GRADUATE AND EARLY CAREER
CONFERENCE

The organising committee of the 2026 Keeling Graduate & Early Career Conference in Ancient Philosophy is delighted to announce that submissions for the conference are now open.

The Keeling Graduate Conference will be an open-themed, two-day event on Ancient Greek Philosophy, featuring six talks from graduate students (who will receive a response from a member of the London Ancient Philosophy graduate community) and two keynote lectures. We are delighted to confirm that our keynote speakers will be Professor Angie Hobbs (Sheffield) and Dr Giles Pearson (Bristol).

Venue and date: The 2026 KGC is to take place at the Department of Philosophy, University College London, on March 20-21, 2026.

Submissions: We invite proposals from graduate students and early career researchers (within three years of completion of their degree) for papers of 3500–4000 words. Please submit papers to keelinggrad@gmail.com, in .pdf format, by the 5th of January, 2026 — note that each paper should also contain an abstract not exceeding 500 words. Papers should be prepared for blind review – please ensure that your paper is free from any identifying personal details.

Please write ‘Keeling Conference Paper Submission’ as the subject of your email and include your name, departmental affiliation, email address, and the title of your paper (as well as the year in which the PhD was awarded, in the case of early career researchers) in the body of the email.

Selected speakers will be informed in early February.

Each talk will run for approximately 60 minutes. Selected speakers will be allocated 30 minutes to present their work, which will be followed by a response from one of the members of the London ancient philosophy graduate community (10 minutes), and, finally, by an open-floor question and answer session (20 minutes).

In order to ensure that our event is as inclusive and accessible as possible, a conference fee will not be charged, and six graduate bursaries will be offered to our selected speakers. The graduate bursaries are currently set at up to £100 towards accommodation and sustenance. Moreover, we encourage applicants to state, if they wish to do so, whether they identify as being from a minority background; and whether they may require childcare support on the days of the event. (This financial information will only be used to offer support post-anonymous review/ decision, and will not affect selection.)

For any inquiries, please contact keelinggrad@gmail.com, or india.griffiths.18@ucl.ac.uk.

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Future updates will be posted to the Keeling Centre website.