International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies

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International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies

Abbreviation	CIPSH
Formation	1949 (1949)
Type	INGO
Region served	Worldwide
Official language	English, French
President	Luiz Oosterbeek
Website	CIPSH Official website

The International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (French: Conseil international de la philosophie et des sciences humaines; ICPHS/CIPSH) is a non-governmental organization within UNESCO. It embraces hundreds of learned societies in the field of philosophy, human sciences and related subjects.

History

CIPSH was founded at a first General Assembly held in January 1949 upon suggestion by Sir Julian Huxley, the first Director-General of UNESCO. The first president was Jacques Rueff.

Members

• Asian New Humanities Network (ANHN)
• Association Européenne des Humanités pour la Gestion Culturelle Intégrée des Paysages (APHELEIA)
• Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
• Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI)
• Comité International Permanent des Linguistes (CIPL)
• Comité International des Sciences Historiques (CISH)
• European Consortium for Humanities Institutes and Centres (ECHIC)
• Fédération Internationale des Associations d’Études Classiques (FIEC)
• Fédération Internationale des Langues et Littératures Modernes (FILLM)
• Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie (FISP)

• International Association for Aesthetics (IAA)
• International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR)
• International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG)
• International Geographic Union (IGU)
• International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA)
• Division for History of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (DHST/IUHPST)
• Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (DLMPST/IUHPST)
• World Network for Linguistic Diversity (MAAYA)
• Union Académique Internationale (UAI)
• Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques (UISPP)
• World Anthropological Union (WAU)

Officers

The officers of CIPSH are Luiz Oosterbeek (President), Catherine Jami (Vice President), Luisa Migliorati (Vice President), Margaret Higonnet (Treasurer), Hsiung Ping-Chen (Secretary General), Tim Jensen (Assistant Secretary General), and Chao Gejin (Past President). Former officers include Rosalind Hackett (Vice President, 2017–2020) and Adama Samassékou (Past President, 2017–2020).

Publications

The ICPHS publishes the journal Diogène/Diogenes in French and English. It was founded in 1952 by Roger Caillois. For many years, Jean d'Ormesson was the Editor-in-Chief. Current Editors-in-Chief are Maurice Aymard and Luca Scarantino.