Philosophy of the City

🗓️ 31 May — 1 June, 2026

📍     Clare Hall, University of Cambridge

📋       RSVP here for Open Session June 1st 

31 May: Work-in Progress Workshop (closed session)

1 June: Invited Speaker Session (open session - please RSVP)

Aim

This conference aims to establish a sustained and systematic philosophical engagement with the city as an object of inquiry within analytic philosophy. While cities profoundly structure our social, moral, epistemic, and political lives, there has been little comprehensive philosophical treatment of the city as such. With the notable exception of Quill Kukla’s recent work—which opens an important line of inquiry while leaving significant conceptual territory unexplored—there is as yet no coordinated body of research addressing the nature, norms, and lived experience of urban life utilising tools and concepts from within analytic philosophy

Call for Abstracts

⭕️ Deadline for Submission: 15 April 2026

We welcome submissions from graduate students or early-career researchers whose work draw on or engage with the city from epistemology, philosophy of mind, political theory, philosophy of religion, ancient philosophy, and postcolonial thought.

We aim to invite 3-4 speakers for 15 mins talks followed by a seminar style discussion with the invited conference speakers. If interested, please send us the following:

(1) Abstract (max. 250 words) of your contributed paper. We particularly welcome work-in-progress.

(2) Expression of Interest (max. 500 words) describing how your research fits well with the themes of the project and how you think your research can benefit from participating in this event.

Please send these using the following form: https://forms.gle/tJzpF1TFExa4ADUT9