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Jobs, CFPs, PostDocs & PhDs, Events and Opportunities

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Last updated: 10 October 2025

 

Jobs


  • Lecturer in Law, King's College London (deadline 5 November 2025).

    The successful candidate’s principal teaching contribution will be in Criminal Law on our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

In their research, the successful candidate will have a demonstrably high potential to produce world-leading outputs in Law and/or Legal Theory in relation to criminal law or justice.


  • Two-year job Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship (deadline 1 December 2025)

AOS: open. Citizenship: open. 

PhD must be completed prior to commencing fellowship; applicants who have completed their PhD prior to December 20, 2022, are ineligible. $50,000 per annum plus benefits and a one-time $4000 research/travel grant.

For more information on eligibility and for the link to application procedures and the application form, please see: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/graduate- studies/fees- funding/scholarships-awards/postdoctoral-fellow- funding/killam-fellowships.html#Izaak-Walton-Killam-Memorial-Scholarship

Applications and letters should be sent electronically to Lynda Loiseau, Executive/ Administrative Assistant, Department of Philosophy: philea@ualberta.ca (subject line: Killam Search).

Note: Supervisor’s letter of support and applicant’s biosketch are not required at time of application. If the PhD degree is not yet in hand, proof that it has been awarded and/or copy of PhD degree will be required prior to taking up the Fellowship.


  • Instructor in philosophy, the University of Lethbridge. deadline end of December 2025.

    We seek applicants with competence to teach a broad range of courses, especially introductory courses, including sections of our introduction to philosophy. The ability to teach courses in areas that complement the Department’s existing strengths, as well as the ability to teach Non-Western philosophy, will be considered an asset.

    The Department of Philosophy has an energetic and ambitious faculty with research and teaching strengths in Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, among others.

    Applications have been open since September 24th, and candidates are urged to submit as soon as possible.

    For more information, visit https://uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8686.


  • NUS Law Laureate Fellowship for 202-2027. deadline end of December 2025.

    The Fellowship aims to foster research excellence among early-stage legal scholars who are interested in pursuing an academic career. They may focus on any field of legal research and use any research methodology or approach. The principle selection criteria are their exceptional calibre and the potential to excel in their area of research.

    For more information and the application form link, visit https://law.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/NUS-Law-Laureate-Fellowship-Advertisement_AY-2026-27.pdf


 

Call for papers and abstracts

 

  • International Conference, New Ideas on Normativity in Mannheim, January 22–24, 2026 (deadline 31 October 2025)

    Six to eight slots for contributed papers. Each slot will be allocated 60 minutes, divided equally between presentation and discussion. Please submit an anonymized PDF file containing an extended abstract (max. 1,000 words) to marc.andree.weber@uni-mannheim.de.


  • Call for abstracts for interdisciplinary conference, Contested Concepts: From Conceptual Change to Conceptual Ethics, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science, Amsterdam, 19-20 January 2026 (deadline 31 October 2025)

    Submit an abstract of 300-500 words to j.k.g.hopster@uu.nl, with subject header Conceptual Change 2026. In the submission, indicate with which disciplinary (sub)field you self-identify. 


  • TOMATO - Talks On Morality Across The Ocean (deadline 1 November 2025)

    A workshop aimed at promoting professional engagement between ethicists on both sides of the Atlantic. The second TOMATO² is scheduled for 18-19 April 2026, in Washington D.C.

    Abstracts on any topic in ethics (broadly construed) can be submitted through this form: https://forms.gle/EREhzcXmZfXepp2G8 Abstracts must be 500-800 words and include no identifying information. Submission is limited to academic faculty, postdocs and ABD PhD students who do not reside in the Americas.

 

  • Workshop on the moral, legal, and political dimensions of deterrence, 24-25 March 2026, Stockholm University (deadline 1 November 2025)

    Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be submitted to Jonas Haeg (jonas.haeg@philosophy.su.se) no later than the 1st of November 2025. Decisions on acceptance will be communicated no later than the end of November 2025. Revised papers, to be considered for publication, will be due no later than the 30th June 2026. Find more information at https://stockholmcentre.org/event/workshop-on-deterrence-and-deontology/ 

    SCEWP will cover the cost of up to three nights’ accommodation in Stockholm for the authors of accepted papers. Participants are responsible for their own travel costs.


  • Call for abstracts for 4th Annual Conference of The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy, 13 June 2026, Law Faculty, Oxford University (deadline 15 November 2025)

    Papers should engage law and philosophy, broadly defined, with a preference for analytic philosophical methods. Papers may address any substantive or procedural area of law.  Decisions will be communicated in January 2026.

    Abstracts should state a clear thesis, and sketch the structure and substance of the paper’s argument.

    Submit abstracts of 500- 750 words at: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/3376a9b45cbb4fecbb35e1bc0f8edb08

    Submission is encouraged from junior, mid-career, and senior scholars, including independent researchers and retired/emeritus. Three papers will be selected for this pre-read conference. Selected papers will be submitted for publication, subject to peer review, in the journal Law and Philosophy.


  • Call for Abstracts – IVR 2026 Panel on Conceptualising the Demise of Law (deadline 21 November 2025)

    32nd World Congress of the International Association Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, June 28-July 3, 2026, Istanbul

    Submit a provisional paper title and abstract (max. 300 words), along with

    your name, institutional affiliation, and contact email address via the following: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4I8I53E4uY6kk71DyiOXoF0hVFKghDlXvHlOx_HwuajeAaQ/viewform

    Expect responses in early December 2025. Successful contributors will be invited to join the proposed panel at IVR in Istanbul, contingent on its acceptance.

    For questions or clarifications contact: oskar.polanski@eui.eu


  • Call for submissions to Caritas et Veritas, special issue on "Artificial Intelligence and the Transformation of Society: Reflections on Current Perspectives and Future Challenges for the Social Sciences and Humanities" (deadline 1 January 2026)

    English submissions only. www.caritasetveritas.cz


  • Call for abstracts for joint North Carolina Philosophical Society and South Carolina Society for Philosophy meeting (deadline 15 January 2026)

    Faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, and independent scholars from anywhere in the world are invited to submit abstracts. Proposals on any topic of philosophical interest are welcome.

    Anonymized abstracts of approximately 500 words should be submitted to: SCSPhilosophy@gmail.com.

    All papers and abstracts should include a title along with several keywords or categories into which the paper could fit on the program, if accepted.

    More information can be found at: https://www.southcarolinaphilosophy.org/2026-meeting-call-for-submissions


  • Early Career Workshop in Moral, Legal, and Political Philosophy (13-14 May online) (deadline 1 February 2026)

Organized by the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace (Stockholm University). For more information, visit:



 

Postdoc/PhD Opportunities

 

  • 10 Postdoc Fellowships (23 months) at Aarhus University (deadline: 28 October 2025)

    The Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) at Aarhus University is advertising 10 postdoc fellowships (23 months), open to any discipline, topic and nationality. For more details, see: https://aias.au.dk/opportunities-at-aias/aias-auff-fellowships


  • The University of Nottingham Philosophy Department is accepting expressions of interest for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (deadline 1 November 2025)

    These fellowships allow early career researchers, with a research record but who have not yet held a full-time permanent academic post, to undertake a significant piece of publishable work under the mentorship of one of the academics in Nottingham's Philosophy Department: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Humanities/Departments/Philosophy/People/index.aspx (note: if you are planning to submit an EOI, please first contact the academic you would like to serve as your mentor).


    To submit an EOI, email the following items to the department's research director, Zach Hoskins (zachary.hoskins@nottingham.ac.uk): your CV (including a list of publications), a description of your proposed research project (1 page max), and a brief statement of why the University of Nottingham is an idea place for you to pursue your research.


  • The University of Liverpool is accepting expressions of interest for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (deadline 3 November 2025)

    You can find more guidance and a downloadable ECF Expression of Interest pro-forma on the  University’s Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship information page.


  • 5 Funded PhD positions at the Philosophy Department at the University of Tennessee, beginning August 2026 (deadline: 15 January 2026)

    These studentships typically involve teaching responsibilities, and fellowship support is sometimes available. The studentships include a competitive salary, full tuition waiver, and health insurance year-round. If satisfactory progress is made through the program, they are renewed annually for at least five years.


    Applications are made through the University of Tennessee Graduate School website, which may be found at: https://gradschool.utk.edu/admissions/applying-to-graduate-school/



 

Others

  • Online Reading Group on The Meaning of Misogynistic Language

    Interested in joining an  online reading group on the meaning of misogynistic language starting in October 2025?  Email justina.berskyte@manchester.ac.uk.


  • International Online Seminar "And Philosophy Created Woman / And Woman Created Philosophy : Disciplinary Intersections around Gender Equality in Early Modernity." 2025-2026. This seminar will focus on two main axes: on the one hand, women as philosophical objects, and on the other, women as subjects of philosophy during early modernity (16th-18th centuries)

    To register: tinyurl.com/philofemme 


  • London School of Economics and Political Science Law, Ethics and Justice Group announce the second seminar paper in the autumn term -- 14 October

    Massimo Renzo (KCL) - ‘Choices, Desires, Commitments’.

    The seminar will take place on Tuesday, October 14th at 430pm in Lakatos Building room 2.06.

    To view the Autumn Term Card with all the upcoming seminars, visit this link.


  • Cambridge Legal Theory Discussion Group announce a hybrid session -- 29 October

    Juan Pablo Andrade Rojas (University of Edinburgh) --

    `Interpretive Choice in Rights Adjudication: A Practice-Based Historical Alternative to

    Balancing and Trumps'

    Pre-read.

    5-6:30 pm UK time

    To get the links for meetings, please subscribe to our mailing list.

    For enquiries, email cambridgeltdg@gmail.com


  • Södertörns University Center for Ancient Philosophy, Stockholm announce an international workshop, `Plato and Laws' 16 October

    The event is free and open to all, but send a brief email to info@scaph.se if you intend to come, as seating is limited.


  • Oxford Jurisprudence Discussion Group announce the first Junior Scholar seminar -- 16 October

    Kevin Zhang (DPhil, Oxford) -- 'Jurisprudential Housekeeping'

    12:30 UK time in the Massey Room


  • Oxford Jurisprudence Discussion Group announce the fourth seminar paper in the Michaelmas Term -- 6 November

Maris Köpcke (University of Barcelona) - `Lawmaking Between Deflation and Inflation'

12:30 UK time in the Old Common Room Balliol College

Lunch will be provided for those who register their attendance at:

Lunch registration for each seminar will close a week before the seminar takes place.


  • Cambridge Legal Theory Discussion Group announce an online session -- 7 November

    Priscilla Andrade (PUC- Rio) -- `Precedent and Legal Change'

    5-6:30 pm UK time

    Pre-read.

    To get the links for meetings, please subscribe to our mailing list.

    For enquiries, email cambridgeltdg@gmail.com

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