Current Call for Submissions

The journal Études Phénoménologiques – Phenomenological Studies is seeking submissions in English and French for its issue celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of Sein und Zeit:

“Being and Time a Century Later:

Reappraisals, Unanswered Questions, Lingering Controversies”

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

Historical or comparative studies, such as:

• The history of Sein und Zeit (the genesis of its writing, the historical context, the connection to the philosophy of life, the history of its reception in philosophical circles and outside, etc.)

• Heidegger’s interlocutors in ancient, modern, and contemporary philosophy (how they are understood, what role they play in the work as background or contrast, etc.)

• Heidegger’s self-interpretation (how he reassessed his work, how he used it in other writings, how he discussed it in his correspondence, etc.)

• The translation of the work (the choices translators made, the influences of these choices, comparisons of how some key terms have been rendered, how ambiguities in some passages have been resolved or amplified, etc.)

• The interpreters of Sein und Zeit (in existentialism, phenomenology, critical theory, postmodernism, deconstruction, feminism, etc.)

• Variations in its reception in different cultural worlds (French-, English-, German-speaking, etc.)

Phenomenological treatment of specific problems, such as:

• Reassessments of the work (neglected themes and passages, overanalyzed topics, the role of the apparatus of notes, etc.)

• The originality of the philosophical practice in Sein und Zeit (its ambition, its task, its role, etc.)

• The language of Sein und Zeit (its innovations, challenges, influences, positive and negative consequences, etc.)

• Detailed studies of some passages (challenging, ambiguous, puzzling, etc.)

• The lingering question of the presence or absence of ethics and politics in the work

• The import of the work in other disciplines (psychology, theology, literary studies, nursing science, environmental studies, architecture, etc.)

The deadline for submission is October 1, 2026

Send articles in English to: pol.vandevelde@marquette.edu

Envoyer les articles en Français à: etudes-pheno@uclouvain.be

See the full call for papers in English and French here