August 19, 2019
by karynlai
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This valuable collection of illuminating analysis of skill stories from the Zhuangzi, a 4th century BCE Daoist text opens up new lines of inquiry in comparative East-West philosophical debates on skill, cultivation and mastery, as well as cross-disciplinary debates in … Continue reading
August 18, 2019
by Steve Angle
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The August 2019 ISCWP Newsletter has been published. This issue features: 1/Updates from several of the society’s members on their various activities 2/A call for panel/paper proposals and volunteers for the 2020 APA-Pacific Division Meeting in San Francisco 3/Notice of group sessions at … Continue reading
August 18, 2019
by Steve Angle
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The most recent issue of the Journal of Asian Studies has reviews of three books of interest to readers of this blog: Curie Virag reviews Michael Nylan, The Chinese Pleasure Book (Zone Books, 2018) Yunte Huang reviews Haun Saussy, Translation as … Continue reading
August 18, 2019
by Steve Angle
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Bryan Van Norden has announced that 2019-2020 will be his last year at Yale-NUS. Beginning in 2020-2021 he will return to Vassar as the James Monroe Taylor Chair in Philosophy.
August 9, 2019
by Paul R. Goldin
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Just a quick announcement that Elisa Levi Sabattini and I are about to publish a new translation of Xinyu: https://brill.com/view/title/56294?rskey=msXfbz&result=1 Also watch out for my new book on classical Chinese philosophy, forthcoming from Princeton University Press. Since I’m not ashamed … Continue reading
August 2, 2019
by Steve Angle
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SUNY has brought out a major work by Jim Behuniak: John Dewey and Daoist Thought: Experiments in Intra-cultural Philosophy, Volume One and John Dewey and Confucian Thought Experiments in Intra-cultural Philosophy, Volume Two. There is also a significant savings in … Continue reading
August 1, 2019
by Justin Tiwald
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Oxford University Press has now published Amy Olberding’s The Wrong of Rudeness: Learning Modern Civility from Ancient Chinese Philosophy. A short description follows. I also recommend that people look at the brief blog entry that introduces some major themes and … Continue reading
July 30, 2019
by Steve Angle
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Lafayette College in Easton, PA, announces a full-time, tenure-track position in the Department of Religious Studies at the rank of assistant professor, beginning July 1, 2020, with specialization in religious traditions of East Asia. Details are available here.
July 30, 2019
by Yihan Lin
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The newly-formed Research Center for Chinese Cultural Subjectivity*, National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan is seeking applications for ONE Postdoctoral Fellow in areas related to cultural perspectives of Chinese & Sinophone studies in global context, particularly regarding the relation between … Continue reading
July 30, 2019
by Yihan Lin
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We are pleased to announce that Georgia College & State University will host the 23rd annual meeting of the Southeast Early China Roundtable in the historical city of Milledgeville, Georgia, from November 1st to November 3rd. We will host two … Continue reading
