Sino-Hellenic Network Easter Term Programme

We’re delighted to share the Sino-Hellenic Network Easter Term programme. Seminars take place in the Faculty of Classics in Cambridge and online, unless otherwise noted. All welcome.

 

Thursday 8 May, 11am – 12.30pm (Room 1.11, refreshments at 10.30am). Sign up for Zoom here

Cynthia Liu (University of Oxford): Greco-Roman and Chinese ‘Cosmopoetics’: Compared and Received

Chair: Tim Whitmarsh (University of Cambridge)

Wednesday 21 May, 3.30pm – 5.00pm. Online only, sign up here

Eric Hutton (The University of Utah): To China and Back: The Roundtrip Voyage of a Platonic Notion

Chair: Jingyi Jenny Zhao (Needham Research Institute/ University of Cambridge)

Thursday 5 June, 3.30pm – 5.00pm (Room R.01, refreshments at 3pm). Sign up for Zoom here 

Jeremy Tanner (UCL): Style and the Development of Art Theory in Ancient Greece and Early Imperial China

Chair: Hajni Elias (University of Cambridge)

Tuesday 17 June, 11am – 12.30pm (Room 1.11, refreshments at 10.30am). Sign up for Zoom here

Beth Harper (The University of Hong Kong): Rocking the Lyric: Mountains, Crags and Divine Inspiration in Classical Chinese and Greco-Roman Poetics

Chair: Emily Gowers (University of Cambridge)

We are grateful to the Faculty of Classics at Cambridge for generously supporting the events. If you would like to be kept up to date with Network news, please sign up here. We look forward to seeing many of you, either in person or or online!

Workshop: Works of Philosophy and their Reception — Workshop on Xunzi

The on-line “Works of Philosophy and their Reception — Workshop on Xunzi” brings together some of the contributors to an edited volume in preparation for the Works of Philosophy and Their Reception series.

The dates of the workshop are 15 May, 16 May, and 23 May.

The schedule of the workshop and abstracts of presentations are available here. Please register here in advance to participate.  

New Book: Tiwald, The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Philosophy

May be a graphic of text that says 'THEOXFORD THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF Chinese Philosophy c editedby teo USTIN JUSTINTIWAL TIWALD'The Handbook of Chinese Philosophy has recently been released online by Oxford University Press, with paper copies set to release in August. The handbook collects new work on important texts and figures in the history of Chinese thought. The chapters cover both well-known texts such as the Analects and the Zhuangzi and many of the lesser-known thinkers in the classical and postclassical Chinese tradition. Most of the chapters focus on thinkers or texts in one of three important historical movements. These include classical (“pre-Qin”) Chinese philosophy, Chinese Buddhism, and the Confucian response to Buddhism (“neo-Confucianism” broadly construed). Each chapter presents cutting-edge work on important topics in the Chinese tradition and yet is written for a general philosophical audience. For more information, please see this site, and the Table of Contents follows.

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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

Presentation Summaries of the 7th Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy

The Rutgers University Department of Philosophy has produced summaries of the presentations and discussion from the 7th Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy (RWCP), “An International Conference on Moral Conflict in Early Chinese Philosophy.” The summaries were produced by the workshop’s rapporteurs, Frederick Choo and Esther Goh, who are doctoral candidates at Rutgers University Department of Philosophy. Please find the summaries in this document.

CFP: ISEAP Conference on Progressive East Asian Philosophy

We are pleased to inform you that the International Society of East Asian Philosophy (ISEAP) will have its fifth international conference, titled Progressive East Asian Philosophy, on August 28-29, 2025 at the National Chengchi University, Taiwan. The conference poster is here.

Keynote Speakers
Professor Heisook Kim (Ewha Womans University)
Professor Stephen C. Angle (Wesleyan University)

What does it mean to pursue progress from within East Asian philosophical traditions? And how might they offer insight into ongoing global conversations around social reform, ethical responsibility, political transformation, and justice? This year’s gathering focuses on how these traditions both classical and contemporary can contribute to our understanding of progress in practical philosophy.

Abstracts for individual papers and organized panels should be submitted by June 1, 2025 (Japan Time). Please check our website for more details: ISEAP 2025 Conference

You can also connect with us on our website and social media.
Website: https://iseap.jp/
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/iseapjp
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalSocietyofEastAsianPhilosophy/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iseap

Sincerely yours,
Fion Wu
On behalf of ISEAP

CFP: Weaving Together: Comparative Approaches to Process Philosophy

The ISCP (International Society for Chinese Philosophy) invites proposals for an edited volume that explores the history, influence, and contemporary practice of process philosophy as a framework for comparative philosophy. This volume, Weaving Together: Comparative Approaches to Process Philosophy, aims to illuminate how process thought can serve as subject, method, or application in engaging philosophical traditions across cultures. While the primary focus is on the process tradition developed by Alfred North Whitehead and his intellectual heirs, contributions that engage other process-oriented figures and traditions are also encouraged. These may include figures such as G.W.F. Hegel, Henri Bergson, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and Gilles Deleuze, as well as philosophical currents from Indian, Daoist, Confucian, Buddhist, and Indigenous thought. Proposals that employ process philosophy as a methodological or conceptual tool in comparative contexts, or that highlight how process thought contributes to broader conversations across metaphysical, ethical, aesthetic, and socio-political domains are especially welcomed.

Please read more for more details of the volume and the submission guidelines.
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