Objective of the Workshop:
The workshop seeks to de-stigmatize Tribal and Indigenous Philosophy by challenging the tendency to view tribal thought as primitive\, pre-logical\, or merely cultural rather than philosophical. It recognizes Tribal and Indigenous communities as knowledge producers and philosophical thinkers\, with rich traditions of reflection on reality\, personhood\, ethics\, community\, nature\, and the good life.
With a special focus on Northeast India\, the workshop will explore diverse tribal philosophies through their languages\, oral traditions\, cultural practices\, memories\, relationships with land and ancestors\, and more-than-human worlds. It will also examine questions of identity\, ecology\, healing\, knowledge\, colonial legacies\, and cultural self-determination.
\nThe workshop aims to create a space where Tribal Philosophy is understood not simply as an object of academic study\, but as a living intellectual tradition that contributes to contemporary philosophical thought.
Contact for more Information : \;
Prof. Prasenjit Biswas\, Head\, Dept. of Philosophy\, North-Eastern Hill University\,
\nShillong-793022\, Meghalaya\, India. Email: hrpbiswas82@gmail.com\;
\nPh. No. 9875368100
ORGANIZER;CN=Ka Lyngwiar Pyrkhat and Ki Umpohliew Ka Mynnor in academic Collaboration with the Department of Philosophy NEHU Shillong Duia Trailblazers: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T065021Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T170000 SUMMARY:The Northeast Conference on Chinese Thought UID:20261006T120142Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98a9:e4ff:fef8:2072%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:175 Forest St\, Waltham\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Pengbo Liu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T065021Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261103T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261107T170000 SUMMARY:The Art of doing Tribal Philosophy UID:20261006T120143Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98a9:e4ff:fef8:2072%3 TZID:Asia/Kolkata LOCATION:North Eastern Hill University\, Shillong\, India\, 793022 DESCRIPTION:Objective of the Workshop:
The workshop seeks to de-stigmatize Tribal and Indigenous Philosophy by challenging the tendency to view tribal thought as primitive\, pre-logical\, or merely cultural rather than philosophical. It recognizes Tribal and Indigenous communities as knowledge producers and philosophical thinkers\, with rich traditions of reflection on reality\, personhood\, ethics\, community\, nature\, and the good life.
With a special focus on Northeast India\, the workshop will explore diverse tribal philosophies through their languages\, oral traditions\, cultural practices\, memories\, relationships with land and ancestors\, and more-than-human worlds. It will also examine questions of identity\, ecology\, healing\, knowledge\, colonial legacies\, and cultural self-determination.
\nThe workshop aims to create a space where Tribal Philosophy is understood not simply as an object of academic study\, but as a living intellectual tradition that contributes to contemporary philosophical thought.
Contact for more Information : \;
Prof. Prasenjit Biswas\, Head\, Dept. of Philosophy\, North-Eastern Hill University\,
\nShillong-793022\, Meghalaya\, India. Email: hrpbiswas82@gmail.com\;
\nPh. No. 9875368100
ORGANIZER;CN=Ka Lyngwiar Pyrkhat and Ki Umpohliew Ka Mynnor in academic Collaboration with the Department of Philosophy NEHU Shillong Duia Trailblazers: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T065021Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261105T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:The 2026 Online Symposium of the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy UID:20261006T120144Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98a9:e4ff:fef8:2072%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers
\nThe 2026 Online Symposium of the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy
\nMud\, Islands and Ocean
\nDates: November 5 (Thu) - 6 (Fri)\, 2026 \; \; \; \; \; \; No conference fee\, participation is free.
\nMud\, islands and ocean are places of mixture and changes. Animals and people leave traces in the mud. The NAEP symposium 2026 dives into blue humanities and interrogates the fringes between worlds and aims to explore views in terms of fluidity and process. In the mud\, soil and water shift forms and transform. Boundaries are not clearly apparent. Environmental philosophy forces us to reconsider certain assumptions about clear boundaries delimiting and isolating things\, and mud invites us to this journey.
\nOceans can be places of both encounters and separations\, and \; islands can easily trigger narratives of isolation. Mud involves and interconnects lands and seas. Mud also hosts specific ecosystems and bridges the worlds of different species. But places of mixtures and changes can also be places of tensions\; the encounter between different worlds can unleash clashes about access and belonging. Many struggles about justice unfold in muddy waters.
\nThe NAEP 2026 Online Symposium welcomes contributions from scholars\, practitioners and stakeholders on a broad range of aspects within Asian worldviews\, including but not limited to:
\nSilt\, sand and shells\, changing materialities and temporalities
\nPhilosophies of microbiology and oceanology
\nSea-faring people\, slow living\, Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) and practices
\nJustice and radical approaches to transformation
\nMangroves and coastal ecosystems as protectors from climate change
\nSea level rise and the futures of islands
\nEcofeminism insights on water and birth
\nPhilosophical explorations about natural boundaries\, artificial delimitations\, holism and animism
\nWhale songs and artistic expressions (narratives\, artforms\, storytelling\, memory landscape&hellip\;) related to mud\, islands and ocean in Asian cultures
\nEarly- and mid-career scholars are especially encouraged to send proposals.
\nWe welcome abstracts for individual presentations\, panels\, online posters and workshop proposals. Please submit your 200-250 words abstract with your name\, affiliation and contact informationthrough this form\, by August 16th\, 2026 (or by email toasiaenviphilo@gmail.com).
\nLanguage: The primary language of the conference is English. We aim to be non-native friendly\, so we make it a rule that we speak slow and accessible English. If you would like to present in a language other than English\, please contact us.
\nOrganisation: Laÿ\;na Droz\, Orika Komatsubara\, Dipanwita Pal\, Concordia Marie Lagasca-Hiloma\, Romaric Jannel\, Spriha Roy\, Felipe Cuervo\, May Aye Thiri.
\nAbout the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy (NAEP)
\nThe Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy (NAEP) was founded by agroup of scholarsin the field of environmental philosophy in Asia in 2019 with the goal to supportworks related to environmental philosophy within Asian traditions of thoughts broadly conceived or related to grassroots perspectives on environmental issues in Asia. \; \; Visit our website:www.asiaenviphilo.com
ORGANIZER;CN="Laÿna Droz";CN=Romaric Jannel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T065021Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261105T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261106T170000 SUMMARY:Second Annual UNM Asian Philosophy Graduate Conference UID:20261006T120145Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98a9:e4ff:fef8:2072%3 TZID:America/Denver LOCATION:1 University of New Mexico \, Albuquerque\, United States DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the second annual UNM Asian Philosophy Graduate Conference\, hosted by the University of New Mexico Department of Philosophy. We invite master&rsquo\;s and Ph.D. students in Philosophy\, Religious Studies\, Asian Studies\, and related disciplines to submit papers for presentation. The conference aims to provide a platform for emerging scholars to engage in meaningful dialogue on ancient and modern Asian philosophical traditions\, which include (but are not necessarily limited to) those from South Asia\, East Asia\, Southeast Asia\, West Asia\, Tibet\, Central Asia\, and Islamic traditions.
\nWe accept papers on any topic or issue as long as there is substantial engagement with Asian philosophy. Papers that are comparative in nature are welcome\, although the primary focus should be on some aspect of Asian philosophy (e.g.\, we are unlikely to accept a paper that mostly focuses on Wittgenstein but only briefly discusses Kong Zi). Papers concerning diversifying philosophy curricula and canon are also welcomed.
ORGANIZER;CN=Rui Teng Phoebe Mak;CN=Jack Swick;CN=Sanghyeon Kim;CN=Addison Hinton;CN=Utkarsh Chawla;CN=Kedar Patwary: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T065021Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261120T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261120T230000 SUMMARY:DePaul Philosophy Graduate Student Conference 2027 UID:20261006T120146Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98a9:e4ff:fef8:2072%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:DePaul University\, Chicago\, United States DESCRIPTION:From East to West and Back: Kyoto School in Dialogue with Western Philosophy
\nThe Philosophy Department at DePaul University is pleased to announce the DePaul Philosophy Graduate Student Conference 2027\, to be held in person on February 6&ndash\;7\, 2027\, at DePaul University in Chicago\, Illinois.
\nThis year&rsquo\;s conference\, &ldquo\;From East to West and Back: Kyoto School in Dialogue with Western Philosophy\,&rdquo\; explores the rich and complex philosophical exchanges between the Kyoto School and Western philosophy. We are pleased to welcome Prof. Gregory S. Moss\, Associate Professor of Philosophy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong\, as our keynote speaker.
\nProf. Moss is the author of Hegel&rsquo\;s Foundation-Free Metaphysics: The Logic of Singularity (2020)\, which received the HegelPD Prize in 2022\, and Absolute Dialetheism: Hegel\, Schelling\, and the End of Alterity (2026)\, recently published by Edinburgh University Press. His keynote address will draw from his new manuscript\, Hegel and Nishida.
\n\nCall for Papers
\nThe Kyoto School represents one of the most significant encounters between Japanese philosophy and Western philosophical thought. Its philosophers engaged deeply with figures such as Kant\, Hegel\, Fichte\, Schelling\, Husserl\, Heidegger\, and others\, while simultaneously developing philosophical approaches grounded in their own intellectual and cultural contexts. The resulting dialogue was neither simply an adoption of Western philosophy nor a rejection of it\, but a complex process of inheritance\, transformation\, criticism\, and philosophical creation.
\nThis conference invites graduate student papers that investigate the ways in which philosophers of the Kyoto School understand\, inherit\, develop\, transform\, or criticize the thought of familiar Western philosophers and philosophical traditions. At the same time\, we welcome contributions that bring Western philosophical traditions\, as well as philosophical traditions from other cultural and intellectual contexts\, into dialogue with the Kyoto School\, whether by engaging\, evaluating\, challenging\, or developing its philosophical practices.
\nWe particularly welcome papers that explore\, but are not limited to:
\n- Kyoto School engagements with Kant\, Hegel\, Schelling\, Fichte\, Husserl\, Heidegger\, and other Western philosophers\;
\n- Nishida Kitarō\, Tanabe Hajime\, Nishitani Keiji\, and other Kyoto School philosophers\;
\n- Comparative approaches to Japanese\, Western\, Chinese\, Indian\, Buddhist\, Daoist\, or other philosophical traditions\;
\n- The concepts of absolute nothingness\, basho\, pure experience\, self-awareness\, dialectic\, contradiction\, mediation\, and alterity\;
\n- Kyoto School approaches to metaphysics\, epistemology\, phenomenology\, logic\, ethics\, aesthetics\, and philosophy of religion\;
\n- The relationship between philosophical traditions and their cultural or historical contexts\;
\n- Questions concerning translation\, interpretation\, appropriation\, and philosophical inheritance\;
\n- Contemporary philosophical engagements with the Kyoto School\; and
\n- New possibilities for philosophical dialogue between East Asian and Western traditions.
\nWe also encourage submissions that move beyond conventional comparative philosophy and consider whether engagement between different philosophical traditions can generate new philosophical problems\, methods\, or conceptual possibilities.
\n\nSubmission Guidelines
\nWe invite submissions from current graduate students (MA and PhD) in philosophy and related disciplines.
\nSubmissions should:
\n(1) Consist of a full paper in Word or PDF format\, suitable for a 30-minute presentation\, approximately 3\,000&ndash\;4\,000 words\;
\n(2) Be prepared for blind review\; and
\n(3) Be accompanied by a separate cover page containing the paper title\, author's name\, institutional affiliation\, graduate student status (MA or PhD)\, and contact information.
\nPlease email submissions as a PDF or Word document to: depaulgradconference2027@gmail.com
\nThe submission deadline is November 20\, 2026.
\nDecisions regarding submissions will be announced approximately two weeks after the submission deadline.
ORGANIZER;CN=Edward Kwok: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T065021Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270207T170000 SUMMARY:DePaul Philosophy Graduate Student Conference 2027 UID:20261006T120147Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98a9:e4ff:fef8:2072%3 TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:DePaul University\, Chicago\, United States ORGANIZER;CN=Edward Kwok: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T065021Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270402T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270403T170000 SUMMARY:4th Annual Carolinas Conference on Chinese Thought (CCCT) UID:20261006T120148Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98a9:e4ff:fef8:2072%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:580 East Main Street\, Spartanburg\, United States\, 29302 DESCRIPTION:The Carolina Conference on Chinese Thought (CCCT) is a regionally-based site for exchange and connection among those interested in Chinese thought\, broadly construed. We invite scholars and graduate students to discuss their work on Chinese thought\, drawing from any disciplinary perspective. 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. All things otherwise equal\, proposals from scholars and graduate students based in the Carolinas and the U.S. Southeast region will be given preference for selection. \;Depending on the number of participants\, we estimate that individual presentations will be approximately 20-25 minutes in length\, however\, alternative formats may be considered. Concurrent presentations will not be scheduled. \;Located in the Upstate region of South Carolina\, the closest airport is Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP)\, about 20 minutes from campus. We anticipate that most attendees will be located within driving distance. We are unable to provide funding support for travel. \;Please submit an abstract of at least 100 words to Kevin DeLapp \; \;by \;December 1\, 2026. To attend without presenting\, please notify Kevin DeLapp of your intent.
ORGANIZER;CN=Kevin DeLapp: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T065021Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270402T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270402T130000 SUMMARY:4th Annual Carolinas Conference on Chinese Thought (CCCT) UID:20261006T120149Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98a9:e4ff:fef8:2072%3 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:580 East Main Street\, Spartanburg\, United States\, 29302 DESCRIPTION:The Carolina Conference on Chinese Thought (CCCT) is a regionally-based site for exchange and connection among those interested in Chinese thought\, broadly construed. We invite scholars and graduate students to discuss their work on Chinese thought\, drawing from any disciplinary perspective. 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. All things otherwise equal\, proposals from scholars and graduate students based in the Carolinas and the U.S. Southeast region will be given preference for selection. \;Depending on the number of participants\, we estimate that individual presentations will be approximately 20-25 minutes in length\, however\, alternative formats may be considered. Concurrent presentations will not be scheduled. \;Located in the Upstate region of South Carolina\, the closest airport is Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP)\, about 20 minutes from campus. We anticipate that most attendees will be located within driving distance. We are unable to provide funding support for travel. \;Please submit an abstract of at least 100 words to Kevin DeLapp \; \;by \;December 1\, 2026. To attend without presenting\, please notify Kevin DeLapp of your intent.
ORGANIZER;CN=Kevin DeLapp: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T065021Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270628T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270630T170000 SUMMARY:‘The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy’ UID:20261006T120150Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98a9:e4ff:fef8:2072%3 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Dominikanerbastei 16\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:As part of a Starting Grant funded by the European Research Council\, I am pleased to invite proposals for participation in a conference on &lsquo\;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy&rsquo\; scheduled to be held at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (IKGA)\, part of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)\, in Vienna on 28-30 June 2027. \;
\nPaper proposals are invited from philosophers working with Western and/or Buddhist sources on any topic concerned with the ethics of belief\, broadly understood. Thus\, for example\, papers may be proposed regarding topics such as (but not limited to) the nature of belief\, the norms of belief and \;normativity in relation to belief\, \;evidence and evidentialism\, and the epistemic basing relation. \;Discussions concerning the relationship of belief (including in terms of its \;formation\, maintenance\, and/or relinquishment) \;to notions such as \;credence\, view\, judgment\, assent\, conviction\, faith\, trust\, hope\, and knowledge (or their analogues in Buddhist sources) \;are welcome\, as are those concerning \;the relationship of \;belief (and its ethics) to faculties such as consciousness\, cognition\, discernment\, conceptualization\, view-holding\, volition\, sensation\, and emotion (or their analogues in Buddhist sources).
\nThe research project of which this conference forms part is titled \;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Chinese Buddhist Philosophy in the &lsquo\;Period of Disunity&rsquo\; \;(ChinBuddhPhil)\; for more information\, see \;https://www.oeaw.ac.at/projects/chinbuddhphil. The project aims to bring Buddhist philosophical sources into conversation with Western ones\, on the understanding that Buddhist philosophers merit consideration not only as historical artifacts but as genuinely interesting and insightful contributors to live philosophical problems. As such\, the conference is intended to be dialogical\, with specialists of relevant Western and Buddhist philosophical materials engaging in debate regarding overlapping topics\, positions\, and arguments.
\nPhilosophers specializing in Western sources from any of the ancient\, medieval\, modern\, or contemporary philosophical canons are welcome to apply\; they need possess no prior knowledge of relevant Buddhist materials or debates.
\nAs for philosophers specializing in Buddhist sources\, in line with the overall focus of the ChinBuddhPhil project on the Sanlun \;三論 \;school of Chinese Buddhist philosophy\, those proposing papers on Sanlun are especially welcome to apply. More broadly\, however\, the call is open to philosophers specializing in Chinese Buddhist sources beyond Sanlun\, and more broadly still to those specializing in sources from any other among the Buddhist traditions spanning diverse geographical regions and temporal periods. Philosophers specializing in Buddhist sources need possess no prior knowledge of relevant Western materials or debates.
\nEdited volumes based on two prior project conferences have already been submitted to Oxford University Press. An edited book comprised of chapters based on the papers presented at this conference is also planned\, and potential speakers should keep in mind that they will be invited to submit a written chapter (6\,000-9\,000 words) based on their oral presentation. Each participant will also be invited to prepare a short response to another paper (1\,000-2\,000 words)\, thereby allowing philosophers working with Western sources to engage\, from within their own sphere of expertise\, with Buddhist materials\, and vice-versa. Draft papers will thus be pre-circulated to respondents.
\nTimeline:
\n·\; \; \;1 June 2026: Deadline for submission of paper proposals.
\n·\; \; \;1 July 2026: Announcement of accepted papers.
\n·\; \; \;1 April 2027: Deadline for submission of draft papers.
\n·\; \; \;28-30 June 2027: In-person conference in Vienna.
\n·\; \; \;1 September 2027: Deadline for submission of final papers.
\nThose interested in taking part are welcome to send 1) a paper abstract of circa 500 words\, and 2) a CV or link to a professional profile\, to \;rafal.stepien@oeaw.ac.at \;by the \;1st \;of June 2026. Requests for further information are also welcome. In a dedicated effort to counteract long-standing discrimination\, women and members of other identity-groups still under-represented in academe are especially encouraged to apply. This is an in-person conference\; accommodation in Vienna for participants will be funded by the organizers\, and funds are also foreseen to be available to offset travel costs to and from Vienna for those participants with no alternative sources of funding.
\nRafal K. Stepien
\nPrincipal Researcher\, Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia\, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
\nPrincipal Investigator\, &lsquo\;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Chinese Buddhist Philosophy in the &ldquo\;Period of Disunity&rdquo\;&rsquo\;\, European Research Council.
ORGANIZER;CN=Rafal Stepien: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T065021Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270628T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270630T170000 SUMMARY:The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy UID:20261006T120151Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98a9:e4ff:fef8:2072%3 TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Dominikanerbastei 16\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:As part of a Starting Grant funded by the European Research Council\, I am pleased to invite proposals for participation in a conference on &lsquo\;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy&rsquo\; scheduled to be held at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (IKGA)\, part of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)\, in Vienna on 28-30 June 2027. \;
\nPaper proposals are invited from philosophers working with Western and/or Buddhist sources on any topic concerned with the ethics of belief\, broadly understood. Thus\, for example\, papers may be proposed regarding topics such as (but not limited to) the nature of belief\, the norms of belief and \;normativity in relation to belief\, \;evidence and evidentialism\, and the epistemic basing relation. \;Discussions concerning the relationship of belief (including in terms of its \;formation\, maintenance\, and/or relinquishment) \;to notions such as \;credence\, view\, judgment\, assent\, conviction\, faith\, trust\, hope\, and knowledge (or their analogues in Buddhist sources) \;are welcome\, as are those concerning \;the relationship of \;belief (and its ethics) to faculties such as consciousness\, cognition\, discernment\, conceptualization\, view-holding\, volition\, sensation\, and emotion (or their analogues in Buddhist sources).
\nThe research project of which this conference forms part is titled \;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Chinese Buddhist Philosophy in the &lsquo\;Period of Disunity&rsquo\; \;(ChinBuddhPhil)\; for more information\, see \;https://www.oeaw.ac.at/projects/chinbuddhphil. The project aims to bring Buddhist philosophical sources into conversation with Western ones\, on the understanding that Buddhist philosophers merit consideration not only as historical artifacts but as genuinely interesting and insightful contributors to live philosophical problems. As such\, the conference is intended to be dialogical\, with specialists of relevant Western and Buddhist philosophical materials engaging in debate regarding overlapping topics\, positions\, and arguments.
\nPhilosophers specializing in Western sources from any of the ancient\, medieval\, modern\, or contemporary philosophical canons are welcome to apply\; they need possess no prior knowledge of relevant Buddhist materials or debates.
\nAs for philosophers specializing in Buddhist sources\, in line with the overall focus of the ChinBuddhPhil project on the Sanlun \;三論 \;school of Chinese Buddhist philosophy\, those proposing papers on Sanlun are especially welcome to apply. More broadly\, however\, the call is open to philosophers specializing in Chinese Buddhist sources beyond Sanlun\, and more broadly still to those specializing in sources from any other among the Buddhist traditions spanning diverse geographical regions and temporal periods. Philosophers specializing in Buddhist sources need possess no prior knowledge of relevant Western materials or debates.
\nEdited volumes based on two prior project conferences have already been submitted to Oxford University Press. An edited book comprised of chapters based on the papers presented at this conference is also planned\, and potential speakers should keep in mind that they will be invited to submit a written chapter (6\,000-9\,000 words) based on their oral presentation. Each participant will also be invited to prepare a short response to another paper (1\,000-2\,000 words)\, thereby allowing philosophers working with Western sources to engage\, from within their own sphere of expertise\, with Buddhist materials\, and vice-versa. Draft papers will thus be pre-circulated to respondents.
\nTimeline:
\n·\; \; \;1 June 2026: Deadline for submission of paper proposals.
\n·\; \; \;1 July 2026: Announcement of accepted papers.
\n·\; \; \;1 April 2027: Deadline for submission of draft papers.
\n·\; \; \;28-30 June 2027: In-person conference in Vienna.
\n·\; \; \;1 September 2027: Deadline for submission of final papers.
\nThose interested in taking part are welcome to send 1) a paper abstract of circa 500 words\, and 2) a CV or link to a professional profile\, to \;rafal.stepien@oeaw.ac.at \;by the \;1st \;of June 2026. Requests for further information are also welcome. In a dedicated effort to counteract long-standing discrimination\, women and members of other identity-groups still under-represented in academe are especially encouraged to apply. This is an in-person conference\; accommodation in Vienna for participants will be funded by the organizers\, and funds are also foreseen to be available to offset travel costs to and from Vienna for those participants with no alternative sources of funding.
\nRafal K. Stepien
\nPrincipal Researcher\, Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia\, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
\nPrincipal Investigator\, &lsquo\;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Chinese Buddhist Philosophy in the &ldquo\;Period of Disunity&rdquo\;&rsquo\;\, European Research Council.
\nhttps://www.oeaw.ac.at/projects/chinbuddhphil/conferences \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Rafal Stepien: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T065021Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20300531T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20300531T090000 SUMMARY:Phenomenologies of Religious Experience UID:20261006T120152Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98a9:e4ff:fef8:2072%3 TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:This series invites proposals in classical phenomenology\, French phenomenology\, pre- and post-phenomenologies\, and in methodologies that bridge phenomenology and analytic philosophy. The relation between phenomenology and religious experience can be considered in a variety of modes: epistemic (phenomenology as a "rigorous science" of religious experience in Husserl's sense)\; ontic (phenomenology as a way to access the core motive\, or regulative ideal\, of religion)\; analogical (phenomenological experience as a secular version of religious experience)\; generalizing (religious experience turning into phenomenological experience when stripped from its dogmatic frame)\, etc. Proposals can take critical\, descriptive\, theoretical\, comparative\, historical\, or other approaches\, and they can focus on the interplay between religious or spiritual experience and assorted theoretical approaches\, or proceed from such experience towards building a new theory. In accord with Husserl&rsquo\;s original intent\, the series welcomes attempts to locate spiritual or religious experience within a broader theory of the sciences (Wissenschaftslehre) and to expand phenomenology towards transcendental philosophy and metaphysics.
The series covers five areas:
1) Clarifications of religious and spiritual experience\, its formal phenomenological research\, and its relationships to art\, textuality\, culture\, anthropology\, politics\, and comparative religion\;
2) Metaphysical extensions of the phenomenology of religious and spiritual experience\;
3) Existential and psychological analyses\, in different traditions\, of religious and spiritual experience\;
4) Theologies of religious experience\, with or beyond a specific focus on ritual and liturgy\, including liberation theologies\, feminist theologies\, theologies at the intersection of religious experience and race\, social status\, etc.\;
5) The phenomenology of religious and spiritual experience as applied to and/ or examined within medicine\, nursing\, and the health sciences and the natural and social sciences.
The series is published in cooperation with the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience\, \;www.sophere.org.
Editors: \;Michael Barber (michael.barber@slu.edu)\, Peter Costello (PCOSTELL@providence.edu)\, Olga Louchakova-Schwartz (founding editor\, \;olouch@ucdavis.edu)\, and Martin Nitsche (nitsche@flu.cas.cz)
Advisory Board: \;Jason Alvis (University of Vienna)\, Angela Ales Bello (Pontifical Lateran University)\, Michel Bitbol (The French National Center for Scientific Research)\, Carla Canullo (University of Macerata)\, David Ciavatta (Ryerson University)\, Crina Gschwandtner (Fordham University)\, Neal DeRoo (The King&rsquo\;s University)\, Thomas Fuchs (University of Heidelberg)\, James G. Hart (University of Indiana)\, Richard Kearney (Boston College)\, Jeff McCurry (Duquesne University)\, Felix O&rsquo\;Murchadha (National University of Ireland\, Galway)\, Dermot Moran (Boston College)\, Tom Nenon (The University of Memphis)\, Ryōsuke Ōhashi (Universities of Kyoto and Osaka)\, Vincent Pastro (Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University and Aquinas Institute of Theology\, St Louis)\, Hans Rainer Sepp (Charles University)\, Michel Staudigl (University of Vienna)\, Claudia Welz (Aarhus University)
Staff editorial contact: \;Jana Hodges-Kluck (jhodges-kluck@rowman.com) \;