Please be aware that the deadline for the Hobbes Studies essay competition has been extended to 15 September. This gives you extra time to get your submissions in!

Following the recent merger with the International Hobbes Association, the European Hobbes Society is now the International Hobbes Society!

Hobbes Studies is accepting submissions for its 2026 essay competition! Essays are particularly welcome from early career researchers. Deadline is 1 August 2026. See attached for full details.

We're holding our online workshop again! Please do get in touch with your abstracts if you have a paper you'd like to present.

New year, new website! Find us at europeanhobbessociety.squarespace.com

Hobbes Studies has launched its 2025 essay competition! See below for details. Deadline: 30 June 2025.

Our next online workshop will take place on Thursday 12 December (see times below). Monica Brito-Vieira will present her paper 'Hobbes on Freedom as the Silence of the Law'. Please email [email protected] for a copy of the paper and for the meeting link.