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JCS Editor • March 27, 2025Call for Submissions
ISCR Conference 2025
Abstracts and Proposals Due April 30th, 2025 The 3rd Conference of the International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR) will be held on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from November 3-6, 2025. The ISCR 2025 Conference is… -
Ame Wren • January 9, 2025Sharath Jois
The Active Series
On November 8, 2024, the Contemplative Sciences Center hosted teacher, practitioner, and lineage holder of Ashtanga yoga, Sharath Jois, for an event revealing his new series, The Active Series, and accompanying book by the same name. The event was cohosted… -
JCS Editor • October 18, 2024Contemplative Studies Panels at AAR Conference
November 23-26, 2024
The Contemplative Studies Unit at the American Academy of Religion is sponsoring three panels at the annual conference in San Diego, CA from November 23-26, 2024: Confucian Contemplation: Historical Landscape and Contemporary Significance. Saturday, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM. Convention… -
JCS Editor • November 16, 2023ISCR 2nd Annual Conference
The International Society for Contemplative Research is holding their 2nd annual conference in Padova, Italy from June 19 – 23, 2024. The deadline to submit abstracts is January 31, 2024. Please visit www.iscrconference.org or email admin@contemplativeresearch.org for more details. -
JCS Editor • October 26, 2023Contemplative Studies Panels at AAR Conference
November 18-21, 2023
The Contemplative Studies Unit at the American Academy of Religion is sponsoring five panels at the annual conference in San Antonio, TX from November 18-21, 2023: Spirit Medicine toward Ethical and Decolonial Psychedelic Research and Praxis. Saturday, 9:00 AM –… -
JCS Editor • May 10, 2023CONFERENCE RECAP
Generative Contemplation Symposium at University of Virginia, April 2023
The Contemplative Sciences Center (CSC) at the University of Virginia (UVA) hosted its first Generative Contemplation Symposium in Charlottesville, Virginia from April 20-21, 2023. This gathering convened religious studies scholars, philosophers, cognitive neuroscientists, artists, and Buddhist practitioners to present their… -
JCS Editor • March 16, 2023CONFERENCE RECAP
International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR) 2023
The International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR) held its inaugural conference in San Diego from February 2-5, 2023. The conference promoted interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration amongst diverse fields including Neuroscience, Psychological and Social Sciences, Education and Developmental Sciences, Philosophy, Religion… -
JCS Editor • February 2, 2023Generative Contemplation Symposium
University of Virginia, April 20-21, 2023
On Thursday April 20th and Friday April 21st, 2023, the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia is hosting the Generative Contemplation Symposium, an interdisciplinary dialogue on the art and science of effortless and self-emergence contemplative practices. Register here… -
JCS Editor • September 30, 2022ISCR Inaugural Conference
February 2-5, 2023
The inaugural conference of the International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR) will be held on the campus of the University of California, San Diego during February 2-5, 2023. Over the past few decades, as the awareness of the transformative potential…
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JCS Editor • August 29, 2025Special Issue Announcement
Special Issue #08
The JCS Editors are delighted to announce Special Issue #08: Contemplation in Education and Human Development with guest editors Robert W. Roeser (Emory University), Brendan Ozawa-de Silva (Emory University), Yuki Imoto (Keio University), and Kimberly Schonert-Reichl (University of Illinois, Chicago)…. -
JCS Editor • August 15, 2025Contemplation + Leadership
An Interview With Ian H. Solomon
JCS: Thanks for joining us for this series called Contemplation Plus. What we’re interested in is contemplation and its myriad of expressions. It’s about contemplation and whatever that means to you at the intersection of an area that is the… -
JCS Editor • July 31, 2025Special Issue Announcement
Special Issue #7
The JCS Editors are excited to announce Special Issue #07: Micro-Phenomenology, Heart Openings, and Contemplative Practice with guest editors Christian Suhr and Martijn van Beek. In recent years, micro-phenomenological interviews have been used across a range of disciplines to understand the rich textures of human experience,… -
JCS Editor • July 15, 2025Author Insight
An Interview With Bin Song
JCS: What does contemplation look like in Confucianism? BS: First, it’s important to note that the term Confucianism was popularized by nineteenth-century Christian missionaries during Western colonial expansion. In its original language, this tradition has long been called the Ru (儒)… -
JCS Editor • June 30, 2025Call for Book Reviews
The Journal of Contemplative Studies invites book reviews for the following monographs and edited volumes. Monographs: Edited volumes: The JCS seeks a double review for the following pair of books: JCS book reviews are long-form, scholarly reviews (1,500–2,500 words) of… -
JCS Editor • June 5, 2025Special Issue Article
Beyond Technical Fixes: Sufism, Contemplation, and Climate Change as Human Predicament
“Beyond Technical Fixes: Sufism, Contemplation, and Climate Change as Human Predicament” by Muhammad U. Faruque is a part of Special Issue #03: Contemplative Ecology. Abstract: Building on the works of the Sufi philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr and the German sociologist Hartmut…