We are glad to give notice of the International Workshop on James Kreines‘ book Hegel and Spinoza (Cambridge University Press, 2026), which will take place on June 26th, 2026 (10.00 am – 5.00 pm), at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Leopoldstr. 13. House 2, Room 2401).
The event is organized by Sebastian Bender and Andrew Stephenson.

Below you can find the presentation and the program of the workshop.

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This one-day workshop brings together scholars of early modern philosophy and German idealism to comment on and discuss topics related to Jim Kreines’s new book ‘Hegel and Spinoza’ (Cambridge University Press 2026). The book concerns Hegel’s engagement with Spinoza’s metaphysics, including Hegel’s interpretation of Spinoza’s monism, his criticism that Spinoza’s philosophy must eliminate all finitude and determinacy, and the way in which understanding this engagement can help us understand Hegel’s Logic.

Program

10:00-10:05 Welcome: Sebastian Bender & Andrew Stephenson (LMU)

10:05-10:30 Introduction: Jim Kreines (Claremont McKenna)

10:30-12:00 First Session: Karolina Hübner (UCLA)

13:30-15:00 Second Session: Ulrich Schlösser (Tübingen)

15:30-17:00 Third Session: Andreas Schmidt (Jena)