<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-description gmail-js-mathjax editor-output"><p style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The <a href="https://cosmosproject.unimi.it/network/" target="_blank">COSMOS Network</a> is pleased to announce the:</font></p><p style="line-height:normal;text-align:center"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </font><font size="4" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><strong>3^rd History & Philosophy of Cosmology Conference</strong></font></p><p style="line-height:normal;text-align:center"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><strong>6–9 July 2026</strong></font></p><p style="line-height:normal;text-align:center"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <strong>University of Athens, Greece</strong></font></p><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail-description gmail-js-mathjax editor-output"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">We
 invite researchers, scholars, and practitioners working in the 
philosophy and history of cosmology and astrophysics to submit abstracts
 exploring the philosophical and historical dimensions of modern 
cosmology and astrophysics. </font>
<p><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><strong>Suggested topics,</strong> approached from a historical and/or philosophical perspective, include (but are not limited to): </font></p>
<ul><li style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">puzzles in modern cosmology</font></li><li style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">cosmological tensions</font></li><li style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">dark matter</font></li><li style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">dark energy</font></li><li style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">black holes</font></li><li style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">modified gravity approaches</font></li><li style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">varying constants in cosmology</font></li><li style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">gravitational waves</font></li><li style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">multi-messenger astrophysics and cosmology</font></li><li><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">quantum cosmology</font></li></ul><div>
<p style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><strong><br></strong></font></p><p style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><strong>Keynote Speakers</strong></font></p><ul><li style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Helen Meskhidze (University of Cincinnati)</font></li><li style="line-height:normal"><font size="2">JP Uzan (tbc)</font></li></ul><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Abstracts may be submitted for <strong>Symposia</strong> or <strong>individual Contributed Talks </strong>(See<strong> <a href="https://conferences.uoa.gr/event/117/abstracts/" target="_blank">Call for Abstracts</a>)</strong></font></div><p><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The <strong>deadline </strong>for submissions is <strong>28 February 2026, 23:59 EET</strong>.</font></p><p><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">More details at: <a href="https://conferences.uoa.gr/e/HPCC2026" target="_blank">https://conferences.uoa.gr/e/HPCC2026</a></font></p><p><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><strong><br></strong></font></p><p><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><strong>Programme Committee</strong>:<br>Antonis Antoniou (University of Athens)<br>Silvia De Bianchi (University of Milan)<br>Juliusz Doboszewski (Jagiellonian University)<br>Claus Kiefer (University of Cologne)<br>Lorenzo Lorenzetti (University of Lugano)<br>Niels Martens (University of Utrecht)<br>Christopher Smeenk (University of Western Ontario)</font></p>
<p><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <strong>Local Organization:</strong> Antonis Antoniou, Theodore Arabatzis, Stavros Ioannides, Vanessa Seifert, Vassilis Sakellariou, Nikos Alexiou</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:normal"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The event is generously supported by the <a href="https://en.phs.uoa.gr/" target="_blank">Department of History and Philosophy of Science</a> at the University of Athens, and the <a href="https://www.astro.noa.gr/en/" target="_blank">Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing</a> at the National Observatory of Athens.</font></p></div></div></div>