International Association for Presocratic Studies

Ninth Biennial Conference: 22-26 June 2026

Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)

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Call for Papers

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The International Association for Presocratic Studies (IAPS, founded in 2008) announces its Ninth Biennial Conference. The meeting will take place at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), 22-26 June 2026.

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IAPS understands “Presocratics” to be the figures for whom either fragments of their work or relevant testimonia are collected in Hermann Diels’ Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (6th ed. 1951, edited by Walther Kranz). IAPS welcomes presentations on philosophical, philological, textual, doxographical, scientific, historical, literary and religious topics having to do with the Presocratics, on connections between Presocratic thought and other figures (e.g., Socrates, Plato, Aristotle…) and other areas of intellectual  activity (e.g., mathematics, medicine or music), and on the reception of Presocratic thought in antiquity and later times.

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IAPS welcomes participation from scholars at all stages of their careers, from graduate students to senior figures in the field.

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Information about the venue can be found in English at

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https://www.presocraticstudies.org/

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Chair of Organizing Committee: Marco Antonio Santamaría (marcoa22@ucm.es)

 

Call for Abstracts and Other Information

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Submission of proposals/abstracts.

Two-page proposals for papers, in the form of abstracts (maximum 300 words) should be sent in pdf format to:

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iaps9conference@gmail.com

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The title line of the message should be “IAPS 9 Proposal”

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The first page of the proposal should be a cover page containing the following information:

Author’s name (as you would like it to appear in the program)

Author’s institution

Author’s title or position (e.g., Graduate Student, Independent Scholar, Associate

Professor)

Author’s Country/Countries (location of residence, work, self-identification)

Title of Paper

Author’s e-mail address

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The second page should contain the abstract.

To ensure anonymity in the refereeing process, do not put your name on this page.

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Authors of proposals are asked to observe this deadline:

submission of abstracts, 30 November 2025.

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Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by a program committee appointed by the Councilof IAPS. The decision of the program committee will be communicated via e--mail to authors of abstracts around 31 January 2026. Authors whose proposals have been accepted will receive an official invitation to present a paper at the conference.

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• There will be a fee to participate in the conference: €100 for students (includedretired and unemployed people) and €150 for others.

• Papers may be read in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese or Greek.

• For papers written in languages other than English, it is recommended that a full English version be prepared by the author in time for distribution to the audience at the conference.

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Membership in IAPS

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Not required as a condition for submitting a proposal. IAPS has no membership dues.

Scholars who wish to be enrolled as members of IAPS (which is simply a matter of being put on our mailing list) should write at the following address:

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presocratic.studies@gmail.com

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