nParticipation
\nThe series will be conducted in a \;hybrid format\, both in person at the Husserl Archive in Cologne and online via Zoom. To register\, please email \;italianphenomenology@gmail.comwith the subject &ldquo\;Registration Lecture Series 2026.&rdquo\; The Zoom link will be provided the day before each session.
\nOrganizers: Marco Cavallaro\, Sara Dameno
\nThis series is organized as part of the \;ItaPhen \;project \;and hosted by the Husserl Archive in Cologne.
\nThis lecture series is funded by the \;German Research Foundation (DFG) \;as part of the \;ItaPhen \;project.
\nProgram
\nPlease find the program of the Lecture Series in the PDF attached. \;
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20260629T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20260710T170000 SUMMARY:Yerevan Academy for Linguistics and Philosophy UID:20260717T213307Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Asia/Yerevan LOCATION:40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Armenia\, 0019 DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
\nYerevan Academy of Linguistics and Philosophy (YALP) \;
\n2026\, June 29-July 10\, 2026
\nI. General Information
\nThe Yerevan Academy for Linguistics and Philosophy (YALP) is an annual intensive summer program in linguistics and philosophy. YALP started out in 2017 and brings each year over 50 undergraduate and graduate students together. It hosts students from Armenia and other countries in the region (broadly construed). \; \;
\nThe purpose of the academy is to provide an opportunity for students to develop their knowledge and skills\, possibly with a view toward applying to doctoral programs in philosophy or linguistics (including programs in the USA and Europe).
\nParticipation in the Yerevan Academy for Linguistics and Philosophy is free of charge. \;
\nYALP is generously hosted by the American University of Armenia (AUA) and funded by the European Union. \;
\nYALP has received generous funding from the Center for Ethics in Public Affairs (ETICA)\, enabling us to host a launch reception\, organize a cultural tour for all participants and to provide accommodation for up to eight international participants at the Mashikian Student Residence Hall in Dzoragyugh throughout YALP 2026.
\nThis support is available\, on the basis of financial need\, to participants from Georgia\, Iran\, Turkey\, the Baltic and the Central Asian countries.
\nII. People
\nOrganizers
\nDaniel Altshuler (University of Oxford\, Linguistics) \;
\nArshak Balayan (The American University of Armenia\, Philosophy)
\nSusanna Melkonian-Altshuler (Birkbeck\, University of London\, Philosophy)
\nConsultants
\nMaria Baghramian (Philosophy\, University College Dublin)
\nPaul Boghossian (Philosophy\, New York University)
\nMaria Polinsky (Linguistics\, University of Maryland) \;
\nConfirmed Teaching Faculty
\n1. Farbod Akhlaghi (University of Dublin\, Philosophy)
\n2. Arshak Balayan (American University of Armenia\, Philosophy)
\n3. Lev Blumenfeld (Carleton University\, Linguistics)
\n4. Ludovica Conti (University of Vienna\, Philosophy)
\n5. Setayesh Dashti (University of Gö\;ttingen\, Linguistics)
\n6. Filippo Ferrari (University of Bologna\, Philosophy)
\n7. Chelsea Harry (Southern Connecticut State University\, Philosophy) \;
\n8. Paloma Jeretič (University of Pennsylvania\, Linguistics)
\n9. Armen Marsoobian (Southern Connecticut State University\, \;
\n\; \; Philosophy) \;
\n10. Aleksandre Maskharashvili (University of Illinois\, Linguistics)
\n11. Dean McHugh (University of Edinburgh/NYU\, Linguistics/Philosophy)
\n12. Anthony Nguyen (Florida State University\, Philosophy)
\n13. Maria Polinsky (University of Maryland\, Linguistics)
\n14. Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra (University of Oxford\, Philosophy)
\n15. Miriam Ronzini (University of Manchester\, Philosophy)
\n16. Luisa Seguin (CNRS\, Linguistics)
\n17. Tatevik Yolyan (Rutgers\, Linguistics)
\nIII. Important Dates
\nThe application deadline is April 20\, 2026. Participants will be notified by May 1. To apply\, please fill out the application form (https://sites.google.com/view/yalp2017/yalp-2026/application) and send it to 2026yalp@gmail.com by April 20\, 2026. \;
\nStudents are expected to demonstrate commitment and to attend all classes\, which will be held on weekdays from June 29 through July\, 2026. \;
\nThis summer program will have parallel sessions of linguistics and philosophy. Students are expected to participate in 3-4 classes per day. \;
\nAdditional details about the courses will be published soon on the YALP webpage. We also have a facebook group that interested participants can join. \;
\nIV. Venue
\nAll classes will be held in Paramaz Avedisian Building (PAB) of the American University of Armenia (AUA). \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Daniel Altshuler;CN=Arshak Balayan;CN=Susanna Melkonian-Altshuler: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260703T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260708T170000 SUMMARY:Summer School Desire and Decay in Japanese Philosophy UID:20260717T213308Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Rodestraat 14\, Antwerpen\, Belgium\, 2000 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging five-day summer school at the University of Antwerp\, where you will delve into the significant themes of \;mortality\, desire\, and decay within Japanese ethics and aesthetics. This intensive programme combines philosophical inquiry with insights from literature and contemporary art\, enabling participants to explore how these concepts impact ethical thought and aesthetic expression in both Japanese and Western cultures. \; \;
\nKey themes \;include an introduction to impermanence and decay in Japanese thought\, intersections with process philosophy\, and the cultural implications of kawaii (cuteness) alongside the exploration of Shinto perspectives and contemporary artistic representations. \;Guest lecturers \;will share their expertise\, enhancing discussions through \;interdisciplinary case studies and interactive seminars. \;Confirmed lecturers are Masahiro Morioka\, Thorsten Botz-Bornstein\, Kyoko Kasuya\, Takeshi Morisato\, \; Adam \;Loughnane\, \;Camil Valerio Ristè\;\, Manon Paredis\, Tom Hannes\, \;Franlu Vulliermet\, \;Bart Vandeput\, Christina Stadlbauer\, \; Kristien Hens. By the end of the course\, you will gain an understanding of \;how Japanese philosophical traditions address the complexities of life\, death\, and the human experience.
\n\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260704T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2026: Climate Philosophy in the Capitalocene UID:20260717T213309Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Città di Castello\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Call for applications: Deadline extended to March 1 2026
\nCollegium \;Phaenomenologicum \;2026: \;Climate Philosophy in the Capitalocene
\nThe theme for the Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2026 is climate philosophy in the anthropocene. \;Climate philosophy responds to environmental destabilization by discussing climate temporalities and spatialities\, eco-politics\, climate justice\, climate affects\, and the ethical and political reorientations demanded by climate change. Climate philosophy also rethinks climate\, partly in response to global heating\, as world in the phenomenological sense and as history and habitat of life on earth. The Capitalocene references the Anthropocene dominated by colonial capitalism and its uneven and ongoing histories. In the first week\, we will question\, in discussion with phenomenology and climate science\, how the temporal framing of climate change is narrated. The second week moves the focus to space by exploring\, principally in conversation with deconstruction and French philosophy more broadly\, how climate change alters the sense of world beyond globalization. The final week&rsquo\;s course draws on eco-marxism\, bio-politics\, and eco-feminism to propose a fundamental rethinking of the political at the end of the world.
\nThe Collegium runs from July 6th to 24th\, 2026\, preceded by the participants' conference on July \;4th and 5th. \;The deadline to apply has been extended to March 1\, 2026\, and \;we welcome applications from within philosophy and related disciplines concerned with the overarching theme. \;
\nFurther details of the topic and the lecturers\, abstracts for each of the three courses\, and application forms are available on the website at
\nhttps://collegiumphaenomenologicum.org/ \;
\nFor all enquiries contact:
\nMatthias Fritsch (director) \;matthias.fritsch@concordia.ca
\nRebecca van der Post (graduate assistant) \;graduateassistant2026@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthias Fritsch: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Budapest:20260706T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Budapest:20260710T170000 SUMMARY:Collective Moral and Intellectual Virtues - Summer Course UID:20260717T213310Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Budapest LOCATION:Nádor utca 9.\, Budapest\, Hungary\, 1051 DESCRIPTION:Collectives and other groups have the capacity to do more than any of their individual members could accomplish alone. Groups can achieve great accomplishments and benefits\, but they can also commit evil at scale. Likewise\, through the division of cognitive labor and with the support of technologies of communication and inference\, collectives can learn things that no individual could achieve in a lifetime. However\, collectives can also spread misinformation\, disinformation\, unwarranted conspiracy theories\, and propaganda at hitherto-unimagined speed and scale. \;
\nThis course addresses both the promise and the peril that attend our increasingly connected\, global community. It offers participants the chance to think through the ethical difficulties of existence within contemporary communities\, and consider how to construct those communities in ways that enable us to flourish together as moral\, epistemic\, and political agents. We will begin with an introduction to individual virtue theory (both ethical and epistemic)\, then expand to a consideration of collective virtue theory.
\nPhilosophers have developed accounts not only of the virtues but also detailed accounts of the vices that oppose and undermine them. The fields of both vice ethics and vice epistemology have grown in recent years. Many of these vices only exist in collective contexts because they presuppose various forms of complex sociality. Interdisciplinary scholars have also developed more thorough accounts of not only individual but also collective virtues and vices\, as well as the relationship between individual and collective virtues and vices. The resulting understanding of cognitive technologies and the forms that cognitive conflict can take informs our thinking about what virtue is up against\, and what it consists of. \;
\nThe team of teachers of this course has experience with both theorizing and conducting empirical studies\, using methods from psychology\, cognitive science\, and artificial intelligence.
\nFinancial aid is available. \;
\nApplication deadline: 2026 March 1.
ORGANIZER;CN=Mark Alfano: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260706T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260708T170000 SUMMARY:Rethinking Leadership UID:20260717T213311Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Webster Vienna Private University\, Palais Wenkheim\, Praterstrass 23\, 1020\, Wien\, Vienna\, Austria DESCRIPTION:**Deadline extended - abstract submissions due 15th of April**
\nTopic:
\nLeadership and the uses that are made of it have an undeniable claim to be one of the socially consequential areas of political\, moral\, and economic philosophy that traditional philosophy journals tend to focus on. \; Leadership\, we feel\, remains a field of inquiry that is (still) ready and waiting for careful conceptual analysis.
\nFormat:
\nThis will be a small two-day workshop on the philosophy of leadership\, in Vienna\, for late July. Following on from the first workshop in 2025\, the format will be a small group with longer than usual round table sessions for in depth discussions. Full papers will be required 4 weeks before the workshop to allow for in depth commentary. \;
\nPapers will each have a dedicated reader\, with author response and group discussions. \;
\nThe focus is on exploring leadership through the lens of analytic philosophy. \; Anyone with any training can participate\, as long as you&rsquo\;re ready to use that lens for two days. \; No papers will be presented\; all materials will be distributed and read in advance.
\nWe plan to have up to ten sessions. \; If you want us to discuss your work\, please email us an abstract for approval before March 30th. \;
\nGraduate students with relevant background are welcome and encouraged\, please email us for more information. \;
\nDeadlines:
\nAbstracts \;should be emailed to us by 15th of April 2026.
\nFull papers \;(after acceptance of abstracts): 1st June 2026
\nPotential Questions for Focus:
\nThere is no shortage of unresolved questions about the connection between leadership and ethics. \; Questions relating to the definition of leadership include:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How is leadership to be defined when we take it to be a mere socially descriptive role\, independent of socially created rights and responsibilities?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How is leadership to be defined when we take it to be an individual quality\, virtue\, or characteristic\, rather than either a social function or description?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Are followers a necessary reciprocal to any of these concepts of leadership (the functional role\, the descriptive role\, the individual quality)? \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How can we be sure that the concept of leadership is being applied univocally when applied across times and cultures?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What is the conceptual difference between leadership and management?
\nAnother major area of philosophical inquiry concerns the connection between leadership and ethics. \; Significant questions remain:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What is the conceptual relationship between good leadership\, effective leadership\, and ethical leadership?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; What are the ethical implications of a leader&rsquo\;s efforts to occupy the leadership role\, as opposed to executing it?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; How do we distinguish between the leader&rsquo\;s organizational responsibility to advance the group&rsquo\;s purpose and the leader&rsquo\;s moral responsibility to benefit humankind?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; To what extent is the leader\, as the agent of the principals (whether shareholders\, citizens\, or other constituencies)\, ethically bound to advance the interests of those principals? \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Is respect for human dignity essential to the concept of good leadership\, or is it&mdash\;at most&mdash\;an instrumental means to organizational success?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Does leadership necessarily introduce limitations upon the autonomy of organization members\, or can the leadership function be carried out even while enhancing their capacity and autonomy?
ORGANIZER;CN=Jacqueline Boaks;CN=David Carl Wilson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260706T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260708T170000 SUMMARY:Online Career Development/Training Sessions in Global Philosophy of Religion UID:20260717T213312Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Online \;Career \;Development/Training Sessions
\nIn early July\, the Global Philosophy of Religion 2 project is running a series of online training seminar to support the \;career \;development of scholars from underrepresented geographical regions and traditions. In doing so we aim to expand opportunities\, networks\, and experiences available to such scholars. We have secured fantastic and world-leading panellists to share their advice and expertise.
\nAttendees must register for each session \;separately \;to receive the meeting link. Registration is through the links on our website. In the registration process there is an opportunity to propose questions to the speakers for them to address in their discussion. \;
\n\nMonday 6th July 2026\, 17:00-18:30 BST: \;PUBLISHING.
\nSpeakers:
\; \; Prof Yujin Nagasawa\, editor of Religious Studies and and Cambridge Elements in Global Philosophy of Religion
\; \; Prof Franklin Perkins\, editor of Philosophy East and West
Chair:
\; \; Dr Martin Pickup\, PI Global Philosophy of Religion Project 2
Tuesday 7th \;July 2026\, 15:00-16:30 BST: JOB MARKET.
\nSpeakers:
\; \; Professor Jennifer Morton\, University of Pennsylvania
\; \; Dr Ana Bajzelj\, University of California Riverside
\; \; Dr Martin Pickup\, PI Global Philosophy of Religion Project 2
Chair:
\; \; Dr Marie-Hé\;lè\;ne Gorisse\, Co-PI Global Philosophy of Religion Project 2
Wednesday 8th \;July 2026\, 15:00-16:30 BST: GRANT APPLICATIONS. \;
\nSpeakers:
\; \; Dr Andrea Acri\, PI ERC Consolidator grant MANTRATANTRAM and Lead Researcher ERC Synergy grant MANTRAMS \;
\; \; Dr Ayşenur Ü\;nü\;gü\;r Tabur\, current Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellow
\; \; Dr Martin Pickup\, PI Global Philosophy of Religion Project 2
Chair:
\; \; Dr Marie-Hé\;lè\;ne Gorisse\, Co-PI Global Philosophy of Religion Project 2
We invite abstracts for our forthcoming workshop\, Philosophy of Explainable AI: New Directions\, to be held at Aarhus University on \;July 7 - 9\, 2026. The workshop aims to bring together scholars working on the philosophical dimensions of explainability/interpretability/transparency in machine learning\, to share recent work and discuss future directions for the field. We have invited a number of keynotes to be announced in due course.
\nThe conference is part of the TREAT project (https://projects.au.dk/treat). Towards Responsible Explainable AI Technologies (TREAT) examines the benefits and risks of so-called &ldquo\;Explainable AI&rdquo\; technologies for creating and using AI in an ethically responsible manner. One of the main ethical concerns regarding complex AI systems is that they risk becoming unintelligible black boxes. In response\, a subfield within AI research\, known as explainable AI (XAI)\, seeks to develop tools for generating explanations of AI systems. Such explanations are important in order to enable people to understand and think critically about AI systems. However\, explanations are not just an ethical good: they also risk creating a false sense of understanding\, which can be exploited to mislead or even manipulate. To resolve this dilemma\, TREAT seeks to philosophically grounded theories of representational adequacy\, explanatory honesty\, and legitimacy for XAI technologies.
\nWe welcome abstracts addressing any philosophically salient issue relating to explainability\, interpretability or transparency in machine learning. This includes (but is not limited to) papers drawing on ethics\, epistemology\, philosophy of science or political philosophy. We hope to have a diverse programme\, representing a broad range of exciting new philosophical work engaging with XAI technologies\, broadly construed.
\nWe especially encourage applications from junior scholars and those from underrepresented backgrounds. Travel and accommodation costs for successful applicants will be covered\, and there will be no registration fees for the event. To apply\, please send an abstract of 300-400 words (excluding references) to treat@au.dk no later than Wednesday 1st April.
\nIf you are have any questions\, feel free to contact us on treat@au.dk
\nWe look forward to hearing from you.
\nRune Nyrup\, Torben Agergaard\, and Molly Powell
ORGANIZER;CN=Molly Powell: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260707T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260707T234500 SUMMARY:Phenomenological Anthropologies and Forms of the Human UID:20260717T213314Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:In the context of contemporary phenomenology\, the issue of anthropology reappears as an irreducible problem to definitions\, closed typologies\, or normative models of the human being. \;From Husserl to contemporary phenomenologies\, the human being manifests a mode of appearing that occurs in the world\, in the body\, in affectivity\, in relation to the other\, in finitude\, in historicity\, and in openness to what exceeds it. In this sense\, the human phenomenon compels us to think of anthropology without essentialisation\, attentive to donation\, to the event\, to original passivity\, to exposure\, and to the distance the subject maintains from itself.
\nThis dossier invites scientific articles that critically address phenomenological anthropologies\, understood as attempts to think about the human from its mode of appearing\, rather than from a prior definition. The focus is particularly on exploring how the human phenomenon exceeds the classical horizon of philosophical anthropology and opens possibilities for understanding the human being as one who gives itself in encounter\, who is constituted in relation\, who discovers itself thrown\, affected\, exposed\, called\, or received.
\nContributions are expected to engage\, among others\, with issues such as:
\nthe impossibility or necessity of an anthropology without essentialist definition
\nthe status of the lived body and flesh
\ndonation\, passivity\, and receptivity as anthropological keys
\nalterity\, intersubjectivity\, and encounter
\nfinitude\, affectivity\, and vulnerability
\nthe event and its impact on understanding the human
\nthe relationship between anthropology\, phenomenology\, and hermeneutics
\ntensions between subjectivity\, ipseity\, and the decentring of the self
\nArticles may engage with classical and contemporary authors of the phenomenological tradition\, such as Husserl\, Scheler\, Stein\, Plessner\, Gehlen\, Heidegger\, Merleau-Ponty\, Levinas\, Marcel\, Ric&oelig\;ur\, Henry\, Marion\, Dastur\, Falque\, Lacoste\, Waldenfels\, Serban\, Depraz\, Mensch\, Zahavi\, among others\, as well as with current debates surrounding the very possibility of a phenomenological anthropology.
\nThe dossier will be published in Mutatis Mutandis: International Journal of Philosophy. Submissions must strictly adhere to the editorial guidelines\, presentation\, citation\, and evaluation standards available in www.revistamutatismutandis.com.
\n ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20260708T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20260708T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop: Attention in Ancient Philosophy UID:20260717T213315Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Oslo LOCATION:Blindernveien 31\, Oslo\, Norway\, 0851 DESCRIPTION:Attention has become an increasingly important topic across several areas of philosophy\, and recent work in ancient philosophy has shown how it can open up new methodological approaches\, new ways of framing questions\, and new interpretations of familiar texts and ideas.
\nThis workshop brings together scholars working in this emerging area of research. This first edition&mdash\;hopefully to be followed by others&mdash\;focuses broadly on attention in relation to Aristotle&rsquo\;s practical philosophy. It will also feature a talk by a contemporary philosopher affiliated with the \;GoodAttention \;project.
\nA more detailed programme will be circulated at a later date.
\nThe workshop will take place primarily in person\, but online participation will also be possible. Those wishing to attend online are kindly asked to register using the form below. The Zoom link and further practical information will be sent to registered participants before the workshop: \;https://nettskjema.no/a/638091 \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Zihao Guo: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260708T094500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260709T170000 SUMMARY:Conatus – Self-determination – Subjectivity – Hegel and/or/with Spinoza UID:20260717T213316Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Universitatsplatz 1\, Heidelberg\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Conatus &ndash\; Self-determination &ndash\; Subjectivity &ndash\; Hegel and/or/with Spinoza
\nPhilosophisches Seminar\, University of Heidelberg
\n\nHö\;rsaal 04a\, Neue Universitä\;t\, Heidelberg University
\nUniversitä\;tsplatz 1\, \;69117 Heidelberg
\n8&ndash\;9.07.2026
\n\nWednesday\, 8th \;of July
\n\n9:45 Welcome\, coffee
\n\n10:00 Ursula Renz (Graz): Spinozean \;acquiescientia in se ipso \;vs. Hegelian Reconciliation
\n\n11:00 Coffee break
\n\n11:30 Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins): Spinoza and Hegel on Self-Negation
\n\n12:30 Lunch break
\n\n13:30 Misa Sanada (Nagoya): From Conatus to Being-with-Oneself-in-Another: Mendelssohn\, Jacobi\, and the Path from Spinoza to Hegel
\n\n14:30 Coffee break
\n\n15:00 \;Bojana Jovićević (Ljubljana): Knowledge and Action in Spinoza&rsquo\;s Ethics and Hegel&rsquo\;s Logic
\n\n16:00 Coffee break
\n\n16:30 \;Julia Peters (Heidelberg): Privatio nihil est? Hegel&rsquo\;s Critique of Spinoza on Negative Affect
\n\n17:30 short coffee break
\n\n17:45 \;Birgit Sandkaulen (Bochum): Wie passt das Theorem des conatus zu Hegels negativistischer Spinozalektü\;re?
\n\n19:30 Dinner
\n\n\nThursday\, 9th \;of July
\n\n10:00 Oliver Toth (Heidelberg): Sensory and rational principles of action in Spinoza and Hegel
\n\n11:00 coffee break
\n\n11:30 Jack Stetter (Louisiana State/South Florida): State Individuality and War in Spinoza and Hegel
\n\n12:30 Lunch break
\n\n13:30 Martin Saar (Frankfurt): Hegel or Spinoza? Subjectivity\, Intersubjectivity and &ldquo\;Transindividuality&rdquo\;
\n\n14:30 Coffee break
\n\n15:00 Ana-Silvia Munte (Tü\;bingen): Spinoza&rsquo\;s Conatus and Hegel&rsquo\;s Stocking: Why a Mended Self-Consciousness is Worse than a Torn One
\n\n16:00 Coffee break
\n\n16:30 \;James Kreines (Claremont McKenna): Philosophy of Action and Priority of the Practical\, Without Human-Perspective-Defensive Reasoning: Spinoza&rsquo\;s Conatus and Hegel&rsquo\;s Self-Determination
\n\n17:30 Concluding remarks\, reception
\n\n20:00 Screening of the movie &ldquo\;Spinoza: Six Reasons for the Excommunication of the Philosopher&rdquo\;
\nGloriette Cinema\, Hauptstraß\;e 146\, 69117 Heidelberg
\nFollowed by a podium discussion &ldquo\;Spinoza and the Good Life&rdquo\; with the director of the film David Ofek\, and Michael Engel (Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies)\, Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins)\, Ursula Renz (Graz) on the therapeutic role of Spinoza&rsquo\;s philosophy\, moderated by Julia Peters (Heidelberg).
\n\nThe conference is free and open to everyone. Due to limited seating\, we ask for registration by sending an e-mail to: \;oliver.toth@uni-heidelberg.de.
\n\nRegistration does not automatically include a ticket for the screening\; tickets can be bought directly at the cinema independently from the registration.
\n\nThe conference is organized by Julia Peters and Oliver Toth\; it is generously funded by the DFG and is part of the project &bdquo\;Conatus\, Trieb und die Erkenntnis der Freiheit: Spinozas Einfluss auf Hegels praktische Philosophie&ldquo\;.
ORGANIZER;CN=Oliver Toth;CN=Julia Peters: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260708T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260709T170000 SUMMARY:Sex UID:20260717T213317Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:The Spontaneity of Freedom (SPONT)\, a European Research Council/UKRI-funded project based at University College London\, explores forms of human agency and freedom that are not easily captured by models of rational planning or control. SPONT hosts an annual workshop: this year\, the theme of the workshop will be &ldquo\;sex\,&rdquo\; the first in a planned three-year conference series exploring \;&ldquo\;sex\, drugs\, and rock-and-roll.&rdquo\;
\nPreliminary Schedule \;
\nWednesday\, 8 July
\n9.45 Breakfast
\n10.00 \;Andreja Novakovic \;(University of California\, Berkeley)&ndash\; Frock Consciousness in \;The Second Sex
\n11.45 Ry Smith \;(Columbia University) &ndash\; Who Cares about the Rules Anyway? Rendering BDSM Philosophically Legible
\n13.15 Lunch
\n14.30 Nick Clanchy \;(University of Oxford) &ndash\; &lsquo\;Dreaming of a World Exempt from Meaning&rsquo\;: Roland Barthes on Love
\n16.00 Coffee break
\n16.15 \;Tim Dean \;(University of Illinois) &ndash\; Libidinal Economies of Fascism
\n19.00 Dinner &ndash\; The Lady Ottoline\, 11A Northington St\, London WC1N 2JF
\nThursday\, 9 July
\n9.45 Breakfast
\n10.00 \;Francey Russell \;(Barnard College and Columbia University) &ndash\; Opacity and Intimacy: Kant on Sex and Friendship
\n11:45 \;Elena Comay del Junco \;(University of Connecticut) &ndash\; Why Desire Is Better than Sex: Some History
\n13.15 Lunch
\n14.30 \;Lizzy Holt \;(University College London) &ndash\; On Lesbian &lsquo\;Sex&rsquo\;
\n16.00 Coffee break
\n16.15 Keynote: \;Avgi Saketopoulou \;(Private Practice / NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis) &ndash\; Race Play\, Refracted: Trauma and Sexuality in Stalag Fiction
\n19.00 Dinner &ndash\; Boulevard Brasserie\, 40 Wellington St\, London WC2E 7BD
\nCommentators
\nEllie Anderson \;(Pomona College)
\nAyesha Chakravarti (University College London)
\nJeremey David Fix \;(University of Oxford)
\nJonathan Gingerich \;(University College London and Rutgers University)
\nFederica Gregoratto (University of Lucerne) \;
\nKirstine La Cour \;(University of Oxford)
\nAnn Pellegrini \;(New York University)
\nSimon Shogry \;(University of Oxford)
\nDue to space and budgetary constraints\, attendance at this workshop is by invitation. If you would like to attend\, please write to philosophy.spont@ucl.ac.uk and we will accommodate you if possible.
ORGANIZER;CN=Jonathan Gingerich;CN=Francey Russell;CN=Daniela Dover;CN=David Chandler: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260708T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260710T170000 SUMMARY:Joint Session 2026 UID:20260717T213318Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Whiteknights Campus\, Reading\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:The Joint Session is a three-day conference in philosophy held annually by the Aristotelian Societyand the Mind Association. It has taken place at nearly every major university across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Since 1910\, the Joint Session has grown to become the largest gathering of philosophers in the country\, attracting prestigious UK and international speakers working in a broad range of philosophical areas.
\nInaugurated by the incoming President of the Mind Association &ndash\; this year\, Professor Rosanna Keefe&ndash\; the Joint Session includes symposia\, open\, postgraduate\, and SWIP sessions. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Luke Elson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260708T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260710T170000 SUMMARY:Twenty-Third Annual Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy\, 2026 UID:20260717T213319Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:America/Halifax LOCATION:6135 University Avenue\, Halifax\, Canada\, B3H 4R2 DESCRIPTION:Twenty-Third Annual Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy\,
\nJuly 08 &ndash\; 10\, 2026.
\nHeld in Room 1130\, Marian McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building\, Dalhousie University\, 6135 University Ave.\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia.
\n\nWednesday\, July 08.
\n9:00 am\, ADT (Atlantic Daylight Time)
\nJoseph Adler\, University of Tennessee
\n"Spinoza and Christian Thought: The Case of Christophorous Sandius"
\n10:30 am Erica Ferg and Bryan\, Hall \;Regis University
\n"Spinoza and the Limits of Toleration"
\n12:00\, \;LUNCH\, \;Room 1142\, Dept. Lounge
\n1:00 pm
\nKay Bischof\, University of Jerusalem\,
\n"The Specter of Spinozism in Descartes&rsquo\; Meditations"
\n2:30 pm
\nAntonio Borge\, University of Nottingham
\n"Towards an Objectivist Reading of Spinoza&rsquo\;s Panpsychism"
\n4:00 pm
\nThomas Vinci\, Dalhousie University
\n"Anne Conway&rsquo\;s Theory of Vision: A Modern\, Quantum Theoretical Interpretation"
\n\nThursday\, July 09
\n9:00 am
\nJeff Edwards\, \;SUNY\, Stoneybrook
\n"Kant on Imperfect Duties"
\n10:30 am
\nNicholas Dunn\, University of Lethbridge
\n"Judgment\, Latitude and Kant&rsquo\;s Distinction between Perfect and Imperfect Duties"
\n12:00\, LUNCH\, \;Room 1142\, \;Dept. Lounge
\n1:00 pm
\nRaimundo Cox\, \;University of Pittsburgh
\n"Kant&rsquo\;s Theory of Moral Intelligibility"
\n2:30
\nAman Sakhardande\, \;University of Toronto
\n"Is Time an A Priori Representation: Locke Contra Kant"
\n4:00 pm
\nLiam Dempsey\, \;Kwantlen Polytechnical University
\n"Newton on God\, Space and Matter: Four Spectres of Irreligion"
\n\nFriday\, July 10
\n9:00 am
\nCarl Abrahamsen\, \;New York University
\n"Adam Smith on the Love of Praiseworthiness and the Internalized Other"
\n10:30 am
\nMatthew Leisinger\, \;York University
\n"Cudworth on Indifference"
\n12:00\, \;LUNCH\, \;Room 1142\, \;Dept. Lounge
\n1:00 pm
\nRegina Hurley\, \;SUNY\, \; Buffalo
\n"The Impassioned Intellect: the Practical Aim of Descartes&rsquo\;s Meditations."
\n3:00 pm
\n(Joint with the Philosophy Department&rsquo\;s Friday Seminar)
\nKevin Busch\, \;Claremont McKenna College
\n"A Problem for Humean Modality"
\n\n7:00 pm
\nConference Banquet
\nLocation: TBA
\n\nThe website of the conference is linked to the homepage of the Department of Philosophy\, Dalhousie University. Its&rsquo\; URL is: https://www.dal.ca/sites/acsemp.html .
\nMailing Address:
\nProfessor Tom Vinci (Ret&rsquo\;d)
\nDepartment of Philosophy
\nDalhousie University
\n6135 University Ave\, Rm. 1142
\nHalifax\, NS\, B3H 4R2\, Canada.
\nDept phone: 902 494 3510
\nFax: 902 494-3518
\nCell: \; 902 880 8919
\nEmail address: vinci@dal.ca
\nZoom Link: Contact Professor Vinci
ORGANIZER;CN=Tom Vinci: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T170000 SUMMARY:PIKSI-Boston 2026 UID:20260717T213320Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:32 Vassar Street\, Cambridge\, United States DESCRIPTION:PIKSI-Boston is a week-long summer philosophy program that encourages undergraduates to pursue advanced study in the field. About twenty undergraduate fellows attend the institute\, participating in seminars led by graduate teaching fellows\, one-on-one mentorship sessions with teaching fellows\, and lectures and panels on graduate school and academia featuring visiting professors. The program takes place at MIT in July and organized through a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, the University of Massachusetts Boston\, and Harvard University.
\nHow To Apply: The application materials for the Alain Locke Fellows at PIKSI-Boston include a transcript\, writing sample\, two short essay answers\, and recommendations from two faculty members. Please note that international students are fully eligible for this fellowship. The application form and recommender submission forms are available below.
\nImportant Dates: \;Summer Institute (July 8-16\, 2026)
\nSee Call for papers.
ORGANIZER;CN=Tom Vinci: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260709T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260711T170000 SUMMARY:The Armchair on Trial: A Graduate Conference on Philosophical Methodology UID:20260717T213322Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Univeristätsstraße 7\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:Topic:
This year'sannual WFAP graduate conference is devoted to debates around philosophical methodology. It is centered around the question of whether philosophy is best done from the philosophical armchair or whether it can and should be done using empirical methods. The conference is focused on the extent to which the emergence of naturalistic approaches and of experimental philosophy (&ldquo\;X-Phi&rdquo\;) pose a problem to &lsquo\;traditional&rsquo\; armchair methods (e.g. consulting intuitions\, conceptual analysis\, reflective equilibrium\, conceptual engineering). We are interested both in work that focuses on individual methods or on the relations between them (e.g. their compatibility).
We aim to bring together early career and advanced researchers in order to discuss questions such as: \;
\nWe welcome submissions that apply these methodological issues to other philosophical debates as case studies.
\nIf you wish to align your talk with the WFAP's reading circle in preparation for the conference\, feel free to check out our readings here:
https://wfap.philo.at/reading-schedule-25-26/
You can take a look at our past graduate conferences here:
https://wfap.philo.at/conferences
For some time\, Classical German and Early Analytic Philosophy seemed to represent two fundamentally different schools of thought. However\, a more profound analysis reveals a continuity in their philosophical explorations. Both paradigmatic authors of Classical German Philosophy\, such as Kant and Hegel\, as well as pioneers of Analytic Philosophy\, such as Frege and Wittgenstein\, engaged deeply with questions about the nature of thinking\, the role of language for thought\, the feasibility of a science of logic beyond mathematical boundaries\, and the complex interplay between thought and being.
\nThe graduate conference aims to promote dialogue among early career scholars on the historical and systematic connections between Classical German Philosophy (especially the works of Kant and Hegel) and Early Analytic Philosophy. The conference will focus on the continuing relevance of both traditions of thought for systematic problems in current philosophical discussion. This year\, the conference shall focus on paradigmatic topics such as the nature of logic as a philosophical inquiry of thought\, the relation between logical forms and the sensible aspect of experience\, the philosophical comprehension of the conditions for action and right\, and the integration between the forms of subjective thought and the objective world.
\nThe conference is hosted by the Chair of Philosophy and History of Philosophy at the University of Stuttgart (Christian Martin). Several senior scholars\, including James Conant (Chicago)\, Matthias Haase (Chicago)\, and Marvin Tritschler (Stuttgart)\, will participate in the event as discussants. The program can be accessed on the conference website: tinyurl.com/yevnhuft
\nYoung scholars interested in the conference topic are very welcome to participate as listeners and discussants. To attend\, please register by writing to Thomas Dittler at st197123@stud.uni-stuttgart.de.
\nOrganization: James Conant\, Thomas Dittler\, Christian Martin &\; Ana Vieyra
ORGANIZER;CN=James Conant;CN=Christian Martin;CN=Ana Vieyra;CN=Thomas Dittler: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260709T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260711T170000 SUMMARY:European Congress for Metaphysics UID:20260717T213324Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Munich\, Germany DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: INAUGURAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS FOR METAPHYSICS
\nSubmission Deadline: 1 March 2026
\nWe invite extended abstracts of up to 1000 words for presentation at the first meeting of the European Congress for Metaphysics to be held 9-11 July 2026 in Munich\, Germany. Abstracts are welcome \;in \;any area of metaphysics\, where this should be construed widely so as to include topics in metaphysics of science\, social metaphysics\, history of metaphysics\, metametaphysics\, metaphysics of mind\, metaphysics of value\, and formal metaphysics. Abstracts may be submitted using the following instructions.
\n
PhD students and scholars within 10 years of their PhD are additionally welcome to submit a 4000-5000 word paper on any topic in metaphysics for consideration for the \;European Congress for Metaphysics Essay Prize. Submissions for the Essay Prize should also include the extended abstract of 1000 words. In addition to the Essay Prize\, all paper submissions from students and scholars within 10 years of their PhD will be considered for travel grants of 800 Euro each\, to defray travel costs. 10 such grants will be awarded.
Abstracts and papers are particularly welcome from women\, members of other groups historically underrepresented in metaphysics\, and early career scholars\, including PhD students.
This conference will include \;keynote presentations \;from \;Esa Dí\;az-Leó\;n\, \;Jonathan Schaffer\, and Barbara Vetter\, as well as the recipient of the European Congress for Metaphysics Essay Prize. \; \; The program committee comprises Giacomo Andreoletti\, Boris Demarest\, Fabrice Correia\, Esa Dí\;az-Leó\;n\, Jani Hakkarainen\, Mario Hubert\, Max Kistler\, Ø\;ystein Linnebo\, Anna-Sofia Maurin\, Alyssa Ney\, Asya Passinsky\, and David Yates.
Instructions:
To be considered for inclusion on the conference program\, abstracts (and papers) must meet the following conditions:
\; \;To be considered\, the body of the email should include the following information:
\nThe sponsors for the 2026 European Congress for Metaphysics are the Center for Advanced Study and the Lehrstuhl fü\;r Metaphysik (Chair of Metaphysics) at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260709T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260711T170000 SUMMARY:European Congress for Metaphysics UID:20260717T213325Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1\, Munich\, Germany ORGANIZER;CN=Alyssa Ney: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260710T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260710T170000 SUMMARY:Losing Oneself: Self-Alienation in Post-Kantianism and Beyond UID:20260717T213326Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:32 Russell Square\, London\, United Kingdom\, WC1B 5DN DESCRIPTION:Royal Holloway\, University of London and the London Post-Kantian Seminar host a one-day conference entitled &ldquo\;Losing Oneself: Self-Alienation in Post-Kantianism and Beyond&rdquo\;. The event receives funding from the Mind Association and Royal Holloway.
\nIt is among the most human and yet most dehumanizing experiences to lose oneself&mdash\;to suffer self-alienation. This can be brought on by everyday emotions like shame or guilt about a job done badly or a friend left hanging\; it can be a consequence of inhumane conditions of labour\; it can go along with traumatic or violent events\; and it can be a core experience of those going through persecution\, internment\, and civilizational collapse. Crucially\, even the mere reflection on oneself as human can engender self-alienation. The phenomenon of self-alienation thus has an array of aspects that range from the psychological via the social\, political\, existential\, and metaphysical\, to the aesthetic and literary.
\nIn modern times\, an important philosophical tradition that responds to this vulnerability of human life is post-Kantianism broadly construed: first taking center stage in Fichte\, Hegel\, and Marx\, the problem of self-alienation was further developed by Arendt\, the Frankfurt School\, and then post-Wittgensteinian authors like Cavell\, Diamond\, and Crary. The problem also reaches beyond post-Kantianism and is at the center of current debates in political philosophy\, philosophy of action\, feminism\, \;philosophy of gender\, \;aesthetics\, and the philosophy of epistemic injustice. This conference brings together authors from within and beyond the post-Kantian tradition\, as well as junior and senior researchers.
\nThe event is free and open to all! To register and for any inquiries please contact: jens.pier@rhul.ac.uk.
\nSpeakers and Respondents:
Benedict Blunt (Oxford) \;
Diana Craciun (UCL)
Lizzy Holt (UCL)
Thomas Khurana (Potsdam)
Quill Kukla (Georgetown/Hanover)
Spencer Alexandria Nabors (Georgetown)
Jens Pier (Royal Holloway)
Francey Russell (Barnard/Columbia)
James Ternent (Cambridge)
Schedule:
10:00am: \; \; Introduction
10.15am: \; \; &ldquo\;The Aesthetics of Opacity with Kant and Sontag&rdquo\;\, Francey Russell (Barnard/Columbia)
\; \; \; \; Response: Benedict Blunt (Oxford)
11:45am: \; \; Coffee
12:00pm: \; \; &ldquo\;Driving Around Alone at Night: A Case for a Theory of Action?&rdquo\;\, Thomas Khurana (Potsdam)
\; \; \; \; Response: Diana Craciun (UCL)
1:30pm: \; \; \; \; Lunch
3:00pm: \; \; \; \; &ldquo\;Code-Switching and Masking: Shape Shifting vs. Self-Alienation?&rdquo\;\, Quill Kukla (Georgetown/Hanover) and Spencer Alexandria Nabors (Georgetown)
\; \; \; \; Response: Lizzy Holt (UCL)
4:30pm: \; \; \; \; Coffee \;
4:45pm: \; \; \; \; &ldquo\;&lsquo\;Surely There Is No Human Being Who&hellip\;&rsquo\;: Fichte versus Diamond on Misrecognition and the Limits of Humanity&rdquo\;\, Jens Pier (Royal Holloway)
\; \; \; \; Response: James Ternent (Cambridge)
6:15pm: \; \; \; \; Open discussion and closing
7:00pm: \; \; \; \; Conference dinner
The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Division of the American Society for Aesthetics will take place at the Drury Plaza Hotel in Santa Fe\, New Mexico\, July 10th&ndash\;12th\, 2026.
Manuel Davenport Keynote Address: \; Cynthia Willett Cynthia Willett is the Samuel Candler Dobb's professor of philosophy at Emory University. Her current book project\, A Musicology of Everyday Life\, is a study of the social dynamic of musical and vibrational atmospheres through New Phenomenology\, Resonance Theory\, and Attunement Theory. This study probes the nuances of tone\, rhythm\, vibration\, timbre for ethical cultures within and across human and non-human social groups. Her ongoing research focuses on three key areas: music/tragedy/blues\; transspecies cosmopolitanism\; and humor/irony. The research is anchored in ancient and contemporary concepts of eros and hubris\; call and response\; affective attunements and dissonances\; symbolic social space and its violations.
Michael Manson Artist Keynote Address: Liz Harris \; Liz Harris is an artist based on the North Oregon coast. She has recorded and performed since 2005 under the names Grouper\, Nivhek\, Raum\, Helen and Mirrorring\; and releases music and art editions on her imprint YELLOWELECTRIC\, as well as kranky records. Harris&rsquo\; project Nivhek has received various commissions and has been presented internationally\, including performances and installations in Bergen\, Murmansk\, Munich\, Krakow and London. Her most recent commission from Portland Institute of Contemporary Art\, ENGINE\, combines field recordings of drag races and train yards with string arrangements. The work began inside a decade-long obsession with engine noise. \;
You can find the Call for Abstracts at \;https://aesthetics-online.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1869644 \;
Mutatis Mutandis: Revista Internacional de Filosofí\;a (0917 - 4773) llama a enviar artí\;culos sobre fenomenologí\;a para el dossier "Antropologí\;as fenomenoló\;gicas y formas de lo humano". El editor invitado para este dossier es Francisco Novoa Rojas de la Universidad de la Santí\;sima Concepció\;n\, Chile.
\nEn el contexto de las transformaciones contemporá\;neas de la fenomenologí\;a\, la cuestió\;n de la antropologí\;a reaparece como un problema irreductible a definiciones esenciales\, tipologí\;as cerradas o modelos normativos del ser humano. Lejos de proponer una nueva definició\;n de lo humano\, las antropologí\;as fenomenoló\;gicas se sitú\;an en el nivel del fenó\;meno mismo\, allí\; donde la experiencia desplaza continuamente los intentos de clausura conceptual.
\nDesde Husserl hasta las fenomenologí\;as contemporá\;neas\, el ser humano se manifiesta no como una esencia fija\, sino como un modo de aparecer que se da en el mundo\, en el cuerpo\, en la afectividad\, en la relació\;n con el otro\, en la finitud\, en la historicidad y en la apertura a lo que lo excede. En este sentido\, el fenó\;meno humano obliga a pensar una antropologí\;a sin esencializació\;n\, atenta a la donació\;n\, al acontecimiento\, a la pasividad originaria\, a la exposició\;n y a la distancia que el sujeto mantiene consigo mismo.
\nEste dossier invita a recibir artí\;culos que aborden crí\;ticamente las antropologí\;as fenomenoló\;gicas\, entendidas como intentos de pensar lo humano a partir de su modo de aparecer y no desde una definició\;n previa. Interesa particularmente explorar có\;mo el fenó\;meno humano desborda el horizonte clá\;sico de la antropologí\;a filosó\;fica y abre posibilidades para comprender al ser humano como alguien que se da a sí\; mismo en el encuentro\, que se constituye en la relació\;n\, que se descubre arrojado\, afectado\, expuesto\, llamado o recibido.
\nSe esperan contribuciones que dialoguen\, entre otros\, con problemas como:
\nLos artí\;culos pueden dialogar con autores clá\;sicos y contemporá\;neos de la tradició\;n fenomenoló\;gica\, tales como Husserl\, Scheler\, Stein\, Plessner\, Gehlen\, Heidegger\, Merleau-Ponty\, Levinas\, Marcel\, Ric&oelig\;ur\, Henry\, Marion\, Dastur\, Falque\, Lacoste\, Waldenfels\, Serban\, Depraz\, Mensch\, Zahavi\, entre otros\, así\; como con debates actuales en torno a la posibilidad misma de una antropologí\;a fenomenoló\;gica.
\nLos trabajos deben ajustarse estrictamente a sus normas editoriales y lineamientos de presentació\;n\, citació\;n y evaluació\;n disponibles en https://revistamutatismutandis.com/index.php/mutatismutandis/normas
\nPlazo má\;ximo para enviar el artí\;culo completo 10 de julio de 2026.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260710T230000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260710T230000 SUMMARY:Algorithmic Randomness and Quantum Mechanics UID:20260717T213330Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Warsaw LOCATION:Grodzka 52\, Kraków\, Poland DESCRIPTION:The term &ldquo\;randomness&rdquo\; often appears in the context of Quantum Mechanics. The behaviour of quantum systems is said to be random\, the outcomes of quantum mechanical experiments are said to be random\, certain devices based on quantum processes are said to operate in a random way&hellip\; However\, the concept of randomness is rarely made precise in these contexts. Meanwhile\, in another branch of science &ndash\; computability theory\, also called recursion theory &ndash\; a fully precise concept of randomness has been developed\, termed &ldquo\;algorithmic randomness&rdquo\;. How are these two uses of the term &ldquo\;randomness&rdquo\; related? Is the concept of algorithmic randomness relevant to Quantum Mechanics? The aim of this workshop is to address various facets of this question in an interdisciplinary gathering. The event will take place at the Jagiellonian University in Krakó\;w on August 31st and September 1st\, 2026. The format of the workshop will be hybrid: it is possible to participate either in person or online (but the organizers strongly encourage in-person participation).
\nOur keynote speakers are:
\nIn addition to talks by our invited speakers\, we plan a few contributed talks. We invite submissions concerning any aspect of the relationship between algorithmic randomness and Quantum Mechanics\, including (but not limited to) the following questions and topics:
\nAbstracts of about 500 words should be sent to joanna.luc@uj.edu.pl by 10.07.2026.
\nTo participate without giving a talk (either in person or online)\, please register by sending an e-mail to joanna.luc@uj.edu.pl.
ORGANIZER;CN=Joanna Luc;CN=Tomasz Placek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260710T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260710T234500 SUMMARY:Bodies in Digital Transition: Mapping a topology of digital bodies UID:20260717T213331Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Strand Building\, Strand\, London\, United Kingdom\, WC2R 2LS DESCRIPTION:Machines glow\, pulse\, perform and think through metal\, light\, code\, and living matter. The second Bodies in Digital Transition (BDT) edition traverses the materiality of the mechanical body itself: what embodied gestures and rhythms animate its operations? What moves beneath its surface? What kind of being emerges in the loops of its code? From the lures of the aesthetic surface to the recursive depths of its algorithmic core\, this year BTD aims to dissect the machine&rsquo\;s anatomy across several strata that form a speculative topology of the machinic body\; a descent through appearance\, mechanism\, and ontology toward the thresholds where technology ceases to represent and begins to be. In mapping out the systems of embodiment inhabited by digital beings\, we also open up inquiry into how human agents author\, come into contact with\, and transform machine bodies. There is neither &ldquo\;the technology itself&rdquo\; nor &ldquo\;the aesthetics itself&rdquo\; but rather a method of design in which the two are mutually implicated. To resist interior&ndash\;exterior divides open inquiries of how human agents encounter and transform machinic bodies through the intra-active practice of design. Digital bodies condition human expression and are conditioned by cultural inflections at each strata. The plural and distributed materialities of digital systems span beyond physical objects\, but encompass code\, electromagnetic waves\, and sensory outputs in complex and multiple communicating layers. How does the agency act as this morphing web? Following a post-human stance\, neither digital nor human cognition is assumed to be contained within an algorithmic nucleus. Instead\, it is conceived as emerging through relations across each stratum\, whose analytical isolation is not intended to fix ontologies\, but to map a topology of multiple\, non-linear processes through which agencies coalesce. To move beyond the limits of this configuration and to encourage crossing of boundaries\, we invite trans-disciplinary experimental and highly speculative inquiry and action into the machinic as event\, intra-action\, and formation of being.
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\nCall for papers - Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio \;www.rifl.unical.it
\nVol. 20\, N. 2/2026 \; \; Wittgenstein and Literature
\nEdited by Marcello Di Massa and Wolfgang Huemer
\nInvited contributors:
\nDaniè\;le Moyal-Sharrock\, University of Hertfordshire
\nSeverin Schroeder\, University of Reading
\nSubmission deadline: June 10\, 2026
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\nIn recent decades\, the relationship between Ludwig Wittgenstein and literature has increasingly become a fertile and promising area of inquiry. Although Wittgenstein rarely addressed the topic of literature explicitly\, his way of doing (and writing) philosophy can be taken to open up fresh and illuminating perspectives on questions concerning our engagement with literary and fictional works\, as well as on the task of investigating literary language and\, more broadly\, literature as a linguistic and social phenomenon.
\nStanley Cavell&rsquo\;s writings provided an early stimulus for bringing Wittgenstein into dialogue with literature\, and several studies have drawn on his example\, while others have pursued more independent paths. Taken together\, scholarship has thus developed in a variety of directions.
\nSome scholars\, taking into account the aesthetic dimension of Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s writing and his two works with the strongest authorial imprint (the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and the Philosophical Investigations)\, have placed him within the historical and cultural context of European modernism\, examining formal and rhetorical affinities. At the same time\, Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s philosophy has been used in literary studies as a healthy counterweight to the theoretical excesses of the major strands of twentieth-century literary criticism\, bringing to the fore a methodology more open and attentive to the way language acquires meaning and value within the diverse contexts of human life. Here\, the appeal to the resources of ordinary language philosophy and to the practical\, social\, and existential dimensions of everyday life plays a central role.
\nOther scholars have instead employed tools and insights taken from Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s philosophy of language to respond to issues that have shaped contemporary aesthetic reflection on literary language\, above all\, the problem of the cognitive value of literature. In this context\, Wittgenstein-inspired perspectives draw upon the idea that literature offers a form of non-propositional knowledge\, making available to the reader a presentation of the interweaving of forms of life\, cultural practices\, and concepts that are &ldquo\;the expression of our interest&rdquo\; (PI §\; 570). This often hangs together with a particular emphasis on the ethical dimension of our engagement with reading\, which calls for the activation of the moral imagination in exploring the conceptual organisation of different points of view on the world\, as exemplified\, for instance\, in the work of Cora Diamond.
\nAs has recently been suggested (John Gibson)\, Wittgenstein may thus serve as a shared common ground for philosophers and literary scholars\, especially (but not only) by virtue of the nuanced quality and openness of his reflections on language and the ways it is interwoven with life. It is sometimes observed that the analytic tradition works with overly narrow conceptions of such notions as &lsquo\;truth\,&rsquo\; &lsquo\;meaning\,&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;knowledge\,&rsquo\; which generate paradoxes or strong tensions once applied to the aesthetic domain of literary language&mdash\;in a way that makes it difficult for literary scholars to acknowledge the issues as taking shape in those terms. What motivates certain scholars to turn to Wittgenstein is precisely the possibility of adopting a broader view of language: for instance\, by developing a conception of meaning &ldquo\;as rooted in practice&rdquo\; (Bernard Harrison)\; by approaching literary language as a domain in which the sense of our concepts and criteria is displayed\; or\, again\, by pursuing a non-reductive way to account for the broader ethical significance of the aesthetic experience of reading.
\nMoreover\, Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s philosophical method invites us to critically reconsider the way &ldquo\;traditional&rdquo\; questions have been framed in philosophical reflection on literature&mdash\;indeed\, questions that have at times taken the form of theoretical puzzles concerning the truth\, knowledge and values that literature may afford. The idea is that Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s method may offer resources for rethinking debates about literary meaning and literary understanding by showing how certain problems emerge from misleading or limited pictures of language and its relation to the world. Unsurprisingly\, Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s anti-dualistic spirit has sometimes served to diagnose and dismantle false oppositions&mdash\;for example\, between reality and fiction and\, correspondingly\, between ordinary and literary language. In doing so\, it promotes an anti-dichotomous attitude characteristic of his philosophical approach and claims the complexity of linguistic operations as they unfold in the literary domain.
\nIn this way\, we believe that Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s philosophy proves sufficiently subtle to provide a basis for a productive and methodologically sensitive dialogue with literature understood as a family of different practices. It also offers resources for a fruitful interaction with the multifaceted network of concrete practices that revolve around literature&mdash\;such as literary studies and literary criticism&mdash\;without generating explanatory accounts that drift away from the reality of the practices themselves. This suggests that there remain unexplored directions at the intersection of Wittgenstein and literature that deserve to be examined and pursued from both sides.
\nPapers exploring\, but not limited to\, the following topics are welcome:
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Uses of Wittgensteinian topics such as practice\, language-games\, grammar\, meaning as physiognomy\, aspect perception\, etc. for the analysis of literary texts
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s writing style as a model for engaging with literary language
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The relationship between philosophical language and literary language
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Wittgenstein and poetic language
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s style and its connection to imagination in literary and fictional practices
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Wittgenstein and ordinary language philosophy as a resource for literary criticism and understanding literary language
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Rule-following\, criteria\, and the shaping or subversion of literary conventions\, genres\, and other narrative practices
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Forms of life\, shared criteria\, primitive reactions\, and literary interpretation and critical appreciation
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The sense/nonsense distinction in literary language and critical interpretation
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Applications of Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s method to debates about literary meaning and value
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Wittgensteinian approaches to rethinking traditional problems in the philosophy of literature
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The significance of Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s anti-theoretical method for approaching literary texts
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The fact/fiction distinction and the Wittgensteinian use of fictional scenarios for clarifying the grammar of concepts
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Literary understanding as a process of &ldquo\;assembling reminders&rdquo\; or displaying what we already know
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; The ethical significance of the experience of reading
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Reading pleasure\, aesthetic engagement\, and the transformative value of literature
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Prospects for Wittgenstein-inspired approaches to literature
\n- \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; &hellip\;
\nWe call for articles in Italian\, English and French. All manuscripts must be accompanied by an abstract (max 250 words)\, a title and 5 keywords in English.
\nThe manuscript must be prepared using the template at this link:https://rifl.unical.it/authortemplate/template_eng.doc.
\nAll submissions must be prepared by the author for anonymous evaluation. The name\, affiliation to an institution and title of the contribution should be indicated in a file different from that which contains the text. The contribution must be sent in electronic format .doc or .rtf to \;segreteria.rifl@gmail.com.
\nInstructions for authors:
\nMaximum contribution length:
\n40000 characters (including spaces) for articles (including bibliography and endnotes)\;
\n\;
\nSubmission deadline:
\nPublication: December 2026
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Riyadh:20260711T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Riyadh:20260711T140000 SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence and the Question of Ethics UID:20260717T213333Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%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. \;
Referentin: Dr. Pia Lilienstein
Vertiefungsnachmittag (der erste Vortrag wird online ü\;bertragen)
Mit unserem verä\;nderten Medienverhalten verliert das Schreiben von Briefen seine Bedeutung. Zu Edith Steins Lebzeiten war es noch eine selbstverstä\;ndliche und nicht aus dem Alltag wegzudenkende Mö\;glichkeit\, ü\;ber Entfernungen hinweg miteinander im Gesprä\;ch zu bleiben. Wenn man die Briefe von Edith Stein liest\, darf man an ihrer Hä\;lfte eines Dialoges teilhaben\, an ihrer inneren Zugewandtheit zu Freunden sowie an ihrer inneren Auseinandersetzung mit vielfä\;ltigsten Themen ihres Lebens. Diese Selbstmitteilungen von Edith Stein berü\;hren durch ihre Authentizitä\;t und lassen Einblicke in ihr damaliges Erleben und in ihre im allgemeinen eher verschlossene Persö\;nlichkeit zu. Kardinal Newman meinte einmal\, dass &bdquo\;das wahre Leben eines Menschen in seinen Briefen steckt&ldquo\;. Edith Stein hat seine Briefe wiederum ins Deutsche ü\;bertragen und selbst regelmä\;ß\;ig Briefe geschrieben\, um ihre Freundschaften und Familienbeziehungen zu pflegen. Der Vortrag mö\;chte dazu anregen\, ü\;ber das Briefeschreiben im Allgemeinen und den innerlichen Bewusstseinszustand beim Schreiben von Briefen im Besonderen nachzudenken sowie ü\;ber Edith Stein als Briefeschreiberin.
\nZeit 14:30 Uhr bis 17:30 Uhr Veranstalter Edith Stein Gesellschaft Ö\;sterreich\; Karmeliten in Wien Ort KarmelZentrum
1190 Wien\, Silbergasse 35 Preisinformation Nachmittag: 15 &euro\; (ermä\;ß\;igt: 10 &euro\;)
Nur Vortrag: 10 &euro\; (ermä\;ß\;igt: 7 &euro\;)
Autonomy is one of the central aspirations of our time\, yet there is a growing worry that autonomy\, as we have understood and practised it\, has not liberated us but subjected us to new forms of domination. In his ground-breaking reinterpretation of Kant and Hegel\, Thomas Khurana reveals the source of these problems in the very concept of autonomy and develops a new understanding of human self-determination. While the dominant conception of autonomy gives rise to the paradox of self-legislation and remains caught up in a dualistic opposition of freedom and nature\, we can overcome these problems by understanding freedom as a form of life. Elaborating both Kant&rsquo\;s and Hegel&rsquo\;s compelling concepts of life\, Khurana shows that we are not autonomous despite or against our living nature\, but by inhabiting it in the right way. To understand freedom\, we need a critical theory of our second nature.
At this book workshop\, Thomas Khurana (University of Potsdam) will give an initial talk on The Life of Freedom in Kant and Hegel\, followed by discussion with experts from the philosophical fields addressed in his book. Robb Dunphy (University of Sussex)\, Eliza Starbuck Little (University of Warwick)\, and Christoph Schuringa (Northeastern University London) will give responses. The event will be chaired by Jens Pier (Royal Holloway\, University of London).
Schedule:
4pm \; \; \; \; \; \; Welcome
4.10pm \; \; \; \; Opening talk by Thomas Khurana
4.30pm \; \; \; \; Response by Robb Dunphy
4.50pm \; \; \; \; Discussion
5.10pm \; \; \; \; Coffee break
5.30pm \; \; \; \; Response by Eliza Starbuck Little
5.50pm \; \; \; \; Discussion
6.10pm \; \; \; \; Response by Christoph Schuringa
6.30pm \; \; \; \; Discussion
7.00pm \; \; \; \; Closing
Workshop: Rational Action and Belief &ndash\; Recognising and Responding to Reasons
\nDo rational actions and beliefs require us to recognise reasons as reasons? If so\, what does such recognition consist in\, and what role does it play in responding rationally to reasons? \;
\nWe invite submissions of abstracts for a workshop on these and related questions. \;
\n\;
\nKey Information
Date &\; Location: October 29&ndash\;30\, 2026\, Heidelberg University
Invited speakers: Carlotta Pavese (Oxford)\, Kurt Sylvan (Southampton)
Funding: travel expenses up to &euro\;600 and accommodation in Heidelberg will be covered
Contributed slots: up to six
Abstract length: ca. 1000 words
Submission email: \;rational_action_belief@protonmail.com
Submission deadline: July 12\, 2026
Notification: by the end of July
\;
\nWorkshop Themes
\nDoes forming an intention or belief in a rational manner require recognising that the corresponding action or belief enjoys some form of rational support? Many action theorists and epistemologists answer this question affirmatively. For a doctor&rsquo\;s belief that the patient has measles to be rational\, it must be based on a suitable reason. That the patient has Koplik spots is such a reason. But it seems insufficient to rationalise the belief that the patient has measles\, unless the doctor recognises that Koplik spots support that belief. Similar examples for actions abound.
\nOn this view\, rational belief and rational action respond not only to reasons but also to their being reasons for those beliefs or actions. This idea is often captured by appeals to a \;taking condition\, or by the requirement that rational reasons must be \;treated as normative reasons. While such views have gained prominence in recent epistemology and action theory\, they raise pressing questions about the nature of responding to normative reasons. \;
\nWe invite contributions that explore the role of recognising\, taking\, or appreciating reasons in rational belief and action\, including critical perspectives.
\nTopics include (but are not limited to):
\n·\; \; \;Do rational action and belief require the recognition that the action or belief enjoys support\, for example that the evidence supports a particular conclusion?
\n·\; \; \;What does this recognition require? Does it require a doxastic state\, for example\, that the evidence supports p\, or is the recognition condition non-doxastic?
\n·\; \;If the recognition condition is non-doxastic\, then how does it operate? Does it involve the exercise of some non-doxastic skill\, is it a form of rule following\, or something else entirely? \;
\n·\; \; \;If the recognition condition is doxastic\, then how does it avoid regress problems? Can an appeal to additional non-doxastic factors block such regresses?
\n·\; \; \;Is recognising normative support sufficient for rational action or belief\, or does responding to that recognition introduce additional constraints?
\n·\; \;Can the basing of action or belief on reasons be analysed into constituent psychological states\, or does such analysis generate explanatory regresses? \;
\n·\; \;What is the correct semantic theory for linguistic expressions of acting and believing for reasons\, such as &ldquo\;therefore&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;because&rdquo\;?
\nPlease send your submission\, prepared for blind review\, together with a separate title page containing the author&rsquo\;s details (name\, title\, affiliation\, and email address) to \;rational_action_belief@protonmail.com. Please direct all queries to the organisers Andreas Mü\;ller (andreas.mueller.philosophie@em.uni-frankfurt.de) and Tobias Wilsch (tobias.wilsch@gmail.com). Queries sent to the submission email may be overlooked.
ORGANIZER;CN=Tobias Wilsch;CN=Andy Mueller: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260712T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260712T234500 SUMMARY:RADIATION: Connection Across Distance\, A Cross-disciplinary Conference UID:20260717T213337Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Arnolfini Arts\, Bristol\, United Kingdom\, BS1 4QA DESCRIPTION:RADIATION: Connection Across Distance
\nA Cross-disciplinary Conference
\nArnolfini\, Bristol\, UK 12 &ndash\; 14 Nov 2026
\nWe commonly understand radiation as the circulation of energy in the form of light\, heat\, and radio waves\, illumination and glow\, or the emission of particles from radioactive substances. This includes ultraviolet radiation\, X and gamma rays and radioactive materials. The early 20th century medical use of X-rays was exquisitely captured by Duchamp in his 1910 painting Portrait of Dr. Dumochel. In this work\, the French physician is shown with a red aura &ndash\; presumably depicting the erythema of radiation &ndash\; while parts of his body are missing to connote the mysterious ability of X rays to invisibilise flesh while making bones and internal organs visible. A little over a century later\, diagnostic mammograms\, full-body airport security scans\, even personal radiation-emitting devices (mobile phones) are the norm. Ionising radiation is used in Heritage Studies to identify underdrawings while gamma radiation eliminates bacteria that threaten to damage cultural objects\, books and statues.
\n\; \; \; \;However\, this source-process-effect frame\, prevalent in many\, if not most disciplines\, is not the only way to think radiation. Several years ago\, researchers from the University of Regensburg\, Germany\, discovered a phenomenon akin to negative radiation. When an electron moves through a material it often collides with other electrons. This causes de-acceleration. Although an electron with negative mass loses energy in the same way that an electron with positive mass does\, the effect of that loss is\, counterintuitively: acceleration. In other words\, if a ball with negative mass falls into water\, it is not slowed down by friction but instead sped up. Using a new type of semiconductor and irradiating it with a red laser\, the Regensburg team found that\, surprisingly\, the electrons emitted a blue glimmer. This signalled a conversion of low-energy red light into the high-energy blue light arising from electrons with negative mass (Lin et al 2021). Experiments such as these beg the question of the scope of &lsquo\;negative&rsquo\; radiation\, caused by phenomena like negative force.
\n\; \; \; \;In the cultural and socio-political realms\, the invisible working of radiation is captured by two past-laden concepts: aura and hauntology. As a &lsquo\;strange tissue of space-time\,&rsquo\; and a &lsquo\;unique apparition of distance in proximity&rsquo\; (Benjamin 1979)\, aura amplifies energies accruing in everyday practices as affective presence. It turns sedimentations of mnemonic processes into &lsquo\;weakly radioactive materials&rsquo\; (Sloterdijk 2016)\, as can be seen from the so-called &lsquo\;merged objects&rsquo\; &ndash\; such as the Salish blankets\, made of mountain goat\, dog hair\, and vegetation\, that are part animal\, part hunter\, part weaver\, and part wearer (Tepper 2017). Their purpose is to gather cross-species and cross-temporal relations into a single\, culturally energised object. Similarly\, accrued medial aura is the topic of much contemporary art\, such as Kubisch and Norment&rsquo\;s sonic installations\, which rely on the medial memory of transmitters. The crackling of an old record\, inscribed through cycles of use\, and remediated in a sound installation\, creates fulcrums of energy similar to that of &lsquo\;merged objects.&rsquo\;
\n\; \; \; \;Hauntology\, along with spectrality\, was initially a rumination on ontology. It suggested that being is displaced by the shadow of the spectre of being (Derrida 1993)\, and that past-orientated resurgences undermine the solid foundations of the present (Jameson 1999). This can be felt in the residual working of obsolete hegemonies that continue to exert influence on the material and psychic spaces of social life. Unlike trauma\, which is marked by a rupture\, hauntological radiation is a form of low-frequency persistence that lingers in habits and inherited assignments of energy\, imperceptibly turning the past into the behavioural and cognitive architecture of the present. Carrying the frequencies of absent systems\, and of that which &lsquo\;has not yet happened but is already effective in the virtual &ndash\; as an attractor shaping current behaviour&rsquo\; (Fisher 2012: 19)\, hauntings co-constitute energy fields. But this is not to say that all hauntings are immaterial\, as is often thought. In Barad&rsquo\;s reading\, they are an &lsquo\;ineliminable feature of existing material conditions&rsquo\; (Barad 2017: 107)\, as\, from the perspective of quantum physics\, haunting is not about human experience\, but rather about &lsquo\;indeterminacies of time-being\, materially constitutive of matter itself&rsquo\; (113).
\nSimilarly\, in this conference\, we are interested in the less visible actual and potential radial arrangements &ndash\; as forms of agencement of actual or virtual objects and un-objects\, spaces and negative spaces\, organisms\, pre- and post-organic matter\; proto-techniques and technologies that can be assimilated into what is often called &lsquo\;third nature.&rsquo\;
\nWe invite contributions from Media Studies\, Art and Art-Science\, Philosophy (including Philosophy of Science)\, Cultural and Heritage Studies\, Materials Science and Environmental Studies in the form of individual panel presentations (theoretical or practice-based) or curated panels that address but are not limited to the following topics:
\n&bull\;Contemporary alchemy (the notion that every being and/or thing can potentially produce or store energy)
\n&bull\;Art-science experiments with cross-medial radiation (e.g. sonic lasers)
\n&bull\;Projective radiations of new materials or new uses of existing materials\, plants and environments (e.g. graphene and hyperaccumulators)
\n&bull\;Biological and geometrical radial arrangements (e.g. radical versus networked spread)
\n&bull\;Explorations and genealogies of radio-enabled technologies and engineering practices (e.g. GPS\, Galileo\, Wi-Fi and RFID)
\n&bull\;Propelling or accelerating processes arising from a re-configuration or re-alignment of forces and technologies
\n&bull\;Counterintuitive readings of radiation (e.g. the use of radioactive waste as a source of energy despite obvious dangers)
\n&bull\;Political and ideological radiation (soft power\, influence) \;
\n&bull\;Infrastructural radiation (capital\, energy networks) \;
\n&bull\;Computational and algorithmic radiation (data\, AI\, virality)
\n&bull\;The post-industrial sublime (e.g. hydrogen colliders and sites of industrial devastation)
\n&bull\;Radiation as action-at-a-distance (conceptual History of Physics) \;
\n&bull\;Novel readings of the work of Henri Becquerel\, Marie Curie\, J.M. Maxwell\, Richard Feynman and Rudolf Peierls beyond the &lsquo\;environmental damage of positivistic science&rsquo\; approach
\nPlease send 250 w proposals for individual papers or artistic interventions of 15 min in length\, accompanied by a 100 w bio and a concise list of AV requirements to ENERGYPhilosophyofPractice@dundee.ac.uk by 23:59 GMT on 20 July 2026. Proposals for panels of no more than 1500 w in length (including abstracts and bios) should be sent by 23:59 GMT on 12 July 2026. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 30 July 2026. \;
\nThis conference\, supported by Arnolfini and UWE Bristol\, is part of the 2023 &ndash\; 2027 AHRC-funded research project ENERGY: A Philosophy of Practice (AH/X009114/1).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260713T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260717T170000 SUMMARY:Trust & Cooperation UID:20260717T213338Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Universitätstrasse 7\, Vienna\, Austria DESCRIPTION:Over the course of five days participants will have the opportunity to engage with renowned experts in discussions on the topic of trust and cooperation on the interpersonal and institutional level\, as well as within the contexts of climate change and immigration. Trust and cooperation have become front and center issues in today&rsquo\;s world. The nature of global \; challenges - from refugees seeking asylum to the ecological \; crises of climate change and biodiversity loss - renders cooperation ever more crucial to overcoming them. Key questions revolve around the nature of trust and the nature of cooperation respectively\, as well as around the relationship between trust and cooperation\, intersecting the fields of social and political philosophy\, as well as applied ethics and political epistemology.
\nConfirmed instructors: \;
\nLeah Henderson (University of Groningen)
\nBenjamin McMyler (University of Minnesota)\,
\nKieran Oberman(The London School of Economics and Political Science)
\nGuest speakers:
\nKeith Harris (University of Vienna)
\nMore to be confirmed!
\nTrust &\; Cooperation: Vienna Summer School 2026
\nWe welcome applications from PhD students (prioritized)\, advanced MA students and postdoctoral researchers in philosophy and related disciplines.
\nParticipants will explore current research in these fields\, attend keynote lectures\, thematic discussions and interactive workshops\, as well as present their own work\, and receive valuable feedback from invited scholars. The goal of this Summer School is to provide doctoral students with direct access to leading researchers whose work&mdash\;whether directly or indirectly&mdash\;relates to these themes.
\nApplication &\; Fees \; \;
We welcome applications from PhD students (prioritized)\, advanced MA students and postdoctoral researchers in philosophy and related disciplines. Two modes of participation are possible: 1) attendance\, 2) presentation &ndash\; if they would also like to give a presentation.
To apply for participation\, please send the following documents to Joachim Raich (joachim.raich@univie.ac.at): \;
\nThe maximum number of participants at the summer school will be 25.
\nThe \;summer school fee is 75 Euros. The fee includes the student union fee of 25 Euros\, which is required by Austrian law to register at the University of Vienna and to receive a certificate of completion of the summer school. \;
\n4ECTS can be accreditted by the University of Vienna to all students who complete the summer school.
\nPlease\, \;submit your application by April 14\, 23.59 CET.
Contact Email: \;joachim.raich@univie.ac.at
We will notify you of the decision by April 16.
Diversity Statement \;
We strongly encourage applications from members of disadvantaged and underrepresented groups. \;
The Derrida Today Conference will focus on the ongoing value of either Derrida&rsquo\;s work\, or deconstruction\, to the political-ethical\, cultural\, artistic\, public debates and philosophical futures that confront us. The conference is interdisciplinary and invites contributions from a range of academic\, disciplinary and cultural contexts. Papers and panel proposals from academics\, independent scholars\, and graduate students are welcomed. The conference encourages contributions on diverse topics and contemporary issues\, and from any discipline in relation to Derrida&rsquo\;s work and/or deconstruction.
\nInformation about Abstract deadlines\, Registrations\, Speakers\, Keynotes\, etc. can be found on the Derrida Today website at: derridatoday.com
\nAbstract submission closes: 15th Jan 2026
\nAll abstracts and enquiries to: conference@derridatoday.com
\nKeynotes: David Farrell Krell\, Isabelle Alfandary\, Elissa Marder\, Marc Crepon
\nSpecial Speakers and Panels to be announced on website
ORGANIZER;CN=Nicole J. Anderson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260713T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260714T170000 SUMMARY:Thinking in Analogy UID:20260717T213340Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Klosterstraße 79b\, Cologne\, Germany\, 50931 DESCRIPTION:An international workshop on the place of analogical reasoning in Immanuel Kant&rsquo\;s critical philosophy
ORGANIZER;CN="Sofie Møller";CN=Micha Glaeser: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260713T094500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260713T170000 SUMMARY:4th Annual Berlin Workshop on Speech and Harm UID:20260717T213341Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Fraunhoferstraße FH420\, Berlin\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Come join us for the fourth annual Berlin Workshop on Speech and Harm! Attendance is free but registration is requested. There will be a self-paid reception and dinner after the event.
ORGANIZER;CN=Quill R Kukla;CN=Willow Starr;CN=Elin McCready;CN=Axel Gelfert: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260713T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260717T170000 SUMMARY:Critical Theories of Fascism - Lisbon Praxis Summer School 2026 UID:20260717T213342Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Alameda da Universidade\, 1600-214 Lisboa\, Lisbon\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:Until recently\, there was a general assumption that fascism had been decisively defeated\, because the horrors of WWII seemed to have left fascism morally bankrupt and politically untenable. Yet\, in the early twenty-first century\, the spectre of fascism has resurfaced. This re-emergence should not be understood as a simple repetition of the 1930s\, but rather as the mutation of fascist tendencies into contemporary conditions. \; One of its defining features is the appropriation of democracy itself. Across different contexts\, authoritarian movements have risen to power through electoral means\, exploiting popular discontent with mainstream politics and using democratic institutions to advance illiberal agendas. Their rhetoric frequently invokes a narrative of national rebirth\, the restoration of a lost &lsquo\;greatness\,&rsquo\; and the reclamation of sovereignty from &lsquo\;corrupt elites\,&rsquo\; &lsquo\;globalists\,&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;dangerous outsiders.&rsquo\; Furthermore\, contemporary fascism permeates everyday life\, normalizing misogyny\, homophobia\, and racism\, and fostering an atmosphere in which authoritarianism appears desirable or inevitable. Its resurgence is closely tied to the expansion of digital media\, which accelerates the spread of conspiracy theories\, hate speech\, and extremist propaganda. Online platforms serve not only as organizational hubs but also as aesthetic arenas where fascist symbols are repackaged in playful or subcultural styles\, obscuring their violent and destructive implications.
\nWhile the ways through which fascism is currently expressed are becoming increasingly visible\, the causes of its re-emergence are more complex\, and so are the challenges they pose to theory. Max Horkheimer famously said that &lsquo\;Whoever is not willing to talk about capitalism should also keep quiet about fascism&rsquo\;\, implying that fascism is always in the background everywhere where capitalism reigns and it intensifies when capitalist realities become unbearable. In this sense\, globalisation and neoliberalism have produced widening inequalities\, labour precarity\, and a pervasive sense of uncertainty and dislocation &mdash\; fertile ground for fascist narratives that promise security\, belonging\, and stability. Yet the Marxist tradition sustained a robust critique of capitalism during the decades of emergence of neoliberalism and globalisation &mdash\; decades in which fascism was widely considered defeated &mdash\; \; but this alone did not prevent its resurgence. Understanding fascism&rsquo\;s reappearance therefore requires a more expansive analysis of its ideological complexity\, attending not only to its entanglement with capital\, but also to race\, gender\, nation\, and empire. At the same time\, as Theodor W. Adorno observed\, fascism possesses an &lsquo\;intrinsically untheoretical nature.&rsquo\; For this reason\, the premise of this Lisbon Praxis Summer School is that fascism&rsquo\;s conditions of emergence and its ways of operating can &mdash\; and must &mdash\; be grasped through renewed critical resources.
\nWith the aim of mobilising Critical Theory&rsquo\;s analytical and explanatory force to understand the contemporary resurgence of fascism and to explore possibilities for its eradication\, the Lisbon Praxis Summer School 2026 will address the following clusters of questions:
\nPlease see the BSET website (link below) \;for a complete schedule and registration information.
\nAll welcome!
\nKeynotes:
\nSubmitted papers:
\nReasons and Resentment - Cara Addleman\, Oxford
\nPrudential Particularism - James Brown\, UCL
\nComplaints and the Risky Procreation Asymmetry - Owen Clifton\, Regina
\nLeaving the Present Behind - Emma Curran\, Oxford
\nBlame\, Rationality and Contrary-to-Duty Imperatives - Zeb Dempsey\, USC
\nHow Should I Feel About What We Did Together? - Ahmet Gonullu\, Bilkent
\nInnocent Apologies - Ilya Shemmer\, NYU
\nDoes Justice Require an Unequal Distribution of Parental Duties After Birth? - Fiona Woollard\, Southampton
\nAbout
\n&ldquo\;Formal Ethics&rdquo\; sits at the intersection where logic\, decision theory\, game theory\, social choice theory\, and computational philosophy engage with central questions in moral and political theory. The field builds on the foundational contributions of Kenneth Arrow\, Amartya Sen\, John Harsanyi\, Richard Braithwaite\, Lennart Å\;qvist\, and others\, while its scope continues to expand. Recent work extends across formal analyses of freedom and responsibility\, welfare economics and population ethics\, deontic logic and natural-language semantics\, theories of value\, and computational studies of how norms and conventions form\, evolve\, and stabilize.
\nThe conference series mirrors this growth and diversification. Previous editions have been hosted by the University of Groningen (2010)\, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitä\;t Mü\;nchen (2012)\, Erasmus University Rotterdam (2014)\, the University of Bayreuth (2015)\, the University of York (2017)\, Ghent University (2019)\, Vanderbilt University (2022)\, and most recently the University of Greifswald (2024).
\nPlenary Speakers include Peter Vanderschraaf (University of Arizona)\, Mark Budolfson (UT Austin) and Janice Dowell (Syracuse). \;
\nCall for Papers
\nFormal Ethics 2024 will feature a single track for contributed talks of 40-45 minutes. \;Authors should submit an extended abstract (1000 words max\, pdf format) to formalethics2026@yahoo.com.
\nNotifications of acceptance will be sent by March 15th\, 2026.
\nSubmissions in all areas of formal ethics\, broadly construed\, are welcome. Contributions need not be formal in nature but should show familiarity with applying formal tools and results to ethical investigations.We welcome submissions from members of underrepresented groups\, as well as early career researchers and students.
\nAll submissions should be prepared for anonymous review.
\nImportant Dates
\nDeadline for submission: January 30th\, 2026
\nNotification of acceptance: March 15th\, 2026
\nConference dates: July 13-15
\nLocal Organizer
\nJustin Bruner (University at Buffalo). Please contact Justin at jbruner@buffalo.edu with any questions about the conference.
ORGANIZER;CN=Justin Bruner: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260707T044129Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260714T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260715T170000 SUMMARY:Forms of Knowledge in Wittgenstein UID:20260717T213345Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:5864:16ff:fe1a:92fe%3 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Düsternbrooker Weg 2\, Kiel\, Germany\, 24105 DESCRIPTION:Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s work is permeated by investigations into the forms and structures of human knowledge: our propositional knowledge of facts articulated in meaningful sentences\, the unarticulated and inarticulable know-how of our language games\, the &ldquo\;Now I know!&rdquo\; of rule-following\, my practical knowledge of what I want\, intend\, and do\, the &ldquo\;knowledge what it&rsquo\;s like&rdquo\; of lived experience\, my second-person knowledge of the mental states of others\, the inescapable certainties of our forms of life that are beyond doubt. How these forms of knowledge are constitutively distinct from and yet mutually dependent on one another is the theme of the 8th Wittgenstein Forum of the International Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. How do the diverse language games of knowledge relate to one another\, how are they interconnected? How are different forms of knowledge acquired and transmitted\, in what ways do they manifest themselves\, and how can they be questioned\, doubted\, and developed? The presentations at the forum are intended as contributions to a perspicuous presentation of the grammar of knowledge according to Wittgenstein.
ORGANIZER;CN=David Lauer;CN="Yara Windmüller": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR