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University of Toronto Press and Peking University Press Announce New Scholarly Book Series on the History of Chinese Confucianism

September 28, 2026 /
Toronto, Canada and Beijing, China – September 28, 2026 — University of Toronto Press (UTP) and Peking University Press (PUP) are pleased to announce a new partnership to publish a series of scholarly books dedicated to the history, development, and global influence of Chinese Confucianism.

The collaborative series will bring together leading scholars to examine Confucian thought across more than two millennia of Chinese history, exploring its philosophical foundations, intellectual evolution, social impact, and continuing relevance in contemporary global discourse. The series will feature nine volumes of important scholarship, fostering dialogue between scholars in China and the international academic community.

As two leading university presses with longstanding commitments to advancing scholarship and promoting cross-cultural understanding, UTP and PUP share a vision of making authoritative research on China’s intellectual traditions more widely accessible to readers around the world.

“Confucianism is one of the world’s most significant intellectual and ethical traditions, influencing philosophy, governance, education, and social thought across East Asia and beyond,” said Jessica Mosher, President, Publisher & CEO, University of Toronto Press. “We are delighted to partner with Peking University Press on this important initiative, which will provide an international platform for innovative scholarship and deepen understanding of China’s rich intellectual heritage.”

“Peking University Press is proud to collaborate with University of Toronto Press on a project that highlights the depth and continuing significance of Confucian scholarship,” said Jianjun Ma President, Peking University Press. “This partnership reflects our shared commitment to supporting rigorous research, promoting international scholarly exchange, and fostering greater dialogue between Chinese and global academic communities.”

The partnership builds on a growing history of collaboration between Peking University Press and University of Toronto Press and reflects both presses’ commitment to publishing research that advances global understanding and intellectual exchange.

About University of Toronto Press

Founded in 1901, University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America. With the mission to connect ideas for a better world, UTP publishes books and journals that advance scholarship and contribute to public discourse across a wide range of disciplines.

About Peking University Press

Peking University Press is one of China’s leading academic publishing houses and is renowned for publishing high-quality scholarly, educational, and professional works across the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and interdisciplinary fields.

Forthcoming Series: Brill’s Buddhist Studies Library

September 28, 2026 /

Series Editors: Michael Radich, University of Heidelberg, and Vincent Tournier, LMU Munich

This series provides a platform for the latest research on Buddhist traditions across the connected world of pre-modern Asia, drawing on philology, art history, archaeology, and intellectual, cultural and social his­tory. It engages with a textual landscape trans­formed by the digitisation of vast corpora, the development of computational methods, and the refinement of editorial and analytical approaches suited to the complex and fluid textual histories that characterise Buddhist literary traditions. At the same time, it builds on the material turn in Buddhist Studies, in which archaeological and visual evidence, and the consideration of text-bearing objects in their materiality, have become central to the historical study of Buddhist thought-worlds and practice. By bringing these two arms of the discipline into sustained conversation, the series aims to model an integrative, methodologically rigorous humanism. The series welcomes studies, in the form of monographs and edited volumes, bearing on the pre-modern Buddhist world in all its diversity.

ISSN: 3118-1228

Editorial Board

  • Anne BLACKBURN, Cornell University
  • CHEN Ruixuan, Peking University
  • James GENTRY, Stanford University
  • Paul HARRISON, Stanford University
  • Christian LUCZANITS, SOAS University of London
  • Serena SACCONE, Naples University
  • Jaqueline STONE, Princeton University
  • YAO Fumi, Tōkyō University

Open-Rank Faculty Position in Philosophy — Georgetown University in Qatar

September 12, 2026 /

Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) invites applications for an open-rank core faculty position in Philosophy.

The search is open with respect to area of specialization, with particular interest in several areas, including non-Western philosophy, especially Islamic and Arabic philosophy, African/Africana philosophy, and Asian philosophy. Other areas of interest include Continental philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, and applied ethics.

The successful candidate will contribute to the Culture and Politics major and the School of Foreign Service core curriculum and must be able to teach a course in Political and Social Thought.

Application deadline: October 15, 2026

SACP members and others working in Asian and comparative philosophy are encouraged to consult the full advertisement for qualifications, application materials, and additional information:

PhilJobs: https://philjobs.org/job/show/31969

SACP 2027 Annual Conference — Call for Proposals

September 5, 2026 /

The 59th Annual Conference of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy will be held June 4–7, 2027, at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Seoul, South Korea.

The conference theme is:

Embodiment and Agency Across Texts and Traditions

SACP welcomes individual paper proposals, standard panel proposals, and alternative-format panel/session proposals on the conference theme as well as other topics in Asian and comparative philosophy.

Proposal deadline: November 15, 2026
Graduate Student Essay Contest deadline: November 15, 2026

Keynote Speakers

East Asian Philosophy Keynote: Professor Yong Huang, Fudan University
South Asian Philosophy Keynote: Professor Elisa Freschi, University of Toronto

For the complete Call for Proposals, submission forms, registration information, travel updates, and other conference details, please visit the official SACP 2027 conference website:

https://sacp2027.skku.edu/

Questions concerning the conference may be directed to SACPcontact@gmail.com.

Please feel free to circulate the Call for Proposals widely among colleagues, graduate students, and relevant departments and organizations.

View CFP: SACP Annual Conference 2027 (pdf)

CFP: SACP at APA Pacific

September 1, 2026 /

SACP CALL FOR PAPER AND PANEL PROPOSALS
2027 Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association

March 24 to March 27, 2027; Portland Oregon
Submission deadline: October 6th, 2025
The Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy welcomes proposals for our panel at the American Philosophical Association’s Pacific Division meeting. Proposals regarding any aspect of Asian or comparative philosophy are welcome.
Individual paper abstracts should be 200-300 words in length and complete panel abstracts should include a 150 word introduction to the theme of the panel, complete with panel title, along with 200-300 word abstracts for each of the papers. Please include presenter’s name(s), email(s), and institution(s).
Information about the SACP can be found on our website at http://www.sacpweb.org.
Guidelines for paper/abstract submission:
  1. We encourage submission of either individual papers or full panel proposals, on any topic in Asian and/or Comparative Philosophy. All paper and panel proposals will be considered.
  2. Feel free to submit a longer abstract (300-500 words) or to include a completed paper with your abstract. The presentation time for each paper will be between 20 and 30 minutes.
  3. Please let us know if you are simultaneously submitting a separate proposal to other Asian philosophy groups for the same APA meeting. We strongly suggest making only unique submissions.
  4. Membership in the SACP is not required for consideration or acceptance, but we ask that you be a current SACP member by the time we submit the session information to the APA.
  5. All submissions must include the presenter(s) name, university affiliation (and state/province or country of affiliation), email address, and paper title (where appropriate) in Title Case

Each presenter will have to register and pay the conference registration fee to the APA.

Paper or abstract submissions (with your full name, affiliation/contact information) and any questions should be sent by email to Johnathan Flowers at johnathan.flowers@csun.edu.
In order to present your paper in an SACP session at the APA, you must also be a current member of the SACP.
Membership may be paid via PayPal through the SACP website: https://www.sacpweb.org/
Annual SACP membership rates are as follows:
  • Fully employed members: $50 USD
  • Graduate students, underemployed members, and emeritus members: $30 USD.

 

SACP AT APA PACIFIC CALL FOR PAPER AND PANEL PROPOSALS 2027 (PDF)

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