Category: Report
The Center for Process Studies recently gathered a superb group of scientists and philosophers at the Mercure Southgate Hotel in Exeter, UK, for an interdisciplinary workshop on “Process Philosophy, Plasma Cosmology, and Transpersonal Psychology.” Co-organized with the University of Exeter (Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes), the California Institute of Integral Studies (Matthew Segall),…
- Andrew M. Davis
- Report
Kylie Bao shares her experience at the 18th Process Summer Academy at Zhejiang Normal University, exploring how process philosophy offers a profound framework for living a more abundant life by emphasizing relationality, relevance, and creative evolution. She describes the lectures, embodied experiences, and dialogues of the academy that introduce the…
- Kylie Bao
- Report
On November 22nd, 2024, the conference “Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Berry, and Process Philosophy” was held at Beijing Normal University by the School of Philosophy and The Center for Sciences and Humanities. Conference participants included scholars from Yale University, Institute for Postmodern Development of China, Center for Process Studies,…
- China Ecological Civilization Research and Promotion Association, Xue Ying, Zhang Xiaode
- Report
On November 22nd, 2024, the conference “Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Berry, and Process Philosophy” was held at Beijing Normal University by the School of Philosophy and The Center for Sciences and Humanities. Conference participants included scholars from Yale University, Institute for Postmodern Development of China, Center for Process Studies,…
- Kong Shifu, Simeiqi He
- Report
Chinese process scholars and expert researchers on eco-civilization gathered in Beijing and held a memorial meeting for Dr. John B. Cobb, Jr. on Dec. 30th, 2024. The memorial meeting was organized by Chinese Process Society, Beijing Whitehead Institute of Education, Science and Technology and Beijing Whitehead Kindergarten, and co-organized by…
- Wang Xueting
- Report
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
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
This year’s summer academy, July 8-13, was called “Zhuhai Process Academy”—the 17th process summer academy hosted in China. The inaugural summer academy can be traced back to 2006 and was held in Guilin, Guangxi Province. The “Zhuhai Process Academy” offered participants an introduction to Whitehead’s process philosophy, including basic metaphysical…
- Justin Heinzekehr
- Report
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 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