February 9th 2022 MST
Friends of SACP may be interested in the following symposium: https://csr.princeton.edu/events/2022/translating-buddhist-philosophy --------------------------- A symposium focused on a new translation of Vasubandhu’s Twenty Verses and Exposition In North America today, philosophers are aware of and often respectful of non-canonical philosophical traditions, but still, Buddhist philosophical texts are taught almost exclusively in Religion departments. Perhaps the problem is partly one of translation. The V ...Continue Reading
January 27th 2022 MST
We’re excited to contact you today to announce the official launch of the new International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR). Please visit our website to read our society vision and mission, which many of you helped to create. Also take some time to browse around and check out our governance structure to see all the committees you can get involved with. Listen to video introductions from our leadership, and learn all about the symbolism and meaning of our exciting ...Continue Reading
January 10th 2022 MST
Greetings and Happy New Year SACP Friends! In this email, please find two PDFs regarding the annual Raimon Panikkar Prize (one poster and one call for applications). Also, the Eastern APA is currently underway. One panel has already passed (Elena Ziliotti and Bin Song, on Confucian political philosophy), but the other is still upcoming. If interested, you may contact Brandon Underwood about virtual access. The panel is Tuesday Jan 18th 2-5pm, with Brandon Underwood, Frank Saunders, and Jing Iris Hu, speakin ...Continue Reading
December 14th 2021 MST
Dear Members of the SACP, I have a few important announcements, made on behalf of the Board of the SACP. In light of uncertainty about the direction of the pandemic, the 52nd annual meeting of the SACP will be postponed again until October 2023. Because this is the second postponement, we ask that anyone interested in presenting at the October 2023 meeting submit NEW abstracts by 1 February 2023, even if you wish to speak on the same topic for which you previously submitted an abstract. The 52nd annual meeting of ...Continue Reading
December 13th 2021 MST
Dear Members of the SACP, I have a few important announcements, made on behalf of the Board of the SACP. [*]In light of uncertainty about the direction of the pandemic, the 52nd annual meeting of the SACP will be postponed again until October 2023. [*]Because this is the second postponement, we ask that anyone interested in presenting at the October 2023 meeting submit NEW abstracts by 1 February 2023, even if you wish to speak on the same topic for which you previously submitted an abstract. [*]The 52nd annual m ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2021 MST
Vale Joseph Prabhu: Obituary (updated with corrections to couple of factual oversights, 3rd Oct) Joseph Benedict Prabhu (lovingly as ‘JB’) breathed his last on Monday 27th (September, 2021) evening at their home in Los Angeles; wife Betty Bamberg and Joseph’s daughter, Tara, were by his bedside when he passed away peacefully. The first symptoms of a bladder discomfiture showed up at East-West Philosophers’ Conference in Honolulu in May 2016; by July he was diagnosed with bladder cancer. After the ensuing intensive tre ...Continue Reading
October 2nd 2021 MST
*2022 Annual Conference of the American Academy of Religion, Western Region March 18-20, 2022 University of Nevada, Las Vegas * *Religions of Asia * Promoting inclusivity and excellence in scholarship, this section invites individual papers from a variety of religious and cultural traditions that explore all aspects of Religions of Asia. This year, we are especially interested in papers related to the conference’s 2022 theme: “Grace, Mercy, and Atonement: Exploring Artistic, Ritual and Social Action th ...Continue Reading
September 30th 2021 MST
Courtesy announcement on behalf of the ISCP Executive Director, Professor Ann Pang-White International Society for Chinese Philosophy Summer 2022 ISCP Shanghai International Conference We all truly look forward to the Summer 2022 ISCP Shanghai International Conference (postponed from 2021 due to Covid-19) as opportunities to learn from one another and making personal connections. However, considering the ever-changing nature of the pandemic, the difficulty and safety of international travelling (visa, pre-boarding test ...Continue Reading
September 30th 2021 MST
Joseph Prabhu, a valued member of the SACP and President of the SACP from 2008-2009, passed away recently. We at the SACP join with others in celebrating his life and grieving his loss. Below is a memorial notice written by Purushottama Bilimoria. Joseph Prabhu PhD, breathed his last on Monday 27th (September) evening in Los Angeles after suffering, for over five years now, from a physical illness or two. Joseph hailed from an Indo-Syriac Catholic family in Mangalore and Bangalore (in Karnataka, India). He was a ...Continue Reading
September 3rd 2021 MST
Dear all, On January 27 and 28, 2022, there will be an international online conference on Intercultural Ethics, with a specific focus on the ethics of technology and intercultural philosophy. Our aim is to bring together the ethical approaches and frameworks from various cultural backgrounds and traditions, in order to organize an intercultural ethical dialogue, especially on (but not limited to) technology and its social and cultural implications. The conference will be organized by the Ethics of Socially ...Continue Reading
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