Research Seminar (PHO2)

The Foundation convenes the Ostrava-Oulu Research Seminar in the Philosophy of History (PHO2), together with the Centre for the Philosophical Studies of History at the University Oulu, Finland. The seminar runs from September to June, with talks usually taking place on Zoom. More information and the Zoom links for the talks are published 2 weeks ahead of individual talks on our social media pages. If you would like to speak in the seminar, please contact Georg Gangl (see Personnel).

For previous talks in our research seminar, please see the Youtube channel of the Centre for Philosophical studies of history.

The programme for the spring edition of PHO2 is as follows:

PHO2 Spring Seminar

We proudly present the spring edition of PHO2, the joint research seminar of the Centre for Philosophical Studies of History and the Foundation for the Philosophy of Historical Sciences and Historiography. The seminar will run from  March to June and features five events in total. The first four sessions will take place on Zoom; the final session will be hybrid (in person in Ostrava and on Zoom). Zoom links and further information will be published approximately two weeks before each event on this page and on our social media channels. Save the dates and come and join us to discuss some philosophy of history!

Programme
26 March 2026, 16/17h
(Central European / Finnish time)
The Historiography of the Former Soviet Bloc: Historians’ parallel concerns with the totalitarianism framework and their varied normative commitments
Speaker: Manuela Ungureanu (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Format: Zoom
16 April 2026, 16/17h
(Central European / Finnish time)
Truthmakers for Historiographic Counterfactuals
Speaker: Michael Woundy (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA)
Format: Zoom
5 May 2026, 16/17h
(Central European / Finnish time)
Is Historiography a Science?
Speaker: Vasso Kindi (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
Format: Zoom
28 May 2026, 16/17h
(Central European / Finnish time)
Narrative Explanation as Aesthetic Scaffolding
Speaker: Derek Turner (Connecticut College, USA)
Format: Zoom
22 June 2026, 16/17h
(Central European / Finnish time)
After First Philosophy: The Case of Historical Knowledge
Speaker: Michal Hubálek (University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic)
Format: Hybrid (in Ostrava and on Zoom)


Updated: 02. 03. 2026