AMAMI – Mid-Term SIFA Conference
University Ca’ Foscari in Venice, Italy, 1-3 September 2026
The second meeting of the Association of Analytic Metaphysics in the Italian-Speaking World (AMAMI) and the Mid-Term Conference of the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy (SIFA) will be jointly hosted at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy) on 1–3 September 2026.
The conference is open to contributions in any area of metaphysics and ontology (broadly construed). Examples of relevant topics include:
1. Modality (necessity/possibility, essence, possible worlds);
2. Time and persistence (passage, presentism/eternalism, identity over time);
3. Causation and laws of nature (counterfactuals, dispositions, nomic necessity);
4. Grounding and ontological dependence (fundamentality, levels of reality);
5. Properties, objects, and composition (universals/tropes, mereology, constitution);
6. Social ontology (institutions, collective entities, social kinds);
7. Metaphysics of science (natural kinds, structures, realism vs. anti-realism, the special sciences);
8. Metaphysics of objects and properties (universals/particulars, tropes, fundamental properties);
9. Metaphysics of mathematics (the existence of mathematical objects, structuralism, nominalism);
10. Metaphysics of normativity (the nature of moral facts, reasons, value);
11. Metaphysics of artifacts and action (intentionality, agency, events and processes).
Keynote speakers
Kathrin Koslicki (Neuchâtel)
Alyssa Ney (LMU Munich)
Jonathan Schaffer (Rutgers)
Achille Varzi (Columbia)
Conference abstract submissions
We invite 500-word abstracts (bibliography excluded) in English anonymized for blind review. Submissions should include a bibliography (i.e. a list of the works cited) within the same document; Harvard-style (Author, date) in-text citations are preferred. Abstracts should state the position defended or the issue discussed and indicate the outline of the argument. Submissions from underrepresented groups in philosophy are especially encouraged. Contributed papers will be scheduled for a 30-minute presentation plus 10-minute discussion. Abstracts should be submitted through:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/AIS2026/Submission/Manage
Abstract submission deadline: 29 March 2026.
Notification of acceptance/rejection: 30 April 2026.
SIFA Young Scholar Prize
The two best abstracts submitted by young scholars will be awarded a prize of €250 each. Eligible candidates are scholars who obtained their PhD no more than two years prior to the submission deadline and who are not permanently affiliated with a higher education institution. In addition to the regular abstract, applicants must submit: (i) a long abstract of no more than 1500 words (bibliography excluded), (ii) a short CV. Please add “SIFA Young Scholar Prize” to every occurrence of your abstract’s title if you wish to participate.
Registration opens: 1 July 2026.
Conference registration fees
Membership of both SIFA and AMAMI is compulsory for participation. If you already hold a valid 2026–27 membership of SIFA and/or AMAMI, you are eligible for a reduced conference registration fee, according to the following schema:
- Faculty: €120 (standard conference fee; includes 2026–27 membership of both SIFA and AMAMI) | €70 (reduced; already a member of either SIFA or AMAMI) | €20 (conference-only; already a member of both SIFA and AMAMI)
- Non-faculty / PhD / Postdoc: €70 (standard conference fee; includes 2026–27 membership in both SIFA and AMAMI) | €45 (reduced; already a member of either SIFA or AMAMI) | €20 (conference-only; already a member of both SIFA and AMAMI)
- Undergraduate: €40 (standard conference fee; includes 2026–27 membership in both SIFA and AMAMI) | €30 (reduced; already a member of either SIFA or AMAMI) | €20 (conference-only; already a member of both SIFA and AMAMI).
A single invoice for the full amount paid will be issued after the event.
All queries should be emailed to midtermsifa26@gmail.com
Steering Committee: Valia Allori, Cristina Amoretti, Sofia Bonicalzi, Claudio Calosi, Laura Caponetto, Massimiliano Carrara, Ludovica Conti, Ciro De Florio, Massimo Dell’Utri, Filippo Ferrari, Giacomo Floris, Francesco Genco, Samuele Iaquinto, Elisabetta Lalumera, Giorgio Lando, Emiliano Loria, Filippo Mancini, Vera Matarese, Vittorio Morato, Elisa Paganini, Giuliano Torrengo, Alessandro Torza, Michele Ubertone, Giorgio Volpe, Alberto Voltolini
Organizing Committee: Claudio Calosi (chair), Daniele Bondioli, Priscilla Pallante, Sofia Sgarbi, Alessandro Torza, Giuliano Torrengo
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.