Author Archives: Margery Fang

CFP: The 5th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Philosophy (EACP)

Scholars working on Chinese philosophy and philosophy in China are invited to submit proposals for individual papers or panels to Geir Sigurðsson (University of Iceland), geirs@hi.is. Topics are not restricted to the conference theme.

Please find the introduction about the topics and theme of the conference here. Official languages of the conference are English and Chinese.

The deadline for submission is November 30, 2024. Notice of acceptance of proposals will be sent to your email address at latest by early January 2025, with instructions on how to register and submit the conference registration fee.

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CFP: Pacific ACPA Panel(s) at 2025 Pacific APA

The Association of Chinese Philosophers in America welcomes scholars to submit proposals for individual papers to be considered for inclusion in a ACPA group session at the 2024 APA Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco, April 16-20, 2025. The meeting is expected to be in person.

Submissions that engage with Chinese philosophy in a wide variety of ways are welcomed. There is not a specified 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.

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CFP: ISCP at the 2025 APA Pacific

The International Society for Chinese Philosophy invites submissions to be considered for inclusion in panels at the upcoming APA Pacific Division Meeting, April 16-19, 2025 in San Francisco. Submissions focusing on any area of Chinese philosophy will be considered. Both individual papers and completed panel proposals are welcomed.

Submission Deadline: September 4, 2024

Please read below for details regarding the submission process.

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Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies: 2024-25 Fellowship and Grant Competitions

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites scholars seeking funds for research and writing to apply for Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies fellowships and grants. The following three fellowships are offered: flexible, short-term fellowships, long-term research fellowships, and travel grants.

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CFP: The 28th annual meeting of the Southeast Early China Roundtable

The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Southeast Early China Roundtable will be held and sponsored by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill from Friday October 25 to Sunday, October 27. The room and board of participants will be entirely covered by the sponsoring institution. If interested to participate, please contact Uffe Bergeton (bergeton@email.unc.edu) an abstract of your paper by September 15.

CFP: International Society of East Asian Philosophy (ISEAP)

The International Society of East Asian Philosophy (ISEAP) will have its fourth international conference on December 14-15, which will be held at the Fukuoka University, Japan.

Abstracts for individual papers and organized panels in English(preferably), Chinese and Korean are welcomed. Presented papers will be invited to submit to a special issue of The Journal of East Asian Philosophy (published by Springer, peer-reviewed, all in English).

The submission deadline is September 1, 2024 (Japan Time). Please check the ISEAP website for more details regarding the conference and submission details.

Book of Interest: Those Who Act Ruin It, A Daoist Account of Moral Attunement by Jacob Bender

Drawing on both western and Chinese philosophy, Those Who Act Ruin It shows how Daoism presents a viable alternative to established moral theories. The Daoist, critical of the Confucian and Mohist discourses of their time, provides an account of morality that can best be understood as achieving an attunement to situations through the cultivation of habits. Furthermore, Daoism’s meta-ethical insights outline how moral philosophy, when theorized in a way that ignores our fundamental interdependence, devolves into moralistic narcissism. Another way of putting this, as the Daodejing states perfectly, is that “those who act ruin it” (為者敗之). Sensitive to this problem, the Daoist account of moral attunement can ameliorate social woes and not “ruin things.” In their moral attunement, Daoists can spontaneously respond to situations in ways that are sensitive to the underlying interdependence of all things.

The author Jacob Bender is Hua-Shan Associate Professor of Philosophy at Xidian University, Xi’an.

To read the table of contents or an excerpt, or purchase the book, please click this link.

CFP: Panel for the Association of Chinese Philosophers in America at 2025 Eastern APA

The Association of Chinese Philosophers in America welcomes scholars to submit proposals for individual papers to be considered for inclusion on a single ACPA group session at the 2025 APA Eastern Division Meeting. The meeting will be in person.

Submissions that engage with Chinese philosophy in a wide variety of ways are encouraged. There is no specific 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. The deadline for submission is July 25th, 2024. Submissions are accepted through this form. Guidelines for submission can be found in the form.

To know more about the Association of Chinese Philosophers in America (ACPA), please click here.