Category Archives: Asian Philosophy

Job Opening: Position in SEA Buddhist Philosophy at NIU

Northern Illinois University is hiring for a tenure track position in Philosophy and Southeast Asian studies with a focus on Buddhist philosophy. Candidates trained and active in Philosophy and also strongly grounded in one or more countries and Buddhist traditions in Southeast Asia are strongly encouraged to apply. Please visit the NIU website for more information.

CFP: JCPC Special Issue (Open Call)

The Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture (JCPC; peer-reviewed; Scopus & ESCI indexed) invites submissions for a Special Issue developed in partnership with the North American Korean Philosophy Association (NAKPA). Although curated with NAKPA, this is an open call: submissions are welcome from all scholars worldwide.

Planned publication: February 2026.

Theme: “Themes from Korean Politics Today: Philosophical and Religious Reflections” (broadly interpreted).

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CFP: Teaching Intercultural Philosophy, Cordoba (June 2025)

In the current climate of increasing provincialism and geopolitical division, the need to decenter and deprovincialize philosophical education is vital. Engaging with multiple traditions can illuminate new pathways of thought and reveal overlooked perspectives. Expanding the traditions valued for study is central to the vocation of intercultural, comparative, and global philosophy, while remaining committed to intellectual honesty, universally shared values as well as the pursuit of truth and practical wisdom.
The task of integrating philosophical reflections on diverse ideas that have emerged in, among other regions, Africa, China, India, Japan and Latin America, together with the Western tradition in secondary and tertiary education, is largely left to individual initiatives and instructors. This conference aims to assess the progress made in integrating these approaches within philosophical education. The teaching Intercultural Philosophy Universidad Loyola invites participants to explore different methods, synergies, and common challenges in teaching intercultural philosophy.

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Book of Interest: Ethical Theory in Global Perspective

SUNY has published Michael Hemmingsen, ed., Ethical Theory in Global Perspective, an edited collection that aims to be an easy-to-teach introduction to ethical theory from a uniquely global perspective. In addition to key Western ethical theories—such as virtue ethics, consequentialism, various deontological theories, and care ethics—moral theories from a range of East Asian, South Asian, and African philosophical traditions and schools are also discussed, including Akan philosophy, Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and both orthodox and heterodox schools of classical Indian philosophy.

To view the table of contents, read an excerpt, or to obtain copies, please visit this site.

ISEAP 2024 Conference

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. This conference will be open to online audiences. To learn more about the conference, visit this page.

Advance registration for zoom attendance is required. Please register through this form.

Call for submissions: Reading Primary Sources in Asian Philosophies

From Malcolm Keating:

Do you have a favorite Asian philosophical text to teach, one that you’re excited about and want to see taught in other classrooms? Bloomsbury Academic is soliciting contributions to a collection of entries for an electronic resource, Reading Primary Sources in Asian Philosophies. Each entry will be a succinct, lively introduction and guide to an important Asian philosophical text. The collection will include Asian texts from any time period or geographical region: for instance, China, India, Japan, Korea, or Southeast Asia, texts which may be ancient, classical, or modern (colonial, post-colonial, etc.). Entries may be relevant to any philosophical subdiscipline, so long as they are grounded in a specific text.

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Teaching Opportunity at Wesleyan for Spring, 2024

During the Spring, 2024 semester, the Wesleyan University Philosophy Department and College of East Asian Studies would jointly like to fill two single-course, in-person teaching slots in Asian philosophy. We hope to offer “Classical Chinese philosophy” and one other course. I will be teaching “Modern Chinese Philosophy” that semester so ideally the second course will be different from either of the two other courses. Creative ideas welcome!
Anyone who is interested should send me a cover letter describing what you would like to teach and something about your teaching experience, as well as a CV. If you have any questions or would like to run a potential course by me, please also write to me.
There is no hard deadline, but anyone who contacts me by July 28, 2023 is assured full consideration.
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