Philosophy of Time Society at the Eastern APA (2027) We request submissions of high-quality abstracts (500 words max.) for our group meeting at the Eastern APA in Boston, MA, January 13–16, 2027. Deadline: 3rd July 2026. www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...

The symposium on my book, *Thinking of Necessity*, is assembled together in an issue. Thanks again to Sam, Sonia and Naomi! www.tandfonline.com/toc/sinq20/6...

My paper 'Fragmenting the Paradox of Material Constitution', forthcoming in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy. Preprint Link: tinyurl.com/FraggingMate...

Is spacetime real, or does it dissolve under scrutiny? | https://bit.ly/4tqQMOV Philosopher Sam Baron argues that the idea of spacetime "emerging" from quantum reality is circular, leading to the radical conclusion that Einstein's spacetime does not exist.

Free speech is being demanded of universities. I think there’s a misunderstanding of education at the heart of these concerns, and focus on academic freedom would be more helpful. Blog post: #highereducation matthewbarnard.phd/posts/2026-0...

CfA: PGR Conference – Styles of Perception 📅 30 June – 1 July 2026 📍 University of York Financial support provided. 🔗 Full details and submission information: sites.google.com/view/styleso... 🗓 Submit by 1 May!

The winners of the 2026 Sanders Prize in Metaphysics are...

Management consultants are ruining UK universities ft.trib.al/0LelZP9 | opinion

Looking to hire another 2-year Postdoc for the Unity Project! AOS in Metaphysics, Social Ontology, or Formal Ontology. Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRA671/r... (Also please share widely, thanks)

Dr James Miller (Durham University) joins us on 5 March to explore the metaphysics of linguistics. Are words concrete objects or abstract entities? Find out at 15:00 on 5 March in P/L/002. Read more: www.york.ac.uk/langu...

🌀 The Centre for Philosophy of Time is pleased to announce and invite you to the Workshop entitled "Dynamic and Static Models of Reality", to be held on 20 April at the University of Milan. 📌 Event programme and details: n9.cl/ao11l

There's (literally) no time like the present to read Dave Ingram's newly revised entry for the Spring 2026 edition of The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Presentism! plato.stanford.edu/entries/pres...

MA Scholarships in Arts and Humanties at King's College London! Please spread the word to your eligible finalist undergraduates! - these scholarships are for home (UK fees) students from some minoritised ethnic groups underrepresented in academia. See link for details. www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

The fact that my trade union is facing allegations of trade union victimisation against its own workers is so deeply sickening that I find it difficult to put into words. Please read and share this excellent thread and support Unite-UCU in their battle for the sort of treatment UCU demands for us.

This is a thread about UCU & what it has become over the last few years. But the first thing I want to say is I didn’t join a union to stay silent or turn my back on a single parent of three facing dismissal on the basis of their trade union activities. Marie Monaghan is the Unite UCU 1/12

Scrapping REF should be “serious’ option”, says Manchester VC. Duncan Ivison questions “usefulness” of “massive, bureaucratic” research assessment exercise. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Incandescent. One of the best pieces I've read about what university means to people and their communities - and what will happen to a city and people after one closes. The *Labour* government and Jaqui Smith in particular should be ashamed of themselves and shamed into doing something. Deplorable.

📣 CFP Extended Deadline (Feb 15, 2026) 🔷 SMS 2026 will take place May 25–27 at the University of Toronto. 💠Keynote: Heather Demarest 💠Presidential Address: Giuliano Torrengo ➡️Submissions welcome on all areas of metaphysics of science. More info: socmetsci.org

UK Universities cut 13,300 jobs, paid £300m+ in redundancy. Economic contribution of the HE sector, £265bn. Systematically destroyed by govts - foreign students not welcome, cut real-term grants, fees, students burdened with debts, low staff pay/morale. Govt want skilled labour. archive.ph/favYt

The International Association for Philosophy of Time (IAPT) is pleased to announce its 11th annual conference to be held at Yamaguchi University, Japan, on 25th–27th July 2026. Call for abstracts: www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...

Mike Stuart has won a 2 million euro ERC Consolidator grant to research how AI is changing science! He'll be recruiting 4 postdocs to help do the research over 5 years. More news on the project when it begins this June! @erc.europa.eu www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

The International Association for Philosophy of Time (IAPT) is pleased to announce its 11th annual conference to be held at Yamaguchi University, Japan, on 25th–27th July 2026. Call for abstracts: www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...

📷 Summer School: Mereology and Beyond Check out the schedule on the link! www.usi.ch/en/mereology Dates: June 15–19. Application Deadline: 15 February 2026

I feel this in the marrow of my bones. The future of a university should be shaped by leaders whose own careers depend materially on the future they are shaping.

The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away. Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.

There's about a month left to submit something to the Asian Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural conference! Consider submitting an abstract, and encouraging early-career scholars (especially those from or based in Asia) to submit an essay for the APSA Essay Prize.

'Staff at the University of Nottingham are preparing to strike for the second time this term, announcing a further 22 days of action before Christmas, in addition to the 20 days already taken.' Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam, Leicester, and Edinburgh also striking.

Just in case anyone is listening, please note that UK universities cannot operate successfully on the basis of continuous reduction of academic staff and academic staff pay. No amount of staff wellness sessions will change this.

We are in full solidarity with the @pcsunion.bsky.social members at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social who will be on strike for the next two weeks. Let's get out to their pickets and rallies to show our support, @ucu.org.uk members! Details below. @pcspress.bsky.social

Jacob O'Sullivan and Sam Dickson have just been published in Metaphysica! Their paper is titled "The Broad Escape from Narrow Fictionalism." Here is a link to the official version: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... And here's another to the preprint: philpapers.org/rec/DICTBE

JOB: 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Nina Emery’s Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time has landed. 50 chapters (554pp) covering an immense range of topics. It’s a fantastic volume and I’m delighted to have contributed to it.

Dave Ingram's article 'Presentism and Eternalism' features in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time, edited by Nina Emery, to be published later this month. This year, Dave will be teaching The Nature of Time for undergraduates and Time, Tense, & Existence for MA students.

✨ Welcome, Giuliano Torrengo, director of our Centre for Philosophy of Time, now on Bluesky. Follow him at @giulianotorrengo.bsky.social !!! philtech.unimi.it/profilo/giul...

UK universities could be hit with nationwide strikes after the University and College Union announced it will ballot its members over pay, reports @julietterowsell.bsky.social #academicsky #strikeballot

VCs don’t run universities. We do. After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot. Ballot opens October. Vote YES. #WeAreTheUniversity

In a new paper, Louise Richardson argues that regret is a feeling of discomfort when real life seems worse than how things might (have) be(en). The account makes sense of different kinds of regret, helps us manage regret, and has interesting broader consequences. Read it here: t.ly/8_1s0

Philosophy of Time Society at the Pacific APA (2026) We request submissions of high-quality abstracts (500 words max.) for our group meeting at the Pacific APA (Online), April 8–12, 2026. Deadline: 30th September 2025. www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...

A new way of looking at some debates in the Philosophy of Time. Now published. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3MSIW...

Anyone who cares about casualisation and working conditions should be up in arms about this. There are going to be so many jobs with terrible T&Cs created at the last minute.

A very timely read. It got me thinking that the value of academic labour isn't just within teaching or expertise (although both are important) but in the smaller acts of support, ongoing pastoral care, of asking the right question, almost as an afterthought, but making a huge difference.

If you have 'views' on the 32% consultative ballot and what UCU should be doing over the next few months then you could do worse than spend a few minutes providing some thoughts via this UCU Commons survey.

‘Manyism as mereologicism’ by Rob Trueman & Simon Thunder link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Philosophy of Time Society at the Central APA (2026) We request submissions of high-quality abstracts (500 words max.) for our group meeting at the Central APA in Chicago, IL, February 18–21, 2026. Deadline: 25th August 2025. www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...

📢 Have your say on the 2025/26 pay offer. Your voice matters. Don’t leave it to others. VOTE NOW!

CFP: Philosophy and Metaphysics of String Theory, Dec 9-10, Geneva philevents.org/event/show/1...

'The number of student-initiated PhD scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is set to fall by 60 per cent when new doctoral training arrangements come into effect next year, new figures show.' 1/3

Earlier this month, Dave Ingram was at the University of Salzburg presenting his paper 'Prolegomenon to a Dynamic Metaphysics of Time' at the workshop Beyond the Present: Perspectives on the Philosophy of Time.

Devastated that the Centre for Lifelong Learning @york.ac.uk is being closed after 40 years. What a loss to education in the region. Feel for students and staff. Being a tutor has been joy, doing what universities should be doing by sharing knowledge widely with our communities.

International Association for Philosophy of Time, 10th annual conference, 7th–9th July, 2025. @cptmilano.bsky.social bit.ly/iaptusach