The Traveling Early Modern Philosophy Organization presents:
TEMPO 2027
April 30th and May 1st in New Brunswick, NJ
Call for Abstracts
The Traveling Early Modern Philosophy Organization (TEMPO) is now accepting abstracts (and other submissions) for our 11th annual conference. We will be meeting on the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ on Friday, April 30th and Saturday, May 1st, 2027.
We welcome papers on any aspect of Modern philosophy, roughly understood as anything that falls within the broad remit of scholarly or popular intellectual engagement with philosophy (broadly construed) between Montaigne and Mill (in Europe or elsewhere) or the teaching of it.
Submissions on the topic of our reading group, the Venetian women philosophers Marinella, Tarabotti, and Fonte and related figures, methods, and themes are particularly encouraged.
Don Garrett (New York University)
Antonia LoLordo (University of Virginia)
Maité Cruz (Union College)
Dwight K. Lewis (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Julie Walsh (Wellesley College)
To submit, please prepare your 300-500 word paper abstracts for anonymous review. Individual papers should be suitable for a 25 minute presentation, followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.
Once prepared, you may submit them here.
Submissions from graduate students will be eligible for our TEMPO Outstanding Paper Prize.
The deadline for submissions is February 1st, 2027. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by February 19th.
You can also learn more about and register for our reading group on the Venetian woman philosophers, Marinella, Fonte, and Tarabotti, to take place in 2026 leading up to the conference.
The TEMPO Board remains committed to increasing the representation of diverse voices across Modern philosophy scholarship.
Please contact our Program Committee Chair for 2027 with any questions.