The 2024 symposium of the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy took place online on November 21-22, 2024, under the theme “Rivers and Mountains in Asian Environmental Philosophies”. It gathered eighteen presenters and discussants with stories from China, Myanmar, India, Vietnam, Japan and Pakistan, as well as an audience of over 110 registered participants (between 10-27 participants in each session). Members of the organization team mainly from India, Japan and The Philippines served as moderators. 

Thank you so much for your participation!

Find more details of the results from the event below!

NAEP 2024 Online Symposium

The theme of “Plants & animals in the environmental philosophies of Asia” framed the 2023 Online Symposium of the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy that took place on November 2-3, 2023. We discovered the work of 19 presenters, most of them new to the network, working on diverse regions and traditions in Asia, from Indonesia to China. Over 160 participants registered to the zoom, and around 20-30 people participated in each session. Presentations from diverse regions in Asia made us explore various perspectives on plants and species, ranging from philosophy to law and activism.

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NAEP 2023 Online Symposium

Dear all,

We are getting ready for the 2023 NAEP Online Symposium on November 2-3rd!

Thank you for everyone who already sent us your proposals. We decided to extend the deadline for the Call for Papers to September 1^st. If you were interested but did not have the time to prepare an abstract yet, here is your chance! Please fill out the form.

More info: https://asiaenviphilo.com/naep-online-symposium-2023/

In collaboration with the Youtube channel “Philosophy Today”, we started releasing some of the videos of last year’s NAEP symposium. Watch the presentation by Novritsar Hasintongan Pakpahan on “Indonesian Environmental Philosophy of Co-Existing with Nature”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An3T512-5jU

Welcome to our new members, and we wish all of you a wonderful summer!

Laÿna and Orika,

For the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy

Dear all,

Thank you to those of you who have already submitted an abstract for the 2023 NAEP symposium on the theme of plants and animals to be held online on November 2-3.

There is still time, the deadline for abstracts is July 31st!

The Call for Paper is now available in Japanese, in Vietnamese, and in English.

To submit your proposal, please fill up this form or send us an email ( asiaenviphilo@gmail.com ) with your name, affiliation and contact information and your 200-250 words abstract.

Looking forward to reading your proposal and exchanging with you.

Best wishes,

Laÿna and Orika, for the 2023 NAEP symposium organisation team. 

Dear all,

Time is flying quickly.

Thank you to those who participated in our brainstorming session this summer. We will get back to you shortly with the next steps. If you’re interested in taking part in or seeking collaborators for a common project, don’t hesitate to reach out and we will rely your call.  

Upcoming events and calls:

–          Last-Minute Call for Papers for the “Handbook of Critical Respiratory Studies: Breath and Air in Humanities and Social Sciences” (general editors: Magdalena Górska and Lenart Škof, Springer). For the moment we are looking for interested contributors to communicate just a provisional title, short bio and a minimal abstract by November 3, to collect them in our full proposal. As per title, we especially welcome in the first section contributions that engage with breathing from cross-cultural perspectives. 

–          Last-Minute Call for Papers for a panel organized by Subarna De on Bioregional History and the Global South. If you are interested, or for more info, please reach out as soon as possible. The Fourth World Congress of Environmental History general Call for Papers is open until April 23, 2023.
–          Call for Papers on “Nature and the Social Order since the 1970s” by November 28th

–          Call for Papers for a  Special Issue on Environmental Philosophy – Diálogos: The Journal of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Puerto Rico by December 5 (https://philevents.org/event/show/103818 )

–          Call for Contributions to Edited Volume “Women Who Write Animals” by 23 December 2022

–          Call for Papers for the Fifth International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life by January 31, 2023 

–          Call for Papers on “Considering Future Generations in Democratic Governance” by 15 June 2023

–          Postdoctoral Position in the Intellectual History at the Department of Global Studies on “Unearthing Multispecies Intellectual History: Earthing Trajectories of Area Studies”

 –          International Climate Protection Fellowship 

Finally, Nguyen Duy Hung, a member from Vietnam, launched a new International Project Collaboration (IPC) Program with SOLEN JSC.  It is along the lines of NAEP’s vision, but mainly focusing on technical and managing aspects. They have already started collaborations with Indonesia and Myanmar. Reach out for more!

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,

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