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The Praxis Seminar — Research Colloquium in Practical Philosophy is the central research seminar of the Practical Philosophy Research Group. It features lectures and presentations by distinguished national and international scholars, invited to share their latest work. The seminar is designed as a forum for in-depth philosophical discussion, offering a cross-cutting perspective on a wide range of topics, and fostering an enriching environment for academic exchange.
Meetings take place every Tuesday during the academic year, structured as a 45-minute presentation followed by a Q&A session of the same duration.
After each session, there is usually a dinner with the guest speaker. Everyone is welcome to join this more informal discussion.
When: Tuesdays, 5:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
Where: Sala Mattos Romão (Room C201.J), Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon.
Attendance is free and open to the public
Upcoming Sessions
Session 15 | 24 March 2026
Adriana Serrão (Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa e Praxis-CFUL)
Quando a técnica ganha vida – Georg Simmel: do conflito da cultura ao trágico metafísico
Session 16 | 7 April 2026
Maria João Cantinho (Praxis-CFUL)
Marxismo, messianismo e Utopia na Obra de Walter Benjamin
Session 17 | 14 April 2026
Tamara Caraus (Praxis-CFUL)
How to Grasp a Totality? On Marx’s Method in Grundrisse
Workshop Identity, Difference, and Contradiction: Iberian Perspectives on Hegel | 20-21 April 2026
Session 18 | 28 April 2026
A.J.A. Woods (Brighton, UK)
Session 19 | 5 May 2026
Pedro Galvão (Praxis-CFUL)
Session 20 | 12 May 2026
Juan Evaristo Bloix (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
The Joy of Missing Out: A Critique of Work in Neoliberal Society
Session 21 | 19 May 2026
Saul Newman (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Artificial Creativity Workshop | 26-27 May 2026
Session 22 | 2 June 2026
André Barata (Universidade da Beira Interior)
Past Sessions
Praxis Group General Meeting 2025/2026, 1S | 30 September 2025
Session 1 | 7 October 2025
Tuğba Sevinç (Kadir Has University)
Solidarity: A defense of its plurality
Session 2 | 14 October 2025
Iracema Dulley (ICS/ULisboa)
The Fetish in Translation: Reflections from Central Angola
Session 3 | 21 October 2025
Sjoerd van Tuinen (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Session 4 | 28 October 2025
Katerina Standish (University of Northern British Columbia)
Encounter Theory: A Pathway Forward
Session 5 | 4 November 2025
Jason Yonover (Yale University)
Martin Luther King, Jr. and G.W.F. Hegel on Moral Progress
International Workshop Ungrounding the Political | 11 and 12 November 2025
Session 6 | 18 November 2025
Bernardo Ferro (Instituto de Estudos Filosóficos, Universidade de Coimbra)
LANÇAMENTO – Hegel Beyond Liberalism: The Dialectic of Political and Economic Democracy
Session 7 | 25 November 2025
Eduardo Pellejero (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)
Alternativa sensível: a experiência estética perante os dispositivos de captura da atenção
Session 8 | 2 December 2025 [cancelled for health reasons]
Michael Byron (Kent State University)
Hobbes on Submission to God
Session 9 | 9 December 2025
Jonathan Floyd (Bristol University)
What is the point of doing ‘methodology’ in political theory?
Session 10 | 16 December 2025
Roundtable: The Centenary of Frantz Fanon
with Marcela Uchôa, Jeovet Baca Virgínia, Tamara Caraus, and Mariana Teixeira
Praxis Group General Meeting 2025/2026, 2S | 10 February 2026
(internal activity)
Session 11 | 24 February 2026
Moirika Reker (Praxis-CFUL)
Urban fruits: The (public) orchard as a bridge to the landscape
Session 12 | 3 March 2026
Sally Sedgwick (Boston University)
Weltgeschichte als Weltgericht: Justifying Hegel’s World History and Philosophy of Right
Session 13 | 10 March 2026 [cancelled due to the war]
Ray Brassier (American University of Beirut)
Surplus Repression and Social Suppression
Session 14 | 17 March 2026
José Quaresma (Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa e Praxis-CFUL)
O impacto da imersividade óptico-háptica digital na entrega ao olhar do Outro (se ainda aí estiver)
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