CRVP | Council for Research in Values and Philosophy

George F. McLean | 1929.06.29 - 2016.09.06

Founding President of CRVP

Professor McLean, Founding President of The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy and Founding Director of The Center for the Study of Culture and Values (now The McLean Center for the Study of Culture and Values), was Professor of Metaphysics, The School of Philosophy of The Catholic University of America.

Washington, D.C.

Council for Research in Values and Philosophy

A Global Network for Cutural Heritage and Contemporay Change. Providing a Platform for Global Philosophical Dialogue and the Exploration of Cultural Values for Over Five Decades.

Annual Seminar

Self, Solidarity and Civility: Foundation for Social Life

August 17 - September 18, 2026 · Washington, DC

International Conferences

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Annual Seminars (1984–)

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2024 Seminar

Modernity or Multiple Modernities?

2023 Seminar

Social Imaginaries and Social Transformation

2022 Seminar

Political Order and the Ethics of Peace

2021 Seminar

Nations, States and the Transformation of Boundaries

2019 Seminar

The Meaning of Democracy: Foundations and Contemporary Challenges

2018 Seminar

Power, Truth, and Trust

Cultural Heritage & Contemporary Change (Publications)

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I.

Culture and Values

II.

African Philosophical Studies

IIA.

Islamic Philosophical Studies

IIIA.

East Asian Philosophical Studies

IIIB.

South Asian Philosophical Studies

IIIC.

Central Asian Philosophical Studies

IIID.

Southeast Asian Philosophical Studies

IV.

Western European Philosophical Studies

IVA.

Eastern & Central European Philosophical Studies

V.

Latin American Philosophical Studies

VII.

Seminars: Culture and Values

VIII.

Christian Philosophical Studies

Research Projects

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The Meaningfulness of Life

Understanding the Signs of Our Times

2021–2025

The Hermeneutics of Change in Traditions

2022–2023

The Meaning of Socio-Political Life

2019

Re-Learning To Be Human For/In Global Times

Dialogue of Cultures and Civilizations

2018

African Perspectives

2017

Asian Perspectives

2016–2017

Faith In A Secular Age

Washington, DC

2009, 2012

Vienna, Austria

2011, 2013, 2014

Rome, Italy

2015

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Research & Announcements

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PUBLICATION

Re-learning to be Human for Global Times

A profound exploration of relationship between religion, reconciliation, and peace across cultures, drawing together philosophical insights from diverse intellectual and spiritual traditions.

Vol. 37 · Series VII

Edited by J.J. Vila-Chã, V.A. George, and A. Vicas

SEMINAR

Self, Solidarity, and Civility

The 2026 annual seminar invites thinkers from diverse philosophical traditions to explore contemporary challenges and seek collective responses.

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Founding President of CRVP

Council for Research in Values and Philosophy

Self, Solidarity and Civility: Foundation for Social Life

International Conferences

Annual Seminars (1984–)

2024 Seminar

2023 Seminar

2022 Seminar

2021 Seminar

2019 Seminar

2018 Seminar

Cultural Heritage & Contemporary Change (Publications)

I.

II.

IIA.

IIIA.

IIIB.

IIIC.

IIID.

IV.

IVA.

V.

VII.

VIII.

Research Projects

Understanding the Signs of Our Times

The Hermeneutics of Change in Traditions

The Meaning of Socio-Political Life

Dialogue of Cultures and Civilizations

African Perspectives

Asian Perspectives

Washington, DC

Vienna, Austria

Rome, Italy

Latest Videos

Research & Announcements

Re-learning to be Human for Global Times

Self, Solidarity, and Civility

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