Author Archives: Tim Connolly

Collaborative Learning Roundtables on the Zhuangzi 

Dear Colleagues,
In collaboration with Professors Lai Xisan, Lin Mingzhao, and Mark McConaghy the 四海為學 project will host a series of roundtables on the Zhuangzi this coming April and May. With Brook Ziporyn’s Wild Card, Lai Xisan’s Gongsheng 共生, and Hans-Georg Moeller and Paul J. D’Ambrosio’s Genuine Pretending as a general background, this series of roundtables will explore humor, irony, paradox, incongruity, absurdity, and related topics in the Zhuangzi.
We are inviting interested scholars to submit short abstractions (100-250 words) for consideration by April 1st.

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四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project events next week

 Dear Colleagues,
Next week the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host four separate events:
  1. December 2nd at 9:00am Beijing time: Book Discussion of Robert Carleo’s Humane Liberality. 
    For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/robert-carleo-book-discussion
  2. December 2nd at 20:00 Beijing time: Roundtable on “Identity Trouble” 
    For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/identity-roundtable
  3. December 5th at 9:00am Beijing time: Roundtable on “Korean Women Confucians in the History of Philosophy” 
    For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/korean-women-confucians

  4. December 5th at 19:00 Beijing time: Roundtable on “Argument in Early China” 
    For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/argument-roundtable
Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required for any 四海为学 events.
For a list of upcoming events see our calendar here. Please feel free to advertise this or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio

Upcoming Collaborative Learning Project (四海为学 ) Event

Dear Colleagues,
On November 21st at 9:00am Beijing time the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a presentation by Ronnie Littlejohn on “The Perfected Person in Chinese Thought.”
For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/ronnie-littlejohn-lecture
(Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required.)
For a list of upcoming events see our calendar here. Please feel free to advertise this or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio

Collaborative Learning 四海为学 event this week

Dear Colleagues,
On October 22nd at 21:00 Beijing time the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a book discussion of Professor Wang Youru’s The Ethical Dimension of Forgetfulness: Engaging the Daoist Zhuangzi in Studies of Cultivated Forgetting
For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/wang-youru-book-discussion
(Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required.)
For a list of upcoming events see our calendar here. Please feel free to advertise this or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio

Upcoming Collaborative Learning 四海为学 events

Dear Colleagues,
On October 14th at 21:00 Beijing time the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a roundtable on “Commitments and Devotion.”
For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/devotion-roundtable
   (Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required.)
On October 17th at 10:00am Beijing time the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a book discussion of Elena Ziliotti’s Meritocratic Democracy.
For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/elena-ziliotti-book-discussion
    (Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required.)
You can stay updated with our calendar here. Please feel free to advertise this or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio

四海为学 Collaborative Learning Lecture on “Confucian Gender Equality”

Dear Colleagues,
On September 24th at 9:00am Beijing time the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a lecture on “Confucian Gender Equality” by Professor Ranjoo Herr.
For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/ranjoo-herr-lecture
(Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required.)
You can stay updated with our calendar here. Please feel free to advertise this or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio

Upcoming 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project Roundtable

On September 9th at 20:30 Beijing time the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host our first event of the new academic year. It is a roundtable on “Studies and Translations of the Tsinghua Manuscripts.”
For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/tsinghua-manuscripts-roundtable
(Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required.)
Our events this fall have not been scheduled, but you can stay updated with our calendar here. Please feel free to advertise this or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio

Workshop: Philosophy of the Daodejing in Chinese Scholarship

Editorial Planning Workshop: Philosophy of the Daodejing in Chinese Scholarship

Workshop Organisations: Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University, and Tsinghua Academy of Chinese Learning

Workshop Organisers: Ai Yuan (Tsinghua University), Daniel Sarafinas (East China Normal University), Daniel Sarafinas (East China Normal University) and Xiao Ouyang (Beijing University)

Date: 29th May, 2025

Time: 10:00am to 5:00 pm

Location: Room 227, Humanities Building, Tsinghua University

About the Workshop：

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Upcoming 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project Roundtable

On May 12th at 18:00 Beijing time the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a roundtable on “Silence in Early Chinese Thought.”
For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/silence-roundtable
(Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required.)
For a list of upcoming events see our calendar here. Please feel free to advertise this or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio

四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project Book Discussion

Dear Colleagues,
On May 5th at 18:00 Beijing time the 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project will host a book discussion of Professor Philippe Major’s Confucian Iconoclasm.
For details and the Zoom link please see our event page: https://www.sihaiweixue.org/philippe-major-book-discussion
(Note that no pre-registration or passcode is required.)
For a list of upcoming events see our calendar here. Please feel free to advertise this or share it with anyone. All our events are free and open to everyone.
Sincerely,
Paul J. D’Ambrosio