The CIPSH Chairs programme was created by the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (, 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. CIPSH Chairs are established for a renewable period of five years.
History The programme was proposed and discussed by the 33rd General Assembly of CIPSH in Liège, Belgium on 6 August 2017 and created by the CIPSH Executive Committee on 16 April 2018 during its meeting in Xiamen, China. The first CIPSH Chairs were established in 2019.
List of CIPSH chairs Name Institution Country Chairholder Established1 New HumanitiesUniversity of California, IrvineUnited StatesHsiung Ping-chen20192 Ethnolinguistic Vitality & Diversity Universiteit LeidenNetherlandsFelix K. Amala20193 Global Studies Universidade AbertaPortugalJosé Eduardo Franco20204Digital Humanities in EducationUniversidade Nova de LisboaPortugalCarlos Ceia20205Diversity of Mathematical Research Cultures & Practices (DMRCP)Universität HamburgGermanyBenedikt Löwe20216New Humanism: Spirituality & Secularity in the Modern WorldUniversiti Brunei DarussalamBruneiTong Chee Kiong20217Cultural Heritage and Creative HumanitiesHang Seng University of Hong KongChinaDesmond Hui20248Time: Conceptions, Experiences, and Expressions (Time-CEE)Chinese Academy of SciencesChinaXiaochun Sun20249Linguistics and BiodiversityUniversity of Ghana, LegonGhanaAdams Bodomo202510GeoethicsIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e VulcanologiaItalySilvia Peppoloni2025
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