The Dutch Research School of Philosophy (OZSW) is a collaboration of the faculties of 12 Dutch universities. It facilitates and stimulates research collaboration between the participating universities, and offers training for young researchers. The 13th annual OZSW conference will be hosted fully in-person by the Erasmus School of Philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands) on May 19-20, 2026.
- Date
- Tuesday 19 May 2026, 09:00 - Wednesday 20 May 2026, 17:00
- Type
- Conference
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Various
- Ticket information
For more information and registration, please visit the website of the OZSW.
We are very happy to announce our Keynote Speakers:
- Megan Blomfield (Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK)
- Leo Catana (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Rozena Maart (University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
Conference theme: The Stakes of Engagement
With the conference theme The Stakes of Engagement, we invite reflections on the societal role of philosophy in a time marked by intersecting crises and by both epistemic and practical challenges. Our aim is to foster an interdisciplinary conversation about what it means to do philosophy today, and how philosophical thinking can help address the demands of the present. We have asked our keynote speakers to think with us—drawing on their situated experiences and sharing insights into how they understand the “stakes of engagement” as philosophers: as thinkers, as actors, and as pedagogues.
Engagement may also involve a critical orientation toward philosophy’s own histories and heterogeneous genealogies, as well as toward the expansion of its methods in transdisciplinary settings. When engagement is enforced as a normative demand, it risks becoming itself an object of critique and also invites reflection on the strategic value of disengagement.
Local organizing committee
- Katharina Bauer & Christoph Brunner (co-chairs)
- Sophie van Balen
- Ada Bronowski
- Jamie van der Klaauw
- Julien Kloeg
