This is the Twitter Account for the AHRC Funded UK Simone Weil Research Network, run by Deborah Casewell (Bonn) and Christopher Thomas (Manchester Met)
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UK Simone Weil Research Network retweeted
Check out this Symposium on Simone Weil: Between Mysticism & Politics happening on Friday 19 June 2026 at The Titus Brandsma Institute : ru.nl/en/about-us/events/sym…
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The deadline for the CFP for the annual Society for European Philosophy conference is this Friday 15th May. Please share the CFP widely, and do consider submitting something!
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More info here: societyforeuropeanphilosophy…
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The CFP for the Society for European Philosophy annual conference closes in 4 weeks time!
Please do share widely, and submit your abstracts within good time!
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CFP Simone Weil & Art (calling to both scholars and artists!).
metaxyjournal.com/index.php/…
Please consider submitting an abstract, and please do distribute widely in your circles!
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CFP: Society for European Philosophy Annual Conference, at Manchester Metropolitan University.
CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline: Friday 15th May, 2026
Weil papers encouraged!
Please share amongst your networks.
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Call for Papers: "Simone Weil and Political Theology" panel at the 2026 European Academy of Religion, Rome
*Deadline*: Tuesday 17th March 2026
2026 European Academy of Religion, Rome
June 30 – July 3, 2026
Enquiries: zoe-jane.boyle@kuleuven.be
europeanacademyofreligion.or…
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The Society for European Philosophy is pleased to share the CFP for its 2026 Annual Conference.
Keynote speakers:
Dr Rowan Williams (Magdalene College, Cambridge)
Professor Judith Butler (University of California, Berkeley)
Dr Josh Platzky Miller (Wits University)
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UK Simone Weil Research Network retweeted
5 Oct 2025
Call for Papers is extended to December 15! And we have an online presentation option for those who cannot attend in -person!
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UK Simone Weil Research Network retweeted
13 Aug 2025
Reminder: Call for Papers for the AWS 2026 Colloquy is due September 30. Send your 250 word abstract and 100 word bio to awscolloquy@gmail.com on the topic of "Roots, Exile and Migration" in Weil's thought. The conference will be at Texas A&M April 23-25 2026.
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UK Simone Weil Research Network retweeted
6 Aug 2025
The AWS will be hosting a virtual Simone Weil reading group this coming school year. We will read four different works drawn from Weil's writings on literature, politics, and spirituality and we would love for all Weil enthusiasts to join us: simoneweilsociety.org/events . 🧵
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UK Simone Weil Research Network retweeted
1 Jul 2025
Keynotes are confirmed: Anne Norton and Nicolas de Warren. Remember to submit your abstract and bio to awscolloquy@gmail.com and share widely!
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UK Simone Weil Research Network retweeted
7 Jun 2025
Camus said Simone Weil was "the only great spirit of our time."
You can learn about her exile in wartime London on my episode on The French History Podcast! 🇫🇷
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4QC…
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18 Jun 2025
We are extremely pleased to announce the next American Weil Society Colloquy at Texas A&M University 23-24 April 2025!
Who will we be seeing there?
@WeilSociety we can't wait!
Please do share widely
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We don't always remember to post everything on here, so to keep up with our most important events please write to c.thomas@mmu.ac.uk to be put on our mailing list!
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30 Apr 2025
The UK Simone Weil Research Network and Friends are pleased to share the programme for the conference 'Spinoza and Simone Weil: Influences and Interconnections.' To register, please use the following link:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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22 Apr 2025
The only picture we have from the recent conference 'Suffering and Attention, at the University of Tubingen. This conference was part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) funded 'Natural Badness' (naturalbadness.weebly.com/) project
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22 Apr 2025
The project is run by long time friends of the network Eva-Maria Düringer (PI) and Silvia Caprioglio Panizza (Research Fellow), and features lots of Weil!
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