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Journal of Contemplative Studies
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A peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing humanities-based and transdisciplinary scholarship in Contemplative Studies | Published by CSC at UVA. https://linktr.ee/ContemplativeJournal
Last week, UVA's Contemplative Sciences Center held SENSEmaking, a symposium on contemplative technologies. Read Michael Overstreet's, a graduate research assistant with the journal, reflection of the conference by clicking the link in our bio!
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Members of the Journal here at UVA are very excited to be attending the International Society for Contemplative Research’s 2025 conference next week! We hope to see you there.
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Journal of Contemplative Sciences is taking submissions for its latest special issue: Contemplative Computing!
Click the link in our bio to learn more.

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October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Click the link in our bio to read more on this fascinating article!
October 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Click the link in our bio to read more from this special issue article! #contemplation
September 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are very excited to announce our newest Special Issue: Contemplation in Education and Human Development. Click the link in our bio to explore it further!
September 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In our next installment of Contemplation +, we spoke with Ian H. Solomon, Dean of the University of Virginia’s Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, about the relationship between leadership and contemplative practices. Read the full article at the link in our bio!
August 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The journal is very excited to announce the newest special issue! This issue contains seven fascinating articles we can’t wait for you to explore. Click the link in our bio to read more.
#contemplation
August 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Click the link in our bio to read one of the Journal's recent articles diving into the effects spiritual research has on the researchers.
July 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Click the link in our bio to read more from out latest interview with author Bin Song!
July 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Check out the next installment of Contemplation +! We talked to Fadel Zeidan from the Center of Pain Medicine about the intersections between pain management, neuroscience, & #contemplation. Click the link in our bio to read more.
July 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Read this interesting article - and more! - by clicking the link in our bio. #contemplation
July 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Read this fascinating conversation about #contemplation and #psychedelics by clicking the link in our bio!
June 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Very excited to feature this article in our fourth special issue exploring #thai #buddhist #meditation! Click the link in our bio to read this article, or more like it!
June 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Read more about the intertwining on #contemplation and #medicine here! contemplativejournal.org/interviews/c...
June 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Click the link in our bio to read more from Willis Jenkins on contemplative life admit mass extinction, an article part of our issue on Contemplative Ecology.
May 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Read more from this fascinating essay by John Crockett here:
contemplativejournal.org/essays/stopp...
May 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Read more from @mclsheehy.bsky.social as he explores the versatile life skills young people could learn from practicing routine #contemplative training by clicking the link in our bio!

This idea was originally published as ‘What if we learned contemplation like we do arts or sports?’ on Psyche.
May 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Click the link below to read more from Ariel Evan Mayse on #contemplation through his book review! contemplativejournal.org#/texts/67663
May 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Today we are excited to spotlight Dominic Sur’s article on normative epistemology and tantric ethics.
Click the link below to read more!
contemplativejournal.org#/texts/67698
April 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Click the link below to read a book review from Ariel Evan Mayse on Agnirszka Olszewska-Guizzo’s book “Neuroscience For Designing Green Spaces: Contemplative Landscapes.”
contemplativejournal.org#/texts/67647
April 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Click the link below to read this fascinating article on the relation between Buddhist texts and practice from Richard K. Payne!
contemplativejournal.org#/texts/67685
April 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We arrive very excited to announce the next installment in our Contemplation + series: Contemplation + The Body, and interview with Donata Schoeller! Click below to read more of this fascinating interview on how contemplation can impact our bodies.
contemplativejournal.org/interviews/c...
March 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Click the link below to read this fascinating article from Peter D. Hershock, Director of the Asian Studies Development Program at the East-West Center in Honolulu.
Read it here: contemplativejournal.org#/texts/67651
March 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Check out this fascinating article from Federico Divino of the University of Antwerp on #ethnography and #meditation !
Read it here: contemplativejournal.org#/texts/67627
March 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM