Bath Spa University

Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
51st Annual Conference
June 18 – 21, 2019
Bath Spa University
United Kingdom

Hosted by Bath Spa University, UK

CONFERENCE THEME: Arts of Understanding

Keynote Speaker: Erin McCarthy (St. Laurence University)
Keynote Title: “Transformation Embodied”

Deadline for Individual and Panel Proposals: February 15, 2019

The 51st Annual Conference of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (http://www.sacpweb.org/) will be held in collaboration with the 5th Bath Spa Colloquium for Global Philosophy and Religion at Bath Spa University in UK (https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/).

We invite individual and panel proposals related to the conference theme, Arts of Understanding. The SACP board especially welcomes diverse approaches to the conference topic from different philosophical traditions. Those who wish to participate are encouraged to submit proposals that correspond to their special areas of interest so long as they engage in some way with Asian and/or Comparative philosophies.

Submission of the proposals: Proposals should be sent electronically to the Secretary of the Society, Marzenna Jakubczak, at sacp.conference@gmail.com. Proposal should have a filename that begins with the presenter’s last name and closes with the name of our organization and the year of the conference, e.g., ‘Berger–SACP 2019’.

Individual proposal should include: (1) title and a 300 word abstract; (2) presenter’s name, (3) institutional affiliation, and (4) email address.

Panel proposal should include: (1) title and a 300 word description of the panel; (2) title and a 300 word abstract of each paper; (3) name, institutional affiliation, and email address of all the participants.

The deadline for submission is January 31, 2019. Notice of acceptance of proposals will be emailed at the beginning of March 2019, with instructions for how to register and submit the US$160 conference registration fee. Further details of the conference will appear at the Society’s conference website.

Graduate Student Essay Contest Awards: To encourage student participation, the SACP continues the tradition of Graduate Student Essay Contest Awards for this conference. Student Essay Contest Prizes are: US$1,000 for First prize, US$750 for Second prize, and US$500 for Third prize. The awards are given in order to assist with the travel and accommodation expenses for those winners who attend and present their work at the 2019 SACP conference only. Graduate students who wish their papers to be considered for these prizes must submit a complete essay of no more than 4,000 words and a 300 word abstract to Marzenna Jakubczak at sacp.conference@gmail.com.

2019 SACP Conference Organizing Committee

  • Jin Y. Park, American University (President)
  • Bryan van Norden, Yale-NUS College (Vice-President)
  • Marzenna Jakubczak, Pedagogical University of Cracow (Secretary)
  • Geoffrey Ashton, University of San Francisco (Treasurer)
  • Sarah Flavel, Bath Spa University (Local Organizer)
  • Amy Donahue, Kennesaw State University (Board Member)
  • Peter Hershock, East-West Center (Board Member)
  • Haiming Wen, Renmin University (Board Member)