Program
Further details will be announced in July 2026.
Location
Radboud University campus, rooms t.b.a.
Day 1 – Tuesday 13 October – thematic session: Ontologies of Process and Action
Dr. Mercedes Valmisa Oviedo (U.S.A.). Author of Adapting: A Chinese Philosophy of Action (2021) and All Things Act (2025).
Prof. Rein Raud, Tallinn University (Estonia). Author of Being in Flux (2021) and The Linguistic Carnival of Thought (2025).
Day 2 – Wednesday 14 October – t.b.a.
Day 3 – Thursday 15 October – t.b.a
Partners
COMET is closely connected to the School of Materialist Research and Malta University's Engaging the Contemporary conference. There is significant overlap in our intellectual aims, and we invite anyone already involved in one to find their way to the others.
Practical information
All speakers and participants are treated to dinner on the second day of the meeting and a drinks reception on the last day. Lunch on the second and third day can be joined according to personal preference and budget. Participants must pay their own travel and accommodation expenses.
International trains
If you travel by international train, deboard at Arnhem when entering the country from Germany or Rotterdam when entering the country from Belgium.
From Arnhem, take any of the many Intercity trains that stop at Nijmegen. Travel time is about fifteen minutes.
From Rotterdam, take an Intercity train to either Utrecht or Breda. From there, take an Intercity train to Nijmegen. Travel time is around two hours. When travelling to the Netherlands through Belgium, it can be slightly faster to deboard at Antwerp, take a train to Breda, and then take an Intercity train to Nijmegen.
International flights
The best airport option is probably Schiphol, which has a direct train to Nijmegen every thirty minutes. If Schiphol is not an option, consider Rotterdam The Hague Airport or Eindhoven Airport.
Accommodation
We recommend that you find accommodation in the area around the city center and central station, near the campus, or near the St. Annastraat and Heyendaalseweg streets that run between the city center and the campus (this is easy to identify on any maps website or app). These areas have fast and straightforward public transport connections to the campus venue.
Hostels are about 70 euros per night. Examples are B&B Huize Nijmegen (Location; Website), Pension Bottendaal (Location; Website), Hostel Barbarossa (Location; Website) and Let It B&B (Location. Website).
Hotels start at about 100 euros per night. Examples are Hotel Courage, Hotel Credible, and Guesthouse Vertoef, all easily found on booking websites or through their own websites.
Previous edition
You can find abstracts and speaker information of the 2025 edition of COMET here (.pdf).
