CALL FOR POSTERS
International Conference
The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism – Research and Historiography
Organizers: Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna, and Vienna Circle Society
Programme Committee: Esther Heinrich-Ramharter, Martin Kusch, Elisabeth Nemeth,
Georg Schiemer (Co-Chair), Friedrich Stadler (Co-Chair)
Date: October 19-21, 2026
Location: Aula, Campus of the University of Vienna, Court 1
Research and publications on the Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism are growing and
flourishing for decades.i On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Institute Vienna Circle
and 90 years after the assassination of Moritz Schlick, the founder of the Vienna Circle, it
seems reasonable to critically assess and re-evaluate the scholarly output on the history and
influence of the Vienna Circle as a collective as well as of its individual members. The aim of
this conference is to focus on added values and novelties in research and publications as well
as from the perspective of theoretical sustainability. A special attention is laid on archival
sources with new results and on completed and running research projects dealing with
Carnap, Gödel, Neurath, and Schlick, in addition to gender and migration studies.
Sections:
1. The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism as collective phenomena
2. Individual members: From Gustav Bergmann to Edgar Zilsel
3. The Philosophical Periphery: Einstein, Popper, Ramsey, Russell, Wittgenstein etc.
4. The European Context: Berlin, Cambridge, Helsinki, Prague, Paris, Warsaw
5. The “Americanization” and Diaspora: Reception and Influence
6. The Gender Dimension: Women in/of Logical Empiricism
7. The Vienna Circle / Logical Empiricism in contemporary history of philosophy of
science, scientific and analytic philosophy
8. Neglected research topics and future perspectives
Workshop 1: Exhibitions and movies on the Vienna Circle and its members
Workshop 2: Complete, running and planned Edition Projects (Carnap, Gödel, Schlick …)
Workshop 3: Archives and Primary Sources, VALEP
Keynote speakers:
Juliet Floyd (Boston) 9th Arthur Pap Lecture 2026
Alan Richardson (Vancouver) 1st Michael Friedman Memorial Lecture 2026
Jan von Plato (Helsinki) 34th Vienna Circle Lecture 2026
Confirmed speakers:
Francesca Biagioli (Turin), Anna Brożek (Warsaw), Hans-Joachim Dahms (Berlin), Christian
Damböck (Vienna), David Edmonds (London), Eva-Maria Engelen (Berlin), Massimo Ferrari
(Turin), Johannes Friedl (Graz), Janette Friedrich (Geneva), Maria Carla Galavotti
(Bologna), Michael Heidelberger (Tübingen), Veronika Hofer (Vienna), Ulf Höfer (Graz),
Hannes Leitgeb (Munich), Martin Lemke (Rostock), Alexander Linsbichler (Linz), Christoph
Limbeck-Lilienau (Vienna), Matthias Neuber (Mainz), Flavia Padovani (Philadelphia),
Günther Sandner (Vienna), Sahotra Sarkar (Austin), Christoph Schuringa (London), Anne
Siegetsleitner (Innsbruck), Karl Sigmund (Vienna), Michael Stöltzner (Columbia, SC),
Bastian Stoppelkamp (Vienna), Marta Sznajder (Vienna / Munich), Ádám T. Tuboly (Pécs),
Sander Verhaegh (Tilburg), Thomas Uebel (Manchester), Pierre Wagner (Paris)
CALL FOR POSTERS: Especially junior scholars are invited to send an abstract (not more
than 500 words) suitable for blind review, of the proposed poster presentation in conjunction
with one of the above listed section topics latest by March 31, 2026, to:
Georg.Schiemer@univie.ac.at„>Georg.Schiemer@univie.ac.at and Friedrich.Stadler@univie.ac.at„>Friedrich.Stadler@univie.ac.at
Notification date: April 30, 2026
The organizers will support submitters of accepted posters after application with a certain
amount for travel and/or accommodation dependent on the final conference budget.
