For one week in August 2017, Liège, in Belgium, became the “world capital of humanities”, to quote Paul-Émile Mottard, President of the Provincial College of Liège. The World Humanities Conference (WHC), which ran from 6 to 12 August, ended with the adoption of a new vision for the humanities for the 21st century. Participants agreed that, the humanities’ capacity to engage substantive long term reflection was indispensable to our societies in steering the environmental, technological, and cultural dynamics that are transforming them.

The World Humanities Conference completes its work in Liège on 11 August 2017: An occasion for the local organizers to draw up a positive first assessment of this world premiere that will resonate for a long time to come.

It is a great pleasure to welcome participants from around the world as President of CIPSH. Please allow me to acknowledge the support and hard work of all friends and colleagues who has made this conference possible, special thanks go to my colleagues from UNESCO, Liege, and the CIPSH.

It has become commonplace to say that our world, which is in the grips of a multidimensional and seemingly never-ending crisis, is in very, very bad shape. This crisis, in fact, reveals a loss of meaning, reinforced by a trend towards the homogenization of the world’s cultures, brought on by an accelerated globalization of markets. This is leading to a veritable dehumanization of relations between individuals, peoples, and states.

The “World Humanities Conference. Challenges and Responsibilities for a Planet in Transition” will take place in Liège, Belgium, from 6 to 12 August 2017. Co-organized by UNESCO, the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH), the “World Humanities Conference – Liège 2017 Foundation” and Liège. Together, the conference will gather participants from all over the world working in the fields of the humanities, the natural, social and formal sciences, politics, art and communication, as well as representatives of international, governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Poster Proposal (complete the table)

Secretary-General of CIPS's speech on the 68th anniversary

2015-2016 CIPSH Events

The world Conference will accept proposals of sessions, symposia and of papers for sessions. The sessions are organized under the sub-topics of six sections, as in the attached list; it is possible to propose sessions within the sections, until November 1st, 2016.

The world – all countries and nations, all people and academies – is experiencing and facing the challenges of global cultural, social, and environmental changes, which call upon all to find innovative responses, rooted in the diversity of perspectives driven by the multitude of diverse past and ongoing understandings of science, culture, education, and sustainability.

UNESCO, with the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences and Liège Together, has started the preparation of the WORLD HUMANITIES CONFERENCE.

This will be a major gathering to be prepared during the next 18 months, engaging all fields of knowledge in all countries, focused on the role and scope of the humanities in contemporary society.

The World Humanities Conference was held in Liège, Belgium, from 6 to 12 August 2017.

The third core group meeting for the WCH will take place on Saturday, the 19th, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and Sunday, the 20th of March, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., at the Centre d’Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques (CHST), Place Delcour 17, in Liege.

UNESCO, with the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences and Liège Together, started the preparation of the WORLD HUMANITIES CONFERENCE, preceded and followed by a large series of other events.

onseil International de la Philosophie et des Sciences Humaines, créé à la demande de l’UNESCO le 18 Janvier de 1949, s’adresse à cette Assemblée Générale dans un contexte global d’inquiétudes, angoisses et ruptures, qui doivent nous porter à une réflexion sur le rôle et les responsabilités de chaque institution ou discipline pour faire face à ces difficultés.

Six themes for the 2017 World Humanities Conference

The Conference results from the awareness of the need to re-think the scope and role of human sciences in contemporary society, resuming the understanding of the relevance of the Humanities for everyday life.

Delivered at the Provincial Palace of Liege.

Adama SAMASSEKOU was guest of honor at the Advanced Technical College of the Province of Liège for the “Campus de Cristal 2013” award ceremony on Tuesday, May 7.

CIPSH Board Meeting in Goa, India organized by the Board of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (CIPSH).

The aim of this symposium is to assist in the mobilization of a broader and stronger social and human sciences response to the growing demands of environmental change. By mobilization, we mean both the need to bring to the debate tools and perspectives of scholars from the humanities and the social sciences, even if they have not previously worked on sustainability and environmental issues, as well as the need to raise awareness of the fundamental importance of integrating those areas of research and knowledge in order to address environmental change.

Participation du CIPSH à la mise en place d'une "Collection virtuelle d'oeuvres représentatives de la littérature mondiale"

CONSEIL INTERNATIONAL DE LA PHILOSOPHIE ET DES SCIENCES HUMAINES Maurice Aymard Secrétaire général du Conseil international de la philosophie et […]