Messages from the new board (2010-12)

President: JeeLoo Liu, California State University at Fullerton

This will be my last term as an officer of the ACPA, and I wish to continue our efforts in promoting the status of Chinese philosophy in North America. I believe that the philosophical significance of Chinese philosophy has not yet been fully recognized by the philosophy circle in North America, and it will take copious quality work and persistent philosophical exchange to remove any existing bias against Chinese philosophy. Our organization has been working along with our sister organizations and philosophical institutions in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to foster more quality work in Chinese philosophy. I hope to further strengthen our collaboration with them and to help promote more philosophical discourse on Chinese philosophy.

Vice President: Tongdong Bai, Xavier University/Fudan University

1. Continue with the transformation of ACPA. ACPA was founded mainly as an association of philosophers who are ethnically Chinese and are doing philosophy in North America. Working with two other ACPA board members, I have been helping to transform it to an association that promotes Chinese philosophy and comparative philosophy in America. The works include: establishing an emailing list, organizing panels at APA, etc. In particular, we have been working with other Chinese philosophy organizations (such as ISCWP), and have organized a stealth-mini-conference on political realism (Han Fei Zi, Machiavelli, and Hobbes) (APA Pacific 2010) that will encourage comparative engagements. I will work with other elected board members to continue with these works. 2. Continue with our coordination with other Chinese philosophy groups.
3. Explore the opportunity to start an annual international conference of Chinese philosophy.
4. Establish closer connections with philosophers and philosophy institutions in the Chinese-speaking world by organizing conferences, establishing visiting programs, and promoting book projects and other publication venues.

Secretary/Treasurer: Huaiyu Wang, Georgia College & State University

I will keep up the excellent work of former boards to serve for the community of philosophers working in the area of Chinese philosophy. I will be glad to serve for various duties of ACPA including the organization of APA panels and other research activities. The primary orientation of my service is to facilitate the communication among scholars and students working in the field of Chinese philosophy and to promote the status of Chinese philosophy in contemporary philosophical research.