Category: Conference (Page 2 of 6)

SACP CALL FOR PAPER AND PANEL PROPOSALS
2026 Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association
January 7-10th, 2026. Baltimore, Maryland.

Submission deadline: July 13, 2025

The Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy welcomes proposals for our panel at the American Philosophical Association’s Eastern 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 of 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.

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

Paper or abstract submissions (with your full name/affiliation/contact information) and any questions should be sent by email to Josh Mason at joshua.mason@lmu.edu.

2026 SACP CFP (Word document)

1. Title of Paper
2. Name of Presenter
3. Affiliation
4. Email Address
5. 200–300 word abstract

• Simultaneous submissions to multiple APA group sessions are discouraged. If selected, you are expected to present your paper at the ISCP session.
• All participants (speakers, commentators, and chairs) must register for the APA conference.

• Title of Paper
• Name of Presenter
• Affiliation
• Email Address
• Willingness to Chair (yes/no)
• 200–300 word Abstract

• Title of Panel
• Name and Affiliation of Panel Chair
• Title of Each Paper
• Name, Affiliation, and Email Address of Each Presenter
• 200–300 word Abstract for Each Paper

Call for Proposals

The Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP) welcomes proposals for our two 90min panels at the American Academy of Religion annual meeting, to be held November 21–24, 2026 at Denver, whose presidential theme is Future/s. Individual or panel proposals regarding any aspect of Asian or comparative philosophy are welcome.

Please submit through AAR PAPERS system. Typically, AAR submission site opens at the end of January, proposals due early to mid-March. You can find instructions here, https://papers.aarweb.org/sites/default/files/general/PAPERS_Instructio…

For the in-person November AAR 2026, one of our allotted two panels will be co-sponsored with Global-Critical Philosophy of Religion on the following theme.

Panel 1 (co-sponsor with GCPR) – Womb Cosmologies: A Cross-Cultural Conversation 

CFP description – The metaphor and notion of womb have been the focus of inquiry and theorization in many cosmological and philosophical systems. The Chinese classic Daodejing frequently alludes to the metaphor of the womb/vagina as the generative force of the cosmos (mother of all things) and as the archetype of kindness (shan) or love (ai, ci),  e.g., the spirit of the valley and the gate of the obscure she-best. The Arabic term for compassion/mercy/love raḥama comes from the root raḥm (womb). The Buddhist term for universal Buddha-nature, tathāgatagarbha, is literally the womb (garbha) of the thus-gone/come-one/Buddha who is the very embodiment of friendliness/love (mettā) and care (karuṇā) . This co-sponsored panel invites scholars and philosophers to join a cross-cultural conversation about different womb cosmologies, their relations to love ethics, as well as their promises in bringing forth a friendlier future.

Panel 2 is an open session (omnibus, individual or panel proposals on any theme welcome) for all SACP members and friends interested in participating AAR 2026.