Vol. 53 No. 2 (2026): Movement(s) and Identity
The present issue is the fruit of IV International City and Philosophy Congress which took place at the Ignatianum University in Cracow on 19–20 September 2024 under the theme “Movement(s) and Identity.” It was organized in collaboration between the Institute of Neophilology and the Institute of Philosophy under the leadership of the City and Philosophy Association, an international scholarly association and research network born in 2021, whose aim is to promote the knowledge related to urban studies and interdisciplinary approach to cities. It also attempts at strengthening and empowering citizenship structures, counteract exclusion, and foster constructive approaches to Otherness. In this it responds to the philosophy of the city, which is a novel development in contemporary philosophy and is little known in Poland. The organizing committee comprised of the then president of the Association, Prof. Julia Urabayen (Universidad de Navarra), Prof. Jorge León Casero (Universidad de Zaragoza), and the Ignatianum University’s team: Prof. Anna Bugajska, Dr. Marek Liszka, and Dr. Jacek Poznański SJ, thus uniting scholars interested in utopian studies, contemporary philosophy, migration studies and philosophy of science and technology. The resultant programme fostered discussion within carefully curated panels: City, History and the Arts; City, Society & Urbanism; Cosmotechnics, Ecosystems & Future Cities; Spaces, Migrations & Identities. The keynote lectures were delivered by Prof. Jacek Purchla (head of the Department of Economic and Social History and the UNESCO Chair for Heritage and Urban Studies at the Krakow University of Economics, Poland), Prof. Yuk Hui (Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands), and Prof. Adedoyin Teriba (Dartmouth College, USA). The event was attended by scholars from 18 countries (across 6 continents!), including Spain, Brazil, Colombia, Australia, Nigeria, China, the USA, the Netherlands, Germany and Peru.
