Phenomenology and Mind

Call for papers

Renovating humanity. Facing inhumanity in public and social life

San Raffaele School of Philosophy 2026

December 14^th – 16^th, 2026

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan

Faculty of Philosophy

Campus Milano 2 - Segrate

Accepted papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of Phenomenology and Mind.

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Mounira Al Solh (visual artist, Kunsthochschule Kassel)

Robin Celikates (Freie Universität Berlin)

Jérôme Dokic (EHESS and Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris)

Julia Jansen (KU Leuven)

Dima Mohammed (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Guest Editors

Vittorio Catalano (University of Vienna)

Simone Santamato (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)

In a multi-crisis and rapidly changing world such as the one we are currently living in, our own humanity faces crucial challenges. Conflicts and wars, as well as social and political contexts in which propaganda, manipulation and conformism, violence, hate speech, and abuse of power overflow, make philosophical reflection on what remains of humanity and how to promote its flourishing all the more compelling.

In this School, we aim to explore this issue from a variety of philosophical perspectives, combining a theoretical approach with more practical and applied ones.