News and Announcements
The Society for the Study of Process Philosophies invites papers for presentation at the 2027 American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting from March 24–27, 2027 at the Hilton Portland Downtown. This includes discussion of process philosophies throughout the history of philosophy around the world. If interested in presenting, please email Olav Bryant Smith by October 1, 2026 with a paper title and abstract.
- Olav Bryant Smith
Over the course of several weeks in July, an international group of process scholars and practitioners traveled across China, participating in a remarkable series of gatherings exploring the relevance of process-relational thought to some of the most pressing questions of our time. From a decade-long daily reading group in Harbin to ecovillages and rural communities, from experiments in educational transformation to one of the most international gatherings devoted to Whitehead’s thought, the journey offered a vivid picture of a movement that is at once deeply rooted and continuing to grow in new directions.
- Wm. Andrew Schwartz, Zhihe Wang, and Paul Stenner
We're very happy to announce the opening of our first online gallery, featuring works by members of SPARKS. The theme is Concrescence. This theme invites works that explore moments of gathering, transformation, and emergence. Concrescence may show up in your art as the layering of memories, the blending of voices or sounds, the combining of colors or textures, or the shaping of many influences into a single expression. Concresence features nine artists working across a wide variety of different mediums—we invite you to explore their work in the virtual gallery!
- Jay McDaniel
The Center for Process Studies has been awarded a grant from the John Templeton Foundation to launch an innovative interdisciplinary project entitled Modern Meaning: Spiritual Yearning and the Quest for a Flourishing World. The initiative brings together scholars from philosophy, theology, psychology, and the natural sciences to investigate one of the defining questions of our time: How can contemporary understandings of the universe support lives of meaning, purpose, and hope?
- Wm. Andrew Schwartz, Sheri D. Kling, and Andrew M. Davis
The 19th International Forum on Ecological Civilization will be held at HELP University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from November 1 to 5, 2026. The Second Ecological Entrepreneurs Conference and the Eighth International Youth Forum on Ecological Civilization will be held concurrently. The theme of this year’s forum is "Building an Eco-Friendly Civilization Together: Ecological Civilization, Ecological Enterprise, and Inner Ecology". Abstract submissions are due by October 10, 2026.
- Meijun Fan
The Whitehead Research Project invites scholars to submit abstracts that explore the significance of the two recently published volumes of Whitehead’s Essays and Articles (EA1 and EA2). What do these essays and articles, some of which have been published for the first time, reveal about Whitehead’s philosophy and its development? The conference will take place via Zoom on June 21–23, 2027 and abstracts of no more than 250 words are due by April 1, 2027.
- Joseph Petek
This Special Issue of Metamodern Theory and Praxis aims to provide occasion to further explore and expand the emancipatory potential of processual modes of thought and analysis, drawing connections between previously disparate discourses and utilizing these new tools of knowledge creation to overcome the limitations of both modern and postmodern research paradigms and, in doing so, to advance understanding of the major issues of our age. Deadline for manuscript submissions: October 1, 2026.
- Jared Morningstar
The Future of Meaning Conference is being held in Savannah's beautiful historic district, May 19–22, 2027. Under the theme "The Philosophical Renewal of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness," this unique gathering brings together leading voices in philosophy, theology, and culture for four days of presentations, dialogue, fellowship, contemplation, and music. Confirmed speakers include Iain McGilchrist, Ilia Delio, John Haught, Stephen Blackwood, Steve McIntosh, Andrew M. Davis, Robert Nicastro, and more—with Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Sarah Coakley, and David Bentley Hart joining us live virtually.
- Andrew M. Davis and Steve McIntosh
The inaugural Mind-at-Large Project conference, A New Dawn, was held online from April 15–17, 2026, bringing together scholars, researchers, and practitioners from across philosophy, science, religious studies, and consciousness studies for a multidisciplinary exploration of consciousness and its place in nature. Designed in response to what many perceive as a shifting intellectual landscape, the conference created space for rigorous dialogue across diverse perspectives, including philosophy of mind, neuroscience, cosmology, religious studies, process thought, and experiential research.
- Andrew M. Davis and Matthew David Segall
The latest issue of Process Studies (Vol. 55, No. 1) brings together six original articles that push the boundaries of process thought across philosophy, science, and metaphysics. This issue features Randall Auxier on Susanne Langer’s theory of image and gestalt, Traill Dowie and Julien Tempone-Wiltshire on the intersections of process philosophy and complexity science, Shajara (Hilan) Bensusan’s exploration of pan-perceptualism and pan-mnemism, Noel Boulting on imagination in Alfred North Whitehead’s philosophy, Brianne Donaldson’s critical examination of human exceptionalism through animal studies, and Pedro A. D. Brea’s engagement with Deleuze on energy, intensity, and time. The issue also includes three reviews articles by Jeremy R. Hustwit, Adis Duderija, and Jiang Wen-Jing.