Conferences

The Royal Institute has sponsored conferences since its inception. We now offer funding for one departmental conference, two postgraduate conferences, and several schools conferences each year.

Departmental Conferences

Each year the Royal Institute of Philosophy offers sponsorship of up to £5,000 for a conference hosted by a university department of philosophy.

Postgraduate Conferences

The Royal Institute of Philosophy sponsors postgraduate conferences hosted by university departments of philosophy.

Schools Conferences

The Royal Institute of Philosophy sponsors conferences for teachers and students of philosophy in schools and sixth form colleges.

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Announcements

Miranda Fricker on ‘Being Believed’, 5.45pm, 6 December in Foyles Charing Cross, the last talk of the year in our series on the social dimension of knowledge. Reserve your free place here.

The Annual Debate, "What's the Point of Diversity?', 21 November at 6.30, Beverage Hall. Details here.

Philip Pettit will give the Annual Lecture, 'My Three Selves' on 25 October at 6 pm in The Old Theatre, LSE. Details here.

Susan Neiman will give the the 2019 Royal Institute of Philosophy / Royal Society of Edinburgh Lecture. The topic is "Justice and History". Details and tickets here.

Tickets are now available for all the events in the London Lecture Series on the social dimension of knowledge. The first talk is by Paul Giladi on 11 October. Reserve your seat here.

The new editors of Philosophy have extended the submission deadline for the Philosophy Essay Prize to 1st November 2019. Details here.

The Royal Institute has now contacted all Jacobsen Studentship and Bursary winners for this academic year. Congratulations to all.

We are very happy to announce this year’s London Lecture Series, ‘How Do We Know? The Social Dimension of Knowledge’. Full program here.

The Institute welcomes proposals for funding for events for students and teachers of philosophy in schools. Details here.

The new editors of Philosophy, Maria Alvarez and Bill Brewer, now welcome online submissions.

https://tinyurl.com/y3hfp6nw

Jacobsen Studentships Update: the committee will meet in the first week of September, so successful candidates will be contacted shortly thereafter.

The Institute welcomes proposals for postgraduate conference funding. The deadline is 16 September. More info here.

The Institute seeks an editorial assistant. Details here. Deadline for applications is 15 August.

The Summer issue of Think: Philosophy for Everyone is out now. Here's the table of contents, here's a free article on the virtues of running marathons, and here's how to subscribe.

Cardiff Annual Lecture, Ruth Chang "Hard Choices", 16 May. Details here.

Postgraduates are invited to apply for studentships and bursaries. Deadline 1 July.