CIPSH Chairs

The CIPSH Chairs programme was created by the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (French: Conseil International de Philosophie et des Sciences Humaines, CIPSH) in 2018 and is modelled after the programme of UNESCO Chairs. The programme is designed to highlight and encourage existing research networks of centres of research in the humanities and to attract greater attention to the humanities worldwide and enhanced recognition of their importance in contemporary society.[1] CIPSH Chairs are established for a renewable period of five years.

History

The programme was proposed and discussed by the 33rd General Assembly of CIPSH in Liège, Belgium on 6 August 2017 and created by the CIPSH Executive Committee on 16 April 2018 during its meeting in Xiamen, China.[2] The first CIPSH Chairs were established in 2019.

List of CIPSH chairs

	Name	Institution	Country	Chairholder	Established
1	New Humanities[3]	University of California, Irvine	United States	Hsiung Ping-chen	2019
2	Ethnolinguistic Vitality & Diversity[4]	Universiteit Leiden	Netherlands	Felix K. Amala	2019
3	Global Studies[5]	Universidade Aberta	Portugal	José Eduardo Franco	2020
4	Digital Humanities in Education[6]	Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Portugal	Carlos Ceia	2020
5	Diversity of Mathematical Research Cultures & Practices (DMRCP)[7]	Universität Hamburg	Germany	Benedikt Löwe	2021
6	New Humanism: Spirituality & Secularity in the Modern World	Universiti Brunei Darussalam	Brunei	Tong Chee Kiong	2021
7	Cultural Heritage and Creative Humanities[8]	Hang Seng University of Hong Kong	China	Desmond Hui	2024
8	Time: Conceptions, Experiences, and Expressions (Time-CEE)	Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	Xiaochun Sun	2024
9	Linguistics and Biodiversity[9]	University of Ghana, Legon	Ghana	Adams Bodomo	2025

References

1. "Important Announcement from CIPSH: Inaugurating a Programme of CIPSH Chairs". CIPSH. 21 November 2018. "CIPSH Chairs programme". CIPSH.
2. "33rd General Assembly of the CIPSH—AGENDA (Liège 2017)". CIPSH. 5 August 2017. "The 1st Meeting of the Executive Committee of CIPSH". CIPSH. 21 March 2018.
3. "UCI to welcome CIPSH Chair in New Humanities Hsiung Ping-chen". UCI. 27 January 2020.
4. "Inauguration Chair Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World". CIPL. 28 April 2022.
5. "Research Units: Center for Global Studies". UAb.
6. "New CIPSH Chair on Digital Humanities". IHC-UNL. 16 October 2020.
7. "CIPSH Chair: Diversity of Mathematical Research Cultures and Practices". CIPSH.
8. "HSUHK scholar named CIPSH Chair in Cultural Heritage and Creative Humanities" (PDF). HSUHK. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
9. "CIPSH-UG Legon Chair on Linguistics and Biodiversity". Retrieved 27 October 2024.