Updates

Upcoming and Past Events and Opportunities

2026 June 14-17
Annual Conference of the International Association of Maternal Action + Scholarship (IAMAS)
Labor and Mothering
Montreal, Canada, and Online

2026 June 4-5
Annual Symposium of the Society for the Study of Pregnancy and Birth (SSPRB)
Beauty and the Sublime in Gestation and Coming into Being: Art and the Aesthetics of Pregnancy and Birth
Virtual Event hosted through Zoom

2026 April 2-4
International Conference
Philosophizing the Future of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mothering
University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida

2026 March 19-21
Remote Conference
Matricentric Feminism and Mothering, and the BLM Movement
Hosted by Demeter Press and York University

2025 November 22-25
The Variety of Maternal Experiences in Religious Contexts: Reading Religious Sources on Motherhood, Mothering, and Mothers across Time and Cultures
Annual Conference of the American Academy of Religion
Boston, Massachusetts

2025 November 18
"Being Born: Towards a Phenomenology of Natality." A talk by Gill Zimmermann, PhD
Pigott Hall Bldg 260 Room 216, Stanford University, German Studies Lecture Series

2025 October 30-31
Personality and Its Disturbances in Philosophy, Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence - Program and meeting details
Philosophy of Birth Network Meetings and Webinars

2025 October 22-25
The Visual Culture of Birth in America
Southeastern College Art Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio

2025 July 17
Matrescence Hybrid Symposium
The University of Queensland, Brisbane City campus, Australia

2025 June 17-20
IAMAS Annual Conference: (Re-)Producing Motherhood, Motherwork, and Mothering
Boston, Massachusetts and Online

2025 June 3
Pregnant Robots, Birth Simulators, Artificial Wombs, and Soul Machines: AI and the Emerging Social Ontologies and Technologies in the Delivery Room
A talk by Anna Hennessey, PhD
International Society for the Study of Information (IS4SI) 2025 Summit

2025 April 4-6
Virtual Symposium: Natality - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Birth as Existential Experience
Society for the Study of Pregnancy and Birth (SSPRB)
Zoom - Free and Open to the Public

2025 March 14-15
Obstetric Violence Workshop
Uehiro Oxford Centre

2025 January 11
Rebirth Tunnel Immersive Art Installation
An exhibition by Anna Hennessey, PhD
San Francisco, California

2024 November 21
Philosophy of Birth as Philosophical Critique
A talk by Stella Villarmea, PhD
World Philosophy Day at The Philosophy House in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

2024 October 28
WombWor(l)ds: Transcultural Echoes on Reproductive Justice
Online Seminar, Institute of Languages, Cultures, and Societies
School of Advanced Study, University of London

2024 October 23
Seminar on the Philosophy of Birth: Shared Decision-making and Values in Childbirth
The Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice, St. Catherine's College, Oxford

2024 October 16-17
Philosophy of Birth Session: International Conference on the Sexed Body
Complutense University of Madrid

2024 August 1-8
Philosophy of Birth at the XXV World Congress of Philosophy in Rome
Rome, Italy

2024 June 30
Call for Papers: Demeter Collection on Trans Parenting
Edited Collection (Charlotte Beyer, Liana Cusmano, and Allie Robbins, Eds)
Demeter Press

2024 June 21-23
International Association of Maternal Action and Scholarship (IAMAS) Conference
Boston University, Boston MA (USA)

2024 April 23
Rebirth and the Eternal Return to Cultural Identity in Modern and Contemporary Catalan Art"
A talk by Anna Hennessey, PhD
Stanford University

2024 April 12
Call for Papers: Mother Becoming: An exploration of matrescence, Edited Collection (Jessie Harrold, Ed)
Demeter Press

2024 March 31
Call for Papers: Black Motherhoods: Navigating Histories, Realities, and Resilience Across Continents, Edited Collection (Delicia Tiera Green and Maki Motapanyane, Eds).
Demeter Press

2024 March 15-17
Rebirth Path Immersive Event at the Annual Conference of the American Academy of Religion, Western Region (AAR/WR)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA)

2024 February 1
Call for Papers: Philosophy of Birth at the XXV World Congress of Philosophy in Rome (1-8 August 2024)
Rome, Italy

2024 January 15
Call for Papers: Revolutionizing Motherlines, Edited Collection (Fiona Joy Green and Andrea O'Reilly, Eds)
Demeter Press

Society for the Study of Pregnancy and Birth (SSPRB)