The neo-Kantian Reception of Schiller
International Conference
Naples 24-26 September 2025
Call for Presentations
OPENING: 31 January 2024
DEADLINE: 30 November 2024
RESULTS: OUT NOW
RESULTS OF THE EVALUATION
After receiving several high-quality submissions to the Call for Presentations, the committee evaluated the contributions on 20/01/2025. The winners of the call are:
Jacinto Páez Bonifaci, Universidad Diego Portales (Chile) / Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) - “Amid the universal ruin, bloom”: Cassirer’s appropriation of Schiller in his philosophy of history
Sabato Danzilli, University of Catania (Italy) / University of Heidelberg (Germany) - Kuno Fischer: Schiller as a Bridge between Kritizismus and Romantik
Giuseppe Guastamacchia, University of Turin (Italy) - Dilthey as a Reader of Schiller: Poetic Imagination and Neo-Kantian Foundation of the Human Sciences
Mattia Papa, University Federico II of Naples (Italy) - The presence of Schiller in the first period of Natorp’s philosophy
Niklas Sommer, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Germany), Schiller’s Transcendental Idealism A Common Theme in Cassirer, Windelband and Vorländer
We thank all those who participated in the Call.
We invite Ph.D. students, researchers and scholars to submit abstracts for presentations on the topic of the Conference. Proposals dealing with the reception of Schiller by lesser-known representatives of the neo-Kantian movements (such as Bruno Bauch, Karl Vorlaender, etc.) are particularly welcome.
ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION
Abstracts must be submitted by email to schillerneokantianism@gmail.com after 31 January 2024 and before 30 November 2024.
The proposals must be submitted as a .doc or .docx file labeled with the surname of the submitter (e.g. surname.docx).
At the top of the document, please include the following information: title of presentation, full name, email address, university degree, affiliation, and academic position you will hold at the time of the Conference.
Abstracts must be no longer than 2000 words (excluding footnotes and references) and must be submitted in English.
After submitting your abstract, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive an email confirmation within two weeks, please resubmit your abstract to chiara.russokrauss@unina.it.
The submission of an abstract constitutes a commitment by the author to give a presentation at the Conference if accepted.
PRESENTATIONS
Abstracts will be evaluated by the conference organizers according to the following criteria: consistency with the topic of the event; clarity; relevance; soundness; originality.
Authors will be informed of the decision by 31 January 2025 and – if accepted - will receive further instructions for the presentation at the event.
The presentation must be given in English.
For scholars and researchers with a work contract from a university or research institution at the time of the Conference, travel and accommodation costs will be covered by the University of Naples Federico II. Doctoral students who are working on their doctorate at the time of the Conference will receive a participation fee of 250 euros (minus taxes).
FROM PRESENTATION TO PAPER
Accepted presentations will be eligible for publication in the Conference Proceedings, which will be submitted to renowned international publishers for publication.
By submitting a proposal, authors agree to eventually convert their presentation into an English manuscript. The criteria for writing the manuscript will be communicated to the winners of the call after the evaluation process has been completed.