International Association for Asian Philosophy and ReligionAuthor(s): Thomas DeanSource: Buddhist-Christian Studies, Vol. 16 (1996), pp. 221-222Published by: University of Hawai'i PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1390175 .

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NEWS AND VIEWS

International Association for Asian Philosophy and Religion

Thomas Dean Temple University

Established just three years ago in 1993 by scholars from Asia and the United States, the new International Association for Asian Philosophy and Religion (IAAPR) has already held two conferences and is in the process of planning a third. The inauguration of the IAAPR is seen as providing a forum in Asia for Asian philosophers and scholars of religion in which to enter into conversation with one another and their counterparts in the West and thus begin the task of rethinking Asian traditions in the postmodern, postcolonial situation marked by the end of the cold war. The organization is founded on the conviction that, in this new world situation, Asian think- ers can and will play an increasingly important role in shaping the direc- tion of global thought in the twenty-first century.

The inaugural meeting of the IAAPR was held in Seoul from 26 to 29 May 1994. The theme of this conference was "Rethinking Tradition and Modernity: Asian Responses to the West." Over thirty scholars from China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States gave papers, with a number of additional persons in attendance. Sessions were organized under the rubrics "Asian Responses to Modernity," "Contemporary Reinterpretations of Confucianism," "Contemporary Chinese Responses to Modernity," "Korean Buddhist Responses to Modernity," "The Kyoto School in Asian and Western Perspectives," "Asian Perspectives on Christian Thought," "Asian Feminist Religious Responses to Modernity," and "Global Ethics and Interreligious Dialogue."

The second annual meeting of the IAAPR was held in Tokyo from 1 to 3 June 1995. The theme of this conference was "Encounters with the Other: Asian and the West." Over forty scholars from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States gave papers, again with a number of additional persons in attendance. Sessions were organized under the head- ings "Cross-Cultural Encounters: Asia and the West," "Encounters of Reli- gion and Modernity," "Buddhist-Christian Encounters," "Cultural Encounters East and West," and "Encounters in Philosophy East and West."

The third annual meeting of the IAAPR will be held in Taipei from 30 May to 2 June 1996. The theme of this conference is "Dialogue and Criti-

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que: Toward Twenty-first-Century Asian Cultures." The conference will focus on such topics as "Critical Dialogue between Local or Regional Asian Traditions," "Critical Dialogue between Specific Asian and Western Tradi- tions," "Environmental and Gender Issues in Asian and Western Culture and Thought," and "Critical Reviews of Current Developments in Asian Thought."

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