Our Mission

The primary aim of the Center for East Asian and Comparative Philosophy (CEACOP) is to promote and enhance the study of East Asian and Comparative Philosophy globally. Toward that end the center brings together core faculty members within the Department of Public and International Affairs, who all have active research programs in East Asian and Comparative Ethics, Political Philosophy, Law, and History of Political Thought, with special attention to democracy, civic virtue, constitutionalism, rule of law, humane government, social and economic justice, and human rights. In addition, CEACOP invites scholars outside of City University, from Hong Kong, East Asia, and around the world, with similar interests to campus in order to share their research and exchange ideas. The center hosts or supports several major research projects and actively seeks additional projects and funding to continue to build and expand its ability to serve as a leading institution producing and supporting research in East Asian and Comparative Philosophy. Since its establishment in 2013, CEACOP has organized more than two dozen international conferences and workshops and hosted the CEACOP Annual Lecture six times by inviting leading philosophers and political theorists. Core members of CEACOP have published their books with leading university presses such as Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, and Stanford University Press and their academic articles have appeared in top journals such as American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, American Journal of Bioethics, and Journal of Medical Ethics, among others.