Posted 09 April 2014
Peking University, Beijing to host World Congress of Philosophy
President of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP), UCD Professor Dermot Moran and the President of Peking University, Dr Wang Enge have witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement granting Peking University the opportunity to host the twenty-fourth World Congress of Philosophy in 2018.
Dr Wang Enge, President of Peiking University and Prof Dermot Moran, UCD School of Philosophy and President of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies, pictured at the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement at Peking University
China won the opportunity to host the 2018 congress during the 23rd World Congress in Athens, Greece, in 2013. This is only the second time in its history that the congress will take place in an Asian country. In 2008, it was held in Seoul, Korea.
The World Congress of Philosophy has been held every five years since 1900, and has been organized by FISP since it was established by UNESCO in 1948.
Professor Dermot Moran, UCD School of Philosophy, University College Dublin, one of Ireland's most distinguished philosophers (metaphysics and logic) said that he hoped for the 2018 congress to the most successful in the long history of the congress.
President of Peking University, Dr Enge said that he believed that the preparation and hosting of the World Congress of Philosophy at Beijing in 2018 would further help to promote the internationalisation of the discipline.
The World Congress of Philosophy is organised by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (its acronym FISP reflects the official French name, Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie).
FISP is the highest non-governmental world organisation for philosophy, established at the International Congress of Philosophy in Amsterdam in 1948, as part of an initiative of UNESCO. Its main objectives include the development of professional relations between philosophers of all countries, fostering contacts between institutions, societies, producing periodical publications dedicated to philosophy, and promoting philosophy internationally.
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