The CIPSH Chairs programme was created by the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (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.
The programme was proposed and discussed by the 33rd General Assembly of CIPSH in Liège, Belgium on 6 August 2017and 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.
| 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 |