Category Archives: Conference

Hybrid Workshop: Friendship in Chinese Thought

The upcoming hybrid workshop “Friendship in Chinese Thought: Theories, Issues, and Perspectives” will be held at Lanzhou University and virtually on zoom. This workshop will bring together scholars and students to explore the rich and multifaceted ways friendship has been theorized, debated, and applied within the Chinese intellectual tradition. Please read here for the full schedule of the workshop and to access the zoom link. Continue reading →

CFP: 3rd Carolina Conference on Chinese Thought

The Carolina Conference on Chinese Thought (CCCT) is inviting scholars and graduate students to discuss their work on Chinese thought, drawing from any disciplinary perspective, at its 3rd conference, Friday, April 3 – Saturday, April 4, 2026. Presentations focusing on research, pedagogy, and other engagements with Chinese thought are welcome. Works- in-progress are especially encouraged, with the CCCT being a collegial atmosphere for collaboration. Proposals from scholars and graduate students based in the Carolinas and the U.S. Southeast region will be given preference for selection. Please see here for more details and submission guidelines.

ISEAP 2025: On-Line Registration Now Open

For those who wish to participate virtually in the 2025 International Society for East Asian Philosophy conference, please complete the following Google Form by Monday, August 25. The links will be sent to you by email on Wednesday, August 27.

Google Form for “Registration for Online Attendees”
https://forms.gle/yp88EirfTovoGNxc7

The conference program and abstracts can be downloaded from the conference website. https://iseap.jp/iseap-2025-conference/

2025 Post-Conference Report (ISCP-Ljubljana International Conference)

The International Society for Chinese Philosophy (ISCP) recently held its 24th biennial ISCP international conference at the University of Ljubljana (June 20-23, 2025) on the theme “Addressing Global Crises and Reimagining Solutions Through Chinese Philosophy.” Please find the report of the conference here.

Workshop zu Kai Marchals Im Spiegel der All-Einheit

There will be a workshop (in German) on Kai Marchal’s new book on Zhu Xi, Im Spiegel der All-Einheit (details on book here). The Workshop is co-organized by Philippe Brunozzi (TU Dortmund) and Dominik Perler (Humboldt University Berlin). In-person or on-line attendance is encouraged; contact Philippe Brunozzi, philippe.brunozzi@tu-dortmund.de for details. The flyer with more information is here.

Invitation to attend: “Discursive and Non-Discursive Reasoning in Chinese Philosophy,” University of Zurich, 11–13 July 2025

This international workshop explores how processes of thinking and reasoning are understood in Chinese philosophy, including modes that are not easily captured by formal or discursive logic. Topics include vision, cognition, and intuition in Chinese philosophical traditions, Buddhist approaches to reasoning and the limits of thought, mathematical reasoning and patterns of knowledge, as well as the aesthetic and affective dimensions of understanding.
Speakers include Stephen Angle, Andrea Bréard, Hans-Rudolf Kantor, Michael Lackner, Chen-kuo Lin, Kai Marchal, and many others.
Open to all, with online participation possible.
Please note: all times in the program are given in Central European Time (CET/CEST).
➡️ Program & registration: https://www.aoi.uzh.ch/en/institut/events/conferences/reasoning.html