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ISCP 2015
Photography: Cheung Chan-fai

Timeline

  • Submission of panel or paper proposals:
    by November 30, 2014
  • Communication of acceptance:
    by January 31, 2015
  • Submission of full papers:
    by May 15, 2015
  • Registration:
    by May 31, 2015

To allow adequate time for planning the program and other conference logistics such as posting of conference papers and solicitation of session chairs, please ensure that full papers are submitted by the specified timeline.

Please send panel/paper proposals and full papers to iscphk2015@gmail.com

 

The official languages at the conference will be Chinese and English. Unless indicated otherwise in the proposal, it will be assumed that the language in which a panel/paper proposal is submitted will also be the language in which the full papers will be prepared and presented at the conference.

 

 

Organized Panels

Each organized panel is proposed by an individual scholar who acts as the organizer for the panel. The organizer will determine a common topic on which two or more presenters will speak, and will identify a chair (who may also be a presenter or a commentator) as well as one or more commentators for the panel. The organizer will ensure cohesion of the panel by, for example, encouraging the presenters to share their papers at early stages of their preparation, and ensuring that the commentator(s) receives the full papers at least two months before the conference. A proposed panel maybe of 1.5-hour or 2-hour duration, and may take the following form.

1.5- hour panel: Two presenters each speaking for 20–25 minutes, with one commentator speaking for up to 10 minutes, allowing at least 30 minutes for discussion.

2-hour panel: Three presenters each speaking for 20–25 minutes, with one commentator speaking for up to 15 minutes, allowing at least 30 minutes for discussion.

Organizers are encouraged to explore other formats that will encourage lively dialogue and audience participation within one of these two time frames. Some examples are:

  • one presenter with a number of discussants commenting on the presented paper;
  • a roundtable discussion with a larger number of presenters speaking for 10–15 minutes each on a common topic, such as methodological issues in comparative studies or issues related to the teaching of Chinese philosophy in an English speaking context;
  • an author-meets-critics session starting with two critics commenting on a recently published book followed by response from the author; one variant is to have two presenters commenting, from the perspective of Chinese philosophical traditions, on a Western philosophical monograph, followed by response from the author;
  • a number of presenters commenting on a recently published paper, followed by response from the author of the paper.


Proposals for organized panels will be submitted by the organizer, and will include:

  • the title of the panel,
  • the name, affiliation, and contact information of each participant,
  • a description of the panel of about 250–300 words, and
  • an abstract of each of the papers of about 250–300 words.


For panels with alternate formats, please also describe the format and indicate the time duration of each presentation, ensuring that each paper presentation will not take more than 20–25 minutes and that at least 30 minutes are set aside for discussion involving the audience.

 

Individual Papers

Individual papers may be submitted by any scholar, though scholars who know of others who share their interest in a topic are encouraged to organize a panel around the topic. Presentation of individual papers is limited to 20–25 minutes, and papers on related topics will be grouped into 1.5- or 2-hour sessions. Where appropriate, after receiving all the full papers by May 15, 2015, the program committee may group two or three papers into a panel as described above and include a commentator in the session. This assumes that the papers are sufficiently related in content and that a commentator can be identified among other scholars attending the conference.

For proposals of individual papers, please send an abstract of about 250–300 words along with name, affiliation, and contact information.

Inquiries

For general inquiries, please write to:

iscphk2015@gmail.com

Inquiries related to submissions, especially in relation to organized panels with an alternate format, may be directed to Prof. Shun Kwong-loi, Chair of the Program Committee:

klshun@berkeley.edu