Eric Schwitzgebel has published an Op-Ed in the LA Times entitled “What’s Missing in College Philosophy Classes? Chinese Philosophers.” If you are interested in more details about this subject, be sure to look at Brian Bruya’s article in the latest issue of Dao, “The Tacit Rejection of Multiculturalism in American Philosophy Ph.D. Programs: The Case of Chinese Philosophy.”
Book/Presentation on Chinese Diaspora and Philosophy
There is information here about an upcoming book presentation related to a new book by Eugenio Chang-Rodríguez, Diásporas Chinas A Las Américas. The book aims “to highlight the cultural and philosophical contributions of the Chinese migrants and their descendants to the nations of the Americas and the Caribbean. In this volume, Chang-Rodríguez expands his previous publications on Chinese culture, especially on its philosophical currents and their influence on Chinese migrants.”
New Book: Literary Forms of Argument in Early China
The book Literary Forms of Argument in Early China, edited by Joachim Gentz and Dirk Meyer, has been published by Brill. A Table of contents is available here.
CFP for AOS Annual Meeting
The Call for Papers for the 226th Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society in 2016 has been published:
https://www.americanorientalsociety.org/aos-annual-meeting-2016/
The national meeting will take place from Friday, March 18, to Monday, March 21, 2016, in Boston, MA. The deadline for the submission of abstract and attendant forms is October 15, 2015.
Graduate students who expect to apply for Graduate Student Award Fund support must indicate their intention on the Announcement of Communication form. Only those applicants who so indicate in advance on the form will be eligible to compete for the award of funds. For more information on the “Graduate Student Award for Travel to the Annual Meeting” see:
New Book on Zhu Xi and Aquinas
SUNY Press has published Catherine Hudak Klancer’s new book, Embracing Our Complexity: Thomas Aquinas and Zhu Xi on Power and the Common Good. Congratulations, Catherine!
Goodman Reviews Garfield
Not really Chinese philosophy, but very interesting on comparative philosophy….
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
2015.09.02 View this Review Online View Other NDPR Reviews
Jay L. Garfield, Engaging Buddhism: Why It Matters to Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2015, 376pp., $29.95 (pbk), ISBN 9780190204341.
Reviewed by Charles Goodman, Binghamton University
Weber Reviews Jullien
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
2015.08.43 View this Review Online View Other NDPR Reviews
François Jullien, On the Universal, the Uniform, the Common and Dialogue between Cultures, Polity, 2014, 189pp., $29.95 (pbk), ISBN 9780745646237.
Reviewed by Ralph Weber, University of Basel
Workshop on Memory and Text
Workshop: “Memory and Text in Premodern East Asia: Concepts, Theories, and Methods”
Dates: October 1-3, 2015
Venue: The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
This workshop offers unique opportunities for scholars from the premodern China, Japan, and Korea fields to exchange, compare, and explore different modes of research surrounding “memory and text.”
CFP: Music and Philosophy Conference
Call For Papers: “Music and Philosophy in Early China”
November 27-28, 2015
Philosophy Program, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Submission Deadline: September 15, 2015.
Noticed any typos in Hutton’s Xunzi?
Eric Hutton has informed me that Princeton University Press intends to release a paperback edition of his translation of the Xunzi, and there is an opportunity for him to make minor changes to the translation. Readers of this blog who have noticed typos in the current edition or who have other small corrections to suggest are invited to email them directly to Eric at: eric.hutton@utah.edu.
