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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 6d

Whether you’re working on joy or jealously, affective scaffolding or injustice, compassion or cringe, send us your work!

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 6d

PSA 🔈Our call for abstracts for EPSSE 2026 is now open! Our 2026 annual conference will be hosted in Germany by Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt on 24-26 June 2026 💫

Deadline for abstracts on all things philosophy of emotions: 1 December 2025

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Jul 22

We’ve got an amazing line up of contributors for our Passion SI on Faces of Affective Injustice!

If you want to be among them, do send us your work by the 30th September ✨

European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Nov 14

Passion Special Issue: Faces of Affective Injustice CFP!

Join our amazing contributors - Eleanor Byrne, Myisha Cherry, Francisco Gallegos, Federica Gregoratto, Carme Isern Mas, Imke von Maur, Jan Slaby, Shiloh Whitney, and Michalinos Zembylas - and send us your work on Affective Injustice

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Jun 26

A reminder of the upcoming deadline for our Feminist Philosophy of Emotions SI, open until 1 July 2025!

Guest edited by the wonderful Laura Silva, Federico Lauria, and @arinapismenny.bsky.social ✨

Please make submissions through our website: passion-journal.org/about/submis...

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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Jun 12

Sophie Goddard speaking about love, vulnerability and anti-attachment drugs at @epsse.bsky.social conference in Paris!

Sophie Goddard in action speaking about vulnerability and love.

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Arina Pismenny @arinapismenny.bsky.social · May 5

Deadline extended to July 1!
CFP: Feminist Philosophy of Emotion
Special issue of Passion, @epsse.bsky.social co-edited with @proflaurasilva.bsky.social & Federico Lauria.
Topics: power, emotional labor, epistemic injustice, & more.
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Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotion Feminist Philosophy of Emotion Special Issue Call for Papers Following the excellent pre-conference workshop on Feminist...

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Mar 7

Submission is open to all (regardless of participation in the main conference). Please note that selected speakers will be invited to include their contribution in a special issue on Emotion and Attachment in Passion -- to be announced later in the year for those who can't join in Paris!

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Mar 7

There is still time to submit for the EPSSE pre-conference workshop--a thematic, smaller meeting normally ran by the local organisers just before the general conference. This year the topic is 'Emotions and Attachment', with a great line-up of confirmed speakers. Submit via the special email below!

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Feb 14

Submit your work via our website passion-journal.org/about/submis...

Deadline on 1 May 2025

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Feb 14

Thrilled to share the call for papers for our Passion SI on Critical/Feminist Philosophy of Emotions guest edited by the amazing Laura Silva, Federico Lauria, and @arinapismenny.bsky.social ✨

Join contributors Arina Pismenny, Ronald de Sousa, Laura Silva, Marie Wuth, and Denish Jaswal

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Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST) @feministphilosophy.bsky.social · Feb 13

People should submit to this! Look at that lineup of invited contributors....🔥

European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Nov 14

Passion Special Issue: Faces of Affective Injustice CFP!

Join our amazing contributors - Eleanor Byrne, Myisha Cherry, Francisco Gallegos, Federica Gregoratto, Carme Isern Mas, Imke von Maur, Jan Slaby, Shiloh Whitney, and Michalinos Zembylas - and send us your work on Affective Injustice

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Jan 28

Full details and PDF download here:

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Affective Lives: Autotheoretical Experiments (Special Issue Passion)

Special Issue and Workshop: “Affective Lives: Autotheoretical Experiments” (Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions) Guest Editor: Dr. Ruth Rebecca...

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Jan 28

The deadline for submissions is 31 Jan 2026, with an online workshop planned in October 2025 to discuss works in progress. Please send your expression of interest by the end of April 2025 to R [dot] R [dot] Tietjen [at] tilburguniversity [dot] edu

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Jan 28

Call for Papers Passion special issue
Affective Lives: Autotheoretical Experiments
Edited by Ruth Rebecca Tietjen
#philsky

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Sigrid Wallaert @sigridwallaert.bsky.social · Jan 20

🌱😤 My new article on climate anger is out with Passion, the journal of the @epsse.bsky.social! You can read it here: passion-journal.org/article/view...

Anger’s Value in the Context of the Climate Movement | Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Jan 14

We have now initiated the abstract review process for EPSSE 2025. If you sent us an abstract, look out for the confirmation email we will send you this week with a request to participate as a reviewer — and if you didn’t submit but are available to review, let us know at [email protected]

European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Jan 9

Deadline for EPSSE annual conference submissions tomorrow!

European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Nov 11

The next EPSSE conference will be in Paris, on 13th to 15th June 2025—locally organised by a great team at Panthéon-Sorbonne University. The call for abstracts (individual papers, panels, symposia) is open until 7th January. More information here ⬇️ #philsky #philosophy www.epsse.org/call-for-abs...

Call for Abstracts | EPSSE

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · Dec 10

This week! Registration still open ✨

Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · Nov 29

Join our hybrid workshop on 13 Dec with the amazing @geneickers.bsky.social, Tracy Llanera, @lvself.bsky.social, and Francesca Sobande to discuss “Digital Transformations: Identity, Gender, and Affectivity”!

#philosophy #philsky

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Dec 9

Less than a month left to submit to EPSSE in Paris!

European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Nov 11

The next EPSSE conference will be in Paris, on 13th to 15th June 2025—locally organised by a great team at Panthéon-Sorbonne University. The call for abstracts (individual papers, panels, symposia) is open until 7th January. More information here ⬇️ #philsky #philosophy www.epsse.org/call-for-abs...

Call for Abstracts | EPSSE

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Nov 9

We also run one of the only academic journals on the philosophy of emotion, Passion. It brings together ideas about affect and emotion from all areas of philosophy, as well as inter-disciplinary ones. It is open access and open for submissions!
#philsky
platform.openjournals.nl/passion/index

Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Nov 9

Hello! The society is now here at Bluesky. EPSSE is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the philosophical study of emotions. Every year we host a conference and a specialist workshop on emotion-related topics. This is our website: www.epsse.org #philsky #emotion #philosophy

Home | EPSSE

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Dec 3

EPSSE & Passion in good company in this starter pack of philosophy organisations and journals 🦉#philsky

(Thanks Keith for your curating work for philosophy Bluesky, which has been integral to kick start the community here)

Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · Dec 3

In addition to my list of philosophers and #philosophy starter pack, here is a collection of 80 philosophy-related organisations, journals and research groups currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/RMuQBg3. New orgs added upon request! (Also available in list form at bsky.app/profile/did:...) #PhilSky

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Nov 21

Have a read for #worldphilosophyday and consider sending your manuscript to Passion! You can DM us or the editors @lucyosler.bsky.social @joelkrueger.com @alfredarcher.bsky.social if you have any questions about your submission, or if you would like to propose a special issue/ &9

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Nov 21

You can also see the editors',(Heidi Maibom, Alfred Archer, Joel Krueger, Max Gatyas, and Lucy Osler) opening words in their introduction/8 passion-journal.org/article/view...

Editors' Introduction | Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · Nov 21

Alessandra Fussi closes off the issue with her paper "Affective responses to robots", spotlighting three key factors that play a role in the affective responses robots may elicit in the public/7 passion-journal.org/article/view...

Affective Responses to Embodied Intelligence. The Test-Cases of Spot, Kaspar, and Zeno | Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions

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