10th IAPT Conference (2025)

The International Association for Philosophy of Time (IAPT) is pleased to announce its 10th annual conference to be held at the University of Santiago, Chile, on 7th-9th July 2025. The local organiser is Carlo Rossi (carlo.rossi@usach.cl). The programme committee is chaired by David Ingram (david.ingram@york.ac.uk ). The conference is sponsored by Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

Call for Abstracts: the organisers request submissions of high-quality abstracts (500–1000 words) of papers on the philosophy of time, broadly construed, suitable for 40-minute presentations. Abstracts should be prepared for blind review and submitted by email (as a .docx or .pdf file) to david.ingram@york.ac.uk by 31st January 2025, 12.00 pm (noon) GMT. The submission email should include your name, institutional affiliation, and the title of the paper (in the body of the email). Successful applicants will be notified and the full programme confirmed in April. (Please note: only one submission per person is permitted; an abstract for a coauthored paper counts as a submission for each of the coauthors.)

 

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7th IAPT, Barcelona, 30 June – 2 July 2020

The International Association for Philosophy of Time (IAPT) is pleased to announce its 7th annual conference, to be held in Barcelona, Spain, from 30 June to 2 July 2020. The conference is sponsored by the ERC project PROTEUS – Paradoxes and Metaphors of Time in Early Universe(s) (GA758145)

Confirmed speakers: Steve Carlip (UC Davis), Daniel Deasy (Dublin), Natalja Deng (Seoul), Yuval Dolev (Bar-Ilan), Eleanor Knox (London), Emily Thomas (Durham)

If you would like to give a talk, please send both a short abstract (150 words) and an extended abstract for peer review (approximately 2000 words) to iapt7barcelona@gmail.com by Jan 31st, 2020. Submissions on any topic in the philosophy of time are welcome, and we also encourage presentations discussing time in Quantum Gravity and cosmology.

Only one submission per person is permitted. Please include name, institutional affiliation, and preferred email address at the top of the short abstract, prepare the extended abstract for blind review, and indicate if you want to be considered for travel bursaries (only for graduate students and non-tenure-track faculty).

Feel free to contact iapt7barcelona@gmail.com with any questions.
Organizing committee: Silvia De Bianchi, Carl Hoefer, Sven Rosenkranz, and Giuliano Torrengo.

Program committee: Dave Ingram (chair), Maria Balcells, Silvia De Bianchi, Natalja Deng, Carl Hoefer, Kristie Miller, Sven Rosenkranz, and Giuliano Torrengo.

Philosophy of Time Society at the Pacific APA (2020)

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts of between 150 and 300 words for its group meeting at the Pacific APA in San Francisco, CA, April 8-12, 2020. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to ccallender@ucsd.edu on or before Aug 30, 2019 with the subject line ‘Pacific APA Submission’. Paper presentation time should be no more than 20-30 minutes.

Philosophy of Time Society at the Central APA (2020)

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts of between 150 and 300 words for its group meeting at the Central APA in Chicago, IL, February 26-29, 2020. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to ccallender@ucsd.edu on or before July 31, 2019 with the subject line ‘Central APA Submission’. Paper presentation time should be no more than 20-30 minutes.

Philosophy of Time Society at the Eastern APA (2020)

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 15TH! The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts of between 150 and 300 words for its group meeting at the Eastern APA in Philadelphia, PA, January 8-11, 2020. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to ccallender@ucsd.edu on or before June 30, 2019 (now extended to July 15th, 2019) with the subject line ‘Eastern APA Submission’. Paper presentation time should be no more than 20-30 minutes.

Philosophy of Time Society at the Pacific APA (2019)

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts of between 150 and 300 words for its group meeting at the Pacific APA in Vancouver, B.C., April 17-20, 2019. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to ccallender@ucsd.edu on or before Sept 15, 2018 with the subject line ‘Pacific APA Submission’. Paper presentation time should be no more than 20-30 minutes.

Philosophy of Time Society at the Central APA (2019)

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts of between 150 and 300 words for its group meeting at the Central APA in Denver, CO, February 20-23, 2019. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to ccallender@ucsd.edu on or before Aug 31, 2018 with the subject line ‘Central APA Submission’. Paper presentation time should be no more than 20-30 minutes. 

Philosophy of Time Society at the Eastern APA (2019)

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts of between 150 and 300 words for its group meeting at the Eastern APA in New York, NY, January 7-10, 2019. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to ccallender@ucsd.edu on or before July 15, 2018. Paper presentation time should be no more than 20-30 minutes.

Philosophy of Time Society at the Central APA (2018)

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts of between 150 and 300 words for its group meeting at the Central APA in Chicago, IL, February 21-24 2018. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to ccallender@ucsd.edu on or before Sept 15, 2017. Paper presentation time should be no more than 20-30 minutes.

Philosophy of Time Society at the Pacific APA (2018)

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts of between 150 and 300 words for its group meeting at the Pacific APA in San Diego, CA, March 28 – April 1, 2018. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to ccallender@ucsd.edu on or before Sept 30, 2017. Paper presentation time should be no more than 20-30 minutes.

4th Annual IAPT Conference – First Call for Papers

The International Association for the Philosophy of Time (IAPT) is formed by the Philosophy of Time Society, the Centre for Time (Milan), and the Centre for Philosophy of Time (Sydney).

The IAPT invites submissions of high quality papers for the 4th annual IAPT conference, to be held from 12th–14th June 2017, at the Palazzo Feltrinelli, Gargnano, Lake Garda, Italy.

The IAPT conference will involve five themed sessions with invited keynote speakers and several open sessions. The themed sessions (with keynotes) are as follows:

The Logic and Language of Time — Patrick Blackburn (Roskilde)
Time, Action, and Ethics — Jennifer Hornsby (Birkbeck)
Temporal Experience — Jenann Ismael (Arizona)
Time and the Scientific Image — Tim Maudlin (NYU)
Non-Standard A Theories — Sven Rosenkranz (Barcelona)

Temporal Illusion Round Table — A. Bardon (Wake Forest), V. Arstila (Turku), S. Power (Cork), A. Vatakis (Athens)

Papers (suitable for a 25-30 minute presentation, and no longer than 5,000 words) should be submitted via EasyChair by 31st December 2016:

http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iapt2017

Submissions on any topic in the philosophy of time are welcomed. All papers must be prepared for blind review and include a short abstract. Early career scholars, e.g. graduate students, postdocs, pre-tenure faculty (etc.), are eligible for a prize bursary — participants awarded a prize will be entitled to reimbursement for conference expenses up to the value of $500.

NB. The conference fee is €230, which includes three nights lodging in the Palazzo (from Sunday 11th to Wednesday 14th June) and all meals. Since the Palazzo has limited space, for those who cannot be lodged in the University facilities the fee is €120, which includes all meals (served in the Palazzo).

Organising Committee: A. Bardon (Wake Forest), V. Buonomo (Milan), C. Calosi (Neuchâtel), F. Correia (Neuchâtel), S. Iaquinto (Milan), D. Ingram (Milan), U. Meyer (Colgate), K. Miller (Sydney), B. Neeser (Neuchâtel), G. Torrengo (Milan), and C. Wüthrich (Geneva).

http://www.centreforphilosophyoftime.it/iapt-4/

Sponsors: State University of Milan (15-5-3007000-601), Fondazione Cariplo-Regione Lombardia (15-6-3007000-2021), Philosophy of Time Society, Department of Philosophy (State University of Milan)