CFP: 30th Annual Conference of Chinese Society for Phenomenology

30th Annual Conference of Chinese Society for Phenomenology

September 11–14, 2026


Beijing, China

The 30th Annual Conference on Chinese Phenomenology will be held in Beijing from September 11 to 14, 2026. The conference is organized by the Chinese Society for Phenomenology and hosted by the School of Philosophy and the Institute of Foreign Philosophy at Renmin University of China.

About the Conference

From its inception, phenomenology has sought to return to experience in order to clarify the structures through which meaning is constituted. At the same time, its sustained responsiveness to historical and scientific developments has ensured that phenomenology has never been isolated from the problems of its time. In the contemporary context—shaped by the pervasive influence of artificial intelligence, digital media, the life sciences, and computational technologies—experience itself appears to be undergoing significant transformations. Technologies do not merely introduce new objects of experience; they reconfigure the very modes through which the world is disclosed and rendered intelligible.

These transformations raise pressing philosophical questions for phenomenology. How should phenomenological analyses respond to technologically mediated forms of experience? What conceptual resources does phenomenology offer for understanding shifting relations between technology, embodiment, agency, and meaning? And how can phenomenology situate itself within ongoing debates in analytic philosophy, the philosophy of technology, and the sciences, without relinquishing its distinctive methodological commitments?

Against this background, the conference, devoted to the theme “Phenomenology: Technology and the Humanities,” seeks to provide an open forum for critical reflection on the role of phenomenology in the technological age, as well as for a renewed assessment of its distinctive contributions to contemporary philosophy and interdisciplinary research at the intersection of the humanities and technology.

Topics of Interest

The conference welcomes contributions on phenomenology broadly construed. Topics include, but are not limited to:

l  Classical questions and figures in phenomenology

l  Contemporary developments and new directions in phenomenological research

l  Phenomenology and analytic philosophy

l  Phenomenology and artificial intelligence

l  Phenomenology and recent developments in the humanities

l  Chinese phenomenology in historical and systematic perspectives

This conference provides a distinctive forum for engaging with these critical issues. Alongside contributions from scholars working across diverse areas of phenomenology, the conference will feature participation from a number of internationally recognized researchers, including:

Andrea Altobrando (University of Padua, Italy)

Claudie Majolino (Université de Lille, France)

Dachun Yang (Zhejiang University)

Daniele De Santis (Charles University, Czech)

Genki Uemura (Okayama University, Japan)

Georg Stenger (University of Vienna, Austria)

Jocelyn Benoist (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)

Jun Wang (Zhejiang University)

Katsunori Miyahara (Hokkaido University, Japan)

Keith Crome (President of the British Society for Phenomenology; Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

Liangkang Ni (Zhejiang University)

Lilian Alweiss (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Nicolas de Warren (Pennsylvania State University, USA)

Qingjie Wang (University of Macau)

Shigeru Taguchi (Hokkaido University, Japan)

Wei Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University)

Xiaowen Chen (Shandong University)

Xiping Jin (Peking University)

Zengding Wu (Peking University)

Zhiwei Zhang (Renmin University of China)

Zhouxing Sun (Zhejiang University)

......List is being updated.

Further submissions from researchers worldwide are very welcome.

Submission Guidelines

Participants are invited to submit either a full paper or an extended abstract (in WORD format) by May 31, 2026, to: [email protected]

Submissions should include:

1.         Title of the paper

2.         Author’s name

3.         Institutional affiliation

4.         Email address

All submissions will be peer reviewed by the Chinese Society for Phenomenology. Authors of accepted submissions will receive a formal invitation to participate in the conference. Please note that, due to limitations of funding and conference capacity, participation by doctoral students is limited to a maximum of 15.

Venue and Schedule

The conference will take place at Renmin University of China (Zhongguancun Campus) in Beijing.

September 11: Arrival and registration

September 12–13: Conference sessions

September 14 (morning): Departure

Accommodation, meals, and conference materials will be covered by the organizers. Participants are responsible for their own travel expenses.

Organizing Committee

Haojun Zhang
Chair of 30th Annual Conference of the Chinese Society for Phenomenology
School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

Wei Zhang

President of the Chinese Society for Phenomenology

Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

January 4, 2026