The International Council
for Philosophy and Human Sciences

OCT

2020

Humanities & Social Sciences for SUSTAINABILITY: Visual Conference

Humanities & Social Sciences for SUSTAINABILITY Cultural and regional dimensions of global sustainability October 21-22, 2020 Visual Conference http://www.salve.tv/360/Hus/......

APR

2020

NEW HUMANITIES ON PLANETARY HEALTH to be held online on 16th and 17th Aprifl

CIPSH will collaborate with the online New Humanities on Planetary Health” conference, that will occur the 16th and 17th April. This conference is specially organized to discuss responses from the Humanities to the current pandemic crisis, imposed by COVID-19. The conference may be followed online, following this link: https://planetaryhealth2020.website/news_content/36_9bcc_C7 Registration......

JAN

2020

International Day of Logic Approved by UNESCO

UNESCO proclaimed January 14 as the International Day of Logic. Background: At its 207th session, in 207 EX/Decision 42, the Executive Board recommended that UNESCO’s General Conference, at its 40th session, proclaim 14 January World Logic Day”, in association with the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH)”. Purpose: The report explains the historical, cultural......

SEP

2019

Sustainability Science and the Humanities

In early 2019 a process was set in motion by UNESCO, the International Council for Philosophy & Human Sciences (CIPSH), the Humanities for the Environment global observatory network and the Nordic Network for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies (NIES) to establish a framework enabling the launch of a global sustainability science coalition under the name of BRIDGES, which stands for Building......

AUG

2017

A General Introduction to 2017 World Humanities Conference

PRESENTATION Liege will host the World Humanities Conference from Sunday, the 6th to Saturday, the 12th August 2017.Co-organized by UNESCO, the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences(CIPSH)and the World Humanities Conference–Liège 2017 Foundation,this congress will gather about 1800 participants from all over the world working in the fields of science, politics, art......

JUL

2017

World Humanities Conference: Challenges and Responsibilities for a Planet in Transition (Liège, Belgium, 6 - 12 August)

27 July 2017 Close to 1,800 participants from all over the world will seek to redefine the foundations, role and responsibilities of the humanities in contemporary society at the World Humanities Conference, which will take place in the city of Liège, Belgium, from 6 to 12 August. The World Conference is organized by UNESCO, The International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences, and......

OCT

2016

Programme of the LATIN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITIES CONFERENCE: TERRITORIALITIES AND HUMANITIES

Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 4-7 October, 2016
Under the auspices of CIPSH, the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences, and UNESCO, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) will host the International South American Humanities Conference in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, from 4th to 7th October 2016. Download PDF For moreinformation please visit the Conference website at www.ufmg.br/humanidades/.......

SEP

2016

The International Year of Global Understanding Newsletter #3

Greetings friends and colleagues, Since our last newsletter in June, 2016, many exciting developments have taken place. We now have two new Regional Action Centers, one in Skopje and one in Warsaw, and are developing plans to establish many more RACs. Keep reading to go over the most important events, updates, and developments for the IYGU! Best wishes, Benno Werlen, IYGU Executive Director Regional......

JUN

2016

Presenting the World Humanities Conference 2017

22.06.2016 - Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO
To launch preparations for the World Humanities Conference, which will be held in Liege from 6 to 12 August 2017, UNESCO convened a presentation meeting for permanent delegations, non-governmental organizations and specialised media, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, on 21 June 2016. The World Humanities Conference, organized with the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH)......

JUN

2016

Présentation au siège de l'UNESCO à Paris de la première «Conférence mondiale des Humanités»

Ce 21 juin 2016 s’est tenue à l'UNESCO une réunion de présentation de la première la « Conférence mondiale des Humanités » qui aura lieu à Liège du 6 au 12 août 2017
Sur place, la délégation liégeoise, emmenée par le Député provincial-Président, André Gilles, a pu présenter aux journalistes et Diplomates présents la candidature placée sous la bannière de « LiègeTogether ». Celle-ci regroupe la Province, la Ville et l\'Université de Liège. Afin de......

JAN

2016

Call for Engagement in the 2017 World Humanities Conference 22 JANUARY 2016,UNESCO

On 18 January 2016, UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme organized an information meeting at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris to launch the preparatory process of the World Humanities Conference (WHC) to be held in Liège, Belgium, from 6 to 12 August 2017. The meeting gathered several partners including the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH)......

DEC

2015

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE SILK ROADS

The Silk Roads have connected civilizations and brought peoples and cultures into contact with each other from across the world for thousands of years, permitting an interaction of ideas and cultures that has shaped our world today. In our age of globalization, when people of many different cultures, regions and languages are in close contact more than ever before, the legacy of the Silk Roads is particularly......

SEP

2015

2016 as International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) & Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS), Delhi Chapter

Introduction of IYGU : R.B.Singh ISRS Delhi Chapter : Dr. Rabi N. Sahu Secretary, Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Delhi Chapter Chief Guest : Dr Sergey Zolotoy Director, Nat. Academy of Sciences, Belarus Presiding Address : Dr. M.R.Bhutiyani Director-DTRL-DRDO, Govt. of India......

SEP

2015

Proclamation of 2016 as the International Year of Global Understanding

Durban, South Africa, 13 September 2015 Building bridges between global thinking and local action” The International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH) jointly announced that 2016 will be the International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU). The aim of IYGU is to promote better understanding......

DEC

2010

ISSC-CIPSH Joint Scientific Symposium 2010 Outcomes

Professor Asuncion Lera St. Clair speaks at the ISSC-CIPSH Joint Scientific Symposium 2010 The 28th Session of the ISSC General Assembly (Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 December 2010) and the 30th Session of the CIPSH General Assembly (Nagoya, 11-12 December 2010) were followed by a Joint Scientific Symposium on ‘Changing Nature – Changing Sciences? The challenges of global environmental......

NOV

2010

CIPSH-ISSC General Assembly and a Joint Scientific Symposium (Nagoya, Japan, 2010)

XXXth General Assembly of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (CIPSH) to be held in conjunction with the XXVIIIth General Assembly of the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and a Joint Scientific Symposium on Changing Nature – Changing Sciences? The Challenges of Global Environmental Change for the Social Sciences and Humanities Nagoya, Japan 9......

NOV

2008

CIPSH-ISSC General Assembly and a Joint Scientific Symposium (Cape Town, South Africa, 2008)

XXIXth General Assembly of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (CIPSH) to be held in conjunction with the XXVIIth General Assembly of the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and a Joint Scientific Symposium on ‘Knowledge and Transformation: Social and Human Sciences in Africa’ Cape Town, South Africa 24 to 28 November 2008 The 29th General......