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)