The ACPA sponsors group sessions at the Eastern and Pacific Division meetings of the American Philosophical Associations, as well as the World Congress of Philosophy. Calls for papers/abstracts will appear here and also sent out through our member email list. If you wish to be on the email list, please message the Vice President.
2026 Pacific APA (ONLINE)
Call for abstracts: Panel for the Association of Chinese Philosophers in America at the 2026 Pacific Division Meeting of the APA, which will be held entirely online on April 8–12, 2026 (Pacific Daylight Time).
Submission deadline: October 1, 2025.
SUBMIT HERE
We welcome scholars to submit proposals for individual papers to be considered for inclusion in a ACPA group session at the 2026 APA Pacific Division Meeting. The meeting is expected to be held online.
We are open to submissions that engage with Chinese philosophy in a wide variety of ways and we are not specifying a theme for the group session prior to receiving proposals. In addition to the quality of submission, the selection of papers for presentation will be based on how well they can be worked into a good session.
To find out more about the Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America (ACPA), click here: http://chinesephilosophersacpa.weebly.com/
Guidelines for abstract submission:
1.We encourage submissions for individual papers that bring Chinese philosophy into conversation with contemporary discussions in other areas of philosophy.
2. Please submit a 300-500 word abstract by uploading a doc or docx file. The presentation time for each paper will be approximately 20 minutes.
3. Membership of the ACPA is not required for consideration or acceptance, but we ask that you be a current ACPA member by the time we submit the session information to the APA.
4. Please let us know if you are simultaneously submitting a separate proposal to other Asian philosophy groups for the same APA meeting in the Other Comment section. Incomplete submissions will not be considered. If your plan changes at any given moment that you can no longer attend the conference please let the board members know as soon as you can by writing to:
Prof. Mercedes Valmisa [email protected]
Prof. Jenn Wang [email protected]
Prof. Songyao Ren [email protected]
Call for abstracts: Panel for the Association of Chinese Philosophers in America at the 2026 Pacific Division Meeting of the APA, which will be held entirely online on April 8–12, 2026 (Pacific Daylight Time).
Submission deadline: October 1, 2025.
SUBMIT HERE
We welcome scholars to submit proposals for individual papers to be considered for inclusion in a ACPA group session at the 2026 APA Pacific Division Meeting. The meeting is expected to be held online.
We are open to submissions that engage with Chinese philosophy in a wide variety of ways and we are not specifying a theme for the group session prior to receiving proposals. In addition to the quality of submission, the selection of papers for presentation will be based on how well they can be worked into a good session.
To find out more about the Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America (ACPA), click here: http://chinesephilosophersacpa.weebly.com/
Guidelines for abstract submission:
1.We encourage submissions for individual papers that bring Chinese philosophy into conversation with contemporary discussions in other areas of philosophy.
2. Please submit a 300-500 word abstract by uploading a doc or docx file. The presentation time for each paper will be approximately 20 minutes.
3. Membership of the ACPA is not required for consideration or acceptance, but we ask that you be a current ACPA member by the time we submit the session information to the APA.
4. Please let us know if you are simultaneously submitting a separate proposal to other Asian philosophy groups for the same APA meeting in the Other Comment section. Incomplete submissions will not be considered. If your plan changes at any given moment that you can no longer attend the conference please let the board members know as soon as you can by writing to:
Prof. Mercedes Valmisa [email protected]
Prof. Jenn Wang [email protected]
Prof. Songyao Ren [email protected]
