Miscellaneous

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  Call for Bids: DEON 2027

  Deadline: Thursday 15 January 2026

  The DEON steering committee is currently soliciting bids to host the 2027 edition of DEON, the International Conference on Deontic Logic and Normative Systems. Originally focused on computer science, the series now brings together researchers from various fields, including computer science, philosophy, legal theory, and linguistics.

  The proposal should include the following:

  • A proposal for a DEON-related theme for the 2027 edition;
  • The names of the members of the organizing committee;
  • Possible or intended dates of the conference;
  • The intended venue, with a description of available rooms and facilities and a plan to make the conference hybrid (in-person and virtual), including recordings;
  • Plans for additional or co-located events, if any;
  • An initial rough budget, including the intended registration fees and funding sources.
  For more information, see https://sites.google.com/view/deon-2025/home or contact Agata Ciabattoni (information about previous editions) at agata at logic.at, or Olivier Roy (proposal submission) at olivier.roy at uni-bayreuth.de.
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  (New) Call for Quotes (The Illogician, issue 1, 2026)

  Deadline: Tuesday 6 January 2026

  What are the most unhinged quotes you've heard during the semester? Which of them do you think people deserve to see on the first issue of The Illogician?

  Overheard anything memorable during this semester? The Illogician is collecting funny quotes from students and staff for its first issue. Submit by Jan 6th!

  For more information, see https://resources.illc.uva.nl/TheIllogician/calls/2025-12-17-quotes/.
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  A new Diamond Open Access journal: Philosophical Logic

  All Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors of the Journal of Philosophical Logic, currently published by Springer Nature, have informed Springer Nature of their resignation. Today marks the launch of a new Diamond Open Access journal, Philosophical Logic (https://www.philosophical-logic.org), with the same editors and associate editors that used to be on the Journal of Philosophical Logic. The new journal is published by the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) (https://www.openlibhums.org) and not affiliated with Springer Nature or the Journal of Philosophical Logic published by Springer Nature. 

   

  Philosophical Logic welcomes original research in all areas of philosophical logic. The new journal will maintain the same high editorial standards that we upheld at the Journal of Philosophical Logic. In our view, hiring and promotion committees should regard publication in Philosophical Logic as no less significant than publication in the Journal of Philosophical Logic was before.

  For more information, see https://www.philosophical-logic.org/.
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  Henkjan Honing speaks at Palace Symposium ‘Music and mind, music as medicine’ hosted by His Majesty the King and Her Majesty Queen Máxima

  On Thursday evening, November 20, the Palace Symposium took place at the Royal Palace Amsterdam with the theme “Music and mind, music as medicine.”
  For more information, see https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieuws/2025/11/20/koninklijk-paar-aanwezig-bij-paleissymposium-music-and-mind-music-as-medicine or contact Henkjan Honing at honing at uva.nl.
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  TuneTwins: Test Your Musical Memory!

  How good are you in memorizing music? Can you still remember tunes when some information is hidden? Find out with TuneTwins, a science game from the University of Amsterdam. Match melodies, clear the board, and minimize mistakes!

  TuneTwins was created by members of the Music Cognition Group.

  For more information, see https://tunetwins.amsterdammusiclab.nl/.
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  ILLC MacGillavry fellows share their year

  The UvA MacGillavry Fellowship is a recruitment programme for female researchers with the potential to obtain a leadership position as an UvA associate or full professor. Ana Lucic and Martha Lewis and others talk about their research and experiences after their appointment last year.

  For more information, see https://www.uva.nl/en/shared-content/faculteiten/en/faculteit-der-natuurwetenschappen-wiskunde-en-informatica/news/2025/10/four-uva-macgillavry-fellows-share-their-year.html.