Call for Papers and Abstracts: ACPA at 2019 Pacific APA (Vancouver, Canada, April 17 – 20, 2019)
Submission deadline: October 1, 2018
Association of Chinese Philosophers in America (ACPA) group session at the 2019 Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA).
April 17 – 20 (Wed – Sat), 2019, the Westin Bayshore, in Vancouver Canada
Description: We welcome scholars to submit individual and panel proposals to be considered for inclusion on two ACPA group session at the 2019 APA Pacific Division Meeting.
We are open to submissions that engage with Chinese philosophy in a wide variety of ways and we are not specifying a theme for the group session prior to receiving proposals.
In addition to the quality of submission, the selection of papers for presentation will be based on how well they can be worked into a good session.
Guidelines for paper/abstract submission:
1. We encourage submissions for individual papers or full panel that bring Chinese philosophy into conversation with contemporary discussions in other areas of philosophy
2. Feel free to submit a 300-500 word abstract, with or without a completed paper attached. If only an abstract is submitted, a complete version of the paper is required at least 30 days before the meeting to provide the commentator with enough time for composing a response. Completed papers should not exceed 4000 words. The presentation time for each paper will be between 20 and 30 minutes.
3. Please let us know if you are simultaneously submitting a separate proposal to other Asian philosophy groups for the same APA meeting.
4. Membership of the ACPA is not required for consideration or acceptance, but we ask that you be a current ACPA member by the time we submit the session information to the APA.
(a) Paper or abstract submissions (with your (b) full name/(c) affiliation/(d) email information) and any questions should be sent electronically to ALL three members of the selection committee listed below:
Dr. Bongrae Seok (ACPA President)
Alvernia University
Dr. Suk Gabriel Choi (ACPA Vice President)
Towson University
Dr. Jing Hu (ACPA, Secretary/Treasurer)
Concordia University (Canada)
