Wednesday 30.4.2025

The Department of Philosophy and History of Science at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, in cooperation with the Institute of Contemporary Historythe Institute of Philosophy, and the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Science, cordially invite everyone to participate in the conference Between the Idea and the Institution: Women in Czech Philosophy in 20th Century.

Call for Papers: Women in Czech Philosophy

The Department of Philosophy and History of Science at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, in cooperation with the Institute of Contemporary Historythe Institute of Philosophy, and the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Science, cordially invite everyone to participate in the conference Between the Idea and the Institution: Women in Czech Philosophy in 20th Century, which will take place on September 2nd and 3rd 2025 at the Academic Conference Center of the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Science, Husova 236/4a, in Prague.

The conference aims to explore women's diverse roles in the development and function of Czech philosophy in the last century, whether in terms of their contribution, institutional impact, or broader social and cultural context.

Please send your proposals (300-word abstract) and questions by June 13, 2025, to  zeny.filosofie.2025@gmail.com.

Conference topics:


  • Women and education: role of women in university and academic environment
  • Women's involvement in philosophical community: institutions and organizations, scholarly work
  • Reconstructing the philosophical world: philosophy and its overlap with other disciplines
  • The transformation of philosophy and the way women have contributed to it in the context of political and social changes