past conferences...

Center-sponsored conferences relate process thought to a wide range of topics in a wide range of disciplines. The Center for Process Studies seeks to promote an interdisciplinary approach in which process philosophy acts as the catalyst which brings various thought systems into dialogue. 

• The Legacy and Lure of John B. Cobb, Jr. (February 14-17, 2008)


• Chinese Han and Korean Han: The 2nd Process and Han Conference (February 1, 2008)


• 7th Annual Whitehead International Film Festival (January 18-21, 2008)


• Event and Decision: Ontology and Politics in Badiou, Deleuze, and Whitehead -- Co-sponsored by the Whitehead Research Project, the Center for Process Studies, the Thornton F. Bradshaw Endowement Fund at Claremont Graduate University, and Pomona College (December 6-8, 2007)


• Process Thought and Political Theory, with Franklin Gamwell (November 15-16, 2007)


• Constructive Postmodernism: Marxism and Ecological Civilization -- Co-sponsored by the China Project and the Institute for Postmodern Development of China (October 27-29, 2007)


• Constructive Postmodernism and China's Modernization (December 17-18, 2006)


• Cosmology & Process Philosophy in Dialogue: Fundamental Philosophical Issues in Recent Cosmology and their Religious Significance (October 5-8, 2006)


• Process Conversations I: Catherine Keller and Roland Faber--Claremont (March 2-3, 2006)


• Quantum Physics, Process Philosophy, and Matters of Religious Concern -- Sponsored by CPS and the Metanexus Institute's Local Societies Initiative--Claremont (Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2005)


• The Shared Legacy of Whitehead and Teilhard Consultation --Claremont


• Religious Interpretations of Evolutionary Biology: Neo-Darwinism in Dialogue with Lynn Margulis and Process Thought - Sponsored by CPS and the Metanexus Institute's Local Societies Initiative - Claremont, October 21-24, 2004 [List of Conference Papers]


• Exploring the Connections: Process and Women's Theologies --Claremont, April 30-May 2, 2004


• International Conference on Process Thinking and Educational Reform in an Era of Globalization-- Claremont, November 1-4, 2003 [List of Conference Papers]


• Whiteheadian Philosophy and Genuine Religious Pluralism Claremont, March 27-31, 2003 [List of Conference Papers]


• System and Life: Whitehead and Schleiermacher Claremont, March 6-8, 2003 [List of Conference Papers]


• Democracy, Globalization, and the Law -St. Paul, MN; Sept. 19-23, 2002. [List of Conference Papers]


• International Symposium on Marxism and Postmodernism -Wuhan, China; June 2003 [List of Conference Papers]


• Whitehead and China in the New Millenium Beijing, June 17-20, 2002 [List of Conference Papers]


• Whitehead Summit - 2001 [List of Conference Papers]


• Poverty: Causes and Cures Claremont; October 17-21, 2001 [List of Conference Papers]


• Conversations with Ervin Laszlo Claremont; October, 2000 [List of Conference Papers]


• Multicultural Conference II Claremont; April 14-15, 2000 [List of Conference Papers]


• Relational Hermeneutics in a Fractured World Chapman College, Orange, CA; February 25-26, 2000 [List of Conference Papers]


• Human Rights in Process Perspectives Claremont; April 15-17, 1999 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process Thought and the Common Good: The Silver Anniversary International Whitehead Conference Claremont; August 4-9, 1998 [List of Conference Papers]


• Highlands Institute International Conference Germany; July 29-August 3 1998 [List of Conference Papers]


• Education, Ecology and Science Seminar England; June 1998 [List of Conference Papers]


• From Growth to Balance Conference Marion, MA; November 14-17 1997 [List of Conference Papers]


• Hartshorne Centennial Celebration Austin, TX; October 1997 [List of Conference Papers]


• Whitehead and Entropy in Denmark Denmark; September 1997 [Conference Summary]


• Living Together with Others:  The Challenges of a Multicultural  Society-- Claremont; March, 1997.  (Co-Sponsored with Iliff School of Theology) [List of Conference Papers]


• The Enlightenment in Evangelical and Process Perspectives March 20-22, 1997 [List of Conference Papers]


• The Future of Process Thought in EuropeKortrijk, Belgium and Lille, France; March; April 1997 [List of Conference Papers]


• Women in Process: Works in Progress February 1-2, 1997 [List of Conference Papers]


• Mobilizing for the Human FamilyPasadena CA; June 1996 [List of Conference Papers]


• Spirituality in the WorkplaceClaremont; May 1996 [List of Conference Papers]


• Transpersonal Psychology and Process Philosophy Esalen; March 1996 [List of Conference Papers]


• Spirituality and Business Management Theory Claremont 1995, Sierra Madre, CA 1996 [List of Conference Papers]


• The New Paradigm in Business - Claremont, 1995 [List of Conference Papers]


• Economic and Political Foundations of World Order - Claremont, 1994 [List of Conference Papers]


• Biblical Hermeneutics, Christian and Native American - Claremont, 1994 [List of Conference Papers]


• Consciousness in Humans, Animals & Computers Claremont 1994 [List of Conference Papers]


• Higher Education for the Good of the World   La Verne 1993, 1994; Chevy Chase, MD 1995 [List of Conference Papers 1993 , 1994 , 1995]


• Theology of Creation: Native American and Process Theology in Dialogue - 1993 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process Thought and Psychotherapy Claremont 1992 [List of Conference Papers]


• Hartshorne Celebration - Claremont 1991 [List of Conference Papers]


• Christian Responsibility for Pacific Civilization Claremont 1991 [List of Conference Papers]


• The Theology of John Cobb - Berkeley, CA 1990 [List of Conference Papers]


• Post-Patriarchal Male Sexuality Claremont 1990 [List of Conference Papers]


• Parapsychology, Philosophy, Religion: Postmodern Perspectives Santa Barbara 1990 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process Thought: What Does It Mean to Me? - Masashi University, Tokyo 1989 [List of Conference Papers]


• Educational Method and Theology: Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore - Claremont, 1989 [List of Conference Papers]


• Toward a Postmodern Presidency: Vision for a Planet in Crisis Santa Barbara 1989 [List of Conference Papers]


• African Thought Systems - Claremont, 1988 [List of Conference Papers]


• Conference in Honor of Charles Hartshorne - Austin, TX 1988 [List of Conference Papers]


• The Right to Die Claremont 1989 [List of Conference Papers]


• Minjung and Process Theology Claremont 1988 [List of Conference Papers]


• Agriculture and Process Theology Claremont 1988 [List of Conference Papers]


• Pluralism in Public Education: Values and the Politics of Power - Claremont, 1987 [List of Conference Papers]


• Economics for Community Arkansas 1987 [List of Conference Papers]


• Toward a Postmodern World Santa Barbara 1987 [List of Conference Papers]


• Sharing Our Stories: Process Feminist Dialogue on Post-Patriarchy Claremont 1987 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process, Peace and Human Rights Kyoto, Japan 1987 [List of Conference Papers]


• The Ethical Response of Business Redlands 1987 [List of Conference Papers]


• Promising Ideas in Whitehead for Education - Claremont, 1986 [List of Conference Papers]


• Whitehead and Relativity - Atlanta, GA, 1986 [List of Conference Papers]


• Black Liberation, Black Survival, and Process Thought - Claremont, 1986 [List of Conference Papers]


• A Mini-Conference on Buddhist-Christian Dialogue - Claremont, 1986 [List of Conference Papers]


• Conversation with Cornel West Claremont 1986 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process and Jewish Theology New York 1986 [List of Conference Papers]


• Eastern Orthodox and Process Theology Claremont 1986 [List of Conference Papers]


• Loomer Memorial Celebration Claremont, 1985 [List of Conference Papers]


• Liberation in Process Theology & the Black Experience Chicago 1985 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process Visions of Therapy Claremont, 1984 [List of Conference Papers]


• Physics and Time: Bohm, Prigogine, and Process Philosophy Claremont 1984 [List of Conference Papers]


• A.N. Whitehead's Relativity Theory Claremont, 1984 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process and Reality: East and West Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, 1984 [List of Conference Papers]


• Hegel and Whitehead: An International Symposium Fordham University, 1984 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process Spirituality Claremont 1984 [List of Conference Papers]


• Archetypal Process: The Self & the Divine in Jung, Hillman & Whitehead Claremont 1983 [List of Conference Papers]


• Roman Catholicism and Process Theology Claremont 1983 [List of Conference Papers]


• Whitehead and Nishida Claremont 1983 [List of Conference Papers]


• Ecology, Religion, and Process Philosophy Georgia 1982 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process Theology and Unification Thought Lake Arrowhead, CA 1982 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process Theology and Leadership Styles Claremont, 1982 [List of Conference Papers]


• Christian Realism, Liberation, and Process Theologies Claremont 1982 [List of Conference Papers]


• Conference in Honor of Charles Hartshorne Chicago, 1981 [List of Conference Papers]


• Erstes Internationales Whitehead Symposium Bonn, West Germany 1981 [List of Conference Papers]


• Toward a Philosophy of Religious Diversity Claremont, 1981 [List of Conference Papers]


• Aesthetics and Process Thought Vancouver, B.C. 1980 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process Theology and the Holocaust Claremont 1980 [List of Conference Papers]


• New Directions in Philosophy of Religion Claremont, 1980 [List of Conference Papers]


• Whitehead and Education Claremont 1980 [List of Conference Papers]


• Whitehead and Vedanta Claremont 1978 [List of Conference Papers]


• Heidegger, Buddhism, and Whitehead Claremont 1978 [List of Conference Papers]


• Feminism and Process Thought Harvard 1977 [List of Conference Papers]


• Mind in a World of Objects: Brain Physiology, Consciousness, and Process Thought Claremont, 1977 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process and Praxis Claremont 1977; Pennsylvania 1978; Colorado 1979 [List of Conference Papers - 1977, 1978, 1979]


• Whitehead and Chinese Philosophy Colorado 1976 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process Theology and Mormon Doctrine 1976 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process Philosophy & Physiological Psychology Claremont 1975, 1977 [List of Conference Papers]


• Mahayana Buddhism and Whitehead Hawaii 1974 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process Thought and Modern Science Bellagio, Italy 1974 [List of Conference Papers]


• Process Philosophy and Biblical Theology Indianapolis, IN 1974 [List of Conference Papers]