A panel for the Association of Chinese Philosophers in America at the 2026 Eastern Division Meeting of the APA will be held at Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, MD, on January 7–10, 2026. Please read more for the submission guidelines.
Submission deadline: August 18, 2025.
Please submit here.
Scholars are welcomed to submit proposals for individual papers to be considered for inclusion in a ACPA group session at the 2026 APA Eastern Division Meeting. The meeting is expected to be in person.
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 are invited. 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 abstract submission:
1.Submissions for individual papers that bring Chinese philosophy into conversation with contemporary discussions in other areas of philosophy are encouraged.
2. Please submit a 300-500 word abstract by uploading a doc or docx file. The presentation time for each paper will be approximately 20 minutes.
3. Membership of the ACPA is not required for consideration or acceptance, but applicants need to be a current ACPA member by the time the ACPA submits the session information to the APA.
4. Please let the ACPA know if you are simultaneously submitting a separate proposal to other Asian philosophy groups for the same APA meeting in the Other Comment section. Incomplete submissions will not be considered. Additionally, if travel plan changes at any given moment that you can no longer travel to the conference for the meeting please let the board members:
Prof. Mercedes Valmisa mvalmisa@gettysburg.edu
Prof. Jenn Wang jwa265@sfu.ca
Prof. Songyao Ren Songyao.Ren@UTDallas.edu
To find out more about the Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America (ACPA), click here.
