A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
Dear readers, I am sure you enjoyed the posts written by Douglas Berger last month, so did we. Therefore, we prepared a new treat, namely a series of invited speakers who will share the scene with the “usual” IPhbloggers for Continue reading New series on the blog
During the current pandemic almost all academic conferences have been canceled or postponed. In my own case, for instance, I was planning to have a busy April and May. I was supposed to present on women philosophers in ancient India Continue reading Indian Philosophy During the Pandemic: A Call for Examples and Ideas
From Elizabeth De Michelis: Dear Colleagues, AMRAY, of which I am one of the managers, would like to advertise to suitable candidates an intensive course on the Yogasūtra that will take place in France this Summer (mid-June to mid-August 2020). The Continue reading Notice: Intensive course on the Yogasūtra, Summer 2020
From the website: The Ludo and Rosane Rocher Foundation has created a program that provides subventions for the publication of “first books” by young scholars in the field of classical Indology. The scholars are expected to submit a CV, a Continue reading Notice: The Ludo and Rosane Rocher Foundation Subvention Program for First Books
I’ve started a biweekly (in the sense of every other week) podcast about Indian philosophy, called sutras (and stuff), which is being hosted at Anchor.fm and has a website here. In the coming week, it should be distributed to other Continue reading New podcast about Indian Philosophy
We received from Yujin Nagasawa (via Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad): I am starting a new Templeton-funded project called the Global Philosophy of Religion (https://www.global-philosophy.org/). The aim of the project is to promote research involving philosophers of religion from all religious traditions and Continue reading Post-Doc Fellowships in Global Philosophy of Religion
Maria Heim just published a short book on Buddhist ethics, which starts with the problem of the non-existence of ethics in South Asian philosophy in general and in Buddhist philosophy in particular. She then moves to moral reflections within the Continue reading Maria Heim on Buddhist Ethics
An update on the endowed chair position in “Non-Western philosophy” at Yale-NUS, mentioned in this previous post. The position is for senior faculty, but I understand that associate professors (or equivalent) who could be promoted to full professor should apply. Continue reading Update: Yale-NUS Hiring
I received the following call for papers from Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach. Since I guess we all have direct experience with the topic, please consider applying. The American Association of Philosophy Teachers is a community of faculty, teachers, and grad students who Continue reading CfP: Diversity in teaching philosophy
Yale-NUS College is hiring for an Endowed Chair in Philosophy, the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Professorship. The AOS is broadly “non-Western philosophy,” specified as Arabic and Islamic Philosophy, Asian Philosophy, and Philosophy of Religion. In terms of AOC, Continue reading Endowed Chair in Philosophy, Yale-NUS College