Submissions are invited from PhD candidates or early career academics (within two years from the PhD award) for papers to be presented at the Henle conference 2026. Submission can be on any aspect of essentialism in contemporary philosophy or the history of philosophy. Two slots are available, of 40-45 minutes each, including Q&A. Those invited to present will have 2 hotel nights booked and covered by the department if coming from the US, 3 if coming from overseas.

To be considered, please submit a 500 word abstract here HC2026 (Henle Conference 2026). The abstracts will be blind reviewed by the Henle committee. We regret that no feedback can be provided to those who are not selected. The deadline for submission is November 10 2025 and invitations to the two successful applicants will be sent out by 15 December 2025

Invited Speakers

• Shamik Dasgupta (Wade Lecture) UC Berkeley
• Jeffrey Brower Purdue University
• Cristina Nencha University of Bergamo
• Vasilis Politis trinity College Dublin
• Christof Rapp Ludwig-Maximilians University

Venue

The conference will be held in Il Monastero Saint Louis MO

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to anna.marmodoro@slu.edu