Call for Abstracts: 4th Annual South African Postgraduate Philosophy Society (SAPPS)Symposium 2026

The South African Postgraduate Philosophy Society (SAPPS) invites postgraduate studentsto submit abstracts for the 4th Annual SAPPS Symposium, to be held in person at theUniversity of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein from 25 to 28 June 2026. The SAPPS…

Southern African Philosophy Prospering Amid Young Academics

16 July 2023 University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College Campus UNITE Conference Building On the 14th-16th July, the UKZN Philosophy Department, situated in Howard College Campus’s School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, played host to the 2023 South African Postgrad Philosophy…

Final Call for Abstracts (extended deadline 5 August 2025): PSSA Annual Conference, Cape Town, 23–25 January 2026

The Philosophical Society of Southern Africa Annual Conference takes place at the University of Cape Town, 23–25 January 2026.

2024 Conference

The Stellenbosch University Philosophy Department is pleased to announce that the annual conference of the Philosophical Society of Southern Africa will be held at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), in Stellenbosch next year: Wed 17 January– Fri 19 January.

2021 Conference

The University of Johannesburg will host the PSSA Conference in 2021. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, it remains unclear when the next in contact conference will be possible.

Philosophical Society of Southern Africa (PSSA) Conference 2020 – Call for Papers

The 2020 conference of the PSSA will take place between Monday 13th and Wednesday 15th January, and be held at the Fern Hill Hotel in the KZN midlands. The conference is hosted by the Philosophy discipline at University of KwaZulu-Natal.

2019 Annual Conference and General Meeting of the Philosophical Society of Southern Africa (PSSA)

This conference will be organised and hosted by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pretoria. In essence this is an open theme conference, and thus, papers with topics from all areas and traditions of Philosophy are welcome.