Category: Conference

Two Reports from the 2024 Process Education Gathering in Luoyang, China

Chinese and Foreign Process Educators Gathered in Luoyang to Discuss New Ideas for Reforming Basic Education
Chinese and foreign process educators gathered in Luoyang, the ancient capital of 13 dynasties, to participate in the International Symposium on “Process Philosophy and Basic Education Development” to discuss new ideas for the reform of basic education.…
  • Vesselin Petrov, Wang Xiaoyu
  • Conference, Report

Call for Papers | Divine Creativity and Participatory Cosmologies: Theological Perspectives on Science, Technology, and the Future of Humanity

Call for Papers Divine Creativity and Participatory Cosmologies Religions Journal Matthew David Segall, Editor
Rapid advancements in science and technology continue to provoke philosophical theology to reimagine divine creativity and humanity’s role in cosmic evolution. This Special Issue of Religions invites scholars to explore how contemporary participatory approaches to cosmology—or approaches recognizing the co-creative participation of individuals and communities (including nonhumans) in bringing forth…
  • Matthew David Segall
  • Call for Papers, Conference

Reflections on the Whitehead Centennial at Harvard’s Emerson Hall

Group photo from the A Century of Process Thought: Commemorating Whitehead’s Legacy at Harvard and Beyond conference
My trip to Harvard for the Center for Process Studies conference celebrating 100 years of process thought gave me occasion to reflect not only on Whitehead’s legacy, but on his resonances with Emerson and their shared vision of philosophical education.…
  • Matthew David Segall
  • Conference, Report

Call for Papers | Is It Too Late?: Toward an Ecological Civilization

Call for Papers | Is It Too Late? Toward an Ecological Civilization
We are pleased to officially announce this call for papers for the “Is It Too Late?: Toward Ecological Civilization” conference, commemorating the centenary of eco-sage John B. Cobb Jr. This significant event will also mark a decade since our transformative 2015 “Seizing an Alternative” conference and the founding of the…
  • Andrew M. Davis
  • Call for Papers, Conference

Celebrate 100 Years of Whitehead’s Legacy at Harvard with the Center for Process Studies

A Century of Process Thought: Commemorating Whitehead’s Legacy at Harvard & Beyond - Friday, September 27, 2024 at Harvard
Do you have an idea for an article engaging various streams of process thinking or dealing with some of the major topic areas of Center for Process Studies (ecological civilization, deep religious pluralism, religion & science, philosophy of psychedelics, cosmology, transdisciplinary research, etc.)? We'd love to hear your proposals!…
  • Andrew M. Davis
  • Conference

17th International Forum on Ecological Civilization Conference Retrospect

Claremont Eco Forum Group Photo
John Cobb delivered a plenary speech which set the tone for the EcoForum. After reviewing the development of the concept of Ecological Civilization, which was presented as a vital concern for both China and USA, Professor Cobb dedicated this 17th EcoForum—and the first to convene in-person since the pandemic—as an…
  • E. Christopher Mare
  • Conference, Report

Metaphysics and the Matter with Things: Thinking with Iain McGilchrist Conference Retrospect

Metaphysics and the Matter with Things: Thinking with Iain McGilchrist Conference Retrospect
Metaphysics and the Matter with Things was a well spring of humanity. Anchored by the work of psychiatrist and literary scholar Dr. Iain McGilchrist, the conference took its namesake from his recently published two volume set, The Matter with Things. McGilchrist’s masterwork presents a compelling case for what he terms…
  • Kevin Dowling
  • Conference, Report

Conference Retrospect: Thinking Teleology with Alfred North Whitehead & Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Whitehead and Teilhard Conference Web Event Header
Last month, the Center for Process Studies and the Center for Christogenesis collaborated to put on a conference exploring the intersections of the work of process philosopher Alfred North Whitehead and noospheric thinker Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. The conference, featuring fifteen premiere scholars with expertise in Whitehead, Teilhard or both,…
  • Jared Morningstar
  • Conference

Process Scholars’ Voice was Highly Appreciated at “The First Forum of Village Leaders and Township Heads in the New Era.”

Center for Process Studies
"The first Forum of Village Leaders and Township Heads in the New Era" was successfully held at the Zhuhai Campus of Beijing Normal University from June 16-18, 2023. The theme of the Forum is "Rural Revitalization and Chinese Style Modernization". This is an important event in the field of rural…
  • Meijun Fan
  • Conference

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