January 18th 2018 MST
The Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy will hold panels at the World Congress of Philosophy to be held at Peking University in Beijing, August 13-20, 2018. Conference details can be found here: http://wcp2018.pku.edu.cn/yw/index.htm The conference topic is “Learning to be Human,” and papers dealing with the conference topic are solicited. Please submit your title to Secretary of the SACP, Marzenna Jakubczak sacp2018@PROTECTED by February 15, 2018. If you want to submit a round table ...Continue Reading
December 4th 2017 MST
Dear SACP members, Thanks for your participation in the SACP election. Bryan van Norden was elected as VP and will serve for 2018-2019. And Peter Hershock was elected as a board member for 2018-2020. We wish all the members of the SACP a smooth end of the semester and happy holidays! Jin Park Vice President SACP ...Continue Reading
November 1st 2017 MST
Dear SACP members, **If you receive a duplicate of this message, please ignore. We have recently updated the listserv and if you have not received this message before, that was because of a technical problem. The election deadline has been extended until Nov 4 (Saturday) to accomodate. If you have already cast your ballot, thank you and please ignore this message. This year the Society elects two officials: Vice President and one Board member. By the end of this calendar year, Robin Wang will com ...Continue Reading
October 19th 2017 MST
Dear SACP members, **If you receive a duplicate of this message, please ignore. We have experienced technical problems so the election has been extended until Nov 4 (Saturday). If you have already cast your ballot, thank you and please ignore this message. This year the Society elects two officials: Vice President and one Board member. By the end of this calendar year, Robin Wang will complete her term as President of the SACP, and Jin Y. Park will begin her presidency in January 2018 for a two-year term. ...Continue Reading
October 2nd 2017 MST
Dear SACP members, I hope this message finds you well. This year the Society elects two officials: Vice President and one Board member. By the end of this calendar year, Robin Wang will complete her term as President of the SACP, and Jin Y. Park will begin her presidency in January 2018 for a two-year term. After long service for the Society at various positions, Douglas Berger will step down from his position as a member of the Board of Directors. Also, after many years’ service as Secretary, Mary Bockover will ste ...Continue Reading
September 22nd 2017 MST
Dear SACP members, Please find in this email a job opportunity at the University of Calgary. Professor Ruparell writes: "we are looking for an Associate or Full professor in Religious Studies and the field is very wide. The deadline has been extended to Nov 11 so there is some time for people to get their applications in." The web link to this post can be found at: http://arts.careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/7302969-head-department-of-classics-and-religion-faculty-of-arts Head, ...Continue Reading
September 8th 2017 MST
Dear SACP Members, Sonia Sikka at the University of Ottawa and Anna Lannstrom at Stonehill College have created the website below to serve as a resource for primary texts, translations and secondary materials for teachers who would like to add content from global philosophical traditions to their courses. Scholars in the field are invited to contribute to the website's content. https://globalphilosophyresources.com/ This website provides an easy way for faculty to begin diversifying existing syllabi and courses ...Continue Reading
September 7th 2017 MST
Call for Proposals Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy 50th Annual Conference June 8-11th, 2018 Hosted by Pedagogical University of Cracow, Krakow, Poland; supporting co-organizers are National Museum in Krakow and Institute of the Middle and Far East of Jagiellonian University CONFERENCE THEME: Power and Creativity Keynote Speaker: Graham Parkes (University of Vienna), “Will to Power and the Field of Dao/De: Nietzsche and Zhuangzi on Creative Experience” Deadline for Abstracts and Panel ...Continue Reading
August 31st 2017 MST
CALL FOR PAPERS SACP PANELS APA Pacific Division, 2018 Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter, Seattle WA, March 28-30, 2018 The Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy invites submissions to be considered for inclusion in panels at the upcoming APA Pacific Division Meeting. Submissions focusing on any area of Asian and/or Comparative philosophy will be considered. Both individual papers and completed panel proposals are encouraged. REQUIRED (for each paper proposal): 1. Title of Paper 2. Name of Pre ...Continue Reading
August 15th 2017 MST
The following Call for Abstracts may be of interest to SACP members. Abstracts due: December 15th, 2017 Conference: August 2018 Final papers due: December 2018 One of the most exciting areas in recent philosophy is metaethics – the investigation of the origins and basis of moral facts, moral concepts, moral knowledge, and moral language. Metaethics is also one of the most historically-oriented parts of contemporary philosophy, regularly drawing inspiration from Plato, Aristotle, Hume, and Kant. ...Continue Reading
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