The International Society for Chinese Philosophy is happy to announce that they will be a member society of The World Congress of Philosophy’s 25th conference which will be held in Rome, Italy, from August 1st to August 8th, 2024. The ISCP will be holding society sessions and welcoming submissions in any area of Chinese Philosophy and cross-cultural philosophy related to Chinese philosophy. Please read below for more information on submissions.
ToC: Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture 10:1
The Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture is happy to announce that they have published a new volume 10:1. This volume is titled “Special Issue — Rethinking Authorship and Agency: Women and Gender in Late Imperial China” with guest editors Grace S, Fong and Guojun Wang. This new volume has 11 different entries, please read below for a table of contents.
CFP: NAKPA Annual Conference
NAKPA (North American Korean Philosophy Association) is holding the 8th Annual conference at Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, on November 9-10th 2023. The topic for this year will be “Communication, Dialogue and Reconciliation” and the keynote speaker will be Professor Edward Chung. The selection committee will consider all papers regardless of the academic and research background of the sender. Proposals on the variations of this year’s conference topic, such as comparative Asian Philosophy, Politics and Philosophy, or Comparative Political Philosophy, will also be considered. Please read below for more information on submissions.
New Book: The Confucian Tradition
Bridge 21 Publications is happy to announce that they have recently published a new book titled The Confucian Tradition: Between Religion and Humanism by Guoxiang Peng. In this book, the author reviews the Confucian tradition through two concepts: religion and humanities. The book covers the major phases of the development of Confucianism and includes relevant ideas of modern Western disciplines even going so far as the compare Eastern and Western thinkers. Please click here to check out the book and for more information.
New Book: From Metaphysical Representations to Aesthetic Life
SUNY Press is happy to announce that they have recently published Massimiliano Lacertosa’s new book From Metaphysical Representations to Aesthetic Life: Toward the Encounter with the Other in the Perspective of Daoism. Please click here to read the blurb of the book!
CFP: 2024 APA Central Division Meetings
The ISCP is happy to announce that they are inviting submissions for the ISCP Group Panel at the 2024 APA Central Division Meeting. This event will take place at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans, LA on February 21-24, 2024. They are currently welcoming any submissions relevant to Chinese philosophy and especially encourage junior scholars, international scholars, individuals who identify as minorities, and otherwise under-represented individuals to submit. All submissions must be in by September 1, 2023. Please read below for information on how to submit your proposal.
New Issue of Journal of World Philosophies – TOC
ISCWP Announcement
From Alexus McLeod:
Dear ISCWP Members,
Our vote has concluded, with the result that Shirong Luo has been elected ISCWP Vice President, and Yuanfang Dai elected as Secretary-Treasurer, for the 2023-2026 term. Thank you to all of the members for your continued support of the ISCWP, and for helping with the election and smooth transition of the new Board of Directors. And congratulations to Dr. Luo and Dr. Dai on their elections.
I now hand over leadership of the ISCWP to its new President, Dr. Sun Wei. I wish him all success in continuing to advance the important comparative project of the ISCWP, and using it to move our field forward. Godspeed!
All the best,
Alexus
Alexus McLeod
Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University
Past President of ISCWP (2020-2023)
New Texts in the History of Philosophy Book Series, OUP
The British Society of the History of Philosophy (BSHP) sponsors a book series, published by Oxford University Press, on New Texts in the History of Philosophy. Its aim is to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects of the history of philosophy, including the rediscovery of neglected elements and the exploration of new approaches to the subject.
More information is available at the BSHP website: https://bshp.org.uk/publications/new-texts-in-the-history-of-philosophy/
I am particularly, though not exclusively, seeking proposals for translations of texts from the Chinese tradition. Please get in touch with me if you would like to submit a proposal: k.lai@unsw.edu.au
Karyn Lai
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Xiang, Decolonising Sinology
Shuchen Xiang has just published a paper “Decolonising Sinology: on Sinology’s Weaponisation of the Discourse of Race” in Social Dynamics: A journal of African Studies. Please read on for the abstract and how to access the article:
