Dear all,

We will meet informally online to brainstorm on our next common project on July 14th between 17.00-19.00 Japan Standard Time. Please join us on zoom: https://lmu-munich.zoom.us/j/97670144866?pwd=RUg4SHVOdFdOOWVGb2p1WTZrV2wxQT09

Meeting ID: 976 7014 4866 Password: 418128

If you cannot make it to this meeting, but are potentially interested in participating in the project, please send us an email (asiaenviphilo@gmail.com) and we will include you in the project group. We will share the main points of our discussion with you by email and find ways to continue the conversation.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Best regards,

Laÿna and Orika

Dear all,

We want to thank everyone who interacted in the process of organizing as well as during the two days of the 2022 Online Symposium of the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy. We wrote a short feedback here. We are also working on some video presentations that we will publish soon.

We will organize an open discussion online to discuss what to do as our next common project (for instance along the lines of our previous project on the meanings of Nature in East and South-East Asia). If you are interested in collaborating on our next common project, please fill up your availabilities here by July 6^th.

Other upcoming events and calls:

• The international conference “Aesthetics of Atmosphere in an Intercultural Perspective“ will be held online between 16-17 September, 2022
• Call for Paper on “Early Modern Women and Climate” by November 15^th 2022
• Call for Paper on “Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism” by September 15^th 2022

As usual, if you have any question, suggestions, event, publications, call for paper, ideas for projects or anything else to share, please feel free to contact us!

Best wishes,

Orika Komatsubara and Laÿna Droz 
Coordination for the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy

Dear all,

The program for NAEP’s first Online Symposium on 17-18 June 2022 is ready!

We will explore the diversity of environmental philosophies in Asia thanks to over twenty presenters from a dozen countries, from India to Japan. The program includes special sessions to approach Asian Environmental Philosophy from the perspective of philosophical traditions, policy, indigenous knowledge, as well as movies and literature. We will also hold two interactive workshops to debate about “Nationalism and Environmental Philosophy in Asia” and discuss the meanings of “nature” in Asia as well as future projects of the network.

Participation is free and online.

Please register and download the full program from here.

Everyone is welcome. Share widely!

As usual, if you have any question, suggestions, event, publications, call for paper, ideas for projects or anything else to share, please feel free to contact us (asiaenviphilo@gmail.com)!

We are looking forward to your participation!

Best wishes,

Orika Komatsubara and Laÿna Droz 
Coordination for the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy

Dear all,

Welcome to our new members!

The network’s project on the diversity of conceptions of “nature” in East Asia and South-East Asia is progressing, and we are looking forward to sharing with you later the outputs of our working group. Meanwhile, if you would like to join us, just write to us!

Upcoming events and calls:

• Webinar on Asian Ecocinema in the Anthropocene on 24 September 2021 with Prof. Kiu-wai Chu, Singapour.
• The “Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster” offers a series of talks starting on Sept. 29 (Hong Kong).
• Call for Paper for the Asia and the Anthropocene: Visions of Being Human in a More-than-Human World (San Diego, USA).
• Call for Paper for the Fourth International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life on January 17-19, 2022, online  (Deadline: October 1, 2021).
• Call for Paper for the Annual Conference of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy “(Counter)influences” , on February 1–4, 2022, Hungary (Deadline 15th October 2021).
• Call for Paper for a virtual workshop Halo-Halo Ecologies: a Transnational Workshop on Emergent Philippine Environments and Foodways in June 2022 (Deadline: Oct 30, 2021).
• The AMOR MUNDI Lab, an intersectional research initiative in the Global South on  the relations between human and more-than-human organizes a series of talks, some of them related to Asia.
• The Facebook group “Asian Ecocriticism/ Environmental Humanities in Asia“ shares interesting events and information.

If you have any question, suggestions, event, publications, call for paper, idea for projects or anything else to share, please feel free to contact us (asiaenviphilo@gmail.com)!

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Best wishes,

Orika Komatsubara and Laÿna Droz 
Coordination for the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy

Dear all,

Happy new year! 明けましておめでとうございます。新年快乐! 

Do you have any stories about the worldviews of nature? Any upcoming event, publications or call for paper to share? Please feel free to contact us, and we will share them widely.

Upcoming:

• March 3-4: Event on animal ethics in Japan (in Japanese), no registration needed

• By March 19th: The draft of IPBES report on the diverse values of nature around the world is now open for external review. Make Asian Environmental Philosophy voices heard by participating 

• By March 25th: Call for Paper for the The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature

• By April 1st: Applications for the Mind & Life Summer Research Institute 2021, online, are open (scholarships are available)
• Readings: A few chapters of the book Environmental Ethics are about Asian environmental philosophy: Cross-cultural Explorations are about Asian environmental philosophy (Kirloskar-Steinbach M., Diaconu M., ed. 2020). Check them out here.

We wish you a wonderful year 2021,

Orika Komatsubara and Laÿna Droz

Coordination for the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy

Dear all,
Welcome to our new members! Thank you for joining us and continue to spread the word!
Did you know that in the Philippines, animals are sometimes considered as the gods’ pets? Thanks Mira Reyes for her inspiring short article about environmental thought in the Philippines.

We are still looking for short presentations about the state of environmental philosophy in each country/culture. Please let us know if you are interested in writing a short summary about environmental philosophy in your country (about 500 words or less)

If you are have some information to share with the network (events, new publications, conferences, call for paper, etc.), let us know! We will share it on our website, mailing list and Facebook page.

Upcoming:
– Call for Papers “Towards Climate Justice: Eco-Strategies for Survival” by March 31st 2020.
– Some of our members will speak about environmental justice at the Annual Conference on Asian Criminology Society, October 2-5 2020 in Kyoto, Japan.
– The Conference of Asian Contemporary Philosophy will be held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), on Sept. 1-3 2020. Some talks will also approach Asian environmental philosophy. The Call for Paper should come soon.
Have a beautiful day!

Orika Komatsubara and Laÿna Droz 
Coordination for the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy