Submissions are invited from PhD candidates or early career academics (within two years from the PhD award) for papers to be presented at the Henle conference 2026. Submission can be on any aspect of essentialism in contemporary philosophy or the history of philosophy. Two slots are available, of 40-45 minutes each, including Q&A. Those invited to present will have 2 hotel nights booked and covered by the department if coming from the US, 3 if coming from overseas.

This conference invites submissions addressing, though not exclusively, the following areas: essentialism, metaphysics, ancient philosophy and contemporary metaphysics.