Questions about the political and social dimensions of knowledge production have been ubiquitous throughout the history of philosophy. In recent years, they have regained prominence under the label of “political epistemology.” Most recently, much of the work explicitly framed as political epistemology has emerged from analytic philosophy, with the underlying assumption that contemporary political issues can be reduced to analytic questions regarding the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge. This literature often failed to engage appropriately with feminist epistemology and philosophy of science, critical theory, decolonial/post-colonial theory, and Foucauldian approaches – traditions that have long explored political-epistemological questions from diverse and influential perspectives. This conference aims to recentre these approaches within contemporary debates in political epistemology. We explicitly invite work that explores political epistemology from an empirically grounded inter- and transdisciplinary perspective, engaging with critical knowledge projects that question arbitrary hierarchies and work towards liberatory epistemological theories, epistemic practices and systems.
Deadline for registration is 1 September 2026. Please send an email indicating your name and affiliation (if available) to: political_epistemology@ucf.uni-freiburg.de
Info & Programme: https://uni-freiburg.de/ucf/college/ets/conference-critical-political-epistemology/
