Presenting at conferences is a good way of developing professional networks, getting feedback on work, and practicing giving talks. Many philosophy conferences have dedicated graduate sessions, and there are also various graduate-only conferences. This page aims to keep track of what is available, with a primary focus on the UK and Europe. Where possible, entries list usual (or recent) times of year conferences take place, and typical/recent submission deadlines, as well as any further things to note.
If you’re aware of any good conferences that aren’t listed here, please email ben.davies@sheffield.ac.uk
Graduate Conferences
- Cambridge Graduate Conference in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic. End of January, deadline unknown.
- Warwick Graduate Conference in Political & Legal Theory. February, deadline January.
- Leeds Analytic Philosophy Graduate Conference. April ’26. Abstracts by 15 November ’25, full (4k words) paper beforehand to receive Faculty comments. Plans for future iterations but dates not known.
- Oxford Graduate conference in Political Theory. April, deadline January.
- KCL Political Theory conference. April, deadline February.
- Warwick Continental Philosophy Conference. June, deadline March.
- Northern England Postgraduate Philosophy conference. (Liverpool) June, deadline May.
- Warwick MindGrad. June, deadline May.
- Brave New World (Political Philosophy, Manchester). June/July, deadline unknown.
- Understanding Value (Sheffield, Value Theory). July, deadline April.
- Postgraduate Bioethics Conference (Location varies UK). September, deadline May.
- SOPhiA (Analytic philosophy, Salzburg). September, deadline May.
- Scottish Graduate Conference in Applied Epistemology. September, deadline unknown.
- Arché. (St Andrews, General). October, deadline April.
- Open Minds (General, Manchester). October, deadline May.
- British Postgraduate Philosophy Conference (Location varies UK). October, deadline unknown.
- Oxford Philosophy Graduate conference. November, deadline May.
- Stockholm Philosophy Graduate Conference. December, deadline May.
Other Conferences
- John Dewey Society Annual Conference (Location varies USA, occasionally Europe). March, deadline November.
- Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (Oxford). End of March, deadline October. Easier to get panels accepted than individual talks
- British Society for the History of Philosophy (Location varies UK). April, deadline October/November. Graduate students well represented
- Society for Applied Philosophy (Location varies UK and Europe). June, deadline January. PGRs subsidised, prize for best PGR paper
- Braga Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy. June, deadline February. Workshop format – either propose a panel, or submit a paper to one of the selected panels.
- Joint Session (General, location varies UK). July, deadline unknown. Dedicated postgraduate session. Dedicated SWIP session which encourages graduate submission
- European Society for Philosophy and Psychology (Location varies UK and Europe). July-September, deadline February/March
- Association for Social and Political Philosophy (Location varies UK). July, deadline March.
- Hume Society (Location varies worldwide). July, deadline November. Emerging Scholar Awards give funding to graduate students whose papers are accepted, up to $800 ($400 for commentators).
- British Society for Ethical Theory (Location varies UK). July, deadline December.
- Society for Women in Philosophy (Location varies, UK). Time varies, previously July-September. Aims for good graduate representation
- British Society for the Philosophy of Science (Location varies UK). July, deadline February.
- International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind (Online). October, deadline May. This society is an attempt to make philosophy of mind conferences more inclusive. They also have a best meme prize.
- Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (RoME) (Boulder, Colorado). August, deadline March. Online attendance possible. Young ethicist prize of $500, but needs full paper rather than abstract
- MANCEPT workshops in Political Theory (Manchester). September, deadline for proposing workshops February, then various deadlines for different workshops. Workshop format – either propose a panel, or submit a paper to one of the selected panels. Papers usually pre-circulated and then discussed just by members of your chosen panel.
- British Society of Aesthetics (Location varies UK). September, deadline unknown.
- SWIP Ireland (Ireland, usually in Maynooth, just outside Dublin). December, deadline September. Maria Baghramian prize for PGRs/ECRs. Full paper required in October
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