The Berggruen Institute invites you to participate in the 2025 Berggruen Prize Essay Competition — a unique opportunity to contribute to global philosophical and cultural discourse while competing for a $50,000 USD prize. This annual competition seeks to foster groundbreaking ideas and embrace diverse perspectives across cultures, disciplines, and geographies. Inspired by the pivotal role essays have played in shaping intellectual thought—such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau's seminal win at the Académi ...Continue Reading

*Call for Proposals* Edited Volume of comparative process philosophy: */Weaving Together: Comparative Approaches to Process Philosophy/* We invite proposals for an edited volume that explores the history, influence, and contemporary practice of *process philosophy* as a framework for *comparative philosophy*. This volume aims to illuminate how process thought can serve as subject, method, or application in engaging philosophical traditions across cultures. While the primary focus is on the process tradition deve ...Continue Reading

*Call for Proposals* The Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy welcomes proposals for our two 90min panels at the American Academy of Religion annual meeting, to be held November 22–25, 2025 at Boston, whose presidential theme is freedom. Proposals regarding any aspect of Asian or comparative philosophy are welcome. Please submit through AAR PAPERS system. Typically, AAR submission site opens at the end of January, proposals due early to mid-March 2025. You can find instructions here, https://papers.aarweb.org ...Continue Reading

Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy 57th Annual Conference SACJuly 9-11, 2025 Leiden University From Human to Humane: Nature, Nurture, and Narrative Featuring Keynote Speakers* * *Johannes Bronkhorst * and* * *Peter Hershock* Call for Proposals The 57th annual Conference of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy will be held at Leiden University from July 9-11, 2025. We invite individual and panel proposals on any topic consistent with the SACP mission of advancing intercultural philosophy. Th ...Continue Reading

Dear Members of the SACP, On behalf of the SACP Board, I thank all those who participated in the recent election for open positions, especially those stood for election. We now congratulate those who have been elected to take on the following positions for 2025-2026: Vice-President (and subsequently President for 2027-2028): Jea Sophia-Oh, Westchester University of Pennsylvania Treasurer: Michael Dufresne, University of San Francisco Board Members: Sor-hoon Tan, Singapore Management University Agnieszka Rostalska, ...Continue Reading

Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy 57th Annual Conference July 9-11, 2025 Leiden University From Human to Humane: Nature, Nurture, and Narrative Call for Proposals The 57th annual Conference of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy will be held at Leiden University from July 9-11, 2025. We invite individual and panel proposals on any topic consistent with the SACP mission of advancing intercultural philosophy. The SACP board especially welcomes paper and panel submissions that reflect diverse A ...Continue Reading

Greetings, SACP Members, This is a reminder of the upcoming election deadline coming up Frida, October 25. For your convenience, the original message is copied below. The link to the election ballot is at the end of this message. Sincerely, The SACP Board -------------- At the bottom of this email is a link that you can use to vote for SACP officers, board members, and the topic of the 2025 Annual Meeting. Elections will remain open until *Friday, October 25*. Please read on for more details. We are asking you to ...Continue Reading

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our colleague and dear friend, Anand Vaidya. He was 48 years old, and was surrounded by family in his final moments on October 11, 2024. Born on January 4, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois, Anand was the son of Jay Vaidya and the late Varsha Vaidya. He is survived by his wife Manju Menon, his brother Tony Vaidya (wife Kristina Shah), and niece (Karina Vaidya). Anand died of cancer. Known by those close to him as adventurous and grounded, a wanderer with depth, and a vis ...Continue Reading

Greetings, SACP Members, At the bottom of this email is a link that you can use to vote for SACP officers, board members, and the topic of the 2025 Annual Meeting. Elections will remain open until *Friday, October 25*. Please read on for more details. We are asking you to vote on *four things*. 1. *Vice President*. At the end of this year, Sarah Hall-Flavel’s term as SACP President will conclude at the end of this year, and our current Vice President Geoff Ashton will begin serving his two-year term as President. Tw ...Continue Reading

Dear Members of the SACP, I email you on behalf of the SACP Board of Directors with some updates from our annual 2024 conference in Prague—and along with it, our General Assembly Meeting. As you may remember, we use the General Assembly Meeting to get things in order for our future events and transitions in leadership roles. Please read my message below and consider nominating the following: -1. persons who could serve in SACP roles of Vice-President, Treasurer, and general Board Member -2. conference themes and key ...Continue Reading