Call for proposals
The Scientific Council of the Fonds Ricœur, in collaboration with the Society for Ricœur Studies, organises each year, during the third week of June, a Summer Seminar devoted to a specific theme. In 2026 the seminar addresses the question of imagination in Ricœur; the introductory course — given by Alfredo Ferrarin, George Taylor and Jean-Luc Amalric — focuses on the Lectures on Imagination delivered in 1975 at the University of Chicago and published in 2024 (University of Chicago Press / Seuil).
Themes of the call
- The painting (tableau) and fiction
- Productive imagination and reproductive imagination
- Ricœur as a reader of philosophical theories of imagination
- Phenomenology and imagination
- Analytic philosophy and imagination
- Ricœur’s theory of fiction
- Imagination and metaphor
- Imagination and painting
- Imagination in scientific knowledge and in the arts
- Ricœur’s project of a general theory of imagination in discourse and action
- The ontological stakes of Ricœur’s philosophy of imagination
Lucie Hacpille Prize
The inaugural edition sees the creation of the Lucie Hacpille Prize, awarded each year to the best contribution by a doctoral or postdoctoral researcher, as judged by a jury. The laureate receives 1,000 euros and their contribution is published the same year in the December issue of Études ricœuriennes / Ricœur Studies.
Submission terms (call closed)
- Proposals as a 600–1000-word abstract with a bibliography, to be sent by 10 March 2026.
- Notification of acceptance by 10 April 2026.
- Lucie Hacpille Prize: final text (35,000 characters maximum, notes and spaces included) to be sent by 31 May 2026.
- It is possible to register as an auditor. Certificates are issued for both the training and the presentation of a contribution.