The Collegium Phaenomenologicum convenes for its 48th annual session in Città di Castello, Italy, July 6-24, with the participant’s conference taking place July 4 and 5, 2026.
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Theme for 2026
Climate Philosophy in the Capitalocene
Climate philosophy responds to environmental destabilization by discussing climate temporalities and spatialities, eco-politics, climate justice, climate affects, and the ethical and political reorientations demanded by climate change. Climate philosophy also rethinks climate, partly in response to global heating, as world in the phenomenological sense and as history and habitat of life on earth. The Capitalocene references the Anthropocene dominated by colonial capitalism and its uneven and ongoing histories. In the first week, we will question, in discussion with phenomenology and climate science, how the temporal framing of climate change is narrated. The second week moves the focus to space by exploring, principally in conversation with deconstruction and French philosophy more broadly, how climate change alters the sense of world beyond globalization. The final week’s course draws on eco-marxism, bio-politics, and eco-feminism to propose a fundamental rethinking of the political at the end of the world.
Lecture CourseWeek 1
Ted Toadvine,
Penn State University, USA
Individual lectures by
Ferdinando Menga, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Marjolein Oele, Radboud University, NL
Omar Rivera, Texas A&M University, USA
Lecture CourseWeek 2
Susanna Lindberg,
Leiden University, NL
Individual lectures by
Wayne Wapeemukwa, University of British Columbia, Canada
Adriel M. Trott, Wabash College, USA
Thomas Nail, University of Denver, USA
Lecture CourseWeek 3
Johanna Oksala,
Loyola University Chicago, USA
Individual lectures by
Michael Reder, Munich School of Philosophy, Germany
Axelle Karera, Emory University, USA
Jan Overwijk, University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, NL/Institute for Social Research
Housing and Costs
Participants will be comfortably housed at Hotel Le Mura in the historic centre of Città di Castello.
For participants, the cost for room and board (half pension = breakfast & dinner) will be €50 (double occupancy) and €62 (single room) per day. To accommodate more participants in Città, it is expected that participants share a room. For faculty, the cost will be €55 (double occupancy) and €69 (single room) per day.
The program fee for the three-week session will be €325. The deadline for applications is extended to March 1, 2026.
To contact the graduate assistant Rebecca van der Post, please write to graduateassistant2026@gmail.com
Please email applications to Professor Matthias Fritsch at matthias.fritsch@concordia.ca