Conference Panel: Building a Network of Scholars in Indian Philosophy: The Indian Philosophy Blog and Beyond

One of my favorite New York landmarks: The Empire State Building

Happy New Year!

After a nice, but all-too-short winter break, I'm hitting the ground running this week with a start to my spring semester as well as travel to the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Conference in New York City! I'll be chairing a panel called "Building a Network of Scholars in Indian Philosophy: The Indian Philosophy Blog and Beyond" on Thurs. Jan. 9. I've been part of The Indian Philosophy Blog since 2015, so this will be a nice time to celebrate the blog as well as a chance to meet some fellow scholars and think about the present and future of our little sub-discipline.

Here's some information about the panel from The Indian Philosophy Blog:

Celebrating ten years of the IPB, we are going to be hosting a panel at the Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association in New York City on Thursday, 9 January 2025, entitled Building a Network of Scholars in Indian Philosophy: The Indian Philosophy Blog and Beyond. All three editors of the IPB (Ethan Mills, Elisa Freschi and myself) will be participating, with Ethan moderating the discussion. We’ll have a first session from 11am-12:50pm and continue from 2pm-3:50pm after a lunch break. The intent is for the panelists’ presentations to stimulate an open discussion about building community among scholars of Indian philosophy. The panelists and their presentations will be:

Ethan Mills (University of Tennessee – Chattanooga): Chair
Elisa Freschi (University of Toronto): “Can and Should We Build a Community of Scholars Working on Sanskrit Philosophy?”
Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): “Indian Philosophy Today”
Amod Lele (Northeastern University): “Reflections on Ten Years of the Indian Philosophy Blog”
Parimal Patil (Harvard University): “Philosophers, Sanskritists, and Sanskrit Philosophy”
Chris Rahlwes (Smith College): “Elucidating Indian Philosophy through Jain Studies” 

If you’re going to be at the Eastern APA, we’d love to see you there!

I haven't visited New York in a long time, so I'm also looking forward to some pizza, bagels, and if time permits, some time to play tourist. Maybe I'll have to contemplate Indian philosophy from the top of the Empire State Building!