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Philosophy and Human Sciences

OCT

2019

IAHR: 22nd Quinquennial World Congress

The 22nd Quinquennial World Congress of the IAHRAugust 22-29, 2020, University of Otago, New Zealand The theme of the congress is Centres and Peripheries. New Zealand is both central and peripheral to the study of religion: further East than Japan, further south than almost anywhere, New Zealand’s small size and geographical isolation have meant the people of New Zealand have always looked outwards,......

OCT

2019

UISPP XIX World Congress - Meknes

XIX Congress of the UISPP is going to be held in Meknes (Morocco) September 1-6, 2020 University Moulay Ismail University Faculty of Sciences - Meknes Acces: https://goo.gl/maps/uatVmsitoHA2 Opening Ceremony of the Congress will be held at Fkih Lamnouni House of Culture Access: https://goo.gl/maps/v6gk3BDonT92 The general theme of the congress is: EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN SOCIETIES OF PREHISTORY......

JUN

2018

CASS aspires to be a high-level national think tank

Chinese Social Sciences Today 2018-06-07 The Symposium on Building the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) into a High-Level National Think Tank was held in Beijing on May 24. Xie Fuzhan, CASS president and secretary of the leading Party members’ group of CASS, attended the symposium and delivered a speech. Xie emphasized that it is necessary for CASS to offer advice for the Party and......

MAY

2018

CASS - Digitizing documents support social sciences

Chinese Social Sciences Today 2018-05-26 The Report on Digital China Construction and Development 2017, released by the National Internet Information Office on May 9, indicates that the National Center for Philosophy and Social Sciences Documentation (NCPSSD) has made prominent contributions to the integration and sharing of academic resources in philosophy and social sciences. Established based......

MAR

2018

18th IUAES World Congress

18th IUAES World Congress World (of) encounters: The past, present and future of anthropological knowledge Florianópolis, Brazil, 16-20 July 2018 http://www.iuaes2018.org/......

JAN

2018

CASS unveils major achievements of 2017

Chinese Social Sciences Today 2018-01-16 On Dec. 27, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences announced 26 major achievements of its Innovation Program for 2017. The major achievements were selected out of nearly 300 monographs, more than 4,000 papers, more than 200 research report and thesis collections, and more than 100 categories of academic materials, collated ancient books, translation books,......

JAN

2018

ECHIC 2018 Conference

ECHIC 2018 Conference In April 2018, the Faculty of Arts of KU Leuven and KU Leuven Libraries are hosting a European Conference for the Humanities on behalf of the European Consortium for Humanities Institutes and Centres (ECHIC, http://www.echic.org/). Like the preceding ECHIC conferences in Dublin, Utrecht, Nottingham, Oporto, Pamplona, Macerata and Edinburgh, the conference aims to probe some......

OCT

2017

UAI - GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2017

October 22-26 2017, Japan Academy
GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2017 Japan Academy, Ueno Park October 22, 2017 - October 26, 2017 | Japan Academy Every two years, the International Union of Academies holds its General Assembly at the seat of one of its members. In 2017, the General Assembly will be held in Tokyo at the invitation of the Japan Academy. The invitation and programme will be provided later. Japan Academy, Ueno Park, 7-32, Taito-ku,......

AUG

2017

IPPA - Positive Psychology Leader Series Fall Lineup 2017

IPPA members can now register for three exciting webinars in thePositive Psychology Leader Seriesbeing offered in Fall 2017. The first will welcome Ryan Niemiec, PsyD, for an extended presentation onCharacter Strengths Research & Interventions. Dr. Niemiecis Education Director of the VIA Institute on Character, a non-profit organization that is viewed as the global leader in advancing the science......

AUG

2017

FISP - 24th WORLD CONGRESS OF PHILOSOPHY, WCP 2018

BEIJING, CHINA, AUGUST 13-20, 2018
24th WORLD CONGRESS OF PHILOSOPHY Theme: LEARNING TO BE HUMAN The World Congress of Philosophy is organized every five years by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP) in collaboration with one of its member societies. The XXIV World Congress will be held in Beijing, China, from August 13 to August 20, 2018, under the auspices of the Chinese Organizing Committee. The complementary......

AUG

2017

CHCI - 2017 CHCI Annual Meeting

2017 CHCI Annual Meeting The Humanities Improvised Centre for Humanities Research University of the Western Cape Cape Town, South Africa August 10–13, 2017 The 2017 annual meeting of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) will explore the multiple ways in which improvisation has enabled and facilitated the study of the humanities, not least in times of great social upheaval.......

AUG

2017

CASS establishes academy for social sciences evaluation

  On July 21, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) launched the Academy for Evaluation of Social Sciences in China. The decision to found the new academy conforms to the agenda and development strategies of CASS. It is also a response to the requirements President Xi Jinping put forward at a symposium last year on developing philosophy and social sciences in China as well as the expectations......

MAY

2017

ANHN - The 14th ANHN Annual Meeting&Session of Shanghai Forum 2017

The 14th ANHN Annual Meeting&Session of Shanghai Forum 2017 亚洲现代性: 寻求共同道路——第十四届亚洲新人文联网会议暨上海论坛2017子论坛 Host: Fudan Development Institute Co-organizers: International Center for Studies of Chinese Civilization (ICSCC), Fudan University 復旦大學中華文明國際研究中心 Asian New Humanities Net 亞洲新人文聯網 Chairs......

APR

2017

IAA - The 21st International Congress of Aesthetics, ICA 2019

ICA 2019 – Belgrade, Serbia, 22-26 July 2019
ANNOUNCEMENT The 21st International Congress of Aesthetics 2019 (ICA 2019) will be held in Belgrade, Serbia, from July 22 to July 26, 2019. ICA 2019 is jointly organized by The Society for Aesthetics of Architecture and Visual Arts Serbia (DEAVUS) and University of Belgrade – Faculty of Architecture. The title of ICA 2019 is Possible Worlds of Contemporary Aesthetics: Aesthetics Between History,......

APR

2017

ECHIC - Annual Conference 2017: "inside/OUT: A European Conference for the Humanities 2017"

ECHIC Annual Conference 2017: "inside/OUT: A European Conference for the Humanities 2017" The seventh Annual ECHIC Conference took place on 5-7 April 2017 and was hosted by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Using the theme of inside/OUT, the gathering aimed to show that humanities disciplines are not passive observers of the social......

APR

2017

IGU - 2018 IGU Thematic Conference

4-6 June 2018, Moscow
2018 IGU thematic conference – Moscow June 2018 PRACTICAL GEOGRAPHY AND XXI CENTURY CHALLENGES IGU Thematic Conference dedicated to the centennial of the Institute of Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, 4-6 June 2018 Important dates: 01 November 2017 — deadline for sessions submission; opening of registration and abstracts submission 15 January 2018 — deadline for......

MAR

2017

IGU - Commission ‘Geography of Governance’ 2017 Annual Conference

IGU Commission ‘Geography of Governance’ 2017 Annual Conference LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN THE NEW URBAN AGENDA 19- 21 October 2017 CALL for PAPERS: Click here for more info Important dates: • Submission deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2017 • Notification of abstract acceptance: 31 July 2017 • Registration and payment: 1 – 20 September 2017 Location: University of......

MAR

2017

FILLM - 27th International FILLM Congres 2017

Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi
Updated: 14 March 2017 Time: 15-17 March 2017 Place: New Delhi, India Theme: The Familiar and the Exotic in Language and Literature: The Politics of Perception and Representation The 27th International Congress of FILLM will take place in New Delhi, India in March 2017. It is hosted by Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi. The local organizers are FILLM President Meenakshi Bharat and the......

SEP

2016

UISPP - XVIII World Congress - June 2018

UISPP XVIII World Congress (from the 3th to the 9th June 2018,Paris) Prehistoric research, in the dawn of the third millennium, faces contradictory challenges. While scientific advances and technological resources allow for new analytical procedures, with relevant new knowledge being produced and conveyed, institutional and financial resources for research are growingly put into question, and in several......

APR

2016

ANHN - The 13th Asian New Humanities Net Annual Meeting 2016

13th Asian New Humanities Net Annual Meeting Port Cities in the Global Era University of Macau, Apr 22-23, 2016 Macau UM holds 13th Asian New Humanities Net Annual Meeting 25 Apr 2016 The 13th Asian New Humanities Net Annual Meeting, titled ‘Port Cities in the Global Era’, was held today (22 April) at the University of Macau (UM). The event attracted more than 50 renowned scholars......

JAN

2016

IAPG - 35th INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

IAPG - 35th INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS 27 August - 4 September 2016 Cape Town (South Africa) CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The IAPG proposes two symposia: Geoethics: general aspects and case-studies (Theme: Global Geoscience Professionalism and Geoethics) Convenership: Giuseppe Di Capua, Peter Bobrowsky, Martin Bohle, John Geissman, Silvia Peppoloni Geoethical perspectives on meeting the resource......

DEC

2015

UAI - REPORT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2015

December 10, 2015 The report of the 88th General Assembly of the UAI (Brussels, 2015) is now available. You can download the report below. RELATED DOCUMENTS 2015 - General Assembly Report (Brussels) (2MB)......

DEC

2015

UAI - Humanities in a Academic World in Competition

Download and listen the conferences given at the occasion of the Thematic Session of the General Assembly 2015, in Brussels :Humanities in a Academic World in Competition. Speakers: François de Callataÿ(Académie royale de Belgique),Les sciences humaines dans un monde académique en concurrence : une esquisse de cadre général;Axel Cleeremans(Académie......

DEC

2015

UAI - INTRODUCTION BROCHURE OF THE UAI

December 1, 2015 Prepared by Prof. Kozlowki during his last year as President of the UAI and by Prof. de Callataÿ, representative of the Secretary General, this booklet is an introduction on the organization and functioning of our institution, its activities and its projects. Union Académique Internationale. Bientôt un siècle de soutien à des réalisations intellectuelles......

NOV

2015

UISPP - Conferences: 2014 Burgos

Visit the conference website Download the Abstract Book PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS Commission VIII - Upper Palaeolithic of Eurasia - Journal of Anthropological Research - Volume 71, Number 4 | Winter 2015 Quality Management of Cultural Heritage: problems and best practices The Three Dimensions of Archaeology Analysis of the Economic Foundations Supporting the Social Supremacy of the Beaker Groups Giants......