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Jobs, CFPs, PostDocs & PhDs, Events and Opportunities

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Last updated: 13 June 2026

 

Jobs


Fellowships/Postdoc


  • LSE is accepting expressions of interest for a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (deadline 15 June 2026)

    MS-C postdocs are two years long and (for incoming UK applications) aimed at early career researchers not based in the UK. 

    Applicants must work in analytic philosophy and have an existing record of publication in analytic philosophy journals.

    To express interest, please send a CV and a one-page summary of the proposed project to cpnss.lse@gmail.com by June 15. Also include the names of possible academic mentors.


  • Applications open 1 July 2026 for the 2027-2028 National Humanities Center Fellowship competition (deadline 1 October 2026)

    The NHC is the only major independently-funded institution in the world dedicated exclusively to the humanities. Fellows are free to explore their topics of choice, with access to unparalleled, uninterrupted research support in Research Triangle, North Carolina.

    We invite humanities scholars from all fields to start preparing their proposals. Begin considering your project proposal and identifying your three letter writers.

    For more information, visit: https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/research-fellowships-programs/#experience


Calls for papers and abstracts


  • Call for papers for University of Toronto Philosophy Graduate Conference 2026, Toronto, October 16-17, 2026. (deadline 4 July 2026)

    We strongly encourage submissions on any historical topic, as well as on any contemporary area.

    Paper should be no more than 4,000 words in length (excluding notes and references), suitable for a 30-minute presentation (plus Q&A session). Please also include an abstract of no more than 300 words.

    Anonymized for review (no names or other identifying information) and in PDF format.

    Accompanied by a separate cover sheet with the author's name, home institution, and contact information, and the title and topic area(s) of the paper.

    To submit, please fill out the form at https://forms.gle/Q8kohpSnmCJXnufF7.

    For questions, reach out to us at uoftphilgradconference2026@gmail.com.


  • Call for abstracts for conference "On Trial: Claiming Femininist Justice in Dark Times," University of Verona December 3-4, 2026 (deadline 15 July 2026)

    The conference, organized by the Arendt Center as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Project “Rewriting Rights” –  explores the double sense in which feminist justice is “on trial” today — in courtrooms, where the performance and performativity of legal proceedings expose the structural limits of institutional justice, and in culture, where dominant narratives continue to normalize gendered violence. The conference aims to brings feminist philosophy and critical theory into dialogue with socio-legal perspectives to ask what more transformative forms of justice might look like.

    Submissions from researchers working on legal theory are invited. We particularly welcome contributions from early-career researchers and scholars from diverse geographical contexts. 

    For more information and to submit an abstract, visit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VVIBsHOgF7iqlGm6hNDQZ5ajHy8RsD_9/view


  • Call for submissions for McMaster Philosophy Graduate Conference, Department of Philosophy McMaster University October 24, 2026 (deadline 31 July 2026)

    We welcome submissions related to any philosophical topic. We are excited to have Dr. Kimberley Brownlee (University of British Columbia) as our keynote speaker for the event.

    For more information and to submit, visit:

    https://philevents.org/event/show/149381?ref=email


  • Call for papers for `Normative Intersections' Nova University of Lisbon, September 22-23, 2026 (deadline 31 July 2026)

    In recent years, the debate on normativity has benefited from work at the intersection of different philosophical disciplines. In this workshop, we invite papers developing this productive cross-pollination to address foundational issues about specific normative domains and clarify the relationship(s) between them. Submissions should include an anonymized abstract of no more than 800 words (references excluded), and a title page with authors’ info and affiliation.

    Speakers will be invited as contributors to a special issue submission to a leading international journal.

    Please submit materials to: normativeintersections@gmail.com


  • Call for papers for Volume V of Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory (deadline 1 August 2026)

    Submissions should be approximately 12,000 words, inclusive of footnotes.

    All papers provisionally accepted will be workshopped at the University of Cape Town in South Africa in early 2027. The Notre Dame Program in Private Law Theory will cover the expense of participants’ travel and accommodation. Thanks to the generosity of Notre Dame Law School, accepted papers will be published open access by OUP. 

    To submit a paper for consideration, please email both John Oberdiek at oberdiek@rutgers.edu and Paul Miller at paul.miller@nd.edu.

    For more information, visit: https://philevents.org/event/show/142281

  • Res Practica is inviting submissions for its special issue, `The Faces of Responsibility' (deadline August 31, 2026.)

    The Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ) invites you to submit a manuscript for publication in the first special issue of its new journal Res Practica, to be launched formally in the Fall of 2026 and which will replace Les Ateliers de l'éthique / The Ethics Forum. This special issue aims to explore the plurality of forms that responsibility takes in our individual, social, and institutional practices. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives by bringing together expertise in moral and political philosophy, political science, and legal theory, our objective is to examine the concepts of moral responsibility, political responsibility, and legal responsibility.

    We invite the submission of research articles (8,000 to 12,000 words) addressing questions related to moral, political, and legal responsibility, as well as issues at the intersection of these fields, including but not limited to the themes listed below:

Responsibility, blame, and punishment

Defenses and apologies

Legal responsibility: criminal vs. civil

Moral guilt and legal guilt

Punishment and liability

Legal doctrines of control, fault, and risk

Corporate responsibility and institutional responsibility

Punishment and responsibility

Tensions between moral and legal responsibility

Submitted manuscripts may be in French or English. They should be between 8,000 and 12,000 words, including references and footnotes. Manuscripts must be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 200 words and must be anonymized in preparation for double-blind peer review.

Manuscripts must be submitted by email to aeef@umontreal.ca


  • Call for abstracts on Relational Normativity: Epistemic and Practical (University of Zurich, 18th-20th February 2027) (deadline August 31, 2026.)

    The conference will host experts from ethics and epistemology to discuss the role of relational normativity across philosophical disciplines. If your talk gets accepted, travel expenses, including up to three nights at a central hotel in Zurich, flight and train tickets, as well as lunch and dinner, will be covered.

    Questions that will be discussed may include the following:

    • What are the relevant relations between a) practical agents and b) epistemic agents? Are these the same relations and if so on what grounds are these relations built? Or do these relations differ? What can we learn from legal relations on the one hand and personal relationships like friendship on the other hand when thinking about how to best conceive of the relevant relations?

    For more information and to submit an abstract, visit:

    https://philevents.org/event/show/149977?ref=ema


  • Call for papers for 77th Northwest Philosophy Conference, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon October 30-31, 2026 (deadline 1 September 2026)

    Papers in any philosophical area are welcome. The conference welcomes submissions from women and members of minority groups.

    There will be a $70 registration fee.

    Each paper will have a commentator. Persons whose papers are accepted are expected to serve as commentators if asked.

    Papers must not exceed a length of 3000 words. Submission is by email.

    For more information and to submit a paper, visit: https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/fritzman/jmf/npc


  • Call for papers for 20th Annual Mark L. Shapiro Graduate Conference Brown University February 20-21, 2027 (deadline 1 October 2026)

    We will prioritize submissions on or related to moral and political philosophy (broadly construed), but also welcome submissions of high quality work in any area of philosophy. Housing is available for presenters.

    For more information and to submit, visit:

    https://philevents.org/event/show/150609


  • Call for abstracts for Collective Discussions online workshops 'Normativity, Practical Reason and Law', Spring 2027 (deadline 30 October 2026)

    The character of normative and motivational reasons is key to understanding several fundamental questions about law, from legal authority to the role of promises and the nature of legal guidance. These workshops are designed to explore these connections.

    There will be three workshops from selected papers.  The sessions take place online and last 90 minutes. Papers in the intersection of philosophy of law and other areas of philosophy are strongly encouraged. We hope to see both early- and mid-career scholars apply.

    Decisions will be announced in the first week of December.  For authors whose submissions are selected, final papers will be due three weeks prior to the scheduled discussion. Dates to be negotiated with successful authors.

    For more information and to submit an abstract, visit:

    https://collectivewlp.wixsite.com/home/post/cfp-collective-discussions-on-normativity-practical-reason-and-law


PhD Opportunities


  • Applications are now open for 2026-27 Society for Applied Philosophy Doctoral Scholarships (deadline 10 July 2026)

Each year the Society for Applied Philosophy offers two scholarships for doctoral

work in applied philosophy in a UK university, and one further scholarship for

doctoral work in applied philosophy in any University in an EU country (subject to a

suitable candidate coming forward). The level of each scholarship will be up to

£10,000 and will be held for one year

For more information and to apply, visit:

 

Others


  • Announcing the publication of the video and podcast of the Modern Criminal Law Journal Podcast, on Criminal Law and Language.

    CRIMINAL LAW & LANGUAGE (video | podcast) (June 4)


  • Book Proposals are invited for Off the Fence: Morality, Politics and Society

We invite proposals for Off the Fence, a Bloomsbury book series dedicated to short, sharply argued texts in applied moral and political philosophy.

We especially welcome proposals from writers whose identities are under-

represented in philosophy publishing, including those based in the Global South

and those writing within non-Western philosophical traditions.


  • The Journal of Politics and Law is inviting submissions and reviewers

    JPL is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education. The journal publishes research papers covering these subjects: political theory, political philosophy, political economy, comparative politics, international relations, legal history, legal theory, international law, constitutional and administr

    You are cordially invited to submit manuscripts for the coming issues. Please see the journal’s profile at http://jpl.ccsenet.org and submit your manuscripts online. Or you can e-mail your paper to jpl@ccsenet.org directly.

    We are also recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please find the application form and details at https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jpl/editor/recruitment and e-mail the completed application form to jpl@ccsenet.org


  • International Law Research (ILR) is inviting submissions and reviewers.

    ILR is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education. The journal publishes research papers covering these subjects: public international law, private international law, supranational law, comparative law, transnational law and environmental law.

    You are cordially invited to submit manuscripts for the coming issues of 2026. Please see the journal’s profile at http://ilr.ccsenet.org and submit your manuscripts online. You may also e-mail your paper to ilr@ccsenet.org

    The application form and details for becoming a reviewer are at https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ilr/editor/recruitment. E-mail the completed application form to ilr@ccsenet.org



  • Registration is now open for Philosophy, Law and Politics first Graduate Conference, Oxford University 25-26 June 2026

    Attendees need not register for both days.

    Of note to Collective: June 26, Ira Chadha-SridHar (Cambridge), `The Legal Concept of Care' noon

    Okinaga Room, Wadham College

    For logistical purposes, we ask that everyone who plans to attend the Conference register using THIS LINK



  • SCLP announce a hybrid seminar 15 June 2026

    Barbara Baum Levenbook (NCSU), "Rethinking Legal Authority"

    12:30-2:30 pm (UK Summer time)

    Pre-reading is strongly encouraged. The paper is available here.

    Join in the Law Library (link here) or via Teams.



  • Law, Ethics and Justice Group of LSE announce a hybrid session 16 June 2026

    Helder De Schutter (KU Leuven) "The Idea of Public Speech"

    430pm (UK time) in Lakatos Building room 2.06.


  • Jurisprudence Discussion Group of University of Oxford announce an in-person seminar  18 June 2026

    Claudio Michelon (Edinburgh), `Reclaiming Subjectivity in Legal Argumentation'

    12:30 pm (UK time) in Balliol College Old Common Room

    If you wish to have lunch, please fill out the form in this link (up to two weeks in advance of the session): https://forms.gle/tS2uRJQTDaZ1L13X6.



  • Cambridge Legal Discussion Theory Group announce a hybrid session 23 June 2026

David Prendergast Labbafi (Trinity College Dublin), `Law, Morality, Fractal Geometry'

6 pm-7:30 pm (UK time)


  • Registration is now open for the in-person 2026 Annual lecture of the journal Jurisprudence 29 July 2026

    Hannah Ginsborg (UC Berkeley), 'Normativity, Rationality, and Judicial Discretion'

    King's College London

    5:30-7 pm (UK summer time)

    To reserve a spot at the lecture, register here:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/normativity-rationality-and-judicial-discretion-tickets-1987601294978?aff=oddtdtcreator. 


  • Cambridge Forum for Legal & Political Philosophy announce an online Monthly Seminar 30 June 2026

    Lubomira Radoilska (University of Kent), `Owning Up: Beyond Wrongdoing and Excuse'

    4 pm (UK Summer time)

    This is the final 2026 Easter Term session of the CFLPP monthly seminar.

    Everyone interested in legal or moral or political philosophy is welcome to attend the talk.  If you wish to receive the Zoom invitation, write to Professor Matthew Kramer (mhk11@cam.ac.uk).  Please write from an institutional account rather than from a generic account such as Gmail or Hotmail.


  • The Society for Applied Philosophy is accepting applications for Research Trip Funding (deadline 1 September 2026)

    The Society offers financial assistance to enable those working in applied philosophy to pursue their research away from their home institution. This includes, for example, attendance at conferences and workshop, and longer research visits to another institution.

    For more information and to apply, visit:

    https://www.appliedphil.org/funding/research-trip-support/


  • The Society for Applied Philosophy is accepting applications for Teaching Relief Funding (deadline 1 September 2026)

    The Society offers funding for limited teaching relief to support the completion of a research project (e.g. a monograph or journal article, grant application). This relief might, for example, enable a researcher to pay for a graduate teaching assistant to assist with seminars and marking. This scheme is open to academic staff (i.e. those appointed as either temporary or permanent lecturers on a full-time basis).

    For more information and to apply, visit:


  • The Society for Applied Philosophy is accepting applications for further Research Support (deadline 1 September 2026)

    The Society will also consider applications for other forms of research support not covered by the above schemes. Past examples of successful applications include paying for indexing work and other publishing subventions, survey work to inform applied philosophical research, and the compilation of a diversity reading list. This scheme is open to post-graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, academic staff and independent researchers.

    For more information and to apply, visit:





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