Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University, Spain
Fixed‑term appointment with possibility of transitioning to a permanent position
The Department of Humanities and Philosophy at Loyola University Andalucía is seeking applications for an open-rank position to begin in September 2026. The initial contract period is 18 months with the possibility of extension. The position is funded through the research project “Liberalism in Contemporary Chinese Philosophy” by the Volkswagen Stiftung.
Yong Li, Confucian Comparative Political Philosophy, Routledge, 128pp., $200.00 (hbk) ISBN 9781032671871.
Reviewed by Yutang Jin, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong
In philosophical works, it is difficult to combine bold innovation with intellectual humility. The reason is straightforward—to show creativity, an author is tempted to grandstand about their originality. I consider Yong Li’s Confucian Comparative Political Philosophy one of the rare cases where the author successfully combines each of these two virtues without sacrificing the other. This book is a recent intervention in contemporary Confucian political theory, an increasingly important field that connects the Confucian intellectual tradition and cultural practices to normative questions in political theory. Written with exceptional analytical rigor and high accessibility, this book can serve as an ideal reference…
Season Blake’s book Standards and Reference in Early Chinese Philosophy of Language: Mohist Concepts, Practices, and Texts has been published by Bloomsbury; see here. Congratulations, Season!
Announcing a new organization, the International Society for Philosophy as a Way of Life. The website is now live, and the link is the following: www.ispwl.com.
School of Philosophy, Fudan University, will host a conference on “Timothy Williamson Encountering Chinese Philosophy” on November 6-7, 2026. This is the 4th event in the conference/book series of “Fudan Studies of Encountering Chinese Philosophy”, following the ones focused on Michael Slote, Ernest Sosa, and Simon Blackburn respectively. This one is focused on the work of Timothy Williamson. Following the previous practice in the series, there will be a dozen or so scholars of Chinese philosophy critically engaging various aspects of Williamson’s philosophy by drawing on various aspects of Chinese philosophy, to which Williamson makes responses. Revised versions of these critical comments and responses will be collected into an edited volume, with the same title of the conference, in the series mentioned above.
This call for paper is addressed to scholars of Chinese philosophy who are interested in Williamson’s work. As the first step, we call for expressions of interests and abstracts of papers. The deadline is March 15, and we will announce the result by the end of March. We will provide airfare and room and board in the duration of the conference for all participants at the conference.
Please send your expressions of interests/abstracts of papers to: yonghuang@fudan.edu.cn
A guest post by JeeLoo Liu
The Rise of Analytic Chinese Philosophy
JeeLoo Liu
The existence of Chinese philosophy has long been dismissed from both sides of the world. In the West, Hegel famously denied the presence of Chinese philosophy, focusing on the essential speculative nature of “philosophy” itself. Of Confucius, he wrote that Confucius was “only a man who has a certain amount of practical and worldly wisdom—one with whom there is no speculative philosophy.” Of the Daodejing, Hegel wrote: “If Philosophy has got no further than to such expression, it still stands on its most elementary stage. What is there to be found in all this learning?” (Hegel’s Lectures on the History of Philosophy, vol. 1). When Derrida visited China in 2001, he proclaimed that China “does not have any philosophy, only thought” on the grounds that “philosophy” is “something of European form.” This has since become a popular, if not the received, view in the Western philosophical world.
From Dimitra Amarantidou and Thomas Michael…
We are writing to share the Call for Papers for a joint special issue entitled Walking, Wandering, and Journeying: Approaches from Chinese and Greek Thought, to be published in Religions and Philosophies.
With this joint special issue we aim to open new, exciting dialogues between the Chinese and Greek philosophical and religious traditions. We invite you to contribute papers that explore the themes of walking, wandering, and journeying as guiding metaphors and embodied practices, whether within a single tradition or from a comparative perspective. The following timeline gives everyone ample time to develop their ideas:
This schedule is designed to allow for preparation and may also align with the related “Way and Being: Between Daoist and Presocratic Approaches” Workshop planned in Germany (Tübingen) on 24-30 August, 2026, offering a potential venue for early discussion of your work.
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Jeremy Tanner’s review of Douglas Cairns and Curie Virág, eds., In the Mind, in the Body, in the World: Emotions in Early China and Ancient Greece (Oxford 2024) has been published in Classical Philology; see here.
Zhichao TONG’s article “Defensible Democratic Meritocracy: A Competition-Based Account” has been published in the British Journal of Political Science; see here. The abstract follows.
A message from the current leadership of the ACPA:
The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America (ACPA) warmly invites you to an online celebratory roundtable marking the 30th anniversary of the association’s founding.
Theme: Honoring the Beginnings: Reflections on the Present State of Engagement with Chinese Philosophy in Anglo-America
Date: Friday, December 5th, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
Roundtable participants: Li Chenyang, Huang Yong, JeeLoo Liu, Ni Peimin, Robin Wang
Zoom link: https://sfu.zoom.us/j/84044319399#success
Instead of formal talks, this anniversary event will take the shape of an open, lively conversation. Our speakers will reflect together on their experiences with the ACPA and on the evolving status of Chinese philosophy in Anglo-America, responding to one another in an informal, spontaneous, and organic exchange. Audience members are warmly invited to join the discussion, ask questions, and share their perspectives throughout the session.
Whether you are an ACPA member, a former board member, have participated in ACPA panels over the years, or are a young scholar interested in the current state of Chinese philosophy in North America, we encourage you to join this meaningful celebration and be part of this conversation about the impact and future of the ACPA in our field.
