Call for Papers: 2025 Fonds Ricoeur’s Summer Workshop

The Fonds Ricœur is delighted to announce the 8th Edition of its Summer Workshops, which will take place in Paris from June 16 to June 20, 2025. This year’s theme is The Course of Recognition.

Call for Papers

The Course of Recognition
8th Edition of the Fonds Ricœur’s Summer Workshops

Paris
June 16-20, 2025

https://fondsricoeur.ehess.fr/evenement/appel-propositions-parcours-de-la-reconnaissance

Please kindly note : This year’s workshops coincide with the 20th anniversary of Paul Ricœur’s passing. On this occasion, a series of additional conferences and gatherings will be organized alongside the workshops by Olivier Abel and Azadeh Thiriez-Arjangi. This week promises to be full of enriching events. If possible, we encourage you to plan to stay in Paris for the entire week to fully enjoy these exceptional activities. 

Call for abstracts on the following topics (English only):

  1. Dialogues: Ricoeur and Kant, Hegel, Arendt, Honneth, Bourdieu, Amartya Sen, Boltanski, and Henaff, etc.
  2. Recognition and Gratitude
  3. Mutual Recognition in the Social World
  4. Misrecognition: Causes and Consequences
  5. From Recognition and Forgiveness to Reconciliation
  6. Recognition as a Moral Imperative
  7. The Role of Institutions in Facilitating Recognition
  8. Temporal Dimensions of Recognition
  9. The Relationship Between Autonomy and Recognition
  10. Recognition and the Limits of Empathy

Instructions: Please submit your abstracts (600- 1000 words) and your detailed bibliography by March 15th, 2025 to atelierricoeur@gmail.com
Notification of acceptance will be sent out prior to March 22, 2025. Registration will open March 31, 2025.

Important: Submissions can be provided in French or English – depending on the chosen subject area of investigation. Themes noted in English will consider paper submissions in English only. Similarly, thematic areas noted in French will accept paper submissions in French only.

Le Prix excellence des Ateliers d’été du Fonds Ricœur
For this 8th edition of the Fonds Ricœur’s summer workshops, La Fondation Goélands is once again awarding a prize for the best workshop paper. All young scholars, doctoral and post-doctoral students can apply for this award. To be eligible for the award, please send us your full paper by May 31, 2025 (midnight Paris Time Zone). The winner will receive 1000 euros from the Fondation Goélands, and will be invited to publish his or her paper in the Études Ricœuriennes / Ricœur Studies Journal.The workshops will be co-organized by the Fonds Ricœur, the Centre de recherches sur les arts et le langage (CRAL-EHESS), and the Society for Ricoeur Studies.

With our very best regards,
Team Summer Workshop