Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
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 2025. 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.
The SACP was established in 1967 as a nonprofit organization aimed at advancing the development of the disciplines of Asian and comparative philosophy in the international academic arena, and bringing together Asian and Western philosophers for a mutually beneficial exchange of ideas. It holds panels in conjunction with the American Philosophical Association, the Association of Asian Studies, and the American Academy of Religion. Annual individual membership dues for the SACP are $50 ($30 for students and professors emeriti) and include a subscription to the SACP Forum. The Society also sponsors a monograph series on specialized topics published by the University of Hawai'i Press. For more information about the SACP and about the Journal , Philosophy East and West, please see our website at http://www.sacpweb.org.
| Chair | Dates | ||
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| Jessica Zu | pureoneness@gmail.com | - | View |
| Minjung Noh | min223@lehigh.edu | - | View |