Since Huang Yong, editor-in-chief of the journal Dao, has moved to the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the website of the journal has moved as well. It is now: http://phil.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~Dao/. May it flourish at the new site, as it has in the past!
CFP: ISCP Panels at 2014 Pacific APA
Dear Colleagues,
You are cordially invited to submit the proposal or abstract of paper to be presented at the ISCP panel at the APA Pacific meeting, which will be held at Westin Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego, April 16 – 20, 2014. The deadline for your submission is October 1, 2013. Please send information to Robin Wang at rwang@lmu.edu.
Thank you for your consideration!
Sincerely,
Robin Wang, Liaison for ISCP Pacific
Some Technical Issues in the Discussion Forum Updates
A note for those who use the discussion forum: We just updated the forum plugin for this blog to its most recent version (bbPress 2.4) but, perversely, that seems to have affected the display of the discussion update widget that shows recent discussion topics and replies to them. It used to show the author of each entry but now it does not. We are waiting for bbPress support to do something to fix the bugs in their latest version. Meanwhile, we have not seen any other problems with the forum function. If anyone sees something unusual or missing from it, please let us know. Thank you for your patience.
NECCT November 8-9 at Wesleyan
The website for the 2013 Northeast Conference on Chinese Thought (NECCT) is available here. Please note that all are welcome to attend and participate in discussion. Anyone who would like to join us for meals is asked to preregister; details are on the website. Attendees coming from out of town will also find some information about lodging on the website as well.
Cornell job opening
The Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University announces a tenure-track assistant professor position for a scholar and teacher of early Chinese literature specializing in any area of literary production, including histories of texts and writing, intellectual history, material culture, and the intersection of literature and religion, during any pre-20th century period; the primary focus of this search is from the Song through the Qing dynasties, but scholars specializing in earlier periods who engage themes or theoretical approaches that cross national boundaries or conventional periodization are also welcome to apply.
Review of Book on Shame
Shame is an important idea in Confucianism, as several blog readers and contributors have noted. From the following review, it sounds like the position of this book’s authors might resonate well with Confucian perspectives in several respects (though the perspective of the reviewer might come even closer!).
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
2013.08.35 View this Review Online View Other NDPR Reviews
Julien A, Deonna, Raffaele Rodogno, and Fabrice Teroni, In Defense of Shame: The Faces of an Emotion, Oxford University Press, 2012, 268pp., $55.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780199793532.
Reviewed by Jason A. Clark, Institute for Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrueck
ISCWP Newsletter, Volume 11, Issue 2
Greetings! Many of you will have received the latest ISCWP Newsletter. For those who are not on the ISCWP membership list, you can find out about the the society’s activities and events by following the link above and looking through recent newsletters, which are all available there.
If any readers are not members of the ISCWP and would like to join, please click here to be taken to the membership form online, where you can apply for membership.
Hagop Sarkissian
Secretary and Treasurer
ISCWP
New Book Series in Comparative Ethics, Politics, and Law
The Center for East Asian and Comparative Philosophy (CEACOP) at City University of Hong Kong and Rowman and Littlefield International are announcing a new monograph series entitled the CEACOP Series in East Asian Comparative Ethics, Politics, and Philosophy of Law. This series, edited by Philip J. Ivanhoe, Sungmoon Kim, and Eirik Lang Harris, will publish path-breaking and field-defining works in East Asian comparative ethics with a special interest in works of normative and applied ethics, political theory, and philosophy of law. More information can be found at http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/ceacop/CEACOP_series.html
Confucian Statement on Environment
An Op-ed in the South China Morning Post argues that Confucianism can help with China’s (and the world’s) environmental problems. In addition, the piece mentions:
Last month, a major new development in Confucian ideas and commitments was launched. The Confucianists of China issued their first ever statement on the environment. In it they questioned the destructive basis of contemporary Chinese development and proposed instead a vision of humanity playing a caring role, not a destructive one.
This statement argues that what the world needs is a spiritual humanism founded on Confucian values: “What Mencius reminds us of is a core Confucianist value that this world is a precious heritage passed on to us from our ancestors and it is a resource entrusted to us by numerous generations yet to come.”
Any thoughts?
Two Jobs in East Asian Humanities
Two jobs that may interest some readers:
- Tenure-track Position for Pre-modern Chinese Literature and Culture at Cornell
- Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Premodern East Asian Humanities, University of Virginia
