News and Announcements
The Mind-at-Large project is soliciting papers that engage creatively and critically with the re-emerging paradigm of “mind-at-large,” traversing multiple thresholds of philosophical, scientific, and cultural discourse, including but not limited to: Philosophy of Mind; Mind & Matter; Biology & Consciousness; 4E Cognition; Indigenous and Animist Perspectives; History of Science & the Disenchantment of Nature; Theology & Cosmology; and Extraordinary Experience.
- Andrew M. Davis
- Call for Papers
CPS played a prominent role at the International Academic Symposium on Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, held at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. Dr. Andrew Schwartz, Executive Director of CPS, delivered a plenary address titled “The Past as Future: Chinese Traditional Culture and Process Thought for Ecological Civilization.” He argued that Western modernization is in crisis—facing inequality, ecological breakdown, and a crisis of meaning—and proposed Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy as a bridge between Chinese traditions and modern scientific sensibilities.
- Center for Process Studies
- Report
The Polish Whiteheadian community is happy to announce this call for papers for the upcoming conference entitled “Whitehead for Education, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences: In Pursuit of a Metamorphosis of Pedagogy“. It will take place in Katowice, Poland on 19-20 November, 2025. In the conference presentations, we encourage contributors to share the results of transdisciplinary research on the foundations of education (and, more broadly, the humanities), utilizing the interpretive framework offered by Whiteheadian process philosophy. We also warmly invite reflections on Whitehead’s educational ideas from the standpoint of your own disciplinary practice, whether it be the natural sciences, humanities or social sciences, or spiritual disciplines.
- Bogdan Rusu
- Call for Papers
On July 2, 2025, The International Symposium on Organic Process Philosophy, Traditional Chinese Culture, and Ecological Civilization was hosted at Zhejiang Normal University, in Jinhua City, Zhejiang province. The symposium was followed by the 18th Process Summer Academy from July 3-8. These events were also sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences at Zhejiang Normal University and the Center for Whitehead Studies at Beijing Normal University and Hong Kong Baptist University.
- Paul Bube
- Report
We are very excited to announce the launch of a brand new journal focusing on the topic of ecological civilization! The Journal of Ecological Civilization Studies is the premiere academic publication dedicated to advancing understanding of the theory and practice of ecological civilization. The journal provides a platform for interdisciplinary research, critical discourse, and practical solutions aimed at fostering sustainable, equitable, and regenerative societies for the long-term.
- Wm. Andrew Schwartz, Zhihe Wang
- Call for Papers
The University of California, Irvine Process Studies and South Asia fellowship has been awarded to two researchers: Kazi Adi Shakti, Independent Scholar and Artist; and Rishabh Gandhi: Vishwakarma University, Pune, India. Fellows receive a $1500 award and optional conference support in addition to mentoship with Dr. Brianne Donaldson and the search committee to culminate their research into a journal article submission, possible conference presentations, and other public output over the course of the year.
- Brianne Donaldson
- General Announcement
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), and the University of Hawaii (Steve Odin), this gathering explored a variety of themes integrating science, philosophy, and exceptional forms of human experience.
- 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 unifying vision of process philosophy which integrates science, art, religion, and psychology.
- Kylie Bao
- Report
The University of California, Irvine (UCI) Program in Religious Studies supports promising PhD students or recent graduates (within 1 year of graduating with PhD and in an teaching or independent research position of some kind) to pursue targeted scholarship in Process-relational philosophy in substantive dialog with any aspect of South Asian traditions and praxis. Projects that engage the Jain tradition are particularly welcome.
- Brianne Donaldson
- General Announcement
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, USA, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, Minzu University of China, Beijing Institute for the Study of Catholicism and Culture, China University of Political Science and Law, Huanghe Science and Technology College.
- China Ecological Civilization Research and Promotion Association, Xue Ying, Zhang Xiaode
- Report