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Launch of the Chinese-Greek Philosophy Forum & Inaugural Lecture

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A message from the following new forum’s coordinators, Dimitra Amarantidou & Anna Irene Baka:

We are very excited to announce the launch of Geju yu Dongjian 格局与洞见: The Chinese-Greek Philosophy Forum.

Our forum is an open space for teachers and students of Chinese and Greek philosophies to debate ideas, compare methods, and exchange insights, while we also  welcome interdisciplinary perspectives.

You are warmly invited to our inaugural event (on zoom):

Speaker: Professor Robin R. Wang 王蓉蓉 (Loyola Marymount University)
Lecture Title: “On Subtle Proximity: The Greek Paradox of Sorites and the Chinese Maxim of Qiqi 欹器”
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Time: 9:00 PM Beijing Time

All our events are free and open to students and scholars with an interest in Chinese and Greek philosophies.

For more information, you can visit our website: chinesegreekforum.com

You can also contact us at: chinesegreekforum@gmail.com

See you there!

2025-26 Columbia Neo-Confucianism Seminar Schedule

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In the 2025-26 academic year, the Neo-Confucian Studies Seminar will continue to meet in person at the Heyman Center on Columbia campus, normally 3:30-5:30pm on a Friday.
This year they will host six speakers:
10/10 Justin Tiwald (University of Hong Kong)
11/7 Taisu Zhang (Yale Law School)
12/5 Geoffrey Redmond (Independent scholar)
3/6 Dandan Chen (Farmingdale State College)
4/3 John Lombardini (College of William and Mary
5/1 PJ Ivanhoe (Georgetown University)
For more information, please contact the Seminar’s rapporteur, Ivy Chen <lc3131@columbia.edu>.

Caro on Modern Confucianism in the PRC

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Carlo Caro has published a five-part exploration of Confucianism and the foundations of political legitimacy in The Diplomat.

Bureaucratized Confucianism: How Tradition Became a Tool of Control

Erasing Confucian Cosmology: How Harmony Lost Its Soul

Legal Minimalism – How Sentience Disappeared from Chinese Law

The Elimination of Remonstrance: From Confucian Conscience to Organizational Discipline

Systemic Suppression: The Silent Elimination of Alternative Confucianism

Series link: https://thediplomat.com/tag/simulated-sagehood/

Book Symposium on Xiang, Chinese Cosmopolitanism

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A book symposium was recently published in the Journal of Social and Political Philosophy about Shuchen Xiang’s book Chinese Cosmopolitanism. It comprised comments by David C. Kang, Byung-ho Lee and Huaiyu Wang and a response from the author. The issue is here; direct links to the comments and response, as well as summaries of a couple of the comments, follow below.

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ISEAP 2025: On-Line Registration Now Open

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For those who wish to participate virtually in the 2025 International Society for East Asian Philosophy conference, please complete the following Google Form by Monday, August 25. The links will be sent to you by email on Wednesday, August 27.

Google Form for “Registration for Online Attendees”
https://forms.gle/yp88EirfTovoGNxc7

The conference program and abstracts can be downloaded from the conference website. https://iseap.jp/iseap-2025-conference/