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The Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026.
We shall address Alphonso Lingis’s philosophical opera and approach it in terms of its uniqueness, peculiarity, and irreducible singularity. Lingis’s phenomenological work is genuinely fascinating because, following Deleuze, he urges his readers to discover how to speak in their own distinctive manner, to find a singular and unmistakable voice. The deadline for proposals is January 15, 2026 to both emails:
We are extending the call for papers for the conference Foucault at 100: Echoes and Encounters in Central and Eastern Europe, which will be held in Prague (1–2 June 2026) and Warsaw (4–5 June 2026). The 100th anniversary of Foucault’s birth offers a unique opportunity to reflect on past contributions, current developments, and future directions of Foucauldian approaches to CEE issues. The deadline for proposals is 31 December 2025.
A new monitoring method based on radio holography will aid patients receiving in-home palliative care. It will provide an overview of patient activity, such as whether they are getting out of bed or need assistance, while also ensuring greater autonomy for patients and their families without intruding on privacy. Pioneers in testing radio holography in palliative care are researchers from the Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory for Bioethics at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Their task is to ensure an ethically acceptable way to use this technology.
In a wide-ranging interview for Radio Prague International, the philosopher says disinfo isn’t focused only on deceiving people but is also about “boring” them into losing interest in certain issues entirely. But, he argues, it is possible to combat it. The interview was conducted in connection with the recent publication of the book Disinformation and Hate Speech from the Perspectives of Philosophy, Law and Security, which he co-authored...
The Department of Analytic Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences is contributing to the organization of the major international conference PSA Around the World 2025, which focuses on current topics in the philosophy of science, with an emphasis on the Eastern and Central European region. The conference will take place online via Zoom on November 6, 14, and 22, in the afternoon hours, and will feature more than eighty presentations. Registration is still open.
We are pleased to invite proposals for papers for the XV International Symposium on the Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice, to be held in Prague on 18–19 June 2026, on the theme: “The Long Bohemian Reformation, European Universities, and Scholarly Disputations.” The symposium will examine the intersections between the Long Bohemian Reformation and European academic life, with a particular focus on the role of disputations. The deadline for submitting contributions is January 31, 2026...
What do ordinary people think philosophy is for? That’s the question two of our philosophers, Vít Gvoždiak and Martin Zach, set out to answer in a nationwide survey of the Czech public. Their article on the Daily Nous platform presents the survey’s findings—how Czechs perceive philosophy, the roles they assign to philosophers, and what they consider to be philosophical texts.
Starting in October, Dr. Lukas Kob of Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg will receive a Feodor Lynen Postdoc Fellowship, which is funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He will spend a year working in the Department of Analytic Philosophy on the possibility of consciousness in artificial systems...
The conference will focus on the role of manuscript culture in exile communities of diverse religious backgrounds during the early modern period, with a particular emphasis on the 1620s and 1630s. Specifically, it will examine how the written word was used to sustain, transmit, and reshape collective and individual identities amid the pressures of displacement and religious conflict.
