Greetings SACP Members, As announced at the annual meeting, the SACP needs to elect a new secretary to replace Jeremy Henkel, who is stepping down. The secretary serves a 3-year term, renewable once without vote. One candidate has accepted the nomination for secretary: Kevin Taylor. Kevin has submitted a statement of interest and a CV, which you can find attached to this email. Because there is only one candidate, the vote will operate as a referendum: you will be asked to indicate whether you assent or do not assent t ...Continue Reading

Dear SACP Members, As discussed at the conference last week in Leiden, we are seeking nominations for the office of Secretary. If you or someone you know of might be interested in taking this on, please let us know by this coming Friday, July 18th. The position would begin quite soon, though our current Secretary, Jeremy Henkel, would help to ease the incoming Secretary into this role, such that the incoming Secretary is fully managing this position by January 1 2026. This is a very rewarding position, though you sho ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, I am emailing you on behalf of the Board of Directors for the SACP. We are now nearly halfway through 2025 and our annual conference is quickly approaching. As you may know, the activities of the SACP require the financial support of its members. For those of you who are planning to attend the upcoming conference in Leiden, please submit your conference registration fee as soon as possible, which is $150 ($45 for students). To attend the conference, you must also submit your annual membership dues, whi ...Continue Reading

Dear Members of the SACP, I email you with a follow up about our possible hosts for the 2026 annual SACP conference. We recently solicited proposals for hosts within Asia for this event, and we have received two very generous offers. These offers come to us from Nanchang University (Jiangxi Province, southern China) and Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Karnataka, south India). The timing of my email to you all concerns our upcoming Business Meeting on July 10th at next week’s SACP confere ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, I am emailing you on behalf of the Board of Directors for the SACP. We are now nearly halfway through 2025 and our annual conference is quickly approaching. As you may know, the activities of the SACP require the financial support of its members. For those of you who are planning to attend the upcoming conference in Leiden, please submit your conference registration fee as soon as possible, which is $150 ($45 for students). To attend the conference, you must also submit your annual membership dues, whi ...Continue Reading

SACP CALL FOR PAPER AND PANEL PROPOSALS 2026 Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association January 7-10th, 2026. Baltimore, Maryland. *Submission deadline: July 13, 2025* The Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy welcomes proposals for our panel at the American Philosophical Association’s Eastern Division meeting. Proposals regarding any aspect of Asian or comparative philosophy are welcome. Individual paper abstracts should be 200-300 words in length and complete panel abstracts should i ...Continue Reading

*Call for Papers Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP) 2026 APA Central Division Meeting February 18–21, 2026 | Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL* The Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP) invites submissions for group sessions at the 2026 Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA). We welcome proposals in any area of Asian and/or comparative philosophy. Both individual paper submissions and full panel proposals are encouraged. *Individual Paper Proposals shoul ...Continue Reading

Call for Applications: Senior Research Scholar in Buddhist Philosophy The Institute of Global Value Inquiry (IGVI) invites applications from researchers specializing in Buddhist philosophy to apply for the position of Senior Research Scholar. This is a remote position. The successful applicant will be based at their home university, and receive a stipend of 1500 € per month, in support of a research project that explores and critically examines Buddhist values and norms in the context of global values, broadly constru ...Continue Reading

Dear Members of the SACP, I email you on behalf of the SACP Board of Directors. We solicit proposals for hosts for both our 2026 and 2027 annual conferences. We especially invite proposals from these regions: Asia for 2026, the Americas for 2027 (i.e., North, Central, and South America). Here are some important bits of information to consider before volunteering to host an annual SACP conference: the conference should take place over the span of 3-4 consecutive days between late-May and mid-August expenses fo ...Continue Reading

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